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Amman: Czech Jaroslav Celavi, coach of our national football team, expressed his great happiness with the launch of the national campaign to support the Reds during their upcoming journey in the third stage of the Asian qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup, which will be held in the United States, Mexico and Canada. The Czech coach praised the media campaign that took the slogan “We are all with you” as its title, and in this regard he commented, saying: I am very happy to launch this media campaign to support our national team during its upcoming journey in the World Cup qualifiers, and there is no doubt that its repercussions will be positive on the players’ performance on the field, inspiring them with great moral motivation, in addition to the factor of the great public support that the team will be surrounded by during the matches of the next stage of the World Cup qualifiers.

Motivate players

The Czech coach added that the media campaign that was unveiled today will have a positive impact in motivating the players and raising their expectations and aspirations during the next stage of the qualifiers. I expect that the scope of the campaign’s impact will expand to include all segments and classes of loyal Omani fans, so that its echo will resonate in all governorates of the Sultanate of Oman from the far north in Musandam Governorate to the far south in Dhofar Governorate. This is our ambition from this campaign, which is considered a kind gesture and a positive initiative by the officials and those in charge of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Youth, the Oman Football Association, and the rest of the relevant sports sectors and institutions and the direct relationship.

The speech of our national football team coach came during the national campaign launched by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Youth in cooperation with the Oman Football Association to support the Reds during their anticipated journey in the third stage of the Asian qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup. The ceremony included many segments and visual presentations, as a visual presentation was given about the national football team and its journey in the qualifiers. A video was also shown about the national team’s first participation in the U-17 World Cup finals held in Ecuador in 1995, in which the team achieved great results that enabled it to qualify for the semi-finals, before competing with the Argentine team for third and fourth place. Our team was satisfied with fourth place. The team player, Mohammed bin Amer Al Kathiri, was chosen as the best player in the tournament, and the Asian Federation also chose him as the best youth in Asia for the same year. The ceremony also included a visual presentation about the loyal Omani fans who supported the journey of the national football team in any tournament and anywhere.

Achieving the World Cup dream

Chelafi urged the sports community in the Sultanate of Oman to contribute and participate effectively in promoting the slogan of the media campaign supporting the national team during its upcoming journey in the third stage of the World Cup qualifiers. In this regard, he said: Everyone must follow the example of the Oman Football Association and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Youth in devoting the principles of the lofty national unity from which the media campaign to support the national team emerged. From this platform, I appeal to all those concerned in the government and private sectors to rally around the national team during the upcoming stage of the qualifiers due to the sensitivity of the stage and its extreme importance, as we all aspire to achieve the World Cup dream for the first time in the history of Omani football, which is undoubtedly a great goal that we aim to achieve through the cohesion and concerted efforts of all.

The Czech coach continued, saying: We hope that the campaign will be widely popular among all segments of Omani society in the coming period, so that it will positively contribute to pushing the Reds forward and give us the green light to unleash our unparalleled optimism and enthusiasm during the qualifying matches. This will certainly not be achieved except with the efforts of the sports system and the integration of its roles, duties and responsibilities that it will undertake during the coming period.

Chelafi expressed his confidence and optimism about the Reds’ chances of qualifying for the World Cup finals for the first time in their history. In this regard, he explained, “We are clinging to our hopes and chances of qualifying for the World Cup finals for the first time in the history of Omani football. From my humble personal point of view, I see that our chances of qualifying are there, given the closeness of the chances and levels between all the teams in all three groups, which enhances expectations of fierce competition and a heated and raging race to snatch one of the eight tickets to qualify for the World Cup finals. This is a legitimate right for all teams, of course, and we will fight to reserve our World Cup seat according to our capabilities and available potential.”

The Czech coach continued his speech by saying: I am filled with optimism and endless confidence in the capabilities and potential of the Red Men, who will inevitably fight to achieve their dream and the dream of the Omani fans to qualify for the historic World Cup, and they will not spare a drop of sweat in order to achieve this dream. Accordingly, we will accelerate the pace of effort and work as much as possible to be worthy of the Omani fans’ trust and confidence in us. We hope to be present on time and strongly and not to disappoint them. All we hope for during the next stage is for everyone to stand up, mobilize and rally around the national team, in order to achieve our aspirations and goals in achieving the desired historic dream.

