Oman national under-23 football team (also known as Oman Olympic, Oman U-23) represents Oman in international football competitions in the Olympic Games. The selection is limited to players under the age of 23 but the final tournament at the Olympics allows for the addition of up to three overage players. The team is controlled by the Oman Football Association.
| Nickname(s) | Al-Ahmar (The Reds) | ||
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| Association | Oman Football Association | ||
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||
| Sub-confederation | WAFF (West Asia) | ||
| Head coach | Pavel Vrba | ||
| Captain | Nadhir Awadh Bashir | ||
| Home stadium | Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman | ||
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| First international | |||
 Bahrain 2–0 Oman  (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; 16 April 1987) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
 Cambodia 0–9 Oman  (Muscat, Oman; 9 April 2003) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 Iraq 4–0 Oman (Amman, Jordan; 3 March 2004) | |||
| AFC U-22 Championship | |||
| Appearances | 2 (first in 2013) | ||
| Best result | Group stage (2013, 2018) | ||
| Asian Games | |||
| Appearances | 4 (first in 2002) | ||
| Best result | Quarter-final (2010) | ||
Oman nearly made its first appearance in football at the Summer Olympics after earning an inter-confederation play-off match with Senegal for a chance qualify for the 2012 Olympics but a 0-2 loss eliminated them from the contention.[1]
Schedule edit
Recent and forthcoming matches edit
Players edit
Current squad edit
The following players were called up for the 2023 WAFF U-23 Championship between 12 and 20 June 2023.[2]
Caps and goals correct as of 28 March 2023, after the match against Iraq.
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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| 1 | GK | Mutie Al-Saadi | 0 | 0 | Al-Suwaiq
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| 22 | GK | Mazen Saleh | 28 January 2003 | 0 | 0 | Muscat
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| 2 | DF | Ayman Al-Nabhani | 27 July 2003 | 2 | 0 | Al-Hamra
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| 3 | DF | Mohammed Al-Hatmi | 27 October 2001 | 0 | 0 | Al-Seeb
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| 4 | DF | Abdullah Al-Mukhaini | 1 | 0 | Al-Orouba
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| 13 | DF | Abdullah Al-Fleti | 2 | 0 | Al-Shabab
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| 20 | DF | Majeed Al-Balushi | 0 | 0 | Oman
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| 6 | MF | Saeed Al-Salami | 1 | 0 | Muscat
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| 7 | MF | Nasser Al-Rawahi | 26 June 2001 | 2 | 0 | Al-Suwaiq
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| 8 | MF | Mohammed Beit Subei | 9 November 2004 | 1 | 0 | Al-Nasr
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| 18 | MF | Mohammed Al-Hinai | 1 | Al-Nahda
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| 19 | MF | Abdullah Al-Habsi | 25 February 2001 | 0 | 0 | Al-Seeb
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| 21 | MF | Abdul Hafez Al-Mukhaini | 2 | 0 | Al-Orouba
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| 9 | FW | Nibras Al-Maashari | 1 May 2002 | 1 | 0 | Muscat
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| 10 | FW | Asad Al-Balushi | 1 | 0 | Ahli Sidab
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| 11 | FW | Omar Al-Salti | 17 February 2002 | 1 | 0 | Al-Orouba
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| 14 | FW | Salem Al-Abdulsalam | 2 | 0 | Dhofar
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| 17 | FW | Yusuf Al-Ghaliani | 2 | 0 | Al-Orouba
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Previous squads edit
Personnel edit
Current technical staff edit
| Position | Name |
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| Technical director |  Václav Jílek
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| Head coach | Pavel Vrba
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| Assistant coach | Vít Vrtělka Akram Habrish Mohammed Al-Araimi
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| Goalkeeping coach | Haroon Al-Bartamani
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| Fitness coach | Arif Al-Mukhaini Juma Al-Saifi
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| Performance analyst | Hassan Al-Gharif
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| Marwan Al-Rushaidi
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| František Ševínský
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| Team Manager | Salah Al-Araimi
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| Players Relations Manager | Ahmed Hadid Al-Mukhaini
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| Task Manager | Ahmed Al-Owaisi
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| Operations Manager | Kamil Al-Balushi
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| Team Doctor | Dr. Mohammed Moulou
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| Physiotherapist | Said Al-Balushi
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| Physiotherapist | Yaqoob Al-Mahrouqi
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| Masseur | Farooq Al-Alawi
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| Ali Al-Haddad
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Competitive Record edit
Asian Games edit
| Asian Games Record | ||||||||
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| Hosts / Year | Result | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA |
 2002 |
Round 1 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 |
 2006 |
Round 1 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
 2010 |
Quarter-finals | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 |
| 2014 |
Group stage | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Total | 4/4 | - | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 18 |
Olympic Games edit
| Host nation / Year | Result | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | |
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 1896 |
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 1900 |
Did not enter | |||||||
 1904
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 1908
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 1912
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 1920
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 1928
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 1932 |
No football tournament was held | |||||||
 1936 |
Did not enter | |||||||
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 1952
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 1956
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 1960
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 1964
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 1968
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 1972
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 1976
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 1980
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| 1988 |
Did not qualify | |||||||
 1992
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 2004
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 2016
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| Total | 0/25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
- *Denotes draws including knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
AFC U-23 Championship record edit
| Year | Result | Pos | P | W | D | L | F | A |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 |
Group stage | 11/16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| 2016 |
Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2018 |
Group stage | 15/16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
 2020 |
Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
 2022 |
Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2024 |
Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
 2026 |
To be determined | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total | Group stage- | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 8 | -4 |
See also edit
External links edit
References edit
- ^ "Senegal see off Oman to reach Olympics". fifa.com. Archived from the original on April 25, 2012.
- ^ "قائمة "الأحمر" الأولمبي في بطولة اتحاد غرب آسيا - العراق ٢٠٢٣". Twitter (in Arabic). الاتحاد العماني لكرة القدم. Retrieved 11 June 2023.