Yemen national under-20 football team

Yemen national under-20 football team

Nickname(s)	Al-Yemen A'sa'eed
Association	Yemen Football Association
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Ahmed Ali Qasem
Home stadium	Althawra Sports City Stadium
FIFA code	YEM
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 qualified to 2014 AFC U-19 Championship in Myanmar.

Tournament records

FIFA U-20 World Cup

Year	Result	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1977– 2025	Did not qualify
Total		0	0	0	0	0	0

AFC U-20 Asian Cup

Year	Result	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1975	Quarterfinal*	5	2	1	2	7	8
1978	Group stage*	4	1	1	2	6	3
2004		3	0	0	3	1	8
2008		3	0	0	3	1	11
2010		3	0	0	3	1	7
2014		3	1	1	1	3	3
2016		3	0	0	3	0	5
2025		2	0	0	2	0	7
Total	8	26	4	3	19	19	52

• 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	1 GK	Yaser Manaji Ebrahim Yahya Thawab	(1994-01-01) 1 January 1994 (age 31)	0
25	1 GK	Abdulwahab Mohammed Ebrahim Mohammed	(1994-01-01) 1 January 1994 (age 31)	0
22	1 GK	Mohammed Abdulaziz Mahmood Abdulrab	(1994-01-01) 1 January 1994 (age 31)	0
28	2 DF	Ahmed Adam Saif Al-Ozaibi	(1994-01-01) 1 January 1994 (age 31)	0
16	2 DF	Rami Ali Yahya Al-Wasmani	(1994-01-01) 1 January 1994 (age 31)	0
15	2 DF	Abdulhakim Abdullah Saif Ahmed	(1994-01-01) 1 January 1994 (age 31)	0
6	2 DF	Alawi Zain Saleh Fadaaq	(1994-01-01) 1 January 1994 (age 31)	0
5	2 DF	Ala Addin Noman Abdullah Mahdi (c)	(1994-01-01) 1 January 1994 (age 31)	0
4	2 DF	Mugahed Abdo Mohammed Farea	(1994-01-01) 1 January 1994 (age 31)	0
3	2 DF	Esam Ali Qaid Mohammed Al-Baadani	(1994-01-01) 1 January 1994 (age 31)	0
7	3 MF	Hatem Ali Yahya Al-Haidari	(1994-01-01) 1 January 1994 (age 31)	0
9	3 MF	Hamzah Ahmed Abdullah Al Shahamy	(1994-01-01) 1 January 1994 (age 31)	0
8	3 MF	Al-AghwaniI Husam Abdullah Mohammed	(1994-01-01) 1 January 1994 (age 31)	0
11	3 MF	Al-Shaibani Khairi Yousef Alwan	(1994-01-01) 1 January 1994 (age 31)	0
13	3 MF	Aiman Abdulkafi Hamed Ahmed	(1994-01-01) 1 January 1994 (age 31)	0
21	3 MF	Sulaiman Abdo Mohammed Hezam	(1994-01-01) 1 January 1994 (age 31)	0
10	4 FW	Aref Abdullah Mohammed Ali Al-Merghmi	(1994-01-01) 1 January 1994 (age 31)	0
12	4 FW	Khaled Hussein Ahmed Saleh Mahdi	(1994-01-01) 1 January 1994 (age 31)	0
20	4 FW	Abdlrhman Abdullah Saeed Ahmed Al-Shehri	(1994-01-01) 1 January 1994 (age 31)	0
14	4 FW	Ahmed Ghanem Ali Al-Rawhani	(1994-01-01) 1 January 1994 (age 31)	0
17	4 FW	Wahib Yahya Abdullah Al-Mufti	(1994-01-01) 1 January 1994 (age 31)	0
18	4 FW	Ali Abdullah Ali Mohammed Hafeedh	(1994-01-01) 1 January 1994 (age 31)	0
27	4 FW	Ali Mohammed Ali Al-Qadasi	(1994-01-01) 1 January 1994 (age 31)	0

Coaching staff

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

Former squads

• 2008 AFC U-19 Championship squads
• 2010 AFC U-19 Championship squads