2018-19 Oman Professional League - Encyclopedia Information

Oman Professional League
Season	2018–19
Champions	Dhofar
Relegated	Al-Shabab, Sur, Majees
Matches played	182
Goals scored	469 (2.58 per match)
Top goalscorer	Mohammed Al-Ghassani (18 goals)
← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The 2018–19 Oman Professional League is the 43rd edition of the Oman Professional League, the top football league in Oman. The season started on August 17, 2018.^[1]

Foreign players

Restricting the number of foreign players 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	Former Players
Al-Nahda				Alexandre Cléber Thiago Furtuoso
Al-Nasr	Fady Farid	Daniel Etor	Sheka Fofanah
Al-Oruba^[2]				Vinícius Calamari
Al-Rustaq	Armand Niamke			Philippe Lincourt-Joseph
Al-Shabab	Amro Jenyat
Al-Suwaiq	Tiago Lopes	Eslam Abdelmeguid	Thaer Krouma	Edson Reis
Dhofar	Odai Khadr
Mirbat				Theo Lewis Weeks
Muscat^[3]	Moustapha Kouyaté	Abdou Fall
Oman^[4]^[5]	Da Matta	Washington		Leandro Cearense
Saham	Tinga			Willen Evson Amir Arsalan Motahari
Sur	Samba Tounkara

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dhofar (C)	26	20	6	0	57	11	+46	66	Qualification for AFC Cup group stage
2	Al-Nasr	26	14	8	4	40	23	+17	50
3	Al-Nahda	26	12	7	7	33	26	+7	43
4	Al-Suwaiq	26	10	11	5	38	28	+10	41
5	Al-Rustaq	26	11	7	8	30	23	+7	40
6	Saham	26	11	5	10	37	39	−2	38
7	Sohar	26	10	7	9	37	34	+3	37
8	Al-Orouba	26	8	12	6	33	24	+9	36
9	Muscat	26	8	6	12	31	36	−5	30
10	Mirbat	26	8	6	12	25	35	−10	30
11	Oman	26	8	3	15	28	45	−17	27
12	Al-Shabab (R)	26	7	3	16	29	45	−16	24	Relegation to Oman First Division League
13	Sur (R)	26	4	8	14	26	48	−22	20	AFC Cup play-off round and relegation to Oman First Division League^[a]
14	Majees (R)	26	4	5	17	15	42	−27	17	Relegation to Oman First Division League

Source: Goalzz
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Sur qualified for the AFC Cup play-off round as Sultan Qaboos Cup winners.

Notes:

References

^ "Omantel League - Oman 2018/2019". goalzz.com. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
^ "العروبة يدعم صفوفه بثلاثة محترفين جدد". Lo3btna.com.
^ "مسقط يجدد للاعبيه والمدرب "شريف الخشاب". Lo3btna.com.
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^ "نادي عمان يستغني عن المحترفين الأجانب". Lo3btna.com.

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