South Yemen national football team

The South Yemen national football team (Arabic: منتخب اليمن الجنوبي الوطني لكرة القدم‎) was the national team of South Yemen between 1965 and 1989. The team 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.

South Yemen
1965–1989
Nickname(s)Soqoor Al-Janoub
(The South Falcons)
(صقور الجنوب)
AssociationPDR Yemen Football Federation
Most capsAbubakar Al-Mass
Top scorerMohamed Hassan (3)
Home stadiumMortayer Yard
FIFA codeYMD
First colours
Second colours
Third colours
First international
 Palestine 1–0 Aden
(Cairo, United Arab Republic; 2 September 1965)
Last international
 South Yemen 1–0 Guinea 
(Kuwait City, Kuwait; 5 November 1989)
Biggest win
 South Yemen 2–0 Iraq 
(Aden, South Yemen; 2 May 1974)
 South Yemen 2–0 Mauritania 
(Damascus, Syria; 12 October 1976)[1]
Biggest defeat
 Algeria 15–1 South Yemen 
(Tripoli, Libya; 17 August 1973)
 United Arab Republic 14–0 Aden
(Cairo, United Arab Republic; 3 September 1965)
AFC Asian Cup
Appearances1 (first in 1976)
Best resultGroup stage, 1976

The team ceased to exist in 1990, when South Yemen united with North Yemen to form 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]

World Cup record
FIFA World Cup record Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
1930 Part of  United Kingdom Part of  United Kingdom
1934
1938
1950
1954
1958
1962
1966
1970 Did not enter Did not enter
1974
1978
1982
1986 Did not qualify201147
1990 Withdrew Withdrew
Total N/A 0/14 0 0 0 0 0 0 201147

Asian Cup record
AFC Asian Cup record AFC Asian Cup qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
1956 Did not enterDid not enter
1960
1964
1968
1972
1976 Group Stage 6th 2 0 0 2 0 9 Bye
1980 WithdrewWithdrew
1984
1988 Did not qualify301214
Total Group Stage 1/9 2 0 0 2 0 9 3 0 1 2 1 4

Asian Games
Football at the Asian Games has been an under-23 tournament since 2002.
Asian Games record
Year Result Pld W D* L GF GA
1951Did not participate
1954
1958
1962
1966
1970
1974
1978
1982Group stage3003+1–8
1986Did not participate
TotalGroup Stage3003+1–8

Pan Arab Games
Pan Arab Games record
Year Round Pld W D L GF GA
1953
Did not enter
1957
1961
1965
1976
4th631278
1985
Did not enter
Total
4th
6
3
1
2
7
8

1986 World Cup qualification

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.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Bahrain 211074+33
 South Yemen 201147−31
 Iran Disqualified

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]

Results and head to head records
Main article: South Yemen national football team results

Results Review
Nation Confederation Number of matches Win Draw Lost Win % Goals for Goals against Goal difference
 South Yemen AFC (Asia) 39 8 5 26 26.92% 32 124 -92

Head to head records
Key
  Positive balance
  Neutral balance
  Negative balance

The list shown below shows the South Yemen national football team all-time international record against opposing nations.

Head to head records
Opponent P W D L GF GA GD
 Algeria 2002219-17
 Bahrain 301249-5
 Djibouti 100114-3
 Egypt 2002019-19
 Ethiopia 1010110
 Guinea 1100101
 Indonesia 100101-1
 Iran 3003012-12
 Iraq 5005218-16
 Japan 100113-2
 Jordan 2101440
 Kuwait 100115-4
 Lebanon 100134-1
 Libya 1001010-10
 Mauritania 1100202
 Morocco 100104-4
 Palestine 3111220
 Qatar 1100211
 Saudi Arabia 2200202
 South Korea 201114-3
 Syria 310234-1
 United Arab Emirates 1010000
Totals39852632124-92

Player records
As of 5 November 1989
Top goalscorers
Rank Name Goals Caps Ratio Career
1 Mohamed Hassan 3 – – ?–?
2 Abubakar Ibrahim Al-Mass 2 – – 1975–1989
3 Adnan Ahmed Al-Sabbou 1 – – ?–?
Jamil Sayf – – ?–?
Mehdi Salem Ahmed 3 0.33 1982
Tariq Abdullah Kassim – – 1985–1988
Wagdan Mahmoud Shadli – – 1985–1989

References
  1. "South Yemen - List of International Matches". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  2. "الرياضة في عدن". aden7hurra.blogspot.com. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  4. FIFA.com. "1986 FIFA World Cup Mexico ™ - Matches - Yemen PDR-Bahrain". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on November 17, 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  5. FIFA.com. "1986 FIFA World Cup Mexico ™ - Matches - Bahrain-Yemen PDR". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on November 17, 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  6. "Statistics: Iran [ Team Melli]". www.teammelli.com. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
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