Oman national football team

The Oman national football team (Arabic: منتخب عُمان لكرة القدم‎) represents Oman in men's international football and is controlled by the Oman Football Association. Although the team was officially founded in 1978, the squad was formed long before, and a proper football association was formed only in December 2005, The team represents both FIFA and Asian Football Confederation (AFC).

Oman

Nickname(s)	Al-Ahmar (The Reds) Samba Al-Khaleej (Gulf Samba)
Association	Oman Football Association
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	WAFF (West Asia)
Head coach	Branko Ivanković
Captain	Ahmed Mubarak
Most caps	Ahmed Mubarak (180)[1]
Top scorer	Hani Al-Dhabit (43)
Home stadium	Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex
FIFA code	OMA
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	82 (10 December 2020)[2]
Highest	50 (August – October 2004)
Lowest	129 (October 2016)
First international
Libya 14–1 Muscat and Oman (Cairo, Egypt; 2 September 1965)
Biggest win
Oman 14–0 Bhutan  (Muscat, Oman; 28 March 2017)
Biggest defeat
Libya 21–1 Muscat and Oman (Iraq, 6 April 1966)
Asian Cup
Appearances	4 (first in 2004)
Best result	Round of 16 (2019)
WAFF Championship
Appearances	4 (first in 2008)
Best result	Third place (2012)

History

It was not until the mid 1990s under the OFA chairmanship of Sheikh Saif bin Hashil Al-Maskary that Oman started to be extremely successful on the Asian football stage. During this period, Oman won the Asian Under-17 Championship in 1996 and the year 2000, as well as reaching the semifinals of the Under-17 World Cup in 1995. Oman nowadays exports players to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates and also has their captain playing in England. Former Omani captain, Hani Al-Dhabit was awarded the RSSSF 2001 World Top Scorer, with 22 goals;[3] the most goals scored by a player who won the World Top Scorer award till date, and also being the third Arab and only the first Omani to win the award.[4]

The senior team has never qualified for the World Cup, but has qualified for the Asian Cup in the years 2004, 2007 and most recently in 2015 and 2019. They also have reached the Arabian Gulf Cup final four times, and have won it for the first time on their third attempt as hosts in 2009. They had to wait for the 2017 edition to win the tournament for the second time in their history.

Gulf Cup performance

Prior to the new millennium, Oman generally struggled in the Gulf Cup, usually finishing in 6th or 7th place, even when the cup was held in Oman. It was only in 1998 when the national team began to improve its performance, and in the 2003 and 2004 Gulf Cups, new talents like Amad Al-Hosni, Ali Al-Habsi, Sultan Al-Touqi, Badr Al-Maimani and Khalifa Ayil made the team more successful.

In the 2002 Gulf Cup which was held in Saudi Arabia, Oman had once again finished at an unimpressive 5th place, but under the captaincy of Dhofar F.C.'s Hani Al-Dhabit, Oman had accomplished something which was never done before in the team's history in the Gulf Cup, defeating 9-time winners,[5] Kuwait. The match had ended 3–1 with captain Hani Al-Dhabit scoring a hat-trick. Hani also netted a goal against Bahrain, and a consolation goal in a 2–1 loss against Qatar.[6] At the end of the competition, Hani was the only Omani to score goals, and was also awarded the "Top Goalscorer" of the competition, with a total of 5 goals.[7]

In the 2004 Gulf Cup which was held in Doha, Oman reached the final for the first time in the team's history, which was eventually lost to the hosts Qatar in a penalty shootout after the goalkeeping sensation Ali Al-Habsi missed a penalty. Qatar won the match 6–5 on penalties after the match had ended 1–1 at normal time. Amad Al-Hosni was awarded the "Top Goalscorer" award of the competition with a total of 4 goals.[8]

In the 2007 Gulf Cup which was held in the United Arab Emirates, the national team again reached the final for a second consecutive time and again lost 1–0 to the hosts United Arab Emirates. Although Oman lost to the Emirates in the final, they had maintained an undefeated record throughout the competition excluding the final.[9] Once again Ali Al-Habsi had received the "Best Goalkeeper of the Gulf Cup" award[10] for the third consecutive time in a row, the most won by any goalkeeper in the 40 years of the Gulf Cup tournament. Oman had tied the United Arab Emirates in goal-scoring with nine goals each after the competition.[11]

