Yemen national football team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Yemen women's national football team.

For the team representing the former South Yemen, see South Yemen national football team.

Yemen

Nickname(s)	Al-Yaman as-Sa'eed (اليمن السعيد, The Happy Yemen)
Association	Yemen Football Association
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	WAFF (West Asia)
Head coach	Noureddine Ould Ali
Captain	Abdulwasea Al-Matari
Most caps	Alaa Al-Sasi (84)
Top scorer	Ali Al-Nono (30)
Home stadium	Althawra Sports City Stadium
FIFA code	YEM
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	158 (19 December 2024)
Highest	90 (August – September 1993, November 1993)
Lowest	186 (February 2014)
First international
Syria 4–1 North Yemen (Baghdad, Iraq; 2 April 1966) as Yemen Malaysia 0–1 Yemen (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; 8 September 1990)
Biggest win
North Yemen 2–1 United Arab Emirates (Casablanca, Morocco; 11 August 1985) North Yemen 1–0 India (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; 11 February 1988) as Yemen Yemen 11–2 Bhutan (Kuwait City, Kuwait; 18 February 2000)
Biggest defeat
North Korea 14–0 Yemen (Phnom Penh, Cambodia; 30 November 1966) as Yemen Saudi Arabia 7–0 Yemen (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; 6 October 2003)
Asian Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 2019)
Best result	Group stage (2019)
WAFF Championship
Appearances	3 (first in 2010)
Best result	Semi-finals (2010)

The Yemen national football team (Arabic: منتخب الْيَمَن الْوَطَنِيُّ لِكُرَّةُ الْقَدَم) represents Yemen in men's international football and is administered by the Yemen Football Association.

When Yemen was split into North and South, two national teams existed. The current Yemeni national team inherits the records of North Yemen.

Despite being the 5th most populated country in the Middle East, Yemen has never achieved the same success as those with much smaller populations, only qualifying for the AFC Asian Cup once after unification in 1990.

History

1965–1966

A team representing the Sultanate of Lahej debuted at the 1965 Arab Games in Cairo, Egypt, losing both of their matches: 9–0 to Sudan and 16–1 to Libya. Meanwhile, despite a 4–0 drubbing by Syria, North Yemen beat Oman 2–1.

In April 1966, North Yemen debuted at the 1966 Arab Cup in Baghdad, Iraq, placed in Group 2. They lost their first match 4–1 to Syria and were then crushed 7–0 by Palestine three days later. On 5 April, they suffered an even heavier loss, 13–0 to Libya, thus finishing bottom of the group.

Also in 1966, North Yemen entered the Games of the New Emerging Forces in Cambodia and lost their opener 5–3 to Palestine.

1984–1989

Following the tournament in Cambodia, North Yemen did not play a match for eighteen years, returning in 1984 in an attempt to qualify to the 1984 Asian Cup. This was their first entrance of the competition. They were placed at the qualifiers in Group 3 with all matches held in Calcutta, India in October 1984. North Yemen lost the first match on 10 October, 6–0 to South Korea, for whom Park Sung-Hwa scored four goals and Chung Hae-Won two. Two days later, they lost 2–0 to hosts India. On 15 October North Yemen lost 4–1 to Pakistan and three days later by the same score to Malaysia. North Yemen finished at the bottom of the group.

North Yemen entered its first World Cup qualification campaign with the aim of securing a place in the 1986 World Cup in Mexico. They were placed in Group 3 of the West Asia zone in the first round of the qualification campaign. North Yemen played their first match at home to Syria in Sana'a on 29 March 1985 and lost 1–0 to a 70th-minute goal. On 5 April, they lost 5–0 to Kuwait in Kuwait City. On 19 April, North Yemen lost 3–0 away to Syria at the Abbasiyyin Stadium in Damascus. On 26 April, while hosting Kuwait, North Yemen scored their only goal in the group as they lost 3–1 in front of 10,000 people.

In August 1985, North Yemen competed at the 1985 Arab Games in Rabat, Morocco and was placed in a group with Saudi Arabia, Algeria and the United Arab Emirates. They lost 2–0 to the Saudis on 5 August, 3–1 to Algeria on 7 August, and on 9 August beat the UAE 2–1 for their first ever victory.

