Yemen national under-17 football team

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

Yemen national under-17 football team

Nickname(s)	Al-Yemen A'sa'eed
Association	Yemen Football Association
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Mohammed Khatam
Most caps	Abdo Al-Edresi (13)
Home stadium	Althawra Sports City Stadium
FIFA code	YEM
First colours Second colours
AFC U-16 Championship
Appearances	6 (first in 2002)
Best result	Runner-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)

Tournament Records

FIFA U-17 World Cup

Year	Result	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1985~1989	Country part of   South Yemen	–	–	–	–	–	–
1991	DNE	–	–	–	–	–	–
1993~1997	DNQ	–	–	–	–	–	–
1999	Withdrew	–	–	–	–	–	–
2001	DNE	–	–	–	–	–	–
2003	Group Stage	3	0	1	2	4	8
2005	DNQ	–	–	–	–	–	–
2007	DNQ	–	–	–	–	–	–
2009	DNQ	–	–	–	–	–	–
2011	DNQ	–	–	–	–	–	–
2013	DNQ	–	–	–	–	–	–
2015	DNQ	–	–	–	–	–	–
2017	DNQ	–	–	–	–	–	–
2019	DNQ	–	–	–	–	–	–
2021	DNQ	–	–	–	–	–	–
2023	DNQ	–	–	–	–	–	–
2025	TBD
Total	Best: Group Stage	3	0	1	2	4	8

AFC U-16 Championship

Year	Result	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1985~1988	Country part of   South Yemen	–	–	–	–	–	–
1990	DNE	–	–	–	–	–	–
1992~1996	DNQ	–	–	–	–	–	–
1998	Withdrew	–	–	–	–	–	–
2000	DNE	–	–	–	–	–	–
2002	Runners-Up	6	4	2	0	10	5
2004	DNQ	–	–	–	–	–	–
2006	Group Stage	3	0	1	2	4	6
2008^1	Group Stage	2	0	0	2	0	6
2010	DNQ	–	–	–	–	–	–
2012	Group Stage	3	0	1	2	3	7
2014	DNQ	–	–	–	–	–	–
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 and forthcoming fixtures

  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

Current squad

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

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