The Syrian Arab Football Association (SFA; ) 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 ().
Affiliation FIFA (1937) AFC (1970) Union of Arab Football Associations (1974) WAFF (2001)
Association staff NamePositionSource Firas TietPresident Fadi al-DabbasVice President Mohamed Mazen DaqouriGeneral Secretary Moafak FathallahTreasurer VacantTechnical Director José LanaTeam Coach (Men's) Salim JabalawiTeam Coach (Women's) Mohammad BacharMedia/Communications Manager Ahmad FesalFutsal Coordinator Mohammed KanahReferee Coordinator
List of presidents The following is a list of SFA presidents in recent decades. President TermFarouk Bouzo 1982–1994Farouk Sariaah 2000–2002Ahmed al-Jaban 2002–2008Moutassem Ghotouq 2008–2009 (Acting)Farouk Sariaah 2009–2012Salah Ramadan 2012–2018Fadi al-Dabbas 2018–2019Hatem Al Ghaeeb 2019–2022Salah Ramadan 2022–2024 Mohamed Mazen Daqouri 2024–2025 (Acting) Firas Tiet 2025–present
Management
League system
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
Logo
See also List of football stadiums in Syria Football in Syria Sport in Syria
References
External links
Syrian-Soccer – info portal on Syrian football Syria at the FIFA website (archived 5 June 2007) Syria at AFC website