Omani players during 2019 AFC Asian Cup

Eventually after losing twice in the Gulf Cup final consecutively, Oman had managed to win the 2009 Gulf Cup tournament as hosts, by defeating regional giants, Saudi Arabia in a penalty shootout. Oman won the match 6–5 on penalties after the match had ended 0–0 at extra time. Oman maintained a clean-sheet throughout the whole competition.[12] The competition in Muscat was the first for Hassan Rabia, and despite this, he managed to score 4 goals making him receive the "Top Goalscorer" award.[13] Ali Al-Habsi also received his fourth consecutive "Best Goalkeeper Award".[14]

However, Ali Al-Habsi would not go on to feature in the next two Gulf Cup's due to his commitments with his English club team Wigan Athletic F.C. at the time. In the 2010 Gulf Cup which was held in Yemen, Oman once again after great performances in the three previous tournaments put up an unimpressive performance, drawing all the three matches of the group stage against Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, and Iraq. Oman could manage to score only one goal in the tournament against Bahrain, which was scored by Amad Al-Hosni, and hence could not go further in the tournament. Following the bad performances of the team in the regional tournament, the Oman Football Association sacked their then-manager Claude Le Roy on 9 January 2011, who won them their maiden tournament in 2009.

In the 2013 Gulf Cup which was held in Bahrain, Oman again put up an unimpressive performance which was criticized a lot by fans in Oman. Oman could manage to draw only one match against the hosts Bahrain and lost in their other two matches against Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. Oman again could score only one goal, and this time it was from the spot by youngster Hussain Al-Hadhri in the match against Qatar which Oman eventually lost 2–1.

In the 2017 Gulf Cup which was held in Kuwait, Oman started the tournament with a loss to the United Arab Emirates by one goal from a penalty kick by Ali Mabkhout. Afterwards, Oman won the two remaining matches of the group stage, first against the hosts Kuwait 1–0 with a penalty kick by Ahmed Kano, then against Saudi Arabia 2–0 which was considered as the upset of the tournament. Oman qualified to the semi-final match which was against Bahrain, and won it 1–0 with an own goal by the Bahraini Mahdi Abduljabbar. Eventually, and after nine years from its first title, Oman managed to win the tournament for the second time in its history by defeating the United Arab Emirates in the final in a penalty shootout. Oman won the match 5–4 on penalties after it had ended 0–0 after extra time. The Omani Ahmed Mubarak Kano was awarded the most valuable player award for his role in the success of the Omani team campaign.

Summary

Gulf Cup record
Year	Host Country	Result	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1970	Bahrain	Did not enter
1972	Saudi Arabia
1974	Kuwait	6th place	2	0	0	2	0	9	–9
1976	Qatar	7th place	6	0	1	5	3	21	–18
1979	Iraq	7th place	6	0	0	6	1	21	−20
1982	UAE	6th place	5	0	0	5	2	15	−13
1984	Oman	7th place	6	0	2	4	3	9	−6
1986	Bahrain	7th place	6	0	1	5	4	11	–7
1988	Saudi Arabia	7th place	6	1	1	4	3	9	−6
1990	Kuwait	4th place	4	0	3	1	4	6	−2
1992	Qatar	6th place	5	0	0	5	1	10	–9
1994	UAE	6th place	5	0	2	3	4	9	–5
1996	Oman	6th place	5	0	2	3	2	7	–5
1998	Bahrain	4th place	5	1	1	3	6	12	−6
2002	Saudi Arabia	5th place	5	1	1	3	5	7	−2
2003	Kuwait	4th place	6	2	2	2	6	4	+2
2004	Qatar	Runners-Up	5	3	1	1	10	7	+3
2007	UAE	Runners-Up	5	4	0	1	7	4	+3
2009	Oman	Champions	5	3	2	0	7	0	+7
2010	Yemen	Group Stage	3	0	3	0	1	1	0
2013	Bahrain	Group Stage	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3
2014	Saudi Arabia	4th place	5	1	2	2	7	5	+2
2017	Kuwait	Champions	5	3	1	1	4	1	+3
2019	Qatar	Group Stage	3	1	1	1	3	4	–1
2021	Iraq	To be decided
Total	22/24	Best: Champions	104	19	27	58	81	172	–91

