{{Short description|Governing body of association football in Oman}} {{National football association |Logo = Oman Football Association logo.svg |Founded = {{Start date|1978}} |Headquarters = [[Muscat]], [[Oman]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/associations/association/oma/about|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200115181518/https://www.fifa.com/associations/association/oma/about|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 15, 2020|title = Member Associations}}</ref> |FIFA affiliation = 1980 |Region = [[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]] |Region affiliation = 1980<ref>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</ref> |Subregion = [[West Asian Football Federation|WAFF]] |Subregion affiliation = 2010 |President = [[Sheikh Salem Said Salem Al Wahaibi]] |General Secretary = [[Said Al Bulushi]] |Website = {{official URL}} }}
The '''Oman Football Association''' ({{langx|ar|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.
==History== [[File:Flickr - tpower1978 - World Cup Qualifiers (7).jpg|thumb|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.<ref>[http://www.ofa.om/history History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191224073919/http://www.ofa.om/history |date=2019-12-24 }}, ''Ofa.com''</ref>
In November 2017, the OFA was chosen to organize the FIFA Executive Football Summit scheduled for February 2018.<ref>Ashok Purohit, [http://www.muscatdaily.com/Archive/Sports/Oman-to-host-FIFA-Executive-Football-Summit-54vp Oman to host FIFA Executive Football Summit] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180414091257/http://www.muscatdaily.com/Archive/Sports/Oman-to-host-FIFA-Executive-Football-Summit-54vp |date=2018-04-14 }}, ''Muscatdaily.com'', 8 November 2017</ref>
==Association staff==
{|class="wikitable" !Name !Position !Source |- |{{flagicon|Oman}} [[Sayyid Suleiman bin Hamood bin Ali Al Busaidi]] |President |<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/associations/association/oma/about|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200115181518/https://www.fifa.com/associations/association/oma/about|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 15, 2020|title=Member Association - Oman |last=FIFA.com|website=www.fifa.com|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-01-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The AFC.com - The Asian Football Confederation|url=https://www.the-afc.com/afc-home/member-associations/oman/oman-football-association/|access-date=2020-11-02|website=The AFC|language=en-GB|archive-date=2020-01-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200115190805/https://www.the-afc.com/afc-home/member-associations/oman/oman-football-association/|url-status=live}}</ref> |- |{{flagicon|Oman}} [[Qutaiba bin Saeed bin Mohammed Al Ghailani]] |Senior Vice President |<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/associations/association/oma/about|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200115181518/https://www.fifa.com/associations/association/oma/about|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 15, 2020|title=Member Association - Oman |last=FIFA.com|website=www.fifa.com|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-01-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The AFC.com - The Asian Football Confederation|url=https://www.the-afc.com/afc-home/member-associations/oman/oman-football-association/|access-date=2020-11-02|website=The AFC|language=en-GB|archive-date=2020-01-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200115190805/https://www.the-afc.com/afc-home/member-associations/oman/oman-football-association/|url-status=live}}</ref> |- |{{flagicon|Oman}} [[Abdullah bin Salim bin Awadh Al Shanfari BM ]] [[Hajer bint Khamis bin Marhoon Al Muzayni Female member]] Women’s Member [[Abdullah bin Ali bin Mohammed Al Rashdi BM]] [[Ali bin Ahmed bin Saeed Al Kathiri BM]] [[Mohammed bin Khamis bin Juma Al Araimi BM]] |2nd Vice President |<ref>{{Cite web|title=The AFC.com - The Asian Football Confederation|url=https://www.the-afc.com/afc-home/member-associations/oman/oman-football-association/|access-date=2020-11-02|website=The AFC|language=en-GB|archive-date=2020-01-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200115190805/https://www.the-afc.com/afc-home/member-associations/oman/oman-football-association/|url-status=live}}</ref> |- |{{flagicon|Oman}} [[Mohammed bin Sulaiman Al-Yahmadi]] |General Secretary |<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/associations/association/oma/about|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200115181518/https://www.fifa.com/associations/association/oma/about|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 15, 2020|title=Member Association - Oman |last=FIFA.com|website=www.fifa.com|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-01-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The AFC.com - The Asian Football Confederation|url=https://www.the-afc.com/afc-home/member-associations/oman/oman-football-association/|access-date=2020-11-02|website=The AFC|language=en-GB|archive-date=2020-01-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200115190805/https://www.the-afc.com/afc-home/member-associations/oman/oman-football-association/|url-status=live}}</ref> |- |n/a |Treasurer | |- |{{Flagicon| }} [[Ali Al Khansabi Technical Office Manager]] |Technical Director |<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/associations/association/oma/about|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200115181518/https://www.fifa.com/associations/association/oma/about|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 15, 2020|title=Member Association - Oman |last=FIFA.com|website=www.fifa.com|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-01-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The AFC.com - The