Al Sadd SC in international football competitions

Al-Sadd SC, a Qatari professional association football club, has gained entry to Asian Football Confederation (AFC) competitions on several occasions. They have represented Qatar in the Champions League on nineteen occasions, the now-defunct Cup Winners' Cup four separate occasions and FIFA Club World Cup on two occasions.

Al-Sadd SC in Asian football
Al-Sadd celebrate after winning 2011 AFC Champions League.
ClubAl-Sadd SC
Most appearancesHassan Al-Haidos (85)
Top scorerBaghdad Bounedjah (25)
First entry1988–89 Asian Club Championship
Latest entry2020 AFC Champions League
Titles
Champions League2 1989, 2011

History edit

In the 1989 season, they became the first Arab club side to triumph in the Asian Club Championship by defeating Al-Rasheed of Iraq on an aggregate of away goals. Twenty-two years later, they won the 2011 Asian Champions League and earned a spot in the 2011 FIFA Club World Cup, in which Al-Sadd finished third. They also earned a spot in the 2019 FIFA Club World Cup automatically as host club, in which Al-Sadd finished sixth.

AFC competitions edit

Asian Club Championship edit

Al-Sadd SC results in Asian Club Championship
Season Round Opposition Score
1988–89 Qualifying Group round   Al-Futowa 4–1 (Doha, Qatar)
  Al-Ansar 1–0 (Doha, Qatar)
  Al-Rasheed 0–0 (Doha, Qatar)
SF Group round   Pahang FA 0–2 (Kuantan, Malaysia)
  Mohammedan SC 2–2 (Kuantan, Malaysia)
  April 25 2–1 (Kuantan, Malaysia)
  Al-Ittifaq 2–1 (Kuantan, Malaysia)
Final   Al-Rasheed 3–2 (Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad)
1–0 (a) (Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha)
1989–90 Group stage   Al Rasheed 0–3 (Amman, Jordan)
  Al Ansar 2–0 (Amman, Jordan)
  Al-Ahli 0–0 (Amman, Jordan)
  Al Deffatain 3–0 (Amman, Jordan)
1990–91 First Round   Esteghlal 1-1 (Doha)
0-1, (Tahran)
1999–2000 First round   Al-Wahda 2–2 (Abu Dhabi)
1–1 (a) (Doha)
Second round   Al-Hilal 0–1 (Doha)
2–1 (Riyadh)

Cup Winners' Cup edit

Al-Sadd SC results in Asian Cup Winners' Cup
Season Round Opposition Home Away Aggregate
1991–92 First round   Kazma 1–1 1–1 2–2 (2–4 p)
1994–95 Second round   Al Qadisiya 2–0 (w/o) 2–0
Quarterfinals   Al Ittihad 0–2 0–0 0–2
2000–01 First round   Al-Talaba 1–1 3–3 4–4 (a)
Second round   Esteghlal 0–1 1–2 1–3
2001–02 First round   Fajr Sepasi 1–1 1–1 2–2 (5–3 p)
Second round   Al-Shabab 3–2 0–0 3–2
Quarterfinals   Al Ain 1–0 1–2 2–2 (a)
Semifinals   Al Hilal Single match 0–1
Third place   Chongqing Longxin Single match 0–0 (7–6 p)

