2011–12 Oman Elite League

Omantel Elite League
Season 2011–12
Champions Fanja
Relegated Ahli Sidab
AFC Cup Fanja
Dhofar
Matches played 132
Goals scored 311 (2.36 per match)
Top goalscorer Oman Waleed Al-Saadi (14 goals)
Biggest home win Al-Suwaiq 4–0 Salalah
(29 April 2012)
Biggest away win Al-Musannah 1–5 Salalah
(27 January 2012)
Highest scoring Al-Nahda 4–3 Al-Musannah
(29 March 2012)
Al-Musannah 3–4 Oman
(14 April 2012)
Ahli Sidab 3–4 Al-Shabab
(4 May 2012)
Longest winning run (4 games)
Fanja
Longest unbeaten run (9 games)
Fanja
Longest losing run (4 games)
Al-Tali'aa
Al-Nahda
2012–13 →

The 2011–12 Oman Elite League (known as the Omantel Elite League for sponsorship reasons) was the 36th edition of the top football league in Oman.[1] It began on 25 September 2011 and was scheduled to finish on 19 May 2012, but for the first time in the history of Omani League, the league title had to be decided by a playoff. Al-Suwaiq Club were the defending champions, having won the previous 2010–11 Elite League season. On Monday, 21 May 2012, Fanja SC won the Championship Final match against Al-Shabab Club 7–6 on penalties after the match had ended 3–3 after extra time and emerged as the champions of the 2011–12 Oman Elite League.

Teams

This season the league had 12 teams. Saham SC and Al-Nasr S.C.S.C. were relegated to the Second Division League after finishing in the relegation zone in the 2010–11 season. Muscat Club were also relegated after losing the relegation/promotion playoff against Fanja SC. The winner qualified for 2013 AFC Cup. The three relegated teams were replaced by Second Division League winners Fanja SC (Group A) and Sur SC (Group B) and runners-up Al-Musannah SC (Group B).

Stadia and locations

Club Home city Stadium Capacity
Al-Musannah Al-Musannah Seeb Stadium 14,000
Al-Nahda Al-Buraimi Nizwa Sports Complex 10,000
Al-Oruba Sur Sur Sports Complex 8,000
Al-Shabab Barka Seeb Stadium 14,000
Ahli Sidab Sidab Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex 39,000
Al-Suwaiq Al-Suwaiq Sohar Regional Sports Complex 19,000
Al-Tali'aa Sur Sur Sports Complex 8,000
Dhofar Salalah Al-Saada Stadium / Salalah Sports Complex 12,000 / 8,000
Fanja Fanja Seeb Stadium 14,000
Oman Muscat Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex / Royal Oman Police Stadium 39,000 / 18,000
Al-Hilal Salalah Al-Saada Stadium 12,000
Sur Sur Sur Sports Complex 8,000

League Table

As of 19 May 2012
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Fanja (C) 22 12 7 3 31 19 +12 43 2013 AFC Cup group stage
2 Al-Shabab 22 13 4 5 28 19 +9 43 2012–13 GCC Champions League group stage
3 Al-Oruba 22 10 10 2 28 16 +12 40
4 Al-Tali'aa 22 9 5 8 23 22 +1 32
5 Dhofar 22 8 7 7 19 18 +1 31 2013 AFC Cup group stage1
6 Oman 22 9 3 10 24 25 1 30
7 Al-Suwaiq 22 7 7 8 30 22 +8 28
8 Sur 22 7 7 8 20 23 3 28
9 Al-Nahda 22 8 3 11 27 33 6 27
10 Al-Hilal 22 6 7 9 22 35 13 25 Relegation Playoff
11 Al-Musannah 22 6 4 12 35 39 4 22
12 Ahli Sidab (R) 22 3 4 15 24 40 16 13 Relegation to 2012–13 Oman First Division League

Updated to games played on 19 May 2012.
Source: League Table
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1Dhofar won the 2011 Sultan Qaboos Cup and qualified for the 2013 AFC Cup (final came too late for 2012 AFC Cup)
(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 19 May 2012
Home \ Away[1] ALM ALNH ALOALSHALHALSUALTDHOFANOMAALHISUR
Al-Musannah 12 11 02 21 03 32 22 23 34 30 11
Al-Nahda 43 12 12 10 10 32 01 12 21 11 10
Al-Oruba 11 42 00 31 11 10 00 10 21 12 11
Al-Shabab 01 20 02 02 21 22 02 22 10 10 01
Ahli Sidab 12 21 22 34 22 00 02 02 12 21 12
Al-Suwaiq 21 11 01 01 41 21 01 22 00 40 30
Al-Tali'aa 21 10 00 02 21 10 20 01 00 10 10
Dhofar 21 01 00 11 10 12 30 00 02 11 02
Fanja 21 31 10 01 21 11 11 20 21 00 21
Oman 10 32 01 02 10 10 21 01 10 11 12
Al-Hilal 15 21 22 01 21 22 03 10 23 21 10
Sur 21 00 02 12 22 10 01 11 00 21 11

Source: Results
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.

Championship Play-off

21 May 2012
18:00 UTC+4
Fanja 3–3 (7–6) Al-Shabab
Mohammed Mubarak  41'
Ely Cissé  105'
Amin Al-Mahaijri  123'
Report Hassan Rabia  17'
Youness Ouganna  91', 116'

Promotion/Relegation Play-off

1st Leg

25 May 2012
19:30 UTC+4
Al-Seeb 1 - 1 Al-Hilal
Azwar Al-Farsi  13' Report Aman  42'

2nd Leg

31 May 2012
19:30 UTC+4
Al-Hilal 2–3 Al-Seeb
Ali Al-Mahroon  11'
Roberto  30'
Report Hamad Al-Qaidhi  6'
Moosa  43'
Abdulaziz Al-Nofali  88'
Al-Saada Stadium, Salalah, Oman

Al Seeb secured promotion after winning 4:3 on aggregate In the 2012–13 season the league had increased from 12 to 14 teams. As a result, despite losing the relegation play-off to Al-Seeb Club, Al-Hilal 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.

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 19 May 2012[2]
Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Oman Waleed Al-Saadi Al-Suwaiq 14
2 Senegal Ely Cissé Fanja 9
3 Oman Ahmed Al-Alawi Al-Shabab 8
Morocco Youness Ouganna Al-Musannah
5 Oman Mohammed Al-Ghassani Al-Musannah 7
Tunisia Amin Al-Muhajri Fanja
Bahrain A'ala Hubail Al-Tali'aa
Oman Hashim Saleh Dhofar
Oman Mohammed Mubarek Al Hinai Fanja
10 Brazil Felipe Lohmann Al-Tali'aa 6
Oman Khalid Al-Saadi Al-Musannah
Burkina Faso Da Al-Nahda
Brazil Marco Aurelio Sur
Oman Hassan Rabia Al-Shabab

Media coverage

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

References

  1. "ELITE LEAGUE". soccerway.com.
  2. "Scorers". goalzz.com.

External links