Syria national under-17 football team

Syria U-17 football team

Association	Syrian Football Association
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Mohammad Jomaa
FIFA code	SYR
First colours Second colours

The Syria national Under-17 football team is the national football youth team of Syria and is controlled by the Syrian Football Association.

History

The first official appearance of a Syrian U-17 choice was in the 2002 AFC U-17 Championship qualification. In Group Two of the qualification, Syria beat Saudi Arabia 1-0 on aggregate, the only goal coming in the second leg in Syria, and so qualified for the finals at the first attempt.

In the 2002 AFC U-17 Championship, Syria beat Qatar in the first match of the group stage, then followed a draw against Uzbekistan and a defeat against Japan before falling to a 2-1 defeat against Yemen in the quarter-final.

Three years later, Syria qualified for the 2006 AFC U-17 Championship in Singapore. Despite being beaten 1-0 by China in their opening game, the Syrian team advanced to the second round with a 7-0 win over Bangladesh and a 2-0 victory against Vietnam. Syria reached the quarter-finals and won 2-1 against Saudi Arabia, but lost 2-0 in the semi finals against eventual champions Japan. Despite losing the third place playoff against Tajikistan in a penalty shootout, they qualified for the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup in South Korea.

in Thailand 2014 Syria Was Among the four semi-finalists qualified for Chile 2015.

Competition Records

FIFA U-17 World Cup Record

FIFA U-17 World Cup
Year	Round	PLD	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1985	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1987	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1989	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1991	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1993	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1995	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1997	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1999	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
2001	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
2003	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2005	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007	Round of 16	4	1	1	2	4	5
2009	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2011	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2013	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2015	Group stage	3	0	1	2	1	8
2017	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total		7	1	2	4	5	13

FIFA U-17 World Cup History
Year	Round	Score	Result
2007	Round 1	Syria 0 – 0 Argentina	Draw
	Round 1	Syria 1 – 2 Spain	Lost
	Round 1	Syria 2 – 0 Honduras	Won
	Round of 16	Syria 1 – 3 England	Lost
2015	Round 1	Syria 1 – 4 Paraguay	Lost
	Round 1	Syria 0 – 0 New Zealand	Draw
	Round 1	Syria 0 – 4 France	Lost

AFC U-16 Championship Record

AFC U-16 Championship
Year	Round	PLD	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1986	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1988	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1990	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1992	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1994	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1996	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1998	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
2000	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
2002	Quarter-finals	4	1	1	2	3	4
2004	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
2006	Fourth Place	6	3	1	2	14	7
2008	Quarter-finals	4	2	1	1	6	4
2010	Quarter-finals	4	1	2	1	4	4
2012	Quarter-finals	4	1	2	1	3	3
2014	Semi-finals	5	2	2	1	9	11
2016	Qualifying Stage	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total		27	10	9	8	39	33

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

AFC U-16 Championship History
Year	Round	Score	Result
2002	Round 1	Syria 1 – 0 Qatar	Won
	Round 1	Syria 1 – 1 Uzbekistan	Draw
	Round 1	Syria 0 – 1 Japan	Lost
	Quarter-finals	Syria 1 – 2 Yemen	Lost
2006	Round 1	Syria 0 – 1 China PR	Lost
	Round 1	Syria 7 – 0 Bangladesh	Won
	Round 1	Syria 2 – 0 Vietnam	Won
	Quarter-finals	Syria 2 – 1 Saudi Arabia	Won
	Semi-finals	Syria 0 – 2 Japan	Lost
	Third Place	Syria 3 – 3 Tajikistan	Draw
2008	Round 1	Syria 2 – 1 Indonesia	Won
	Round 1	Syria 3 – 0 India	Won
	Round 1	Syria 1 – 1 South Korea	Draw
	Quarter-finals	Syria 0 – 2 Iran	Lost
2010	Round 1	Syria 1 – 1 North Korea	Draw
	Round 1	Syria 1 – 0 Oman	Won
	Round 1	Syria 1 – 1 Iran	Draw
	Quarter-finals	Syria 1 – 2 Uzbekistan	Lost
2012	Round 1	Syria 1 – 1 China PR	Draw
	Round 1	Syria 0 – 0 India	Draw
	Round 1	Syria 1 – 0 Uzbekistan	Won
	Quarter-finals	Syria 1 – 2 Japan	Lost
2014	Round 1	Syria 0 – 0 Saudi Arabia	Draw
	Round 1	Syria 1 – 1 Qatar	Draw
	Round 1	Syria 2 – 1 Iran	Won
	Quarter-finals	Syria 5 – 2 Uzbekistan	Won
	Semi-finals	Syria 1 – 7 South Korea	Lost