Team awards

Oman has not won many team titles. What they have achieved, though, is qualifying for the AFC Asian Cup four times in 2004, 2007, 2015 and 2019. Their best result was reaching the round of 16 in the 2019 Asian Cup. In 2009, Oman won their first Gulf Cup trophy at home in Muscat, an achievement that Oman did not manage to repeat until the 23rd Arabian Gulf Cup held in Kuwait, after they defeated the United Arab Emirates in a penalty shootout in the Final match.

Year	Award	Competition
2004	Won second-place trophy	17th Gulf Cup
2007	Won second-place trophy	18th Gulf Cup
2009	Won first-place trophy	19th Gulf Cup
2009	Won fair play team award	19th Gulf Cup
2014	Won fair play team award	22nd Gulf Cup
2017	Won first-place trophy	23rd Gulf Cup

Competition records

World Cup record

FIFA World Cup Finals record										World Cup Qualifications record
Hosts / year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA
1930 to 1982	Did not enter									Did not enter
1986	Withdrew									Withdrew
1990	Did not qualify									6	0	2	4	2	11
1994										6	2	2	2	10	5
1998										6	4	1	1	14	2
2002										14	6	4	4	40	19
2006										6	3	1	2	14	3
2010										8	4	2	2	9	7
2014										16	6	5	5	12	10
2018										8	4	2	2	11	7
2022	To be determined									–	–	–	–	–	–
2026	To be determined									–	–	–	–	–	–
Total	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		70	29	19	22	115	70

AFC Asian Cup record

AFC Asian Cup Finals record										AFC Asian Cup qualification
Hosts / year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA		Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1956 to 1980	Did not enter									Did not enter
1984	Did not qualify									4	1	1	2	9	15
1988	Withdrew									Withdrew
1992	Did not qualify									2	0	0	2	0	5
1996										6	4	0	2	23	5
2000										3	1	0	2	4	4
2004	Group stage	9th	3	1	1	1	4	3		6	5	0	1	24	2
2007	Group stage	15th	3	0	2	1	1	3		6	4	0	2	14	6
2011	Did not qualify									6	2	2	2	4	4
2015	Group stage	12th	3	1	0	2	1	5		6	4	2	0	7	1
2019	Round of 16	16th	4	1	0	3	4	6		14	9	2	3	39	12
Total	Best: Round of 16	4/17	13	3	3	7	10	17		53	30	7	16	124	54

Asian Games

Football at the Asian Games has been an under-23 tournament since 2002.

Asian Games record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1951	Did not participate
1954
1958
1962
1966
1970
1974
1978
1982	Withdrew
1986	Did not participate
1990
1994	11th place	3	1	1	1	4	4
1998	11th place	5	2	1	2	14	13
2002–present	See Oman national under-23 football team
Total	2/13	8	3	2	3	18	17

Pan Arab Games

Pan Arab Games record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1953	Did not enter
1957
1961
1965	Group stage	10th	4	0	0	4	2	45
1976	Did not enter
1985
1997	Group stage	7th	3	0	2	1	4	6
1999	Group stage	8th	4	0	2	2	2	7
2007	Did not enter
2011	Group stage	9th	2	0	1	1	0	2
Total	Group stage	4/10	13	0	5	8	8	60

Arab Nations Cup

Arab Nations Cup record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1963	Did not enter
1964
1966	Group stage	3	0	0	3	1	24
1985	Did not enter
1988
1992
1998	Withdrew
2002	Did not enter
2012
Total	Best: Group stage	3	0	0	3	1	24

Head-to-head record against other nations

Updated on 27 November 2019 after match against  Bahrain.[15]

