Yemen national football team

Yemen
Nickname(s)Al-Yaman A'Sa'eed
(The Happy Yemen)
(اليمن السعيد)
Al-Shayateen Al-Homr
(The Red Devils) The Qahtani Arabs
(الشياطين الحمر)
AssociationYemen Football Association
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationWAFF (West Asia)
Head coachJán Kocian
CaptainAla Al-Sasi
Most capsAla Al-Sasi (87)
Top scorerAli Al-Nono (30)
Home stadiumAlthawra Sports City Stadium
FIFA codeYEM
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 154 1 (22 December 2022)[1]
Highest90 (August – September 1993, November 1993)
Lowest186 (February 2014)
First international
As North Yemen:
 Sudan 9–0 North Yemen
(Egypt, 5 September 1965)
As Yemen:
 Malaysia 0–1 Yemen
(Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; 8 September 1990)
Biggest win
Yemen 11–2 Bhutan 
(Kuwait City, Kuwait; 18 February 2000)
Biggest defeat
 Libya 16–1 North Yemen
(Cairo, Egypt; Date Unknown August 1965)
Asian Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2019)
Best resultGroup stage, 2019

The Yemen national football team is the national football team of Yemen. Yemen has never been at a FIFA World Cup.

Competition records

World Cup record

World Cup Finals World Cup Qualifications
Year Result Position GP W D* L GS GA GP W D* L GS GA
1994 Did not qualify - - - - - - - 8 3 2 3 12 13
1998 Did not qualify - - - - - - - 6 2 2 2 10 7
2002 Did not qualify - - - - - - - 6 3 2 1 8 6
2006 Did not qualify - - - - - - - 6 1 2 3 6 11
2010 Did not qualify - - - - - - - 4 1 1 2 4 4
2014 Did not qualify - - - - - - - 2 0 1 1 0 2
2018 Did not qualify - - - - - - - 10 2 1 7 5 18
2022 Did not qualify - - - - - - - 8 1 2 5 6 18
2026 Did not qualify - - - - - - - 8 2 3 3 9 10
Total - 0/9 - - - - - - 58 15 16 27 60 89

AFC Asian Cup record

Asian Cup Finals Asian Cup Qualifications
Year Result Position GP W D* L GS GA GP W D* L GS GA
1992 Did not enter - - - - - - -
1996 Did not qualify - - - - - - - 4 1 0 3 2 8
2000 Did not qualify - - - - - - - 4 2 0 2 14 5
2004 Did not qualify - - - - - - - 6 2 1 3 15 15
2007 Did not qualify - - - - - - - 6 2 0 4 5 13
2011 Did not qualify - - - - - - - 6 2 1 3 7 9
Total Best: - 26 9 2 15 43 50

Gulf Cup of Nations record

Gulf Cup
Year Result GP W D* L GS GA
2003 7/7 6 0 1 5 2 18
2004 Group Stage 3 0 1 2 2 7
2007 Group Stage 3 0 1 2 3 5
2009 Group Stage 3 0 0 3 2 11
2010 Group Stage 3 0 0 3 1 9
2013 - 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total Best: Group Stage 18 0 3 15 10 50

Arab Nations Cup

Arab Nations Cup
Year Result GP W D* L GS GA
1963 Did not enter - - - - - -
1964 Did not enter - - - - - -
1966 Group Stage 3 0 0 3 1 24
1985 Did not enter - - - - - -
1988 Did not enter - - - - - -
1992 Did not enter - - - - - -
1998 Withdrew - - - - - -
2002 Group Stage 4 0 1 3 5 13
2012 Group Stage 3 1 0 2 3 7
Total Best: Group Stage 9 1 1 7 9 43

References

  1. ↑ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 22 December 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  2. ↑ Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 3 March 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2019.


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