2012–13 Oman Elite League

Omantel Elite League
Season2012–13
ChampionsAl-Suwaiq
RelegatedAl-Tali'aa
Oman
Salalah
AFC Champions League qualifiersAl-Suwaiq
2014 AFC CupFanja
Saham
Matches played182
Goals scored425 (2.34 per match)
Top goalscorerSenegal Ely Cissé (14 goals)
Biggest home winSaham 5–0 Fanja
(17 February 2013)
Biggest away winSalalah 0–6 Al-Shabab
(18 May 2013)
Highest scoringSur 2–5 Saham
(1 March 2013)
Longest winning run(5 games)
Al-Suwaiq
Longest unbeaten run(15 games)
Al-Suwaiq
Longest losing run(6 games)
Al-Seeb

The 2012–13 Oman Elite League (known as the Omantel Elite League for sponsorship reasons) was the 37th edition of the top football league in Oman.[1] It began on 4 October 2012 and was scheduled to finish on 19 May 2013, but for the second season running, the league title had to be decided by a playoff. Fanja SC were the defending champions, having won the previous 2011–12 Elite League season. Al-Suwaiq Club won the Championship Final match against Fanja 3–1 and emerged as the champions of the 2012–13 Oman Elite League.[2]

Teams

This season the league had increased from 12 to 14 teams. As a result, despite losing the relegation play-off to Al-Seeb Club, Salalah SC retained their place in the top division and Al-Musannah SC, whose 11th-place finish would have seen them relegated also retained their place in the top division. Ahli Sidab Club, however were relegated to the Second Division League. Saham SC and Al-Nasr S.C.S.C. were promoted to the Omani League (First Division) after finishing in the top two positions in the Second Division League in the 2011–12 season.

The winner qualified for the AFC Champions League qualifiers and the runner-up and the second runner-up qualified for the 2014 AFC Cup.

Stadia and locations

Club Home city Manager Stadium Capacity
Al-Musannah Al-Musannah Oman Suhail Al-Rashidi Seeb Stadium 14,000
Al-Nahda Al-Buraimi Oman Hamad Al-Azani Nizwa Sports Complex 10,000
Al-Nasr Salalah Algeria Zoheïr Djelloul Al-Saada Stadium / Salalah Sports Complex 12,000 / 8,000
Al-Oruba Sur Tunisia Omar Mazian Sur Sports Complex 8,000
Al-Seeb Seeb Seeb Stadium 14,000
Al-Shabab Barka Syria Mohammed Hawali (November 2012-February 2013)
Morocco Driss El Mrabet (June 2013-) 		Seeb Stadium 14,000
Al-Suwaiq Al-Suwaiq Seeb Stadium 14,000
Al-Tali'aa Sur Spain Hicham Jadran Ghazouani Sur Sports Complex 8,000
Dhofar Salalah Egypt Mokhtar Mokhtar Al-Saada Stadium / Salalah Sports Complex 12,000 / 8,000
Fanja Fanja Iraq Modhaffar Jabbar Seeb Stadium 14,000
Oman Muscat Oman Ibrahim Somar Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex / Royal Oman Police Stadium 39,000 / 18,000
Saham Saham Romania Aristică Cioabă Sohar Regional Sports Complex 19,000
Salalah* Salalah Al-Saada Stadium / Salalah Sports Complex 12,000 / 8,000
Sur Sur Sur Sports Complex 8,000

*Al-Hilal Salalah renamed Salalah in the close season

Foreign Players

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 AFC Player Former Players
Al-Musannah Brazil Marcinho Pitbull Yemen Salem Saeed Togo Francis Koné
Al-Nahda Brazil Paulo Júnior Brazil Valci Júnior Ivory Coast Jumaa Saeed Bahrain Jamal Rashid Togo Zakari Morou
Al-Nasr Jordan Khaled Saad Kenya Kepha Aswani Yemen Mohamed Asaad Benin Séidou Barazé
Morocco Jaouad Zairi

