2004–05 Omani League

Omani League

Season	2004-05
Champions	Dhofar
Relegated	Al-Ahli Al-Ittihad Al-Khaboura
AFC Cup	Dhofar Al-Nasr
Matches played	156
Goals scored	457 (2.93 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ahmed Al Busafy (12 goals)
Biggest home win	Al-Seeb 6-1 Al-Khaboura (23 September 2004)
Biggest away win	Al-Khaboura 2-6 Al-Nasr (24 March 2005)
Highest scoring	Sur 6-3 Al-Ittihad (31 March 2005)
← 2003–04 2005–06 →

The 2004–05 Omani League was the 29th edition of the top football league in Oman.^[1] It began on 23 September 2004 and finished on 19 May 2005. Al-Nasr S.C.S.C. were the defending champions, having won the previous 2003–04 Omani League season. On Thursday, 19 May 2005, Dhofar S.C.S.C. played out a 1-1 draw away in their final league match against Al-Nasr S.C.S.C. and emerged as the champions of the 2004–05 Omani League with a total of 46 points.

Teams

This season the league had increased from 12 to 13 teams. Al-Suwaiq Club and Saham SC were relegated to the Second Division League after finishing in the relegation zone in the 2003-04 season. The two relegated teams were replaced by Second Division League teams Al-Ahli Club, Al-Ittihad Club and Bahla Club.

Stadia and locations

Club	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
Al-Ittihad	Salalah	Al-Saada Stadium / Salalah Sports Complex	12,000 / 8,000
Al-Khaboura	Al-Khaboura	Sohar Regional Sports Complex	19,000
Al-Nahda	Al-Buraimi	Nizwa Sports Complex	10,000
Al-Nasr	Salalah	Al-Saada Stadium / Salalah Sports Complex	12,000 / 8,000
Al-Oruba	Sur	Sur Sports Complex	8,000
Al-Seeb	Seeb	Seeb Stadium	14,000
Al-Ahli	Sidab	Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex	39,000
Bahla	Bahla	Seeb Stadium	14,000
Al-Tali'aa	Sur	Sur Sports Complex	8,000
Dhofar	Salalah	Al-Saada Stadium / Salalah Sports Complex	12,000 / 8,000
Muscat	Muscat	Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex / Royal Oman Police Stadium	39,000 / 18,000
Oman	Muscat	Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex / Royal Oman Police Stadium	39,000 / 18,000
Sur	Sur	Sur Sports Complex	8,000

League table

As of 19 May 2005

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dhofar (C)	24	11	13	0	37	19	+18	46	2006 AFC Cup group stage
2	Al-Oruba	24	12	8	4	42	27	+15	44
3	Muscat	24	10	10	4	36	24	+12	40
4	Al-Nahda	24	11	3	10	42	37	+5	36
5	Sur	24	9	8	7	42	35	+7	35
6	Oman	24	8	11	5	24	20	+4	35
7	Al-Nasr	24	9	7	8	38	38	0	34	2006 AFC Cup group stage^1
8	Al-Seeb	24	8	7	9	43	38	+5	31
9	Bahla	24	7	10	7	38	41	−3	31
10	Al-Tali'aa	24	7	6	11	33	37	−4	27
11	Al-Ahli (R)	24	5	9	10	27	37	−10	24	Relegation Playoff
12	Al-Ittihad (R)	24	6	3	15	29	48	−19	21	Relegation to 2005–06 Oman First Division League
13	Al-Khaboura (R)	24	4	3	17	26	56	−30	15

Updated to games played on 19 May 2005.
Source: League Table
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹Al-Nasr were the second representative from Oman as the winners of 2005 Sultan Qaboos Cup
(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 19 May 2005

Home \ Away^[1]

ALI

ALK

ALNH

ALN

ALO

ALS

ALH

BAH

ALT

DHO

MCT

OMA

SUR

Al-Ittihad

3–2

2–1

2–1

1–2

1–4

1–1

2–1

3–3

1–3

0–2

0–1

0–1

Al-Khaboura

0–3

2–3

2–6

0–2

1–2

1–2

2–1

2–1

0–0

0–2

3–0

1–4

Al-Nahda

1–0

2–0

2–0

1–2

2–4

2–1

6–2

3–0

0–1

1–1

2–1

2–3

Al-Nasr

1–0

2–1

2–1

1–1

1–2

2–1

5–3

0–1

1–1

1–1

2–2

2–1

Al-Oruba

3–1

3–0

1–2

2–0

2–1

3–0

1–1

2–3

2–3

1–3

1–1

2–0

Al-Seeb

3–2

6–1

4–1

2–2

3–4

0–2

1–2

1–0

0–2

3–3

0–1

2–2

Al-Ahli

0–2

0–0

1–2

1–0

2–2

1–2

1–1

1–1

2–2

1–1

0–0

4–1

Bahla

2–0

4–2

4–2

1–2

1–1

1–1

1–1

3–2

1–1

1–0

2–3

1–1

Al-Tali'aa

2–2

1–2

0–2

2–0

1–2

3–0

2–0

3–0

1–1

0–2

3–2

1–2

Dhofar

2–0

3–1

3–2

0–0

0–0

0–0

3–1

0–0

1–1

2–0

1–1

1–1

Muscat

2–0

2–2

2–1

4–2

1–1

0–0

2–3

2–3

2–0

1–1

0–0

2–1

Oman

4–0

1–0

0–0

1–1

0–0

3–2

1–0

0–0

1–1

0–1

2–2

1–0

Sur

6–3

3–1

1–1

4–1

1–2

0–0

2–0

2–2

3–1

3–5

0–0

0–0

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.

Season statistics

As of 19 May 2005

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Ahmed Al Busafy	Al-Seeb	12

Media coverage

Oman Mobile League Media Coverage
Country	Television Channel	Matches
Oman	Oman TV2	3 Matches per round

See also

2004 Sultan Qaboos Cup References "Omani League 2004-2005". goalzz.com. External links