# 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.

## Tournament Records
### FIFA U-17 World Cup

| Year | Result | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| 1985~1989 | Country part of South Yemen | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1991 | Did not enter | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1993~1997 | Did not qualify | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1999 | Withdrew | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2001 | Did not enter | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003 | Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 2005 | Did not qualify | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2007 | Did not qualify | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2009 | Did not qualify | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2011 | Did not qualify | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2013 | Did not qualify | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2015 | Did not qualify | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2017 | Did not qualify | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2019 | Did not qualify | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2021 | Did not qualify | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2023 | Did not qualify | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2025 | To be determined | | | | | |
| Total | Best: Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 |

### AFC U-17 Asian Cup

| Year | Result | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| 1985~1988 | Country part of South Yemen | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1990 | Did not enter | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1992~1996 | Did not qualify | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1998 | Withdrew | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2000 | Did not enter | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2002 | Runners-Up | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 |
| 2004 | Did not qualify | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2006 | Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2008$^1$ | Group Stage | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 2010 | Did not qualify | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2012 | Group Stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 2014 | Did not qualify | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 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 |
    $^1$Yemen 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
### 2024

2025 AFC U-17 Asian Cup qualification (23 -27 Oct)

## 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 |
| 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 |
| Manager | |
| Assistant manager | |
| Coach | Mohammed Al Badani |
| Goalkeeping coach | |

## Golden generation

| Year | Round | Score | Result |
| 2003 | Round 1 | Yemen 3 – 4 Portugal | Lost |
| 2003 | Round 1 | Yemen 1 – 1 Cameroon | Draw |
| 2003 | 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 | 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