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. 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.
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
Foreign players Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 AFC Player Former Players Al-Musannah Marcinho Pitbull Salem Saeed Francis Koné Al-Nahda Paulo Júnior Valci Júnior Jumaa Saeed Jamal Rashid Zakari Morou Al-Nasr Khaled Saad Kepha Aswani Mohamed Asaad Séidou Barazé Jaouad Zairi
League table
Results
Championship play-off
Promotion/relegation play-off
1st leg
2nd leg
Sohar secured promotion after winning on the away goals rule
Season statistics
Top scorers
RankScorerClubGoals1 Ely CisséFanja142 LuomarAl-Shabab123 Qasim SaidAl-Nasr10 Mehdi Abdul JabbarAl-Tali'aa5 Mohammed Said Al-ShamsiAl-Nasr9 Juma SaeedAl-Nahda Steve PaulSur8 Yaqoob Abdul-KarimSaham8 Mohammed Al MashaikhiAl-Nahda Hashim SalehAl-Shabab Francis KonéAl-Musannah
Media coverage Omantel Elite League Media Coverage Country Television Channel MatchesOman TV2 3 Matches per round
See also 2012–13 Sultan Qaboos Cup 2012–13 Oman Federation Cup 2012–13 Oman First Division League
References