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| Nickname(s) | Al-Yaman as-Sa'eed (اليمن السعيد) (Happy Yemen) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | Yemen Football Association (YFA) | ||
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||
| Sub-confederation | WAFF (West Asia) | ||
| Head coach | Noureddine Ould Ali | ||
| Captain | Abdulwasea Al-Matari | ||
| Mostcaps | Alaa Al-Sasi (84)[1] | ||
| Top scorer | Ali Al-Nono (30) | ||
| Home stadium | Althawra Sports City Stadium | ||
| FIFA code | YEM | ||
| |||
| FIFA ranking | |||
| Current | 149 (19 January 2026)[2] | ||
| Highest | 90 (August – September 1993, November 1993) | ||
| Lowest | 186 (February 2014) | ||
| First international | |||
 Syria 4–1North Yemen  (Baghdad,Iraq; 2 April 1966) asYemen  Malaysia 0–1Yemen  (Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia; 8 September 1990) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
North Yemen 2–1United Arab Emirates  (Casablanca,Morocco; 11 August 1985) North Yemen 1–0India  (Abu Dhabi,United Arab Emirates; 11 February 1988) asYemen Yemen 11–2Bhutan  (Kuwait City,Kuwait; 18 February 2000) Yemen 9–0Brunei  (Kuwait City,Kuwait; 14 October 2025) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 North Korea 14–0Yemen (Phnom Penh,Cambodia; 30 November 1966) asYemen  Saudi Arabia 7–0Yemen (Jeddah,Saudi Arabia; 6 October 2003) | |||
| Asian Cup | |||
| Appearances | 1 (first in2019) | ||
| Best result | Group stage (2019) | ||
| WAFF Championship | |||
| Appearances | 3 (first in2010) | ||
| Best result | Semi-finals (2010) | ||
TheYemen national football team (Arabic:منتخب الْيَمَن لِكُرَّةُ الْقَدَم) representsYemen in men's internationalfootball and is administered by theYemen Football Association.
When Yemen was split intoNorth andSouth, 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 theAFC Asian Cup once after unification in 1990.
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A team representing theSultanate of Lahej debuted at the1965 Arab Games inCairo,Egypt, losing both of their matches: 9–0 toSudan and 16–1 toLibya. Meanwhile, despite a 4–0 drubbing bySyria, North Yemen beatOman 2–1.
In April 1966, North Yemen debuted at the1966 Arab Cup inBaghdad,Iraq, placed in Group 2. They lost their first match 4–1 to Syria and were then crushed 7–0 byPalestine three days later.[4] 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 inCambodia and lost their opener 5–3 to Palestine.
Following the tournament in Cambodia, North Yemen did not play a match for eighteen years, returning in 1984 in an attempt to qualify to the1984 Asian Cup. This was their first entrance of the competition. They were placed at the qualifiers in Group 3 with all matches held inCalcutta,India in October 1984. North Yemen lost the first match on 10 October, 6–0 toSouth Korea, for whomPark Sung-Hwa scored four goals andChung Hae-Won two. Two days later, they lost 2–0 to hostsIndia. On 15 October North Yemen lost 4–1 toPakistan and three days later by the same score toMalaysia. 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 the1986 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 inSanaa on 29 March 1985 and lost 1–0 to a 70th-minute goal. On 5 April, they lost 5–0 toKuwait inKuwait City. On 19 April, North Yemen lost 3–0 away to Syria at theAbbasiyyin Stadium inDamascus. 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 the1985 Arab Games inRabat,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 toMexico at home.
In the 1990, the North and South of Yemen re-united which prompted what is now the national team of Yemen to be merged fromNorth Yemen.[5]
Upon being a new country, their captains alternated between matches to promote a "unified" Yemen.[6]
Starting in 1993, their first big task would be thequalification to the 1994 FIFA World Cup, because they did not enter theAFC Asian Cup in 1992, nor theArab Cup. Yemen lost three games, againstChina once, andIraq twice. They drew withJordan twice, and won againstChina and Pakistan. This placed them third, five points fromIraq who were first, and ultimately ended their first ever World Cup qualification campaign.
