The Oman Football Association ( ar, الاتحاد العُماني لكرة القدم) is the governing body of football in

Oman Oman ( ; ar, عُمَان ' ), officially the Sultanate of Oman ( ar, سلْطنةُ عُمان ), is an Arabian country located in southwestern Asia. It is situated on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, and spans the mouth of t ...

. It was founded in 1978, has been a member of the

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and of

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since 1980.

History

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The first football club of the Sultanate (documented as such) was the Maqboul Club, founded in 1942, known today as the

Oman Club Oman Club ( ar, نادي عمان; also known locally as ''Al-Ahmar'', "The Red(s)" or simply as Oman) is an Omani football club based in Muscat. The club is currently playing in the First Division League of Oman Football Association. Their home ...

. In the 1970s,

Qaboos bin Said al Said Qaboos bin Said Al Said ( ar, قابوس بن سعيد آل سعيد, ; 18 November 1940 – 10 January 2020) was Sultan of Oman from 23 July 1970 until his death in 2020. A fifteenth-generation descendant of the founder of the House of 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 Haitham bin Tariq Al Said ( ar, هيثم بن طارق آل سعيد, Heysem bin Târık Âl Saîd; born 13 October 1954) is the current Sultan of Oman, reigning since January 2020 following the death of his cousin, Sultan Qaboos bin Said. Pr ...

(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 The Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA; ar, الاتحاد العربي لكرة القدم; french: Union des associations de football arabe) is the governing body of football in the Arab League. Established in 1974, UAFA has 22 member as ...

and of the

, and then joined the

Asian Football Federation The Asian Football Confederation is the governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal in some countries/territories in Asia and Oceania. It has 47 member countries most of which are located in Asia. Australia, formerly in ...

in 1980. In November 2017, the OFA was chosen to organize the FIFA Executive Football Summit scheduled for February 2018.

Association staff

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).Majid AL-Busafi
Oman: An Emerging Sport Nation, History and Future Directions
, ''Ijssjournal.com'', 2012

Individual awards

Team awards and achievements

Omani League teams 2010-11

References

External links

Official website

Organizational effectiveness: The case of Oman Football Association
thesis hosted on the

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website {{UAFA Football Football in Oman

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Sports organizations established in 1978