Consecrating the principles of national unity

For his part, Eng. Sultan bin Suleiman Al Ismaili, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Fanja Club, appreciated the national campaign that was launched the night before last at the W Hotel in Qurum in the capital, Muscat, which aims to support the national football team during its upcoming journey in the third stage of the Asian qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup in the United States of America, Mexico and Canada.

Commenting on the campaign’s repercussions and positive indicators, Al-Ismaili said: “Without a doubt, we are happy to launch this national campaign that expresses the embodiment of the bonds of national unity between all sectors and relevant sports institutions. Special thanks go to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Youth and the Oman Football Association for this wonderful gesture and kind initiative represented in launching this campaign, which we hope will resonate during the next stage of the qualifiers to include all spectrums and segments of Omani society.”

Al-Ismaili added, “What is remarkable about this national campaign is that it urges all public and private sectors to actively contribute to promoting it during the national team’s matches, so that everyone is involved in this responsibility and national duty based on genuine partnership and fruitful cooperation between all relevant and direct parties and institutions, especially sports.”

He continued, saying: The campaign enshrines the principles of national unity among all parties and calls for activating the responsible partnership between the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Youth, the Oman Football Association and the sports media, by contributing and cooperating with the masses as well.

Al-Ismaili called on the Omani sports media to be rational, objective and realistic in dealing with the levels and results of our national team during the next stage of the World Cup qualifiers, so that the presentation would be more balanced, objective and rational in a way that would positively contribute to correcting the Reds’ path in the qualifiers, urging them to be patient and wise in a way that is parallel and in harmony with the ceiling of
ambitions and aspirations of the sports community in general.

Al-Ismaili sent supportive messages to the technical and administrative staff of the national team during the next stage of the World Cup qualifiers, which included broad lines to the effect of assuming a great deal of responsibility placed on their shoulders, noting in the same context that the national team is a trust in their necks and they must bear the consequences of this trust and the grave responsibility due to the high ceiling of expectations and aspirations of the sports community after raising the share of Asian teams qualifying for the World Cup to eight and a half seats, and on this basis they are required to double the pace of efforts to the maximum possible degree to achieve the desired goal, which if achieved will quench the thirst of the dreaming and thirsty Omani fans after a long wait that lasted for lean years.

He added: The media discourse must be more profound, clear and transparent during the next stage. Likewise, the Red players must show the utmost caution stemming from a sense of participatory national responsibility. They must all be aware of the great importance of the national team’s logo, which requires the cooperation and concerted efforts of everyone during the next stage, in which there is no escape from achieving the aspirations of reaching the historic World Cup dream.

The Chairman of Fanja Club added: The integration of the roles of the sports system and the cohesion of individuals, companies and institutions during the coming stage will consolidate and establish a new construction phase in the history of the national team that will become a source of praise and a successful example for all successive and successive generations, whose resolve will not waver as long as they maintain their unity, cohesion and solidarity as one solid structure.

Commenting on the national team’s chances and fortunes during the next stage of the qualifiers, Ismaili explained, saying: “I am extremely optimistic about our national team’s ability to book a historic ticket to the World Cup finals for the first time in its history, but the task will not be easy, of course, because it requires concerted and unified efforts during the next stage. I am confident and certain that the players are aware of the magnitude and size of the responsibility placed on their shoulders and will certainly not spare any effort or a drop of sweat in order to subjugate the desired historic dream and crystallize this dream into a reality and a truth as bright as the sun from its east.”

Al-Ismaili continued his speech by saying: “Due to my closeness to the officials in the Oman Football Association, I have noticed during the past few days a noticeable positive movement in the corridors of the association regarding activating the marketing mechanism and promoting the media campaign, which has begun to receive unprecedented attention and support at all levels and aspects, which sends out positive implicit signals indicating comfort and great optimism during the coming stage, which we hope will be crowned with success and achieve the dream of every Omani living on this good and generous land.”

