Maher Al-Sayed - Century of International Appearances


The outstanding Syrian player, who obtained 109 international caps with his National Team, has entered the symbolic but exclusive circle of players with a Century of Caps. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Cap  Goals    Date	Venue		Opponent       Score	Competition

  1	    17-10-98    Abu Dhabi       Lebanon 	3-3   	International Tourn.
  2	    19-10-98    Abu Dhabi       UA Emirates	0-1   	International Tourn.
  3	    21-10-98    Abu Dhabi       Sudan   	3-2   	International Tourn.
  4	    19- 8-99    Amman           Oman    	1-1	Arab Games
  5	    23- 8-99    Amman           Libya   	1-1	Arab Games
  6   1	 1  25- 8-99    Amman           UA Emirates	2-2	Arab Games
  7   1	 2  27- 8-99    Amman           Palestine	1-1	Arab Games
  8	 2  31- 1-00    Kuwait City	Kuwait          0-4	
  9	 2   6- 3-00    Damascus  	Jordan  	0-0	
 10	 2  13- 3-00    Amman    	Jordan  	0-0	
 11	 2  31- 3-00    Aleppo  	Bahrain 	1-0	Asian Cup Qualifier
 12	 2   2- 4-00    Aleppo          Iran    	0-1	Asian Cup Qualifier
 13	 2   9- 4-00    Tehran          Maldives        2-1	Asian Cup Qualifier
 14   1	 3  11- 4-00    Tehran          Iran            1-1	Asian Cup Qualifier
 15	 3  13- 4-00    Tehran          Bahrain         1-0	Asian Cup Qualifier
 16	 3   2- 6-00	Amman   	Iran            0-1	WAFF Tournament
 17	 3   9- 8-00    Latakia         Bahrain 	1-0	Syria Tournament
 18	 3  13- 8-00    Latakia         Jordan  	1-0	Syria Tournament
 19	 3  24- 9-00    Abha            Saudi Arabia	1-2	
 20	 3  30- 4-01    Aleppo          Philippines    12-0	World Cup Qualifier
 21	 3   4- 5-01    Aleppo          Philippines     5-1	World Cup Qualifier
 22	 3   7- 5-01    Aleppo          Laos           11-0	World Cup Qualifier
 23   1	 4  11- 5-01    Aleppo          Laos    	9-0	World Cup Qualifier
 24	 4  18- 5-01    Aleppo  	Oman    	3-3	World Cup Qualifier
 25	 4  25- 5-01    Muscat          Oman    	0-2	World Cup Qualifier
 26	 4  30- 8-02    Damascus        Palestine	2-1	WAFF Tournament
 27	 4   3- 9-02    Damascus        Iraq    	0-1	WAFF Tournament
 28	 4   5- 9-02    Damascus        Jordan  	1-2	WAFF Tournament
 29	 4   7- 9-02    Damascus        Iran     	2-2 [1]	WAFF Tournament
 30	 4  12-12-02    Manama          Jordan          0-3	Bahrain  Tournament
 31   1	 5  17-12-02    Kuwait City	Yemen           4-0	Arab Nations Cup
 32	 5  19-12-02    Kuwait City     Bahrain 	0-2	Arab Nations Cup
 33	 5  21-12-02    Kuwait City	Lebanon 	4-1	Arab Nations Cup
 34	 5  24-12-02    Kuwait City     Saudi Arabia	0-3	Arab Nations Cup
 35	 5  22- 8-03    Jounieh 	Lebanon 	0-1	
 36	 5  19- 9-03    Amman           Jordan  	0-0	
 37   1	 6  27- 9-03    Jeddah          Yemen   	8-2	
 38   1	 7  30- 9-03    Riyadh          Saudi Arabia	1-1	
 39   2	 9  15-10-03    Damascus        Sri Lanka	5-0	Asian Cup Qualifier
 40   2	11  18-10-03    Damascus        Sri Lanka	8-0	Asian Cup Qualifier
 41	11   7-11-03    Damascus        UA Emirates	1-3	Asian Cup Qualifier
 42	11  14-11-03    Al-Ain  	UA Emirates     3-1	Asian Cup Qualifier
 43	11  28-11-03    Aleppo          Turkmenistan	1-1	Asian Cup Qualifier
 44	11  18- 2-04    Arad            Bahrain         2-1	World Cup Qualifier
 45	11  23- 3-04    Jounieh         Lebanon 	1-0	
 46	11  26- 3-04    Damascus        Palestine	1-1	
 47	11  31- 3-04    Bishkek         Kyrgyzstan      1-1	World Cup Qualifier
 48	11   1- 6-04    Kuwait City     Syria   	1-0	
 49   1	12   3- 6-04    Kuwait City     Kuwait          2-1	
 50	12  10- 6-04    Homs            Tajikistan	2-1	World Cup Qualifier
 51	12  19- 6-04    Tehran          Lebanon 	3-1	WAFF Tournament
 52   1	13  21- 6-04    Tehran          Iran    	1-7	WAFF Tournament
 53	13  23- 6-04    Tehran          Jordan   	1-1 [2]	WAFF Tournament
 54	13  25- 6-04    Tehran          Iran            1-4	WAFF Tournament
 55   2	15  26- 8-04    Sana'a          Yemen   	2-1	
 56	15  28- 8-04    Sana'a          Yemen    	0-2	
 57	15   8- 9-04    Dushanbe        Tajikistan      1-0	World Cup Qualifier
 58	15   6-10-04    Riyadh  	Saudi Arabia	2-2	
 59   1	16   8-10-04    Doha            Qatar   	2-1	
 60	16  13-10-04    Damascus        Bahrain 	2-2	World Cup Qualifier
 61	16  17-11-04    Damascus       	Kyrgyzstan	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
 62	16  26- 1-05    Kuwait City     Kuwait          2-3	
 63	16   2- 2-05    Saitama         Japan           0-3	
 64	16  14- 2-06    Jeddah          Saudi Arabia    1-1	
 65   1	17  25- 7-06    Damascus        Iraq    	1-2	
 66	17  30- 7-06    Amman           Jordan          0-3	
 67   1	18   5- 8-06    Damascus        Libya   	2-1	
 68	18  16- 8-06    Tehran          Iran            1-1	Asian Cup Qualifier
 69	18   1- 9-06    Muscat          Oman    	0-3	
 70	18   6- 9-06    Damascus        Iran    	0-2	Asian Cup Qualifier
 71   1	19  11-10-06    Seoul           South Korea     1-1	Asian Cup Qualifier
 72	19  15-11-06    Damascus        Taiwan  	3-0	Asian Cup Qualifier
 73	19  11- 1-07    Dammam          Saudi Arabia    1-2	
 74	19  16- 6-07    Amman           Lebanon 	1-0	WAFF Tournament
 75	19  18- 6-07    Amman           Jordan  	1-0	WAFF Tournament
 76	19  22- 6-07    Amman           Iraq            0-3	WAFF Tournament
 77   1	20  18- 8-07    New Delhi       Bangladesh	2-0	Nehru Cup
 78   1	21  21- 8-07    New Delhi       Kyrgyzstan 	4-1	Nehru Cup
 79	21  23- 8-07    New Delhi       India          	3-2   	Nehru Cup
 80   2	23  25- 8-07    New Delhi       Cambodia	5-1	Nehru Cup
 81	23  29- 8-07    New Delhi       India   	0-1	Nehru Cup
 82   1	24   8-10-07    Damascus        Afghanistan	3-0	World Cup Qualifier
 83	24  13- 1-08    Damascus        Qatar   	0-0	
 84	24  23- 1-08    Riffa           Bahrain         2-1	
 85	24  26- 3-08    Damascus        UA Emirates	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
 86	24  10- 5-08    Damascus        Oman    	2-1	
 87	24  17- 5-08    Damascus        Iraq    	2-1	
 88	24  24- 5-08    Riyadh          Saudi Arabia	0-1	
 89	24  20- 8-08    Puerto La Cruz  Venezuela	1-4	
 90	24  13-11-08    Kobe            Japan           1-3	Kirin Cup
 91	24  27-12-08    Dammam          Saudi Arabia    1-1	
 92   1	25  29-12-08    Riffa           Bahrain 	2-2	
 93   2	27  14- 1-09    Aleppo          China   	3-2	Asian Cup Qualifier
 94	27  18- 1-09    Kuwait City     Turkmenistan	5-1	
 95	27  23- 1-09    Kuwait City     Kuwait          3-2	
 96	27  28- 1-09    Saida           Lebanon         2-0	Asian Cup Qualifier
 97	27   1- 2-09    Dubai           South Korea     1-1	
 98	27  21- 3-09    Aleppo          Qatar   	1-2	
 99	27   3- 9-10    Kuwait City     Kuwait          0-3	
100	27   7- 9-10    Sana'a          Yemen           1-2	
101	27  24- 9-10    Amman           Jordan          1-1	WAFF Tournament
102	27  26- 9-10    Amman           Kuwait  	1-2	WAFF Tournament
103	27  14-11-10    Riffa           Bahrain         2-0	
104   1	28   5- 7-11	Istanbul	Jordan  	3-1	
105	28  15- 7-11	Muscat  	Oman    	1-1 	
106	28  28- 7-11	Turzunzade	Tajikistan 	awd [3]	World Cup Qualifier
107	28  10- 8-11	Astana  	Kazakhstan	1-1	
108   1	29  17- 8-11	Saida   	Lebanon 	3-2	
109	29  26- 3-13	Baghdad 	Iraq    	1-2 

