Syria national under-20 football team

Syria U-20
Nickname(s)	Nosour Qasioun ; (Arabic: نسور قاسيون, lit. 'Qasioun eagles')
Association	Syrian Football Association
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	WAFF (West Asia); UAFA (Arab world)
Head coach	Mark Wotte
FIFA code	SYR
First colours	Second colours
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances	4 (first in 1989)
Best result	Quarter-finals (1991)
AFC U-20 Asian Cup
Appearances	10 (first in 1988)
Best result	Champions (1994)
WAFF U-18 Championship
Appearances	3 (first in 2021)
Best result	Group stage (2021)

The Syria national under-20 football team (Arabic: منتخب سوريا لكرة القدم تحت 20 سنة) is the national football youth team of Syria and is controlled by the Syrian Football Association. It is considered the feeder team to the Syria national football team.

Competition records

FIFA U-20 World Cup Record

FIFA U-20 World Cup
Year	Round	PLD	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1977	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1979	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1981	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1983	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1985	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1987	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1989	Group stage	3	1	0	2	4	6
1991	Quarter-finals	4	1	3	0	5	4
1993	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1995	Group stage	3	1	0	2	1	8
1997	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1999	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2001	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2003	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2005	Round of 16	4	1	1	2	3	5
2007	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2009	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2011	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2013	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2015	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2017	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2025	To be determined	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total		14	4	4	6	13	23

FIFA U-20 World Cup History
Year	Round	Score	Result
1989	Round 1	Syria 1 – 3 Soviet Union	Lost
	Round 1	Syria 0 – 2 Colombia	Lost
	Round 1	Syria 3 – 1 Costa Rica	Won
1991	Round 1	Syria 1 – 0 Uruguay	Won
	Round 1	Syria 3 – 3 England	Draw
	Round 1	Syria 0 – 0 Spain	Draw
	Quarter finals	Syria 1 (4) – 1 (5) Australia	Lost
1995	Round 1	Syria 0 – 6 Brazil	Lost
	Round 1	Syria 1 – 0 Qatar	Won
	Round 1	Syria 0 – 2 Russia	Lost
2005	Round 1	Syria 1 – 1 Canada	Draw
	Round 1	Syria 2 – 1 Italy	Won
	Round 1	Syria 0 – 2 Colombia	Lost
	Round of 16	Syria 0 – 1 Brazil	Lost

AFC U-20 Asian Cup Record

AFC U-19 Championship
Year	Result	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1975	Round 1	4	2	0	2	4	4
1988	Runner-up	5	4	1	0	7	1
1990	3rd Place	5	2	2	1	9	5
1992	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1994	Champions	6	5	1	0	16	4
1996	Round 1	4	2	0	2	5	5
1998	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2000	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2002	Quarter-finals	4	2	1	1	9	8
2004	4th Place	6	3	1	2	9	5
2006	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2008	Round 1	3	0	0	3	1	5
2010	Round 1	3	1	0	2	1	3
2012	Quarter-finals	4	1	2	1	9	6
2014	Withdrew	-	-	-	-	-	-
2016	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2018	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	Cancelled	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023	Group Stage	3	0	1	2	1	4
Total		47	22	9	16	71	50

AFC Youth Championship History
Year	Round	Score	Result
1975
	Round 1	Syria 0 – 1 Hong Kong	Lost
	Round 1	Syria 1 – 0 Philippines	Won
	Round 1	Syria 3 – 1 Bangladesh	Won
	Round 1	Syria 0 – 2 Bahrain	Lost
1988
	Round 1	Syria 1 – 0 China	Won
	Round 1	Syria 2 – 0 North Korea	Won
	Round 1	Syria 1 – 0 Qatar	Won
	Semi-finals	Syria 2 – 0 United Arab Emirates	Won
	Final	Syria 1 (4) – 1 (5) Iraq	Lost
1990
	Round 1	Syria 4 – 0 Bahrain	Won
	Round 1	Syria 1 – 1 South Korea	Draw
	Round 1	Syria 2 – 2 Japan	Draw
	Semi-finals	Syria 1 – 2 North Korea	Lost
	Third place	Syria 1 – 0 Qatar	Won
1994
	Round 1	Syria 2 – 1 Iraq	Won
	Round 1	Syria 4 – 0 Indonesia	Won
	Round 1	Syria 1 – 1 Qatar	Draw
	Round 1	Syria 6 – 1 Kazakhstan	Won
	Semi-finals	Syria 1 – 0 Thailand	Won
	Final	Syria 2 – 1 Japan	Won
1996
	Round 1	Syria 1 – 3 Japan	Lost
	Round 1	Syria 2 – 0 Qatar	Won
	Round 1	Syria 1 – 0 India	Won
	Round 1	Syria 1 – 2 China	Lost
2002
	Round 1	Syria 4 – 2 China	Won
	Round 1	Syria 1 – 1 United Arab Emirates	Draw
	Round 1	Syria 4 – 1 Vietnam	Won
	Quarter-finals	Syria 0 – 4 Uzbekistan	Lost
2004
	Round 1	Syria 2 – 1 India	Won
	Round 1	Syria 4 – 1 Laos	Won
	Round 1	Syria 1 – 1 Uzbekistan	Draw
	Quarter-finals	Syria 1 – 0 Iraq	Won
	Semi-finals	Syria 0 – 1 China	Lost
	Third place	Syria 1 (3) – 1 (4) Japan	Lost
2008
	Round 1	Syria 0 – 1 South Korea	Lost
	Round 1	Syria 1 – 2 Iraq	Lost
	Round 1	Syria 0 – 2 United Arab Emirates	Lost
2010
	Round 1	Syria 1 – 0 Thailand	Won
	Round 1	Syria 0 – 2 China	Lost
	Round 1	Syria 0 – 1 Saudi Arabia	Lost
2012
	Round 1	Syria 5 – 1 Saudi Arabia	Won
	Round 1	Syria 1 – 1 Australia	Draw
	Round 1	Syria 1 – 2 Qatar	Lost
	Quarter-finals	Syria 2 (0) – (3) 2 Uzbekistan	Draw
2023
	Round 1	Syria 0 – 2 Uzbekistan	Lost
	Round 1	Syria 0 – 1 Indonesia	Lost
	Round 1	Syria 1 – 1 Iraq	Draw