Thequalification campaign for the1996 Asian Cup saw them get thrashed bySaudi 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 withKyrgyzstan, 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. Thequalification campaign for the1998 World Cup raised some spirits as they came in second aboveIndonesia andCambodia. 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.
Yemen started the millennium byattempting to qualify for the2000 AFC Asian Cup. TheAl-Yemen A'Sa'eed started off the year with a 3–0 win againstNepal following with a 0–1 loss toTurkmenistan. After this, it came to light thatKuwait had thrashedBhutan 20–0 in the qualifiers which prompted doubt in the national team. Yemen lost 2–0 toKuwait (with an own-goal added) and ended the qualification campaign with their highest win as they stompedBhutan 11–2. These matches put Yemen at 6 points finishing aboveNepal andBhutan 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 thequalification campaign of the2002 FIFA World Cup. They lost toUnited Arab Emirates who finished at top with 12 points while Yemen, along withIndia, 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, the2002 Arab Cup. This would be their first appearance since 1966 when they played asNorth Yemen, in which they also failed losing all three games and having a goal difference of −23. In 2012, they drew 2–2 withSaudi Arabia but lost toLebanon 4–2,Bahrain 3–1 and Syria 0–4.
Thequalification for the2004 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 byIndonesia by 3 points.
Days later, they would face yet another big tournament in quick succession which was the16th Arabian Gulf Cup hosted byKuwait. They came in dead last out of seven. They finished with 1 point, drawing withOman and a goal difference of −16. But within a few months, the17th 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 toBahrain while losing 0–3 toSaudi Arabia and 3–1 toKuwait.
Yemen would next look towards thequalification campaign of the2006 FIFA World Cup. But the Yemenis would soon end it on a short note, as they finished bottom of the group with 5 points underThailand,United Arab Emirates andNorth 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 the18th Arabian Gulf Cup. Despite, as expected, finishing the group last, they finished with two losses againstUnited Arab Emirates andOman and the lone draw toKuwait.
Months later would see Yemen enter thequalification campaign of the2007 AFC Asian Cup and were knocked out, once again. WhileJapan andSaudi Arabia qualified comfortably, Yemen achieved their only two wins againstIndia.
The next task for the Yemenis was the qualification campaign for the2010 FIFA World Cup which was cut shorter than usual. In the first round, Yemen scored three goals without reply againstMaldives, 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 withThailand 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 the20th Arabian Gulf Cup for the first time. As hosts, they played in theMay 22 Stadium inAden againstSaudi Arabia and lost 0–4. Yemen would go on and lose 2–1 and 0–3 toQatar andKuwait respectively thus crashing out of the group stages only scoring one goal while conceding nine.
Thequalification campaign for the2011 AFC Asian Cup was acceptable for Yemeni' standards. Grouped withJapan andBahrain, andHong 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 the2012 Arab Cup where they were grouped withMorocco,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 the21st Arabian Gulf Cup, and they would record their worst run in the tournament where they were grouped withKuwait,Saudi Arabia, andIraq. They didn't record any goal and conceded six goals losing all three games.
As recent record showed, the Yemenis finished with their worstWorld Cup qualification campaign for the2014 World Cup. They facedIraq which they lost 2–0. The return leg was played in theUnited Arab Emirates due to thecivil 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 theFIFA 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.[7] This calling came for the Yemen Football Association to make a serious signing, when they signedVladimir Petrović as the coach who had experience in Europe as a player and ofRed Star Belgrade fame.[8] 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 the22nd Arabian Gulf Cup, they hired Czech youth teams' managerMiroslav 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.