Champions League edit

Al-Sadd SC results in AFC Champions League
Season Round Opposition Home Away Aggregate
2002–03 Group stage   Esteghlal 1–2 2nd place
  Al-Ain 0–2
  Al-Hilal 3–1
2004[1] Group stage   Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 1–0 0–1 2nd place
  Al-Wahda 0–0 0–0
2005[2] Group stage   Al-Ahli 2–0 1–2 1st place
  Al Kuwait 1–0 1–0
  Neftchi 3–2 0–2
Round of 16   Busan I'Park 1–2 0–3 1–5
2006[3] Group stage   Al-Shabab 2–3 0–0 2nd place
  Al-Arabi 4–1 2–1
  Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 3–0 2–0
2007[4] Group stage   Al-Karamah 1–1 1–2 4th place
  Najaf FC 1–4 0–1
  Neftchi 2–0 1–2
2008[5] Group stage   Al-Ahli 2–1 2–2 3rd place
  Al-Wahda 0–0 2–2
  Al-Karamah 0–2 0–1
2010[6] Group stage   Al-Hilal 0–3 0–0 3rd place
  Al-Ahli 2–2 5–0
  Mes Kerman 4–1 1–3
2011[7] Group stage   Esteghlal 2–2 1–1 1st place
  Pakhtakor 2–1 1–1
  Al-Nassr 1–0 1–1
Round of 16   Al-Shabab Single match 1–0
Quarter-finals   Sepahan 1–2 3–0 4–2
Semi-finals   Suwon Samsung Bluewings 0–1 2–0 2–1
Final   Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Single match 2–2 (4–2 p)
2014[8] Group stage   Sepahan 3–1 0–4 2nd place
  Al-Ahli 2–1 1–1
  Al-Hilal 2–2 0–5
Round of 16   Foolad 0–0 2–2 2–2 (a)
Quarter-finals   Al-Hilal 0–0 0–1 0–1
2015[9] Play-off round   Al-Wahda Single match 4–4 (5–4 p)
Group stage   Foolad 1–0 0–0 2nd place
  Al-Hilal 1–0 1–2
  Lokomotiv Tashkent 6–2 0–5
Round of 16   Lekhwiya 1–2 2–2 3–4
2016[10] Play-off round   Al-Jazira Single match 2–2 (4–5 p)
2017[11] Play-off round   Esteghlal Single match 0–0 (3–4 p)
2018[12] Group stage   Al-Wasl 2–1 2–1 2nd place
  Persepolis 3–1 0–1
  Nasaf Qarshi 4–0 0–1
Round of 16   Al-Ahli 2–1 2–2 4–3
Quarter-finals   Esteghlal 2–2 3–1 5–3
Semi-finals   Persepolis 0–1 1–1 1–2
2019[13] Group stage   Al-Ahli 2–1 0–2 1st place
  Persepolis 1–0 0–2
  Pakhtakor 2–1 2–2
Round of 16   Al-Duhail 3–1 1–1 4–2
Quarter-finals   Al-Nassr 3–1 1–2 4–3
Semi-finals   Al-Hilal 1–4 4–2 5–6
2020[note 1] Group stage   Al-Nassr 1–1 2–2 2nd place
  Sepahan 3–0 1–2
  Al-Ain 4–0 3–3
Round of 16   Persepolis Single match 0–1
2021[note 2] Group stage   Foolad 1–1 1–0 2nd place
  Al-Nassr 1–2 1–3
  Al-Wehdat 3–1 2–0

Non-AFC competitions edit

Non-AFC competition record
Season Competition Round Opposition Score
1992 Arab Cup Winners' Cup Group stage   CO Casablanca 0–3 (Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium, Jeddah)
  Haifa SC 5–0 (Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium, Jeddah)
  Al-Merrikh 1–1 (Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium, Jeddah)
Semi-final   Al-Ittihad Jeddah 1–2 (Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium, Jeddah)
Final   CO Casablanca 0–2 (Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium, Jeddah)
2001 Arab Club Champions Cup Group stage   Al-Ahli Sana'a 1–2 (Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha)
  Hutteen SC 6–1 (Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha)
  MC Oran 7–0 (Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha)
Semi-final   Al Rayyan SC 5–1 (Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha)
Final   MC Oran 3–1 (Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha)

