2014–15 Oman Professional League

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Dhofar
(29 October 2014)
Longest winning run(5 games)
Sur
Fanja
Longest unbeaten run(10 games)
Al-Oruba
Longest losing run(7 games)
Al-Nahda
All statistics correct as of 28 May 2015.

The 2014–15

Al-Suwaiq Club at the Al-Seeb Stadium. Al-Oruba who had beaten Sohar SC, 1–0 on Friday took their tally to 48 points from 23 matches, gaining an unassailable lead of eight points ahead of second-placed Sur. Sur, which needed to win on Saturday to keep their title hopes alive, and settled for one point to take its tally to 40 points, helping the fierce rivals from Sur city to win their 4th domestic title.[4][5][6][7][8]

Teams

This season the league has 14 teams.

Bowsher Club
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The winner and the runner-up will qualify for the 2016 AFC Cup.

Stadiums and locations

Al-Suwaiq
Locations of teams in the 2014–15 Omani League
Note: Table lists clubs in alphabetical order.
Club Home city Stadium Capacity
Al-Khabourah SC
Al-Khaburah Nizwa Sports Complex 10,000
Al-Musannah SC
Al-Musannah Al-Seeb Stadium 14,000
Al-Nahda Al-Buraimi Al-Buraimi Sports Complex 10,000
Al-Nasr S.C.S.C.
Salalah
Al-Saada Stadium / Salalah Sports Complex
12,000
Al-Oruba SC Sur Sur Sports Complex 8,000
Al-Seeb Club
Al-Seeb
Al-Seeb Stadium 14,000
Al-Shabab Club
Barka Al-Seeb Stadium 14,000
Al-Suwaiq Club
Al-Suwaiq Al-Seeb Stadium 14,000
Bowsher Club
Bowsher Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex / Royal Oman Police Stadium 39,000
Dhofar S.C.S.C.
Salalah
Al-Saada Stadium / Salalah Sports Complex
12,000
Fanja SC Fanja Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex / Royal Oman Police Stadium 39,000
Saham SC
Saham Sohar Regional Sports Complex 19,000
Sohar SC Sohar Sohar Regional Sports Complex 19,000
Sur SC Sur Sur Sports Complex 8,000

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Al-Khabourah
Egypt Sherif El-Khashab Oman Hassan Khadoom Al-Hosni Kelme
Al-Musannah
Oman Musabah Al-Saadi Oman Abdullah Al-Hindasi Adidas
Al-Nahda Portugal Bernardo Tavares Oman Arif Al-Balushi Kelme Al-Buraimi University College
Al-Nasr
Croatia Edo Flego Senegal Mouhamed Ablaye Gaye Kelme Shanfari Marble
Al-Oruba France Philippe Burle Oman Hassan Mudhafar Al-Gheilani Uhlsport
Al-Seeb Syria Emad Dahbour Oman Abdullah Al-Shuain Al-Saadi Adidas
Al-Shabab
Oman Waleed Zaid Al-Saadi Oman Jaber Al-Owaisi Kelme
Al-Suwaiq
Morocco Abderrazak Khairi Oman Yousuf Abdullah Al-Saadi Uhlsport Fatik
Bowsher
Serbia Željko Markov Tunisia Amin Al-Majri Nike
Dhofar
Romania Grigore Sichitiu Oman Nabil Ashoor Nike Oasis Grace L.L.C.
Fanja Oman Abdulraheem Al-Hajri Oman Ahmed Hadid Al-Mukhaini Uhlsport
Saham
Serbia Branko Smiljanić Oman Yaqoob Al-Qasmi Uhlsport
Sohar Iraq Thair Adnan Jordan Ahmed Abu Halawa Kelme
Sur Morocco Youssef Al-Rafaly Syria Belal Abduldaim Adidas