Positive initiative

National coach and analyst Nasser Al-Hajri praised the launch of the national campaign to support the national team during the third stage of the Asian qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup finals scheduled to be held in the United States, Mexico and Canada, describing it as a positive gesture and initiative that supports the Reds’ chances in their matches during the next stage of the qualifiers, and contributes to raising the ceiling of expectations and ambitions high in a manner consistent with the importance of the same stage, also describing it as a national project with integrated frameworks and clear features and pillars.

Al-Hajri said in press statements to “Oman” following the conclusion of the launch of the identity of the national campaign to support our national team in its upcoming mission in the third stage of the World Cup qualifiers, which carried a prominent slogan under the title “We are all with you”: We are approaching a decisive turning point in our journey in the World Cup qualifiers, and the launch of this media campaign came at an appropriate time to keep pace with, be consistent and compatible with the plans, goals, hopes and aspirations of the Reds during the next stage of the qualifiers.

He continued, saying: We hope that this campaign will inspire great morale among the players and the technical and administrative staff of the national team, led by the experienced Czech coach Jaroslav Celavi, considering that the next stage requires raising the banner of challenge at all levels and levels. God willing, the victorious efforts will contribute to overcoming obstacles and challenges in a way that pleases the entire sports community and quenches the thirst of the Omani fans who are eager to achieve the historic qualification to the World Cup.

He added: The responsibility lies with everyone to support the national team during the next stage of the Asian qualifiers for the World Cup finals, whether it is the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Youth, the Oman Football Association, the players, or the technical and administrative staff of the national team. The same applies to the Omani fans who may play a pivotal and decisive role in tipping the balance in favor of the Reds, especially in the matches that they will play on their home ground.

Regarding the Reds’ chances of achieving the historic equation of qualifying for the World Cup, Al-Hajri commented, saying: “I am optimistic about the Reds’ chances of qualifying for the World Cup finals for the first time in their history, given that the share of Asian teams’ seats has been raised to eight and a half seats, which contributes positively to raising the ceiling of our expectations, ambitions and aspirations. In addition, the levels of the teams competing with us in the same group are close, which makes the equation of qualifying completely possible, and the dream of reaching the World Cup is within reach based on the current data.”

Al-Hajri added: We must also strive to invest in the home-field advantage and the fans in the next stage of the qualifiers, considering that this vital factor may make the difference in tipping the balance in favor of our national team over other competing teams in the same group, such as Iraq, Jordan, Palestine and Kuwait. I have full confidence in the ability of the Red Men to overcome the ruggedness of the difficulties and to overcome all the obstacles, bumps and thorny tests that they will encounter in the upcoming journey in the qualifiers.

The importance of the next stage

The launch of the campaign, in which Al-Ahmar and the sports community hope to achieve the desired goal in the end, which is to attend the World Cup for the first time, as well as the importance of the next stage in the journey of Omani football, and in search of a dream that has been long awaited for decades, which is to attend among the big teams in the 2026 World Cup. The national team will begin its journey in the qualifiers against the Iraqi team at Basra International Stadium through the exciting match that will bring them together on September 5, while it will play in the second match against the South Korean team in Muscat on September 10 at the Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex in Bousher, while it will play its third match against Kuwait in Muscat on October 10, and travel to meet Jordan in the capital Amman on October 15, and receive Palestine in Muscat on November 14, while in the second leg the national team will receive its Iraqi counterpart in Muscat on November 19, then leave for Seoul to meet South Korea on March 20, 2025, and play against Kuwait in Kuwait on March 25, then receive Jordan in Muscat on June 5, 2025, and conclude His journey with Palestine outside the country on June 10, 2025.

Our national team topped its group in the last stage of the qualifiers with (13) points, fol
lowed by the Kyrgyzstan team with (11) points, then Malaysia with (10) points, and Chinese Taipei with no points. Two technical teams have supervised its training so far, after it started with Branko in the matches against Chinese Taipei and Kyrgyzstan (first leg), before the Czech coach Jaroslav Chelavy, coach of our national football team, was brought in, who achieved (10) points out of (12) with the team, putting it in the lead.