The2018 FIFA World Cup qualification happened with the outbreak of thecivil war, leaving majority of the national team's players and staff to escape toDjibouti by boat, which made headline by the media.[9] Yemen only managed to defeat two opponents, Pakistan and thePhilippines, while they lost to other opponents, thus Yemen ended their qualification with bottom record. During the2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification, which was the first attempt of Yemen to qualify to the tournament as an unified nation, Yemen has defeatedTajikistan 2–1 on 23 March 2017, while maintaining four consecutive draws againstNepal 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 inManila, Yemen had finally qualified to the2019 AFC Asian Cup for the first time in its history beating Nepal 2–1 in the last fixtures.
| 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 | — |
In the team's maidenAFC Asian Cup, Yemen was grouped in Group D withIraq,Iran andVietnam. Their opening campaign was against Iran, which participated in the previous2018 FIFA World Cup and had almost eliminatedSpain 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.[10] Yemen later fell to Iraq 0–3 after being unable to repel Iraqi pressure,[11] and later lost to Southeast Asian opponent Vietnam 0–2 which saw Yemen finished last with no goal and no point.[12] All three opponents of Yemen would soon progress from the group stage.
Yemen later participated in the2019 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 the24th 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.
Between these competitions, Yemen participated in the2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round where they were grouped withUzbekistan, minnowsSingapore 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 the2026 FIFA World Cup qualification first round againstSri Lanka in where they would play their home ground in Saudi Arabia due to the ongoingcivil war in Yemen. On 12 October 2023, Yemen secured a 3–0 win over Sri Lanka at theDamac Club Stadium inKhamis Mushait.[13]
Yemen was drawn inthe final round of the 2027 AFC Asian Cup qualification on Group B withLebanon,Bhutan andBrunei.[14] On 28 December 2024, Yemen secured their first ever win in theArabian Gulf Cup, by achieving a 2–1 victory over Bahrain during the26th edition.[15]
The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled. Yemen currently play their home matches at a neutral venue due to the ongoingYemeni civil war.
Win Draw Loss Fixture
v
Sri Lanka| 19 NovemberFriendly | Yemen | 2–0 | Sri Lanka | Doha, Qatar |
| 19:00 UTC+3 | Report | Stadium:Al-Khor SC Stadium |
v Yemen| 9 DecemberFriendly | Kuwait | 1–1 | Yemen | Doha, Qatar |
| 18:00 UTC+3 |
|
| Stadium:Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium |
v Yemen| 16 DecemberFriendly | Oman | 1–0 | Yemen | Muscat, Oman |
| 19:00 UTC+4 |
| Stadium:Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex |
v Yemen| 22 December26th Arabian Gulf Cup | Iraq | 1–0 | Yemen | Kuwait City, Kuwait |
| 17:30 UTC+3 |
| Stadium:Sulaibikhat Stadium |
v Saudi Arabia| 25 December26th Arabian Gulf Cup | Yemen | 2–3 | Saudi Arabia | Kuwait City, Kuwait |
| 20:30 UTC+3 |
| Stadium:Sulaibikhat Stadium |
