South Yemen national football team

The first international tournament in South Yemen was the Football at the 1965 Pan Arab Games, which at the time was Aden Colony (a colony of United Kingdom). The tournament was hosted in United Arab Republic where it was eliminated on the group stage, losing 1–0 to Palestine, 14–0 to United Arab Republic being his biggest defeat, 6–0 to Iraq and 4–3 to Lebanon.

South Yemen has only played in the AFC Asian Cup since the 1976 edition, played in Iran. They were placed in Group B with the hosts Iran and Iraq. South Yeman lost to Iraq 0–1 and then Iran 0–8 in the group stage.

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	2	1	1	0	7	4	+3	3
South Yemen	2	0	1	1	4	7	−3	1
Iran	Disqualified

Key

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	2	0	0	2	2	19	-17
China PR	3	0	0	3	8	17	-9
Bahrain	3	0	1	2	4	9	-5
Djibouti	1	0	0	1	1	4	-3
Egypt	2	0	0	2	0	19	-19
Ethiopia	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Guinea	1	1	0	0	1	0	1
Indonesia	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1
Iran	3	0	0	3	0	12	-12
Iraq	6	1	0	5	4	18	-14
Japan	1	0	0	1	1	3	-2
Jordan	2	1	0	1	4	4	0
Kuwait	1	0	0	1	1	5	-4
Lebanon	1	0	0	1	3	4	-1
Libya	1	0	0	1	0	10	-10
Mauritania	1	1	0	0	2	0	2
Morocco	1	0	0	1	0	4	-4
Palestine	3	1	1	1	2	2	0
Qatar	1	1	0	0	2	1	1
Saudi Arabia	2	2	0	0	2	0	2
South Korea	2	0	1	1	1	4	-3
Sudan	1	0	0	0	1	1	-1
Syria	3	1	0	2	3	4	-1
United Arab Emirates	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Totals	44	9	5	30	41	142	-101