Asian Football Confederation|url=https://www.the-afc.com/afc-home/member-associations/oman/oman-football-association/|access-date=2020-11-02|website=The AFC|language=en-GB|archive-date=2020-01-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200115190805/https://www.the-afc.com/afc-home/member-associations/oman/oman-football-association/|url-status=live}}</ref> |- |{{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Tarik Sektioui]] |Team Coach (Men's) |<ref>{{Cite web|title=The AFC.com - The Asian Football Confederation|url=https://www.the-afc.com/afc-home/member-associations/oman/oman-football-association/|access-date=2020-11-02|website=The AFC|language=en-GB|archive-date=2020-01-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200115190805/https://www.the-afc.com/afc-home/member-associations/oman/oman-football-association/|url-status=live}}</ref> |- |n/a |Team Coach (Women's) | |- |[[William Boukarroum]] |Media/Communications Manager |<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/associations/association/oma/about|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200115181518/https://www.fifa.com/associations/association/oma/about|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 15, 2020|title=Member Association - Oman |last=FIFA.com|website=www.fifa.com|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-01-25}}</ref> |- |n/a |Futsal Coordinator | |- |[[Omer Khalaf]] |Referee Coordinator |<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/associations/association/oma/about|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200115181518/https://www.fifa.com/associations/association/oma/about|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 15, 2020|title=Member Association - Oman |last=FIFA.com|website=www.fifa.com|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-01-25}}</ref> |}
==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.{{Citation needed|date=April 2025}}
Oman is looking to take advantage of FIFA's assistance in the GOAL project to further develop the game in Oman.{{Citation needed|date=April 2025}}
The Association is 70%-financed by the government through the Ministry of Sports Affairs (2010).<ref>Majid AL-Busafi, [http://ijssjournal.com/fulltext/paper-04012016121409.pdf Oman: An Emerging Sport Nation, History and Future Directions] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201033646/http://ijssjournal.com/fulltext/paper-04012016121409.pdf |date=2017-12-01 }}, ''Ijssjournal.com'', 2012</ref>
==Individual awards== {| class="wikitable" |- !Year!!Player!!Award |- |align=center| 1995 ||[[Mohamed Amor Al Kathri|Mohamed Al Kathiri]]||1995 [[Asian Young Footballer of the Year]] |- |align=center| 1995 ||[[Mohamed Amor Al Kathri|Mohamed Al Kathiri]]||Golden Ball of [[1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship]] |- |align=center| 2002 ||[[Hani Al Dhabit]]||Golden Shoe of the [[15th Arabian Gulf Cup]] |- |align=center| 2003 ||[[Ali Al Habsi|Ali Al-Habsi]]||Best Goalkeeper of the [[16th Arabian Gulf Cup]] |- |align=center| 2004 ||[[Amad Al Hosni|Imad Al-Hosni]]||Golden Shoe of the [[17th Arabian Gulf Cup]] |- |align=center| 2004 ||[[Ali Al Habsi|Ali Al-Habsi]]||Best Goalkeeper of the [[17th Arabian Gulf Cup]] |- |align=center| 2007 ||[[Ali Al Habsi|Ali Al-Habsi]]||Best Goalkeeper of the [[18th Arabian Gulf Cup]] |- |align=center| 2009 ||[[Ali Al Habsi|Ali Al-Habsi]]||Best Goalkeeper of the [[19th Arabian Gulf Cup]] |}
==Team awards and achievements== {| class="wikitable" |- !Year!!Team!!Award!!Competition |- |align=center| 1989 ||{{flagicon|Oman}} [[Fanja (Football club)|Fanja]]||Won first-place trophy||Gulf Clubs Championship|Gulf Clubs Championship 1989 |- |align=center| 1994 ||{{flagicon|Oman}} [[Oman Club|Oman F.C.]]||Won second place||[[Asian Club Championship 1993-94]] |- |align=center| 1994 ||{{fb|Oman}} U-17 Team||Won third-place trophy||[[AFC U-17 Championship 1994]] |- |align=center| 1995 ||{{fb|Oman}} U-17 Team||Reached fourth place in tournament||[[1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship]] |- |align=center| 1995 ||{{flagicon|Oman}} [[Dhofar S.C.S.C.]]||Won second place||Gulf Clubs Championship|Gulf Clubs Championship 1995 |- |align=center| 1996 ||{{fb|Oman}} U-17 Team||Won first-place trophy||[[AFC U-17 Championship 1996]] |- |align=center| 2000 ||{{fb|Oman}} U-17 Team||Won first-place trophy||[[AFC U-17 Championship 2000]] |- |align=center| 2004 ||{{flagicon|Oman}} [[oman national football team|Oman National Team]]||Won second-place trophy||[[17th Arabian Gulf Cup]] |- |align=center| 2007 ||{{flagicon|Oman}} [[oman national football team|Oman National Team]]||Won second-place trophy||[[18th Arabian Gulf Cup]] |- |align=center| 2009 ||{{flagicon|Oman}} [[oman national football team|Oman National Team]]||Won the Gulf Cup||[[19th Arabian Gulf Cup]] |- |align=center| 2012 ||{{fb|Oman}} U-21 Team||Runners up AFC VS CAF || [[Olympics 2012]] |- |align=center| 2015 ||{{flagicon|Oman}} [[Seeb Club (Football club)|Seeb]]||Was 1st Runners up||Gulf Clubs Championship|Gulf Clubs Championship 2015 |}
==Omani League teams 2010-11== {| class="wikitable" |- ||[[Al-Ahli (Sedab)|Al-Ahli]] (Sedab) |- ||[[Al-Hilal (Salalah)|Al-Hilal]] (Salalah) |- ||[[Al-Nahda (Omani football club)|Al-Nahda]] |- ||[[Al Nasr SC (Salalah)|Al-Nasr]] |- ||[[Al Oruba Sur|Al-Oruba]] |- ||[[Al Shabab (Oman)|Al-Shabab]] |- ||[[Al-Suwaiq]] |- ||[[Talia Club|Al-Talia]] |- ||[[Dhofar (football club)|Dhofar]] |- ||[[Muscat (football club)|Muscat]] |- ||[[Oman Club|Oman FC]] |- ||[[Saham Club|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== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [http://ofa.om/ Official website] * [https://ruor.uottawa.ca/bitstream/10393/4291/1/MQ36655.PDF Organizational effectiveness: The case of Oman Football Association], thesis hosted on the [[Ottawa University]] website
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