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The Yemen women's national football team ( ar, منتخب اليمن لكرة القدم للسيدات) represents Yemen in international women's association football and is governed by
Yemen Football Association The Yemen Football Association ( ar, الاتحاد اليمني لكرة القدم) is the governing body of football in Yemen. The organisation joined FIFA in 1980 as the Yemen Arab Republic, commonly known as North Yemen. In 2005 the YFA was ...
(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. , 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. The development of women's football in the Middle East and central Asia dates back only about ten years. In 2005, a women's football programme was set up in the country. 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. By 2009 there were six senior women's teams and three junior women's teams.


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. The teams were still around in 2009. By June 2023, the team was not ranked in the world by FIFA.


References

{{UAFA Football Arabic women's national association football teams Asian women's national association football teams women Women's sport in Yemen