South Yemen national football team
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FIFA code | SYE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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First international Egypt 14 - 0 South Yemen (Egypt, September ?, 1965) Last International South Yemen 1-0 Guinea (Kuwait City, Kuwait; November 5, 1989) |
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Biggest win South Yemen 2 - 0 Mauritania (Syria; October 12, 1976) |
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Biggest defeat Egypt 14 - 0 South Yemen (Egypt, September ?, 1965) Algeria 15 - 1 South Yemen (Libya; August 17, 1973) |
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Appearances | 1 (First in 1976) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Best result | Round 1, 1976 |
The South Yemen national football team was the national team of South Yemen between 1965 and 1989. It took part in the Asian Cup finals in 1976, losing 0-8 to Iran and 0-1 to Iraq. The team ceased to exist when the country united with North Yemen in 1990 to form the modern country of Yemen. See the article Yemen national football team for details after 1990.