v Yemen| 28 December26th Arabian Gulf Cup | Bahrain | 1–2 | Yemen | Kuwait City, Kuwait |
| 17:30 UTC+3 |
|
| Stadium:Sulaibikhat Stadium |
v Yemen| 25 March2027 AFC Asian Cup qualification | Bhutan | 0–0 | Yemen | Thimphu,Bhutan |
| 18:00 UTC+6 | Report | Stadium:Changlimithang Stadium Attendance: 4,700 Referee:Thoriq Alkatiri (Indonesia) |
v
Lebanon| 10 June2027 AFC Asian Cup qualification | Yemen | 0–0 | Lebanon | Sulaibikhat, Kuwait |
| 20:30 UTC+3 | Report | Stadium:Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Stadium[a] Attendance: 1,512 Referee: Mahmood Al-Majarafi (Oman) |
v Yemen| 9 October2027 AFC Asian Cup qualification | Brunei | 0–2 | Yemen | Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei |
| 16:00 UTC+8 | Report |
| Stadium:Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium Attendance: 1,529 Referee: Ngô Duy Lân (Vietnam) |
v Brunei| 14 October2027 AFC Asian Cup qualification | Yemen | 9–0 | Brunei | Kuwait City, Kuwait |
| 20:00 UTC+8 |
| Report | Stadium:Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium[a] Attendance: 755 Referee: Meder Tayçiev (Kyrgyzstan) |
v Bhutan| 18 November2027 AFC Asian Cup qualification | Yemen | 7–1 | Bhutan | Farwaniya, Kuwait |
| 17:30 UTC+3 |
| Report |
| Stadium:Ali Sabah Al-Salem Stadium Attendance: 350 Referee: Tam Ping Wun (Hong Kong) |
v
Comoros| 26 November2025 Arab Cup qualifiers | Yemen | 4-4 (2-4p) | Comoros | Doha, Qatar |
| 19:00 UTC+3 |
| Stadium:Grand Hamad Stadium Referee:Cristián Garay (Chile) | ||
| Penalties | ||||
v Yemen| 31 March2027 AFC Asian Cup qualification | Lebanon | v | Yemen | Ratchaburi,Thailand |
| Stadium:Dragon Solar Park |
v Yemen| 18 AprilFriendly | South Korea | v | Yemen | Seoul ,South Korea |
| Stadium:Seoul World Cup Stadium |
Zaki Osman (1970)[16]
Alan Gillett (1977)[17]
Timur Segizbayev (1979–1982)[18][19] Dr. Azzam Khalifa[b] (1989–1990)[21]
Luciano de Abreu (1993–1994)[22][23] Ali Saleh Abad (1996)[24] Omar Bashami (1996)[25] Mojahed Al Saraha (1997)[26]
Hazem Jassam (1997)[27][28] Salem Abdel Rahman (1997)[27]Hazem Jassam (1997–1999)[25] Roberto Fernandes (1999)[29][30]
Zoran Đorđević (1999–2000)[25][31]Luciano de Abreu (2000–2002)[23][32]
Mahmoud Abou-Regaila (2002)[32][33]
Torsten Spittler[c] (2002)[33][34] Abdullah Saqr Baamer[d] (2002)[35]Hazem Jassam (2002–2003)[36][37]Ahmed Ali Qasem (2003)[38]Milan Živadinović (2003–2004)[39]Amine Al-Sunaini (2004)[40]
Rabah Saâdane (2004–2005)[41] Ahmed Alraay (2006)[42]Mohsen Saleh (2006–2009)[43]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)
Fajr Ibrahim (2021)[44]Amin Al-Sanini (2022)Adel Amrouche (2022)Miroslav Soukup (2022–2024)Noureddine Ould Ali (2024–present)The following 26 players were called up for the2027 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers.
Caps and goals are correct as of 15 October 2025, after the match againstNepal.
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1GK | Abdullah Al-Saadi | (2002-04-23)23 April 2002 (age 23) | 6 | 0 | Sharurah Club |
| 22 | 1GK | Osamah Mokref | (2005-03-01)1 March 2005 (age 20) | 0 | 0 | Al-Ittihad Ibb |
| 12 | 1GK | Osama Haidar | (1999-05-22)22 May 1999 (age 26) | 0 | 0 | May 22 San'a |
| 14 | 2DF | Ali Al-Dugin | (2003-05-02)2 May 2003 (age 22) | 2 | 0 | Al-Wehda Aden |
