Head to head

North Korea vs Syria

If they played today

North Korea at home

36% / 26% / 37%

North Korea win / draw / Syria win

North Korea–Syria

1–1 12.5%
0–1 9.7%
1–0 9.6%
1–2 8.2%
2–1 8.1%

Neutral venue

29% / 26% / 45%

North Korea win / draw / Syria win

North Korea–Syria

1–1 12.1%
0–1 10.5%
1–2 9.2%
1–0 8.0%
0–2 7.9%

Syria at home

23% / 24% / 53%

North Korea win / draw / Syria win

North Korea–Syria

1–1 11.4%
0–1 11.1%
1–2 9.7%
0–2 9.5%
1–0 6.7%

Probabilities come from each team's current Elo rating, so they answer “if they met today” rather than predicting a scheduled fixture. See the methodology for how the model works and where it is weakest.

Elo since debut

Side by side

	North Korea	Syria
Current Elo	1494	1599
Elo rank	114th	83rd
Peak Elo	1779 (1980)	1719 (2017)
Matches played	390	484
All-time record	162W 106D 122L	173W 120D 191L
Goals for	628	692
Goals against	435	638
Biggest win	21–0 vs Guam · 2005-03-11 · EAFF Championship	12–0 vs Philippines · 2001-04-30 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Portugal · 2010-06-21 · FIFA World Cup	0–8 vs Greece · 1949-11-25 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.03	0.00
AFC Asian Cups won	0	0
Expected AFC Asian Cups	0.35	0.19

When they've met

Meetings

North Korea 3W 3D 4L

Goals

12–16

North Korea first

First meeting

1–1

Drawn · 1973-05-06 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Most recent

1–0

North Korea won · 2024-06-06 · FIFA World Cup qualification

North Korea's biggest win

3–0

1973-05-13 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Syria's biggest win

5–1

2000-02-08 · Friendly

Most common result

1–1

North Korea first · twice, last 1982-11-20

Current run

Won the last meeting

North Korea · since 2024-06-06

10 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2024-06-06	1–0	Neutral	FIFA World Cup qualification
2023-11-16	0–1	Neutral	FIFA World Cup qualification
2019-07-08	2–5	Neutral	Intercontinental Cup
2000-02-13	0–0	Syria home	Friendly
2000-02-08	1–5	Syria home	Friendly
1988-05-26	1–2	Neutral	AFC Asian Cup qualification
1982-11-20	1–1	Neutral	Asian Games
1980-09-26	2–1	Neutral	AFC Asian Cup
1973-05-13	3–0	Neutral	FIFA World Cup qualification
1973-05-06	1–1	Neutral	FIFA World Cup qualification