Syrian Arab Federation for Football

The Syrian Arab Football Association (SFA; Arabic: الاتحاد العربي السوري لكرة القدم) is the governing body of football in Syria, controlling the Syrian national team and the Syrian Premier League. The SFA was founded in 1936 and has been a member of FIFA since 1937, the Asian Football Confederation since 1970, and the Sub-confederation regional body West Asian Football Federation since 2001. Syria is also part of the Union of Arab Football Associations and has been a member since 1974. Syria's team is commonly known as Nosour Qasioun (Arabic: نسور قاسيون, lit. 'Qasioun eagles').^{[citation needed]}

Syrian Arab Football Association

AFC
Short name	SFA
Founded	1936; 88 years ago (1936)
Headquarters	Al-Fayhaa, Damascus, Syria
FIFA affiliation	1937
AFC affiliation	1970
WAFF affiliation	2001 (founding member)
President	Salah Ramadan
Vice-President	Abdulrahman Al-Khatib
Website	sfa.sy

Affiliation

• FIFA (1937)
• AFC (1970)
• Union of Arab Football Associations (1974)
• WAFF (2001)

Association staff

Name	Position	Source
	President
	Vice President
	General Secretary
	Treasurer
	Technical Director
Héctor Cúper	Team Coach (Men's)
	Team Coach (Women's)
	Media/Communications Manager
	Futsal Coordinator
	Referee Coordinator

List of presidents

The following is a list of latest presidents of the Syrian Arab Federation for Football.

President	Term
Farouk Bouzo	1982–1994
Farouk Sariaah	2000–2002
Ahmed al-Jaban	2002–2008
Moutassem Ghotouq	2008–2009 (Acting)
Farouk Sariaah	2009–2012
Salah Ramadan	2012–2018
Fadi al-Dabbas	2018–2019
Hatem Al Ghaeeb	2019–2022
Salah Ramadan	2022–present

Management

League system

Tier 1: Syrian Premier League

Tier 2: Syrian League 1st Division

Tier 3:

Tier 4:

Domestic cup

• Syrian Cup
• Syrian Super Cup

National teams

• Syria universal, under-23, under-20, under-17, women's and women's under-20 national association football teams
• Syria national futsal team
• Syria national beach soccer team

See also

• Syria national football team
• Syria national under-23 football team
• Syria national under-20 football team
• Syria national under-17 football team
• Syria national futsal team
• Syria women's national football team
• List of football stadiums in Syria
• Football in Syria
• Sport in Syria

References

1. 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.
2. FIFA.com. "Member Association - Syria". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on October 28, 2020. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
3. The A–Z of Asian Football 97–98; 1997 Asian Football Confederation
4. "The AFC.com - The Asian Football Confederation". The AFC. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
5. "Cuper takes over as Syria coach". beIN SPORTS. 2 February 2023. Retrieved 6 February 2023.

External links

• Official website (in Arabic).
• Syrian Football Association on Facebook
• Syrian-Soccer – info portal on Syrian football
• Syria at the FIFA website (archived 5 June 2007)
• Syria at AFC site