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The 33 of Syria.
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01
OA
Omar Al-Somah 26 (as of 4 October 2026) caps (Syria) · 15 (as of 4 October 2026) goals · Al-Fotuwa SC, Qadsia SCSyria were losing in Tehran deep into stoppage time on 5 September 2017 when Al Somah levelled it at 2-2 against Iran and sent his country into a World Cup play-off for the first time.
ST2012–
02
Omar Khribin Al-Wahda SC Damascus, Al-Quwa Al-JawiyaIn the 2017 Asian Champions League semi-final against Persepolis he completed a perfect hat-trick in Abu Dhabi, a header and one goal with each foot, with Al Hilal a man down from early in the second half.
ST2012–
Omar Khribin Al-Wahda SC Damascus, Al-Quwa Al-JawiyaIn the 2017 Asian Champions League semi-final against Persepolis he completed a perfect hat-trick in Abu Dhabi, a header and one goal with each foot, with Al Hilal a man down from early in the second half.
ST2012–
04
JA
Jehad Al-Hussain 90 caps (Syria) · 10 goals · Al-Karamah SC, Najran SCThe 2009 AFC Cup final put him against Al-Karamah, the Homs club where he had spent seven seasons, and he finished the night a winner with Al-Kuwait and the tournament's joint top scorer on eight goals.
CAM2002–2011
05
RR
Raja Rafe 70 caps (Syria) · 32 goals · Damascus Al-Ahli Club, Zakho S.C.A four-goal night at the Abbasiyyin Stadium in Damascus on 18 November 2007, as Syria beat Indonesia 7-0 in World Cup qualifying, is the return that still defines him.
ST2002–2015
06
AK
Abdul Kader Kardaghli 102 caps (Syria) · Tishreen SC, Al-wathbaaSyrian crowds called him Malik, the King, and in Latakia on 25 September 1987 he was in the side that beat France's amateur team 2-1 for Mediterranean Games gold on home soil. A year later he was voted best player of the Arab Nations Cup as Syria finished runners-up, and his league record runs to a title with Tishreen in 1982, two with Al-Jaish in 1985 and 1986, a Syrian Cup in 1986 and the 1984 scoring title.
CB1982–1993
07
MA
Mahmoud Al-Mawas 88 (as of 4 October 2026) caps (Syria) · 15 (as of 4 October 2026) goals · Riffa S.C., Umm Salal SCTwenty-two goals in the 2021-22 season made him the first foreigner ever to finish as top scorer in the Iraqi league, and Baghdad kept him at Al-Shorta for five years.
RM2012–
09
AA
Ahmad Al-Saleh Al-wathbaa, Al-Arabi SCThe 74th minute of the WAFF final in Kuwait City on 20 December 2012 belonged to him, a single goal past Iraq that gave Syria the first title in their history.
RB2008–
10
Mosab Balhous Al-Karamah SC, Al-Wahda SC DamascusIn November 2006 he was Al-Karamah's goalkeeper in the AFC Champions League final, which the club from Homs lost 3-2 on aggregate to Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors.
GK2006–2016
Mosab Balhous Al-Karamah SC, Al-Wahda SC DamascusIn November 2006 he was Al-Karamah's goalkeeper in the AFC Champions League final, which the club from Homs lost 3-2 on aggregate to Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors.
GK2006–2016
12
GM
George Mourad 5 caps (Syria) · 1 goals · Västra Frölunda IF Fotboll, IFK GöteborgHe scored in Amman on 23 July 2011 as Syria beat Tajikistan 2-1, and then FIFA ruled his switch from Sweden had never been approved, threw Syria out of 2014 World Cup qualifying and sent Tajikistan through instead. The rest of the record is club work: 14 goals in 68 league games at IFK Göteborg, eight in 25 for Tromsø in 2010, a loan at Brescia, and caps for Sweden in 2005 before Syria in 2011.
ST2005–2011
14
MZ
Mohammad Zeno Seventeen goals in the 2008-09 Syrian Premier League made him the division's leading scorer in an Al-Majd shirt, and a year later he walked off with the same prize at the Nehru Cup in India.About the editorial selection
SS
15
OM
Omar Midani Al-Wahda SC Damascus, Al-Mina'a SCSyria had never reached a knockout round until the 2023 Asian Cup, and he was there in the number 5 shirt when the round of 16 against Iran finished 1-1 and went to penalties.
CB2013–
16
Sanharib Malki Royale Union Saint-Gilloise, Beerschot A.C.Roeselare had never scored a goal in Europe until Malki got one against Vardar in the first qualifying round of the 2006-07 UEFA Cup.
LM2008–
Sanharib Malki Royale Union Saint-Gilloise, Beerschot A.C.Roeselare had never scored a goal in Europe until Malki got one against Vardar in the first qualifying round of the 2006-07 UEFA Cup.
LM2008–
17
TD
Taha Dyab Ahli of Aleppo SC, Afrin SCOn 18 December 2010 he was handed a Syria debut in a friendly against Iraq and scored, which is a rare way for a holding midfielder to begin.
CDM2010–
18
Aatef Jenyat Al-Karamah SC, Shabab Al-Ordon ClubOn 8 November 2006 Al-Karamah beat Jeonbuk 2-1 at the Khaled bin Walid Stadium in Homs and still went out of the Asian Champions League final 3-2 on aggregate; Jenyat gave that side six years and scored 22 goals in 85 league games from the flank.
CAM2004–
Aatef Jenyat Al-Karamah SC, Shabab Al-Ordon ClubOn 8 November 2006 Al-Karamah beat Jeonbuk 2-1 at the Khaled bin Walid Stadium in Homs and still went out of the Asian Champions League final 3-2 on aggregate; Jenyat gave that side six years and scored 22 goals in 85 league games from the flank.
CAM2004–
19
IA
Ibrahim Alma Al-Wathba SC, Al-Shorta SCHe won the Syrian league in 2012 with Al-Shorta and again in 2018-19 with Al-Jaish, three Syrian Cups in 2015, 2016 and 2023, two Syrian Super Cups, and the WAFF Championship with Syria in 2012.
GK2012–
20
MM
Mardik Mardikian Sohar SC, Al-JazeeraLatakia knew the surname long before it knew him, because his father Kevork Mardikian is rated among the finest Syrian footballers ever to play; the son made his own case in Oman, top-scoring for Sohar with 11 goals in 2013-14.
LM
Career sources
Identity and career · Wikidata Q6758674
21
MO
Mohammed Osman 34 (as of 5 October 2026) caps (Syria) · 2 (as of 5 October 2026) goals · Vitesse, Telstar
CM2018–
23
WA
Wael Ayan Ahli of Aleppo SC, Al-FaisalyAn Aleppo boy who stayed home, he gave Al-Ittihad seven seasons between 2003 and 2010, 154 appearances and 34 goals from central midfield.
CM2005–
24
AR
Ammar Ramadan Ferencvárosi TCSeven minutes was all he needed on 21 February 2026, a hat-trick in his 100th league match for DAC Dunajska Streda that beat Skalica 3-2. He had already become the first Syrian to score in the UEFA Europa Conference League, against Dila Gori on 13 July 2023; a Slovak Cup with Spartak Trnava in 2021-22, more than 100 league games and 29 goals for DAC, and Syria's 2023 Asian Cup squad complete the record.
RM
Career sources
Identity and career · Wikidata Q97191602
25
FY
Fahd Youssef Al-Jehad SC Qamishli, That Ras ClubSyria did not give him a first cap until 2015, in a World Cup qualifier against Singapore, by which time he had spent nine seasons in club football without an international to his name.
CM2015–
26
HA
Hamzeh Al Aitoni 11 caps (Syria) · Damascus Al-Ahli Club, Al-YarmoukAt nineteen he was in the Syria side that came through a group with Italy and Canada at the 2005 World Youth Championship in the Netherlands and then faced Brazil in the knockout round.
CB2004–2012
27
OO
Osama Omari Al-Wahda SC DamascusDubai, 14 November 2019: his goal helped Syria beat China 2-1 in World Cup qualifying, and the following day Marcello Lippi resigned as China coach.
CAM2014–
28
TJ
Tarek Jabban Al-wathbaa, PersepolisSixteen seasons at Al-Jaish, from 1994 to 2010, broken only by short loans to Kuwait and to Persepolis, and he wore the Syria captain's armband on top of that.
CB1995–2006
30
HM
Hamid Mido Ahli of Aleppo SC, Al-Mina'a SCAn Aleppo boy who joined Al-Ittihad at 17 in 2010, the year the club lifted Syria's first AFC Cup on penalties in Kuwait City, he then won the same trophy again in 2016 with Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, the first Iraqi side to take it.
RB2012–
31
KH
Kamel Hmeisheh Wearing 8, he was in the Syria team that reached the 2023 Asian Cup round of 16, the country's first knockout tie at the tournament, four years after his debut in a World Cup qualifier against the Philippines in September 2019.
CDM
Career sources
Identity and career · Wikidata Q85202323
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KK
Khaled Kourdaghli Grandfather, father and uncles all played professionally in Syria, so he arrived at Tishreen carrying a name the domestic game already knew.About the editorial selection
LB
About this XI
Omar Al-Somah tops Syria's all-time pool, ahead of Omar Khribin and Firas Al-Khatib. The 33 covers 2 goalkeepers, 10 defenders, 14 midfielders and 7 forwards, with sourced senior international careers spanning the 1980s to the 2020s. Pick a formation, drag your eleven onto the pitch, then explore the careers and settle the duels below. Your votes reorder the people's ranking of these 33 in real time.
Left out, and why
A 33 is a set of decisions, and these are the players who lost their place in the last revision of Syria's list. Every one of them has a case.
- Radwan Al-AzharThe place went to Omar Khribin.
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Who is the greatest Syria footballer of all time?
The editorial collection starts with Omar Al-Somah. Its first five careers: Omar Al-Somah, Omar Khribin, Firas Al-Khatib, Jehad Al-Hussain, Raja Rafe. The people's ranking on this page moves with every duel vote and can disagree.
How were these 33 Syria players chosen?
The collection covers every position across Syria's football history. Honours, international records and career achievements inform the editorial order. Each entry opens a career note and its sources. Fan votes in the duels build a separate ranking.
Where can I read about the careers?
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