Yemen at the AFC Asian Cup

Although has been part of the Middle East, which is often known for its successful in football arena, Yemen national football team is not considered as a successful team comparing to their neighbors and cousins. Despite having youth teams to participate in big tournaments, notably Yemen national under-17 football team had participated in one FIFA U-17 World Cup, Yemen had remained under shadow of other Arab teams, often failed to qualify for major tournament. Since the Yemeni Civil War erupted in 2015, Yemen had been unable to play in their home ground. Against all odd, Yemen had managed history and become the last Arab team in the Middle East to qualify for the AFC Asian Cup.[1] They will make debut in 2019.

Asian Cup performance

AFC Asian Cup AFC Asian Cup qualification
Year Result Position GP W D L GS GA GP W D* L GS GA
Singapore 1984Did not qualify------- 4004218
Qatar 1988Did not qualify------- 513155
Japan 1992Did not enter-------
United Arab Emirates 1996Did not qualify------- 410328
Lebanon 2000Did not qualify------- 4202145
China 2004Did not qualify------- 62131515
IndonesiaMalaysiaThailandVietnam 2007Did not qualify------- 6204513
Qatar 2011Did not qualify------- 621379
Australia 2015Did not qualify------- 6006318
United Arab Emirates 2019Qualified------- 186571623
TotalBest: -'' '' '' '' '' '' 5916103369114

2019 Asian Cup

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Iran 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage
2  Iraq 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Vietnam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible knockout stage based on ranking
4  Yemen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 7 January 2019. Source: AFC
Iran Match 7 Yemen
Report
Yemen Match 20 Iraq
Report
Vietnam Match 31 Yemen
Report

References

  1. ↑ https://scroll.in/field/875954/miracle-asian-cup-qualification-gives-war-torn-yemen-a-united-goal-football
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