Yemen national football team

Yemen

Nickname(s)	Al-Yaman as-Sa'eed (اليمن السعيد, The Happy Yemen)
Association	Yemen Football Association
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	WAFF (West Asia)
Head coach	Noureddine Ould Ali
Captain	Abdulwasea Al-Matari
Most caps	Alaa Al-Sasi (84)[1]
Top scorer	Ali Al-Nono (30)
Home stadium	Althawra Sports City Stadium
FIFA code	YEM
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	154 1 (24 October 2024)[2]
Highest	90 (August – September 1993, November 1993)
Lowest	186 (February 2014)
First international
Syria 4–1 North Yemen  (Baghdad, Iraq; 2 April 1966) as Yemen  Malaysia 0–1 Yemen  (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; 8 September 1990)
Biggest win
North Yemen 2–1 United Arab Emirates  (Casablanca, Morocco; 11 August 1985)  North Yemen 1–0 India  (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; 11 February 1988) as Yemen  Yemen 11–2 Bhutan  (Kuwait City, Kuwait; 18 February 2000)
Biggest defeat
North Korea 14–0 Yemen  (Phnom Penh, Cambodia; 30 November 1966) as Yemen  Saudi Arabia 7–0 Yemen  (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; 6 October 2003)
Asian Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 2019)
Best result	Group stage (2019)
WAFF Championship
Appearances	3 (first in 2010)
Best result	Semi-finals (2010)

The Yemen national football team (Arabic: منتخب الْيَمَن الْوَطَنِيُّ لِكُرَّةُ الْقَدَم) represents Yemen in men's international football and is administered by the Yemen Football Association.

When Yemen was split into North and South, two national teams existed. The current Yemeni national team inherits the records of North Yemen.

Despite being the 5th most populated country in the Middle East, Yemen has never achieved the same success as those with much smaller populations, only qualifying for the AFC Asian Cup once after unification in 1990.