Oman national under-17 football team

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The Oman national under-17 football team is the under 17 football team of Oman and is controlled by the Oman Football Association.

Their team got fourth place at the first FIFA U-17 World Cup they participated in at the 1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship, losing 2-0 in the 3rd place playoff to Argentina.[1]

Competition Records[]

AFC U-16 Championship record[]

Host nation(s) / Year Round
Qatar 1985 Withdrew
Qatar 1986 Did not qualify
Thailand 1988 Did not qualify
United Arab Emirates 1990 Did not qualify
Saudi Arabia 1992 Withdrew
Qatar 1994 Third place
Thailand 1996 Champions
Qatar 1998 Group stage
Vietnam 2000 Champions
United Arab Emirates 2002 Banned
Japan 2004 Quarter-finals
Singapore 2006 Did not qualify
Uzbekistan 2008 Did not qualify
Uzbekistan 2010 Group stage
Iran 2012 Group stage
Thailand 2014 Group stage
India 2016 Quarter-finals
Malaysia 2018 Quarter-finals

FIFA U-17 World Cup record[]

Host nation(s) / Year Round
China 1985 Did not qualify
Canada 1987 Did not qualify
Scotland 1989 Did not qualify
Italy 1991 Did not qualify
Japan 1993 Did not qualify
Ecuador 1995 Fourth place
Egypt 1997 Quarter-finals
New Zealand 1999 Did not qualify
Trinidad and Tobago 2001 Group stage
Finland 2003 Did not qualify
Peru 2005 Did not qualify
South Korea 2007 Did not qualify
Nigeria 2009 Did not qualify
Mexico 2011 Did not qualify
United Arab Emirates 2013 Did not qualify
Chile 2015 Did not qualify
India 2017 Did not qualify
Brazil 2019 Did not qualify
Peru 2021 To be determined

Oman FIFA Under-17 World Cup appearances[]

1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship[]

They played 6 matches in all, with the results shown below.

Group stage[]

Oman 2–1 Canada
Al-Kathiri Goal 43', 62' (pen.) (Report) Bernier Goal 70'
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: (Gabon)
Brazil 0–0 Oman
(Report)
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Vasyl Melnychuk (Ukraine)
Germany 0–3 Oman
(Report) Al-Kathiri Goal 4' (pen.)
Goal 81', 87'
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: (Uruguay)

Knockout stage[]

They played Nigeria in the Quarter-finals

Nigeria 1–2 Oman
Goal 13' (pen.) (Report) Al-Kathiri Goal 32'
Al-Dhabit Goal 49'
Attendance: 12,000

They Played Ghana in the Semi-finals

Ghana 3–1 Oman
Ansah Goal 38'
Goal 54'
Goal 72'		 (Report) Al-Kathiri 67'
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: (Uruguay)

They played Argentina in the third place match.

Oman 0–2 Argentina
(Report) Goal 20'
Cambiasso Goal 71'
Attendance: 30,000

The Omanis got fourth place in the tournament.

1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship[]

They played 4 matches in all, with the results shown below.

Group stage[]

Oman 4 – 0 United States
Goal 15'
Goal 39'
Mohamed Goal 46', 52'		 Report
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Mario Sanchez Yanten (Chile)
Oman 3 – 1 Austria
Goal 18'
Mohamed Goal 45+1', 69'		 Report Goal 74'
Attendance: 19,000
Referee: (Australia)
Oman 1 – 3 Brazil
Mohamed Goal 53' Report Jorginho Goal 50'
Fabio Pinto Goal 66'
Geovani Goal 84'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: (Mexico)

Knockout stage[]

They played Ghana in the Quarter-finals

Ghana 4 – 1 Oman
Goal 25' (o.g.)
Goal 42'
Afriyie Goal 79'
A. Quaye Goal 88'		 Report Goal 57'
Port Said Stadium, Port Said
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Rene Temmink (Netherlands)

2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship[]

The Omanis fared much worse, getting last place in their group and failing to reach the knockout stages.

Group stage[]

Oman 1 – 2 Spain
Al Hinai Goal 22' Report F. Torres Goal 50'
Melli Goal 90+2'
Attendance: 7,500
Oman 0 – 3 Argentina
Report López Goal 10'
Tevez Goal 37'
Colace Goal 52' (pen.)
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: (Cameroon)
Burkina Faso 1 – 1 Oman
Nikiema Goal 22' Report Al-Hinai Goal 33'
Attendance: 7,000

References[]

  1. ^ "Oman FIFA U-17 World Championships 1995 and 2001". fifa.com. Archived from the original on November 7, 2012. Retrieved 2014-07-24.
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