On 15 October 1985, North Yemen played opposition from outside Asia and Africa for the first time, losing a friendly 2–0 to Mexico at home.

Reunification of the North and South (1990s)

In the 1990, the North and South of Yemen re-united which prompted what is now the national team of Yemen to be merged from North Yemen.

Upon being a new country, their captains alternated between matches to promote a "unified" Yemen.

Starting in 1993, their first big task would be the qualification to the 1994 FIFA World Cup, because they did not enter the AFC Asian Cup in 1992, nor the Arab Cup. Yemen lost three games, against China once, and Iraq twice. They drew with Jordan twice, and won against China and Pakistan. This placed them third, five points from Iraq who were first, and ultimately ended their first ever World Cup qualification campaign.

The qualification campaign for the 1996 Asian Cup saw them get thrashed by Saudi Arabia as they lost 4–0 in the first leg, but put a fight in the second leg as they lost 1–0. Despite finishing last, on points with Kyrgyzstan, Yemen's only redeeming event was a narrow 1–0 win against Kyrgyzstan, despite getting beat 3–1 in the return leg.

More years went by as Yemen continued to struggle, not only in Asia, but in the Middle East. The qualification campaign for the 1998 World Cup raised some spirits as they came in second above Indonesia and Cambodia. For the Yemenis, this was an ample progress as Uzbekistan, with 16 points, had stomped the first stage with having twice as many points as second-place Yemen at 8 points. While adding on to the fact that Yemen lost 1–0 to Uzbekistan, and despite losing 5–1 in the return leg, this gave the Yemenis a hopeful future for the upcoming tournaments.

2000s

Yemen started the millennium by attempting to qualify for the 2000 AFC Asian Cup. The Al-Yemen A'Sa'eed started off the year with a 3–0 win against Nepal following with a 0–1 loss to Turkmenistan. After this, it came to light that Kuwait had thrashed Bhutan 20–0 in the qualifiers which prompted doubt in the national team. Yemen lost 2–0 to Kuwait (with an own-goal added) and ended the qualification campaign with their highest win as they stomped Bhutan 11–2. These matches put Yemen at 6 points finishing above Nepal and Bhutan at third place of fifth.

2002 FIFA World Cup (AFC) qualifying (Group 8)
Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
UAE	6	4	0	2	21	5	+16	12
Yemen	6	3	2	1	14	8	+6	11
India	6	3	2	1	11	5	+6	11
Brunei	6	0	0	6	0	28	−28	0

The following year, in 2001, would be a high-point for the Yemeni fans as they watched their national team barely lose out on the advancement of the second round of the qualification campaign of the 2002 FIFA World Cup. They lost to United Arab Emirates who finished at top with 12 points while Yemen, along with India, sat at 11 points with Yemen scoring three more goals than India, despite the same goal-difference of six. They lost in both legs to United Arab Emirates.

However, for the Yemenis, disappointment would strike as they bombed their next big competition, the 2002 Arab Cup. This would be their first appearance since 1966 when they played as North Yemen, in which they also failed losing all three games and having a goal difference of −23. In 2012, they drew 2–2 with Saudi Arabia but lost to Lebanon 4–2, Bahrain 3–1 and Syria 0–4.

The qualification for the 2004 AFC Asian Cup would arrive as the next test for Yemen. The Yemenis were left stranded on the cusp of qualification as they were beat to the last spot by Indonesia by 3 points.

Days later, they would face yet another big tournament in quick succession which was the 16th Arabian Gulf Cup hosted by Kuwait. They came in dead last out of seven. They finished with 1 point, drawing with Oman and a goal difference of −16. But within a few months, the 17th Arabian Gulf Cup arrived, after their poor showing in the previous tournament. However, the Yemenis once again, to everyone's expectations, failed to register a win with the only point coming from a 1–1 draw to Bahrain while losing 0–3 to Saudi Arabia and 3–1 to Kuwait.

