2016–17 Oman Professional League

Oman Professional League
Season 2016–17
Matches played 91
Goals scored 238 (2.62 per match)
Top goalscorer Oman Khalifa Al-Jahoori
(10 goals)
Biggest home win Oman 4–1 Sohar
(5 November 2016)
Dhofar 4–1 Saham
(18 October 2016)
Biggest away win Ja'lan 1–4 Al-Shabab
(15 October 2016)
Highest scoring Sohar 4–2 Al-Nahda
(19 October 2016)
Longest winning run Al-Oruba
Dhofar
Sohar
(3 games)
Longest unbeaten run Dhofar
(10 games)
Longest losing run Ja'lan
(3 games)
2017–18 →

The 2016–17 Oman Professional League (known as the Omantel Professional League for sponsorship reasons[1]) is the 41th edition of the top football league in Oman. The season will begin on 17 September 2016 and is set to conclude on 12 May 2016.[2][3][4][5][6] Fanja SC are the defending champions, having won their record ninth title in the previous 2015–16 Oman Professional League season.[7]

Teams

This season the league has 14 teams. Sur SC and Salalah SC were relegated to the Oman First Division League after finishing in the relegation zone in the 2015–16 Oman Professional League season. Al-Musannah SC too failed to secure their spot in the Oman Professional League as they were defeated 3-2 on aggregate in the Relegation/Promotion playoff by Ja'lan SC who had finished third in the 2015–16 Oman First Division League. The three relegated teams were therefore replaced by Oman First Division League winners Al-Rustaq SC, runners-up Oman Club and third position holders Ja'lan SC.

Stadiums and locations

Salalah
Sur
Sohar
Al-Buraimi
Al-Seeb
Bowsher
Locations of teams in the 2014–15 Omani League
Note: Table lists clubs in alphabetical order.
Club Home city Stadium Capacity
Al-Khabourah SC Al-Khabourah Nizwa Sports Complex 10,000
Al-Nahda Al-Buraimi Al-Buraimi Sports Complex 10,000
Al-Nasr S.C.S.C. Salalah Al-Saada Stadium 12,000
Al-Oruba SC Sur Sur Sports Complex 8,000
Al-Rustaq SC Al-Rustaq Al-Seeb Stadium 14,000
Al-Shabab Club Barka Al-Seeb Stadium 14,000
Al-Suwaiq Club Al-Suwaiq Al-Seeb Stadium 14,000
Dhofar S.C.S.C. Salalah Al-Saada Stadium 12,000
Fanja SC Muscat Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex 39,000
Ja'lan SC Sur Sur Sports Complex 8,000
Muscat Club Muscat Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex 39,000
Oman Club Muscat Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex 39,000
Saham Club Saham Sohar Regional Sports Complex 19,000
Sohar SC Sohar Sohar Regional Sports Complex 19,000

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team Head Coach Assistant Coach Captain Kit Manufacturer Shirt Sponsor
Al-Khabourah Egypt Sherif El-Khashab[8][9] Oman Khalid Al-Alawi Oman Ismail Al-Ajmi Uhlsport
Al-Nahda Oman Khalifa Al-Muzahami Oman Mansoor Al-Nuaimi Uhlsport
Al-Nasr Syria Abdul Naser Mkayes[10] Oman Akram Habreish Oman Faiz Al-Rushaidi
Oman Ahmed Salim Bait Said
Oman Fahad Nasib Bamasila		 Nike Jeep
Al-Oruba Oman Ahmed Al-Alawi Oman Faruq Abdullah Uhlsport
Al-Rustaq Morocco Al-Mustafa Suwaib Oman Ibrahim Al-Salami Erreà
Al-Shabab Oman Waleed Zaid Al-Saadi Uhlsport
Al-Suwaiq Iraq Hakeem Shaker[11] Tunisia Abdel Halim Bouardi Oman Mohammed Al-Balushi
Oman Anwar Al-Alawi
Oman Mohammed Al-Musalami		 Joma Fatik
Oman & UAE Exchange
Dhofar Egypt Hamza El-Gamal[12] Syria Mohamed Homos Oman Hussain Al-Hadhri
 Adidas
Fanja Portugal Leanardo Joel Silva Viera Oman Mohammed Al-Mashari Select Sport
Ja'lan Tunisia Mohammed Al-Azari Tatweg
Muscat Oman Sultan Al-Touqi[13] Oman Qasim Al-Balushi Uhlsport
Oman Spain Andrés García Tébar[14] Spain Juan Oman Al-Dheeb Al-Busaidi Adidas
Saham Morocco Abdel Halim Bouardi Oman Nasser Al-Ali Uhlsport
Sohar Morocco Mourad Moulay Hassan Croatia Admir Malkic Erreà

