Yemen national football team
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| Nickname(s) |
Al-Yaman A'Sa'eed (اليمن السعيد) The Red (Al-Ahmar) (الأحمر) |
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| Association | Yemen Football Association |
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) |
| Sub-confederation | WAFF (West Asia) |
| Head coach | Abraham Mebratu |
| Captain | Alaa Al-Sasi |
| Top scorer | Ali Al-Nono (29) |
| Home stadium | Althawra Sports City Stadium |
| FIFA code | YEM |
| FIFA ranking | |
| Current | 149  1 (12 January 2017)
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| Highest | 90 (August–September 1993, November 1993) |
| Lowest | 186 (February 2014) |
| Elo ranking | |
| Current | 169 |
| Highest | 124 (October 2010) |
| Lowest | 169 (September 2015) |
| First international | |
As North Yemen: Sudan 9–0 North Yemen (Egypt, September 5, 1965) As Yemen:  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 16–1 North Yemen (Cairo, Egypt; Date Unknown August, 1965) |
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The Yemen national football team (Arabic: منتخب اليمن الوطني لكرة القدم), is the national team of Yemen and is controlled by the Yemen Football Association.
When the nation was split into North Yemen and South Yemen before 1990, two national teams existed. After unification, the Yemen national football team is considered the successor of the North Yemen national football team. See the article South Yemen national football team for details on the South Yemen team.
Yemen (or North Yemen) has never appeared at a FIFA World Cup or an AFC Asian Cup tournament, despite Yemen's successes at the Youth teams such as the U20 and U17 Yemen.
Despite being the 6th most populated country in the Middle East, Yemen has never achieved the same success as those with smaller populations like United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Syria, and Oman.
North Yemen debuted at the 1965 Pan Arab Games in Cairo, Egypt in August 1965. It lost its first game 9–0 to Sudan, then it lost 16–1 to Libya. After losing 4–0 to Syria, North Yemen won for the first time by defeating Oman 2–1 in the last game in the group. North Yemen did not advance.
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