Yemen would next look towards the qualification campaign of the 2006 FIFA World Cup. But the Yemenis would soon end it on a short note, as they finished bottom of the group with 5 points under Thailand, United Arab Emirates and North Korea (who won the group with 11 points) and one win, two draws and three losses.

A short time later would find the Yemenis preparing for the 18th Arabian Gulf Cup. Despite, as expected, finishing the group last, they finished with two losses against United Arab Emirates and Oman and the lone draw to Kuwait.

Months later would see Yemen enter the qualification campaign of the 2007 AFC Asian Cup and were knocked out, once again. While Japan and Saudi Arabia qualified comfortably, Yemen achieved their only two wins against India.

2010s

The next task for the Yemenis was the qualification campaign for the 2010 FIFA World Cup which was cut shorter than usual. In the first round, Yemen scored three goals without reply against Maldives, in the first leg. In the return leg, Maldives replied with two goals but in the end, it was not enough, and Yemen passed to the next stage. The second stage saw Yemen draw 1–1 with Thailand with the second leg finishing 1–0 in favor to Thailand thus knocking them out 3–2 on aggregate. This was the first time Yemen did not reach the group stages of a World Cup qualification stage.

Yemen started off the new year by hosting the 20th Arabian Gulf Cup for the first time. As hosts, they played in the May 22 Stadium in Aden against Saudi Arabia and lost 0–4. Yemen would go on and lose 2–1 and 0–3 to Qatar and Kuwait respectively thus crashing out of the group stages only scoring one goal while conceding nine.

The qualification campaign for the 2011 AFC Asian Cup was acceptable for Yemeni' standards. Grouped with Japan and Bahrain, and Hong Kong, they achieved two wins, one draw and three losses. They opened with a defeat of 2–1 to Japan and finished with holding Japan to the last minute for a 3–2 defeat.

Ten years later of their last participation, they entered the 2012 Arab Cup where they were grouped with Morocco, Bahrain and Libya. To the bewilderment of many football experts, Bahrain finished last with Yemen finishing third with three points.

However, in 2013, Yemen would participate in the 21st Arabian Gulf Cup, and they would record their worst run in the tournament where they were grouped with Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Iraq. They didn't record any goal and conceded six goals losing all three games.

As recent record showed, the Yemenis finished with their worst World Cup qualification campaign for the 2014 World Cup. They faced Iraq which they lost 2–0. The return leg was played in the United Arab Emirates due to the civil unrest in Yemen. This match saw Yemen and Iraq play out to a draw which ended Iraq going through 2–0 on aggregate and thus knocking Yemen out in the knock-out stages.

In December 2013, they sunk to their lowest rank ever on the FIFA rankings at 179th. From the start of January 2013 to December 2013, they lost half of what they had previously, going down nearly 50 points. This calling came for the Yemen Football Association to make a serious signing, when they signed Vladimir Petrović as the coach who had experience in Europe as a player and of Red Star Belgrade fame. Vladmir Petrović quit as Yemen's manager in May 2014.

Because of this, Yemen dropped to their lowest and worst in Yemen's football: 186th. In preparation for the 22nd Arabian Gulf Cup, they hired Czech youth teams' manager Miroslav Soukup to attempt to revive the national team. Once again, Yemen was eliminated without winning a match, but for the first time in their Gulf Cup history, they didn't finish last.

Yemeni players before a 2019 AFC Asian Cup match against Iran

Debut at the 2019 AFC Asian Cup

The 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification happened with the outbreak of the civil war, leaving majority of the national team's players and staff to escape to Djibouti by boat, which made headline by the media. Yemen only managed to defeat two opponents, Pakistan and the Philippines, while they lost to other opponents, thus Yemen ended their qualification with bottom record. During the 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification, which was the first attempt of Yemen to qualify to the tournament as an unified nation, Yemen has defeated Tajikistan 2–1 on 23 March 2017, while maintaining four consecutive draws against Nepal and Philippines. Yemen had a big chance to qualify to its first international tournament in its history as a unified country. Finally, with the help from the Philippines when they defeated Tajikistan 2–1 in Manila, Yemen had finally qualified to the 2019 AFC Asian Cup for the first time in its history beating Nepal 2–1 in the last fixtures.

