Syria 2023 AFC Asian Cup Squad

Syria 2023 AFC Asian Cup Squad

Head Coach: Héctor Cúper

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of Birth/Age	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Ibrahim Alma (captain)	18 October 1991 (age 32)	80	0	Tishreen
	GK	Ahmad Madania	1 January 1990 (age 34)	23	0	Jableh
	GK	Taha Mosa	24 May 1987 (age 36)	6	0	Al-Fotuwa
	GK	Maksim Sarraf	15 March 2005 (age 18)	0	0	CSKA Moscow
	DF	Moayad Ajan	16 February 1993 (age 30)	66	1	Al-Jaish
	DF	Omar Midani	26 January 1994 (age 29)	61	1	Al-Nasr
	DF	Amro Jenyat	15 January 1993 (age 30)	45	1	Al-Karamah
	DF	Thaer Krouma	2 February 1990 (age 33)	35	1	Al-Fotuwa
	DF	Khaled Kurdaghli	31 January 1997 (age 26)	25	0	Al-Wehdat
	DF	Muayad Al Khouli	16 October 1993 (age 30)	15	0	Al-Jaish
	DF	Abdul Rahman Weiss	14 June 1998 (age 25)	15	0	Athens Kallithea
	DF	Aiham Ousou	9 January 2000 (age 24)	2	0	Slavia Prague
	MF	Fahd Youssef	15 May 1987 (age 34)	40	7	Al-Shorta
	MF	Mohammad Al Marmour	4 January 1995 (age 29)	34	4	Al-Ahed
	MF	Mouhamad Anez	14 May 1995 (age 28)	28	1	Al-Riffa
	MF	Kamel Hmeisheh	23 July 1998 (age 25)	28	0	Al-Ahli
	MF	Ammar Ramadan	5 January 2001 (age 23)	9	0	Dunajska Streda
	MF	Ezequiel Ham	10 January 1994 (age 30)	5	0	Independiente Rivadavia
	MF	Ibrahim Hesar	15 November 1993 (age 30)	5	2	Belgrano
	MF	Elmar Abraham	1 March 1999 (age 24)	3	0	Skovde AIK
	MF	Mahmoud Al Aswad	14 September 2003 (age 20)	2	0	Al-Karamah
	MF	Jalil Elias	25 April 1996 (age 27)	2	0	Johor Darul Ta’zim
	FW	Omar Khribin	15 January 1994 (age 29)	55	21	Shabab Al Ahli
	FW	Alaa Al Dali	3 January 1997 (age 27)	20	2	Naft Missan
	FW	Pablo Sabbag	11 June 1997 (age 26)	2	1	Alianza Lima
	FW	Antonio Yakoub	12 June 2002 (age 21)	2	0	Gefle

Most Capped Player: Maher Al-Sayed – 109
Top Goalscorer: Firas Al-Khatib – 36

Syria 2023 Asian Cup Preview

Syria head to Qatar for this year’s edition of the AFC Asian Cup, in what will be their seventh appearance at the tournament’s finals. Nosour Qasioun have never advanced through the group stages, most recently exiting the competition in 2019 after finishing bottom of Group B.

They’ll be hoping to overcome that hurdle this time around though, and they have a real chance to do so after finishing top of their second round qualifying group ahead of the likes of China and the Philippines.

The Syrians have been drawn into Group B once again for the tournament in Qatar, and will go head-to-head with Australia, Uzbekistan and India for a spot in the knockout stages.

Héctor Cúper’s side get their campaign underway on 13 January against Uzbekistan in Al Rayyan, followed by a tough battle against Australia five days later, before they draw their group stage action to a close on 23 January against India in Al Khor.

Syria Player To Watch

Despite being born and raised in Argentina, Ibrahim Hesar is our Syrian player to watch at the Asian Cup in Qatar. The 30-year-old currently plies his trade in the Argentine Primera Division with Belgrano, where he is typically deployed as a winger.

Hesar, along with fellow Argentina-born midfielder Ezequiel Ham, only made his debut for Syria in 2023, however he has already amassed five caps and two goals.

Both of those goals came in the lead-up to the Asian Cup as Hesar netted in a 1-1 draw against Kyrgyzstan at the start of January, before adding his second senior international goal against Malaysia just three days later.

Clearly a man in-form heading into the tournament, Syria’s left-winger is undoubtedly one to keep an eye on as he looks set to start under his compatriot Cúper in their opening game against Uzbekistan.