South Yemen national football team

South Yemen

1965–1989
Nickname(s)	Soqoor Al-Janoub (The South Falcons) (صقور الجنوب)
Association	PDR Yemen Football Federation الاتحاد اليمني لكرة القدم
Most caps	Abubakar Al-Mass (12)
Top scorer	Mohammed Hussein (3)
Home stadium	Mortayer Yard
FIFA code	YMD
First colours Second colours Third colours
First international
Palestine 1–0 Aden  (Cairo, United Arab Republic; 2 September 1965)[1]
Last international
South Yemen 1–0 Guinea  (Kuwait City, Kuwait; 5 November 1989)
Biggest win
South Yemen 2–0 Iraq  (Aden, South Yemen; 2 May 1974)  South Yemen 2–0 Mauritania  (Damascus, Syria; 12 October 1976)
Biggest defeat
Algeria 15–1 South Yemen  (Tripoli, Libya; 17 August 1973)  United Arab Republic 14–0 Aden  (Cairo, United Arab Republic; 3 September 1965)
AFC Asian Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 1976)
Best result	Group stage (1976)

The South Yemen national football team (Arabic: منتخب اليمن الجنوبي الوطني لكرة القدم), recognised as Yemen DPR by FIFA, represented South Yemen in men's international football, playing as one of two Yemeni teams, along with North Yemen.

After Yemeni unification in 1990, the PDR Yemen Football Federation , and with it the South Yemeni team, joined the Yemen Football Association (YFA) and the North Yemen national football team.