2012–13 Oman Elite League

2012–13 Omantel Elite League Al-Suwaiq Al-Tali'aaOmanSalalah AFC Champions League qualifiers Al-Suwaiq 2014 AFC Cup FanjaSaham 182 425 Senegal Ely Cissé (14 goals) Saham 5–0 Fanja(17 February 2013) Salalah 0–6 Al-Shabab(18 May 2013) Sur 2–5 Saham(1 March 2013) (5 games)Al-Suwaiq (15 games)Al-Suwaiq (6 games)Al-Seeb 2011–12 2013–14 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.http://main.omanobserver.om/node/65775 Omantel renews sponsorship deal with OFA 2012-10-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20120401130708/http://main.omanobserver.om/node/65775 2012-04-01 dead 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. Al-Suwaiq Club won the Championship Final match against Fanja 3–1 and emerged as the champions of the 2012–13 Oman Elite League. https://int.soccerway.com/national/oman/league/20122013/regular-season/r19333/ ELITE LEAGUE soccerway.com 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 Driss El Mrabet (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 Foreign players Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 AFC Player Former Players Al-Musannah Brazil Marcinho Pitbull Yemen Salem Saeed Togo Francis Koné Al-Nahda Brazil Paulo Júnior Brazil Valci Júnior Ivory Coast Jumaa Saeed Bahrain Jamal Rashid Togo Zakari Morou Al-Nasr Jordan Khaled Saad Kenya Kepha Aswani Yemen Mohamed Asaad Benin Séidou Barazé Morocco Jaouad Zairi League table main WDL QR ALSU Al-Suwaiq FAN Fanja SAH Saham ALNH Al-Nahda ALN Al-Nasr DHO Dhofar ALO Al-Oruba ALSH Al-Shabab ALM Al-Musannah SUR Sur ALS Al-Seeb ALT Al-Tali'aa OMA Oman SAL Salalah 13 11 2 33 21 C 15 5 6 33 24 13 9 4 40 19 12 7 7 41 30 10 10 6 39 29 10 10 6 34 28 8 11 7 26 22 9 6 11 31 31 8 7 11 26 32 7 9 10 26 30 8 5 13 22 33 8 3 15 26 38 R 7 3 16 25 38 R 3 6 17 23 50 R #ACE1AF 2014 AFC Cup group stage 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. ACGS ACGS #D0F0C0 2014 GCC Champions League group stage GCLGS GCLGS #FFCCCC Relegation Playoff RP #FFBBBB Relegation to 2013–14 Oman First Division League R R 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. 19 May 2013 League Table Results main FBR grey 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 19 May 2013 Results Championship play-off 22 May 2013 19:30 UTC+4 Al-Suwaiq 3–1 Report Fanja Al-Ghassani 11Al-Noufali 48 74 Cissé 61 pen. Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman Promotion/relegation play-off 1st leg 22 May 2013 19:30 UTC+4 Sohar 0–0 Report Al Tali'aa Sohar Regional Sports Complex, Sohar, Oman 2nd leg 25 May 2013 19:30 UTC+4 Al Tali'aa 1–1 Report Sohar Sur Sports Complex, Sur, Oman Sohar secured promotion after winning on the away goals rule Season statistics Top scorers 19 May 2013 http://www.goalzz.com/main.aspx?c=8768&scorers=true Scorers goalzz.com RankScorerClubGoals1Senegal Ely CisséFanja142BRA LuomarAl-Shabab123Oman Qasim SaidAl-Nasr10Bahrain Mehdi Abdul JabbarAl-Tali'aa5Oman Mohammed Said Al-ShamsiAl-Nasr9Ivory Coast Juma SaeedAl-Nahda Steve PaulSur8Oman Yaqoob Abdul-KarimSaham8Oman Mohammed Al MashaikhiAl-NahdaOman Hashim SalehAl-ShababTogo Francis KonéAl-Musannah Media coverage Omantel Elite League Media Coverage Country Television Channel MatchesOmanOman TV2 3 Matches per round See also 2012–13 Sultan Qaboos Cup 2012–13 Oman Federation Cup 2012–13 Oman First Division League References Category:Top level Omani football league seasons 1 Oman