List of football clubs in Oman

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The Sultanate of Oman has had a relatively long history of football clubs dating back to the 1940s. The oldest club still surviving to date in the Sultanate is Oman Club which was established in 1942. Many clubs have also experienced mergers such as Muscat, and Seeb. There are currently 43 clubs known to Oman.

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Dhofar is known as the most successful club in Omani football, earning them the nickname "Al-Zaeem" (lit. 'The Leaders'), for grabbing 12 Omani League titles; the most won by a club, and winning 11 Sultan Qaboos Cups The most recent cup was at 2024, as well as reaching the final of the Gulf Club Champions Cup once in 1996 losing to Saudi club Al-Nassr. Fanja has also had a successful title history with 9 Omani League titles to their name, 9 Sultan Qaboos Cups to their name and also winning in 1989 the Gulf Club Championship making them the only Omani club to win internationally, despite having a successful history, Fanja has been in a downfall since the 1990s, but regained their form in the 2010s winning a number of titles most notably their ninth Sultan Qaboos Cup only to once again lose form in the 2020s after the covid pandemic.

Evolution to a Professional League

Although being very popular in the local community, it is ranked according to the AFC as a Class D football League. Sayyid Khalid bin Hamid, OFA President, has announced his organization's plan to transform the Omani Football League into a professional league by the year 2012, [1] [2] and will change its name to the "Oman Mobile League." [3] Many companies such as Nissan, Shell, and Oman Mobile, are one of the main reasons why the league is expected to transform, [4] along with the leadership of Sayyid Khalid.

2014–15 Oman Professional League teams

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Salalah
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Sur
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Sohar
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Al-Seeb
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Locations of teams in the 2014–15 Omani League
ClubHome cityManagerStadiumCapacity
Al-Khabourah Al-Khabourah Flag of Egypt.svg Sherif El-Khashab Nizwa Sports Complex 10,000
Al-Musannah Al-Musannah Flag of Oman.svg Musabah Al-Saadi (Feb 2015–) Al-Seeb Stadium 14,000
Al-Nahda Al-Buraimi Flag of Portugal.svg Bernardo Tavares (Feb 2015–) Al-Buraimi Sports Complex 10,000
Al-Nasr Salalah Flag of Croatia.svg Edo Flego (Mar 2015–) Al-Saada Stadium / Salalah Sports Complex 12,000 / 8,000
Al-Orouba Sur Flag of France.svg Philippe Burle (Oct 2014–) Sur Sports Complex 8,000
Al-Seeb Al-Seeb Flag of Syria.svg Emad Dahbour (Dec 2014–) Al-Seeb Stadium 14,000
Al-Shabab Barka Flag of Oman.svg Waleed Zaid Al-Saadi (April 2015–) Al-Seeb Stadium 14,000
Al-Suwaiq Al-Suwaiq Flag of Morocco.svg Abderrazak Khairi (Nov 2014–) Al-Seeb Stadium 14,000
Bowsher Bowsher Flag of Serbia.svg Željko Markov (Jan 2015–) Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex / Royal Oman Police Stadium 39,000 / 18,000
Dhofar Salalah Flag of Romania.svg Grigore Sichitiu (Jan 2015–) Al-Saada Stadium / Salalah Sports Complex 12,000 / 8,000
Fanja Fanja Flag of Oman.svg Abdulraheem Al-Hajri (Mar 2015–) Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex / Royal Oman Police Stadium / Al-Seeb Stadium 14,000
Saham Saham Flag of Serbia.svg Branko Smiljanić (Nov 2014–) Sohar Regional Sports Complex 19,000
Sohar Sohar Flag of Iraq.svg Thair Adnan (Apr 2015–) Sohar Regional Sports Complex 19,000
Sur Sur Flag of Morocco.svg Youssef Al-Rafaly (Jan 2015–) Sur Sports Complex 8,000

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