Football in Syria
Football in Syria | |
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: Les aigles de Qasyoun) | |
First played | 1900s |
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The
Tishreen SC, Al Wahda SC, Al-Jaish SC and Al-Ittihad are amongst the most popular clubs in the country. All teams compete in the Syrian Premier League, the highest tier of Syrian football.[citation needed]
Domestic football
On 27 November 2004, Al-Jaish won the 2004 AFC Cup. Al Jaish was the first Syrian club to win a continental title, making it all the more interesting that the final opponent was Al Wahda, facing two Syrian clubs in the final. Both games took place in Abbasiyyin Stadium. Both clubs participated in 2005 in the AFC Champions League.[citation needed]
In the Arab Club Champions Cup and the Arab Cup Winners' Cup forerunners of the Arab Champions League, it was Al Jaish who held up the banner of Syrian club football: between 1998 and 2000, the finals were scored twice in both competitions. but had to be defeated every four times.[citation needed]
In the Asian Champions League (AFC Champions League),
Stadiums
Syria has a total of 35 football stadiums spread around the country. The main stadium used to be Abbasiyyin Stadium in Damascus, but when the Aleppo International Stadium was built, it replaced it.[citation needed]
National team
The Syrian national team won the
Women's football
The first women's football team in Syria, the Levant and the Middle East was founded in Aleppo in 1950. For a long time there was neither an organized women's league nor an organized cup competition.[citation needed]
Since the end of July 2006, the first official Syrian women's football championship runs in the form of a league with 7 teams. In addition, there is a women's national team, which, however, has not played any official international matches at FIFA level until the 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification.[citation needed]
See also
References
- ^ Smale, Simon. "Who the Socceroos are facing as the Asian Cup kicks off, and when to watch". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
- ^ FIFA.com. "Member Association - Syria". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on October 28, 2020. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
- ^ "The AFC.com - The Asian Football Confederation". The AFC. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
- ^ "Syria hope football success can provide lift from strife - World - Sports - Ahram Online". English.ahram.org.eg. 2013-10-14. Retrieved 2013-12-02.
- ^ "Soccer Players Aim To Bring Joy To Syria Through Sport « CBS Los Angeles". Losangeles.cbslocal.com. 2013-10-14. Retrieved 2013-12-02.
- ^ "For a Night, Iraqis Root for the Home Team, and the Visitors". The New York Times. Retrieved 2013-11-02.
Further reading
- Rizvi, Ahmed (20 July 2015). "Football in times of crisis: Syrian game continues on as inspiration, propaganda, shadow". thenationalnews.com. The National News Sport. Archived from the original on 22 May 2021. Retrieved 27 September 2022.