Syria

Syria national football team

Played 484

Draw % 24.8%

No-draw N 1

Max streak 12 16 Jun 2007 → 18 Nov 2007

Avg top run 9.6 top 10

Draw debt E 0.24

p50 20.0%

p100 27.0%

Draw score 0.122 rank #1,356 Draws 120

Team strength · Elo all ratings ›

Rating 1,668 everyone starts at 1500

Peak 1,816 reached 5 Oct 2017

Rank #83 of 336 national teams

Matches rated 479 last 5 Jun 2026

What this team's results have earned: every match in the database is replayed in date order, both sides start at 1500 and the winner takes points from the loser. The rating is the one it held after its last rated match, and the rank counts every national team ever rated, sides that no longer play included. A measure of strength, not a forecast of the next result. Computed 3 Oct 2026.

Recent form · draws highlighted

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Luck or skill how this is worked out ›

Over 127 matches (Mar 2015 – Jun 2026), Syria drew 32 where the draw model expected 27.1 from those particular fixtures — about 5 more, or 1.1 standard errors, a gap most teams show over a stretch this long.

As unusual as a coin landing the same way 2 times running. A flat league average would have expected 29.9 instead — "more draws than the league" and "more draws than these fixtures deserved" are different claims. 5 of the matches carry no model probability and are left out. These matches were part of the model's own training set, so its chances were fitted already knowing the results.

Longest no-draw runs all on the records page ›

#	Run	From → To
1	12	05 Jun 2015 → 31 May 2016	▸ matches
2	12	16 Jun 2007 → 18 Nov 2007	▸ matches
3	11	26 Mar 2024 → 04 Sep 2025	▸ matches
4	11	01 Jun 2022 → 20 Jun 2023	▸ matches
5	10	26 Sep 2010 → 17 Jan 2011	▸ matches
6	9	05 Mar 1996 → 16 Nov 1996	▸ matches
7	8	12 Nov 2020 → 02 Sep 2021	▸ matches
8	8	21 Nov 1988 → 25 Mar 1989	▸ matches
9	8	26 Feb 1978 → 27 Jul 1978	▸ matches
10	7	16 Nov 2021 → 24 Mar 2022	▸ matches

By competition (all-time)

Competition	P	D	Draw%	N	Max
Friendly	175	51	29.1%	1	8
FIFA World Cup qualification	107	24	22.4%	3	8
AFC Asian Cup qualification	49	10	20.4%	5	5
WAFF Championship	29	9	31.0%	1	3
Arab Cup	29	8	27.6%	1	4
AFC Asian Cup	25	5	20.0%	0	4
Palestine Cup	16	2	12.5%	4	6
Nehru Cup	15	2	13.3%	2	5
Merdeka Tournament	8	0	0.0%	1	7
King's Cup	4	1	25.0%	2	2
Arab Cup qualification	4	0	0.0%	1	3
Prime Minister's Cup	3	0	0.0%	3	3
United Arab Emirates Friendship Tournament	3	1	33.3%	2	2
Kuneitra Cup	3	1	33.3%	0	2
Asian Games	3	2	66.7%	1	1
Jordan International Tournament	2	0	0.0%	2	2
International Friendship Championship	2	2	100.0%	0	0
Kirin Cup	1	0	0.0%	1	1
Kirin Challenge Cup	1	1	100.0%	0	0

By calendar year

Year	P	D	Draw%	Max
2026	1	0	0.0%	1
2025	12	3	25.0%	5
2024	15	5	33.3%	8
2023	8	1	12.5%	4
2022	12	1	8.3%	8
2021	14	2	14.3%	6
2020	2	0	0.0%	2
2019	18	5	27.8%	6
2018	9	4	44.4%	3
2017	12	7	58.3%	2
2016	13	4	30.8%	4
2015	11	1	9.1%	8
2014	2	0	0.0%	1
2013	7	1	14.3%	4
2012	11	5	45.5%	2
2011	11	2	18.2%	4
2010	14	4	28.6%	6
2009	17	4	23.5%	6
2008	19	6	31.6%	7
2007	13	0	0.0%	12
2006	13	4	30.8%	6
2005	7	3	42.9%	2
2004	21	7	33.3%	5
2003	9	3	33.3%	4
2002	13	1	7.7%	7
2001	13	4	30.8%	4
2000	21	6	28.6%	5
1999	2	0	0.0%	2
1998	11	2	18.2%	5
1997	7	2	28.6%	4
1996	15	2	13.3%	9
1995	2	1	50.0%	1
1993	8	4	50.0%	2
1992	8	5	62.5%	1
1989	4	1	25.0%	3
1988	13	3	23.1%	5
1987	3	1	33.3%	1
1986	1	0	0.0%	1
1985	10	3	30.0%	4
1984	11	1	9.1%	7
1983	2	1	50.0%	1
1982	3	2	66.7%	1
1981	5	0	0.0%	5
1980	4	1	25.0%	3
1978	9	0	0.0%	8
1977	2	0	0.0%	2
1976	2	0	0.0%	2
1975	4	0	0.0%	4
1974	3	1	33.3%	2
1973	12	3	25.0%	4
1972	6	0	0.0%	6
1971	5	2	40.0%	2
1966	6	1	16.7%	4
1963	4	0	0.0%	4
1957	2	1	50.0%	1
1949	2	0	0.0%	2

Matches all results ›

Date	Home	Score	Away	R	Tournament
24 May 1957	Syria	1–1	Sudan	D	ITL · FIFA World Cup qualification
08 Mar 1957	Sudan	1–0	Syria	H	ITL · FIFA World Cup qualification
25 Nov 1949	Greece	8–0	Syria	H	ITL · Friendly
20 Nov 1949	Turkey	7–0	Syria	H	ITL · FIFA World Cup qualification

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