Syrian Football Association

The Syrian Arab Football Association (Arabic الاتحاد العربي السوري لكرة القدم, DMG al -Ittihad al - ʿ Arabī al- Suri al - li - curate qadam ) was founded in 1936 and in 1937 joined the International Football Association (FIFA) in. This is the association of one of the oldest in Asia. In 1969 he was admitted to the Asian Football Confederation ( AFC ) after the Syrians had already contested in the 1950s, several of the matches in the qualification for the World Cup.

The Syrian Football Association currently has about 120 clubs with a total of 25,000 players, 425 referees and 1,500 coaches.

The association organizes the Syrian professional league and the Cup of the Republic.