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Syria vs Afghanistan: match report

Syria hosted Afghanistan at Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium on Tuesday 31 March 2026, in the Asian Cup Qualifiers (round 6).

Result and scorers

Syria 5-1 Afghanistan.

Predicted line-ups

Predicted elevens. Official team sheets usually arrive about an hour before kick-off. About predicted line-ups.

Syria

Coach: José Lana

  1. Shaher Al Shaker GK
  2. Anas Al Dahan
  3. Almiqdad Ahmad
  4. Abd Al Razaq Al Mohammad
  5. Mahmoud Nayef DEF
  6. Zakaria Hanan DEF
  7. Abdullah Al Shami DEF
  8. Ahmad Ashkar MID
  9. Mohamad Al Hallak FWD
  10. Mohammad Alsalkhadi FWD
  11. Mahmoud Al-Aswad FWD

Bench

  • Ahmad Madania GK
  • Maksim Sarraf GK
  • Fares Arnaout DEF
  • Yehia Karak
  • Khaled Al Hajji
  • Mohammad Khouja
  • Zaid Ghareer
  • Homam Mahmoud
  • Mohammad Al Sarakbi
  • Haitham Al Loz
  • Mohammad Al Mustafa
  • Ibrahim Al Khalil

Afghanistan

  1. Ahmad Shekib Mehri
  2. Mohammad Zarif Arefi
  3. Akbar Said Said Aref
  4. Nawid Mahbobi
  5. Keyvan Mottaghian GK
  6. Elias Mansor
  7. Mahboob Hanifi DEF
  8. Amid Arezou DEF
  9. Ali Baset Nazari DEF
  10. Mosawer Ahadi MID
  11. Ali Reza Panahi MID

Bench

  • Mohammad Janmohammadi GK
  • Ali Rahimi MID
  • Samir Samandari MID
  • Yaser Safi
  • Habibullah Hotak
  • Sahil Sarwari
  • Elias Farhan Daftari
Previous meetings
  • Tuesday 10 June 2025: Afghanistan 0-1 Syria
  • Tuesday 13 October 2015: Syria 5-2 Afghanistan
  • Thursday 11 June 2015: Afghanistan 0-6 Syria
  • Friday 26 October 2007: Afghanistan 1-2 Syria
  • Monday 8 October 2007: Syria 3-0 Afghanistan