Managerial changes

[15]

Team Outgoing Manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming Manager Date of appointment
Al-Khaboura Syria Ammar Al-Shamali[16] Sacked 27 October 2016[17] 11th Egypt Sherif El-Khashab 28 October 2016
Al-Nasr Spain Emmanuel Calleja Renedo[18][19] Mutual Consent 20 September 2016[20] 6th Oman Akram Habreish 20 September 2016
Al-Nasr Oman Akram Habreish Caretaker role finished 24 September 2016 2nd Syria Abdul Naser Mkayes 24 September 2016
Al-Oruba Italy Fabio Lopez[21][22] Sacked 23 September 2016 3rd Oman Ahmed Al-Alawi 23 September 2016
Al-Suwaiq Morocco Abderrazak Khairi Sacked 23 September 2016[23] 14th Oman Ali Al-Khanbashi 23 September 2016
Al-Suwaiq Oman Ali Al-Khanbashi Sacked 24 October 2016[24][25] 9th Iraq Hakeem Shaker 27 October 2016
Fanja Portugal Manuel José Alves Ramos Sacked 1 November 2016[26][27] 10th Portugal Leanardo Joel Silva Viera 1 November 2016
Ja'lan Tunisia Mohammed Al-Azari Sacked 16 October 2016[28] 14th Oman Talal Al-Mashaikhi 16 October 2016
Muscat Egypt Sherif El-Khashab[29] Sacked 24 October 2016[30][31] 14th Oman Sultan Al-Touqi 24 October 2016
Saham Syria Abdul Naser Mkayes[32][33] Mutual Consent 1 September 2016[34] Pre-Season Oman Musabah Al-Saadi 1 September 2016
Saham Oman Musabah Al-Saadi Sacked 19 October 2016[35] 7th Morocco Abdel Halim Bouardi 19 October 2016
Sohar Iraq Abdul-Ameer Ahmad Sacked 8 September 2016 Pre-Season Morocco Mourad Moulay Hassan 8 September 2016

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 GCC Player Former Players
Al-Khabourah Senegal Mame Balla Diop[36]
Al-Nahda Brazil Luís Cláudio Carvalho da Silva Ghana Ibrahim Basit[37] Cameroon Feupa Jean Francois Yemen Mohammed Boqshan Ivory Coast Kipré Tchetche
Al-Nasr Spain Ferrán Tacón Mali Samba Tounkara Senegal Fallou Gallas Wade Iran Mohammad-Esmail Nazari
Al-Oruba France Mamadou Fofana Brazil Nigeria Waheed Oseni[38] Yemen Abdulwasea Al-Matari[39]
Al-Rustaq Sweden Sonny Karlsson Cameroon Cédric Mandjeck Cameroon Cédric Ayangma
Al-Shabab Brazil Fernando Evangelista dos Santos Ivory Coast Mechac Koffi Ghana Paa Ernest Syria Amro Jenyat
Al-Suwaiq Ivory Coast Kipré Tchetche Senegal Mamadou Diagne East Timor Fellipe Bertoldo Croatia Vedran Gerc[40][41]
Dhofar Burkina Faso Abdoulaye Cissé[42] Tanzania Elias Maguri[43] Ghana Lawson Bekui[44]
Fanja Tanzania Mrisho Ngasa Tanzania Daniel Lyanga
Ja'lan The Gambia The Gambia The Gambia
Muscat[45] Senegal Mignane Diouf Senegal Abdou Kader Fall Jordan Ahmad Abu Halawa Syria Saad Ahmad
Oman[46] France John-Christophe Ayina France Philtzgerald Mbaka Chile Francisco Iran
Saham Brazil Ronir de Souza Gonçalves Senegal Abdoulaye Dieng North Korea Kim Sang-sik[47] Nigeria
Bahrain
Ivory Coast Oussou Konan Anicet
Sohar Romania Alin Stoica Croatia Admir Malkic

League Table

As of 3 December 2016
Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Al-Shabab 13 7 5 1 20 11 +9 26
2 Dhofar 13 7 4 2 20 11 +9 25
3 Al-Oruba 13 7 4 2 24 16 +8 25
4 Sohar 13 6 4 3 23 19 +4 22
5 Al-Nasr 13 5 6 2 14 10 +4 21
6 Saham 13 5 3 5 16 21 −5 18
7 Al-Nahda 13 4 4 5 17 16 +1 16
8 Fanja 12 4 3 5 18 21 −3 15
9 Oman 13 4 2 7 14 17 −3 14
10 Al-Khabourah 13 4 2 7 12 18 −6 14
11 Al-Suwaiq 13 2 7 4 10 12 −2 13
12 Al-Rustaq 13 3 6 4 20 22 −2 15 Relegation Playoff
13 Muscat 13 2 5 6 15 20 −5 11 Relegation to 2017–18 Oman First Division League
14 Ja'lan 13 1 6 6 13 22 −9 9