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Philippines	6	3	3	0	13	8	+5	12	2019 AFC Asian Cup		—	2–2	2–1	4–1
2	Yemen	6	2	4	0	7	5	+2	10			1–1	—	2–1	2–1
3	Tajikistan	6	2	1	3	10	9	+1	7			3–4	0–0	—	3–0
4	Nepal	6	0	2	4	3	11	−8	2			0–0	0–0	1–2	—

Source: AFC

In the team's maiden AFC Asian Cup, Yemen was grouped in Group D with Iraq, Iran and Vietnam. Their opening campaign was against Iran, which participated in the previous 2018 FIFA World Cup and had almost eliminated Spain in the progress. Yemen played well in the first ten minutes and almost scored a goal, but aftermath saw Iran completely dominate Yemen and the latter suffered a heavy 0–5 defeat to Iran. Yemen later fell to Iraq 0–3 after being unable to repel Iraqi pressure, and later lost to Southeast Asian opponent Vietnam 0–2 which saw Yemen finished last with no goal and no point. All three opponents of Yemen would soon progress from the group stage.

Yemen later participated in the 2019 WAFF Championship where they were grouped with host Iraq, Palestine, Syria and Lebanon. The Yemeni side was eliminated from the group stage this time, but they managed to finish in third place, even above Lebanon and Syria, thanked for a 2–1 over the former and a 1–1 draw to the latter. Despite this, Yemen once again failed in the 24th Arabian Gulf Cup, scoring no goal and conceded nine, but the Yemenis successfully gained a goalless draw to Iraq to win its first major point since 2014 edition.

2020s

Between these competitions, Yemen participated in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round where they were grouped with Uzbekistan, minnows Singapore and fellow Arab rivals Saudi Arabia and Palestine. During their first games, Yemen got two points after two 2–2 draws over minnows Singapore away and more importantly, the encouraging draw to powerhouse Saudi Arabia in Bahrain, with the Yemenis taking the lead twice, to end their losing streak to Saudi Arabia since 2002. Yet, Yemen slumped later after receiving a 0–5 demolition from Uzbekistan, before beating Palestine 1–0 to gain its first major win in this qualification round. However, disappointment would soon return when Yemen suffered a heartbreaking loss to Singapore 1–2 and put its qualification at risk. Ultimately, Yemen failed to gain any further momentum, losing to both Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan and Palestine in the end.

Yemen played in the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification first round against Sri Lanka in where they would play their home ground in Saudi Arabia due to the ongoing civil war in Yemen. On 12 October 2023, Yemen secured a 3–0 win over Sri Lanka at the Damac Club Stadium in Khamis Mushait.

Yemen was drawn in the final round of the 2027 AFC Asian Cup qualification on Group B with Lebanon, Bhutan and Brunei.

Results and fixtures

Main articles: North Yemen national football team results and Yemen national football team results

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixture

2024

United Arab Emirates v Yemen

21 March 2026 World Cup qualification	United Arab Emirates	2–1	Yemen	Abu Dhabi, UAE
22:00 UTC+4	Saleh 24' (pen.) Adil 72'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Idrees 69' (o.g.)	Stadium: Al Nahyan Stadium Attendance: 2,948 Referee: Mohanad Qasim Sarray (Iraq)

Yemen v United Arab Emirates

26 March 2026 World Cup qualification	Yemen	0–3	United Arab Emirates	Khobar, Saudi Arabia
22:00 UTC+3		Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Lima 14, 22' Adil 35'	Stadium: Prince Saud bin Jalawi Sports City Attendance: 1,135 Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)

Bahrain v Yemen

6 June 2026 World Cup qualification	Bahrain	0–0	Yemen	Riffa, Bahrain
20:30 UTC+3		Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)		Stadium: Bahrain National Stadium Attendance: 2,632 Referee: Nazmi Nasaruddin (Malaysia)

Yemen v Nepal

11 June 2026 World Cup qualification	Yemen	2–2	Nepal	Dammam, Saudi Arabia
21:00 UTC+3	Al-Gahwashi 9' (pen.) M. Al-Dahi 90+1'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Bista 22' Karki 66'	Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Attendance: 953 Referee: Ahmad Ibrahim (Jordan)

