Yemen national football team

Yemen
اليمن

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Nickname(s)	Al-Yemen A'sa'eed (اليمن السعيد)
Association	Yemen Football Association
Confederation	AFC
Head coach	Rabah Saâdane
Captain	Ali Al-Nono
Home stadium	Althawra Sports City Stadium
FIFA code	YEM
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	125
Highest	90 (August 1993)
Lowest	163 (July 2000)
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)
AFC Asian Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 1976)
Best result	Round 1, 1976

The Yemen national football team (Arabic: منتخب اليمني لكرة القدم), 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 national football team. See the article South Yemen national football team for details on the South Yemen team.

Yemen (or North Yemen) has never appeared at a FIFA World Cup. Yemen appeared at the Asian cup 1 time, in 1976 as South Yemen, and that was the only appearance by any Yemeni Football team.

World Cup record

North Yemen

World Cup Finals										World Cup Qualifications
Year	Result	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA		GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1930 to 1982	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-
1986	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		4	0	0	4	1	12
1990	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		4	0	0	4	0	5
Total	-		-	-	-	-	-	-		8	0	0	8	1	17

Yemen

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
Total	-		-	-	-	-	-	-		30	10	9	11	40	41

AFC Asian Cup record

North Yemen

Asian Cup Finals										Asian Cup Qualifications
Year	Result	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA		GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1956 to 1980	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-
1984	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		4	0	0	4	2	17
1988	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		5	1	3	1	5	5
Total	Best: -		-	-	-	-	-	-		9	1	3	5	7	22

Yemen

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
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 to 1992	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1998	Withdrew	-	-	-	-	-	-
2002	Group Stage	4	0	1	3	5	13
Total	Best: Group Stage	4	0	1	3	5	13

Coaches

Name	Nat	Period	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	Honours
Milan Živadinović		2003 - March 2004
Rabah Saâdane		2004 - 2005
Mohsen Saleh		2007 - Jan 2009
Hamza Al Jamal		Jan 2009 (caretaker)
Sami Hasan Saleh Al Nash		Jan 2009 - Oct 2009
Srecko Juricic		Nov 2009 - Dec 2010
Rabah Saâdane		Dec 2010 -

Current squad

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Salim Saeed		54	0	Al-Nasr
2	3MF	Ahmed Khalid Multaani				Al-Ittihad
3	3MF	Mohammed Ali Al-Ammari				Al Sha'ab Ibb
4	2DF	Mohammed Saleh Yousef	4 May 1983			Al-Hilal
5	2DF	Mohammed Hussain Ali	6 July 1986			Hassan Abyan
6	3MF	Khaled Matafi				Unattached
7	3MF	Haitham Thabit				Unattached
8	3MF	Khaled Baleid	2 November 1986			Al-Tilal
9	4FW	Yaser Basuhai	27 March 1979			Al-Hilal
10	4FW	Ali Al-Nono	7 June 1980	40	13	Al-Ahli
11	2DF	Omar Awsam Al Sayed				Hassan Abyan
12	4FW	Fekri Al-Hubaishi	18 April 1978			Al Sha'ab Ibb
13	2DF	Ahmed Al-Wadi	6 June 1985			Al-Tilal
14		Ali Yousef				Unattached
15	3MF	Akram Al-Worafi	12 November 1986			Al Sha'ab Ibb
16	4FW	Imran Sharif				Shula Aden
17	4FW	Abdullah Yaslam				Al Rasheed Ta'izz
19	1GK	Saoud Al-Sowadi		1	0	Unattached
20	3MF	Yasir Mohammed	20 January 1989	13	4	Al-Eli Hamudi

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External links

• RSSSF: Yemen - List of International Matches
• - Current squad of the national team (2010)