Current squad

The following 23 players were named in the final squad for the 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup on 25 February 2023.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Head coach: Mark Wotte

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1GK	Mohammed Hasoni		Al-Ittihad
1GK	Ali Holo		Al-Wathba
1GK	Maksim Sarraf	(2005-03-15)15 March 2005 (aged 17)	CSKA Moscow
2DF	Ali Al-Rina	(2004-01-10)10 January 2004 (aged 19)	Al-Ittihad
2DF	Khaled Al-Hajjah	(2004-06-30)30 June 2004 (aged 18)	Hutteen
2DF	Mahmoud Nayef	(2004-01-03)3 January 2004 (aged 19)	Al-Ittihad
2DF	Mekdad Ahmad	(2004-01-12)12 January 2004 (aged 19)	Jableh
2DF	Ammar Alama
2DF	Mohammad Othman	(2004-01-10)10 January 2004 (aged 19)	Al-Wahda
2DF	Amer Fayad	(2004-05-01)1 May 2004 (aged 18)	Al-Ittihad
2DF	Annas Al Hardan	(2005-01-03)3 January 2005 (aged 18)	AaB
3MF	Abdullah Zakreet		Al-Karamah
3MF	Malik Janair	(2003-01-01)1 January 2003 (aged 20)	Al Wasl
3MF	Mahmoud Mohanna		Jableh
3MF	Mustafa Hammou		Al-Jihad
3MF	Mohannad Assad	(2003-09-21)21 September 2003 (aged 19)	Tishreen
3MF	Hasan Dahan	(2003-01-01)1 January 2003 (aged 20)	Al-Ittihad
3MF	Mahmoud Al-Aswad	(2003-09-14)14 September 2003 (aged 19)	Al-Karamah
4FW	Elias Safar	(2003-11-19)19 November 2003 (aged 19)	Järfälla
4FW	Hozan Osman	(2003-05-16)16 May 2003 (aged 19)	De Graafschap
4FW	Zakaria Ramadan	(2005-01-01)1 January 2005 (aged 18)	Al-Ittihad
4FW	Mohammad Fadel		Al-Karamah
4FW	Mustafa Abdullatif	(2003-12-15)15 December 2003 (aged 19)	Hertha BSC

Previous squads

Honours

Titles

FIFA U-20 World Cup

Sixth place: 1991

AFC U-20 Asian Cup

Winners (1): 1994

Runners-up (1): 1988

Third place (1): 1990

Fourth place (1): 2004

References

^ Smale, Simon (5 January 2019). "Who the Socceroos are facing as the Asian Cup kicks off, and when to watch". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
^ "القائمة النهائية للمنتخب الوطني تحت 20 عام والتي ستخوض نهائيات كأس آسيا 2023 - أوزبكستان" [Final list of the U20 national team that will play in the 2023 Asian Cup - Uzbekistan] (in Arabic). Syrian Football Federation. 25 February 2023 – via Facebook.
^ Al Kharbawi, Amir (25 February 2023). "فوتا يعلن القائمة النهائية لشباب سوريا في كأس آسيا" (in Arabic). Kooora.
^ Al-Najjar, Nasser (28 February 2023). "منتخبنا الوطني للشباب بكرة القدم يبدأ مشواره الآسيوي … مباراة افتتاحية صعبة مع أوزبكستان صاحبة الأرض والجمهور … مارك: مهمة صعبة وهدفنا نصف النهائي وعلينا تجاوز الأخطاء" (in Arabic). Al-Watan.

[nick-1] Smale, Simon (5 January 2019). "Who the Socceroos are facing as the Asian Cup kicks off, and when to watch". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 6 January 2019.

[2] "القائمة النهائية للمنتخب الوطني تحت 20 عام والتي ستخوض نهائيات كأس آسيا 2023 - أوزبكستان" [Final list of the U20 national team that will play in the 2023 Asian Cup - Uzbekistan] (in Arabic). Syrian Football Federation. 25 February 2023 – via Facebook.

[3] Al Kharbawi, Amir (25 February 2023). "فوتا يعلن القائمة النهائية لشباب سوريا في كأس آسيا" (in Arabic). Kooora.

[4] Al-Najjar, Nasser (28 February 2023). "منتخبنا الوطني للشباب بكرة القدم يبدأ مشواره الآسيوي … مباراة افتتاحية صعبة مع أوزبكستان صاحبة الأرض والجمهور … مارك: مهمة صعبة وهدفنا نصف النهائي وعلينا تجاوز الأخطاء" (in Arabic). Al-Watan.

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