Yemen national football team

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Yemen

Association

Yemen Football Association

Confederation

AFC (Asia)

Head coach

Mohsin Al Harthi

Home stadium

Althawra Sports City Stadium

FIFA code

YEM

FIFA ranking

138

Highest FIFA ranking

90 (August 1993)

Lowest FIFA ranking

163 (July 2000)

Elo ranking

152





First kit





Second kit

First international

Sudan 9 - 0 North Yemen

(Egypt, September 5, 1965)

Malaysia 0 - 1 Yemen

(Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; September 8, 1990)

Biggest win

Yemen 11 - 2 Bhutan

(Kuwait City, Kuwait; February 18, 2000)

Biggest defeat

Libya 16 - 1 North Yemen

(Egypt, September ?, 1965)

The Yemen national football team is the national team of Yemen and is controlled by the Yemen Football Association.

When the nation was split into North Yemen and South Yemen before 1990, two national teams existed. After unification, the Yemen national football team is considered the successor of the North Yemen team. See the article South Yemen national football team for details on the South Yemen team.

Yemen (or North Yemen) has never appeared in the World Cup or the Asian Cup. The only appearance by any Yemeni team in the Asian Cup was that by South Yemen in 1976.

1 World Cup record
2 Asian Cup record
3 Current squad
- 3.1 Recent Call Ups 2007
4 External links

[edit] World Cup record

North Yemen

1930 to 1982 - Did not enter
1986 to 1990 - Did not qualify

Yemen

1994 to 2010 - Did not qualify

[edit] Asian Cup record

North Yemen

1956 to 1980 - Did not enter
1984 to 1988 - Did not qualify

Yemen

1992 - Did not enter
1996 to 2007 - Did not qualify

[edit] Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification.

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Club
1	GK	Salem Saeed		Al-Nasr
2	MF	Abdulkarem Al Qetwi		Al-Ittihad
3	MF	Mohammed Ali Al Ammari		Al Sha'ab Ibb
4	DF	Mohammed Saleh Yousef	4 May 1983	Al-Hilal
5	DF	Zaher Al Fadhli	6 July 1986	Hassan Abyan
6	MF	Khaled Matafi
7	MF	Haitham Thabit
8	MF	Khaled Baleid	2 November 1986	Al-Tilal
9	FW	Yasser Basuhai	27 March 1979	Al-Hilal
10	FW	Ali Al Nono	7 June 1980	Al-Ahli
11	DF	Omar Awsam Al Sayed		Hassan Abyan
12	FW	Fekri Al-Hubaishi	18 April 1978	Al Sha'ab Ibb
13	DF	Ahmed Al-Wadi	6 June 1985	Al-Tilal
14		Ali Yousef
15	MF	Akram Al-Worafi	12 November 1986	Al Sha'ab Ibb
16	FW	Rian Haikl		Shula Aden
17	FW	Abdullah Yaslam		Al Rasheed Ta'izz
18	GK	Saoud Al-Sowadi

[edit] Recent Call Ups 2007

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Club
14	MF	Ali Al Omqi	2 July 1982	Al-Saqr
18	GK	Mohammed Ayash
3	MF	Fuad Al-Ammari	13 February 1986	Al-Ahli
9	MF	Salef Al Shehri		Al-Hilal
12	FW	Tamer Hanash		Al-Ahli
20	MF	Matan Hatuka		Al-Eli Hamudi
2	DF	Yasser Al-Baadani	2 February 1986	Al Sha'ab Ibb
11	FW	Nasser Ghazi	3 May 1981	Al-Hilal
17	MF	Ala Al Sasi		Al-Ahli