Managerial changes

Club Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Incoming manager Date of appointment
Al-Musannah
Bosnia and Herzegovina Dženis Ćosić[9] Resigned 7 February 2015[10] Oman Musabah Al-Saadi 8 February 2015[11]
Al-Nahda Oman Mohsin Al-Balushi[12][13] Resigned 15 February 2015[14][15] Portugal Bernardo Tavares 15 February 2015
Al-Nasr
Croatia Marinko Koljanin Sacked 13 March 2015[16] Croatia Edo Flego 13 March 2015
Al-Oruba Bosnia and Herzegovina Senad Kreso Sacked 5 September 2014 Oman Fahad Al-Araimi[17] 5 September 2014[18][19]
Al-Oruba Oman Fahad Al-Araimi Resigned 5 October 2014[20][21][22][23] France Philippe Burle 8 October 2014[24][25][26]
Al-Seeb Czech Republic Jaroslav Horak[27][28][29] Sacked 29 September 2014[30][31] Oman Ali Al-Khanbashi 29 September 2014
Al-Seeb Oman Ali Al-Khanbashi Caretaker role finished 2 December 2014 Syria Emad Dahbour 2 December 2014
Al-Shabab
Oman Mubarak Al-Gheilani Sacked 9 April 2015[32][33] Oman Waleed Zaid Al-Saadi 9 April 2015
Al-Suwaiq
Oman Musabah Al-Saadi[34] Sacked 20 November 2014 Morocco Abderrazak Khairi 25 November 2014[35]
Bowsher
Iraq Thair Adnan Sacked 6 December 2014 Oman Jamal Nabi Al-Balushi 6 December 2014
Bowsher
Oman Jamal Nabi Al-Balushi Caretaker role finished 10 January 2015 Serbia Željko Markov 10 January 2015[36]
Dhofar
Romania Petre Gigiu Sacked 30 December 2014 Romania Grigore Sichitiu 30 December 2014[37]
Fanja Italy Guglielmo Arena Mutual Consent 31 December 2014[38] Serbia Slobodan Pavković 11 January 2015[39]
Fanja Serbia Slobodan Pavković Resigned 7 March 2015[40] Oman Abdulraheem Al-Hajri 7 March 2015
Saham
Syria Immad Eddine Khankan[41][42][43] Mutual Consent 6 October 2014[44][45] Oman Yaqoob Ismail 6 October 2014
Saham
Oman Yaqoob Ismail Caretaker role finished 21 November 2014 Serbia Branko Smiljanić 21 November 2014[46]
Sohar Jordan Adnan Al-Shuaibat Sacked[47] 4 October 2014 Oman Ibrahim Al-Balushi 4 October 2014
Sohar Oman Ibrahim Al-Balushi Resigned 23 April 2015[48][49][50] Iraq Thair Adnan 27 April 2015[51]
Sur Bosnia and Herzegovina Zijad Švrakić Sacked 5 February 2015 Morocco Youssef Al-Rafaly 5 February 2015

Foreign players

Restricting the number of foreign players strictly to four per team, including a slot for a player from AFC countries. A team could use four foreign players on the field during each game including at least one player from the AFC country.