| 4 | 2DF | Hamza Al-Rimi | (2002-02-12)12 February 2002 (age 24) | 20 | 0 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya |
| 19 | 2DF | Radhawan Al-Hubaishi | (1993-07-03)3 July 1993 (age 32) | 11 | 0 | Al-Tadamun Hadramaut |
| 2 | 2DF | Amr Talal | (1995-01-01)1 January 1995 (age 31) | 0 | 0 | Dhofar Club |
| 3 | 2DF | Nader Sahal | (1990-01-01)1 January 1990 (age 36) | 1 | 0 | Al-Tadamun Hadramaut |
| 18 | 2DF | Ahmed Al-Wajeeh | (2002-07-17)17 July 2002 (age 23) | 14 | 0 | Duhok SC |
| 6 | 2DF | Rami Al-Wasmani | (1997-02-01)1 February 1997 (age 29) | 9 | 0 | Mosul SC |
| 5 | 2DF | Emad Al-Godaimah | (2003-03-11)11 March 2003 (age 22) | 4 | 0 | Al-Kifl SC |
| 8 | 3MF | Nawaf Abdullah | (1994-12-31)31 December 1994 (age 31) | 0 | 0 | Budaiya Club |
| 21 | 3MF | Osamah Anbar | (1995-01-20)20 January 1995 (age 31) | 15 | 0 | Free agent |
| 23 | 3MF | Anwar Al-Turaiqi | (2006-01-01)1 January 2006 (age 20) | 0 | 0 | Al-Shaab Sanaa |
| 16 | 3MF | Omar Al-Golan | (2000-01-01)1 January 2000 (age 26) | 6 | 0 | Al-Tadamun Hadramaut |
| 7 | 3MF | Nasser Mohammedoh | (1999-05-24)24 May 1999 (age 26) | 35 | 14 | Zakho SC |
| 11 | 3MF | Abdulwasea Al-Matari(captain) | (1994-07-04)4 July 1994 (age 31) | 62 | 12 | Sitra |
| 10 | 3MF | Mohammed Hashm Al-Najjar | (1997-04-08)8 April 1997 (age 28) | 7 | 0 | Free agent |
| 15 | 3MF | Adel Abbas Qasem | (2008-03-01)1 March 2008 (age 17) | 1 | 0 | Al-Tilal SC |
| 17 | 4FW | Abdul Majeed Sabarah | (2000-08-22)22 August 2000 (age 25) | 14 | 1 | Diyala SC |
| 9 | 4FW | Omar Al-Dahy | (1999-12-15)15 December 1999 (age 26) | 33 | 4 | Dhofar Club |
| 13 | 4FW | Abdulaziz Masnoum | (2006-02-06)6 February 2006 (age 20) | 4 | 0 | Al-Tadamun Hadramaut |
| 20 | 4FW | Gassem Al-Sharafi | (2004-10-15)15 October 2004 (age 21) | 4 | 0 | Al-Wehda Sanaa |
The following footballers were part of the 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 | Mohammed Aman | (1997-04-14)14 April 1997 (age 28) | 14 | 0 | Ahli Sanaa Club | v. Nepal, 10 June 2025 |
| DF | Ahmed Nasser | (2008-01-01)1 January 2008 (age 18) | 0 | 0 | Shula Aden | v. Palestine, 25 March 2025 |
| DF | Harwan Al-Zubaidi | (1999-10-15)15 October 1999 (age 26) | 16 | 2 | Erbil SC | v. Nepal, 10 June 2025 |
| DF | Mamdooh Ban Agag | (2003-08-26)26 August 2003 (age 22) | 6 | 0 | Al-Tadamon Mukalla | v. Nepal, 10 June 2025 |
| MF | Salah Saeed Salem | 1 | 0 | Al-Ahli Taizz SC | v. Nepal, 10 June 2025 | |
| MF | Anes Al-Maari | (2000-01-09)9 January 2000 (age 26) | 17 | 0 | Al-Gharraf SC | v. Palestine, 25 March 2025 |
| MF | Ali Nasser | (1996-11-23)23 November 1996 (age 29) | 2 | 1 | Sitra Club | v. Sri Lanka, 19 November 2024 |
| MF | Mohammed Faozi | (2001-08-14)14 August 2001 (age 24) | 1 | 0 | Al-Tadamon Mukalla | v. Nepal, 10 June 2025 |
| MF | Hamzah Al-Surabi | (2003-05-07)7 May 2003 (age 22) | 2 | 0 | Al-Yarmuk Al-Rawda | v. Nepal, 10 June 2025 |
| MF | Mohammed Al-Tiri | (1999-01-01)1 January 1999 (age 27) | 10 | 0 | Al-Wehda Sanaa | v. Brunei, 28 December 2024 |
| MF | Hamza Hanash | (2002-01-28)28 January 2002 (age 24) | 11 | 0 | Ahli Sanaa Club | v. Sri Lanka, 19 November 2024 |
| MF | Tareq Shihab | (2001-03-07)7 March 2001 (age 24) | 0 | 0 | Stallion Laguna | v. Brunei, 22 December 2024 |
