Oman Football Association

Oman Football Association
founding	1976
FIFA accession	1980
AFC accession	1979
president	Sayyid Khalid Hamad Al-Busaidi
National teams	Omani national soccer team
Homepage	www.ofa.om

The Oman Football Association ( Arabic الاتحاد العُماني لكرة القدم, DMG al-ittiḥād al-ʿumānī li-kurat al-qadam ) is the football association in Oman . It was founded in 1978 and joined the AFC in 1979 and FIFA in 1980 . So the Oman Football Association is a relatively young member of the football association.

overview

In 1996 and 2000 Oman won the U-17 soccer championship and took part in the U-17 soccer world championship in Ecuador in 1995 . They finished fourth in this tournament. In this tournament, Mohamed Al Kathiri was voted MVP of the tournament and received the golden ball for most goals in the tournament (5 goals).

The senior national team, however, does not have many successes. It was only very late to join the professional sector. They reached the final round of the Asian Cup in 2004 , but failed in the preliminary round. In 2007 they qualified again, but dropped out again in the group stage. In the Golf Cup they reached the final three times, but lost to Qatar and the United Arab Emirates in 2004 and 2007 . In 2009, however, they won the final as hosts against Saudi Arabia .

Oman has a total of 43 teams divided into three leagues: the first division Oman Professional League has fourteen clubs, the second also has 14 and the third consists of 15 teams.

successes

Player Achievements

year	player	Award
1995	Mohamed Al Kathiri	1995 Asia's best young player
1995	Mohamed Al Kathiri	Golden Ball of the 1995 U-17 World Cup
2002	Hani Al Dhabit	15th Golf Cup golden shoe
2003	Ali Al-Habsi	Best goalkeeper of the 16th golf cup
2004	Imad Al-Hosni	17th Golf Cup golden shoe
2004	Ali Al-Habsi	Best goalkeeper of the 17th golf cup
2007	Ali Al-Habsi	Best goalkeeper of the 18th golf cup
2009	Ali Al-Habsi	Best Goalkeeper of the 19th Golf Cup

Team successes

year	team	Award	competition
1989	Fanja	First place	Team golf cup
1994	Oman Club	Second place	AFC Champions League 1993/94
1994	U-17 national team	third place	U-17 soccer Asian Cup 1994
1995	U-17 national team	fourth place	U-17 World Cup 1995
1996	U-17 national team	First place	U-17 soccer Asian Cup 1996
2000	U-17 national team	First place	U-17 soccer Asian Cup 2000
2004	National team	Second place	17th golf cup
2007	National team	Second place	18th golf cup
2009	National team	First place	19th golf cup

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The Oman Football Association about its history ( Memento of the original from December 27, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ ^{a b} The Oman Football Association on their successes ( Memento of the original from July 23, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ Clubs on ofa.om

Web links

• Oman Football Association website