Yemen national under-17 football team

Yemen national under-17 football team

Nickname(s)	Al-Yemen A'sa'eed
Association	Yemen Football Association
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Samer Mohammed Fadhl Saleh
Most caps	Abdo Al-Edresi (13)
Home stadium	Althawra Sports City Stadium
FIFA code	YEM
First colours Second colours
AFC U-17 Asian Cup
Appearances	6 (first in 2002 )
Best result	Runners-up (2002)
Arab Cup U-17
Appearances	1 (first in 2012 )
Best result	Fourth place (2012)
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 2003 )
Best result	Group Stage (2003)

The Yemen national under-17 football team represents Yemen in international under-17 football competitions and is controlled by the Yemen Football Association.

Tournament Records

FIFA U-17 World Cup

Year	Result	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1985~1989	Country part of   South Yemen	–	–	–	–	–	–
1991	Did not enter	–	–	–	–	–	–
1993~1997	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
1999	Withdrew	–	–	–	–	–	–
2001	Did not enter	–	–	–	–	–	–
2003	Group Stage	3	0	1	2	4	8
2005	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
2007	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
2009	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
2011	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
2013	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
2015	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
2017	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
2019	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
2021	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
2023	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
2025	Did not qualify
Total	Best: Group Stage	3	0	1	2	4	8

AFC U-17 Asian Cup

Year	Result	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1985~1988	Country part of   South Yemen	–	–	–	–	–	–
1990	Did not enter	–	–	–	–	–	–
1992~1996	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
1998	Withdrew	–	–	–	–	–	–
2000	Did not enter	–	–	–	–	–	–
2002	Runners-Up	6	4	2	0	10	5
2004	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
2006	Group Stage	3	0	1	2	4	6
2008 1	Group Stage	2	0	0	2	0	6
2010	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
2012	Group Stage	3	0	1	2	3	7
2014	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
2016	Group Stage	3	0	1	2	1	4
2018	Group Stage	3	1	0	2	5	4
2023	Quarter-Finals	4	2	1	1	6	2
Total	Best: Runners-Up	24	7	6	11	29	34

¹Yemen were ejected from the 2008 AFC U-16 Championship competition for fielding an overage player, Wesam Saleh Al-Worafi.

Arab Cup U-17

Year	Result	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2011	DNQ	–	–	–	–	–	–
2012	Fourth place	4	2	0	2	4	4
2014	DNQ	–	–	–	–	–	–
2022	Semi Finals	–	–	–	–	–	–
Total	Best: Fourth place	4	2	0	2	4	4

Recent results

2024

Yemen   v   Myanmar

23 October 2024 2025 AFC U-17 Asian Cup qualification	Yemen	6–1	Myanmar	Phú Thọ. Vietnam
16:00  UTC+7				Stadium: Việt Trì Stadium

Kyrgyzstan   v   Yemen

25 October 2024 2025 AFC U-17 Asian Cup qualification	Kyrgyzstan	2–3	Yemen	Phú Thọ. Vietnam
16:00  UTC+7				Stadium: Việt Trì Stadium

Yemen   v   Vietnam

27 October 2024 2025 AFC U-17 Asian Cup qualification	Yemen	1–1	Vietnam	Phú Thọ. Vietnam
19:00  UTC+7				Stadium: Việt Trì Stadium

2025

Yemen   v   Afghanistan

4 April 2025	Yemen	2–0	Afghanistan	King Abdullah Sports City Stadium, Jeddah
20:15

Indonesia   v   Yemen

7 April 2025 AFC U-17 Asian Cup	Indonesia	4–1	Yemen	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
18:00  UTC+3	Gholy 15' Alberto 25' Evandra 87' (pen.), 89'	Report	Al-Garash 52' (pen.)	Stadium: Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium Referee: Abdullo Davlatov (Tajikistan)

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2025 AFC U-17 Asian Cup. ^[1]

