Sultan Qaboos Cup

Sultan Qaboos Cup

Country	Oman
Confederation	AFC
Founded	1972
Number of teams	32
Current champions	Saham (2014–15)
Most championships	Fanja (9 titles)
TV partners	Oman Sports TV
2015–16 Sultan Qaboos Cup

The Sultan Qaboos Cup (Arabic: كأس السلطان قابوس‎) also known as the HM's Cup is Oman's premier knockout tournament in men's football. It was officially created in 1972 and the champions of that edition were Al-Ahli. Currently the most successful team in the league is Fanja SC with a total of nine titles to their name.

Sponsorship

On 4 March 2015, Oman's leading financial services provider, BankMuscat agreed to come on board as the Presenting Partner for the 2014–15 Sultan Qaboos Cup.^[1][2]

Championship History

As of 30 April 2016^{[3] [4]}

Year by year

Season	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1972	Al-Ahli (1)
1973	Sur (1)
1974	Al-Tali'aa (1)
1975	Fanja (1)
1976	Fanja (2)
1977	Dhofar (1)
1978	Fanja (3)
1979	Oman (1)
1980	Dhofar (2)
1981	Dhofar (3)
1982	Al-Ahli (2)
1983	Al-Ahli (3)
1984	Al-Ahli (4)
1985	Fanja (4)
1986	Fanja (5)
1987	Fanja (6)	Al-Nasr
1988	Al-Ahli (5)	Al-Nasr
1989	Fanja (7)
1990	Dhofar (4)
1991	Fanja (8)
1992	Sur (2)
1993	Al-Oruba (1)	Dhofar
1994	Oman (2)
1995	Al-Nasr (1)	Al-Ahli
1996	Al-Seeb (1)
1997	Al-Seeb (2)	Al-Oruba
1998	Al-Seeb (3)	Al-Ahli
1999	Dhofar (5)	Al-Nasr
2000	Al-Nasr (2)	Al-Oruba
2001	Al-Oruba (2)	Al-Nasr
2002	Al-Nasr (3)	Dhofar
2003	Ruwi (1)	Al-Seeb
2004	Dhofar (6)	Muscat	1 - 0
2005	Al-Nasr (4)	Al-Seeb	3 - 1
2006	Dhofar (7)	Sur	2 - 1
2007	Sur (3)	Muscat	1 - 1 a.e.t. (5–4 pen.)
2008	Al-Suwaiq (1)	Al-Nahda	1 - 0
2009	Saham (1)	Dhofar	2 - 2 a.e.t. (7–6 pen.)
2010	Al-Oruba (3)	Fanja	1 - 1 a.e.t. (5–3 pen.)
2011	Dhofar (8)	Al-Ittihad[5]	2 - 0
2012-13	Al-Suwaiq (2)	Al-Nahda[6]	2 - 0
2013-14	Fanja (9)	Al-Nahda[7]	2 - 0
2014-15	Al-Oruba (4)[8][9][10][11]	Sur	2 - 0
2015–16	Saham (2)[12][13][14]	Al-Khaboura	1 - 0

Cities

The following table lists the Oman Professional League champions by cities.

City	Titles	Winning Clubs
Salalah	12	Dhofar (8), Al-Nasr (4)
Fanja	9	Fanja (9)
Sur	8	Al-Oruba (4), Sur (3), Al-Tali'aa (1)
Muscat	6	Al-Seeb (3), Oman (2), Muscat (1)
Sidab	5	Al-Ahli (5)
Al-Suwaiq	2	Al-Suwaiq (2)
Saham	2	Saham (2)

Performance by club

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Winning Seasons
Fanja	9	1	1975, 1976, 1978, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1991, 2013-14
Dhofar	8	3	1977, 1980, 1981, 1990, 1999, 2004, 2006, 2011
Al-Ahli	5	2	1972, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1988
Al-Oruba	4	5	1993, 2001, 2010, 2014–15
Al-Nasr	4	2	1995, 2000, 2002, 2005
Al-Seeb Al-Oruba	3	2	1996, 1997, 1998
Sur	3	2	1973, 1992, 2007
Oman	2	0	1979, 1994
Al-Suwaiq	2	0	2008, 2012-13
Saham	2	0	2009, 2015–16
Muscat^*	1	2	2003
Al-Tali'aa	1	0	1974

^*Includes championships won by Ruwi.

See also

• Oman Professional League
• Oman Professional League Cup
• Oman Super Cup

References

1. "HM’s Cup: Bank Muscat to be presenting partner". MUSCATDAILY.COM.
2. "BANK MUSCAT SUPPORTING HIS MAJESTY'S CUP". ofa.om.
3. "Oman - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
4. "Oman Sultan Cup Winners List - Times Wons per Team". goalzz.com. line feed character in |title= at position 16 (help)
5. "Dhofar lift HM Cup for eighth time". Oman Tribune.
6. "SUWAIQ WINS HM’S CUP". Muscat Daily.
7. "Oman's Fanja club lifts His Majesty’s Cup". Times of Oman.
8. "Al Arouba clinch His Majesty's Cup for football". Times of Oman.
9. "Al Farsi brace lifts Al Orouba to HM Cup glory". Oman Observer.
10. "AL AROUBA BAGS DOMESTIC DOUBLE". Muscat Daily.
11. "Al Orouba club lifts His Majesty’s Cup". .ofa.om.
12. "SAHAM IS CHAMPION". Muscat Daily.
13. "Saham outlast Al Khabourah to lift His Majesty’s Cup". Times of Oman.
14. "يهدي صحم الكأس الغالية للمرة الثانية ..المرزوقي يطفىء نشوة الخابورة برأسية تاريخية". azamn.com.

External links

• Cup on soccerway.com
• Sultan Cup - Hailoosport.com (Arabic)
• Sultan Cup - Hailoosport.com