  Positive Record   Neutral Record   Negative Record

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Afghanistan	3	3	0	0	10	0	+10
Algeria	3	0	0	3	1	6	−5
Australia	9	1	3	5	5	18	−13
Azerbaijan	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3
Bahrain	44	13	17	14	41	51	−10
Bangladesh	2	2	0	0	7	2	+5
Belarus	1	0	0	1	0	4	−4
Benin	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Bhutan	2	2	0	0	18	2	+16
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1
Brazil	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2
Burkina Faso	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4
Bulgaria	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Chile	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
China PR	6	2	0	4	6	14	−8
Chinese Taipei	2	2	0	0	9	2	+7
Costa Rica	1	0	0	1	3	4	−1
DR Congo	1	0	1	0	2	2	0
Ecuador	3	1	1	1	2	2	0
Egypt	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1
Estonia	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1
Finland	6	0	3	3	2	7	−5
Gabon	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Germany	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2
Guam	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1
Haiti	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3
Hong Kong	1	1	0	0	6	0	+6
India	8	6	2	0	21	5	+16
Indonesia	5	3	1	1	4	4	0
Iran	13	2	4	7	15	26	−11
Iraq	26	6	7	13	21	48	−27
Kazakhstan	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2
Kenya	5	2	3	0	8	5	+3
Kosovo	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
Kuwait	30	8	10	12	24	46	−22
Kyrgyzstan	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5
Japan	12	0	3	9	4	20	−16
Jordan	19	4	5	10	13	26	−13
Laos	2	2	0	0	19	0	+19
Latvia	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1
Lebanon	12	4	5	3	12	12	0
Liberia	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Libya	3	0	1	2	3	38	−35
Macau	2	2	0	0	6	0	+6
North Macedonia	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Maldives	9	9	0	0	26	3	+23
Mali	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1
Malaysia	6	4	1	1	13	4	+9
Mauritania	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Morocco	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Mozambique	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2
Myanmar	3	3	0	0	7	0	+7
Nepal	11	11	0	0	43	1	+42
New Zealand	6	1	1	4	4	7	−3
North Korea	1	0	1	0	2	2	0
Norway	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1
Palestine	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1
Pakistan	4	3	1	0	12	2	+10
Paraguay	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
Philippines	3	2	1	0	10	1	+9
Qatar	34	6	10	18	30	61	−29
Republic of Ireland	3	0	0	3	1	10	−9
Saudi Arabia	22	2	4	16	11	42	−31
Senegal	4	3	0	1	5	2	+3
Singapore	11	8	2	1	26	7	+19
Slovenia	2	0	0	2	0	11	−11
South Korea	6	1	1	4	4	10	−6
Sri Lanka	3	2	1	0	14	1	+13
Sudan	7	1	3	3	6	20	−14
Sweden	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
Switzerland	2	0	0	2	2	6	−4
Syria	24	7	8	9	25	38	−13
Tajikistan	6	4	1	1	14	8	+6
Thailand	11	4	1	6	8	15	−7
Togo	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
Tunisia	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1
Turkmenistan	5	4	0	1	10	5	+5
United Arab Emirates	33	6	12	15	24	45	−21
Uruguay	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3
Uzbekistan	6	4	0	2	9	9	0
Vietnam	2	2	0	0	8	0	+8
Yemen	10	8	2	0	18	3	+15
Zambia	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2
Zimbabwe	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1
Total	500	181	126	193	641	693	−52

Schedule

Recent and forthcoming matches

The following is a list of match results in the next 12 months:

2019

19 November 2019 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Second Round	Oman	1–0	India	Muscat, Oman
19:00 UTC+4	Al-Ghassani  33'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)		Stadium: Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex Referee: Nivon Robesh Gamini (Sri Lanka)

27 November 2019 Arabian Gulf Cup	Oman	0–0	Bahrain	Doha, Qatar
17:30		Report		Stadium: Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium Referee: Alexandre Boucaut (Belgium)

30 November 2019 Arabian Gulf Cup	Kuwait	1–2	Oman	Doha, Qatar
17:30	Nasser  79'	Report	Al-Muqbali  16' (pen.), 32' (pen.)	Stadium: Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium Referee: Khamis Al Marri (Qatar)

2 December 2019 Arabian Gulf Cup	Oman	1–3	Saudi Arabia	Doha, Qatar
20:00 UTC+3	Al-Alawi  55'	Report	Al-Buraikan  26' Bahebri  42', 57'	Stadium: Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium Referee: Alexandre Boucaut (Belgium)

2021

19 March 2021 Friendly

Oman

v

Jordan

Oman

30 March 2021 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Second Round	Afghanistan	v	Oman	Dushanbe, Tajikistan
				Stadium: Central Republican Stadium

7 June 2021 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Second Round

Oman

v

Qatar

Oman

15 June 2021 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Second Round

Bangladesh

v

Oman

Bangladesh

Players

Current squad

• The following 23 players were called up for the 24th Arabian Gulf Cup:
• Match date: 27 November—2 December 2019
• Opposition: Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia
• Caps and goals as of 19 November 2019 after the match vs. India

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Ammar al-Rushaidi	14 February 1998	1	0	Al-Suwaiq
18	GK	Faiz Al-Rushaidi	19 July 1988	39	0	Dhofar
22	GK	Ahmed Al-Rawahi	5 May 1994	3	0	Al-Nasr
2	DF	Mohammed Al-Musalami	27 April 1990	83	2	Dhofar
3	DF	Mohammed Al-Rawahi	26 April 1993	13	0	Al-Wakra
5	DF	Mohammed Al-Balushi	27 August 1989	63	1	Al-Nahda
11	DF	Saad Al-Mukhaini	6 September 1987	107	1	Al-Nahda
13	DF	Khalid Al-Braiki	3 July 1993	10	0	Al-Nasr
17	DF	Ali Al-Busaidi	21 January 1991	56	1	Dhofar
4	MF	Ali Al-Jabri	29 January 1990	51	0	Al-Nahda
6	MF	Raed Ibrahim Saleh	9 June 1992	87	5	Valletta
8	MF	Yaseen al-Sheyadi	5 February 1994	21	0	Al-Suwaiq
10	MF	Mohsin Al-Khaldi	1 January 1992	46	6	Sohar
12	MF	Ahmed Mubarak Al-Mahaijri	23 February 1985	177	23	Al-Mesaimeer
15	MF	Rabia Al-Alawi	31 March 1995	5	4	Dhofar
21	MF	Mataz Saleh	28 May 1996	6	1	Dhofar
23	MF	Harib Al-Saadi	1 February 1990	29	0	Dhofar
25	MF	Salaah Al-Yahyaei	4 January 1994	12	3	Dhofar
31	MF	Mahmood Al-Mushaifri	14 January 1993	21	0	Al-Nasr
7	FW	Khalid Al-Hajri	10 March 1994	23	11	Al-Nasr
9	FW	Abdulaziz Al-Muqbali	23 April 1989	85	29	Al-Shamal
16	FW	Muhsen Al-Ghassani	27 March 1997	14	2	Sepahan
34	FW	Mohamed Khasib	24 March 1994	12	0	Al-Nahda

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the Oman squad within the last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up

Former squads

AFC Asian Cup

• 2004 Asian Cup squad
• 2007 Asian Cup Squad
• 2015 Asian Cup Squad
• 2019 Asian Cup Squad

Gulf Cup

• 19th Gulf Cup squad
• 21st Gulf Cup squad
• 22nd Gulf Cup squad

Records

As of 3 December 2019[16]

Players in bold are still active, at least at club level.

