Soccer in Syria

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The football in Syria is popular and regularly attracts thousands of spectators to the stadiums or forwards TV to the first division or the Games team to follow.

The victory of the AFC Cup by the Al-Jaish military sports club from Damascus in November 2004 is regarded as the greatest success so far at international level .

Syrian national team

The Syrian national team has never qualified for a World Cup. Even in the Asian Cup , little has been achieved so far. After all, the youth team took part in the FIFA Youth World Cup three times ( 1989 , 1995 and 2005 ) and reached the round of 16 in 2005. The country's U-17 team qualified for the 2007 World Cup in this age group and also made it to the round of 16.

In addition to the men's senior national team and various youth teams, there is also a women's national team, although it is not part of FIFA.

The Syrian Football Association

Syrian league football

The Syrian Cup competition

Syrian clubs in club competitions

On November 27, 2004 al-Jaish won the AFC Cup , which is similar to the European UEFA Cup . Al Jaish was the first Syrian club to win a title on a continental level - it is all the more interesting that the final opponent was called Al Wahda and two Syrian clubs faced each other in the final. Both games took place at Al-Abbasiyin Stadium. In the first leg, in which Al Wahda officially had home rights, Al Jaish won 3-2; the second leg ended 1-0 for Al Wahda. Because the first game was counted as an away game for Al Jaish, the record champions decided the "Battle of Damascus" for themselves due to the away goal rule . Both clubs took part in the AFC Champions League in 2005 .

In the "Arab Club Champions Cup" and "Arab Cup Winner's Cup", the forerunners of the Arab Champions League , it was also Al Jaish who held up the flag of Syrian club football: Between 1998 and 2000, each of the two competitions reached the finals twice, however, had to admit defeat all four times.

In the Asian Champions League (AFC Champions League) Al-Karama reached second place in 2005/06. In the final, the team lost to Jeonbuk Motors from South Korea (0-2 in Korea, 2-1 at home). In 2009 Al-Karama reached the AFC Cup , but lost 2-1 to Al-Kuwait Kaifan .

Women's soccer

Football in Syria has long been a male domain and for a long time there was neither an organized women's league nor an organized cup competition, but there have been regular (unofficial) tournaments of women's teams for years. The first official Syrian women's soccer championship in the form of a league with 7 teams has been running since the end of July 2006. There is also a women's national team that has not yet played any official international matches at FIFA level.

Influenced by the Islamic State

In general, sports like football are considered un-Islamic and western for the Islamic State . As a result, four footballers who continued to practice their sport had to pay with their lives by beheading in April 2016 . They played in Raqqa .

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ Cruel images from Raqqa - ISIS beheads four footballers , bild.de, from July 9, 2016