Oman Football Association

Oman Football Association الاتحاد العُماني لكرة القدم OFA
Sport	Football Futsal Beach football
Jurisdiction	Oman
Founded	1978 (1978)
Affiliation	FIFA (1980) AFC (1980)[1] UAFA (1978) WAFF (2010) GCC
Headquarters	Oman
President	Khalid Hamad Al-Busaidi
Vice president	Salim Al-Wahibi (1st VP) Saif Al-Hosani (2nd VP)
Secretary	Saleh Al-Farsi
Official website
ofa.om

The Oman Football Association (Arabic: الاتحاد العُماني لكرة القدم‎) is the governing body of football in Oman. It was founded in 1978, has been a member of the Asian Football Confederation and of FIFA since 1980.

Overview

Oman plays against Japan in the qualifying rounds for the 2010 FIFA World Cup

Despite being a young association, their achievement at the youth level is impeccable. In the 1996 and 2000 AFC U-17 Championship, they became champions of Asia and representing Asia in the 1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship held in Ecuador, they managed a record high fourth place finish. Also in the same tournament Mohamed Al Kathiri was awarded most valuable player and was given the golden ball, scoring most individual goals.

At the senior level, success has been far and few. However, lately they seemed to have announced their arrival at the senior events. They reached the Asian Cup, China 2004 final rounds and did well against Asian champions Japan. Later in 2007 they reached the Asian Cup once again, but just went to the group stages. In the Gulf Cup, they reached the final twice, only to lose to Qatar and later, UAE; before winning it as hosts in 2009.

Players such as Imad Ali Al-Hosni have been impressive and are looked at as the future of Omani football. In addition, Oman is looking to take advantage of FIFA's assistance in the GOAL project to further develop the game in Oman. Also Goalkeeper Ali Al-Habsi is leading the path of Omani football to Europe, being the first Omani to play in the Premier League. Along with Al-Habsi, Khalifa Ayil has sparked interest from Arsène Wenger of Arsenal.

Oman has a total of 45 clubs divided into three divisions. The First Division has 12 clubs, Second Division has 13 clubs while the Third Division has 20 clubs.

Individual awards

Team awards and achievements

Year	Team	Award	Competition
1989	Fanja	Won first place trophy	Gulf Clubs Championship 1989
1994	Oman F.C.	Won second place	Asian Club Championship 1993-94
1994	Oman U-17 Team	Won third place trophy	AFC U-17 Championship 1994
1995	Oman U-17 Team	Reached fourth place in tournament	1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship
1995	Dhofar S.C.S.C.	Won second place	Gulf Clubs Championship 1995
1996	Oman U-17 Team	Won first place trophy	AFC U-17 Championship 1996
2000	Oman U-17 Team	Won first place trophy	AFC U-17 Championship 2000
2004	Oman National Team	Won second place trophy	17th Gulf Cup of Nations
2007	Oman National Team	Won second place trophy	18th Gulf Cup of Nations
2009	Oman National Team	Won the Gulf Cup	19th Gulf Cup of Nations
2012	Oman U-21 Team	Runners up AFC VS CAF	Olympics 2012

Omani League teams 2010-11

References

External links

• Oman Football Association at the FIFA website.
• Oman Football Association at AFC site
• Oman Football Association Official website

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