Yemen national football team
Appearance
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Nickname(s) | Al-Yaman A'Sa'eed (The Happy Yemen) (اليمن السعيد) Al-Shayateen Al-Homr (The Red Devils) The Qahtani Arabs (الشياطين الحمر) | ||
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Association | Yemen Football Association | ||
Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||
Sub-confederation | WAFF (West Asia) | ||
Head coach | Ján Kocian | ||
Captain | Ala Al-Sasi | ||
Most caps | Ala Al-Sasi (87) | ||
Top scorer | Ali Al-Nono (30) | ||
Home stadium | Althawra Sports City Stadium | ||
FIFA code | YEM | ||
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FIFA ranking | |||
Current | 154 ![]() | ||
Highest | 90 (August – September 1993, November 1993) | ||
Lowest | 186 (February 2014) | ||
First international | |||
As North Yemen:![]() ![]() (Egypt, 5 September 1965) As Yemen: ![]() ![]() (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; 8 September 1990) | |||
Biggest win | |||
![]() ![]() (Kuwait City, Kuwait; 18 February 2000) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
![]() ![]() (Cairo, Egypt; Date Unknown August 1965) | |||
Asian Cup | |||
Appearances | 1 (first in 2019) | ||
Best result | Group 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
[change | change source]World Cup record
[change | change source]World Cup Finals | World Cup Qualifications | ||||||||||||||
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Year | Result | Position | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | |
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Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | |
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Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | |
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Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | |
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Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | |
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Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | |
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Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
Total | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 32 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 40 | 43 |
AFC Asian Cup record
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Year | Result | Position | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | |
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Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||
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Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
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Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 5 | |
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Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 15 | |
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Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 13 | |
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Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | |
Total | Best: - | 26 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 43 | 50 |
Gulf Cup of Nations record
[change | change source]Gulf Cup | ||||||||
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Year | Result | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | |
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7/7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 18 | |
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Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
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Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
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Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | |
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Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | |
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- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | Best: Group Stage | 18 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 50 |
Arab Nations Cup
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Year | Result | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
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Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 24 |
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Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Withdrew | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Group Stage | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
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Group Stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
Total | Best: Group Stage | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 43 |
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 22 December 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
- ↑ Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 3 March 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2019.