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Al-Suwaiq (C) 26 13 11 2 33 21 +12 50 2014 AFC Cup group stage[a]
2 Fanja 26 15 5 6 33 24 +9 50
3 Saham 26 13 9 4 40 19 +21 48 2014 GCC Champions League group stage
4 Al-Nahda 26 12 7 7 41 30 +11 43
5 Al-Nasr 26 10 10 6 39 29 +10 40
6 Dhofar 26 10 10 6 34 28 +6 40
7 Al-Oruba 26 8 11 7 26 22 +4 35
8 Al-Shabab 26 9 6 11 31 31 0 33
9 Al-Musannah 26 8 7 11 26 32 −6 31
10 Sur 26 7 9 10 26 30 −4 30
11 Al-Seeb 26 8 5 13 22 33 −11 29
12 Al-Tali'aa (R) 26 8 3 15 26 38 −12 27 Relegation Playoff
13 Oman (R) 26 7 3 16 25 38 −13 24 Relegation to 2013–14 Oman First Division League
14 Salalah (R) 26 3 6 17 23 50 −27 15
Updated to match(es) played on 19 May 2013. Source: League Table
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Al-Suwaiq played in the 2014 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off and failed to advance to the AFC Champions League group stage, hence entered the AFC Cup group stage.

Results

Home \ Away ALM ALNH ALN ALO ALS ALSH ALSU ALT DHO FAN OMA SAH SAL SUR
Al-Musannah 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 2–4 1–2 3–0 1–1 0–2 0–1 2–2 2–1
Al-Nahda 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 3–3 2–0 2–1 3–1 1–2 3–0 2–2 3–0 2–2
Al-Nasr 2–0 3–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 0–1 3–1 2–2 3–0 0–0
Al-Oruba 0–2 3–1 2–2 0–0 2–0 2–3 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–2 2–1 3–1 1–1
Al-Seeb 2–0 1–2 1–3 0–0 3–0 0–2 0–1 1–2 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–1
Al-Shabab 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 2–0 0–0
Al-Suwaiq 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–2
Al-Tali'aa 0–3 0–1 1–2 2–1 1–2 1–3 1–1 1–2 1–2 2–1 0–0 1–0 0–1
Dhofar 0–0 2–1 3–2 0–0 4–0 3–0 1–3 5–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–4 0–0
Fanja 3–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 3–1 1–2 0–2 0–2 1–0 1–2 1–0 3–1
Oman 3–0 1–2 0–3 0–1 1–2 0–3 0–1 0–2 3–0 5–0 4–1 1–1 2–1
Saham 1–0 0–2 3–0 1–0 3–0 3–1 1–1 0–2 3–0 5–0 4–1 3–1 2–1
Salalah 1–2 0–2 2–1 1–3 3–0 0–6 1–2 0–2 0–0 2–2 1–4 0–0 1–2
Sur 0–1 2–2 1–2 0–0 0–1 2–0 0–1 2–1 2–5 1–2 0–2 0–0 1–0
Updated to match(es) played on 19 May 2013. Source: Results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship play-off

Al-Suwaiq3–1Fanja
Al-Ghassani 11'
Al-Noufali 48', 74'		 Report Cissé 61' (pen.)

Promotion/relegation play-off

1st leg

Sohar0–0Al Tali'aa
Report

2nd leg

Al Tali'aa1–1Sohar
Report

Sohar secured promotion after winning on the away goals rule

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 19 May 2013[3]
Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Senegal Ely Cissé Fanja 14
2 Brazil Luomar Al-Shabab 12
3 Oman Qasim Said Al-Nasr 10
Bahrain Mehdi Abdul Jabbar Al-Tali'aa
5 Oman Mohammed Said Al-Shamsi Al-Nasr 9
Ivory Coast Juma Saeed Al-Nahda
Steve Paul Sur
8 Oman Yaqoob Abdul-Karim Saham 8
Oman Mohammed Al Mashaikhi Al-Nahda
Oman Hashim Saleh Al-Shabab
Togo Francis Koné Al-Musannah

Media coverage

Omantel Elite League Media Coverage
Country Television Channel Matches
 Oman Oman TV2 3 Matches per round

See also

References

  1. ^ "Omantel renews sponsorship deal with OFA". Archived from the original on 2012-04-01. Retrieved 2012-10-30.
  2. ^ "ELITE LEAGUE". soccerway.com.
  3. ^ "Scorers". goalzz.com.