Dhofar Club

The idea for the foundation of a club in Salalah began in the 1960s, resulting in various meetings among the town's people. The names considered for the new club were Al-Ahlia, Al-Nahda, Al-Arabi, and Al-Shoala, but the name to be chosen for the club was to be "Al-Shaab", literally translating to "The People", and in 1968 the new club was finally founded. Two years later, the young club merged with the neighboring club Al-Shoala from the Dahariz district of Salalah and was re-founded as Dhofar in 1970 appointing Salim Al-Kathiri as the club's first president, a position he held until 1975. Officially, the club was founded on 20 May 1972 and was registered on 26 June 2002. Dhofar is the most successful club in the Omani League with a total of eleven championships and ten Sultan Qaboos Cup titles to their name. Dhofar have also reached the final of the 1995–1996 Gulf Club Champions Cup, only losing to Saudi giants, Al-Nassr. The club has never been relegated to second division. They have a long lasting rivalry with neighbours Al-Nasr S.C. Although being relatively younger in foundation than many other Arab clubs, which generally were founded in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, Dhofar has been ranked as the 30th most successful club title-wise in the Arab World with a total of 19 titles. Dhofar, along with the neighbours Al-Nasr have been generally labelled as the front runners of the Omani League, but as seen in the recent seasons, both the clubs performed horribly with Dhofar…

Below is the official presidential history of Dhofar S.C.S.C., from when Salim Annou Al-Kathiri took over at the club in 1970, until the present day.

National titles

Oman Professional League (11): Winners 1982–83, 1984–85, 1989–90, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1998–99, 2000–01, 2004–05, 2016–17, 2018–19 Runners-up 1987–88, 2002–03, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2019–20 Oman First Division League (1): Winners 2024-25 Sultan Qaboos Cup (11): Winners 1977, 1980, 1981, 1990, 1999, 2004, 2006, 2011, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2023–24 Runners-up 1984, 1993, 2009 Oman Professional League Cup (3): Winners 1990–91 2012–13, 2018–19 Runners-up 2014–15 Oman Super Cup (5): Winners 1999, 2001, 2017, 2019, 2025 Runners-up 2000, 2005, 2012 The Elite tournament (1): winners 2005

Youth and friendly

Gulf Club Champions Cup U-17 (1): Winners 1994 Bani Yas International Tournament (1): Winners 2014