Yemen women's national football team

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Yemen national football team.
Yemen
AssociationYemen Football Association
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationWAFF (West Asia)
FIFA codeYEM
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
CurrentNR (15 December 2023)[1]

The Yemen women's national football team (Arabic: منتخب اليمن لكرة القدم للسيدات) represents Yemen in international women's association football and is governed by Yemen Football Association (YFA). The team is a FIFA recognized team but has not played any FIFA recognised match so far.

History

Background and development

The national federation was founded in 1962 and became a FIFA affiliate in 1980. The federation had four dedicated staffers for women's football. Representation of women's football on the board is required as part of a wider mandate connected to women's football.[2] As of 2009, 26% of the federation's budget is dedicated to men's football while only 4% is dedicated to a category for technical development, which includes women's football, refereeing, futsal and sports medicine.[3]

The development of women's football in the Middle East and central Asia dates back only about ten years.[4] In 2005, a women's football programme was set up in the country.[3] In 2006, there were 160 registered female footballers, 110 of whom were adult players and 50 of whom were junior players. This was an increase from 15 in 2005. In 2006, there were 360 football teams in the country, zero of which were open to women.[2] By 2009 there were six senior women's teams and three junior women's teams.[3]

Team

A FIFA recognised senior A team existed in 2006. The team had four training sessions a week. In 2006, the country also had a FIFA-recognised under-18 team who also had four training sessions a week. Neither team played a game between 2002 and 2006.[2] The teams were still around in 2009.[3] By June 2023, the team was not ranked in the world by FIFA.[5]

References

  1. ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 15 December 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  2. ^ a b c "Women's Football Today" (PDF). FIFA. 2006: 213. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 14, 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2012. Information and statistics on women's football from FIFA member associations {cite journal}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ^ a b c d "Goal! Football: Yemen" (PDF). FIFA. 20 January 2009. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 1, 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  4. ^ New statesman. New Statesman, Ltd. 2008. p. 20. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
  5. ^ "The FIFA Women's World Ranking". FIFA.com. 2009-09-25. Archived from the original on October 8, 2011. Retrieved 2012-04-13.