[1] Syria lost 2-4 on penalty kicks.
[2] Syria won 3-2 on penalty kicks.
[3] although Syria won this game (4-0), FIFA awarded a 3-0 win to Tajikistan due
    to Syria fielding an ineligible player (George Mourad had previously represented
    Sweden in an Under-21 UEFA Qualifier in 2003). 
 
NB: the following matches were not full A for FIFA and are therefore not included here:
 
 	    11- 8-00  	Latakia         Pal.-Syrian XI	4-2
	    13- 4-04	Ismaïlia	Pal. League	1-2
	     2- 9-04	Damascus	Al-Talaba  	1-2
	    18-11-06	Doha    	Singapore	0-0	Asian Games U-23
  (1 goal)  21-11-06	Doha    	Indonesia	4-1	Asian Games U-23
	    24-11-06	Doha    	Iraq     	0-0	Asian Games U-23
	    29-11-06	Doha    	North Korea	0-0 	Asian Games U-23
	     3-12-06	Doha    	Japan   	0-1	Asian Games U-23
 (2 goals)   6-12-06	Doha    	Pakistan	2-0	Asian Games U-23 

Total Record

Matches  Won Draw Lost  For Against  Points  Percentage
   109    45   29   35   196- 149     119       54.59

Types of             Matches  Goals

Friendlies		44	11
Asian Cup Qualifier	16	 8
World Cup Qualifier	15	 2
WAFF Tournament		14	 1
Nehru Cup		 5	 4
Arab Games		 4	 2
Arab Nations Cup	 4	 1
Other Tournaments	 6	 0
Kirin Cup   		 1	 0 

Total caps / goals:    109	29
	


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Last updated: 14 Jan 2021

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