Yemen national football team records and statistics

This is a list of Yemen national football team's all kinds of competitive records.

Individual records

Player records

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Manager records

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Team records

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Competition records

World Cup record

FIFA World Cup FIFA World Cup qualification
Year Result Position Pld W D* L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
United States 1994 Did not qualify 8 3 2 3 12 13
France 1998 6 2 2 2 10 7
South Korea Japan 2002 6 3 2 1 8 6
Germany 2006 6 1 2 3 6 11
South Africa 2010 4 1 1 2 4 4
Brazil 2014 2 0 1 1 0 2
Russia 2018 10 2 1 7 5 18
Qatar 2022 8 1 2 5 6 18
Canada Mexico United States 2026 To be determined To be determined
Total 0/22 50 13 13 24 51 79

AFC Asian Cup record

All qualifications

AFC Asian Cup AFC Asian Cup qualification
Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D* L GF GA
Singapore 1984 Did not qualify 4 0 0 4 2 18
Qatar 1988 5 1 3 1 5 5
Japan 1992 Did not enter
United Arab Emirates 1996 4 1 0 3 2 8
Lebanon 2000 4 2 0 2 14 5
China 2004 6 2 1 3 15 15
Indonesia Malaysia Thailand Vietnam 2007 6 2 0 4 5 13
Qatar 2011 6 2 1 3 7 9
Australia 2015 6 0 0 6 3 18
United Arab Emirates 2019 Group stage 23rd 3 0 0 3 0 10 18 6 5 7 16 23
China 2023 To be determined 8 1 2 5 6 18
Total Best: Group stage 1/10 3 0 0 3 0 10 62 16 10 36 69 121

Asian Games record

Football at the Asian Games has been an under-23 tournament since 2002.
Asian Games record
Year Result Pld W D L GF GA
India 1951 Did not participate
Philippines 1954
Japan 1958
Indonesia 1962
Thailand 1966
Thailand 1970
Iran 1974
Thailand 1978
India 1982 Withdrew
South Korea 1986 Did not participate
China 1990 Group stage 3 0 2 1 0 2
Japan 1994 Group stage 4 0 0 4 0 14
Thailand 1998 Did not participate
2002–present See Yemen national under-23 football team
Total 2/13 7 0 2 5 0 16

Arabian Gulf Cup record

Arabian Gulf Cup record
Year Result Pld W D* L GF GA
Kuwait 2003 7th 6 0 1 5 2 18
Qatar 2004 Group stage 3 0 1 2 2 7
United Arab Emirates 2007 Group stage 3 0 1 2 3 5
Oman 2009 Group stage 3 0 0 3 2 11
Yemen 2010 Group stage 3 0 0 3 1 9
Bahrain 2013 Group stage 3 0 0 3 0 6
Saudi Arabia 2014 Group stage 3 0 2 1 0 1
Kuwait 2017 Group stage 3 0 0 3 0 8
Qatar 2019 Group stage 3 0 1 2 0 9
Total Best: Group stage 30 0 6 24 10 74

Arab Cup record

Arab Cup record
Year Result Pld W D* L GF GA
Lebanon 1963 Did not enter
Kuwait 1964 Did not enter
Iraq 1966 Group stage 3 0 0 3 2 27
Saudi Arabia 1985 Did not enter
Jordan 1988 Did not enter
Syria 1992 Did not enter
Qatar 1998 Withdrew
Kuwait 2002 Group stage 4 0 1 3 5 13
Saudi Arabia 2012 Group stage 3 1 0 2 3 7
Qatar 2021 To be determined
Total Best: Group stage 10 1 1 8 10 47

Pan Arab Games record

Pan Arab Games record
Year Round Pld W D L GF GA
Did not enter
9th 3 1 0 2 3 6
Did not enter
Total
1/10
3
1
0
2
3
6

WAFF Championship

WAFF Championship finals
Year Result Pld W D* L GF GA
Jordan 2000 Did not enter
Syria 2002
Iran 2004
Jordan 2007
Iran 2008
Jordan 2010 Semifinals 3 1 1 1 5 4
Kuwait 2012 Group stage 3 0 0 3 1 4
Qatar 2014 Withdrew
Iraq 2019 Group stage 4 1 1 2 4 5
Total 3/9 10 2 2 6 10 13

Palestine Cup of Nations

Head-to-head record

The list shown below shows the Yemen national football team all-time international record against opposing nations.

