2007–08 Omani League

Omani League
Season 2007-08
Champions Al-Oruba
Relegated Al-Wahda
Oman
Bahla
AFC Cup Al-Oruba
Matches played 132
Goals scored 305 (2.31 per match)
Top goalscorer Brazil Aoerson D'Costa (9 goals)
Biggest home win Al-Oruba 4-0 Al-Seeb
(4 April 2008)
Biggest away win Al-Wahda 0-3 Al-Seeb
(6 December 2007)
Bahla 1-4 Dhofar
(3 January 2008)
Muscat 1-4 Al-Oruba
(27 March 2008)
Al-Tali'aa 1-4 Dhofar
(24 April 2008)
Highest scoring Al-Seeb 5-2 Bahla
(2 May 2008)
Al-Nahda 3-4 Al-Wahda
(8 May 2008)
Sur 5-2 Muscat
(9 May 2008)
Oman 4-3 Bahla
(14 March 2008)
Longest winning run (4 games)
Al-Khaboura
Longest unbeaten run (13 games)
Al-Oruba
Longest losing run (8 games)
Bahla

The 2007–08 Omani League was the 32nd edition of the top football league in Oman.[1] It began on 7 November 2007 and finished on 9 May 2008. Al-Nahda Club were the defending champions, having won the previous 2006–07 Omani League season. On Thursday, 8 May 2008, Al-Oruba SC won 4-2 away in their final league match against Oman Club and emerged as the champions of the 2007–08 Omani League with a total of 45 points.

Teams

This season the league had 12 teams. Mjees SC and Al-Salam SC were relegated to the Second Division League after finishing in the relegation zone in the 2006-07 season. The two relegated teams were replaced by Second Division League teams Oman Club and Al-Wahda SC.

Stadia and locations

Club Home city Stadium Capacity
Al-Khaboura Al-Khaboura Sohar Regional Sports Complex 19,000
Al-Nahda Al-Buraimi Nizwa Sports Complex 10,000
Al-Nasr Salalah Al-Saada Stadium / Salalah Sports Complex 12,000 / 8,000
Al-Oruba Sur Sur Sports Complex 8,000
Al-Seeb Seeb Seeb Stadium 14,000
Bahla Bahla Seeb Stadium 14,000
Al-Tali'aa Sur Sur Sports Complex 8,000
Dhofar Salalah Al-Saada Stadium / Salalah Sports Complex 12,000 / 8,000
Muscat Muscat Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex / Royal Oman Police Stadium 39,000 / 18,000
Oman Muscat Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex / Royal Oman Police Stadium 39,000 / 18,000
Al-Wahda
Sur Sur Sur Sports Complex 8,000

League table

As of 9 May 2008
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Al-Oruba (C) 22 13 6 3 36 16 +20 45 2009 AFC Cup group stage
2 Dhofar 22 10 8 4 32 16 +16 38
3 Al-Khaboura 22 9 7 6 29 2 +27 34
4 Al-Seeb 22 8 9 5 25 20 +5 33
5 Al-Nasr 22 8 9 5 19 19 0 33 2007 Gulf Club Champions Cup Group stage
6 Sur 22 7 10 5 28 23 +5 31
7 Al-Nahda 22 7 7 8 20 20 0 28
8 Muscat 22 7 6 9 18 27 9 27 2007 Gulf Club Champions Cup Group stage
9 Al Tali'aa 22 7 5 10 23 26 3 26
10 Al-Wahda (R) 22 6 7 9 25 34 9 25 Relegation Playoff
11 Oman (R) 22 5 6 11 27 39 12 21 Relegation to 2008–09 Oman First Division League
12 Bahla (R) 22 3 4 15 23 45 22 13

Updated to games played on 9 May 2008.
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

As of 9 May 2008
Home \ Away[1] ALK ALNH ALNALOALSBAHALTDHOMCTOMAWAHSUR
Al-Khaboura 00 11 12 00 31 10 21 20 30 11 22
Al-Nahda 10 02 20 11 00 00 01 20 10 34 11
Al-Nasr 02 21 01 02 22 21 11 00 00 22 10
Al-Oruba 11 41 01 40 01 11 41 20 42 10 00
Al-Seeb 11 01 00 01 52 10 20 00 20 11 11
Bahla 02 02 01 01 22 11 14 02 31 23 12
Al-Tali'aa 10 02 00 01 21 41 14 01 02 10 22
Dhofar 01 00 11 22 30 20 21 01 30 30 20
Muscat 21 10 01 14 01 10 13 00 11 12 11
Oman 12 21 41 24 11 43 32 13 01 00 24
Al-Wahda 32 21 01 02 03 10 02 13 22 11 11
Sur 21 00 10 00 01 23 01 00 52 20 21

Source:
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Season statistics

As of 9 May 2008

Top scorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Brazil Aoerson D'Costa Al-Oruba 9
2 Oman Hani Al-Dhabit Dhofar 8
3 Oman Hussain Al-Hadhri Dhofar 6
4 Oman Adel Muscat 5
Brazil Marsiel Al-Khaboura
6 Oman Haitham Masaoud Al-Oruba 4
Oman Mohammed Taqi Al-Lawati Muscat
Oman Issa Al-Balushi Al-Seeb
Oman Osama Hadid Al-Tali'aa
Oman Mohammed Al-Taib Al-Khaboura

Media coverage

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

References

  1. "ELITE LEAGUE". soccerway.com.

External links