2013–14 Oman Professional League

2013–14 Oman Professional League Al-Nahda MajeesAl-Ittihad AFC Champions League qualifiers Al-Nahda 2015 AFC Cup Fanja 182 484 CIV Jumaa SaeedOMA Mohammed Al-Ghassani(16 goals) Al-Seeb 8–1 Al-Ittihad(17 April 2014) Al-Shabab 2-6 Al-Nahda(16 May 2014) Al-Seeb 8–1 Al-Ittihad(17 April 2014)Al-Suwaiq 6–3 Majees(16 May 2014) (5 games)Fanja (11 games)Al-Nahda (6 games)Al-OrubaMjeesSur 2012–13 2014–15 The 2013–14 Oman Professional League (known as the Omantel Professional League for sponsorship reasons) is the 38th edition of the top football league in Oman. The Oman Football League got the seal of approval of a professional league on 1 September 2013 and will henceforth be called the Omantel Professional League (OPL). http://www.timesofoman.com/News/Article-21803.aspx Professional League launched Times of Oman 2014-02-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20140218203143/http://www.timesofoman.com/News/Article-21803.aspx 2014-02-18 dead The season began on 13 September 2013, and concluded on 16 May 2014. Al-Suwaiq Club were the defending champions, having won their third title in the previous 2012–13 Elite League season. https://int.soccerway.com/national/oman/league/20132014/regular-season/r22760/ 2013–14 Oman Professional League SOCCERWAY On Sunday, 28 April 2014, Al-Nahda Club were crowned the champions of the inaugural Oman Professional League with one game remaining after Al-Suwaiq Club edged out ten-man Fanja SC 5-3. Fanja SC needed a draw or a win on Sunday to prolong the fight for the OPL title, after Al-Nahda Club defeated Saham SC 4-3 to take their tally to 51 points, but its defeat dashed any hopes for the eight-time winners to match the record of nine titles, held by Dhofar S.C.S.C. in the 37-year-old history of Oman's top flight competition. http://www.muscatdaily.com/Archive/Sports/Al-Nahda-crowned-OPL-champ-343i AL NAHDA CROWNED OPL CHAMP Muscat Daily http://www.timesofoman.com/News/33900/Article-Al-Nahda-celebrate-Omantel-Professional-League-title-triumph-with-6-2-rout-of-Al-Shabab Al Nahda celebrate Omantel Professional League title triumph with 6-2 rout of Al Shabab Times of Oman 2014-05-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20140517121134/http://www.timesofoman.com/News/33900/Article-Al-Nahda-celebrate-Omantel-Professional-League-title-triumph-with-6-2-rout-of-Al-Shabab 2014-05-17 dead Teams This season the league had 14 teams. Oman Club and Salalah SC were relegated to the First Division League after finishing in the relegation zone in the 2012–13 season. Al-Tali'aa SC were also relegated after losing the relegation/promotion playoff against Sohar SC. The three relegated teams were replaced by First Division League winners Al-Ittihad Club, runner-up Majees SC and second runner-up Sohar SC (Won the Relegation/Promotion playoff against Al-Tali'aa SC). The winner and the runner-up will qualify for the 2015 AFC Cup Stadia and locations Oman 650 right Locations of teams in the 2013–14 Omani League Oman 23.4675 58.106111 Fanja bottom Oman 23.680278 58.1825 Al-Seeb top Oman 17.019722 54.089722 