Other competitions edit

FIFA Club World Cup edit

11 December 2011 Quarter-finals Espérance de Tunis   1–2   Al-Sadd SC Toyota
16:00 Darragi   60' Report Khalfan   33'
Koni   49'
Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 21,251
Referee: Enrique Osses (Chile)
15 December 2011 Semi-finals Al-Sadd SC   0–4   Barcelona Yokohama
19:30 Report Adriano   25', 43'
Keita   64'
Maxwell   81'
Stadium: International Stadium Yokohama
Attendance: 66,298
Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)
18 December 2011 Match for third place Kashiwa Reysol   0–0
(3–5 p)
  Al-Sadd SC Yokohama
16:30 Report Stadium: International Stadium Yokohama
Attendance: 60,527
Referee: Noumandiez Doué (Ivory Coast)
Penalties
Jorge Wagner  
Sawa  
Hayashi  
Otani  
  Niang
  Keïta
  Majid
  Al-Haydos
  Belhadj
11 December 2019 (2019-12-11) First round Al-Sadd   3–1 (a.e.t.)   Hienghène Sport Doha
20:30 Bounedjah   26'
Hassan   100'
Pedro Miguel   114'
Report Roine   46' Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium
Attendance: 7,047[20]
Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)
14 December 2019 (2019-12-14) Second round Monterrey   3–2   Al-Sadd Doha
20:30 Vangioni   23'
Funes Mori   45+1'
Rodríguez   77'
Report Bounedjah   66'
Hassan   89'
Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium
Attendance: 4,878[21]
Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)
17 December 2019 (2019-12-17) Fifth place Al-Sadd   2–6   Espérance de Tunis Doha
17:30 Bounedjah   32' (pen.)
Al-Haydos   49' (pen.)
Report Elhouni   6', 42', 74'
Badri   13', 25' (pen.)
Derbali   87'
Stadium: Khalifa International Stadium
Attendance: 15,037[22]
Referee: Abdelkader Zitouni (Tahiti)

Afro-Asian Club Championship edit

12 January 1990 First leg ES Sétif   2–0   Al-Sadd SC Constantine
00:00 Bendjaballah   41'
Ghrib   70'
Stadium: Mohamed Hamlaoui Stadium
19 January 1990 Second leg Al-Sadd SC   1–3   ES Sétif Doha
00:00 Gassem   86' (pen.)   25' Adjissa
  63', 75' Bendjaballah
Stadium: Khalifa International Stadium
Referee: Jassim Mandi (Bahrain)

Statistics edit

By season edit

Information correct as of 29 April 2021.
Key
Al-Sadd SC record in Asian football by season
Season Competition Pld W D L GF GA GD Round
1988–89 Asian Club Championship 9 6 2 1 16 8 +8 W
1989 Afro-Asian Club Championship 2 0 0 2 1 5 −4 RU
1989–90 Asian Club Championship 4 1 1 2 2 6 −4 Grp
1991–92 Asian Cup Winners' Cup 2 0 2 0 2 2 +0 R1
1994–95 Asian Cup Winners' Cup 2 0 1 1 0 2 −2 QF
1999–2000 Asian Club Championship 4 0 3 1 4 6 −2 R2
2000–01 Asian Cup Winners' Cup 4 0 2 2 5 7 −2 R2
2001–02 Asian Cup Winners' Cup 8 2 4 2 7 7 +0 3rd
2002–03 Champions League 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 Grp
2004 Champions League 4 1 2 1 1 1 +0 Grp
2005 Champions League 8 4 0 4 9 11 −2 QF
2006 Champions League 6 4 1 1 13 5 +8 Grp
2007 Champions League 6 1 1 4 6 10 −4 Grp
2008 Champions League 6 1 3 2 6 8 −2 Grp
2010 Champions League 6 2 2 2 12 9 +3 Grp
2011 Champions League 14 7 5 2 24 12 +12 W
2011 FIFA Club World Cup 3 1 1 1 2 5 −3 3rd
2014 Champions League 10 2 5 3 10 17 −7 QF
2015 Champions League 10 3 4 3 16 17 −1 R16
2016 Champions League 1 0 1 0 2 2 +0 PO
2017 Champions League 1 0 1 0 0 0 +0 PO
2018 Champions League 12 6 3 3 21 13 0 SF
2019 Champions League 12 6 2 4 20 19 +1 SF
2020 Champions League 7 2 3 2 14 9 +5 R16
2019 FIFA Club World Cup 1 1 0 2 7 10 −3 5th
2021 Champions League 6 3 1 2 9 7 +2 Grp
Total 153 54 50 49 206 203 +3

Overall record edit

In Asia edit

As of 29 April 2021:

