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The Syria national Under-17 football team is the national

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Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

and is controlled by the Syrian Football Association.

History

The first official appearance of a Syrian U-17 choice was in the AFC U-17 Championship 2002 Qualification. In Group Two of the qualification, Syria beat

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1-0 on aggregate, the only goal coming in the second leg in

, and so qualified for the finals at the first attempt. In the AFC U-17 Championship 2002, Syria beat

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in the first match of the group stage, then followed a draw against

Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked co ...

and a defeat against

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before falling to a 2-1 defeat against

Yemen Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the north and Oman to the northeast and ...

in the quarter-finals. Three years later, Syria qualified for the AFC U-17 Championship 2006 in

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. Despite being beaten 1-0 by

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in their opening game, the Syrian team advanced to the second round with a 7-0 win over

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and a 2-0 victory against

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. Syria reached the quarter-finals and won 2-1 against

, but lost 2-0 in the semi finals against eventual champions

. Despite losing the third place playoff against

Tajikistan Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...

in a penalty shootout, they qualified for the

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. In Thailand 2014, Syria was among the four semi-finalists who qualified for Chile 2015.

Competition Records

FIFA U-17 World Cup Record

AFC U-16 Championship Record

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References

{{AFC under-17 teams Asian national under-17 association football teams Under-17

History

Competition Records

FIFA U-17 World Cup Record

AFC U-16 Championship Record

See also

References