Yemen v Sri Lanka

16 November Friendly	Yemen	0–1	Sri Lanka	Doha, Qatar
19:15 UTC+3		Report	Hingert 89'	Stadium: Al-Khor SC Stadium

Yemen v Sri Lanka

19 November Friendly	Yemen	2–0	Sri Lanka	Doha, Qatar
19:00 UTC+3	Mahrous 21' Hasan 90+5'	Report		Stadium: Al-Khor SC Stadium

Kuwait v Yemen

9 December Friendly	Kuwait	1–1	Yemen	Doha, Qatar
18:00 UTC+3	Al-Awadhi 90+5'		Sabarah 86'	Stadium: Abdullah Bin Khalifa Stadium

Oman v Yemen

16 December Friendly	Oman	1–0	Yemen	Muscat, Oman
19:00 UTC+4	Al-Busaidi 75'			Stadium: Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex

Iraq v Yemen

22 December 26th Arabian Gulf Cup	Iraq	1–0	Yemen	Kuwait City, Kuwait
17:30 UTC+3	Hussein 64'			Stadium: Sulaibikhat Stadium

Yemen v Saudi Arabia

25 December 26th Arabian Gulf Cup	Yemen	2–3	Saudi Arabia	Kuwait City, Kuwait
20:30 UTC+3	Al-Zubaidi 8' Sabarah 27'		Kanno 30' Al-Juwayr 57' (pen.) Al-Hamdan 90+3'	Stadium: Sulaibikhat Stadium

Yemen v Bahrain

28 December 26th Arabian Gulf Cup	Yemen	v	Bahrain	Kuwait City, Kuwait
17:30 UTC+3				Stadium: Sulaibikhat Stadium

2025

Bhutan v Yemen

Yemen v Lebanon

10 June 2027 AFC Asian Cup qualification	Yemen	v	Lebanon
20:00 UTC+8

Brunei v Yemen

Yemen v Brunei

14 October 2027 AFC Asian Cup qualification	Yemen	v	Brunei
20:00 UTC+8

Yemen v Bhutan

18 November 2027 AFC Asian Cup qualification	Yemen	v	Bhutan
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2026

Lebanon v Yemen

31 March 2027 AFC Asian Cup qualification

Lebanon

v

Yemen

Notes

• Yemen play their home matches at a neutral venue due to the ongoing Yemeni civil war.

Coaching history

Caretaker managers are listed in italics

• Zaki Osman (1970)
• Alan Gillett (1977)
• Timur Segizbayev (1979–1982)
• Dr. Azzam Khalifa ¹ (1989–1990)
• Luciano de Abreu (1993–1994)
• Ali Saleh Abad (1996)
• Omar Bashami (1996)
• Mojahed Al Saraha (1997)
• Hazem Jassam (1997)
• Salem Abdel Rahman (1997)
• Hazem Jassam (1997–1999)
• Roberto Fernandes (1999)
• Zoran Đorđević (1999–2000)
• Luciano de Abreu (2000–2002)
• Mahmoud Abou-Regaila (2002)
• Torsten Spittler ² (2002)
• Abdullah Saqr Baamer ³ (2002)
• Hazem Jassam (2002–2003)
• Ahmed Ali Qasem (2003)
• Milan Živadinović (2003–2004)
• Amine Al-Sunaini (2004)
• Rabah Saâdane (2004–2005)
• Ahmed Alraay (2006)
• Mohsen Saleh (2006–2009)
• Hamza Al Jamal (2009)
• Sami Hasan Al Nash (2009)
• Srećko Juričić (2009–2010)
• Amine Al-Sunaini (2010–2012)
• Sami Hasan Al Nash (2012)
• Tom Saintfiet (2012–2013)
• Sami Hasan Al Nash (2013)
• Vladimir Petrović (2013–2014)
• Miroslav Soukup (2014–2015)
• Amine Al-Sunaini (2015–2016)
• Ahmed Ali Qasem (2016)
• Abraham Mebratu (2016–2018)
• Ján Kocian (2018–2019)
• Sami Hasan Al Nash (2019–2021)
• Ahmed Ali Qasem (2021)
• Nenad Nikolić (2021–2022)
• Amin Al-Sanini (2022)
• Adel Amrouche (2022)
• Miroslav Soukup (2022–2024)
• Noureddine Ould Ali (2024–present)

