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Lebanon national football team
The Lebanon national football team supervised by the Lebanese Football Association (LFA)- is the team that has represented Lebanon in football since its establishment in 1933. The team is subject to the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and the International Football Association (FIFA).
Until 2019, Lebanon had never qualified for a major competition during the qualifiers (although Lebanon hosted the 2000 AFC Asian Cup), but the team reached the main stages during the 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers, and the main stadium of the Lebanese team is the Camille Chamoun Sports City stadium in Beirut, but it plays Also in other stadiums such as Saida International Stadium in Sidon.
In 1935, the Lebanese national team played its first match against the Romanian side (T.A.C), but it was not accredited by FIFA, and Lebanon's first match approved by FIFA was played in 1940 against the mandatory Palestine national football team.
During the 2014 World Cup qualifiers campaign, the Lebanese team reached the fourth round to qualify for the first time with a 2-1 victory against South Korea at home in 2011, but failed to qualify for the 2014 World Cup by becoming the last in the group.
In the 2019 AFC Asian Cup, Lebanon was on the verge of defeating its opponent, however, it lost to Vietnam in third place on the fair play rule and they were eliminated from the competition. One in the Arab nations, twice in the Arab Games, and in the three, Lebanon was the host country.
The Lebanese national team is known as "The Cedars" (Men of the Cedars) by fans and the media, inspired by their national symbol. 147 in 2016 to 81 in 2018) and reached its highest rating so far - 77 - in September 2018. This came after a 15-game unbeaten streak from March 24, 2016 to October 11, 2018, in which Lebanon won eight matches and drew seven.
History
1933-1957: The Beginning
On the 22nd of March 1933, representatives of thirteen associations gathered in the city of Mina El-Hassan to form the Lebanese Football Association. The team joined the International Football Association in 1935 and joined the Asian Football Confederation in 1964.
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world Cup
The Lebanese Football Association was formed in 1933, and despite that, the Lebanese national team only participated in the 1986 World Cup qualifiers, and played four matches and withdrew due to the civil war, and its results were later annulled. In 1994, after two editions, the Lebanese national team entered its first full qualifier campaign, where it finished third in its group with two wins, four draws and two losses. Since then, Lebanon has participated in all World Cup qualifiers.
Lebanon were close to qualifying for the World Cup during the 2014 qualifiers. After beating Bangladesh 4-2 on aggregate in the second round, Lebanon qualified for the third round, drawing with South Korea, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates. The team achieved a historic victory over South Korea 2-1 at home, finished second in its group and qualified for the fourth (last) round for the first time in its history. In the group with Iran, South Korea, Uzbekistan and Qatar, Lebanon finished last in Group A and was eliminated after achieving one win and two draws in eight matches.
Syria national football team
The Syrian national football team is the official representative of the Syrian Arab Republic in football. The Syrian Football Association was founded in 1936, and joined FIFA in 1937. Its current rating is 76. The Syrian Football Association is one of the founders of the Arab Football Association.
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Syrian national team players before the match in the 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers
The Syrian national team is one of the first teams in West Asia to participate in the World Cup qualifiers. Between 1958 and 1961, Syria and Egypt formed a joint team called the United Arab Football Association. In the 1966 World Cup qualifiers, FIFA attributed the results of the Arab team to the Egyptian team only. Four teams were formed in the qualifying group for the World Cup, two seats for Europe, a seat for Asia and a seat for Africa, and the two European teams were Spain and the Republic of Ireland. As for the other two seats, there was Israel and the United Arab Republic. FIFA separated Syria and Egypt and gave the African seat to Egypt and the Asian seat to Israel, as Israel was within the Asian continent at the time, and Syria was excluded from the World Cup supplement.
The best performance of the Syrian team was in the 1986 World Cup qualifiers, when they reached the final, but were eliminated by the Iraqi team. As for the Asian Cup, the Syrian team participated in the tournament 6 times, and each time it did not go beyond the group stage.
The Syrian national team qualified for the 2011 Asian Cup in Qatar after a long absence from it since 1996, where it qualified for the tournament without any loss in the qualifiers. But he came back and got out of the group stage again after the loss from Jordan and Japan and the victory over Saudi Arabia.
The Syrian team missed the 2015 Asian Cup after failing to qualify and occupying third place in a group that included Jordan, Singapore and Oman.
The Syrian national team reappeared in the 2019 Asian Cup after occupying second place behind Japan in a group that included Japan, Singapore, Afghanistan and Cambodia in the dual Asian qualifiers for the 2019 Asian Cup and the 2018 World Cup, but returned and exited from the group stage again after losing from Jordan and Australia and a draw against Palestine
The Syrian team participated in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers with a group of young faces, such as Omar Khirbin, Mahmoud Al-Mawas, Ibrahim Alama, Ahmed Al-Saleh, Muayyad Al-Ajjan and others. Athletes that this generation is the golden generation of Syrian football. However, he lost in the Asian play-off at the hands of the Australian team, 3-2 (total of the home and away matches), and Australia qualified at his expense for the international play-off to meet the Honduran team.
Main stadium
Abbasid Stadium
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Abbasiyyin Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium located in the capital, Damascus, Syria. It is the main stadium for three local football clubs (Al-Wehda, Al-Majd, Al-Jaish), and it is also the main stadium for the Syrian national football team. The stadium was built in 1957, then renovated in 1976 and 2011, with a capacity of approximately 30,000 spectators, making it the fourth largest stadium in Syria.
Aleppo International Stadium
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Aleppo International Stadium is a multi-purpose indoor stadium located in Al-Hamdania in Aleppo Governorate, Syria. The stadium with a capacity of 75,000 spectators - the largest in Syria - was opened on April 17, 2007. It is currently used mostly for football matches, as it is the main stadium of Al-Ittihad Club, but it happens that the stadium hosts some matches of the Syrian football team with the main stadium of the national team. It is the stadium of the Abbasids in the capital, Damascus.
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