Oman Club

For the Jordanian football team with the same spelling in Arabic, see Amman FC.

Not to be confused with Oman national football team.

Oman Club (Arabic: نادي عمان; also known locally as Al-Ahmar, "The Red(s)" or simply as Oman) is an Omani football club based in Muscat.^[1] The club currently plays in the First Division League of Oman Football Association. Their home ground is Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex. The club also recognizes the older Royal Oman Police Stadium as their home ground. Both stadiums are government owned, but Oman Club also own their own personal stadium and sports equipment, as well as their own training facilities.

Full name	Oman Club
Nickname(s)	Al-Ahmar (The Red(s))
Founded	1942; 82 years ago (1942)
Ground	Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex Royal Oman Police Stadium Boshar, Muscat, Oman
Capacity	39,000 18,000
Manager	Mehdi Laouamen
League	Oman Elite League
2023–24	3rd of 12
Home colours Away colours

Players

First team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  OMA Majeed Al-Balushi 3 DF  OMA Waleed Al-Yahyaei 5 DF  OMA Saud Ali Al-Habsi 6 MF  OMA Abdulrahman Al-Fouri 8 MF  OMA Mahmood Al-Hasani 11 MF  OMA Adnan Al-Ruqadi 12 DF  OMA Basel Al-Jabri 13 FW  OMA Abdul Waheed Al-Hinai 15 FW  OMA Mohammed Al-Ghafri 16 DF  OMA Nooh Suleiman Al-Hinai 17 DF  OMA Omar Al-Hasani 18 MF  OMA Shouqi Al-Ruqadi 19 MF  OMA Ali Al-Balushi 20 DF  OMA Basil Al-Rawahi 21 MF  OMA Mohamed Al-Maashari 22 DF  OMA Hassan Salem

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 MF  OMA Ibrahim Al-Sawwafi 26 MF  ALG Oussama Aggar 27 FW  OMA Adel Saeed Al-Shibli 28 DF  OMA Mohammed Al-Subhi 29 MF  OMA Hosni Al-Hinai 31 MF  OMA Yazid Al-Rawahi 32 FW  ALG Yazid Rahmoun 33 MF  OMA Faisal Al-Braiki 35 DF  OMA Salim Al-Shabibi 50 GK  OMA Nabeel Al-Mashaikhi 55 GK  OMA Abdulaziz Al-Hasani 67 DF  OMA Bassam Salam Al-shein 68 DF  OMA Salem Al-Abdali 77 MF  OMA Nasser Al-Rawahi 80 GK  OMA Faris Al-Ghaithi 99 DF  OMA Turki Al-Hadidi

Being a multisport club

Although being mainly known for their football, Oman Club like many other clubs in Oman, have not only football in their list, but also hockey, volleyball, handball, basketball, badminton, squash and chess. They also have a youth football team competing in the Omani Youth league.

Colors, kit providers and sponsors

Like the Oman national football team, Oman Club have also long-chosen red (with white shorts) or white (with red shorts) (Away) as the colors to represent them, varying themselves from neighbors Bowsher Club (Blue) and Muscat Club (Red) kits. They have also had many different sponsors over the years.

Honours and achievements

National titles

• Omani League
  • Champions (1): 1996–97
  • Runners-up (1): 1995–96
• Sultan Qaboos Cup
  • Winners (2): 1979, 1994

International titles

• Asian Club Championship
  • Runners-up (1): 1993–94
• Rovers Cup
  • Winners (1): 1995^[2][3]

Club performance in international competitions

AFC competitions

• Asian Club Championship : 2 appearances

• 1993–94 : Runners-up
• 1998–99 : First Round

• Asian Cup Winners' Cup : 1 appearance

• 1995 : First Round

References

1. "Oman Club". national-football-teams.com.
2. Morrison, Neil (2002). "India – List of Rovers Cup Finals". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
3. Nirwane, Sarwadnya (18 January 2022). "Rovers Cup — the second oldest Football tournament in India". thesportslite.com. Mumbai: The Sports Lite. Archived from the original on 14 October 2022. Retrieved 14 October 2022.

External links

• Oman Club at Soccerway
• Oman Club at Goalzz