Al-NasrDhofarAl-Ittihad left Oman 22.566667 59.528889 Al-OrubaSur left Oman 24.342 56.729889 Sohar left Oman 24.25 55.75 Al-Nahda top Oman 23.790278 57.628611 Al-Musannah top Oman 23.696406 57.887765 Al-Shabab bottom Oman 23.849444 57.438611 Al-Suwaiq left Oman 24.172222 56.888611 Saham right Oman 24.453461 56.659465 Majees top Club Home city Manager Stadium Capacity Al-Ittihad Salalah OMA Younis Amaan (Nov 2013–) Al-Saada Stadium / Salalah Sports Complex 12,000 / 8,000 Al-Musannah Al-Musannah OMA Suhail Al-Rushaidi Seeb Stadium 14,000 Al-Nahda Al-Buraimi OMA Hamad Al-Azani (May 2012–) Nizwa Sports Complex 10,000 Al-Nasr Salalah IRQ Akram Ahmad Salman (Feb 2014–) Al-Saada Stadium / Salalah Sports Complex 12,000 / 8,000 Al-Oruba Sur ROM Aristică Cioabă Sur Sports Complex 8,000 Al-Seeb Seeb MAR Youssef Al-Rafaly (Feb 2014–) Seeb Stadium 14,000 Al-Shabab Barka OMA Mubarak Al-Gheilani (Feb 2014–) Seeb Stadium 14,000 Al-Suwaiq Al-Suwaiq OMA Musabah Al-Saadi Seeb Stadium 14,000 Dhofar Salalah CRO Dragan Talajić (Jun 2013–) Al-Saada Stadium / Salalah Sports Complex 12,000 / 8,000 Fanja Fanja ITA Guglielmo Arena (April 2014) Seeb Stadium 14,000 Majees Majees OMA Mohammed Al-Saadi (Jan 2014–) Sohar Regional Sports Complex 19,000 Saham Saham MAR Abderrazak Khairi (Feb 2014–) Sohar Regional Sports Complex 19,000 Sohar Sohar JOR Adnan Al-Shuaibat (Feb 2014–) Sohar Regional Sports Complex 19,000 Sur Sur MAR Driss El Mrabet (Mar 2014–) Sur Sports Complex 8,000 Managerial changes Managerial changes during the 2013–14 campaign. Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Replaced by Al-Ittihad FRA Noureddine Abu Falgha Sacked OMA Younis Amaan Al-Nasr SRB Moscofetch Nebosha Sacked OMA Mohammed Al-Balushi Al-Nasr OMA Mohammed Al-Balushi Caretaker role finished IRQ Akram Ahmad Salman Al-Oruba MAR Omar Mazian Released ROM Aristică Cioabă Al-Seeb ROM Petre Gigiu Mutual Consent BRA Ralf Borges Ferreira Al-Seeb BRA Ralf Borges Ferreira Mutual Consent MAR Youssef Al-Rafaly Al-Shabab MAR Driss El Mrabet Sacked OMA Mubarak Al-Gheilani Fanja ESPMAR Hicham Jadrane Resigned OMA Mohsin Al-Kharusi Fanja OMA Mohsin Al-Kharusi Caretaker role finished ITA Guglielmo Arena Mjees BIH Senad Kreso Sacked OMA Mohammed Al-Saadi Saham ROM Aristică Cioabă Resigned JOR Ahmed Abdel-Qader Saham JOR Ahmed Abdel-Qader Mutual Consent MAR Abderrazak Khairi Sohar MAR Abderrazak Khairi Resigned OMA Mohammed Khasib Al-Muqbali Sohar OMA Mohammed Khasib Al-Muqbali Caretaker role finished JOR Adnan Al-Shuaibat Sur EGY Ashraf Kasem Released ROU Petre Gigiu Sur ROM Petre Gigiu Sacked MAR Driss El Mrabet 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. Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 AFC Player Former Players Al-Ittihad TBD TBD TBD TBD Senegal Sarra Camara Al-Musannah BRA João Luiz de Sá Miranda BRA Márcio José TOG Francis Koné SYR Rabea Jumaa MAR Youness Ouganna Al-Nahda SEN Mouhamed Ablaye Gaye CIV Juma Saeed MAR Abdessamad Ouhakki BHR Jamal Rashid BRA Paulo Roberto Morais Júnior Al-Nasr SRB Đorđe Vukobrat MAR Youssef Chakir EGY Mohamed Asaad SYR Mahmoud Al-Youssef Al-Oruba BRA Rafael Barbosa do