South Yemen national football team

 South Yemen

Nickname(s)	(south falcons)
Head coach	farag bayousef
Most caps	Abubakar Al-Mass
Top scorer	Abubakar Al-Mass
Home stadium	May 22 Stadium
FIFA code	SYE
Highest Elo ranking	139 (16 October 1976)
Lowest Elo ranking	164 (3 November 1989)
First colours Second colours
First international
UAR 14 - 0 South Yemen (Egypt, September 2, 1965) Last International South Yemen 1-0 Guinea (Kuwait City, Kuwait; November 5, 1989)
Biggest win
South Yemen 2 - 0 Mauritania (Syria; October 12, 1976)
Biggest defeat
UAR 14 - 0 South Yemen (Egypt, September 2, 1965) Algeria 15 - 1 South Yemen (Libya; August 17, 1973)
AFC Asian Cup
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. They entered their only World Cup qualification campaign, for the 1986 FIFA World Cup, and were knocked out in the first round by Bahrain.

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.

Debut

South Yemen made its international football debut on 2 September 1965 at the 1965 Pan Arab Games in Cairo, Egypt. They played the hosts (who played as the United Arab Republic) in the first game and lost 14-0. This was their largest defeat without scoring a goal in reply. South Yemen lost all three other games in the group: 1-0 to Palestine and then 4-3 to Lebanon. South Yemen did not play another game until 10 January 1972 when they lost a home friendly 4-1 to Algeria.^[1]

1986 World Cup qualification

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Bahrain	2	1	1	0	7	4	+3	3
South Yemen	2	0	1	1	4	7	−3	1
Iran	Disqualified

South Yemen competed in qualification for the only time for the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico. They were placed in Group 4 of Zone A in the First Round against Iran and Bahrain. Iran was disqualified before the games were played, due to refusal to move their games to neutral grounds away from the Iran-Iraq War. South Yemen hosted Bahrain on 12 March 1985 and lost 4-1 in Mortayer Yard (now 22 May Stadium, Aden. On 12 April they drew 3-3 at the Bahrain National Stadium in Manama after leading 3-1. This saw Bahrain advance through.

World Cup record

• 1930 to 1962 - Did not exist
• 1966 to 1982 - Did not enter
• 1986 - Did not qualify
• 1990 - Withdrew

Asian Cup record

• 1956 to 1972 - Did not enter
• 1976 - Round 1
• 1980 to 1984 - Withdrew
• 1988 - Did not qualify

some friendly matches

 South Yemen 1 vs 0  Denmark (( Al-Shohada'a Stadium ??/October/1984 Abyan of South Yemen ))

 South Yemen 1 vs 4  Djibouti (( Djibouti Stadium 26 / February /1988 Djibouti City of Djibouti ))

 South Yemen 0 vs 0  Tanzania

 South Yemen 2 vs 1  Iraq

 South Yemen 1 vs 1  Tanzania

 South Yemen 1 vs 1  Ethiopia

 South Yemen 2 vs 4  China PR

 South Yemen 5 vs 6  China PR

 South Yemen 1 vs 15  Algeria

1982 Asian Games

 South Yemen 1 vs 3  Japan

 South Yemen 0 vs 2  Iran

 South Yemen 0 vs 3  South Korea

Arab Nations Cup qualifier

 South Yemen 2 vs 0  Somalia

 South Yemen 0 vs 1  Saudi Arabia

 South Yemen 0 vs 1  Sudan

Pan Arab Games 1965

group 2 :

 South Yemen 0 vs 14  Egypt

 South Yemen 0 vs 6  Iraq

 South Yemen o vs 1  Palestine

 South Yemen 3 vs 4  Lebanon

Palestine Cup 1972

 South Yemen 2 vs 1  Qatar

 South Yemen 2 vs 1  Palestine

 South Yemen 1 vs 4  Algeria

 South Yemen 0 vs 1  Syria

Palestine Cup 1973

 South Yemen 1 vs 7  Syria

 South Yemen 1 vs 6  Egypt

 South Yemen 0 vs 2  Tunisia

Palestine Cup 1975

 South Yemen 1 VS 0  Saudi Arabia

 South Yemen 0 vs 5  Egypt

Pan Arab Games 1976

 South Yemen 2 vs 1  Syria

 South Yemen 0 vs 4  Morocco

 South Yemen 1 VS 0  Saudi Arabia

 South Yemen 0 vs 0  Palestine

 South Yemen 2 VS 3  Jordan

 South Yemen 2 vs 0  Mauritania

Olympic Games Qualifier

 South Yemen 1 vs 2  Syria

 South Yemen 1 vs 5  Kuwait

 South Yemen 2 vs 1  Jordan

 South Yemen 0 vs 3  Iraq

Asian Nations Cup Qualifier

 South Yemen 0 vs 2  Bahrain

 South Yemen 1 vs 1  South Korea

 South Yemen 0 vs 1  Indonesia

Other tournaments

Year	Round
1989 Peace and Friendship Cup	Group Stage

Recent results

Main article: South Yemen national football team match results:

References

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