Editing Aden (section)

=== Post-independence ===
After independence, the "Football Federation" was established on January 18, 1968, on the ruins of the "Adeniya Sports Association". The Federation took a decision regarding the Adeniya clubs, which had numbered about 64 sports clubs, reducing and merging the clubs in Aden and Lahj to only 16 clubs, and the clubs were forced to join or unite with large teams. In February 1968, several sports clubs were abolished, leaving only 12 clubs remaining. In December 1968, Al-Islah Club and Al-Shaab Club were merged into one club under the name of the latter in Al-Tawahi. In 1969, the Al-Ittihad Al-Muhammadi Club and Al-Tadamon Club were united in [[Crater (Aden)|Crater]], under the name Al-Tadamon Al-Muhammadi Club.{{Citation needed|date=February 2024}}

In the "First General Sports Conference" in 1973, the clubs were merged and reduced again, so that their number became only 7 clubs: Al-Ahrar Club, Al-Ahly Club, Shamsan Club, Al-Shaab Club, Al-Hilal Club, United Youth Club, and Aden Tennis Club. On July 18, 1975, the stage of forming urban clubs, and the beginning of the stage of politicization of the clubs in favor of the National Liberation Front, took place. It was decided to change their names and reduce them to become 5 clubs: Al-Tilal Club, Shamsan Club, Al-Minaa Club, Al-Wahda Club, and Al-Shoula Club.{{Citation needed|date=February 2024}}

On July 18, 1975, the "Al-Tilal Sports Club" appeared, headed by Yassin Saeed Noman, as a new name for the "Al-Ittihad Al-Muhammadi Club", which was founded in 1905, and in 1976 the "Yemeni Football Federation" appeared. Al-Tilal Club participated in the "September 26 Cup Competition" in 1980, as the first football competition in which it participated with teams from northern and southern Yemen, such as the national team of Ibb Governorate, Taiz Governorate, Hadhramaut Governorate, Lahj and Hodeidah, at the Shaheed Al-Dharafi Stadium in Sana’a, and Al-Hilal was crowned champion of the September 26 Cup, after victory over Hodeidah national team by five clean goals.<ref>http://www.al-tilalclub.net الموقع الرسمي لنادي التلال الرياضي {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922003010/http://al-tilalclub.net/|date=2017-09-22}}</ref>

Football is the most popular sport in Aden. There are 9 stadiums in Aden, including the May 22 International Stadium, and 10 sports clubs. In November 2010, Aden hosted the [[20th Arabian Gulf Cup|2010 Arabian Gulf Football Cup]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Arabian Gulf Cup in 2010 |url=http://www.admcsport.com/ar/football/news/article-8054 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101112063336/http://www.admcsport.com/ar/football/news/article-8054 |archive-date=12 November 2010 |access-date=10 November 2010 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>