Nascimento CMR Deumaga Tchangou NGR Ajuzie Kelechi Martins CHN Dilmurat Batur GHA Esme MendsEGY Ahmed SalamaEGY Mohammed Fawzi Al-Seeb TBD TBD MAR Habib Al-Dahmani SYR Khaled Al-Brijawi POR Edgar Marcelino Al-Shabab TBD MAR Youness Ouganna EQG Lawrence Doe JOR Ahmed Hatamleh BRA Luomar Al-Suwaiq BEN Séïdath Tchomogo IRQ Nadeem Karim SYR Belal Abduldaim SYR Oday Jafal LBY Tarik El Taib Dhofar SEN Sarra Camara CMR Moustapha Moctar KEN Jamal Mohammed SYR Mosab Balhous GHA Godwin Attram Fanja BRA Felipe Lohmann SEN Ely Cissé JOR Mo'ayyad Abu Keshek JOR Khaled Saad Majees EQG Baba Issaka NGR Abiodun Dayo MAR Yassine Amlil IRQ Saif Abdel Hamza Saham BRA Patrick da Silva BRA Vinícius da Silva Salles CIV Diakite Brahima SYR Mohamed Al-Zeno GHA Sadick Adams Sohar BIH Adis Culov BIH Ekrem Hodžić SYR Mardik Mardikian JOR Hazem Jawdat Sur TBD TBD TBD TBD League table main WDL QR ALNH Al-Nahda FAN Fanja ALSU Al-Suwaiq ALS Al-Seeb ALM Al-Musannah DHO Dhofar SOH Sohar SAH Saham SUR Sur ALSH Al-Shabab ALO Al-Oruba ALN Al-Nasr MJS Majees ALI Al-Ittihad 18 3 5 57 23 C 15 7 4 44 27 13 8 5 48 32 11 9 6 38 27 9 10 7 26 24 9 9 8 28 19 9 9 8 35 35 9 8 9 36 34 9 7 10 38 38 8 10 8 36 38 9 7 10 29 34 7 7 12 27 35 3 5 18 27 65 R 1 4 21 20 58 R #ACE1AF Qualification to the 2015 AFC Champions League Preliminary Round Al-Nahda played in the 2015 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off and failed to advance to the AFC Champions League group stage, hence entered the AFC Cup group stage. ACLPR #ACE5EE Qualification to the 2015 AFC Cup play-off Round ACPR #FFFFA0 Qualification to the 2015 GCC Champions League Group Stage GCLGS GCLGS #FFCCCC Relegation Playoff RP #FFBBBB Relegation to 2014–15 Oman First Division League R R 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete League Table Results main FBR grey ALI ALM ALNH ALN ALO ALS ALSH ALSU DHO FAN MJS SAH SOH SUR Al-Ittihad 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–3 1–2 2–3 0–3 0–2 0–1 2–2 1–3 1–2 1–2 Al-Musannah 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 0–0 0–2 1–0 1–1 3–0 3–1 3–1 1–0 Al-Nahda 2–0 3–0 3–1 1–2 1–2 3–1 4–2 0–0 0–1 6–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 Al-Nasr 2–0 0–0 0–2 2–1 0–0 3–0 1–2 1–4 1–2 1–2 0–1 0–1 2–1 Al-Oruba 2–1 1–1 1–4 2–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 0–3 Al-Seeb 8–1 1–0 0–1 2–2 1–0 0–2 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–2 3–3 Al-Shabab 2–0 0–1 2–6 4–0 1–0 0–0 2–2 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 Al-Suwaiq 3–2 3–1 1–2 0–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 3–3 6–3 1–2 1–0 0–1 Dhofar 1–0 2–2 0–2 2–0 4–0 0–0 0–0 2–2 0–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 Fanja 4–2 1–1 1–3 0–0 3–1 3–2 1–1 3–5 1–0 5–0 3–2 2–1 2–0 Majees 2–1 1–1 1–2 0–2 1–4 2–3 3–3 1–3 0–3 0–1 0–3 1–1 2–1 Saham 1–1 0–2 3–4 2–2 1–1 1–2 3–1 2–2 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–2 Sohar 1–1 2–0 2–1 3–3 0–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 3–1 2–2 2–4 Sur 1–2 2–0 0–2 0–0 2–2 2–2 2–3 0–2 2–2 0–3 2–1 2–1 4–1 16 May 2014 Results Clubs season-progress table y b Al-Ittihad L/ L/ L/ D/ L/ L/ L/ L/ D/ L/ D/ L/ L/ W/ L/ L/ L/ L/ D/ L/ L/ L/ L/ L/ L/ L Al-Musannah W/ W/ L/ W/ L/ D/ L/ W/ L/ D/ D/ W/ D/ W/ D/ D/ L/ L/ W/ L/ D/ W/ D/ W/ D/ W Al-Nahda W/ L/ W/ W/ D/ W/ L/ W/ W/ W/ L/ W/ L/ W/ W/ D/ W/ W/ D/ W/ W/ W/ W/ W/ L/ W Al-Nasr L/ L/ W/ D/ W/ W/ L/ L/ L/ L/ D/ D/ D/ W/ L/ D/ L/ W/ L/ W/ D/ L/ W/ L/ D/ L Al-Oruba L/ L/ L/ L/ L/ L/ W/ W/ W/ D/ W/ L/ W/ W/ D/ D/ W/ D/ L/ W/ D/ L/ D/ L/ W/ D Al-Seeb W/ W/ D/ D/ W/ L/ D/ D/ W/ W/ W/ D/ L/ W/ L/ L/ L/ W/ D/ D/ D/ L/ W/ W/ D/ W Al-Shabab D/ L/ W/ D/ W/ D/ W/ L/ D/ D/ L/ W/ D/ L/ D/ W/ W/ D/ L/ L/ D/ L/ W/ W/ D/ L Al-Suwaiq W/ L/ W/ L/ D/ W/ W/ W/ D/ W/ D/ W/ L/ D/ D/ W/ L/ D/ D/ W/ D/ D/ L/ W/ W/ W Dhofar W/ W/ L/ W/ D/ D/ D/ L/ D/ D/ W/ L/ W/ W/ W/ W/ L/ L/ L/ D/ D/ D/ L/ D/ L/ W Fanja D/ W/ W/ D/ D/ W/ W/ W/ L/ D/ D/ W/ W/ D/ W/ W/ W/ W/ W/ L/ L/ W/ D/ L/ W/ W Majees L/ L/ L/ D/ L/ L/ L/ L/ L/ L/ D/ L/ L/ L/ W/ L/ W/ D/ W/ L/ D/ L/ L/ L/ D/ L Saham L/ W/ W/ L/ D/ W/ W/ W/ D/ D/ W/ W/ L/ L/ D/ L/ L/ L/ D/ W/ D/ W/ D/ L/ D/ L Sohar L/ W/ D/ L/ D/ D/ L/ L/ D/ D/ D/ L/ L/ W/ D/ W/ W/ L/ W/ L/ W/ W/ W/ W/ D/ D Sur W/ L/ W/ W/ L/ W/ D/ W/ W/ L/ L/ L/ L/ L/ L/ D/ W/ D/ D/ W/ D/ L/ W/ D/ D/ L blue2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Lose 16 May 2014 Clubs Season-Progress August 2013 Promotion/relegation play-off 1st leg 19 May 2014 18:00 UTC+4 Al-Mudhaibi 0 – 1 Al-Nasr Said 65 Seeb Stadium, Seeb, Oman 2nd leg 23 May 2013 19:30 UTC+4 Al-Nasr 2 - 0 Al-Mudhaibi Said 6 90+5 Al-Saada Stadium, Salalah, Oman Al-Nasr secured promotion after winning 3-0 on aggregate Season statistics 16 May 2014 http://www.goalzz.com/main.aspx?c=9434&scorers=true Players-Omantel Professional League GOALZZ.com Top scorers RankScorerClubGoals1CIV Jumaa SaeedAl-Nahda16OMA Mohammed Al-GhassaniAl-Suwaiq3SEN Mouhamed Ablaye GayeAl-Nahda134SYR Mardik MardikianSohar11OMA Saud Al-FarsiSur6SEN Sarra CamaraDhofar10OMA Younis Al-MushaifriAl-ShababSEN Ely CisséFanja7OMA Abdulaziz Al-NoufaliAl-Seeb9SYR Mohamed Al-ZenoSaham Top Omani Scorers RankScorerClubGoals1OMA Mohammed Al-GhassaniAl-Suwaiq162OMA Saud Al-FarsiSur113OMA Younis Al-MushaifriAl-Shabab104OMA Abdulaziz Al-NoufaliAl-Seeb95OMA Said Al-RuzaiqiAl-Oruba SC86OMA Waleed Al-SaadiAl-Musannah7OMA Mohsin JoharSahamOMA Abdulaziz Al-MuqbaliFanjaOMA Tariq Al-ThehliMajees10OMA Mutassim Al-ShibliSohar6OMA Raed Ibrahim SalehFanjaOMA Hamoud Al-SaadiDhofarOMA Al-Abd Al-NoufaliAl-Suwaiq Hat-tricks PlayerClubAgainstResultDate OMA Saud Al-Farsi Sur Sohar4—1 29 March 2014 CIV Jumaa Saeed Al-Nahda Fanja3—1 29 March 2014 OMA Said Al-Ruzaiqi Al-Oruba SC Al-Ittihad3—0 29 March 2014 OMA Abdul Aziz Al-Noufali * Al-Seeb Club Al-Ittihad8—1 17 April 2014 OMA Salim Al-Shamsi Al-Nahda Al-Shabab6—2 16 May 2014 * Player scored 4 goals OFA Awards Oman Football Association awarded the following awards for the 2013–14 Oman Professional League season. http://www.timesofoman.com/News/34234/Article-Times-of-Oman-sweeps-top-Oman-Football-Association-Awards Times of Oman sweeps top Oman Football Association Awards Times of Oman 