2014–15 Oman Professional League
The 2014–15
Teams
This season the league has 14 teams.
The winner and the runner-up will qualify for the 2016 AFC Cup.
Stadiums and locations
- 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
|
Sherif El-Khashab | Hassan Khadoom Al-Hosni | Kelme | |
Al-Musannah
|
Musabah Al-Saadi | Abdullah Al-Hindasi | Adidas | |
Al-Nahda | Bernardo Tavares | Arif Al-Balushi | Kelme | Al-Buraimi University College |
Al-Nasr
|
Edo Flego | Mouhamed Ablaye Gaye | Kelme | Shanfari Marble |
Al-Oruba | Philippe Burle | Hassan Mudhafar Al-Gheilani | Uhlsport | |
Al-Seeb | Emad Dahbour | Abdullah Al-Shuain Al-Saadi | Adidas | |
Al-Shabab
|
Waleed Zaid Al-Saadi | Jaber Al-Owaisi | Kelme | |
Al-Suwaiq
|
Abderrazak Khairi | Yousuf Abdullah Al-Saadi | Uhlsport | Fatik |
Bowsher
|
Željko Markov | Amin Al-Majri | Nike | |
Dhofar
|
Grigore Sichitiu | Nabil Ashoor | Nike | Oasis Grace L.L.C. |
Fanja | Abdulraheem Al-Hajri | Ahmed Hadid Al-Mukhaini | Uhlsport | |
Saham
|
Branko Smiljanić | Yaqoob Al-Qasmi | Uhlsport | |
Sohar | Thair Adnan | Ahmed Abu Halawa | Kelme | |
Sur | Youssef Al-Rafaly | Belal Abduldaim | Adidas |
Managerial changes
Club | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Al-Musannah
|
Dženis Ćosić[9] | Resigned | 7 February 2015[10] | Musabah Al-Saadi | 8 February 2015[11] |
Al-Nahda | Mohsin Al-Balushi[12][13] | Resigned | 15 February 2015[14][15] | Bernardo Tavares | 15 February 2015 |
Al-Nasr
|
Marinko Koljanin | Sacked | 13 March 2015[16] | Edo Flego | 13 March 2015 |
Al-Oruba | Senad Kreso | Sacked | 5 September 2014 | Fahad Al-Araimi[17] | 5 September 2014[18][19] |
Al-Oruba | Fahad Al-Araimi | Resigned | 5 October 2014[20][21][22][23] | Philippe Burle | 8 October 2014[24][25][26] |
Al-Seeb | Jaroslav Horak[27][28][29] | Sacked | 29 September 2014[30][31] | Ali Al-Khanbashi | 29 September 2014 |
Al-Seeb | Ali Al-Khanbashi | Caretaker role finished | 2 December 2014 | Emad Dahbour | 2 December 2014 |
Al-Shabab
|
Mubarak Al-Gheilani | Sacked | 9 April 2015[32][33] | Waleed Zaid Al-Saadi | 9 April 2015 |
Al-Suwaiq
|
Musabah Al-Saadi[34] | Sacked | 20 November 2014 | Abderrazak Khairi | 25 November 2014[35] |
Bowsher
|
Thair Adnan | Sacked | 6 December 2014 | Jamal Nabi Al-Balushi | 6 December 2014 |
Bowsher
|
Jamal Nabi Al-Balushi | Caretaker role finished | 10 January 2015 | Željko Markov | 10 January 2015[36] |
Dhofar
|
Petre Gigiu | Sacked | 30 December 2014 | Grigore Sichitiu | 30 December 2014[37] |
Fanja | Guglielmo Arena | Mutual Consent | 31 December 2014[38] | Slobodan Pavković | 11 January 2015[39] |
Fanja | Slobodan Pavković | Resigned | 7 March 2015[40] | Abdulraheem Al-Hajri | 7 March 2015 |
Saham
|
Immad Eddine Khankan[41][42][43] | Mutual Consent | 6 October 2014[44][45] | Yaqoob Ismail | 6 October 2014 |
Saham
|
Yaqoob Ismail | Caretaker role finished | 21 November 2014 | Branko Smiljanić | 21 November 2014[46] |
Sohar | Adnan Al-Shuaibat | Sacked[47] | 4 October 2014 | Ibrahim Al-Balushi | 4 October 2014 |
Sohar | Ibrahim Al-Balushi | Resigned | 23 April 2015[48][49][50] | Thair Adnan | 27 April 2015[51] |
Sur | Zijad Švrakić | Sacked | 5 February 2015 | 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.
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] |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ 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]
- ^ 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
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose