The Syria national under-23 football team (Arabic: منتخب سوريا لكرة القدم تحت 23 سنة ) is a national association football youth team representing Syria in Olympics , AFC U-23 Championship, WAFF U-23 Championship and any other under-23 international football tournaments. It is controlled by the Syrian Football Association . The team is also known as the Syria Olympic football team (Arabic: منتخب سوريا الأولمبي لكرة القدم ).
Syria U-23 Nickname(s) Nosour Qasioun نسور قاسيون , lit. ' The Qasioun Eagles ' ) Association Syrian Football Association Confederation AFC (Asia) Sub-confederation WAFF (West Asia)UAFA (Arab world) Head coach Jehad Al-Hussain FIFA code SYR Summer Olympics Appearances None AFC U-23 Championship Appearances 4 (first in 2013 ) Best result Quarter-finals (2013, 2020) Asian Games Appearances 2 (first in 2006 ) Best result Quarter-finals (2018 ) WAFF U-23 Championship Appearances 3 (first in 2015 ) Best result
Results and fixtures
2025 Win Draw Lose Fixture
Nepal v Syria 6 September 2025 (2025-09-06 ) 2026 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification Nepal 2–4 Syria Dushanbe, Tajikistan 18:00 UTC+5 Report Al-Mustafa 26' Al-Rina 73' Al-Aswad 81' Nayef 90' Stadium: Republican Central Stadium
Previous years Date Opponent Result Score* Venue Competition 19 July 2017 India W 2 – 0 2018 AFC U-23 Championship qualification 21 July 2017 Turkmenistan D 0 – 0 2018 AFC U-23 Championship qualification 23 July 2017 Qatar D 1 – 1 2018 AFC U-23 Championship qualification 11 January 2018 L 1 – 3 2018 AFC U-23 Asian Championship Group Stage 14 January 2018 South Korea D 0 – 0 2018 AFC U-23 Asian Championship Group Stage 17 January 2018 Vietnam D 0 – 0 2018 AFC U-23 Asian Championship Group Stage 24 March 2018 China D 1 – 1 Friendly Match 14 August 2018 United Arab Emirates W 1 – 0 Football at the 2018 Asian Games Group Stage 16 August 2018 China L 0 – 3 Football at the 2018 Asian Games Group Stage 19 August 2018 W 5 – 2 Football at the 2018 Asian Games Group Stage 23 August 2018 Palestine W 1 – 0 Football at the 2018 Asian Games Round of 16 27 August 2018 Vietnam L 0 – 1 Football at the 2018 Asian Games Quarter-finals 27 October 2021 W 5 – 0 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification Group A 29 October 2021 Yemen D 0 – 0 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification Group A 31 October 2021 Qatar D 1 – 1 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification Group A 3 November 2022 Bahrain L 1 – 2 2022 WAFF U-23 Championship 6 November 2022 Saudi Arabia W 2 – 1 2022 WAFF U-23 Championship 12 November 2022 Qatar D 1 – 1 Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium 2022 WAFF U-23 Championship 15 November 2022 Oman W 1 – 0 2022 WAFF U-23 Championship
* Syria score always listed first
Competitive record
Olympic Games Olympic Games record Olympic Games qualifications record Hosts/Year Result GP W D* L GS GA GP W D* L GS GA 1908 –1988 See Syria national team See Syria national team 1992 did not qualify 4 2 2 0 3 1 1996 4 0 1 3 2 6 2000 4 1 0 3 8 7 2004 4 3 0 1 11 5 2008 12 3 5 4 14 14 2012 10 5 2 3 20 11 2016 6 4 0 2 15 8 2020 7 3 2 2 9 6 did not enter did not enter [to be determined Total 0/7 - - - - - - 51 21 12 18 82 58
AFC U-23 Championship AFC U-23 Asian Cup record Qualification record Year Round GP W D* L GS GA Squad GP W D L GS GA Quarter-finals 4 2 1 1 4 3 Squad 5 4 1 0 13 3 Group Stage 3 1 0 2 5 7 Squad 3 3 0 0 10 1 3 0 2 1 1 3 Squad 3 1 2 0 3 1 Quarter-finals 4 1 1 2 4 5 Squad 3 2 1 0 5 1 did not qualify 3 1 2 0 6 1 2024 3 1 0 2 11 4 2026 qualified 3 3 0 0 7 3 Total 4/7 14 4 4 6 14 18 — 23 15 6 2 55 14
Asian Games From 2002 Asian Games , at the first tournament to be played in an under-23 format. Year Round GP W D* L GS GA Squad 2002 Did Not Enter 2006 12th 6 2 3 1 6 2 Squad 2010 Did Not Enter 2014 2018 6th 5 3 0 2 7 6 Squad 2022 Withdrew Total 2/5 11 5 3 3 13 8
WAFF U-23 Championship WAFF U-23 Championship record Year Result GP W D L GS GA Squad Runners-up 4 3 0 1 6 4 Squad Semi-finals 3 1 0 2 6 8 Squad Third place 4 2 1 1 5 4 Squad Group stage 2 0 0 2 1 4 Squad Total 4/4 13 6 1 6 18 20
Arab Games Arab Games record Year Round Pld W D* L GF GA Squad 1953 to 2011 See Syria national football team 2023 Runners-up 5 2 3 0 8 4 Squad to be determined Total 1/1 5 2 3 0 8 4
*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.
Players
Current squad The following players were called up for the 2026 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification , between 3 and 9 September 2025.
Previous squads Asian Games Football at the 2006 Asian Games squads Football at the 2018 Asian Games squads AFC U-23 Championship 2013 AFC U-22 Championship squads 2016 AFC U-23 Championship squads 2018 AFC U-23 Championship squads 2020 AFC U-23 Championship squads
Honours
Regional
Arab 2023
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