Yemen national football team

Yemen

Association

Yemen Football Association

Confederation

AFC (Asia)

Head coach

Muhsin Saleh

Home stadium

Althawra Sports City Stadium

FIFA code

YEM

FIFA ranking

141

Highest FIFA ranking

90 (August 1993)

Lowest FIFA ranking

163 (July 2000)

Elo ranking

145





First kit





Second kit

First international

Sudan 9 - 0 North Yemen

(Egypt, September 5, 1965)

Malaysia 0 - 1 Yemen

(Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; September 8, 1990)

Biggest win

Yemen 11 - 2 Bhutan

(Kuwait City, Kuwait; February 18, 2000)

Biggest defeat

Libya 16 - 1 North Yemen

(Egypt, September ?, 1965)

Saudi Arabia 7 - 0 Yemen

(Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; October 6, 2003)

The Yemen national football team is the national team of Yemen and is controlled by the Yemen Football Association.

When the nation was split into North Yemen and South Yemen before 1990, two national teams existed. After unification, the Yemen national football team is considered the successor of the North Yemen team. See the article South Yemen national football team for details on the South Yemen team.

Yemen (or North Yemen) has never appeared in the World Cup or the Asian Cup. The only appearance by any Yemeni team in the Asian Cup was that by South Yemen in 1976.

Last and next games

Last game Oman 2-1 Yemen - Abu Dhabi - January 23, 2007.
Next game Yemen 3-0 Maldives - Sana - October 8th, 2007.

World Cup record

North Yemen

1930 to 1982 - Did not enter
1986 to 1990 - Did not qualify

Yemen

1994 to 2006 - Did not qualify

Asian Cup record

North Yemen

1956 to 1980 - Did not enter
1984 to 1988 - Did not qualify

Yemen

1992 - Did not enter
1996 to 2007 - Did not qualify

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification.

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB/Age	Club
2	DF	Yasser Al-Baadani	2 February, 1986	Al Sha'ab Ibb
4	DF	Mohammed Salem	4 May, 1983	Al Tadamun Shabwa
5	DF	Zaher Al-Fadhli	6 July, 1986	Hassan Abyan
6	MF	Mohammed Al Ammari
7	MF	Haitham Thabit
8	MF	Muslim Agayev
10	FW	Fekri Al-Hubaishi	18 April, 1978	Al Sha'ab Ibb
11	FW	Nasser Ghazi	3 May, 1981	Al-Hilal (Al Hudaydah)
13	DF	Ahmed Al-Wadi	6 June, 1986	Ai-Tilal
15	MF	Akram Al-Worafi	12 November, 1986	Al Sha'ab Ibb
16	MF	Rian Haikl
17	MF	Ala Al Sasi		Al-Ahli (San'a')
18	FW	Tamer Hanash
19	MF	Abdulkarem Al Qetwi
22	DF	Awsam Omar
23	MF	Khaled Matafi
24	MF	Salef Al Shehri		Al-Hilal
25	GK	Salem Saeed		Al-Nasr
26	DF	Saoud Al-Sowadi

External links

RSSSF: Yemen - List of International Matches

International football

Asia: AFC – Asian Cup

Africa: CAF – African Cup of Nations

North America: CONCACAF – Gold Cup

South America: CONMEBOL – Copa América

Oceania: OFC – Nations Cup

Europe: UEFA – European Championship

Non-FIFA: NF-Board – VIVA World Cup

National football teams of Asia (AFC)

* FIFA and AFC use Hong Kong and Macau; the EAFF uses Hong Kong, China and Macau, China.

Union Arab de Football Association competitions
Arab Nations Cup \| Pan Arab Games \| Gulf Cup of Nations \| Arab Champions League
Union Arab de Football Association teams
Algeria \| Bahrain \| Comoros \| Djibouti \| Egypt \| Iraq \| Jordan \| Kuwait \| Lebanon \| Libya \| Mauritania \| Morocco \| Oman \| Palestine \| Qatar \| Saudi Arabia \| Somalia \| Sudan \| Syria \| Tunisia \| United Arab Emirates \| Yemen

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