Oman at the AFC Asian Cup

Oman has participated in four AFC Asian Cups, in 2004, 2007, 2015 and 2019.

Prior to the 21st century, Oman generally struggled to qualify for the Asian Cup, having been considered as a much weaker side. It was the rise of Oman's national under-17 team that saw them have more opportunities to play on the international stage. Eventually, Oman qualified for their first Asian Cup in 2004, before managing to do so again in 2007, 2015 and 2019. Oman went out in the group stage in their first three participations, but in 2019 they set a new historical milestone by qualifying for the knockout stage for the first time in their history.

Overall results
AFC Asian Cup Finals record AFC Asian Cup qualification
Hosts / year Result Position GP W D* L GS GA GP W D* L GS GA
1956 to 1980Did not enter------- ------
1984Did not qualify------- 4112915
1988Withdrew------- ------
1992Did not qualify------- 200205
1996Did not qualify------- 6402235
2000Did not qualify------- 310244
2004Group stage9th311143 6501242
2007Group stage15th302113 6402146
2011Did not qualify------- 622244
2015Group stage12th310215 642071
2019Round of 1616th410346 149233912
2023 To be determined To be determined
TotalBest: Round of 164/17133371017 533071612454

Squads

2004 Asian Cup
Main article: 2004 AFC Asian Cup

2004 Asian Cup was Oman's first ever participation in continental stage. In here, debutant Oman was placed with Iran, Japan and Thailand. In spite of being considered as a basket point, Oman, however, demonstrated its football feat, and only ended in the group stage with a minor loss to defending champions Japan and a surprising draw to Iran.

Group D
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Japan 7321051+4
 Iran 5312052+3
 Oman 4311143+1
 Thailand 0300319−8
Japan 1–0 Oman
Nakamura  33' Report
Attendance: 35,000
Oman 2–2 Iran
Al-Hosni  31', 40' Report Karimi  61'
Nosrati  90+4'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Abdul Rahman Al-Delawar (Bahrain)
Oman 2–0 Thailand
Viwatchaichok  15' (o.g.)
Al-Hosni  49'		 Report
Sichuan Longquanyi Stadium, Chengdu
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Lu Jun (China)

2007 Asian Cup
Main article: 2007 AFC Asian Cup

Oman qualified for the second consecutive Asian Cup, this time, to meet up again with Thailand, Gulf rival Iraq and debutant Australia. Oman nonetheless impressed by making a stunning 1–1 draw to giant Australia; but a humiliating defeat to host Thailand and another draw with Iraq saw Oman crashed out from group stage for the second times.

Group A
Main article: 2007 AFC Asian Cup Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Iraq 312042+25
 Australia 311164+24
 Thailand 311135−24
 Oman 302113−22
Australia 1–1 Oman
Cahill  90+2' Report Al-Maimani  32'
Attendance: 5,000[1]
Oman 0–2 Thailand
Report Thonkanya  70', 78'
Attendance: 19,000
Referee: Lee Gi-Young (South Korea)
Oman 0–0 Iraq
Report
Attendance: 500

2015 Asian Cup
Main article: 2015 AFC Asian Cup

Oman would make their third appearance in the tournament, in 2015. Same like 2007, they were placed in Group A again, with Australia, Kuwait and South Korea on board. Oman could not repeat the feat they did to South Korea and Australia before, when Oman lost two opening matches, and crashed out again. A late victory over Kuwait was too little, too late.

Group A
Main article: 2015 AFC Asian Cup Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  South Korea 3 3 0 0 3 0 +3 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Australia (H) 3 2 0 1 8 2 +6 6
3  Oman 3 1 0 2 1 5 −4 3
4  Kuwait 3 0 0 3 1 6 −5 0
Source: Asian Cup Australia 2015
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Host.
10 January 2015
South Korea 1–0 OmanCanberra Stadium, Canberra
13 January 2015
Oman 0–4 AustraliaStadium Australia, Sydney[2]
17 January 2015
Oman 1–0 KuwaitNewcastle Stadium, Newcastle

2019 Asian Cup
Main article: 2019 AFC Asian Cup

Oman was placed in a group including Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Japan, the latter of which is Asia's powerhouse. Oman opened their tournament with a 1–2 defeat to Uzbekistan, a match in which Oman played well but scored a controversial goal that should have been judged offside. Oman suffered its second defeat to Japan 0–1 due to a controversial penalty, forcing Oman to win against Turkmenistan to qualify to the knockout stage. Eventually, Oman beat Turkmenistan 3–1 to qualify for the first time, and this was seen as a success for Omani football. In their first knockout match of Oman's history however, they lost 0–2 to Iran and were eliminated from the tournament.

Group F
Main article: 2019 AFC Asian Cup Group F
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Japan 3 3 0 0 6 3 +3 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Uzbekistan 3 2 0 1 7 3 +4 6
3  Oman 3 1 0 2 4 4 0 3
4  Turkmenistan 3 0 0 3 3 10 −7 0
Source: AFC
Uzbekistan 2–1 Oman
 Report
Attendance: 9,424
Oman 0–1 Japan
Report
Attendance: 12,110
Oman 3–1 Turkmenistan
 Report
Attendance: 8,338

Knockout stage
Round of 16
Iran 2–0 Oman
 Report
Attendance: 31,945

References
  1. "Australia vs Oman - Asian Cup 2007". whoscored.com. Who Scored. 8 July 2007. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  2. "Asian Cup 2015: Australia v Oman – as it happened". theguardian.com. The Guardian. 13 January 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
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