Yemeni national soccer team
Association | al-Ittihad al-yamani li-curate al-qadam | ||
confederacy | AFC | ||
Technical sponsor | Jako | ||
Head coach | Sami Hasan al-Nash (since 2019) | ||
Record scorer | Ali Al-Nono (28) | ||
Home stadium | Althawra Sports City Stadium | ||
FIFA code | YEM | ||
FIFA rank | 144. (1071 points) (as of July 16, 2020) |
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First international game Sudan 9-0 Lahej ( Egypt ; September 5, 1965 ) Malaysia 0-1 Yemen ( Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia ; September 8, 1990 )
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Biggest win Yemen 11-2 Bhutan ( Kuwait City , Kuwait ; February 18, 2000 )
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Biggest defeat Libya 16-0 Lahej ( Egypt ; September 1965)
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Asian Championship | |||
Participation in the finals | 1 ( First : 2019 ) | ||
Best results | Preliminary round 2019 | ||
(As of January 16, 2019) |
The Yemeni national soccer team is the national team of Yemen .
When Yemen was divided into the states of North and South Yemen , there were two national teams. After the reunification of the two states in 1990, the Yemeni national soccer team succeeded the North Yemeni national soccer team , and the South Yemeni national soccer team was dissolved.
Yemen (or North Yemen) has not yet managed to qualify for a World Cup. In 2019 , the team took part in an Asian soccer championship for the first time. The previously only participation of a Yemeni team was achieved by South Yemen at the 1976 Asian Cup .
World championships
North Yemen
Yemen
Asian Championships
North Yemen
Yemen
West Asian Championships
- 2000 to 2008 - did not participate
- 2010 - semi-finals
- 2012 - preliminary round
- 2013/14 - withdrawn
- 2019 - preliminary round
- 2021 - qualified
Trainer
- Milan Živadinović (11.2003–01.2004)
- Rabah Saâdane (07.2004-12.2005)
- José Morais (09-11-2008)
- Sami Hasan al-Nash (01-10-2009)
- Srećko Juričić (11.2009-12.2010)
- Amine al-Sunaini (12.2010–01.2012)
- Sami Hasan al-Nash (01.2012-09.2012)
- Tom Saintfiet (10.2012-03.2013)
- Sami Hasan al-Nash (4th - 12th 2013)
- Vladimir Petrović (12/2013–05.2014)
- Miroslav Soukup (05/2014 - 12/2015)
- Amine al-Sunaini (12.2015-02.2016)
- Abraham Mebratu (06.2016-04.2018)
- Ján Kocian (10.2018–01.2019)
- Sami Hasan al-Nash (07.2019-)
International matches
See also
- International games of North Yemen (1965–1989)
- International matches of Lahej and Aden (1962–1967), South Yemen (1967–1990)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ The FIFA / Coca-Cola World Ranking. In: fifa.com. July 16, 2020, accessed July 21, 2020 .