Caps and goals correct as of 7 April 2025, after the match against   Indonesia

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1 GK	Muntaser Ghalib	(2008-01-01) 1 January 2008 (age 17)	0	0	Al-Ahli
22	1 GK	Anas Al-Douh	(2010-03-15) 15 March 2010 (age 15)	0	0	Al-Shula
23	1 GK	Wessam Al-Asbahi	(2009-06-03) 3 June 2009 (age 15)	2	0	Ahli Sana'a
2	2 DF	Omar Atwy	(2008-12-25) 25 December 2008 (age 16)	1	0	Unknown
3	2 DF	Mohammed Al-Raawi	(2008-07-18) 18 July 2008 (age 16)	2	1	Unknown
4	2 DF	Akram Kathei	(2009-10-15) 15 October 2009 (age 15)	0	0	Al-Shaab
5	2 DF	Mohammed Al-Garash	(2009-04-01) 1 April 2009 (age 16)	2	2	Al-Ittihad
9	2 DF	Karem Abdulatif	(2010-01-17) 17 January 2010 (age 15)	2	0	Al-Tilal
12	2 DF	Ahmed Aljedy	(2009-10-30) 30 October 2009 (age 15)	2	0	Al-Wehda (Sanaa)
17	2 DF	Sailan Sailan	(2010-02-09) 9 February 2010 (age 15)	0	0	Al-Shaab
18	2 DF	Yunes Sheikh	(2009-03-05) 5 March 2009 (age 16)	2	0	Al-Jazeerah
6	3 MF	Abdullah Saeed	(2009-01-18) 18 January 2009 (age 16)	2	0	Unknown
7	3 MF	Esam Al-Sakkaf	(2010-07-06) 6 July 2010 (age 14)	2	0	Al-Tilal
8	3 MF	Aiman Abdulrab	(2008-01-01) 1 January 2008 (age 17)	2	0	Al-Wehda (Aden)
13	3 MF	Ahmed Saeed	(2009-10-20) 20 October 2009 (age 15)	2	0	Al-Rasheed
14	3 MF	Ahmed Sheikh	(2009-11-09) 9 November 2009 (age 15)	2	0	Al-Wehda (Aden)
15	3 MF	Ali Daleeo	(2008-02-05) 5 February 2008 (age 17)	2	0	Al-Tilal
21	3 MF	Abdullah Abdullah	(2008-06-14) 14 June 2008 (age 16)	2	0	Al-Ahli
10	4 FW	Madyan Al-Ward	(2010-10-15) 15 October 2010 (age 14)	0	0	Al-Wehda (Sanaa)
11	4 FW	Tamer Al-Shaleli	(2009-11-18) 18 November 2009 (age 15)	1	0	Al-Wehda (Sanaa)
16	4 FW	Amgad Zaid	(2009-05-04) 4 May 2009 (age 15)	0	0	Al-Ittihad
19	4 FW	Mohammed Ali Abdullah	(2008-05-17) 17 May 2008 (age 16)	2	0	Al-Shula
20	4 FW	Saqr Mohammed	(2010-04-16) 16 April 2010 (age 14)	0	0	Al-Wehda (Aden)

Coaching staff

Position	Name	Notes
Manager
Assistant manager
Coach	Mohammed Al Badani
Goalkeeping coach

Golden generation

Year	Round	Score	Result
2003	Round 1	Yemen 3 – 4  Portugal	Lost
	Round 1	Yemen 1 – 1  Cameroon	Draw
	Round 1	Yemen 0– 3  Brazil	Lost

Golden generation (Elected hope) who participated in 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship In Finland

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	3 MF	Mohammed Alwah		0
3	2 DF	Abdullah Al-Safi		0
4	2 DF	Yasser Al-Baadani		0	Al Sha'ab Ibb
5	2 DF	Ali Al-Baiti		0
6	4 FW	Sami Juaim		0
7	3 MF	Fuad Al-Ammari		0
8	3 MF	Khaled Baleid		0
9	3 MF	Galal Al-Qatta		0
10	3 MF	Akram Al-Selwi		0	Al-Hilal Al-Sahili
11	4 FW	Ebrahim Saleh		0
12	2 DF	Hemyar Al-Mesri		0
13	1 GK	Halim Al-Jabali		0
14	2 DF	Wasim Al-Qor		0
15	3 MF	Akram Al-Worafi		0
16	4 FW	Abdulelah Sharyan		0
17	2 DF	Esmat Al-Khtshi		0
18	1 GK	Anwar Al-Aug		0	Al-Ittihad Ibb
19	2 DF	Mohanad Munassar		0
20	3 MF	Abdo Al-Edresi (c)		3	Al Sha'ab San'a'

Former squads

• 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship squads

See also

• Yemen national football team
• Yemen national under-20 football team
• Yemen national under-23 football team

References

1. "Yeman-Afghanistan". Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 7 April 2025.

Head-to-head record

The following table shows Yemen's head-to-head record in the FIFA U-17 World Cup and AFC U-17 Asian Cup.

In FIFA U-17 World Cup

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Brazil	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	000.00
Cameroon	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Portugal	1	0	0	1	3	4	−1	000.00
Total	3	0	1	2	4	8	−4	000.00

In AFC U-17 Asian Cup

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Afghanistan	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
China	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Indonesia	1	0	0	1	1	4	−3	000.00
Iran	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	000.00
Iraq	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Japan	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	000.00
Jordan	1	1	0	0	5	1	+4	100.00
Kuwait	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Laos	2	1	0	1	3	3	+0	050.00
Malaysia	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1	050.00
North Korea	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3	000.00
Oman	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
Pakistan	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
South Korea	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	000.00
Syria	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
Tajikistan	1	0	0	1	3	4	−1	000.00
Thailand	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Uzbekistan	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Vietnam	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
Total	27	8	6	13	32	39	−7	029.63