South Yemen national football team

South Yemen

Nickname(s)

South Falcons

Head coach

Mubarak Qadhi

Most caps

Top scorer

Home stadium

YMD

First colours

Second colours

FIFA ranking

Highest

139 (1976)

Lowest

164 (1989)

Elo ranking

Highest

164 (1989)

Lowest

164 (1989)

First international

UAR 14–0 South Yemen

(Egypt, September 2, 1965)
Last International

South Yemen 1–0 Guinea

(Kuwait City, Kuwait; November 5, 1989)

Asian Cup

Appearances

1 (first in 1976)

Best result

Group stage, 1976

The South Yemen national football team was the national team of South Yemen between 1965 and 1989. It took part in the Asian Cup finals in 1976, losing 0–8 to Iran and 0–1 to Iraq. They entered their only World Cup qualification campaign, for the 1986 FIFA World Cup, and were knocked out in the first round by Bahrain.

The team ceased to exist when the country united with North Yemen in 1990 to form the modern country of Yemen. See the article Yemen national football team for details after 1990.

Debut

South Yemen made its international football debut on 2 September 1965 at the 1965 Pan Arab Games in Cairo, Egypt. They played the hosts (who played as the United Arab Republic) in the first game and lost, 14–0. This was their largest defeat without scoring a goal in reply. South Yemen lost all three other games in the group: 1–0 to Palestine and then 4–3 to Lebanon. South Yemen did not play another game until 10 January 1972 when they lost a home friendly, 4–1, to Algeria.^[1]

1986 World Cup qualification

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Bahrain	2	1	1	0	7	4	+3	3
South Yemen	2	0	1	1	4	7	−3	1
Iran	Disqualified

South Yemen competed in qualification for the only time for the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico. They were placed in Group 4 of Zone A in the First Round against Iran and Bahrain. Iran was disqualified before the games were played, due to refusal to move their games to neutral grounds away from the Iran–Iraq War. South Yemen hosted Bahrain on 12 March 1985 and lost 4-1 in Mortayer Yard (now 22 May Stadium, Aden. On 12 April they drew, 3–3, at the Bahrain National Stadium in Manama after leading 3-1. This saw Bahrain advance through.

World Cup record

1930 to 1962 – Did not exist
1966 to 1982 – Did not enter
1986 – Did not qualify
1990 – Withdrew

Asian Cup record

1956 to 1972 – Did not enter
1976 – Round 1
1980 to 1984 – Withdrew
1988 – Did not qualify

Coaches

Nasr Chadli (1972)^[2]
Ali Mohsen Al-Moraisi (1975–1976)
Abbas Ghulam (1982–?)
Timur Segizbaev (1982–1985)^[3]
Azzam Khalifa (? – March 1985) ^[4]
Abdullah Saleh Khobani(April 1985–?) ^[5]
Awad Awadan (1986–?)
Abbas Ghulam (1988)
Mubarak Qadhi (1989)^[6]

Friendly matches

South Yemen 1 vs 0 Denmark (Al-Shohada'a Stadium ??/October/1984 Abyan of South Yemen)

South Yemen 1 vs 4 Djibouti (Djibouti Stadium 26 / February /1988 Djibouti City of Djibouti)

South Yemen 0 vs 0 Tanzania

South Yemen 2 vs 1 Iraq

South Yemen 1 vs 1 Tanzania

South Yemen 1 vs 1 Ethiopia

South Yemen 2 vs 4 China PR

South Yemen 5 vs 6 China PR

South Yemen 1 vs 15 Algeria

1982 Asian Games

South Yemen 1 vs 3 Japan

South Yemen 0 vs 2 Iran

South Yemen 0 vs 3 South Korea

Arab Nations Cup qualifier 1984

South Yemen 1 vs 1 Somalia

South Yemen 0 vs 1 Saudi Arabia

South Yemen 0 vs 1 Sudan

Pan Arab Games 1965

group 2 :

South Yemen 0 vs 14 Egypt

South Yemen 0 vs 6 Iraq

South Yemen 0 vs 1 Palestine

South Yemen 3 vs 4 Lebanon

Palestine Cup 1972

South Yemen 2 vs 1 Qatar

South Yemen 2 vs 1 Palestine

South Yemen 1 vs 4 Algeria

South Yemen 0 vs 1 Syria

Palestine Cup 1973

South Yemen 1 vs 7 Syria

South Yemen 1 vs 6 Egypt

South Yemen 0 vs 2 Tunisia

Palestine Cup 1975

South Yemen 1 VS 0 Saudi Arabia

South Yemen 0 vs 5 Egypt

Pan Arab Games 1976

South Yemen 2 vs 1 Syria

South Yemen 0 vs 4 Morocco

South Yemen 1 VS 0 Saudi Arabia

South Yemen 0 vs 0 Palestine

South Yemen 2 VS 3 Jordan

South Yemen 2 vs 0 Mauritania

Olympic Games Qualifier 1980

South Yemen 1 vs 2 Syria

South Yemen 1 vs 5 Kuwait

South Yemen 2 vs 1 Jordan

South Yemen 0 vs 3 Iraq

Asian Nations Cup Qualifier 1988

South Yemen 0 vs 2 Bahrain

South Yemen 1 vs 1 South Korea

South Yemen 0 vs 1 Indonesia

Other tournaments

Year	Round
1989 Peace and Friendship Cup	Group Stage

Line-up, 1989

GK (Abdulrahman Ebrahim) {Al-Tilal}

Df (Mohammed Ramadah) {Al-Shorta SC (Aden)}

Df (Khaled Attar)

Df (abdullah Hadi) {Al-Wahda (Aden)}

Df (Yasin Mahmood) {Al-Wahda (Aden)}

Mf (Salah Saifudin) {Al-Tilal}

Mf (Saleh Al Haj) {Al-Shula}

Mf (Omar Albarek) {Al-Tilal}

Mf (Ali Alsalahi)

Sk (Wagdan shadeli) {Al-Wahda (Aden)}

Sk (Sharaf Mahfood) {Al-Tilal}

References

Football in Yemen

Federation Yemen National Team South Yemen National Team North Yemen national football team

National teams	Men's U-23 U-20 U-17 Women's

League competitions	Yemeni League Second Division

Domestic Cup competitions	Yemeni President Cup Super Cup Unity Cup (May 22 Cup)

Defunct competitions	Naseem Cup September 26 Cup Amana Cup Ali Muhsin al-Murisi Cup Esteghlal Cup North Yemen Cup of the Republic South Yemen Cup

Yemeni Football Records Clubs Top Scorers List of venues

International association football

FIFA Federations Teams Competitions World Cup U-17 U-20 Confederations Cup Olympics Youth Olympics Universiade World Rankings Player of the Year Ballon d'Or Timeline of association football

Africa	CAF – Africa Cup of Nations U-23 U-20 U-17 Regional (CECAFA, CEMAC, COSAFA, WAFU)

Asia	AFC – Asian Cup U-23 U-19 U-16 U-14 Regional (ASEAN, EAFF, SAFF, WAFF)

Europe	UEFA – European Championship U-21 U-19 U-17

North America, Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF – Gold Cup U-20 U-17 U-15

Oceania	OFC – Nations Cup U-20 U-17

South America	CONMEBOL – Copa América U-20 U-17 U-15

Non-FIFA	NF-Board – Viva World Cup CONIFA - ConIFA World Football Cup ConIFA European Football Cup IGA - Island Games

Games	African Games Asian Games Central America Central America and Caribbean East Asian Games Francophonie Games Indian Ocean Island Lusophony Games Mediterranean Games Pan American Games Pan Arab Games Pacific Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games

See also Geography Debuts Codes Player of the Century Women's football

Defunct and altered national football teams

Recognised as defunct by FIFA	East Germany Saarland South Yemen

Teams whose names and borders both differ from the present	CIS Czechoslovakia Ireland Malaya Mandatory Palestine Netherlands Antilles North Vietnam Russian Empire USSR South Vietnam Yugoslavia Serbia and Montenegro

For teams that have undergone name changes but no border alterations see here For teams that have undergone border changes but no name alterations see here

National football teams of Asia (AFC)

Southeast Asia (AFF)	Australia Brunei Cambodia Indonesia Laos Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Timor-Leste Vietnam

Central Asia (CAFA)	Afghanistan Iran Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan

East Asia (EAFF)	China PR Chinese Taipei Guam Hong Kong Japan Korea DPR Korea Republic Macau Mongolia Northern Mariana Islands¹

South Asia (SAFF)	Bangladesh Bhutan India Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka

West Asia (WAFF)	Bahrain Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Oman Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Syria United Arab Emirates Yemen

Defunct	Malaya North Vietnam South Vietnam South Yemen

Former	Israel (moved to UEFA in 1994) Kazakhstan (moved to UEFA in 2002) New Zealand (formed the OFC in 1966)

¹ Provisional Associate Member - Not a member of FIFA

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