2012–13 Oman Elite League

Omantel Elite League
Season 2012–13
Champions Al-Suwaiq
Relegated Al-Tali'aa
Oman
Salalah
AFC Champions League qualifiers Al-Suwaiq
2014 AFC Cup Fanja
Saham
Matches played 182
Goals scored 425 (2.34 per match)
Top goalscorer Senegal Ely Cissé (14 goals)
Biggest home win Saham 5–0 Fanja
(17 February 2013)
Biggest away win Salalah 0–6 Al-Shabab
(18 May 2013)
Highest scoring Sur 2–5 Saham
(1 March 2013)
Longest winning run (5 games)
Al-Suwaiq
Longest unbeaten run (15 games)
Al-Suwaiq
Longest losing run (6 games)
Al-Seeb

The 2012–13 Oman Elite League (known as the Omantel Elite League for sponsorship reasons) was the 37th edition of the top football league in Oman.[1] It began on 4 October 2012 and was scheduled to finish on 19 May 2013, but for the second season running, the league title had to be decided by a playoff. Fanja SC were the defending champions, having won the previous 2011–12 Elite League season. On Wednesday, 22 May 2013, Al-Suwaiq Club won the Championship Final match 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 Al-Seeb Club, Salalah 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. Ahli Sidab Club, however were relegated to the Second Division League. Saham SC and Al-Nasr S.C.S.C. were promoted to the 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 Idriz Al-Murabati(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

League Table

As of 19 May 2013
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 stage1
2 Fanja 26 15 5 6 33 24 +9 50 2014 AFC Cup group stage
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 2014 GCC Champions League group stage
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 games played on 19 May 2013.
Source: League Table
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1Al-Suwaiq played in the 2014 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off andand failed to advance to the AFC Champions League group stage, hence entered the AFC Cup group stage
(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 2013
Home \ Away[1] ALM ALNH ALNALOALSALSHALSUALTDHOFANOMASAHSALSUR
Al-Musannah 11 11 01 10 21 24 12 30 11 02 01 22 21
Al-Nahda 11 10 01 21 33 20 21 31 12 30 22 30 22
Al-Nasr 20 31 00 11 21 11 31 11 01 31 22 30 00
Al-Oruba 02 31 22 00 20 23 11 00 01 12 21 31 11
Al-Seeb 20 12 13 00 30 02 01 12 01 10 11 21 11
Al-Shabab 10 10 11 11 21 00 21 20 01 01 00 20 00
Al-Suwaiq 11 21 11 11 10 10 10 00 00 11 21 11 02
Al-Tali'aa 03 01 12 21 12 13 11 12 12 21 00 10 01
Dhofar 00 21 32 00 40 30 13 51 11 00 00 14 00
Fanja 30 00 20 10 01 31 12 02 02 10 12 10 31
Oman 30 12 03 01 12 03 01 02 30 50 41 11 21
Saham 10 02 30 10 30 31 11 02 30 50 41 31 21
Salalah 12 02 21 13 30 06 12 02 00 22 14 00 12
Sur 01 22 12 00 01 20 01 21 25 12 02 00 10

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

22 May 2013
19:30 UTC+4
Al-Suwaiq 3–1 Fanja
Al-Ghassani  11'
Al-Noufali  48', 74'
Report Cissé  61' (pen.)

Promotion/Relegation Play-off

1st Leg

2nd Leg

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 Oman Yaqoob Abdul-Karim Saham 8
Oman 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

References

External links