Oman Football Association

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

Oman Football Association

AFC
Short name	OFA
Founded	1978 (1978)
Headquarters	Muscat, Oman[1]
FIFA affiliation	1978
AFC affiliation	1980[2]
WAFF affiliation	2010
President	Sheikh Salem Said Salem Al Wahaibi
General Secretary	Said Al Bulushi
Website	www.ofa.om

History

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

The first football club of the Sultanate (documented as such) was the Maqboul Club, founded in 1942, known today as the Oman Club. In the 1970s, Qaboos bin Said al Said favored the development of sports events and associations, which led in 1978 to the creation of the Omani Football Association with Sayyid / Haitham bin Tariq Al Said (Minister of National Heritage and Culture and in 2020, the successor to Qaboos as Sultan) as its first president. In its first year of operations, the Association became a member of the Union of Arab Football Associations and of FIFA, and joined the Asian Football Federation in 1980.^[3]

In November 2017, the OFA was chosen to organize the FIFA Executive Football Summit scheduled for February 2018.^[4]

Association staff

Name	Position	Source
Sheikh Salem Said Salem Al Wahaibi	President	[5][6]
Mohsin Al Masroori	Senior Vice President	[7][8]
Jasim Mohammed Khamis Al Shekaili	2nd Vice President	[9]
Said Othman Mohamed Al Bulushi	General Secretary	[10][11]
n/a	Treasurer
Slobodan Pavković	Technical Director	[12][13]
Branko Ivanković	Team Coach (Men's)	[14]
n/a	Team Coach (Women's)
William Boukarroum	Media/Communications Manager	[15]
n/a	Futsal Coordinator
Omer Khalaf	Referee Coordinator	[16]

Description

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.

Oman is looking to take advantage of FIFA's assistance in the GOAL project to further develop the game in Oman.

The Association is 70%-financed by the government through the Ministry of Sports Affairs (2010).^[17]

Individual awards

Year	Player	Award
1995	Mohamed Al Kathiri	1995 Asian Young Footballer of the Year
1995	Mohamed Al Kathiri	Golden Ball of 1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship
2002	Hani Al Dhabit	Golden Shoe of the 15th Arabian Gulf Cup
2003	Ali Al-Habsi	Best Goalkeeper of the 16th Arabian Gulf Cup
2004	Imad Al-Hosni	Golden Shoe of the 17th Arabian Gulf Cup
2004	Ali Al-Habsi	Best Goalkeeper of the 17th Arabian Gulf Cup
2007	Ali Al-Habsi	Best Goalkeeper of the 18th Arabian Gulf Cup
2009	Ali Al-Habsi	Best Goalkeeper of the 19th Arabian Gulf Cup

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 Arabian Gulf Cup
2007	Oman National Team	Won second-place trophy	18th Arabian Gulf Cup
2009	Oman National Team	Won the Gulf Cup	19th Arabian Gulf Cup
2012	Oman U-21 Team	Runners up AFC VS CAF	Olympics 2012
2015	Seeb	Was 1st Runners up	Gulf Clubs Championship 2015

Omani League teams 2010-11

Al-Ahli (Sedab)

Al-Hilal (Salalah)

Al-Nahda

Al-Nasr

Al-Oruba

Al-Shabab

Al-Suwaiq

Al-Talia

Dhofar

Muscat

Oman FC

Saham

See also

Oman Professional League - National football league of Oman

Sultan Qaboos Cup - National cup of Oman

Oman Professional League Cup - League cup of Oman

References

1. "Member Associations". Archived from the original on January 15, 2020.
2. June 25, 1980: "Asian Football Confederation holds 9th congress in Hong Kong: Oman and Democratic Yemen were admitted into the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) by a resolution passed at its ninth congress here yesterday, thus bringing the AFC total membership to 35." Xinhua General News Service
3. History Archived 2019-12-24 at the Wayback Machine, Ofa.com
4. Ashok Purohit, Oman to host FIFA Executive Football Summit Archived 2018-04-14 at the Wayback Machine, Muscatdaily.com, 8 November 2017
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11. "The AFC.com - The Asian Football Confederation". The AFC. Archived from the original on 2020-01-15. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
12. FIFA.com. "Member Association - Oman". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on January 15, 2020. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
13. "The AFC.com - The Asian Football Confederation". The AFC. Archived from the original on 2020-01-15. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
14. "The AFC.com - The Asian Football Confederation". The AFC. Archived from the original on 2020-01-15. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
15. FIFA.com. "Member Association - Oman". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on January 15, 2020. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
16. FIFA.com. "Member Association - Oman". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on January 15, 2020. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
17. Majid AL-Busafi, Oman: An Emerging Sport Nation, History and Future Directions Archived 2017-12-01 at the Wayback Machine, Ijssjournal.com, 2012

External links

• Official website
• Organizational effectiveness: The case of Oman Football Association, thesis hosted on the Ottawa University website