Oman Professional League

The Oman Professional League (; known as the Omantel Professional League for sponsorship reasons), previously known as the Omantel Elite League, is the top division of the Oman Football Association. It was founded in 1976. Currently, the most successful team in the league is Dhofar, with 12 titles to its name.

Evolution to a professional league In 2010, during the annual draw for the Sultan Qaboos Cup, Sultan Qaboos bin Said, the Sultan of Oman, granted the OFA an annual sum of 2.6 million rial (approximately 6.7 million dollars) until the year 2015 to further boost the development of the league. The move was made to nurture Oman's football youth, and create higher hopes of Oman qualifying for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The deal is in addition to the annual 1.6 million rial that the Sultan gives to the OFA every year.

Although being very popular in the local community, it was ranked according to the AFC as a Class D football League till the 2012–13 season. Sayyid Khalid bin Hamid Al-Busaidi, OFA President, had already announced his organization's plan to transform the Omani Football League into a professional league by 2012, and also announced to change the league's name to the Oman Mobile League. The interest from many companies such as Nissan, Shell and Oman Mobile, was one of the main reasons why the league was expected to transform, under with the leadership of Sayyid Khalid.

The contract was extended again for the 2011–12 season for another three years to be known as the Omantel Elite League.

In 2013, ahead of the 2013–14 season, it was announced that the league had taken the first steps to becoming fully professional. The Oman Football League got the seal of approval as a professional league on 1 September 2013 and will henceforth be called the Omantel Professional League (OPL).

On 10 September 2014, one day before the first match of the 2014–15 season was played, Oman Football Association announced the extension of Omantel’s support for the country’s Professional League as its title sponsor.

On 30 April 2016, OFA and the Public Authority for Radio and Television (PART) reached an agreement on TV broadcasting rights of all competitions and matches organised by OFA including those related to OPL and any other competitions and matches for three seasons.

On 5 September 2016, the leading healthcare services provider in the Sultanate, Badr Al Samaa Group of Hospitals renewed their partnership with OFA for the 2016-17 Omani football season. On 8 September 2016, OFA confirmed that Omantel will be renewing their contract as the title sponsors of the OPL for the following three years, starting with the 2016-17 season until the 2018-19 season.

Oman Professional League clubs (2024–25) Al-Seeb Club Al-Nahda Club Al-Nasr S.C.S.C. Oman Club Al-Rustaq SC Al-Shabab Club Ibri Club Dhofar S.C.S.C. Saham Club Sur SC Al-Khaburah SC Sohar SC

Relegated in 2023-24 Al-Wahda SC Bahla Club

Championship history

Year by year Season Champion Runner up 1976–77 Fanja (1) 1977–78 Ruwi (1) 1978–79 Fanja (2) 1979–80 Al-Nasr (1) 1980–81 Al-Nasr (2) 1981–82 Al-Ahli (1) 1982–83 Dhofar (1) Al-Nasr 1983–84 Fanja (3) Al-Ahli 1984–85 Dhofar (2) Al-Nasr 1985–86 Fanja (4) Al-Ittihad 1986–87 Fanja (5) 1987–88 Fanja (6) Dhofar 1988–89 Al-Nasr (3) 1989–90 Dhofar (3) Al-Nasr 1990–91 Fanja (7) 1991–92 Dhofar (4) Al-Oruba 1992–93 Dhofar (5) 1993–94 Dhofar (6) 1994–95 Sur (1) Al-Seeb 1995–96 Sur (2) Oman 1996–97 Oman (1) Sur 1997–98 Al-Nasr (4) Sur 1998–99 Dhofar (7) Al-Nasr 1999–00 Al-Oruba (1) Al-Nasr 2000–01 Dhofar (8) Al-Oruba 2001–02 Al-Oruba (2) Sur 2002–03 Muscat (2) Dhofar 2003–04 Al-Nasr (5) Muscat 2004–05 Dhofar (9) Al-Oruba 2005–06 Muscat (3) Al-Nahda 2006–07 Al-Nahda (1) Al-Oruba 2007–08 Al-Oruba (3) Dhofar 2008–09 Al-Nahda (2) Muscat 2009–10 Al-Suwaiq (1) Dhofar 2010–11 Al-Suwaiq (2) Al-Oruba 2011–12 Fanja (8) Al-Shabab 2012–13 Al-Suwaiq (3) Fanja 2013–14* Al-Nahda (3) Fanja 2014–15 Al-Oruba (4) Fanja 2015–16 Fanja (9) Al-Suwaiq 2016–17 Dhofar (10) Al-Shabab 2017–18 Al-Suwaiq (4) Al-Shabab 2018–19 Dhofar (11) Al-Shabab 2019–20 Al-Seeb (1) Dhofar 2020–21 Dhofar (12) Al-Seeb2021–22Al-Seeb (2)Al Nahda2022–23Al-Nahda (4)Al-Suwaiq2023–24Al-Seeb (3)Al Nahda2024–25Al-Seeb (4)Al Nahda2025–26Al-Seeb (5)Al-Shabab Barka *The Professional League began from the 2013–14 season

Cities The following table lists the Oman Professional League champions by cities. City Titles Winning clubs Salalah Dhofar (12), Al-Nasr (5) Fanja Fanja (9) Sur Al-Oruba (4), Sur (2) Muscat Muscat (3), Oman (1), Al-Ahli (1)Seeb Al-Seeb (5) Al-Suwaiq Al-Suwaiq (4) Al-Buraimi Al-Nahda (4)

Performance by club Club Winners Runners-up Winning seasons Dhofar 1982–83, 1984–85, 1989–90, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1998–99, 2000–01, 2004–05, 2016–17, 2018–19, 2020–21 Fanja 1976–77, 1978–79, 1983–84, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1990–91, 2011–12, 2015–16 Al-Nasr 1979–80, 1980–81, 1988–89, 1997–98, 2003–04Al-Seeb2019–20, 2021–22, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26 Al-Orouba 1999–00, 2001–02, 2007–08, 2014–15 Al-Nahda 2006–07, 2008–09, 2013–14, 2022–23 Al-Suwaiq 2009–10, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2017–18 Muscat* 1977–78, 2002–03, 2005–06 Sur 1994–95, 1995–96 Ahli Sidab 1981–82 Oman 1996–97

*Includes championships won by Ruwi.

Topscorers Season Player Club Goals 1991–92 Hilal Hamid Dhofar 14 1995–96 Hilal Hamid Dhofar 20 1996–97 Said Faraj Dhofar 192004-05 Ahmed Al BusafyAl-Seeb122005–06 Salim Al-Shamsi Ismail Al-Ajmi Al NahdaMuscat 12 2006–07 Mohammed Abdullah Al-Nasr 6 2007–08 Aoerson D'Costa Al Oruba 9 2008–09 Said Al-Ruzaiqi Sur 13 2009–10 Ibrahim Al-Gheilani Al Suwaiq 11 2010–11 Rodrigo Felix de Oliveira Al Nahda 12 2011–12 Waleed Al-Saadi Al Suwaiq 14 2012–13 Ely Cissé Fanja 14 2013–14 Jumaa Saeed Mohammed Al-Ghassani Al NahdaAl Suwaiq 16 2014–15 Mechac Koffi Al-Nasr 19 2015–16 Vedran Gerc Sohar 14 2016–17 Essam Al-Barahi Al-Rustaq 162017–18 Abdul Aziz Al-MuqbaliAl Suwaiq212018–19 Mohammed Al-GhassaniSaham18

Notable achievements by Omani clubs The first trophy won by an Omani club in the regional or continental level was by Fanja in the 1989 Gulf Club Champions Cup, later named GCC Champions League. Fanja defeated Al-Muharraq of Bahrain in a penalty shootout after the match had ended 1–1 in the normal time. Fanja has appeared four times in the same tournament.

In the 1993–94 Asian Club Championship Omani club, Oman Club were awarded with second place after failing to beat Thai club, Thai Farmers Bank.

A few years later in 1996, Dhofar attempted to win the GCC Champions Cup, as Fanja did in 1989, but failed in the final match against Saudi club, Al-Nassr and finished with second place.

Al-Nahda competed in the 2008 AFC Cup, but were knocked-out in the semi-finals by eventual champions of the competition, Al-Muharraq on scoring aggregate.

Al Seeb Club achieved the AFC Cup title, becoming the second Omani club to achieve a regional or continental championship, after defeating Kuala Lumpur City in the 2022 AFC Cup Final.

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