2021–22 Al Sadd SC season

In the 2021–22 season, Al Sadd SC is competing in the Qatar Stars League for the 49th season, as well as the Emir of Qatar Cup and the Champions League. On November 3, after the match against Al-Duhail, Xavi left the club to be the new coach of FC Barcelona six years after his departure and this is after an agreement was reached between the two clubs.[1][2]

Al Sadd SC
2021–22 season
ChairmanMuhammed bin Khalifa Al Thani
Head coachXavi
(until 5 November 2021)[1][2]
Javi Gracia
(from 8 December 2021)[3][4]
StadiumJassim Bin Hamad Stadium
Qatar Stars League1st
Emir of Qatar Cup2021: Winners
2022: Semi-finals
Champions LeagueGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague:
André Ayew (15)

All:
André Ayew (16)

Squad list edit

Players and squad numbers last updated on 3 September 2021.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Nat. Position Name Date of Birth (Age) Signed from
Goalkeepers
1   GK Saad Al Sheeb (1990-02-19)19 February 1990 (aged 31)   Al Sailiya
22   GK Meshaal Barsham (1998-02-14)14 February 1998 (aged 23)   Youth system
Defenders
2   CB Pedro Miguel (1990-08-06)6 August 1990 (aged 31)   Al Ahli
3   LB Abdelkarim Hassan (1993-08-28)28 August 1993 (aged 28)   Youth system
12   RB Hamid Ismail (1987-09-12)12 September 1987 (aged 34)   Al-Arabi
66   CB Yasser Abubakar (1992-01-10)10 January 1992 (aged 29)   El Jaish
15   CB Tarek Salman (1997-12-05)5 December 1997 (aged 23)   Júpiter Leonés
16   LB / CB Boualem Khoukhi (1990-09-07)7 September 1990 (aged 31)   Al Arabi
70   RB Musab Kheder (1993-01-01)1 January 1993 (aged 28)   Youth system
Midfielders
4   DM Ahmed Sayyar (1993-10-06)6 October 1993 (aged 27)   Al-Gharafa
5   DM Jung Woo-young (1989-12-14)14 December 1989 (aged 31)   Vissel Kobe
8   CM Ali Assadalla (1993-01-19)19 January 1993 (aged 28)  Al Muharraq
18   CM Santi Cazorla (1984-12-13)13 December 1984 (aged 37)   Villarreal
23   RW Hashim Ali (2000-08-17)17 August 2000 (aged 21)   Youth system
20   DM Salem Al-Hajri (1996-04-10)10 April 1996 (aged 25)   Eupen
24   AM André Ayew (1989-12-17)17 December 1989 (aged 31)   Swansea City
13   DM Guilherme Torres (1991-04-05)5 April 1991 (aged 30)   Olympiacos
Forwards
9   ST Abdulaziz Al Ansari (1992-02-19)19 February 1992 (aged 29)   Al Kharaitiyat
10   RW Hassan Al-Haidos (1990-12-11)11 December 1990 (aged 30)   Youth system
11   ST Baghdad Bounedjah (1991-11-24)24 November 1991 (aged 29)   Étoile du Sahel
78   LW Akram Afif (1996-11-18)18 November 1996 (aged 24)   Al Markhiya

Pre-season and friendlies edit

9 August 2021 Pre-season UE Figueres   3–5 Al Sadd Olot, Spain
Report[5]
14 August 2021 Pre-season CE Sabadell   3–2 Al Sadd Olot, Spain
18:45
  • ?   5'
  • ?   89'
Report[6]
26 August 2021 Pre-season Al Sadd 2–1[note 1] Lusail SC Doha
19:00
Report[7] Attendance: 0

Competitions edit

Overview edit

Competition Record Started round Final position / round First match Last match
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Qatar Stars League 22 20 2 0 80 24 +56 090.91 Matchday 1 Winner 12 September 2021 11 March 2022
2021 Emir of Qatar Cup 1 1 0 0 1 1 +0 100.00 Final Winners 22 October 2021
2022 Emir of Qatar Cup 3 2 0 1 7 3 +4 066.67 Round of 16 Semi-finals 13 February 2022 14 March 2022
2022 Champions League 6 2 1 3 10 11 −1 033.33 Group stage 8 April 2022 27 April 2022
Total 32 25 3 4 98 39 +59 078.13

