Yemen national under-17 football team

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Yemen national under-17 football team
Nickname(s)Al-Yemen A'sa'eed
AssociationYemen Football Association
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Head coachSyria Mohammed Khatam
Most capsAbdo Al-Edresi (13)
Home stadiumAlthawra Sports City Stadium
FIFA codeYEM
First colours
Second colours
AFC U-16 Championship
Appearances6 (first in 2002)
Best resultRunner-up : 2002
Arab Cup U-17
Appearances1 (first in 2012)
Best resultFourth place: 2012
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2003)
Best resultGroup 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[edit]

FIFA U-17 World Cup[edit]

Year Result Pld W D L GF GA
1985~1989 Country part of  South Yemen
Italy 1991 DNE
1993~1997 DNQ
New Zealand 1999 Withdrew
Trinidad and Tobago 2001 DNE
Finland 2003 Group Stage 3 0 1 2 4 8
Peru 2005 DNQ
South Korea 2007 DNQ
Nigeria 2009 DNQ
Mexico 2011 DNQ
United Arab Emirates 2013 DNQ
Chile 2015 DNQ
India 2017 DNQ
Brazil 2019 DNQ
Peru 2021 DNQ
Indonesia 2023 DNQ
Total Best: Group Stage 3 0 1 2 4 8

AFC U-16 Championship[edit]

Year Result Pld W D L GF GA
1985~1988 Country part of  South Yemen
United Arab Emirates 1990 DNE
1992~1996 DNQ
Qatar 1998 Withdrew
Vietnam 2000 DNE
United Arab Emirates 2002 Runners-Up 6 4 2 0 10 5
Japan 2004 DNQ
Singapore 2006 Group Stage 3 0 1 2 4 6
Uzbekistan 20081 Group Stage 2 0 0 2 0 6
Uzbekistan 2010 DNQ
Iran 2012 Group Stage 3 0 1 2 3 7
Thailand 2014 DNQ
India 2016 Group Stage 3 0 1 2 1 4
Malaysia 2018 Group Stage 3 1 0 2 5 4
Thailand 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[edit]

Year Result Pld W D L GF GA
Saudi Arabia 2011 DNQ
Tunisia 2012 Fourth place 4 2 0 2 4 4
Qatar 2014 DNQ
Algeria 2022 Semi Finals
Total Best: Fourth place 4 2 0 2 4 4

Recent results and forthcoming fixtures[edit]

  Win   Draw   Loss

Date Location Opponent Score* Competition
2017
20 September Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha  Qatar 1-1 2018 AFC U-16 Championship qualification Group E
22 September Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha  Bangladesh 0-3 2018 AFC U-16 Championship qualification Group E

Players[edit]

Current squad[edit]

The following players were called up for the 2023 AFC U-17 Asian Cup qualification

Head coach: Mohammed Al Badani

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1 1GK Wadhah Al Radfani
22 1GK Yaseen Ba Shanfar
23 1GK Marwan Meyad

2 2DF Mohammed Raed
9 2DF Mohammed Noman (footballer)
4 2DF Hesham Al Husaini
5 2DF Mohammed Al Hendi
13 2DF Ahmed Al Hajj
15 2DF Ali Al Garhumi
17 2DF Ali Al Hanbasi

3 3MF Anwar Al Turaiqi
8 3MF Haithm Al Salami
10 3MF Esam Ramdam
6 3MF Ahmed Al Qumaei
20 3MF Osamah Abdullah
18 3MF Adel Abbas (footballer)

7 4FW Mohammed Al Barwani (footballer)
11 4FW Abdulrahman Al Khader
16 4FW Mohammad Khaled (footballer)
19 4FW Omar Al Barak
21 4FW Mokhtar Muwafaq
14 4FW Abdulrahman Abdullah

Coaching staff[edit]

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

Golden generation[edit]

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 3MF Mohammed Alwah 0 Yemen
3 2DF Abdullah Al-Safi 0 Yemen
4 2DF Yasser Al-Baadani 0 Yemen Al Sha'ab Ibb
5 2DF Ali Al-Baiti 0 Yemen
6 4FW Sami Juaim 0 Yemen
7 3MF Fuad Al-Ammari 0 Yemen
8 3MF Khaled Baleid 0 Yemen
9 3MF Galal Al-Qatta 0 Yemen
10 3MF Akram Al-Selwi 0 Yemen Al-Hilal Al-Sahili
11 4FW Ebrahim Saleh 0 Yemen
12 2DF Hemyar Al-Mesri 0 Yemen
13 1GK Halim Al-Jabali 0 Yemen
14 2DF Wasim Al-Qor 0 Yemen
15 3MF Akram Al-Worafi 0 Yemen
16 4FW Abdulelah Sharyan 0 Yemen
17 2DF Esmat Al-Khtshi 0 Yemen
18 1GK Anwar Al-Aug 0 Yemen Al-Ittihad Ibb
19 2DF Mohanad Munassar 0 Yemen
20 3MF Abdo Al-Edresi (c) 3 Yemen Al Sha'ab San'a'

Former squads[edit]

See also[edit]

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