AFC competitions
Competition Seasons Played Won Drawn Lost Goals For Goals Against Last season played
Champions League 20 129 50 40 39 182 165 2021
Cup Winners' Cup 4 17 3 9 5 16 18 2001–02
Afro-Asian Club Championship 1 2 0 0 2 1 5 1989
FIFA Club World Cup 2 6 2 1 3 9 15 2019
Total 27 156 55 50 49 208 203

Non-AFC competitions edit

As of 10 December 2001:

Non-AFC competitions
Competition Seasons Played Won Drawn Lost Goals For Goals Against Last season played
Arab Champions League 1 5 4 0 1 22 5 2001
Arab Cup Winners' Cup 1 5 2 1 2 8 7 1992
Total 2 10 6 1 3 30 12

Statistics by country edit

Statistics correct as of game against Al-Nassr on April 29, 2021

AFC competitions edit

Country Club P W D L GF GA GD
  Algeria ES Sétif 2 0 0 2 1 5 −4
Subtotal 2 0 0 2 1 5 −4
  Bahrain Riffa 1 0 1 0 0 0 +0
Subtotal 1 0 1 0 0 0 +0
  Bangladesh Mohammedan SC 1 0 1 0 2 2 +0
Subtotal 1 0 1 0 2 2 +0
  China PR Chongqing Longxin 1 0 1 0 0 0 +0
Subtotal 1 0 1 0 0 0 +0
  Iran Esteghlal 8 1 4 3 10 11 −1
Fajr Sepasi 2 0 2 0 2 2 +0
Mes Kerman 2 1 0 1 5 4 +1
Sepahan 6 3 0 3 11 9 +2
Foolad 6 2 4 0 5 3 +2
Persepolis 7 2 1 4 5 7 −2
Subtotal 31 9 11 11 38 36 +2
  Iraq Al-Rasheed 4 1 1 2 3 6 −3
Al-Talaba 2 0 2 0 4 4 +0
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 4 3 0 1 6 1 +5
Najaf FC 2 0 0 2 1 5 −4
Subtotal 12 4 3 5 14 16 −2
  India Dempo 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2
Subtotal 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2
  Jordan Al-Wehdat (Ex Al Deffatain) 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1
Subtotal 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1
  Kuwait Kazma 2 0 2 0 2 2 +0
Al Kuwait 2 2 0 0 2 0 +2
Al Qadisiya 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2
Al-Arabi 2 2 0 0 6 2 +4
Subtotal 7 5 2 0 12 4 +8
  Japan Kashiwa Reysol 1 0 1 0 0 0 +0
Subtotal 1 0 1 0 0 0 +0
  Lebanon Al-Ansar 2 2 0 0 3 0 +3
Subtotal 2 2 0 0 3 0 +3
  Malaysia Pahang FA 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2
Subtotal 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2
  Mexico Monterrey 1 0 0 1 2 3 −1
Subtotal 1 0 0 1 2 3 −1
  New Caledonia Hienghène Sport 1 1 0 0 3 1 +2
Subtotal 1 1 0 0 3 1 +2
  Korea DPR April 25 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1
Subtotal 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1
  Qatar Lekhwiya 2 0 1 1 3 4 −1
Al-Duhail 2 1 1 0 4 2 +2
Subtotal 4 1 2 1 7 6 +1
  Saudi Arabia Al-Ittifaq 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1
Al Ittihad 2 0 1 1 0 2 −2
Al-Hilal 14 3 3 8 13 24 −11
Al-Shabab 5 2 2 1 6 5 +1
Al-Ahli 6 3 2 1 10 9 +1
Al-Nassr 8 2 3 3 11 12 −1
Subtotal 36 11 11 14 42 53 −11
  Korea Republic Busan I'Park 2 0 0 2 1 5 −4
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 2 1 0 1 2 1 +1
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 1 0 1 0 2 2 +0
Subtotal 5 1 1 3 5 8 −3
  Spain Barcelona 1 0 0 1 0 4 −4
Subtotal 1 0 0 1 0 4 −4
  Syria Al-Futowa 1 1 0 0 4 1 +3
Al-Karamah 4 0 1 3 2 6 −4
Al-Ittihad 1 1 0 0 5 1 +4
Subtotal 6 2 1 3 11 8 +3
  Tunisia Espérance de Tunis 2 1 0 1 4 7 −3
Subtotal 2 1 0 1 4 7 −3
  United Arab Emirates Al-Wahda 7 0 7 0 9 9 +0
Al-Ain 5 2 1 2 9 7 +2
Al-Ahli 6 3 2 1 13 6 +7
Al-Jazira 1 0 1 0 2 2 +0
Al-Wasl 2 2 0 0 4 2 +2
Subtotal 21 7 11 3 37 26 +9
  Uzbekistan Neftchi 4 2 0 2 6 6 +0
Pakhtakor 4 2 2 0 7 5 +2
Lokomotiv Tashkent 2 1 0 1 6 7 −1
Nasaf Qarshi 2 1 0 1 4 1 +3
Subtotal 12 6 2 4 23 19 +4
  Yemen Al-Ahli Sanaa 1 0 1 0 0 0 +0
Subtotal 1 0 1 0 0 0 +0
Total 154 55 50 49 208 203 +5