Updated to match played 29 April 2021
Source: Competitions

Qatar Stars League edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Al-Sadd (C) 22 20 2 0 80 24 +56 62 Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage
2 Al-Duhail 22 14 5 3 59 24 +35 47 Qualification for AFC Champions League play-off round[a]
3 Al-Wakrah 22 11 4 7 34 30 +4 37
4 Al-Arabi 22 11 3 8 34 31 +3 36
5 Al-Gharafa 22 9 3 10 39 40 −1 30
Source: QSL, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored;
(C) Champions


Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
21 19 2 0 78 23  +55 59 9 1 0 31 10  +21 10 1 0 47 13  +34

Last updated: 8 March 2022.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round edit

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
GroundHAAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAH
ResultWWWWWWWWDWWWWWWWWWWDW
Position3211111111111111111111
Updated to match(es) played on 8 March 2022. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

12 September 2021 Round 1 Al-Sadd 2–0 Al-Sailiya Doha
21:20
Report Stadium: Thani bin Jassim Stadium
Referee: Youssef Alsharshani
16 September 2021 Round 2 Qatar SC 1–3 Al-Sadd Doha
17:50
Report
Stadium: Khalifa International Stadium
Referee: Saoud Al Athbah
22 September 2021 Round 3 Al-Rayyan 2–4 Al-Sadd Doha
19:30
Report
Stadium: Khalifa International Stadium
Referee: Abdulrahman Al Jassim
26 September 2021 Round 4 Al-Sadd 7–2 Al-Shamal Doha
19:30
Report
Stadium: Khalifa International Stadium
Referee: Hamad Al Subaie
1 October 2021 Round 5 Al-Arabi 0–4 Al-Sadd Doha
19:15 Report
Stadium: Khalifa International Stadium
Referee: Khamis Al Marri
17 October 2021 Round 6 Al-Sadd 6–4 Al-Gharafa Doha
17:30
Report
Stadium: Thani bin Jassim Stadium
Referee: Salman Ahmad Flahi
26 October 2021 Round 7 Umm Salal 1–3 Al-Sadd Al Wakrah
18:20
Report
Stadium: Saoud bin Abdulrahman Stadium
Referee: Khalid Nabet
30 October 2021 Round 8 Al-Sadd 4–1 Al-Ahli Doha
20:30
Report
Stadium: Thani bin Jassim Stadium
Referee: Hamad Al Subaie
3 November 2021 Round 9 Al-Duhail 3–3 Al-Sadd Doha
19:55
Report
Stadium: Thani bin Jassim Stadium
Referee: Meshari Al shammari
25 December 2021 Round 10 Al-Sadd 3–0 Al-Khor Doha
16:05
Report Stadium: Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium
Referee: Mohammed Al-Sherif
3 January 2022 Round 12 Al-Sailiya 0–2 Al-Sadd Doha
18:20 Report
Stadium: Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium
Referee: Khalid Nabet
18 January 2022 Round 15 Al-Shamal 1–5 Al-Sadd Doha
16:20
Report
Stadium: Thani bin Jassim Stadium
Referee: Sultan Al Sharshani
22 January 2022 Round 16 Al-Sadd 4–2 Al-Arabi Doha
19:15
Report
Stadium: Grand Hamad Stadium
Referee: Abdulrahman Al Jassim
31 January 2022 Round 11 Al-Wakrah 0–6 Al-Sadd Al Wakrah
16:30 Report
Stadium: Saoud bin Abdulrahman Stadium
Referee: Abdulhadi Al Ruaile
5 February 2022 Round 17 Al-Gharafa 1–5 Al-Sadd Doha
16:35
Report
Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium
Referee: Khamis Al Marri
9 February 2022 Round 18 Al-Sadd 2–0 Umm Salal Doha
16:40
Report Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium
Referee: Saoud Al Athbah
17 February 2022 Round 13 Al-Sadd 1–0 Qatar SC Doha
18:00
Report Stadium: Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium
Referee: Salman Ahmad Flahi
21 February 2022 Round 19 Al-Ahli 2–8 Al-Sadd Doha
16:45
Report
Stadium: Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium
Referee: Khalid Nabet
25 February 2022 Round 20 Al-Sadd 1–1 Al-Duhail Doha
19:00
Report
Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium
Referee: Abdullah Al Athbah
1 March 2022 Round 21 Al-Khor 2–4 Al-Sadd Al Khor
19:00
Report
Stadium: Al-Khor SC Stadium
Referee: Khamis Al Marri
8 March 2022 Round 14 Al-Sadd 1–0 Al-Rayyan Doha
18:15
Report Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium
Referee: Salman Ahmad Flahi
11 March 2022 Round 22 Al-Sadd 2–1 Al-Wakrah Doha
19:10
Report
Stadium: Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium
Referee: Mohammed Al-Shammari

