North Yemen national football team results

Yemen national football team results

1990–present
Predecessors: Aden (1965) Lahej (1965) North Yemen (1966–1989) South Yemen (1972–1989)

This page details the match results and statistics of the North Yemen national football team.^{[Note 1]}

Key

Key to matches

Att.=Match attendance
(H)=Home ground
(A)=Away ground
(N)=Neutral ground

Key to record by opponent

Pld=Games played
W=Games won
D=Games drawn
L=Games lost
GF=Goals for
GA=Goals against

Results

North Yemen's score is shown first in each case.

No.	Date	Venue	Opponents	Score	Competition	North Yemen scorers	Att.	Ref.
1	2 April 1966	Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad (N)	Syria	0–7	1966 Arab Cup		—	^[1]^[2]
2	4 April 1966	Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad (N)	Palestine	0–7	1966 Arab Cup		—	^[1]^[2]
3	6 April 1966	Al-Kashafa Stadium, Baghdad (N)	Libya	0–13	1966 Arab Cup		—	^[1]^[2]
4	25 November 1966	Phnom Penh (N)	Palestine	3–5	1966 GANEFO	Unknown	—	^[1]^[3]
5	26 November 1966	Phnom Penh (N)	North Vietnam	0–9	1966 GANEFO		—	^[1]^[3]
6	29 November 1966	Phnom Penh (N)	Cambodia	0–8	1966 GANEFO		—	^[1]^[3]
7	30 November 1966	Phnom Penh (N)	North Korea	0–14	1966 GANEFO		—	^[1]^[3]
8	5 December 1966	Phnom Penh (N)	China	0–6	1966 GANEFO		—	^[1]^[3]
9	12 August 1973	June 11 Stadium, Tripoli (N)	Egypt	1–6	1973 Palestine Cup of Nations	Unknown	—	^[1]^[4]
10	14 August 1973	June 11 Stadium, Tripoli (N)	Palestine	0–1^[A]	1973 Palestine Cup of Nations		—	^[4]
11	16 August 1973	June 11 Stadium, Tripoli (N)	Syria	1–7	1973 Palestine Cup of Nations	Unknown	—	^[1]^[4]
12	19 August 1973	June 11 Stadium, Tripoli (N)	Tunisia	0–2	1973 Palestine Cup of Nations		—	^[1]^[4]
13	28 September 1974	Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus (N)	Sudan	0–6	1974 Kuneitra Cup		—	^[1]^[5]
14	30 September 1974	Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus (N)	Libya	1–9	1974 Kuneitra Cup	Al-Jaradi	—	^[1]^[5]
15	4 October 1974	Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus (N)	Syria	0–6	1974 Kuneitra Cup		—	^[1]^[5]
16	6 October 1974	Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus (N)	Palestine	1–7	1974 Kuneitra Cup	Nashta	—	^[1]^[5]
17	10 October 1984	Calcutta (N)	South Korea	0–6	1984 AFC Asian Cup qualification		—	^[1]^[6]
18	12 October 1984	Calcutta (N)	India	0–4	1984 AFC Asian Cup qualification		—	^[1]^[6]
19	15 October 1984	Calcutta (N)	Pakistan	1–4	1984 AFC Asian Cup qualification	Unknown	—	^[1]^[6]
20	18 October 1984	Calcutta (N)	Malaysia	1–4	1984 AFC Asian Cup qualification	Unknown	—	^[1]^[6]
21	29 March 1985	Revolution 1962 Stadium, Sanaa (H)	Syria	0–1	1986 FIFA World Cup qualification		—	^[1]^[7]
22	5 April 1985	Kuwait City (A)	Kuwait	0–5	1986 FIFA World Cup qualification		—	^[1]^[7]
23	19 April 1985	Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus (A)	Syria	0–3	1986 FIFA World Cup qualification		28,000	^[1]^[7]
24	26 April 1985	Revolution 1962 Stadium, Sanaa (H)	Kuwait	1–3	1986 FIFA World Cup qualification	Abbas	10,000	^[1]^[7]
25	5 August 1985	Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat (N)	Saudi Arabia	0–2	1985 Pan Arab Games		—	^[1]^[8]
26	8 August 1985	Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat (N)	Algeria^[B]	1–3	1985 Pan Arab Games	Unknown	—	^[1]^[8]
27	11 August 1985	Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca (N)	United Arab Emirates	2–1	1985 Pan Arab Games	Unknown	—	^[1]^[8]
28	15 October 1985	Revolution 1962 Stadium, Sanaa (H)	Mexico	0–2	Friendly		—	^[1]
29	5 February 1988	Abu Dhabi (N)	China	0–0	1988 AFC Asian Cup qualification		—	^[1]^[9]
30	7 February 1988	Abu Dhabi (N)	United Arab Emirates	1–2	1988 AFC Asian Cup qualification	Unknown	—	^[1]^[9]
31	11 February 1988	Abu Dhabi (N)	India	1–0	1988 AFC Asian Cup qualification	Al Sharani	—	^[1]^[9]
32	14 February 1988	Abu Dhabi (N)	Bangladesh	0–0	1988 AFC Asian Cup qualification		—	^[1]^[9]
33	16 February 1988	Abu Dhabi (N)	Thailand	3–3	1988 AFC Asian Cup qualification	Unknown	—	^[1]^[9]
34	20 June 1988	Revolution 1962 Stadium, Sanaa (H)	Jordan	0–2	Friendly		—	^[1]
35	10 March 1989	Revolution 1962 Stadium, Sanaa (H)	Syria	0–1	1990 FIFA World Cup qualification		45,000	^[1]^[10]
36	20 March 1989	Revolution 1962 Stadium, Sanaa (H)	Saudi Arabia	0–1	1990 FIFA World Cup qualification		45,000	^[1]^[10]
37	25 March 1989	Latakia (A)	Syria	0–2	1990 FIFA World Cup qualification		35,000	^[1]^[10]
38	5 April 1989	Riyadh (A)	Saudi Arabia	0–1	1990 FIFA World Cup qualification		35,000	^[1]^[10]

Notes

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Note 1: In 1990, North Yemen united with South Yemen to form Yemen. For results after 1990, see Yemen national football team results.
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A: Palestine defeated North Yemen at the 1973 Palestine Cup of Nations, however the exact date of the match and the score is unknown.
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B: Algeria sent their B team to the 1985 Pan Arab Games, however, their matches are considered full internationals by FIFA.

Record by opponent

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	WPCT
Algeria	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	0.00
Bangladesh	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.00
Cambodia	1	0	0	1	0	8	−8	0.00
China	2	0	1	1	0	6	−6	0.00
Egypt	1	0	0	1	1	6	−5	0.00
India	2	1	0	1	1	4	−3	50.00
Libya	2	0	0	2	1	22	−21	0.00
Kuwait	2	0	0	2	1	8	−7	0.00
Malaysia	1	0	0	1	1	4	−3	0.00
Mexico	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	0.00
North Korea	1	0	0	1	0	14	−14	0.00
North Vietnam	1	0	0	1	0	9	−9	0.00
Pakistan	1	0	0	1	1	4	−3	0.00
Palestine	4	0	0	4	4	20	−16	0.00
Saudi Arabia	3	0	0	3	0	4	−4	0.00
South Korea	1	0	0	1	0	6	−6	0.00
Sudan	1	0	0	1	0	6	−6	0.00
Syria	7	0	0	7	1	27	−26	0.00
Thailand	1	0	1	0	3	3	0	0.00
Tunisia	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	0.00
United Arab Emirates	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	50.00
Total	37	2	3	32	18	161	−143	5.41

Source: Results

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Predecessors

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