Syria national under-20 football team

Syria U-20
Nickname(s)	Nosour Qasioun ; (Arabic: نسور قاسيون, lit. 'The Qasioun Eagles')
Association	Syrian Football Association
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	WAFF (West Asia); UAFA (Arab world)
Head coach	Mohammad Kwid
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.

Results and fixtures

2025

14 February 2025 (2025-02-14) 2025 AFC U-20 Asian Cup	South Korea	2–1		Longhua Cultural and Sports Center, Shenzhen
15:00	Shin Sung 8' Baek Min-gyu 23'	Report	Abdi 60'	Attendance: 363 Referee: Ammar Mahfoodh (Bahrain)

17 February 2025 (2025-02-17) 2025 AFC U-20 Asian Cup		2–2	Japan	Longhua Cultural and Sports Center, Shenzhen
15:00	Al-Mustafa 10' Soufi 33'	Report	Ozeki 24' Takaoka 85'	Referee: Ahmed Eisa Darwish (United Arab Emirates)

20 February 2025 (2025-02-20) 2025 AFC U-20 Asian Cup		2–2	Thailand	Longhua Cultural and Sports Center, Shenzhen
15:00	Al-Kalou 52' Al-Mustafa 71'	Report	Thanawut 73', 81'	Attendance: 277 Referee: Thoriq Alkatiri (Indonesia)

Competitive record

FIFA U-20 World Cup

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	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total		14	4	4	6	13	23

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

AFC U-20 Asian Cup

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
2025	Group stage	3	0	2	1	5	6
Total		50	22	11	17	76	55

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

Head-to-head record

The following table shows Syria's head-to-head record in FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Australia	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Brazil	2	0	0	2	0	7	−7	000.00
Canada	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Colombia	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4	000.00
Costa Rica	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00
England	1	0	1	0	3	3	+0	000.00
Italy	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
Qatar	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Russia	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
Soviet Union	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	000.00
Spain	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
Uruguay	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Total	14	4	4	6	13	23	−10	028.57

Current squad

The following 23 players were named in the final squad for the 2025 AFC U-20 Asian Cup on 12 February 2025

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Maksim Sarraf	(2005-03-15)15 March 2005 (aged 19)	Andijon
2	2DF	Omran Khalouf	(2005-07-03)3 July 2005 (aged 19)	Ajman
3	2DF	Nabil Al-Omar	(2006-01-10)10 January 2006 (aged 19)	Västerås SK
4	2DF	Hasan Al-Mahmoud	(2006-01-05)5 January 2006 (aged 19)	Al-Jaish
5	2DF	Abdulrahman Al-Arjan	(2006-01-10)10 January 2006 (aged 19)	Al-Karameh
6	3MF	Ahmad Al-Kalou	(2005-01-01)1 January 2005 (aged 20)	Ahli Aleppo
7	3MF	Anas Dahhan	(2006-01-31)31 January 2006 (aged 19)	Ahli Aleppo
8	4FW	Gouriye Jacob	(2008-11-20)20 November 2008 (aged 16)	Latakia FC
9	4FW	Youshaa Knaj	(2005-11-25)25 November 2005 (aged 19)	Panserraikos
10	3MF	Ahmad Soufi	(2005-09-15)15 September 2005 (aged 19)	Hiteen
11	4FW	Majd Ramadan	(2005-05-19)19 May 2005 (aged 19)	Petržalka
12	3MF	Khaled Al-Hamoush	(2005-02-22)22 February 2005 (aged 19)	Al-Wasl
13	4FW	Homam Mahmoud	(2006-04-08)8 April 2006 (aged 18)	Jahn Regensburg
14	3MF	Mahmoud Al-Omar	(2005-01-15)15 January 2005 (aged 20)	Ahli Aleppo
15	2DF	Hashem Al-Hammami	(2006-01-05)5 January 2006 (aged 19)	Al-Jaish
16	4FW	Monir Hassan	(2006-01-09)9 January 2006 (aged 19)	Borussia Lindenthal-Hohenlind
17	4FW	Kawa Issa	(2006-01-10)10 January 2006 (aged 19)	Al-Wahda
18	3MF	Saadaldin Al-Khleif	(2006-02-27)27 February 2006 (aged 18)	Wehen Wiesbaden
19	4FW	Mohammad Al-Mustafa	(2005-01-20)20 January 2005 (aged 20)	Al-Wathba
20	2DF	Mamdouh Warda	(2007-07-15)15 July 2007 (aged 17)	Tishreen
21	4FW	Ahmad Khalil	(2006-04-11)11 April 2006 (aged 18)	Jableh
22	1GK	Amr Sweidan	(2004-04-01)1 April 2004 (aged 20)	Al-Karameh
23	1GK	Zain Alabdin Mahmoud	(2007-09-01)1 September 2007 (aged 17)	Tishreen

Previous squads

Honours

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

Mandiri U20 Challenge Series
- Champions (1): 2025

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.

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National under-20 football teams of Asia (AFC)
AFC U-20 Asian Cup
West Asia (WAFF)	Bahrain Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Oman Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates Yemen
Central Asia (CAFA)	Afghanistan Iran Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
South Asia (SAFF)	Bangladesh Bhutan India Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka
East Asia (EAFF)	China Chinese Taipei¹ Guam Hong Kong Japan Macau Mongolia North Korea Northern Mariana Islands² South Korea
Southeast Asia (AFF)	Australia Brunei Cambodia Indonesia Laos Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Timor-Leste Vietnam
¹ Taiwan, officially the Republic of China, competes as "Chinese Taipei" ² Not a member of FIFA

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