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 AFC player Former players
Al-Khabourah
Egypt Ahmed Salama TBD Syria Samer Salem Syria Nasouh Al Nakdali
Al-Musannah
Brazil David da Silva Brazil Jarlisson Pereira Brazil Igor Carneiro Luiz Syria Mahmoud Al-Youssef Egypt Mohammed El-Shazly
Al-Nahda Nigeria Daniel Odafin Mauritania Ely Cheikh Voullany Tunisia Montassar Lahfidhi Jordan Ahmed Hatamleh Cameroon Moustapha Moctar Belbi
Al-Nasr
Senegal Mouhamed Ablaye Gaye Ivory Coast Mechac Koffi
Jamal Mohammed
Hamza Salameh
Serbia Đorđe Vukobrat
Syria Abdulkader Mjarmesh
Al-Oruba Spain Ángel Carrascosa Muñoz Nigeria Hammed Adesope
Pedro Henrique Oliveira
Brazil Guilherme Morano
Al-Seeb Tanzania Juma Mpongo TBD Syria Mohannad Ibrahim Syria Khaled Al-Brijawi Syria Ahmad Haj Mohamad
Croatia Srdjan Vidakovic
Al-Shabab
Brazil Lucas Gaúcho Brazil Douglas Silveira Brazil Kléber dos Santos Silva Syria Amro Jenyat Brazil Marcelo Pereira Silva
Syria Rabea Mohammed Abdullah
Al-Suwaiq
Ivory Coast Abdoulaye Koffi Mali Aboubacar Magassa Morocco Youssef El Basri Yemen Mohammed Ebrahim Ayash
Bowsher
Tunisia Amin Al-Majri Nigeria Stephen Worgu TBD GhanaKyrgyzstan Elijah Ari Morocco Miloud Ennakhli
Morocco Moghny Reda
Dhofar
Fernando Lopes Alcântara
Nigeria Felix Ogbuke Ivory Coast Blaise Kouassi Syria Mosab Balhous Brazil Washington Assis
Brazil Igor Carneiro Luiz
Fanja Nigeria Ike Thankgod Senegal Ibrahima Ndione Morocco Bilal Danguir TBD France Maxime Belouet
Syria Mardik Mardikian
Saham
Vinícius da Silva Salles
TBD TBD
Ziad Al-Samad
Ivory Coast Abdoulaye Koffi
Bosnia and Herzegovina Delimir Bajić
BrazilItaly Vítor Huvos
Sohar Brazil António José Da Silveira Júnior Brazil Roberto de Jesus Metzker Ghana Courage Pekuson Jordan Ahmed Abu Halawa
Mohamad Fares
Syria Mahmoud Al-Youssef
Sur
Tiago Chulapa
Syria Belal Abduldaim Syria Ahmad Omaier Syria Adel Abdullah

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Al-Oruba (C) 26 15 4 7 33 23 +10 49 2016 AFC Cup group stage
2 Fanja 26 14 5 7 41 33 +8 47
3 Sur 26 13 7 6 37 26 +11 46
2016 GCC Champions League group stage
4
Al-Nasr
26 11 8 7 45 30 +15 41
5
Dhofar
26 9 11 6 41 32 +9 38[a][b]
6
Al-Khabourah
26 10 7 9 34 31 +3 37
7 Al-Nahda 26 10 6 10 39 35 +4 36[a]
8
Al-Musannah
26 8 9 9 40 36 +4 33
9
Saham
26 9 5 12 36 35 +1 32
10
Al-Shabab
26 8 8 10 34 38 −4 32
11
Al-Suwaiq
26 8 7 11 29 41 −12 31
12 Sohar 26 6 13 7 25 30 −5 31 Relegation Playoff
13
Bowsher
(R)
26 4 9 13 23 47 −24 21 Relegation to 2015–16 Oman First Division League
14 Al-Seeb (R) 26 3 9 14 22 42 −20 18[b]
Updated to match(es) played on 28 May 2015. Source: League Table
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b On 11 December 2014, defending champions Al-Nahda failed to turn up against Dhofar in an OPL match at the Al-Saada Stadium in Salalah; the Oman Professional League's Disciplinary Committee handed the result of the abandoned match in favour of Dhofar (3-0) and docked Al-Nahda a total of nine points - three for skipping the 11 December fixture and six more as penalty.[52] However, on 21 May 2015, OFA's Court of Arbitration announced the verdict to reinstate Al-Nahda's six points that were docked after it pulled out of the OPL match against Dhofar and also announced that a rematch must be played between the two teams on 28 May 2015 at the Al-Saada Stadium in Salalah.[53][54][55][56]
  2. ^
    2015 GCC Champions League and thus consequently the date of the fixture was changed from 25 May 2015 to 24 May 2015.[57]

Results

Clubs season-progress

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Saham
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Updated to match(es) played on 28 May 2015. Source: Clubs Season-Progress

W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose