Syrian Football Association

The Syrian Arab Football Association (SFA; Arabic: الاتحاد العربي السوري لكرة القدم) is the governing body of football in Syria, controlling the Syrian national teams, the Syrian Premier League, and other domestic competitions. 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; 89 years ago (1936)[1]
Headquarters	Al-Fayhaa, Damascus, Syria
FIFA affiliation	1937[2]
AFC affiliation	1970[3]
WAFF affiliation	2001 (founding member)
President	Mohamed Mazen Daqouri[4] (acting)
Website	sfa.sy

Affiliation

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

Association staff

Name	Position	Source
Mohamed Mazen Daqouri	President	[5]
Vacant	Vice President
Mohamed Mazen Daqouri	General Secretary
Vacant	Treasurer
Vacant	Technical Director
José Lana	Team Coach (Men's)	[2][6]
Salim Jabalawi	Team Coach (Women's)	[2]
Mohammad Bachar	Media/Communications Manager	[2]
Ahmad Fesal	Futsal Coordinator	[2]
Mohammed Kanah	Referee Coordinator	[2]

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	2022–2024
Moafak Fathallah	2024
Mohamed Mazen Daqouri	2024–present (Acting)

Management

League system

See also: List of football clubs in Syria

Tier 1: Syrian Premier League

Tier 2: Syrian League 1st Division

Tier 3: Syrian League 2nd Division

Tier 4: Syrian League 3rd Division

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

National teams

• 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 national beach soccer team
• Syria women's national football team

See also

• List of football stadiums in Syria
• Football in Syria
• Sport in Syria