Firas Mohamad Al-Khatib - Goals in International Matches


The outstanding player from Syria scored 36 international goals in 75 matches for his National Team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Born: 6- 9-1983
Country: Syria   
Caps:	75	(W26-D21-L28 – GF121-GA103 – %48.67)
Goals:	36	(% 0.48 per match)
Age First Cap:	 27 yr 240 d    4- 5-2001 vs. Philippines 5-1
Age Last Cap:    35 yr 364 d    5- 9-2019 vs. Philippines 5-2
National Team Career: 18 yr 124 d

Cap  Goals    Date	Venue	  	Opponent       Score	Competition

 1	     4- 5-01	Aleppo  	Philippines	5-1	World Cup Qualifier
 2   1	 1  11- 5-01	Aleppo  	Laos    	9-0	World Cup Qualifier
 3	 1   7-12-02	Riffa   	China   	1-3	International Tourn.
 4   2	 3   9-12-02	Riffa   	Bahrain 	3-2	International Tourn.
 5	 3  12-12-02	Riffa   	Jordan  	0-3	International Tourn.
 6   2	 5  17-12-02	Kuwait City	Yemen   	4-0	Arab Nations Cup
 7	 5  19-12-02	Kuwait City	Bahrain 	0-2	Arab Nations Cup
 8   1	 6  21-12-02	Kuwait City	Lebanon 	4-1	Arab Nations Cup
 9	 6  24-12-02	Kuwait City	Saudi Arabia	0-3	Arab Nations Cup
10   1	 7  15-10-03	Damascus	Sri Lanka	5-0	Asian Cup Qualifier
11   3	10  18-10-03	Damascus	Sri Lanka	8-0	Asian Cup Qualifier
12   1	11   7-11-03	Damascus	UA Emirates	1-3	Asian Cup Qualifier
13	11  14-11-03	Al-Ain  	UA Emirates	1-3	Asian Cup Qualifier
14	11  28-11-03	Aleppo  	Turkmenistan	1-1	Asian Cup Qualifier
15	11  18- 2-04	Arad    	Bahrain 	1-2	World Cup Qualifier
16   1	12  26- 3-04	Damascus	Palestine	1-1
17	12  31- 3-04	Bishkek 	Kyrgyzstan	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
18	12   3- 6-04	Kuwait City	Kuwait  	2-1
19	12   8- 9-04	Homs    	Tajikistan	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
20	12  30- 1-06	Riffa   	Bahrain 	1-1
21   1	13   7- 2-06	Damascus	Palestine	3-0
22	13  14- 2-06	Jeddah   	Saudi Arabia	1-1
23   1	14  22- 2-06	Aleppo  	South Korea	1-2	Asian Cup Qualifier
24   1	15   1- 3-06	Taipei  	Taiwan  	4-0	Asian Cup Qualifier
25	15  30- 7-06	Amman   	Jordan  	0-3
26	15   6- 9-06	Damascus	Iran    	0-2	Asian Cup Qualifier
27   2	17  15-11-06	Damascus	Taiwan  	3-0	Asian Cup Qualifier
28	17   6- 2-08	Tehran  	Iran    	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
29	17  26- 3-08	Damascus	UA Emirates	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
30	17   2- 6-08	Damascus	Kuwait  	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
31   2	19   8- 6-08	Kuwait City	Kuwait  	2-4	World Cup Qualifier
32	19  14- 6-08	Damascus	Iran    	0-2	World Cup Qualifier
33	19  22- 6-08	Al-Ain  	UA Emirates	3-1	World Cup Qualifier
34	19  27-12-08	Dammam   	Saudi Arabia	1-1
35   1	20  29-12-08	Riffa   	Bahrain 	2-2
36   1	21  14- 1-09	Aleppo  	China   	3-2	Asian Cup Qualifier
37   2	23  18- 1-09	Kuwait City	Turkmenistan	5-1	
38   1	24  23- 1-09	Kuwait City	Kuwait  	3-2
39   1	25  28- 1-09	Saida   	Lebanon 	2-0	Asian Cup Qualifier
40   1	26  27- 6-09	Montréal	Haiti   	2-1
41	26  26-10-09	Al-Jahra	Kuwait  	0-1
42	26  14-11-09	Hanoi   	Vietnam 	1-0	Asian Cup Qualifier
43	26  18-11-09	Aleppo  	Vietnam 	0-0	Asian Cup Qualifier
44	26   6- 1-10	Hangzhou	China   	0-0	Asian Cup Qualifier
45	26  22-12-10	Damascus	Iraq    	0-1
46	26  30-12-10	Abu Dhabi	South Korea	0-1
47	26   2- 1-11	Abu Dhabi	UA Emirates	0-2
48   1	27  13- 1-11	Doha    	Japan   	1-2	Asian Nations Cup
49	27  17- 1-11	Doha    	Jordan  	1-2	Asian Nations Cup
50	27  23- 7-11	Amman   	Tajikistan 	awd [1]	World Cup Qualifier
51	27  28- 7-11	Tursunzade	Tajikistan 	awd [2]	World Cup Qualifier
52	27  23- 3-17	Melaka  	Uzbekistan	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
53	27  28- 3-17	Seoul   	South Korea	0-1	World Cup Qualifier
54	27  22- 8-17	Melaka  	Malaysia	2-1
55   1	28  26- 8-17	Melaka  	Iraq    	1-1
56	28  31- 8-17	Melaka  	Qatar   	3-1	World Cup Qualifier
57	28   5- 9-17	Tehran  	Iran    	2-2	World Cup Qualifier
58	28   5-10-17	Melaka  	Australia	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
59	28  10-10-17	Sydney  	Australia	1-2	World Cup Qualifier
60   1	29  13-11-17	Karbala 	Iraq    	1-1
61	29  24- 3-18	Basra   	Qatar   	2-2
62   1	30  27- 3-18	Basra   	Iraq    	1-1
63	30  20- 3-19	Basra   	Iraq    	0-1
64   1	31  23- 3-19	Basra   	Jordan  	1-0
65	31  26- 3-19	Abu Dhabi	UA Emirates	0-0
66	31   6- 6-19	Tehran  	Iran    	0-5	
67	31  11- 6-19	Tashkent	Uzbekistan	0-2
68   1	32   8- 7-19	Ahmedabad	North Korea	5-2 	HERO Cup
69	32  10- 7-19	Ahmedabad	Tajikistan	0-2 	HERO Cup
70   1	33  16- 7-19	Ahmedabad	India   	1-1	HERO Cup
71	32   2- 8-19	Karbala 	Lebanon 	1-2	WAFF Tournament
72   1	34   5- 8-19	Karbala 	Yemen   	1-1	WAFF Tournament
73	34   8- 8-19	Karbala 	Iraq    	0-0	WAFF Tournament
74   1	35  11- 8-19	Karbala 	Palestine	3-4	WAFF Tournament
75   1	36   5- 9-19	Bacolod 	Philippines	5-2	World Cup Qualifier
 
[1] although Syria won this game (2-1), 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). 
[2] 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). 
 
Total Record

Matches  Won Draw Lost  For Against  Points  Percentage
    75	  26   21   28	121- 103      73      48.67

Types of           Matches    Goals

Friendlies		25	11
World Cup Qualifier	20	 4
Asian Cup Qualifier	14	11
Arab Cup		 4	 3
Asian Nations Cup 	 2  	 1
WAFF Tournament		 4	 2
HERO Cup		 3 	 2  
Other Tournaments 	 3 	 2

Total 			75	36


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