Yemen national under-20 football team

Yemen national under-20 football team
Nickname(s)Al-Yemen A'sa'eed
AssociationYemen Football Association
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Head coachYemen Ahmed Ali Qasem
Home stadiumAlthawra Sports City Stadium
FIFA codeYEM
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Kuwait 2–0 North Yemen 
(Dhaka, Bangladesh; 6 October 1978)
Biggest win
 Yemen 10–1 Guam 
(Muang Xai, Laos; 16 September 2022)
Biggest defeat
 Iraq 6–0 North Yemen 
(Baghdad, Iraq; 7 October 1982)

The Yemen national under-20 football team represents Yemen in international under 20 football competitions, They recently qualified to 2014 AFC U-19 Championship in Myanmar.

Tournament records

FIFA U-20 World Cup

Year Result Pld W D L GF GA
Tunisia 1977~Argentina 2023 DNQ – – – – – –
Chile 2025 TBD – – – – – –
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0

AFC U-19 Championship

Year Result Pld W D L GF GA
Kuwait 1975 Quarterfinal* 5 2 1 2 7 8
Bangladesh 1978 Group stage* 4 1 1 2 6 3
Malaysia 2004 Group Stage 3 0 0 3 1 8
India 2006 DNQ – – – – – –
Saudi Arabia 2008 Group Stage 3 0 0 3 1 11
China 2010 Group Stage 3 0 0 3 1 7
United Arab Emirates 2012 DNQ – – – – – –
Myanmar 2014 Group Stage 3 1 1 1 3 3
Bahrain 2016 Group Stage 3 0 0 3 0 5
Indonesia 2018 DNQ – – – – – –
Uzbekistan 2023 To be determined
Total 7 year 24 4 3 17 19 45
  • 1975 as South Yemen and 1978 as North Yemen

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss

Date Location Opponent Score* Competition
2011
27 October 2011 Fujairah Club Stadium, Fujairah  Syria 0-1 2012 AFC U-19 qualification
29 October 2011 Fujairah Club Stadium, Fujairah  Lebanon 1-2 2012 AFC U-19 qualification
2 November 2011 Fujairah Club Stadium, Fujairah  United Arab Emirates 1-3 2012 AFC U-19 qualification
4 November 2011 Fujairah Club Stadium, Fujairah  Palestine 2-1 2012 AFC U-19 qualification
2013
22 September 2013 Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat  Oman 1-2 Friendly Match
24 September 2013 Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat  Oman 2-1 Friendly Match
4 October 2013 Amman International Stadium, Amman  United Arab Emirates 1-2 2014 AFC U-19 qualification
6 October 2013 Prince Mohammad International Stadium, Zarqa  Afghanistan 3-0 2014 AFC U-19 qualification
10 October 2013 Amman International Stadium, Amman  Jordan 2-1 2014 AFC U-19 qualification
12 October 2013 Prince Mohammad International Stadium, Zarqa  Maldives 3-0 2014 AFC U-19 qualification
2016
14 October 2016 Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa  Japan 0-3 2016 AFC U-19 Championship
17 October 2016 Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa  Qatar 0-1 2016 AFC U-19 Championship
20 October 2016 Khalifa Sports City Stadium, Isa Town  Iran 0-1 2016 AFC U-19 Championship

Players

Current squad

The squad which played 2014 AFC U-19 Championship qualification

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Yaser Manaji Ebrahim Yahya Thawab (1994-01-01) 1 January 1994 (age 30) 0 Yemen
25 1GK Abdulwahab Mohammed Ebrahim Mohammed (1994-01-01) 1 January 1994 (age 30) 0 Yemen
22 1GK Mohammed Abdulaziz Mahmood Abdulrab (1994-01-01) 1 January 1994 (age 30) 0 Yemen
28 2DF Ahmed Adam Saif Al-Ozaibi (1994-01-01) 1 January 1994 (age 30) 0 Yemen
16 2DF Rami Ali Yahya Al-Wasmani (1994-01-01) 1 January 1994 (age 30) 0 Yemen
15 2DF Abdulhakim Abdullah Saif Ahmed (1994-01-01) 1 January 1994 (age 30) 0 Yemen
6 2DF Alawi Zain Saleh Fadaaq (1994-01-01) 1 January 1994 (age 30) 0 Yemen
5 2DF Ala Addin Noman Abdullah Mahdi (c) (1994-01-01) 1 January 1994 (age 30) 0 Yemen
4 2DF Mugahed Abdo Mohammed Farea (1994-01-01) 1 January 1994 (age 30) 0 Yemen
3 2DF Esam Ali Qaid Mohammed Al-Baadani (1994-01-01) 1 January 1994 (age 30) 0 Yemen
7 3MF Hatem Ali Yahya Al-Haidari (1994-01-01) 1 January 1994 (age 30) 0 Yemen
9 3MF Hamzah Ahmed Abdullah Al Shahamy (1994-01-01) 1 January 1994 (age 30) 0 Yemen
8 3MF Al-AghwaniI Husam Abdullah Mohammed (1994-01-01) 1 January 1994 (age 30) 0 Yemen
11 3MF Al-Shaibani Khairi Yousef Alwan (1994-01-01) 1 January 1994 (age 30) 0 Yemen
13 3MF Aiman Abdulkafi Hamed Ahmed (1994-01-01) 1 January 1994 (age 30) 0 Yemen
21 3MF Sulaiman Abdo Mohammed Hezam (1994-01-01) 1 January 1994 (age 30) 0 Yemen
10 4FW Aref Abdullah Mohammed Ali Al-Merghmi (1994-01-01) 1 January 1994 (age 30) 0 Yemen
12 4FW Khaled Hussein Ahmed Saleh Mahdi (1994-01-01) 1 January 1994 (age 30) 0 Yemen
20 4FW Abdlrhman Abdullah Saeed Ahmed Al-Shehri (1994-01-01) 1 January 1994 (age 30) 0 Yemen
14 4FW Ahmed Ghanem Ali Al-Rawhani (1994-01-01) 1 January 1994 (age 30) 0 Yemen
17 4FW Wahib Yahya Abdullah Al-Mufti (1994-01-01) 1 January 1994 (age 30) 0 Yemen
18 4FW Ali Abdullah Ali Mohammed Hafeedh (1994-01-01) 1 January 1994 (age 30) 0 Yemen
27 4FW Ali Mohammed Ali Al-Qadasi (1994-01-01) 1 January 1994 (age 30) 0 Yemen

Coaching staff

Position Name Notes
Head coach Yemen Ahmed Ali Qasem
Team manager Yemen Mokhtar Ali Al-Yarm

Former squads

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