As of 26 March 2024
Team GP W D L GF GA GD Best win Worst loss
 Bahrain 16 2 2 12 9 34 −25 3–0 1–5, 0–4
 Bangladesh 2 0 1 1 0 1 −1 X 0–1
 Bhutan 3 3 0 0 23 2 +21 11–2 X
 Brunei 2 2 0 0 6 0 +6 5–0 X
 Cambodia 2 2 0 0 8 0 +8 7–0 X
 Chad 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 X X
 China 4 1 1 2 1 5 −4 1–0 0–4
 Comoros 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 2–0 X
 Djibouti 1 1 0 0 4 1 +3 4–1 X
 Egypt 1 0 0 1 0 1 –1 X 0–1
 Eritrea 1 1 0 0 4 1 +3 4–1 X
 Ethiopia 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 X 0–1
 Finland 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 X X
 Hong Kong 3 1 1 1 1 2 −1 1–0 0–2
 India 9 6 2 1 20 12 +8 6–3 0–4
 Indonesia 6 0 4 2 3 7 −4 X 0–3
 Iran 3 0 0 3 1 11 −10 X 0–5
 Iraq 15 0 3 12 7 38 −31 X 0–5,1–6
 Japan 4 0 0 4 3 8 −5 X 0–2
 Kenya 1 1 0 0 3 1 +2 3–1 X
 Kuwait 11 0 4 7 4 25 −21 X 0–5
 Kyrgyzstan 2 1 0 1 2 3 −1 1–0 1–3
 Lebanon 3 1 0 2 5 7 −2 2–1 2–4
 Malawi 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 1–0 X
 Malaysia 5 1 0 4 4 9 −5 1–0 1–4
 Maldives 4 3 0 1 7 2 +5 3–0 0–2
 Mauritania 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2 X 0–2
 Mexico 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2 X 0–2
 Mongolia 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2 X 0–2
 Morocco 1 0 0 1 0 4 −4 X 0–4
   Nepal 5 4 1 0 9 1 +8 3–0 X
 Nigeria 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2 X 0–2
 North Korea 5 0 2 3 3 8 −5 X 0–3
 Oman 10 0 2 8 5 20 −15 X 0–4
 Qatar 9 0 1 8 2 30 −28 X 0–6
 Pakistan 6 3 2 1 12 6 +6 5–1 1–4
 Palestine 7 2 0 5 5 13 −8 3–1 0–5
 Philippines 5 1 3 1 4 5 −1 1–0 0–2
 Saudi Arabia 20 0 2 18 5 55 −50 X 0–7
 Senegal 1 1 0 1 4 2 +2 4–1 0–1
 Singapore 2 0 1 1 3 4 -1 X 1-2
 South Korea 1 0 0 1 0 6 −6 X 0–6
 Sri Lanka 2 1 1 0 4 1 +3 3–0 X
 Syria 10 2 1 7 8 24 −16 2–1 2–8
 Tajikistan 4 2 1 1 4 3 +1 2–1 0–1
 Tanzania 3 2 1 0 5 3 +2 2–1 X
 Thailand 6 0 4 2 5 9 −4 X 0–3
 Turkmenistan 1 0 0 1 0 4 −4 X 0–4
 Uganda 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 X X
 United Arab Emirates 13 3 0 10 13 29 −16 3–1 0–3
 Uzbekistan 6 0 0 6 2 16 −14 X 0–5
 Vietnam ^ 2 0 0 2 0 11 −11 X 0–9
 Zambia 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1 X 0–1

^ Include  North Vietnam

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