2015-06-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20140525202440/http://www.timesofoman.com/News/34234/Article-Times-of-Oman-sweeps-top-Oman-Football-Association-Awards 2014-05-25 dead Top Scorer: Juma Saeed (Al-Nahda) Best Player: Juma Saeed (Al-Nahda) Best Goalkeeper: Faiz Al-Rushaidi (Al-Suwaiq) Best Coach: Hamad Al-Azani (Al-Nahda) Media coverage Omantel Professional League Media Coverage Country Television Channel MatchesOmanOman Sports TV 4 Matches per round Controversies The league was the subject of controversies like the wearing of similar-coloured jerseys, unusual hairstyles and excessive goal celebrations. On 20 September 2013, the match between Sur SC and Majees SC was called off by referee Fahad Al-Subahi on the premise that the teams were wearing similar-coloured jerseys'. But just three days later, the Oman Professional League's Disciplinary Committee decided to replay the match and ruled that Subahi had erred in his judgement. The match was replayed on 12 November 2013 which Sur SC won 2-1. http://97.74.67.146/1093701538/--Coaches-face-the-heat-in-Oman Sur-Majees match to be replayed menafn.com 2014-04-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20140419015746/http://97.74.67.146/1093701538/--Coaches-face-the-heat-in-Oman 2014-04-19 dead The Oman Football Association came out with a new code of conduct for players after a controversy in the aftermath of a football match between Fanja SC and Al-Nahda Club. According to the new regulations, OFA prohibits players from extreme celebrations on the field after scoring a goal and the governing body also bans players sporting unusual hairstyles or even colouring their hair. As a result, excessive goal celebrations and unusual hairstyles have been shown the red card by the OFA as it moves to protect the 'ethics' of the game. The decision came after Al-Nahda Club's Ivorian player Juma Saeed was seen 'inappropriately' celebrating on the field after scoring a goal against Fanja SC on 29 March 2014 that raised heated debates among the football aficionados in the country. However, the Ivory Coast player was reprimanded with a warning. OFA also decided to make the OPL's Disciplinary Committee an autonomous body with additional powers. Headed by the OFA board member Hamad Al-Hadrami, the Disciplinary Committee can now take action against players violating the new code of conduct. OFA also gave powers to the match referees who will now inspect the dressing room before any domestic games to ensure the players adhere to the code of conduct. http://www.timesofoman.com/News/31973/Article-Oman-Football-Association-raise-red-card-over-haircuts-and-celebrations Oman Football Association raise red card over haircuts and celebrations Times of Oman 2014-04-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20140419014509/http://www.timesofoman.com/News/31973/Article-Oman-Football-Association-raise-red-card-over-haircuts-and-celebrations 2014-04-19 dead See also 2013–14 Sultan Qaboos Cup 2013–14 Oman Professional League Cup 2013–14 Oman Super Cup 2013–14 Oman First Division League 2013–14 Oman Second Division League References 30em Category:Top level Omani football league seasons 1 Oman