Most capped players # Name Career Caps Goals Notes 1 Ahmed Mubarak 2003– 180 23 2 Fawzi Bashir 2001–2013 150 30 3 Ali Al-Habsi 2001–2019 135 0 4 Hassan Mudhafar 2003–2015 127 6 5 Amad Al-Hosni 2003–2015 126 38 6 Saad Al-Mukhaini 2008– 111 1 7 Ahmed Hadid 2003–2013 103 9 8 Hani Al-Dhabit 1997–2014 102 43 9 Ismail Al-Ajmi 2003–2013 97 14 10 Mohammed Rabia 1998–2011 94 3

Top goalscorers # Name Career Goals Caps Average Notes 1 Hani Al-Dhabit 1997–2014 43 102 0.42 2 Amad Al-Hosni 2003–2015 38 126 0.3 3 Abdul Aziz Al-Muqbali 2011– 30 78 0.38 Fawzi Bashir 2000–2013 30 150 0.2 5 Ahmed Mubarak 2003– 23 180 0.13 6 Hashim Saleh 2001–2010 18 75 0.24 7 Badar Al-Maimani 2003–2012 17 71 0.24 8 Ismail Al-Ajmi 2003–2013 14 97 0.14 9 Qasim Said 2009–2017 13 84 0.15 10 Khalid Al-Hajri 2017– 11 18 0.61

Personnel

Technical staff

As of February 2019[17]

Position	Name
Head Coach	Branko Ivanković
Assistant Coach	Mario Tokić
	Waleed Al-Saadi
	Muhanna Al-Adwi
Goalkeeping Coach	Enver Lugušić[18]
	Igor Panadić
Fitness Coach	Marko Stilinović
Performance Analyst	Zlatko Ivanković
Team Manager	Maqbool Al-Balushi
Players Relations Manager	Ahmed Hadid Al-Mukhaini
Task Manager	Ahmed Al-Owaisi
Operations Manager	Kamil Al-Balushi
Team Doctor	Dr. Mohammed Moulou
Physiotherapist	Said Al-Balushi
Physiotherapist	Yaqoob Al-Mahrouqi
Masseur	Pavol Skoda
	Hennadiy Ryabovol
Technical Director	Slobodan Pavković
	Khalid Al Lahouri

Former managers

Manager	Years as manager
Mohammed Al-Khafaji	1974–1976
George Smith	1979
Hamed El-Dhiab	1980–1982
Mansaf El-Meliti (caretaker)	1982
Paulo de Oliveira	1984
Antônio Clemente	1986
Jorge Vitório	1986–1988
Karl-Heinz Heddergott	1988–1989
Bernd Patzke	1990–1992
Heshmat Mohajerani	1992–1994
Rashid Jaber	1995–1996
Mahmoud El-Gohary	1996
Jozef Vengloš	1996–1997
Ian Porterfield	1997
Homayoun Shahrokhi	1997–1998
Valdeir Vieira	1998–1999
Carlos Alberto Torres	2000–2001
Milan Máčala	2001
Bernd Stange	2001
Rashid Jaber (caretaker)	2002
Milan Máčala	2003–2005
Srečko Juričić	2005–2006
Hamad Al-Azani (caretaker)	2006
Milan Máčala	2006–2007
Gabriel Calderón	2007–2008
Julio César Ribas	2008
Hamad Al-Azani (caretaker)	2008
Claude Le Roy	2008–2010
Hamad Al-Azani	2010–2011
Paul Le Guen[19]	2011–2015
Juan Ramón López Caro	2016
Pim Verbeek	2016–2019
Erwin Koeman	2019
Branko Ivanković	2020–

Kits and sponsors

The well-known "confettied" kit provided by Grand Sport during Oman's attempted qualification for the 1998 World Cup

Over the years Oman has had multiple kit providers, of which Grand Sport held the contract for the longest period. Oman has also worn kits provided by Puma, Umbro, Lotto and Adidas.

The national team signed a contract in 2006 with Gulf Air,[20][21] but the deal ended abruptly in early 2008, and was replaced with a signed sponsorship by Omantel's Oman Mobile.

