Immortal fist potato Queiroz, 13th job is Oman national team...Going to the World Cup finals for the fourth time in a row!
Jul 16, 2025
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The Oman Football Association (OFA) announced the appointment of Portuguese coach Queiroz on its official channel on the 15th (local time). 'Welcome Queiroz to become the head coach of the national team, and I hope he has a successful career in Oman.'"
The OFA immediately appointed Queiroz after a surprise raid on Rashid Jaber, an Omani coach who led the team for a year from 2024. As a result, Queiroz, who resigned from the Qatar national team in December 2023, returned to the field after a year and seven months.
One reason Oman appointed Queiroz is the World Cup. Oman ranked fourth in Group B in the third Asian qualifying round for the 2026 North-China World Cup and won a ticket to the fourth qualifying round with the nature of a consolation match.
In the fourth qualifying round, six teams, including Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Indonesia, will gather in Saudi Arabia and Qatar in October. Three teams will be divided into two groups, with two first-place teams in each group going straight to the World Cup finals, and two second-place teams in each group heading to the fifth qualifying round.
Oman (79th), the fifth-lowest FIFA ranking among the participating teams in the fourth qualifying round, showed a winning move with the appointment of Queiroz coach three months before the fourth qualifying round.
Coach Queiroz has led seven national teams over the past 30 years, including the United Arab Emirates (1999), South Africa (2000-2001), Portugal (1991-1993 and 2008-2010), Colombia (2019-2022), Iran (2011-2019, 2022), Egypt (2021-2022), and Qatar (2023).
Queiroz, who also led Portugal to the U-20 World Cup, served as Alex Ferguson's head coach at Manchester United and also played for clubs such as Sporting, Nagoya Grampers and Real Madrid.
In particular, he led Iran to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, the 2018 World Cup in Russia, and the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Oman has yet to take the World Cup stage.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
