Yemen national football team
The Yemen national football team is the national football team of Yemen. Yemen has never been at a FIFA World Cup.
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| Nickname(s) | Al-Yaman A'Sa'eed (The Happy Yemen) (اليمن السعيد) Al-Shayateen Al-Homr (The Red Devils) The Qahtani Arabs (الشياطين الحمر) | ||
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| Association | Yemen Football Association | ||
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||
| Sub-confederation | WAFF (West Asia) | ||
| Head coach | Ján Kocian | ||
| Captain | Ala Al-Sasi | ||
| Most caps | Ala Al-Sasi (87) | ||
| Top scorer | Ali Al-Nono (30) | ||
| Home stadium | Althawra Sports City Stadium | ||
| FIFA code | YEM | ||
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| FIFA ranking | |||
| Current | 154  1 (22 December 2022)[1] | ||
| Highest | 90 (August – September 1993, November 1993) | ||
| Lowest | 186 (February 2014) | ||
| First international | |||
As North Yemen:.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Sudan 9–0 North Yemen (Egypt, 5 September 1965) As Yemen:  Malaysia 0–1 Yemen (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; 8 September 1990) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
Yemen 11–2 Bhutan  (Kuwait City, Kuwait; 18 February 2000) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 Libya 16–1 North Yemen (Cairo, Egypt; Date Unknown August 1965) | |||
| Asian Cup | |||
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2019) | ||
| Best result | Group stage, 2019 | ||
Competition records
World Cup record
| World Cup Finals | World Cup Qualifications | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | Result | Position | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | |
 1994 | Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | |
 1998 | Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | |
  2002 | Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | |
 2006 | Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | |
 2010 | Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | |
 2014 | Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Total | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 32 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 40 | 43 | ||
AFC Asian Cup record
| Asian Cup Finals | Asian Cup Qualifications | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | Result | Position | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | |
| 1992 | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||
 1996 | Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
 2000 | Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 5 | |
 2004 | Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 15 | |
   2007 | Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 13 | |
 2011 | Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | |
| Total | Best: - | 26 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 43 | 50 | ||||||||
Gulf Cup of Nations record
| Gulf Cup | ||||||||
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| Year | Result | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | |
 2003 | 7/7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 18 | |
| 2004 | Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| 2007 | Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
 2009 | Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | |
| 2010 | Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | |
 2013 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | Best: Group Stage | 18 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 50 | |
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