2021 Emir of Qatar Cup edit

22 October 2021 Final Al-Rayyan 1–1
(4–5 p)
Al Sadd SC Al Thumama
18:01
Report
Stadium: Al Thumama Stadium
Referee: Abdullah Al Athbah
Penalties
Yacine Brahimi  
Yohan Boli  
Abdulaziz Hatem  
Steven Nzonzi  
Shoja' Khalilzadeh  
  Santi Cazorla
  Rodrigo Tabata
  Akram Afif
  Boualem Khoukhi
  Jung Woo-young

2022 Emir of Qatar Cup edit

13 February 2022 Round of 16 Al Sadd 1–0 Muaither Doha
16:40
Report Stadium: Grand Hamad Stadium
Referee: Mohammed Al-Sherif
5 March 2022 Quarter-finals Al Sadd 4–0 Al-Ahli Doha
16:50
Report Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium
Referee: Saoud Al Athbah
14 March 2022 Semi-finals Al Sadd 2–3 Al-Duhail Doha
19:45
Report
Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium
Referee: Salman Ahmad Flahi

2022 AFC Champions League edit

Group stage edit

On 16 February 2022, AFC confirmed hosts for the East group stage.[8] On 3 March 2022, AFC confirmed hosts for the West group stage.[9]

Group E edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification FAI NAS SAD WEH
1   Al-Faisaly (H) 6 2 3 1 5 4 +1 9[a] Advance to Round of 16 0–0 2–1 1–1
2   Nasaf Qarshi 6 2 3 1 8 5 +3 9[a] 0–1 3–1 2–0
3   Al-Sadd 6 2 1 3 10 11 −1 7 1–0 1–1 5–2
4   Al-Wehdat 6 1 3 2 9 12 −3 6 1–1 2–2 3–1
Source: AFC
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Al-Faisaly 4, Nasaf Qarshi 1.
8 April 2022 (2022-04-08) 1 Al Sadd SC   1–1   Nasaf Qarshi Dammam
20:15 UTC+3
Report
Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium
Attendance: 230
Referee: Hanna Hattab (Syria)
11 April 2022 (2022-04-11) 2 Al-Faisaly   2–1   Al Sadd SC Dammam
23:15 UTC+3
Report
Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium
Attendance: 700
Referee: Fu Ming (China)
15 April 2022 (2022-04-15) 3 Al Sadd SC   5–2   Al-Wehdat Dammam
20:15 UTC+3
Report
Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium
Referee: Mohanad Qasim Sarray (Iraq)
19 April 2022 (2022-04-19) 4 Al-Wehdat   3–1   Al Sadd SC Dammam
20:15 UTC+3
Report
Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium
Attendance: 400
Referee: Kim Dae-yong (South Korea)
23 April 2022 (2022-04-23) 5 Nasaf Qarshi   3–1   Al Sadd SC Dammam
20:15 UTC+3
Report
Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium
Attendance: 85
Referee: Ma Ning (China)
27 April 2022 (2022-04-27) 6 Al Sadd SC   1–0   Al-Faisaly Dammam
23:15 UTC+3
Report Stadium: Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium
Referee: Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka)

