2015–16 Oman First Division League

Oman First Division League
Season 2015–16
Champions Al-Rustaq
Relegated Ahli Sidab
Al-Wahda
Matches played 114
Goals scored 261 (2.29 per match)
Biggest home win Bahla 5-1 Al-Wahda
(21 January 2016)
Biggest away win Al-Rustaq 0-5 Nizwa
(19 November 2015)
Highest scoring Bahla 5-1 Al-Wahda
(21 January 2016)
Longest winning run Nizwa
(6 games)
Longest unbeaten run Nizwa
(10 games)
Longest losing run Al-Kamel Wa Al-Wafi
Nizwa
(4 games)
2016–17 →

The 2015-16 Oman First Division League (known as the Omantel First Division League for sponsorship reasons) is the 40th edition of the second-highest division overall football league in Oman.[1] The season began on 1 October 2015 and concluded on 22 April 2016. Muscat Club are the defending champions, having won their first title in the previous 2014–15 season. At the end of the 9th round in the play-offs, on Friday, 15 April 2016, Al-Rustaq SC were crowned the champions of the 2015–16 Oman First Division League with one game to spare after a 1-0 win over Bowsher Club winning their first ever domestic title and hence earning promotion to the top flight for the first time in the club's history..[2][3][4] Al-Rustaq SC along with Oman Club[5][6][7] and Ja'lan SC[8][9] earned promotion to 2016–17 Oman Professional League.

Group A

As of 21 January 2016
Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Nizwa 12 7 4 1 17 5 +12 25 Qualification to Play-offs
2 Al-Rustaq 12 7 2 3 16 11 +5 23
3 Bowsher 12 6 4 2 15 9 +6 22
4 Mirbat 12 6 2 4 16 13 +3 20
5 Al-Tali'aa 12 2 4 6 9 12 −3 10
6 Al-Kamel Wa Al-Wafi 12 2 2 8 12 21 −9 8
7 Ahli Sidab 12 2 2 8 9 23 −14 8 Relegation to 2016–17 Oman Second Division League

Source:
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 21 January 2016
Home \ Away[1] AHS ALK ALRALTBOWMIRNIZ
Ahli Sidab 2–1 0–4 0–2 1–2 1–2 3–2
Al-Kamel Wa Al-Wafi 3–0 0–3 2–1 2–3 0–2 0–1
Al-Rustaq 1–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 0–5
Al-Tali'aa 1–1 2–1 1–2 0–0 1–2 0–0
Bowsher 2–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 1–1 0–1
Mirbat 1–1 3–1 0–1 1–0 3–1 1–2
Nizwa 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–0

Source:
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 21 January 2016
W Win
D Draw
L Lose
B Bye
W/O Withdrew
Team ╲ Round 123456789101112
Ahli Sidab L L D W L L L D L L W L
Al-Kamel Wa Al-Wafi L D L L L L D L L W L W
Al-Rustaq W W W L W L W D W L W D
Al-Tali'aa L L D L D W L D W D L L
Bowsher W L W D D W D D W W L W
Mirbat W W L W L D W D L W L W
Nizwa D W W W W W W D D W L D

Source: Clubs Season-Progress

Group B

As of 21 January 2016
Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Ja'lan 12 7 2 3 16 5 +11 23 Qualification to Play-offs
2 Oman 12 7 2 3 16 11 +5 23
3 Al-Seeb 12 5 5 2 18 13 +5 20
4 Al-Ittihad 12 4 2 6 14 17 −3 14
5 Bahla 12 3 4 5 15 15 0 13
6 Al-Mudhaibi 12 2 7 3 15 18 −3 13
7 Al-Wahda 12 1 4 7 7 22 −15 7 Relegation to 2016–17 Oman Second Division League

Source:
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 21 January 2016
Home \ Away[1] ALI ALM ALSALWBAHJALOMA
Al-Ittihad 1–1 0–1 3–0 1–3 1–0 0–1
Al-Mudhaibi 2–3 2–2 2–2 1–1 1–0 2–1
Al-Seeb 4–2 2–2 2–0 2–1 0–0 1–1
Al-Wahda 0–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 2–1
Bahla 0–0 2–1 1–3 5–1 0–2 1–1
Ja'lan 3–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–2
Oman 2–1 3–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–2

Source:
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 21 January 2016
W Win
D Draw
L Lose
B Bye
W/O Withdrew
Team ╲ Round 123456789101112
Al-Ittihad L W L W D D L W L L L W
Al-Mudhaibi D D D L D D L W D W D L
Al-Seeb W D D W D D W L W W D L
Al-Wahda L L D D L D W L L D L L
Bahla L D D L D D L W L L W W
Ja'lan W D L W L D W L W W W W
Oman W D W D W W L W W W L L

Source: Clubs Season-Progress

Play-offs

[10][11][12][13][14][15]

Format

3 top teams each from Group A and Group B advanced to the Play-offs stage. Each team in the Play-offs stage plays a home and an away tie against the remaining 5 teams. The winners and the runners-up earn promotion to 2016-17 Oman Professional League and the second runners-up plays a Promotion Play-off against the 12th positioned team of the 2015–16 Oman Professional League.

