2012–13 Oman Elite League

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The 2012–13

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

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-Suwaiq
3–1Fanja
Al-Ghassani 11'
Al-Noufali 48', 74'		 Report Cissé 61' (pen.)
Muscat, Oman

Promotion/relegation play-off

1st leg

19:30 UTC+4
Al Tali'aa
Report

2nd leg

Al Tali'aa
1–1Sohar
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
Yaqoob Abdul-Karim
Saham
 8
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.
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