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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)

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

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
20081	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

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