The South Yemen national football team (), recognised as Yemen DPR by FIFA, represented South Yemen in men's international football, playing as one of two Yemeni teams, along with North Yemen.
After Yemeni unification in 1990, the PDR Yemen Football Federation, and with it the South Yemeni team, joined the Yemen Football Association (YFA) and the North 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 the State of Aden in the Federation of South Arabia. The tournament was hosted in United Arab Republic where it was eliminated on the group stage, losing 1âÂÂ0 to Palestine, 14âÂÂ0 to United Arab Republic being his biggest defeat, 6âÂÂ0 to Iraq and 4âÂÂ3 to Lebanon.
The first participation of the newly independent, South Yemen was in the 1972 Palestine Cup of Nations, where in their group, they lost 0âÂÂ1 against Syria, beat Palestine and Qatar, both 2âÂÂ1, and in the last round, they lost against Algeria by 1âÂÂ4.
South Yemen has only played in the AFC Asian Cup since the 1976 edition, qualifying automatically, due to the other teams having given up playing in the knockout tournament, with the final tournament being held in Iran. They were placed in Group B with the hosts Iran and Iraq. South Yemen lost to Iraq 0âÂÂ1 and then Iran 0âÂÂ8 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 IranâÂÂIraq War. South Yemen hosted Bahrain on 12 March 1985 and lost 4âÂÂ1 in Mortayer Yard (now 22 May Stadium), Aden. On 12 April they drew, 3âÂÂ3, at the Bahrain National Stadium in Manama after leading 3âÂÂ1. This saw Bahrain advance through.
After that campaign, they would play again three later against Djibouti in a friendly, months later, they played for the 1988 AFC Asian Cup qualification losing 0âÂÂ1 to Indonesia, drawing 1âÂÂ1 against South Korea, and in the end losing 0âÂÂ2 to Bahrain, being at the bottom of the group.
The last time The South Falcons took to the field was at the 1989 Peace and Friendship Cup tournament held in Kuwait, where in their group, they lost 0âÂÂ2 to the Iran, also lost to Iraq but 2âÂÂ6, and in the last one played by South Yemen, they won 1âÂÂ0 against Guinea.
With the Yemeni unification in May 1990, the South Yemen team was dissolved, and its players migrated to the newly created Yemen, but it was the North Yemen which was considered the legitimate predecessor of the now Yemeni team.
The list shown below shows the South Yemen national football team all-time international record against opposing nations.