Table

As of 22 April 2016
Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Al-Rustaq 10 5 4 1 10 7 +3 19 Promotion To 2016-17 Oman Professional League
2 Oman 10 5 3 2 14 7 +7 18
3 Ja'lan 10 5 2 3 14 10 +4 17 Promotion Play-off
4 Bowsher 10 3 2 5 14 14 0 11
5 Al-Seeb 10 2 3 5 7 14 −7 9
6 Nizwa 10 2 2 6 7 14 −7 8

Source:
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 22 April 2016

[16] On 20 February 2016, due to pitch invasion, the match between Al-Seeb Club and Bowsher Club was abandoned after second half with Bowsher leading 2-0; Oman Football Association on 25 February confirmed the result as 3-0 for Bowsher and also announced a 500 Omani rials fine on Al-Seeb.[17]

Home \ Away[1] ALR ALS BOWJALNIZOMA
Al-Rustaq 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0
Al-Seeb 0–1 0–3 1–3 1–1 1–0
Bowsher 1–1 2–2 3–0 4–1 0–2
Ja'lan 4–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 0–1
Nizwa 0–2 0–1 2–0 2–0 1–4
Oman 1–1 2–1 3–1 1–1 0–0

Source:
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 Play-offs-progress

As of 22 April 2016
W Win
D Draw
L Lose
B Bye
W/O Withdrew
Team ╲ Round 12345678910
Al-Rustaq W D W D D D W W W L
Al-Seeb D D L W L W L D L L
Bowsher L L D L W W L D L W
Ja'lan W L L W D L W D W W
Nizwa D W L D W L L L L L
Oman L W W D L D W D W W

Source: Clubs Play-offs-Progress

Promotion/Relegation Play-off

As of 2 May 2016[18]

1st Leg

28 April 2016
19:00 UTC+4
Al-Musannah 1 - 1 Ja'lan
Jajani Baba  23' Khalid Al-Buraiki  75'
Al-Seeb Stadium, Al-Seeb, Oman
Attendance: Qasim Al-Hatmi (Oman)

2nd Leg

2 May 2016
19:00 UTC+4
Ja'lan 2 - 1 Al-Musannah
Ibrahima Camara  21', 93' Al-Ghassani  28'
Sur Sports Complex, Sur, Oman
Referee: Yaqoob Abdul-Baqi (Oman)

Ja'lan earned promotion to 2016–17 Oman Professional League after winning 3-2 on aggregate.[19][20]

OFA Awards

Oman Football Association awarded the following awards for the 2015–16 Oman First Division League season.[21][22][23]

See also

References

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  2. ↑ "Al-Rustaq takes title, promoted to Omantel Professional League". Muscat Daily.
  3. ↑ "الرستاق يكمل أفراحه بتتويجه بدرع الدرجة الأولى". azamn.com.
  4. ↑ "2ليلة تتويج الرستاق بالدرع .. وعودة نادي عمان للأضواء". koooorawabas.com.
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  6. ↑ "إدارة نادي عمان تعد للاحتفاء بفريقها الصاعد". azamn.com.
  7. ↑ "المدرب عساف خليفة: أنا محظوظ… ونادي عمان استحق الصعود". koooorawabas.com.
  8. ↑ "Jaalan stuns Mussanah to book maiden spot in Omantel Professional League". Muscat Daily.
  9. ↑ "Kamara twin strike takes Jalaan to OPL". Oman Observer.
  10. ↑ ""دوري الأولى" يصل محطته الثامنة.. و3 مواجهات مصيرية اليوم لحسم ثاني مراحل التأهل". alroya.om.
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  13. ↑ "الرستاق يقترب من التأهل التاريخي لدوري المحترفين والتتويج بدرع الدرجة أولى قدم". alwatan.com.
  14. ↑ "في الجولة قبل الأخيرة لدوري الأولـى… الرستاق على أعتاب تأهل تاريخي وعمان وجعلان يتشبثان بحقهما في المنافسـة". azamn.com.
  15. ↑ "البطاقة الثانية تتأجل للجولة الأخيرة..تأهل تاريخي لنادي الرستاق بصعوده لمصاف دوري المحترفين". azamn.com.
  16. ↑ "في الجولة الثالثة لدوري الأولـى .. الرستـاق يقبض على الصدارة وعمان ينتفض ويرفض الخسارة". azamn.com.
  17. ↑ "قصة الغضب ..والمفرقعات في لقاء السيب وبوشر ..!". azamn.com.
  18. ↑ "مواجهـة تجذب الأنظار بين المصنعة وجعلان في ذهاب الملحق". azamn.com.
  19. ↑ "Jaalan stuns Mussanah to book maiden spot in Omantel Professional League". Muscat Daily.
  20. ↑ "Kamara twin strike takes Jalaan to OPL". Oman Observer.
  21. ↑ "Fanja's Mohammed Al Musallami star of OFA Awards Gala". Times of Oman.
  22. ↑ "MOHAMMED AL MUSALAMI NAMED OPL'S BEST PLAYER". Muscat Daily.
  23. ↑ "Al Musalami steals the show at OFA awards night". Oman Observer.
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