Notes

• Dr. Azzam Khalifa served as the first coach of the unified Yemen football team.
• Torsten Spittler, the youth national team coach, was selected by the YFA to take charge of the team at the 2002 Arab Cup with a squad composed of youth team and senior players. However, after one friendly match, the FA overturned this decision and appointed Hazem Jassam instead.
• Abdullah Saqr Baamer served as caretaker coach during the 2002 Arab Cup due to coach Hazem Jassam being unable to obtain a visa as he was blacklisted by the host nation of Kuwait.

Players

Current squad

The following 26 players were called up for the 26th Arabian Gulf Cup.

Caps and goals are correct as of 25 December 2024, after the match against Saudi Arabia.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Mohamed Aman	(1997-04-14) 14 April 1997	13	0	Ahli Sanaa
22	1GK	Abdullah Al-Saadi	(2002-04-23) 23 April 2002	5	0	Sharurah
23	1GK	Osama Abdullah Haidar	(2002-02-27) 27 February 2002	0	0	May 22 San'a
3	2DF	Harwan Al-Zubaidi	(1999-10-15) 15 October 1999	13	1	Quart de Poblet
4	2DF	Hamza Al-Rimi	(2002-02-12) 12 February 2002	16	0	Al-Talaba
5	2DF	Amr Talal	(1997-01-01) 1 January 1997	1	0	Al-Wehda Aden
6	2DF	Rami Al-Wasmani	(1997-02-01) 1 February 1997	7	0	Ahli Sanaa
12	2DF	Mamdooh Bin Agag	(2003-05-29) 29 May 2003	4	0	Al-Shaab Hadramaut
13	2DF	Ahmed Nasser		1	0	Al-Shula
19	2DF	Radhawan Al-Hubaishi	(1993-07-03) 3 July 1993	8	0	Ahli Sanaa
24	2DF	Ali Al-Dugin		1	0	Al-Wehda Aden
26	2DF	Hamzah Al-Surabi		1	0	Al-Yarmuk Al-Rawda
2	3MF	Ahmed Al-Khamisi	(2003-09-10) 10 September 2003	0	0	EFC '58
7	3MF	Nasser Al-Gahwashi	(1999-05-24) 24 May 1999	29	3	Zakho
8	3MF	Anes Al-Maari	(2000-01-09) 9 January 2000	15	0	Al-Gharraf
10	3MF	Mohammed Al-Najjar	(1997-04-08) 8 April 1997	6	0	Al-Wehda Sanaa
14	3MF	Mohammed Al-Tiri	(2000-02-04) 4 February 2000	11	0	Al-Wehda Sanaa
15	3MF	Osama Anbar	(1995-01-20) 20 January 1995	14	0	Al-Kahrabaa
16	3MF	Omar Al-Golan		4	0	Al-Tilal
17	3MF	Abdul Majeed Sabarah	(2000-08-22) 22 August 2000	12	2	Al-Wehda Sanaa
25	3MF	Tareq Shihab	(2001-03-07) 7 March 2001	1	0	HK
9	4FW	Omar Al-Dahi	(1999-12-15) 15 December 1999	29	4	Al-Karma
11	4FW	Abdulwasea Al-Matari (captain)	(1994-07-04) 4 July 1994	67	11	Sitra
18	4FW	Abdulaziz Masnom	(2006-02-06) 6 February 2006	2	0	Al-Arabi
20	4FW	Hamzah Mahross	(2004-05-05) 5 May 2004	10	1	Ahli Sanaa
21	4FW	Kassem Al-Sharafi	(2004-10-15) 15 October 2004	3	0	Al-Wehda Sanaa

