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Revision as of 07:12, 6 December 2013

 Oman
Shirt badge/Association crest
AssociationOman Football Association
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationWAFF (West Asia)
FIFA codeOMA
First colours
Second colours

The Oman women's national football team, represents Oman in international women's association football and is governed by Oman Football Association (OFA). The team has not played any official match so far.

Background

The national federation became a FIFA affiliate in 1980.[1] The development of women's football in the Middle East and central Asia dates back only about ten years.[2]

Team

In 1985, almost no country in the world had a women's national football team[3] and the team has yet to play in a FIFA recognised match As of June 2012.[4] As of 1999, the women's national team has not competed at the Women's World Cup.[5] As of 1999, the country has never entered the Asian Women's Championship.[5] The national team participated in the 2010 Woman's West Asia Cup.[6] In June 2012, the team was not ranked in the world by FIFA.[7] The team has never been ranked by FIFA.[8]

The country's kit colours are red and white shirts, red shorts, and red socks.[1]

Other national teams

U17 team

In 1995, the U17 team competed in the U17 Women's World Championships where they finished fourth overall following a 0–2 loss to Argentina. In Guyaquil, Ecuador they finished third at the U17 Women's World Championship.[5]

Baroucher

In 2006, a team representing the country, Baroucher, played in the Women's Sevens Tournament in Abu Dhabi. The tournament was a seven-a-side one and they were in Group A, where they finished last overall. On 21 February, they lost 1–5 to Abu Dhabi. On 23 February, they lost 2–3 to a team from Jordan. On 24 February, they lost 0–3 to Iraq. On 25 February, they lost to Syria 0–9. In group play, they had a total of 3 goals for and 20 against.[9][10]

Five A Side

In 2006, Oman hosted and played in the Five A Side Women Championship. Other countries participating in the tournament included Pakistan, Bahrain, Syria, Palestine, United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, Pakistan, Afghanistan.[11]

Futsal

A club team represented the country participated in the fifth Amman Arab Women's Futsal Championships in Jordan.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Pickering, David (1994). The Cassell soccer companion : history, facts, anecdotes. London: Cassell. p. 230. ISBN 0304342319. OCLC 59851970.
  2. ^ a b New statesman. New Statesman, Ltd. 2008. p. 20. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
  3. ^ Chrös McDougall (1 January 2012). Soccer. ABDO. p. 45. ISBN 978-1-61783-146-1. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  4. ^ "Oman: Fixtures and Results". Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  5. ^ a b c Ballard, John; Suff, Paul (1999). The dictionary of football : the complete A-Z of international football from Ajax to Zinedine Zidane. London: Boxtree. pp. 443–444. ISBN 0-7522-2434-4. OCLC 59442612. Cite error: The named reference "paper-book-1999" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  6. ^ "UAE women's football". YouTube. Retrieved 2012-06-11.
  7. ^ "The FIFA Women's World Ranking". FIFA.com. 2009-09-25. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
  8. ^ "Oman: FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
  9. ^ "Women's Sevens Tournament (Abu Dhabi) 2006". Rsssf.com. 2008-05-28. Retrieved 2012-04-13.
  10. ^ "Stage set for women's soccer". gulfnews. 2006-02-13. Retrieved 2012-06-15.
  11. ^ "Pak first Women's football team to participate in Oman". PakTribune. 2006-04-28. Retrieved 2012-06-11.
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