Yemen national football team records and statistics

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

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
1994	Did not qualify									8	3	2	3	12	13
1998										6	2	2	2	10	7
2002										6	3	2	1	8	6
2006										6	1	2	3	6	11
2010										4	1	1	2	4	4
2014										2	0	1	1	0	2
2018										10	2	1	7	5	18
2022										8	1	2	5	6	18
2026	To be determined									To be determined
Total	–	0/22	–	–	–	–	–	–		50	13	13	24	51	79

AFC Asian Cup record

Main article: Yemen at the AFC Asian Cup

All qualifications

AFC Asian Cup										AFC Asian Cup qualification
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1984	Did not qualify									4	0	0	4	2	18
1988										5	1	3	1	5	5
1992										Did not enter
1996										4	1	0	3	2	8
2000										4	2	0	2	14	5
2004										6	2	1	3	15	15
2007										6	2	0	4	5	13
2011										6	2	1	3	7	9
2015										6	0	0	6	3	18
2019	Group stage	23rd	3	0	0	3	0	10		18	6	5	7	16	23
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.

See also: Yemen national under-23 football team

Asian Games record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1951	Did not participate
1954
1958
1962
1966
1970
1974
1978
1982	Withdrew
1986	Did not participate
1990	Group stage	3	0	2	1	0	2
1994	Group stage	4	0	0	4	0	14
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
2003	7th	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	Group stage	3	0	0	3	0	6
2014	Group stage	3	0	2	1	0	1
2017	Group stage	3	0	0	3	0	8
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
1963	Did not enter
1964	Did not enter
1966	Group stage	3	0	0	3	2	27
1985	Did not enter
1988	Did not enter
1992	Did not enter
1998	Withdrew
2002	Group stage	4	0	1	3	5	13
2012	Group stage	3	1	0	2	3	7
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
1953	Did not enter
1957
1961
1965
1976
1985	9th	3	1	0	2	3	6
1997	Did not enter
1999
2007
2011
Total	1/10	3	1	0	2	3	6

WAFF Championship

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

Palestine Cup of Nations

Main article: 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 18 November 2025

Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Best win	Worst loss
Bahrain	18	3	3	12	11	35	−24	3–0	1–5, 0–4
Bangladesh	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	X	0–1
Bhutan	5	4	1	0	30	3	+27	11–2	X
Brunei	4	4	0	0	17	0	+17	9–0	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	16	0	3	13	7	39	−32	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	12	0	5	7	5	26	−21	X	0–5
Kyrgyzstan	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	1–0	1–3
Lebanon	4	1	1	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	6	4	2	0	11	3	+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	11	0	2	9	5	21	−16	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	21	0	2	19	7	58	−51	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

External links

• FIFA.com
• World Football Elo Ratings: Yemen