Recent call-ups

The following footballers were part of national selection in the past twelve months, but are not part of the current call-up.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Waddah Anwar	(2008-01-24) 24 January 2008	0	0	Al-Tilal	26th Arabian Gulf Cup PRE
GK	Bassam Farid Salleh	(2004-10-02) 2 October 2004	0	0	Al-Wehda Aden	v.Sri Lanka, 19 November 2024
GK	Ali Fadl Abs	(2000-01-01) 1 January 2000	1	0	Al-Tadamun	v.Nepal, 12 June 2024
DF	Hesham Ahmed Balabl	(2003-02-02) 2 February 2003	0	0	Al-Tilal	26th Arabian Gulf Cup PRE
DF	Nasser Afasha		0	0		26th Arabian Gulf Cup PRE
DF	Emad Al-Judaima	(2003-03-11) 11 March 2003	4	0	Al-Wehda Sanaa	v.Nepal, 12 June 2024
DF	Jacob Gouriyé	(1991-01-04) 4 January 1991	0	0	Al-Wehda Sanaa	v.Nepal, 12 June 2024
DF	Al-Khedr Al-Douh	(2004-11-01) 1 November 2004	6	0	Fahman	v.Nepal, 12 June 2024
DF	Mufeed Gamal	(1999-01-01) 1 January 1999	16	0	Al Yarmuk Al Rawda	v.Nepal, 12 June 2024
MF	Nawaf Abdullah	(1994-12-31) 31 December 1994	0	0	Malkiya	26th Arabian Gulf Cup PRE
MF	Zidane Makram		0	0	Al-Shaab Hadramaut	26th Arabian Gulf Cup PRE
MF	Ali Nasser Ali Hasan	(1996-11-23) 23 November 1996	2	1	East Riffa	v.Sri Lanka, 19 November 2024
MF	Salah Saeed		1	0	Al-Wehda Sanaa	v.Sri Lanka, 19 November 2024
FW	Mohammed Al-Dahi	(1996-04-03) 3 April 1996	12	2	Al-Karma	26th Arabian Gulf Cup PRE
FW	Mohammed Al-Brwany		2	0	Al-Wehda Aden	26th Arabian Gulf Cup PRE
FW	Ahmed Maher	(2002-01-24) 24 January 2002	18	1	Al-Wahda Sur	v.Sri Lanka, 19 November 2024
FW	Gehad Abdulrab	(1996-05-27) 27 May 1996	4	0	Al-Mosul	v.Sri Lanka, 19 November 2024
FW	Ahmed Al-Sarori	(1998-08-09) 9 August 1998	51	2	Al-Naft	v.Nepal, 12 June 2024 PRE
Notes INJ Withdrew due to injury PRE Preliminary squad SUS Serving suspension WD Withdrew due to non-injury issue

Former squads

• 2012 Arab Cup squads
• 2019 AFC Asian Cup squads

Records

As of 25 December 2024

Players in bold are still active with Yemen.

Most appearances

Rank	Player	Caps	Goals	Career
1	Alaa Al-Sasi	84	11	2006–2019
2	Salem Saeed	79	0	2003–2019
3	Akram Al-Worafi	72	6	2004–2017
4	Abdulwasea Al-Matari	67	11	2013–present
5	Ali Al-Nono	65	30	2000–2010
	Mudir Al-Radaei	65	1	2012–2023
7	Mohammed Fuad Omar	55	1	2012–2019
8	Mohammed Boqshan	54	1	2012–2021
9	Ahmed Al-Sarori	51	2	2015–present
10	Mohammad Ayash	44	0	2010–2021

Top goalscorers

Rank	Name	Goals	Caps	Ratio	Career
1	Ali Al-Nono	30	65	0.46	2000–2010
2	Adel Al-Salimi	15	25	0.6	2000–2004
3	Abdulwasea Al-Matari	11	67	0.16	2013–present
	Alaa Al-Sasi	11	84	0.13	2006–2019
5	Nashwan Al-Haggam	7	19	0.37	2002–2007
	Yaser Ba Suhai	7	38	0.18	2003–2015
7	Ali Awad Al-Omqi	6	40	0.15	2001–2009
	Akram Al-Worafi	6	72	0.08	2004–2017
9	Omar Al-Ariki	5	7	0.71	1996–1997
	Abdulsalam Al Ghurbani	5	9	0.56	2000–2009

