In 2010, during the annual draw for the
Sultan Qaboos Cup, Sultan
Qaboos bin Said, the
Sultan of Oman, granted the
OFA an annual sum of 2.6 million
rial (approximately 6.7 million
dollars) till the year 2015 to further boost the development of the league. The move was made to nurture Oman's football youth, and create higher hopes of Oman qualifying for the
2014 FIFA World Cup. The deal is in addition to the annual 1.6 million rial that the Sultan gives to the OFA every year. Although being very popular in the local community, it was ranked according to the
AFC as a Class D football League till the
2012–13 season. Sayyid Khalid bin Hamid Al-Busaidi, OFA President, had already announced his organization's plan to transform the Omani Football League into a professional league by 2012, and also announced to change the league's name to the
Oman Mobile League. The interest from many companies such as
Nissan,
Shell and
Oman Mobile, was one of the main reasons why the league was expected to transform, under with the leadership of Sayyid Khalid. The contract was extended again for the
2011–12 season for another three years to be known as the
Omantel Elite League. In 2013, ahead of the
2013–14 season, it was announced that the league had taken the first steps to becoming fully professional. The Oman Football League got the seal of approval as a professional league on 1 September 2013 and will henceforth be called the Omantel Professional League (OPL). On 10 September 2014, one day before the first match of the
2014–15 season was played, Oman Football Association announced the extension of Omantel’s support for the country’s Professional League as its title sponsor. On 30 April 2016, OFA and the Public Authority for Radio and Television (PART) reached an agreement on TV broadcasting rights of all competitions and matches organised by OFA including those related to OPL and any other competitions and matches for three seasons. On 5 September 2016, the leading healthcare services provider in the Sultanate, Badr Al Samaa Group of Hospitals renewed their partnership with OFA for the 2016-17 Omani football season. On 8 September 2016, OFA confirmed that Omantel will be renewing their contract as the title sponsors of the OPL for the following three years, starting with the 2016-17 season until the 2018-19 season. ==Oman Professional League clubs (2024–25)==