Non-AFC competitions edit

Result summary by country
Country Pld W D L GF GA GD
  Algeria 2 2 0 0 10 1 +9
  Qatar 1 1 0 0 5 1 +4
  Morocco 2 0 0 2 0 5 −5
  Palestine 1 1 0 0 5 0 +5
  Sudan 1 0 1 0 1 1 +0
  Saudi Arabia 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1
  Syria 1 1 0 0 6 1 +5
  Yemen 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1
Total 10 6 1 3 30 12 +18

Asian competitions goals edit

Statistics correct as March 7, 2023

Hat-tricks edit

N Date Player Match Score Time of goals
1 10 March 2010 Leandro Al-Ahli Dubai – Al-Sadd 0–5 44', 45+2', 76'
2 17 February 2015 Khalfan Ibrahim Al-Wahda – Al-Sadd 4–4 66', 90+7', 98'

Two goals one match edit

Non-AFC competitions goals edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ On 9 July 2020, AFC announced new schedule for 2020 AFC Champions League group stage.[14][15] On 16 July 2020, AFC announced that Qatar would host 2020 AFC Champions League in the West region from the group stage to the semi-finals.[16] On 27 July 2020, AFC confirmed that Malaysia would host matches of Group G and H.[17]
  2. ^ On 11 March 2021, AFC confirmed the hosts for the group stage, except for Group H and I whose hosts will be decided at a later date.[18] On 10 May 2021, AFC confirmed the hosts for Group H and I.[19]

References edit

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  6. ^ "2010 AFC Champions League". RSSSF.
  7. ^ "2011 AFC Champions League". RSSSF.
  8. ^ "2014 AFC Champions League". RSSSF.
  9. ^ "2015 AFC Champions League". RSSSF.
  10. ^ "2016 AFC Champions League". RSSSF.
  11. ^ "2017 AFC Champions League". RSSSF.
  12. ^ "2018 AFC Champions League". RSSSF.
  13. ^ "2019 AFC Champions League". RSSSF.
  14. ^ "AFC reiterates commitment to complete 2020 competitions with new calendar". AFC. 9 July 2020.
  15. ^ "AFC Champions League revised schedule". AFC. 9 July 2020.
  16. ^ "Qatar to host 2020 AFC Champions League in the West region". AFC. 16 July 2020.
  17. ^ "Malaysia to host AFC Champions League Groups G and H". AFC. 27 July 2020.
  18. ^ "Venues for AFC Champions League 2021 Group Stage revealed". Asian Football Confederation. 11 March 2021.
  19. ^ "Uzbekistan to stage 2021 AFC Champions League Groups H and I". Asian Football Confederation. 10 May 2021.
  20. ^ "Match report – First round – Al-Sadd v Hienghène Sport" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 11 December 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  21. ^ "Match report – Second round – CF Monterrey v Al-Sadd SC" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 14 December 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  22. ^ "Match report – Match for fifth place – Al-Sadd SC v Espérance Tunis" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 17 December 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 17, 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.