2017–18 Oman Professional League

Season	2017–18
Champions	Al Suwaiq
Relegated	Fanja, Al-Mudhaibi, Al-Salam
Matches played	182
Goals scored	464 (2.55 per match)
Top goalscorer	Abdul Aziz Al-Muqbali (21 goals)
← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 Oman Professional League was the 42nd edition of the top football league in Oman.^[1]

Foreign players

Restricting the number of foreign players strictly 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	AFC Player	GCC Player	Former Players
Al-Nahda	Nikola Totic	Filip Fumić	Ibrahim Basit^[2]		Yousef Nasser
Al-Nasr	Fady Farid	Daniel Etor
Al-Oruba^[3]	Zoumana Koné	Joseph Adjei
Al-Salam	Jaja	Alisher Azizov
Al-Shabab	Fernando Evangelista dos Santos					Vinícius Calamari
Al-Suwaiq	Leandro Resida	Bassey Inyang Howells	Abdoulaye Dieng
Dhofar	Vinícius Calamari	Hugo López	Tamer Haj Mohamad^[4]	Amro Jenyat
Fanja^[5]	Mrisho Ngasa	Daniel Lyanga
Mirbat	Júnior	Noah Sadaoui
Muscat^[6]	Emanuel Blanc
Oman^[7]^[8]	Arthur Felix Da Silva	Philtzgérald Mbaka
Saham	Afroto	Feiz Shamsin	Amir Arsalan Motahari
Sohar	Alin Stoica

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al-Suwaiq	26	20	3	3	50	25	+25	63	Qualification to 2019 AFC Cup group stage
2	Al-Shabab	26	12	6	8	32	30	+2	42	Qualification to 2019 GCC Champions League
3	Al-Nahda	26	9	10	7	41	34	+7	37
4	Al-Nasr	26	9	8	9	28	26	+2	35
5	Al-Orouba	26	9	7	10	22	26	−4	34
6	Dhofar	26	9	6	11	34	31	+3	33
7	Saham	26	8	9	9	36	35	+1	33
8	Sohar	26	9	6	11	37	42	−5	33
9	Muscat	26	8	9	9	34	39	−5	33
10	Mirbat	26	10	2	14	35	47	−12	32
11	Oman	26	6	13	7	31	27	+4	31
12	Fanja	26	8	7	11	33	34	−1	31	Qualification to Relegation Playoff
13	Al-Mudhaibi	26	9	4	13	26	34	−8	31	Relegation to 2018–19 Oman First Division League
14	Al-Salam	26	8	6	12	25	34	−9	30	Relegation to 2018–19 Oman First Division League

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored;

References

^ Omantel League - Oman 2017/2018
^ "رسميا..النهضة يتعاقد مع الغاني ابراهيما". Lo3btna.com.
^ "العروبة يدعم صفوفه بثلاثة محترفين جدد". Lo3btna.com.
^ "انضمام السوري تامر حاج محمد رسميا لظفار". Lo3btna.com.
^ "فنجاء يضم محترفين لتعزيز صفوفه". Lo3btna.com.
^ "مسقط يجدد للاعبيه والمدرب "شريف الخشاب". Lo3btna.com.
^ "نادي عمان يتعاقد مع ثلاث مهاجمين جدد". Lo3btna.com.
^ "نادي عمان يستغني عن المحترفين الأجانب". Lo3btna.com.

External links

Season 2017-18 at soccerway.com

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