Squad information edit

Playing statistics edit

As of 14 March 2022
No. Pos Nat Player Total Qatar Stars League Emir of Qatar Cup AFC CL1 Other
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   QAT Saad Al Sheeb 10 0 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
22 GK   QAT Meshaal Barsham 15 0 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
31 GK   QAT Yousef Baliadeh 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 DF   QAT Pedro Miguel 18 0 15 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
3 DF   QAT Abdelkarim Hassan 20 4 17 3 3 1 0 0 0 0
21 DF   QAT Abdelrahman Rashid 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 MF   QAT Boualem Khoukhi 16 4 12 4 4 0 0 0 0 0
20 DF   QAT Salem Al-Hajri 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
70 DF   QAT Musab Kheder 19 0 18 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
4 MF   QAT Ahmed Sayyar 7 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
5 MF   KOR Jung Woo-young 24 0 21 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
8 MF   QAT Ali Assadalla 25 3 21 3 4 0 0 0 0 0
6 MF   QAT Tarek Salman 22 0 19 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
14 MF   QAT Mostafa Tarek 7 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
7 MF   QAT Mohammed Al Bayati 10 0 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
19 MF   ESP Santi Cazorla 20 7 16 6 4 1 0 0 0 0
17 MF   BRA Guilherme Torres 24 1 21 1 3 0 0 0 0 0
MF   QAT Bahaa Ellithi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 MF   QAT Hassan Al-Haidos 21 7 19 7 2 0 0 0 0 0
11 FW   ALG Baghdad Bounedjah 20 14 17 13 3 1 0 0 0 0
12 FW   QAT Rodrigo Tabata 25 8 21 7 4 1 0 0 0 0
13 FW   QAT Abdullah Badr Al Yazidi 9 0 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
15 MF   QAT Akram Afif 22 15 18 14 4 1 0 0 0 0
9 FW   QAT Yusuf Abdurisag 16 3 14 2 2 1 0 0 0 0
24 FW   GHA André Ayew 25 17 21 15 4 2 0 0 0 0
Players transferred out during the season

Last updated: 14 March 2022
Source: fr.soccerway.com

Goalscorers edit

As of 14 March 2022

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.

No. Nat. Player Pos. QSL QEC CPC CL 1 TOTAL
  André Ayew MF 15 2 0 0 17
  Akram Afif FW 14 1 0 0 15
  Baghdad Bounedjah FW 13 1 0 0 14
  Rodrigo Tabata FW 7 1 0 0 8
  Hassan Al-Haidos FW 7 0 0 0 7
  Santi Cazorla MF 6 1 0 0 7
  Abdelkarim Hassan DF 3 1 0 0 4
  Boualem Khoukhi DF 4 0 0 0 4
  Yusuf Abdurisag FW 2 1 0 0 3
  Ali Assadalla MF 3 0 0 0 3
  Guilherme Torres MF 1 0 0 0 1
  Mostafa Tarek MF 1 0 0 0 1
Own Goals 4 0 0 0 4
Totals 80 8 0 0 88

Assists edit

No. Nat. Player Pos. QSL QEC CPC CL 1 TOTAL
  Akram Afif FW 17 1 0 0 18
  Santi Cazorla MF 9 3 0 0 12
  Ali Assadalla MF 5 1 0 0 6
  Hassan Al-Haidos FW 5 0 0 0 5
  Baghdad Bounedjah FW 5 0 0 0 5
  Abdelkarim Hassan DF 4 1 0 0 5
  Rodrigo Tabata FW 3 0 0 0 3
  Pedro Miguel DF 2 0 0 0 2
  Jung Woo-young MF 2 0 0 0 2
  Guilherme Torres MF 2 0 0 0 2
  Yusuf Abdurisag MF 2 0 0 0 2
  André Ayew MF 1 0 0 0 1
  Tarek Salman DF 1 0 0 0 1
  Ahmed Sayyar MF 1 0 0 0 1
Totals 59 6 0 0 65

Transfers edit

In edit

Date Pos Player From club Transfer fee Source
22 July 2021 MF   André Ayew   Swansea City Free transfer [10][11][12]

Out edit

Date Pos Player To club Transfer fee Source
9 July 2021 MF   Nam Tae-hee Al-Duhail Free transfer [13]
9 September 2021 MF   Hashim Ali Al-Rayyan Loan for one year [14]
10 September 2021 MF   Ahmed Suhail Al-Arabi Loan for one year [15]

New contracts edit

No. Pos Player Contract length Contract end Date Source
5 DM   Jung Woo-young 2 years 2023 13 June 2021 [16]

Notes edit

  1. ^ The match was divided into four quarters of 20 minutes each.

References edit

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  8. ^ "Centralised hosts for the AFC Champions League 2022 East Group Stage matches confirmed". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 16 February 2022.
  9. ^ "AFC Champions League 2022 (West) Group Stage to be held in Saudi Arabia". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 3 March 2022.
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  13. ^ "نام يعود للدحيل". Al-Duhail. 9 July 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  14. ^ "هاشم علي ومال الله إلى الريان". m.alarab.qa. 9 September 2021. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  15. ^ "سهيل ينتقل من السد للعربي". al-watan.com. 10 September 2021. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
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