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Women's football in Oman

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61:, a Syrian woman who became the first woman to coach a men's team in West Asia, expressed her desire to plant the women's football seed in Oman and has been working with the Omani officials to materialise this from the grassroots. In 2020, several progresses have been made with over 30 women's teams and 16 women's clubs in all level, though none of them have been professional so far. Currently, Oman has no official women's football league. 1055: 1065: 523: 467: 162: 148: 101:. 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. 68:
and appointed a new manager, in response to the growing interests toward women's football in the region. Due to the influence of Saudi Arabia in the regional nations of the GCC and the country's main newspaper, Arab News, have called for the development of women's football across the Arab countries,
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has struggled to coexist with their men's counterpart. Although Oman has made better progresses than some of her neighbours about women's rights and has a more relaxed law, women's sports, including football, remain obsolete for many Omani women by 2015.
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Several initiatives to promote football have been made as far as early 2000s, in which football is emphasised. In 2015, the OFA officially established the Women's Football Department. In 2018,
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held in Saudi Arabia; nonetheless this is also an indication of growing interest toward a potential official women's football team to be fully established by the Omani officials.
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it is expected that Oman may field a future women's national team. In response, at the same month, Oman began the process to establish a full-time women's football team.
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women's championship. Other countries participating in the tournament included Pakistan, Bahrain, Syria, Palestine, United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, Afghanistan.
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for the first time ever (which was wrongly labelled as its football team in various Omani media) to take part in the
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A club team representing the country participated in the fifth Arab Women's Futsal Championship in
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was officially established in 2015, with the formation of the Women's Football Department of the
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In August 2021, Oman's neighbour Saudi Arabia announced the creation of a new
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Like most of its Arab neighbours, including the fellow countries in the
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Index

Women's football
Oman
Oman Football Association
women's futsal team
2022 WAFF Women's Futsal Championship
Gulf Cooperation Council
women's sport in Oman
Maha Janoud
women's team
women's futsal team
2022 WAFF Women's Futsal Championship
Baroucher
Abu Dhabi
five-a-side
Amman
Oman women's national futsal team
2022 WAFF Women's Futsal Championship
Sports portal
icon
Association football portal
"Gender Discrimination in Oman: Women's Rights"
Women’s Day celebrations today
"Soccer is Still Out of Reach for Half the World's Women"
"Football: A Grassroots Approach to Exploring Female Empowerment in Oman"


"'Promising future awaited for women's football in Oman'"
"Pioneering Janoud breaking down barriers"
"Monika Staab appointed coach of Saudi women's national football team"
"Arab nations cannot afford to ignore the rise of women's football"

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