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup record										Qualification record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
as Kingdom of Yemen
1930	Not a FIFA member									Not a FIFA member
1934
1938
1950
1954
1958
1962
as North Yemen
1966	Not a FIFA member									Not a FIFA member
1970
1974
1978
1982	Did not enter									Did not enter
1986	Did not qualify									4	0	0	4	1	12
1990										4	0	0	4	0	5
as Yemen
1994	Did not qualify									8	3	2	3	12	13
1998										6	2	2	2	10	7
2002										6	3	2	1	8	6
2006										6	1	2	3	6	11
2010										4	1	1	2	4	4
2014										2	0	1	1	0	2
2018										10	2	1	7	5	18
2022										8	1	2	5	6	18
2026										8	2	3	3	9	10
2030	To be determined									To be determined
2034
Total	–	0/12	–	–	–	–	–	–		66	15	16	35	61	106

AFC Asian Cup

Main article: Yemen at the AFC Asian Cup

AFC Asian Cup record											Qualification record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
as Kingdom of Yemen
1956	Not an AFC member										Not an AFC member
1960
as North Yemen
1964	Not an AFC member										Not an AFC member
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984	Did not qualify										4	0	0	4	2	18
1988											5	1	3	1	5	5
as Yemen
1992	Did not enter										Did not enter
1996	Did not qualify										4	1	0	3	2	8
2000											4	2	0	2	14	5
2004											6	2	1	3	15	15
2007											6	2	0	4	5	13
2011											6	2	1	3	7	9
2015											6	0	0	6	3	18
2019	Group stage	23rd	3	0	0	3	0	10	Squad		18	6	5	7	16	23
2023	Did not qualify										11	1	3	7	6	25
2027	To be determined										To be determined
Total	Group stage	1/18	3	0	0	3	0	10	—		65	16	11	38	69	128

Asian Games

Asian Games record
Year	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1951 to 1978	Did not participate
1982	Withdrew
1986	Did not participate
1990	Group stage	3	0	2	1	0	2
1994	Group stage	4	0	0	4	0	14
1998	Did not participate
2002 to present	See Yemen national under-23 football team
Total	2/13	7	0	2	5	0	16

Gulf Cup

Gulf Cup record
Year	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2003–04	Seventh place	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	Group stage	3	0	0	3	0	6
2014	Group stage	3	0	2	1	0	1
2017–18	Group stage	3	0	0	3	0	8
2019	Group stage	3	0	1	2	0	9
2023	Group stage	3	0	0	3	2	10
2024–25	TBD
2026
Total	10/25	33	0	6	27	12	84

Arab Cup

FIFA Arab Cup record
Year	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1963	Did not enter
1964
1966	Group stage	3	0	0	3	1	24
1985	Did not enter
1988
1992
1998	Withdrew
2002	Group stage	4	0	1	3	5	13
2012	Group stage	3	1	0	2	3	7
2021	Did not qualify
Total	3/10	10	1	1	8	9	44

Arab Games

Arab Games record
Year	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1953	Did not enter
1957
1961
1965
1976
1985	Group stage	3	1	0	2	3	6
1997	Did not enter
1999
2007
2011
Total	1/10	3	1	0	2	3	6

WAFF Championship

WAFF Championship record
Year	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2000	Did not enter
2002
2004
2007
2008
2010	Semi-finals	3	1	1	1	5	4
2012	Group stage	3	0	0	3	1	4
2014	Withdrew
2019	Group stage	4	1	1	2	4	5
Total	3/9	10	2	2	6	10	13

Palestine Cup of Nations

Main article: Palestine Cup of Nations

Head-to-head record

Main article: Yemen national football team records and statistics

See also

• Yemen national football team results
• Yemen national under-23 football team
• Yemen national under-20 football team
• Yemen national under-17 football team
• North Yemen national football team
• South Yemen national football team

External links

• Official website (in Arabic)
• Yemen at AFC
• Yemen at FIFA
• List of players