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Oman has participated in five AFC Asian Cups, in 2004, 2007, 2015, 2019 and 2023.

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, 2019 and 2023. 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 record										Qualification record
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1956 to 1980	Did not enter									Did not enter
1984	Did not qualify									4	1	1	2	9	15
1988	Withdrew									Withdrew
1992	Did not qualify									2	0	0	2	0	5
1996										6	4	0	2	23	5
2000										3	1	0	2	4	4
2004	Group stage	9th	3	1	1	1	4	3		6	5	0	1	24	2
2007	Group stage	15th	3	0	2	1	1	3		6	4	0	2	14	6
2011	Did not qualify									6	2	2	2	4	4
2015	Group stage	12th	3	1	0	2	1	5		6	4	2	0	7	1
2019	Round of 16	16th	4	1	0	3	4	6		14	9	2	3	39	12
2023	Group stage	17th	3	0	2	1	2	3		8	6	0	2	16	6
2027	Qualified									6	4	1	1	11	2
Total	Best: Round of 16	6/19	16	3	5	8	12	20		67	40	8	19	151	62

Squads

v t e Oman squad – 2004 AFC Asian Cup
2 Rabia 3 Suroor 4 Said 5 Mustahil 6 Hamdi 8 Badar 9 Hashim 10 Fawzi 11 Yousuf 12 Kano 14 Al-Mukhaini 16 Al-Hinai 17 Al-Gheilani 18 Sultan 19 Nabil 20 Amad 21 Ahmed Hadid 22 Jumaa 23 Al-Mahruqy 24 Talib 25 Khalifa 26 Al-Habsi Coach: Máčala

v t e Oman squad – 2007 AFC Asian Cup
1 Al-Mazroui 2 Rabia (C) 3 Juma 4 Said 5 Fahad 6 Issam 7 Sultan 8 Badar 9 Hashim 10 Fawzi 11 Yousuf 12 Kano 13 Al-Ghassani 14 Al-Mushaifri 15 Ismail 17 Al-Gheilani 18 Hamed 20 Amad 21 Ahmed Hadid 24 Al-Mahaijri 25 Al-Shukairi 26 Al-Habsi 28 Al-Hadri Coach: Calderón

v t e Oman squad – 2015 AFC Asian Cup
1 Al-Habsi (c) 2 Al-Musalami 3 Al-Owaisi 4 Al-Jabri 5 Al-Shimli 6 Saleh 7 Al-Siyabi 8 Al-Farsi 9 Al-Muqbali 10 Said 11 Al-Shatri 12 Kano 13 A.S. Al-Mukhaini 14 Al-Qasmi 15 Al-Nahar 16 Al-Busaidi 17 Al-Gheilani 18 Al-Kasbi 19 A. Al-Mukhaini 20 Al-Hosni 21 Al-Khaldi 22 Al-Buraiki 23 Al-Ruzaiqi Coach: Le Guen

v t e Oman squad – 2019 AFC Asian Cup
1 A. Al-Rushaidi 2 Al-Musalami 3 M. Al-Rawahi 4 Khasib 5 Al-Balushi 6 I. Saleh 7 Al-Hajri 8 Al-Sheyadi 9 Mo. Al-Ghassani 10 Al-Khaldi 11 Al-Mukhaini 12 Kano (c) 13 Al-Braiki 14 Al-Jabri 15 Al-Yahmadi 16 Mu. Al-Ghassani 17 Al-Busaidi 18 F. Al-Rushaidi 19 Al-Mushaifri 20 Al-Yahyaei 21 M. Saleh 22 A. Al-Rawahi 23 Al-Saadi Coach: Verbeek

v t e Oman squad – 2023 AFC Asian Cup
1 Al-Mukhaini 2 Al-Habashi 3 Durbin 4 Al-Alawi 5 Al-Habsi 6 Al-Khamisi 7 Al-Sabhi 8 Al-Aghbari 9 Al-Malki 10 Al-Yahmadi 11 Al-Ghassani 12 Fawaz 13 Saleh 14 Al-Kaabi 15 Al-Mamari 16 Al-Braiki 17 Al-Busaidi 18 Al-Rushaidi (c) 19 M. Al-Mushaifri 20 Al-Yahyaei 21 Al-Gheilani 22 Al-Rawahi 23 Al-Saadi 24 Al-Balushi 25 A. Al-Mushaifri 26 A. R. Al-Mushaifri Coach: Ivanković

2004 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	7	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4
Iran	5	3	1	2	0	5	2	+3
Oman	4	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1
Thailand	0	3	0	0	3	1	9	−8

Japan	1–0	Oman
Nakamura 33'	Report

Oman	2–2	Iran
Al-Hosni 31', 40'	Report	Karimi 61' Nosrati 90+4'

Oman	2–0	Thailand
Viwatchaichok 15' (o.g.) Al-Hosni 49'	Report

2007 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

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iraq	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5
Australia	3	1	1	1	6	4	+2	4
Thailand	3	1	1	1	3	5	−2	4
Oman	3	0	2	1	1	3	−2	2

Australia	1–1	Oman
Cahill 90+2'	Report	Al-Maimani 32'

Oman	0–2	Thailand
	Report	Thonkanya 70', 78'

Oman	0–0	Iraq
	Report

2015 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

Pos	Team v t e	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

10 January 2015
South Korea	1–0	Oman	Canberra Stadium, Canberra
13 January 2015
Oman	0–4	Australia	Stadium Australia, Sydney
17 January 2015
Oman	1–0	Kuwait	Newcastle Stadium, Newcastle

2019 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

Pos	Team v t e	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

Uzbekistan	2–1	Oman
Ahmedov 34' Shomurodov 85'	Report	Mu. Al-Ghassani 72'

Oman	0–1	Japan
	Report	Haraguchi 28' (pen.)

Oman	3–1	Turkmenistan
Al-Mahaijri 20' Mu. Al-Ghassani 84' Al-Musalami 90+3'	Report	Annadurdyýew 41'

Knockout stage

Round of 16

Iran	2–0	Oman
Jahanbakhsh 32' Dejagah 41' (pen.)	Report

2023 Asian Cup

Oman were placed in Group F with Saudi Arabia, Thailand, and Kyrgyzstan. In the first match against Saudi Arabia, Oman took the lead in the 14th minute. However, they ended up losing with a stoppage time winner. In their second game, they played out a 0-0 with Thailand. In their last game, Oman took the lead early against Kyrgyzstan but could not hold on as the opposition equalized and therefore knocked Oman out of the competition.

Group F

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Saudi Arabia	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Thailand	3	1	2	0	2	0	+2	5
3	Oman	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
4	Kyrgyzstan	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1

Saudi Arabia	2–1	Oman
Ghareeb 78' Al-Bulaihi 90+6'	Report	Al-Yahyaei 14' (pen.)

Oman	0–0	Thailand
	Report

Kyrgyzstan	1–1	Oman
Kojo 80'	Report	Al-Ghassani 8'

Ranking of third-placed teams

Pos	Grp	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	E	Jordan	3	1	1	1	6	3	+3	4	Advance to knockout stage
2	C	Palestine	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
3	B	Syria	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	4
4	D	Indonesia	3	1	0	2	3	6	−3	3
5	F	Oman	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
6	A	China	3	0	2	1	0	1	−1	2

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.
3. "AFC Competition Operations Manual (Edition 2023)" (PDF). Asian Football Confederation.

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