| MF | Ahmed Al-Khamisi | (2003-09-10)10 September 2003 (age 22) | 0 | 0 |  EFC '58 | v. Brunei, 28 December 2024 |
| FW | Mohammed Al-Brwany | (2007-07-29)29 July 2007 (age 18) | 2 | 0 | Al-Wehda Aden | v. Sri Lanka, 19 November 2024 |
| FW | Gehad Abdulrab | (1996-05-27)27 May 1996 (age 29) | 3 | 0 | Free agent | v. Sri Lanka, 19 November 2024 |
| FW | Ahmed Maher | (2002-01-24)24 January 2002 (age 24) | 18 | 1 | Al-Naft SC | v. Sri Lanka, 19 November 2024 |
| FW | Hamzah Mahross | (2004-05-05)5 May 2004 (age 21) | 11 | 1 | Ahli Sanaa Club | v. Nepal, 10 June 2025 |
| ||||||
| Rank | Player | Caps | Goals | Career |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alaa Al-Sasi | 84 | 11 | 2006–2019 |
| 2 | Salem Saeed | 79 | 0 | 2003–2019 |
| 3 | Abdulwasea Al-Matari | 72 | 14 | 2013–present |
| Akram Al-Worafi | 72 | 6 | 2004–2017 | |
| 5 | Ali Al-Nono | 65 | 30 | 2000–2010 |
| Mudir Al-Radaei | 65 | 1 | 2012–2023 | |
| 7 | Ahmed Al-Sarori | 61 | 2 | 2015–present |
| 8 | Mohammed Fuad Omar | 55 | 1 | 2012–2019 |
| 9 | Mohammed Boqshan | 54 | 1 | 2012–2021 |
| 10 | Mohammad Ayash | 44 | 0 | 2010–2021 |
| 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 | Nasser Mohammedoh | 14 | 35 | 0.4 | 2019–present |
| Abdulwasea Al-Matari | 14 | 72 | 0.19 | 2013–present | |
| 5 | Alaa Al-Sasi | 11 | 84 | 0.13 | 2006–2019 |
| 6 | Nashwan Al-Haggam | 7 | 19 | 0.37 | 2002–2007 |
| Yaser Ba Suhai | 7 | 38 | 0.18 | 2003–2015 | |
| 8 | Omar Al-Dahi | 6 | 35 | 0.17 | 2019–present |
| Ali Awad Al-Omqi | 6 | 40 | 0.15 | 2001–2009 | |
| Akram Al-Worafi | 6 | 72 | 0.08 | 2004–2017 |
| 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 | 14 | 8 | |||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||
 2038 | |||||||||||||||
| Total | – | 0/12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 66 | 15 | 16 | 35 | 67 | 108 | |
| 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 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 | SeeYemen national under-23 football team | |||||||
| Total | 2/13 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 16 | |
| 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 | 1 | 6 | ||
| 2007 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||
| 2009 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | |||
| 2010 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | |||
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |||
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 2017–18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | |||
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | |||
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |||
| 2024–25 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 2026 | TBD | ||||||||
| Total | 10/25 | 36 | 1 | 6 | 29 | 15 | 88 | ||
| 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 | ||||||
| 2025 | To be determined | ||||||
| Total | 3/10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 44 |
| 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 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 |
| National teams | |
|---|---|
| League competitions | |
| Domestic cup competitions | |
| Defunct competitions | |
| South Yemen | |
| North Yemen | |
