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List of Al Sadd SC managers

This is a list of all managers of Al Sadd SC. Since 1969 the first coach was Hamad Al Attiyah, and the first coach to achieve a title with him was the Sudanese Hassan Othman, and more than his coach was the Portuguese Jesualdo Ferreira for four seasons. Current coach Javi Gracia took over for Xavi on 8 December 2021.

Jorge Fossati With Al Sadd SC won 6 titles, including a historical title in the AFC Champions League in 2011, and participated in the FIFA Club World Cup for the first time.

Background

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The first to coach Al Sadd SC is Hamad Al Attiyah. It did not last long. In the mid-seventies with coaches from Sudan, including Hassan Othman for three years, to begin the stage of contracting with Brazilian coaches from the eighties until the end of the nineties, their number reached 14, most notably Zé Mário, Evaristo de Macedo and Procópio Cardoso, With the beginning of the millennium Al Sadd SC contracted with several coaches and there was no stability and from several nationalities. They are Džemaludin Mušović for the second time after the first season 1994–95, Luka Peruzović, Jorge Fossati, Ilie Balaci, Bora Milutinović, Émerson Leão, Cosmin Olăroiu, René Meulensteen, Co Adriaanse, and for the third time the Bosnian Mušović. On January 14, 2011 Al Sadd SC contracted with Jorge Fossati for the second time after the first in the 2006–07 season which was not successful, but in the second Fossati managed to lead him to win the 2011 AFC Champions League for the second time in its history after the first in 1988–89 to ensure a historic participation in the FIFA Club World Cup where they played against the giant FC Barcelona to occupy third place and guarantee a bronze medal, and at the end of the season after failing to win the 2011–12 Qatar Stars League and not guaranteeing participation in the AFC Champions League, Fossati officially left his post.

 
Fossati after winning AFC Champions League in 2011.

He was succeeded by Moroccan Hussein Ammouta where he spent more than three years during which Ammouta achieved four titles, His first test came in the 2012 Sheikh Jassem Cup. Al Sadd, playing most of their matches with their second team, achieved the runners-up position when they lost to Al Rayyan SC in the final. In the league, his team's form won the appraisal of many pundits, with them winning all of their first nine games, setting a new league record.[1] Sadd were eventually held to a goalless draw by Al Kharaitiyat on 8 December 2012.[2] Al-Sadd won the league on 13 April 2013, one match before the end of the league. It was the first Al-Sadd's championship since 2007. On 28 November 2015, Ferreira was named the head coach of Al Sadd SC, on a six-month deal with the option of a further year.[3] Having won the 2018–19 Qatar Stars League with a game to play,[4] he left the team in May and was replaced by Xavi.[5] On 28 May 2019 it was announced that Xavi would take over as manager of Al Sadd on a two-year contract.[6][7] Xavi helped the club reach the semi-finals of the AFC Champions League, where they were eliminated by Al-Hilal FC 6–5 on aggregate.[8] In the league, the club finished third. In the 2019–20 season, Xavi led his team to win three domestic trophies, including the league and the Qatar Cup. In the 2020 AFC Champions League, Al Sadd reached the round of 16 but were eliminated 1–0 by Persepolis.[9] During his 97 games in charge of Al Sadd, spanning two and a half years, he led the club to seven trophies.[10] On 3 November 2021, Al Sadd drew 3–3 against Al-Duhail in his final game in-charge. Two days later Al Sadd announced Xavi's move to Barcelona after his release clause was paid.[11]

Managerial history

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Years Months Manager
1969 Unknown   Hamad Al Attiyah1
1969 Unknown   Said Musa1
1969–73 Unknown Unknown
1973–74 Unknown   Said Musa1
1974 Unknown   Abdulla Balash
1974–77 Unknown   Hassan Othman
1977–79 Unknown Unknown
1979–82 Unknown   José Faria
1982 Unknown   Hassan Othman
1982–83 Unknown   Jimmy Meadows
1983–84 Unknown   Pepe
1984–85 Unknown   Hassan Othman
1985–87 Unknown   Procópio Cardoso
1987–88 Unknown   Ahmed Omar
1988–89 Unknown   José Carbone
1989 Unknown   Obeid Jumaa
1989 Unknown   José Carbone
1989–90 Unknown   Cabralzinho
1990–91 Unknown   Silas
1991–92 Unknown   Obeid Jumaa
1993 Unknown   Sebastião Lapola
1993–94 Unknown   Ahmed Omar
1994 Unknown   Flamarion Nunes
1994–95 Unknown   Džemaludin Mušović
1995 Unknown   Khalifa Khamis
1995–96 Unknown   Sebastião Rocha
Years Months Manager
1996–97 Unknown   Ahmed Omar
1997 Unknown   Abdelkadir Bomir
1997 Unknown   Evaristo de Macedo
1997 Unknown   Zé Mário
1997–98 Unknown   Rabah Madjer
1998–99 Unknown   Abdelkadir Bomir
1999 Unknown   Luiz Gonzaga2
1999 Unknown   Evaristo de Macedo
1999 Unknown   Adnan Dirjal
1999–00 Unknown   Procópio Cardoso
2000 Unknown   Džemaludin Mušović
2000–01 July – Oct   René Meulensteen
2001–02 Oct – Oct   Ilie Balaci
2002–04 Oct – May   Luka Peruzović
2004–05 May – Oct   Bora Milutinović
2005–06 Oct – May   Mohammed Al Ammari
2006–07 May – Aug   Jorge Fossati
2007–08 Aug – Jan   Co Adriaanse
2008 Feb – June   Hassan Hormutallah
2008 June – Nov   Émerson Leão
2008–09 Nov – June   Džemaludin Mušović
2009–10 June – Dec   Cosmin Olăroiu
2010–12 Dec – May   Jorge Fossati
2012–15 June – Nov   Hussein Amotta
2015–19 Nov – May   Jesualdo Ferreira
2019–21 May – Nov   Xavi
2021– Nov –   Javi Gracia

Notes

  • Note 1 denotes player–manager role.
  • Note 2 denotes caretaker role.

List of managers

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Information correct as of 8 May 2023. Only competitive matches are counted.

Key
* Caretaker manager
Name From To Matches Won Drawn Lost Win%
  René Meulensteen 100
  Ilie Balaci 100
  Luka Peruzović 100
  Bora Milutinović 2004 2005 100
  Mohammed Al Ammari October 2005 May 2006 100
  Jorge Fossati 22 December 2005[12] June 2007 100
  Co Adriaanse 27 August 2007 28 January 2008[13] 100
  Hassan Hormutallah 100
  Émerson Leão 15 July 2008[14] 25 November 2008[15] 100
  Džemaludin Mušović 100
  Cosmin Olăroiu 17 April 2009[16] 23 December 2010[17] 100
  Jorge Fossati 14 January 2011[18] May 2012 44 20 14 10 45.45
  Hussein Amotta 1 June 2012[19] 21 November 2015 152 87 35 30 57.24
  Jesualdo Ferreira 24 November 2015[20] 20 May 2019 129 80 26 23 62.02
  Xavi 28 May 2019[21] 5 November 2021[22][23] 102 67 17 18 65.69
  Javi Gracia 8 December 2021[24][25] 18 June 2022[26] 22 16 2 4 72.73
  Juan Manuel Lillo 18 June 2022[26] 8 May 2023 32 20 2 10 62.5
  Bruno Pinheiro 13 July 2023[27] Present 100

Trophies

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# Name QSL EQC CPC SJC ACL ACC Total
1   Jorge Fossati 1 1 2 1 1 - 6
  Xavi 1 2 2 1 - - 6
  Hassan Othman 1 4 - 1 - - 6
4   Hussein Ammouta 1 2 - 1 - - 4
  Procópio Cardoso 2 1 - 1 - - 4
  Ahmed Omar 1 2 - 1 - - 4
  Jesualdo Ferreira 1 1 1 1 - - 4
8   José Faria 2 - - 1 - - 3
  Luka Peruzović 1 1 1 - - - 3
10   Ilie Balaci - 1 - - - 1 2
  José Carbone 1 - - - 1 - 2
  Džemaludin Mušović 1 1 - - - - 2
13   Cleyton Silas - 1 - - - - 1
  René Meulensteen - 1 - - - - 1
  Bora Milutinović - 1 - - - - 1
  Hassan Hormutallah - - 1 - - - 1
  Abdelkadir Bomir - - 1 - - - 1

Bold = current manager

References

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  1. ^ "الزعيم يواصل تحطيم الأرقام القياسية بدوري النجوم". Al Kass. 24 November 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
  2. ^ "AL KHARITIYATH VS. AL SADD 0 – 0". Soccerway. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
  3. ^ "Oficial: Jesualdo Ferreira já assinou pelo Al Sadd do Qatar" [Official: Jesualdo Ferreira already signed for Qatar's Al Sadd] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 28 November 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Jesualdo Ferreira festeja título de campeão no Qatar" [Jesualdo Ferreira celebrates title as champion of Qatar]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 4 April 2019. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Soccer: Xavi begins managerial career with Al Sadd". Reuters. 28 May 2019. Retrieved 15 December 2020.[dead link]
  6. ^ السد, AlSadd S. C. | نادي (28 May 2019). "OFFICIAL: #Xavi Hernandez will take over as the head coach of #AlSadd from the beginning of the next season! #Qatar". @AlsaddSC. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  7. ^ "Barcelona legend Xavi appointed manager of Qatar-based club | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  8. ^ "AFC Champions League: Al-Hilal 2-4 Al Sadd (6-5 agg): Xavi's side fall just short in comeback bid". Fox Sports Asia. 22 October 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  9. ^ "El Al Sadd de Xavi Hernández y Cazorla, eliminado de la Champions asiática". Marca.com (in Spanish). 27 September 2020.
  10. ^ Lowe, Sid (6 November 2021). "Xavi heading home to Barcelona in chronicle of a coaching job foretold". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  11. ^ "Xavi set to take over as Barcelona coach, Qatar's Al-Sadd says". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  12. ^ ""جورج فوساتي" مدربا للسد القطري". al-ayyam.ps. 22 December 2005. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  13. ^ "السد القطري يبحث عن مدرب خلفا لأدريانسي". 29 January 2008. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
  14. ^ "البرازيلي إيمرسون لياو مدرب جديد لنادي السد القطري". aljazeera.net. 15 July 2008. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
  15. ^ "السد القطري يقيل مدربه البرازيلي ويغازل البوسني موسوفيتش". aljazeera.net. 25 November 2008. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
  16. ^ "Qatar: Al Sadd appoint Cosmin Olaroiu as Coach". Goal.com. 17 April 2009.
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  21. ^ "Al Sadd appoint Xavi Hernandez as their new coach". marca.com. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  22. ^ "Xavi est le nouvel entraîneur du FC Barcelone, en espérant revivre les heures de gloire du club". lemonde.fr. 5 November 2021. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  23. ^ "Al Sadd annonce Xavi au FC Barcelone". footmercato.net. 5 November 2021. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  24. ^ "Javi Gracia, presentado como nuevo entrenador de Al-Sadd". as.com. 8 December 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  25. ^ "Javi Gracia, nuevo entrenador del Al Sadd". diariodenavarra.es. 8 December 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  26. ^ a b "Lillo replaces Gracia as Al Sadd coach". The Peninsula. 18 June 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  27. ^ "Bruno Miguel is new Al Sadd coach; Al Rawi joins Al Rayyan". Qatar Tribune. 13 July 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
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