2012–13 Oman Elite League

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 against Fanja 3–1 and emerged as the champions of the 2012–13 Oman Elite League.[2]

Omantel Elite League
Season2012–13
ChampionsAl-Suwaiq
RelegatedAl-Tali'aa
Oman
Salalah
AFC Champions League qualifiersAl-Suwaiq
2014 AFC CupFanja
Saham
Matches played182
Goals scored425 (2.34 per match)
Top goalscorer Ely Cissé (14 goals)
Biggest home winSaham 5–0 Fanja
(17 February 2013)
Biggest away winSalalah 0–6 Al-Shabab
(18 May 2013)
Highest scoringSur 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

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 Suhail Al-Rashidi Seeb Stadium 14,000
Al-Nahda Al-Buraimi Hamad Al-Azani Nizwa Sports Complex 10,000
Al-Nasr Salalah Zoheïr Djelloul Al-Saada Stadium / Salalah Sports Complex 12,000 / 8,000
Al-Oruba Sur Omar Mazian Sur Sports Complex 8,000
Al-Seeb Seeb Seeb Stadium 14,000
Al-Shabab Barka Mohammed Hawali (November 2012-February 2013)
Driss El Mrabet (June 2013-)		 Seeb Stadium 14,000
Al-Suwaiq Al-Suwaiq Seeb Stadium 14,000
Al-Tali'aa Sur Hicham Jadran Ghazouani Sur Sports Complex 8,000
Dhofar Salalah Mokhtar Mokhtar Al-Saada Stadium / Salalah Sports Complex 12,000 / 8,000
Fanja Fanja Modhaffar Jabbar Seeb Stadium 14,000
Oman Muscat Ibrahim Somar Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex / Royal Oman Police Stadium 39,000 / 18,000
Saham Saham 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
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 stage[lower-alpha 1]
2 Fanja 26 15 5 6 33 24 +9 50
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
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 match(es) played on 19 May 2013. Source: League Table
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Al-Suwaiq played in the 2014 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off and failed to advance to the AFC Champions League group stage, hence entered the AFC Cup group stage.

Results
Home \ Away ALM ALNH ALN ALO ALS ALSH ALSU ALT DHO FAN OMA SAH SAL SUR
Al-Musannah 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 2–4 1–2 3–0 1–1 0–2 0–1 2–2 2–1
Al-Nahda 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 3–3 2–0 2–1 3–1 1–2 3–0 2–2 3–0 2–2
Al-Nasr 2–0 3–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 0–1 3–1 2–2 3–0 0–0
Al-Oruba 0–2 3–1 2–2 0–0 2–0 2–3 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–2 2–1 3–1 1–1
Al-Seeb 2–0 1–2 1–3 0–0 3–0 0–2 0–1 1–2 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–1
Al-Shabab 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 2–0 0–0
Al-Suwaiq 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–2
Al-Tali'aa 0–3 0–1 1–2 2–1 1–2 1–3 1–1 1–2 1–2 2–1 0–0 1–0 0–1
Dhofar 0–0 2–1 3–2 0–0 4–0 3–0 1–3 5–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–4 0–0
Fanja 3–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 3–1 1–2 0–2 0–2 1–0 1–2 1–0 3–1
Oman 3–0 1–2 0–3 0–1 1–2 0–3 0–1 0–2 3–0 5–0 4–1 1–1 2–1
Saham 1–0 0–2 3–0 1–0 3–0 3–1 1–1 0–2 3–0 5–0 4–1 3–1 2–1
Salalah 1–2 0–2 2–1 1–3 3–0 0–6 1–2 0–2 0–0 2–2 1–4 0–0 1–2
Sur 0–1 2–2 1–2 0–0 0–1 2–0 0–1 2–1 2–5 1–2 0–2 0–0 1–0
Updated to match(es) played on 19 May 2013. Source: Results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship Play-off
Al-Suwaiq3–1Fanja
Al-Ghassani  11'
Al-Noufali  48', 74'		 Report Cissé  61' (pen.)

Promotion/Relegation Play-off

1st Leg
Sohar0–0Al Tali'aa
Report

2nd Leg
Al Tali'aa1–1Sohar
Report

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 Ely Cissé Fanja 14
2 Luomar Al-Shabab 12
3 Qasim Said Al-Nasr 10
Mehdi Abdul Jabbar Al-Tali'aa
5 Mohammed Said Al-Shamsi Al-Nasr 9
Juma Saeed Al-Nahda
Steve Paul Sur
8 Yaqoob Abdul-Karim Saham 8
Mohammed Al Mashaikhi Al-Nahda
Hashim Saleh Al-Shabab
Francis Koné Al-Musannah

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

See also

References
  1. "Omantel renews sponsorship deal with OFA". Archived from the original on 2012-04-01. Retrieved 2012-10-30.
  2. "ELITE LEAGUE". soccerway.com.
  3. "Scorers". goalzz.com.
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