Source: League Table
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(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 2 December 2016[48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59][60][61][62][63][64][65][66][67]
Home \ Away[1] ALK ALNH ALNALOALRALSHALSUDHOFANJALMUSOMASAHSOH
Al-Khabourah 2–1 1–2 0–2 2–2 1–0 0–3 2–0
Al-Nahda 0–0 1–1 2–1 3–0 3–0
Al-Nasr 1–0 1–0 2–2 0–0 2–0 2–2 1–0
Al-Oruba 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–2 3–1 3–2
Al-Rustaq 3–1 2–2 1–2 1–1 2–2 2–1 2–3
Al-Shabab 2–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 0–2
Al-Suwaiq 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–1
Dhofar 1–1 1–0 2–0 3–0 2–1 4–1 2–1
Fanja 2–2 1–3 0–1 2–1 3–1 2–1 1–1
Ja'lan 0–1 2–1 1–4 1–1 1–3 0–0 1–2
Muscat 1–2 2–0 1–2 1–1 0–0 2–2
Oman 1–3 3–2 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–2 4–1
Saham 1–0 3–2 2–2 0–2 3–2 1–1 1–1
Sohar 1–0 4–2 1–0 1–1 3–1 2–2

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.

Clubs season-progress

As of 2 December 2016
W Win
D Draw
L Lose
B Bye
W/O Withdrew
Team ╲ Round 1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
Al-Khabourah W L L W L D L L W D L W L                          
Al-Nahda L D W D D L D L W L W L W                          
Al-Nasr D W W D D W L W D D D W L                          
Al-Oruba W D W D W L W W W D D L W                          
Al-Rustaq L D L D W L D L D D W D L                          
Al-Shabab D W W D W W D L W D W D W                          
Al-Suwaiq L L L D W D D D L W D D D                          
Dhofar W D W W D W W W D D L W L                          
Fanja W W L L D L D L L D W D W                          
Ja'lan L D L L L D D D D D L L W                          
Muscat L L D L L D L W D D L W D                          
Oman W D L L W W D L L W L L L                          
Saham D L D W L L W W L D W W L                          
Sohar D W W W L W D W D L D L W                          

Source: Clubs Season-Progress

Season statistics

As of 3 December 2016[68]

Top scorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Oman Khalifa Al-Jahoori Sohar 10
2 Oman Essam Al-Barahi Al-Rustaq 8
Cameroon Feupa Jean Francois Al-Nahda
3 Oman Mohammed Al-Ghassani Saham 7
Mali Samba Tounkara Al-Nasr
Oman Younis Al-Mushaifri Al-Shabab
4 The Gambia Baba Ja'lan 6
Senegal Mignane Diouf Muscat
5 Oman Said Al-Ruzaiqi Dhofar 5
Oman Sami Al-Hasni Al-Oruba
6 Oman Abdul Aziz Al-Muqbali Fanja 4
Yemen Abdulwasea Al-Matari Al-Oruba
Oman Al-Munther Al-Alawi Oman
Ghana Lawson Bekui Dhofar
Oman Said Obaid Al-Abdul Salam Al-Khabourah

Top Omani Scorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Oman Khalifa Al-Jahoori Sohar 10
2 Oman Essam Al-Barahi Al-Rustaq 8
3 Oman Mohammed Al-Ghassani Saham 7
Oman Younis Al-Mushaifri Al-Shabab
4 Oman Said Al-Ruzaiqi Dhofar 5
Oman Sami Al-Hasni Al-Oruba
5 Oman Abdulaziz Al-Muqbali Fanja 4
Oman Al-Munther Al-Alawi Oman
Oman Said Obaid Al-Abdul Salam Al-Khabourah
6 Oman Badar Al-Jabri Sohar 3
Oman Mansoor Al-Nuaimi Al-Nahda
Oman Mohammed Taqi Al-Lawati Al-Oruba
Oman Said Al-Ghadani Al-Khaboura
Oman Saud Al-Farsi Al-Oruba
Oman Qasim Said Dhofar

Hat-tricks

Player Club Against Result Date
Oman Abdulaziz Al-Muqbali
Fanja
Ja'lan
 3—1 17 September 2016[69]
Oman Khalifa Al-Jahoori
Sohar
Al-Nahda
 4—2 19 October 2016[70]

Media coverage

Oman Professional League Media Coverage
Country Television Channel Matches
 Oman Oman Sports TV 4 Matches per round
 Oman Oman TV 3 Matches per round
 Qatar Al-Kass Sports Channel 1 Match per round

See also

References

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