South Yemeni national soccer team

DPR Yemen
Jumhūrīya al-Yaman
ad-Dīmuqrāţīya asch-Shabīya

confederacy

AFC

FIFA code

SYE

First jersey

Second jersey

statistics

First international match Egypt 14-0 South Yemen ( Egypt ; September 1965)

Last game South Yemen 1-0 Guinea ( Kuwait City , Kuwait ; November 5, 1989)

Biggest win South Yemen 2-0 Mauritania ( Damascus , Syria ; October 12, 1976)

Biggest defeat Algeria 15: 1 South Yemen ( Libya ; August 17, 1973)

Successes in tournaments

Asian Championship

Participation in the finals

1 ( first : 1976 )

Best results

Preliminary round 1976

(Status: unknown)

The South Yemeni national soccer team was the national soccer team of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (South Yemen). It existed from 1965 to 1989. After South Yemen was united with North Yemen to form today's state of Yemen , the national team was integrated into the Yemeni national soccer team .

The South Yemeni team took part in the 1976 Asian Cup, but lost 8-0 to Iran and 1-0 to Iraq . The team could not qualify for a world championship.

World championships