Yemen national under-17 football team

Yemen national under-17 football team

Nickname(s)	Al-Yemen A'sa'eed
Association	Yemen Football Association
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Mohammed Khatam
Most caps	Abdo Al-Edresi (13)
Home stadium	Althawra Sports City Stadium
FIFA code	YEM
First colours Second colours
AFC U-16 Championship
Appearances	5 (first in 2002)
Best result	Runners-Up: 2002
Arab Cup U-17
Appearances	1 (first in 2012)
Best result	Fourth place: 2012
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 2003)
Best result	Group Stage: 2003

The Yemen national under-17 football team represents Yemen in international under-17 football competitions and is controlled by the Yemen Football Association.

Tournament Records

FIFA U-17 World Cup

Year	Result	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1985~1989	Country part of South Yemen	–	–	–	–	–	–
1991	DNE	–	–	–	–	–	–
1993~1997	DNQ	–	–	–	–	–	–
1999	Withdrew	–	–	–	–	–	–
2001	DNE	–	–	–	–	–	–
2003	Group Stage	3	0	1	2	4	8
2005	DNQ	–	–	–	–	–	–
2007	DNQ	–	–	–	–	–	–
2009	DNQ	–	–	–	–	–	–
2011	DNQ	–	–	–	–	–	–
2013	DNQ	–	–	–	–	–	–
2015	DNQ	–	–	–	–	–	–
2017	DNQ	–	–	–	–	–	–
2019	DNQ	–	–	–	–	–	–
2021	DNQ	–	–	–	–	–	–
Total	Best: Group Stage	3	0	1	2	4	8

AFC U-16 Championship

Year	Result	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1985~1988	Country part of South Yemen	–	–	–	–	–	–
1990	DNE	–	–	–	–	–	–
1992~1996	DNQ	–	–	–	–	–	–
1998	Withdrew	–	–	–	–	–	–
2000	DNE	–	–	–	–	–	–
2002	Runners-Up	6	4	1	1	10	5
2004	DNQ	–	–	–	–	–	–
2006	Group Stage	3	0	1	2	4	6
20081	Group Stage	3	0	0	3	0	6
2010	DNQ	–	–	–	–	–	–
2012	Group Stage	3	0	1	2	3	7
2014	DNQ	–	–	–	–	–	–
2016	Group Stage	3	0	1	2	1	4
2018	Group Stage	–	–	–	–	–	–
Total	Best: Runners-Up	18	4	4	10	18	28

¹Yemen were ejected from the 2008 AFC U-16 Championship competition for fielding an overage player, Wesam Saleh Al-Worafi.

Arab Cup U-17

Year	Result	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2011	DNQ	–	–	–	–	–	–
2012	Fourth place	4	2	0	2	4	4
2014	DNQ	–	–	–	–	–	–
Total	Best: Fourth place	4	2	0	2	4	4

Recent results and forthcoming fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss

Date	Location	Opponent	Score*	Competition
2017
20 September	Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha	Qatar	1-1	2018 AFC U-16 Championship qualification Group E
22 September	Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha	Bangladesh	0-3	2018 AFC U-16 Championship qualification Group E

Players

Current squad

Squad called up for 2018 AFC U-16 Championship qualification

Head coach: Mohammed Khatam

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	ABDULLAH ABDULHAKIM AL-SADI		1
3	1GK	MOHAMMED KHALED AL-FAKIH		1
2		SULTAN YOUSEF THABIT		1
4		HAMZAH MOHAMMED SABAH		1
5		AKRAM ADEL MOHAMMED (c)		1
7		TAMER NADHEL SENAN		1
9		YAHYA ESAM AL-BALEET		1
10		SADEQ MOHAMMED AL-GALAL		1
12		OSAMAH SAMER AL-BAADANI		1
17		SAAD ALI AL-QAAOD		1
18		HAMID YAHYA AL-DHUBRI		1
19		ABDULKAREEM ALI AL-NOOBAH		1
8		SUHAIL AREF AL-SELWI		1
11		FAISAL ABDULLAH SAIF		0
13		ABDULRAHMAN KHALED ALI		0
14		ABDULLAH AHMED AL-ANESI		0
15		ABDULRAHMAN AHMED AL-ASHWAL		0
16		MOHANAD ALI AL-GARASH		1
23	2DF	YUSEF ABIAH		0
21		HASAN EBRAHIM AYASH		0
22		ABDULRAHMAN AHMED AL-RAIMI		0

Coaching staff

Position	Name	Notes
Manager	Mohammed Al-Rawhani
Assistant Manager
Coach	Mohammed Khatam
Goalkeeping Coach

Golden generation

Year	Round	Score	Result
2003	Round 1	Yemen 3 – 1 Portugal	win
	Round 1	Yemen 1 – 0 Cameroon	win
	Round 1	Yemen 3– 1 Brazil	win

Golden generation (Elected hope) who participated in 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship In Finland

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
23	2DF	YUSEF ABIAH		0
1	3MF	Mohammed Alwah		0
3	2DF	Abdullah Al-Safi		0
4	2DF	Yasser Al-Baadani		0
5	2DF	Ali Al-Baiti		0
6	4FW	Sami Juaim		0
7	3MF	Fuad Al-Ammari		0
8	3MF	Khaled Baleid		0
9	3MF	Galal Al-Qatta		0
10	3MF	Akram Al-Selwi		0
11	4FW	Ebrahim Saleh		0
12	2DF	Hemyar Al-Mesri		0
13	1GK	Halim Al-Jabali		0
14	2DF	Wasim Al-Qor		0
15	3MF	Akram Al-Worafi		0
16	4FW	Abdulelah Sharyan		0
17	2DF	Esmat Al-Khtshi		0
18	1GK	Anwar Al-Aug		0
19	2DF	Mohanad Munassar		0
20	3MF	Abdo Al-Edresi (c)		3	Al Sha'ab San'a'

Former squads

• 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship squads

See also

• Yemen national football team
• Yemen national under-20 football team
• Yemen national under-23 football team