On 9 May 2012, the Oman Football Association launched the new official team kit to be worn by Oman in their push for 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Fourth Round. The new kit was launched together with a new OFA logo. The new kit was designed for Oman by Taj Oman, an Oman-based company.[22] Later in June 2012, Oman's airline Oman Air became the official carrier of the Oman Football Association.[23]

On 8 February 2014, the Omani Football Association confirmed the tie-up with Italian sports apparel manufacturer Kappa. A joint venture agreement was signed by sportswear giant Kappa and the OFA's apparel brand Taj Oman. In a 4-year deal, Kappa will produce the kit worn by all the Oman National football teams bearing the Taj mark, and will provide Oman with a large range of sportswear specific for the country. The deal will see both the names (Kappa & Taj) on the kit worn by the National teams and on all retail items.[24] Oman Air also renewed its deal on the same day with the OFA till the end of the 2013–14 season. On 16 September 2014, the Omani Football Association announced that they had signed an agreement with Asia Sports Marketing to become the exclusive sales agent for the Association.[25]

On 9 September 2015, the Omani Football Association signed a one-year contract extension with Oman Air as the official carrier of the national team. The association said that although Oman Air's ticket allocation in the deal is primarily meant for the senior national team's tours, the OFA has often judiciously availed the privilege for club teams' trips to Salalah for Omantel Professional League (OPL) matches and also for overseas travel of the national age-group squads.[26][27] On 18 October 2015, the Omani Football Association announced a partnership with a new mental energizer Energy Drinks Partner, Effect.[28][29]

In 2018, the OFA signed a new contract with German sports company Jako.

Period	Kit Manufacturer
1978–1996	Puma
1996–2005	Grand Sport
2005–2006	Umbro
2006–2008	Lotto
2008–2012	Adidas
2012–2014	Taj Oman
2014–2017	Kappa
2017–2018	Kappa
2018–	Jako

See also

• Oman national under-23 football team
• Oman women's national football team

References

1. Mamrud, Roberto (21 August 2019). "Ahmed Mubarak Obaid Al-Mahaijri - Century of International Appearances". RSSSF.
2. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 10 December 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
3. – Al-Dhabit scored 22 goals in 2001
4. – 3rd Arab to receive the award, and first Omani.
5. 9-time winners of the Gulf Cup of Nations
6. – match results from the 2002 Gulf Cup of Nations.
7. – Hani Al-Dhabit, top goalscorer of the 2002 Gulf Cup with a total of 5 goals.
8. Gulf Cup 17 – Qatar – goalzz.com
9. – Oman's performance in the 2007 Gulf Cup.
10. – Al-Habsi receiving the Best Goalkeeper award.
11. – Oman's goal scoring record in the 18th Gulf Cup.
12. – Oman's 19th Gulf Cup record.
13. Hassan Rabia—19th Gulf Cup top goalscorer.
14. "– BWFC – Ali 4 time winner of Best Goalkeeper award". Archived from the original on 31 December 2009. Retrieved 5 January 2010.
15. "World Football Elo Ratings: Oman". Elo Ratings. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
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19. "Oman Football Association 'relieves' Le Guen of coaching duties after Oman's loss to Turkmenistan". Times of Oman.
20. "Gulf Air signs deal with Oman". gulfair.com. Archived from the original on 29 June 2013. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
21. "Gulf Air Signs Sponsorship Deal With Oman Football Association − SportsOman reports the signed deal". englishsabla.com. Sports Oman. 21 May 2006. Archived from the original on 31 July 2012. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
22. "Oman Football Association Unveils Official Logo And Kit". theweek.co.om. 9 May 2012. Archived from the original on 6 March 2014. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
23. "Oman National Team Announce Major Local Sponsor". Oman Air. 7 June 2012. Archived from the original on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
24. "Oman Football Association confirms tie-up with Kappa". Al Bawaba. 9 February 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
25. "Oman Football Association announce new exclusive sales partner". Zawya. 16 September 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
26. "Our partnership with Oman Air has grown, says Sayyid Khalid". Muscat Daily. 10 September 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
27. "الطيران العماني يمدد عقد الشراكة مع اتحاد القدم". Al Roya. 10 September 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
28. "Oman Football Score with Effect". ofa.om. Archived from the original on 22 October 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
29. "Oman FA rope in Effect as new energy drink partner". Times of Oman. 18 October 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

External links

• Official Oman Football Association Website
• Oman national football team FIFA.com
• Oman national football team – Football-Lineups
• Oman national football team – NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAMS