2014–15 Oman First Division League

Oman First Division League

Season	2014–15
Champions	Muscat
Relegated	Samail
Matches played	156
Goals scored	389 (2.49 per match)
Biggest home win	Salalah 6–0 Ahli Sidab (27 November 2014) Muscat 6–0 Ahli Sidab (15 May 2015)
Biggest away win	Nizwa 0–3 Al-Ittihad (20 September 2014) Nizwa 1–4 Salalah (11 October 2014) Ahli Sidab 1–4 Muscat (27 December 2014) Ahli Sidab 0–3 Al-Wahda (16 January 2015) Al-Rustaq 0–3 Al-Tali'aa (17 January 2015)
Highest scoring	Al-Rustaq 5–4 Al-Mudhaibi (27 November 2014)
Longest winning run	(6 games) Nizwa
Longest unbeaten run	(9 games) Al-Tali'aa
Longest losing run	(7 games) Mirbat
← 2013–14 2015–16 →

The 2014-15 Oman First Division League (known as the Omantel First Division League for sponsorship reasons) is the 39th edition of the second-highest division overall football league in Oman.^[1] The season began on 18 September 2014, and will conclude on 16 May 2015. Al-Khabourah SC are the defending champions, having won their third title in the previous 2013–14 season.

League Table

As of 15 May 2015

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Muscat (C)	24	16	4	4	47	16	+31	52	Promotion to 2015-16 Oman Professional League
2	Salalah	24	15	4	5	46	25	+21	49
3	Al-Rustaq	24	11	8	5	28	25	+3	41	Promotion Play-off
4	Nizwa	24	12	4	8	36	30	+6	40
5	Al-Tali'aa	24	9	7	8	29	25	+4	34
6	Al-Mudhaibi	24	9	7	8	25	29	−4	34
7	Ahli Sidab	24	9	4	11	32	47	−15	31
8	Oman	24	8	5	11	26	29	−3	29
9	Al-Wahda	24	7	5	12	25	28	−3	26
10	Mirbat	24	7	5	12	23	32	−9	26
11	Al-Kamel Wa Al-Wafi	24	6	7	11	29	35	−6	25
12	Al-Ittihad	24	7	4	13	22	36	−14	25
13	Samail	24	5	6	13	21	32	−11	21	Relegation to 2015–16 Oman Second Division League

Updated to games played on 9 May 2015.
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 15 May 2015

Home \ Away^[1]

AHS

ALI

ALK

ALM

ALR

ALT

ALW

MIR

MUS

NIZ

OMA

SAL

SAM

Ahli Sidab

3–1

3–1

2–3

0–1

0–1

0–3

2–0

1–4

1–3

5–2

3–5

2–0

Al-Ittihad

0–1

0–0

0–2

0–1

1–1

1–0

1–3

2–1

2–2

0–2

2–1

0–3

Al-Kamel Wa Al-Wafi

1–2

2–1

2–1

0–1

0–0

1–2

2–1

1–2

1–2

1–1

1–1

1–0

Al-Mudhaibi

1–1

0–0

2–1

2–2

1–0

0–1

1–0

0–0

1–1

1–0

1–0

0–2

Al-Rustaq

1–1

2–3

0–0

5–4

0–3

1–0

1–1

1–1

1–0

2–0

1–2

1–2

Al-Tali'aa

0–1

3–3

2–4

1–0

1–1

2–0

1–0

0–2

2–1

0–0

3–2

4–0

Al-Wahda

4–0

0–1

3–2

0–0

0–1

1–0

2–2

0–1

1–3

3–1

0–1

0–0

Mirbat

2–2

1–2

1–2

0–1

3–0

1–0

2–1

0–1

1–1

1–0

1–2

2–1

Muscat

6–0

2–0

3–1

3–0

0–0

2–0

4–1

4–0

1–2

2–1

2–1

0–0

Nizwa

1–1

0–3

2–1

5–1

1–2

1–3

2–1

0–0

0–2

2–1

1–4

3–0

Oman

1–0

1–0

2–2

0–0

0–1

3–1

1–1

3–0

1–0

1–2

2–0

3–1

Salalah

6–0

3–0

1–0

2–1

1–1

0–0

2–1

2–0

3–2

1–0

2–0

3–2

Samail

0–1

2–1

2–2

1–2

0–1

1–1

0–0

0–1

1–2

0–1

2–0

1–1

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 15 May 2015

W	Win
D	Draw
L	Lose
B	Bye
W/O	Withdrew

Team \ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
Ahli Sidab	L	W	D	L	D	W	W	L	L	W	D	L	L	W	W	W	L	L	W	D	L	W	L	L
Al-Ittihad	W	L	W	W	L	L	D	W	W	L	W	D	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	W	L	L	D
Al-Kamel Wa Al-Wafi	D	W	W	L	D	W	D	D	L	W	L	L	W	W	D	L	D	D	L	L	L	L	L	L
Al-Mudhaibi	L	L	W	W	L	D	D	D	L	W	L	D	D	D	L	W	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	W
Al-Rustaq	D	W	W	L	D	D	W	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	D	D	D	W	L	L
Al-Tali'aa	D	D	L	W	W	L	W	D	W	D	D	W	W	W	D	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	D
Al-Wahda	W	W	L	D	D	L	L	D	L	L	L	W	W	D	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	W
Mirbat	L	L	D	L	L	D	W	D	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	W	D	W	W	W
Muscat	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	D	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	D	W	W	W
Nizwa	L	L	L	W	D	D	L	W	W	D	L	W	W	L	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	W
Oman	W	L	L	D	L	D	L	D	L	W	D	L	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	L
Salalah	W	D	W	W	L	D	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	D
Samail	D	L	L	D	D	L	D	L	W	W	L	L	L	L	W	L	D	L	L	L	L	W	W	D

Source: Clubs Season-Progress

Promotion/Relegation Play-off

As of 31 May 2015^[2][3]

1st Leg

Al-Rustaq v Sohar

28 May 2015 20:15 UTC+4

Al-Rustaq	0 - 1	Sohar
		Al-Fazari  80'

Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman

2nd Leg

Sohar v Al-Rustaq

31 May 2013 19:30 UTC+4

Sohar	1 - 1	Al-Rustaq
Al-Shaqsi  13'		Al-Shibli  17'

Sohar Regional Sports Complex, Sohar, Oman

Sohar secured promotion after winning 2-1 on aggregate^[4]

OFA Awards

Oman Football Association awarded the following awards for the 2014-15 Oman Professional League season.^[5][6]

• Top Scorer: Aremu Philip (Salalah)
• Best Player: Vinicius Calamari Stephanie (Muscat)
• Best Goalkeeper: Mohammed Huwaidi Al-Hooti (Muscat)
• Best Coach: Mohammed Hawali (Muscat)
• Best Team Manager: Hamdan Bait Said (Salalah)
• Fair Play Award: Muscat

Media coverage

Oman Professional League Media Coverage
Country	Television Channel	Matches
Oman	Oman Sports TV	1 Match per round

Controversies

On 7 March 2015, 10 out of 39 clubs attending a consultative meeting of the OFA walked out in protest midway into the proceedings. walkout was triggered by the OFA's decision to call off an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM), which was originally scheduled for 7 March 2015. However, the OFA which had previously agreed for an EGM, on 6 March 2015 shelved the summit, citing a letter from the FIFA, football’s world governing body.^[7] On the very next day, the OFA cancelled the membership of 11 clubs (Ahli Sidab, Al-Ittifaq, Al-Kamel Wa Al-Wafi, Al-Musannah, Al-Seeb, Bowsher, Dhofar, Fanja, Ibri, Ja'lan and Nizwa) for illegally withdrawing from the consultative meeting conducted by the OFA.^[8][9]

See also

2014–15 Oman Professional League 2014–15 Sultan Qaboos Cup References "2014–15 Oman First Division League". GOALZZ.com. "SOHAR TO PLAY RUSTAQ IN OPL PLAYOFF". Muscat Daily. "الرستاق وصحار في ذهاب ملحق محفوف بالمخاطر". KOOORA. "Sohar Remains in OPL". ofa.om. "Football: Al Arouba, Eid Al Farsi win top awards as ‘exciting’ season ends with OFA Awards Gala". Times of Oman. "OPL TO START ON AUGUST 21". Muscat Daily. "TEN CLUBS STORM OUT OF OFA’S MEETING". MUSCATDAILY.COM. "OFA SUSPENDS 11 DISSENTING CLUBS". MUSCATDAILY.COM. "الإتحاد العماني لكرة القدم يعلق عضوية عشر أندية". Lo3btna.com. External links