| 2021–22 season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman | Muhammed bin Khalifa Al Thani | |||
| Head coach | Xavi (until 5 November 2021)[1][2] Javi Gracia (from 8 December 2021)[3][4] | |||
| Stadium | Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium | |||
| Qatar Stars League | 1st | |||
| Emir of Qatar Cup | 2021:Winners 2022:Semi-finals | |||
| Champions League | Group stage | |||
| Top goalscorer | League: André Ayew (15) All: André Ayew (16) | |||
In the2021–22 season,Al Sadd SC is competing in theQatar Stars League for the49th season, as well as theEmir of Qatar Cup and theChampions League. On November 3, after the match againstAl-Duhail,Xavi left the club to be the new coach ofFC Barcelona six years after his departure and this is after an agreement was reached between the two clubs.[1][2]
Players and squad numbers last updated on 3 September 2021.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined underFIFA 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 | ||||
v Al Sadd| 9 August 2021Pre-season | UE Figueres | 3–5 | Al Sadd | Olot,Spain |
| Report[5] |
v Al Sadd| 14 August 2021Pre-season | CE Sabadell | 3–2 | Al Sadd | Olot,Spain |
| 18:45 |
| Report[6] |
| 26 August 2021Pre-season | Al Sadd | 2–1[note 1] | Lusail SC | Doha |
| 19:00 |
| Report[7] | Attendance: 0 |
| 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
| 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 forAFC Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Al-Duhail | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 59 | 24 | +35 | 47 | Qualification forAFC 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 |
| 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
| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ground | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | |
| Position | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Win Draw Loss
| 12 September 2021Round 1 | Al-Sadd | 2–0 | Al-Sailiya | Doha |
| 21:20 | Report | Stadium:Thani bin Jassim Stadium Referee: Youssef Alsharshani |
| 16 September 2021Round 2 | Qatar SC | 1–3 | Al-Sadd | Doha |
| 17:50 |
| Report |
| Stadium:Khalifa International Stadium Referee: Saoud Al Athbah |
| 22 September 2021Round 3 | Al-Rayyan | 2–4 | Al-Sadd | Doha |
| 19:30 |
| Report |
| Stadium:Khalifa International Stadium Referee: Abdulrahman Al Jassim |
| 26 September 2021Round 4 | Al-Sadd | 7–2 | Al-Shamal | Doha |
| 19:30 | Report |
| Stadium:Khalifa International Stadium Referee: Hamad Al Subaie |
| 1 October 2021Round 5 | Al-Arabi | 0–4 | Al-Sadd | Doha |
| 19:15 | Report | Stadium:Khalifa International Stadium Referee: Khamis Al Marri |
| 17 October 2021Round 6 | Al-Sadd | 6–4 | Al-Gharafa | Doha |
| 17:30 | Report | Stadium:Thani bin Jassim Stadium Referee: Salman Ahmad Flahi |
| 26 October 2021Round 7 | Umm Salal | 1–3 | Al-Sadd | Al Wakrah |
| 18:20 |
| Report |
| Stadium:Saoud bin Abdulrahman Stadium Referee: Khalid Nabet |
| 30 October 2021Round 8 | Al-Sadd | 4–1 | Al-Ahli | Doha |
| 20:30 | Report | Stadium:Thani bin Jassim Stadium Referee: Hamad Al Subaie |
| 3 November 2021Round 9 | Al-Duhail | 3–3 | Al-Sadd | Doha |
| 19:55 |
| Report | Stadium:Thani bin Jassim Stadium Referee: Meshari Al shammari |
| 25 December 2021Round 10 | Al-Sadd | 3–0 | Al-Khor | Doha |
| 16:05 |
| Report | Stadium:Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium Referee: Mohammed Al-Sherif |
| 3 January 2022Round 12 | Al-Sailiya | 0–2 | Al-Sadd | Doha |
| 18:20 | Report |
| Stadium:Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium Referee: Khalid Nabet |
| 18 January 2022Round 15 | Al-Shamal | 1–5 | Al-Sadd | Doha |
| 16:20 |
| Report |
| Stadium:Thani bin Jassim Stadium Referee: Sultan Al Sharshani |
| 22 January 2022Round 16 | Al-Sadd | 4–2 | Al-Arabi | Doha |
| 19:15 |
| Report |
| Stadium:Grand Hamad Stadium Referee: Abdulrahman Al Jassim |
| 31 January 2022Round 11 | Al-Wakrah | 0–6 | Al-Sadd | Al Wakrah |
| 16:30 | Report |
| Stadium:Saoud bin Abdulrahman Stadium Referee: Abdulhadi Al Ruaile |
| 5 February 2022Round 17 | Al-Gharafa | 1–5 | Al-Sadd | Doha |
| 16:35 |
| Report | Stadium:Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Referee: Khamis Al Marri |
| 9 February 2022Round 18 | Al-Sadd | 2–0 | Umm Salal | Doha |
| 16:40 | Report | Stadium:Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Referee: Saoud Al Athbah |
| 17 February 2022Round 13 | Al-Sadd | 1–0 | Qatar SC | Doha |
| 18:00 | Report | Stadium:Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium Referee: Salman Ahmad Flahi |
| 21 February 2022Round 19 | Al-Ahli | 2–8 | Al-Sadd | Doha |
| 16:45 | Report | Stadium:Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium Referee: Khalid Nabet |
| 25 February 2022Round 20 | Al-Sadd | 1–1 | Al-Duhail | Doha |
| 19:00 |
| Report | Stadium:Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Referee: Abdullah Al Athbah |
| 1 March 2022Round 21 | Al-Khor | 2–4 | Al-Sadd | Al Khor |
| 19:00 | Report |
| Stadium:Al-Khor SC Stadium Referee: Khamis Al Marri |
| 8 March 2022Round 14 | Al-Sadd | 1–0 | Al-Rayyan | Doha |
| 18:15 |
| Report | Stadium:Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Referee: Salman Ahmad Flahi |
| 11 March 2022Round 22 | Al-Sadd | 2–1 | Al-Wakrah | Doha |
| 19:10 | Report |
| Stadium:Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium Referee: Mohammed Al-Shammari |
| 22 October 2021Final | Al-Rayyan | 1–1 (4–5p) | 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 CazorlaRodrigo TabataAkram AfifBoualem KhoukhiJung Woo-young | |||
| 13 February 2022Round of 16 | Al Sadd | 1–0 | Muaither | Doha |
| 16:40 |
| Report | Stadium:Grand Hamad Stadium Referee: Mohammed Al-Sherif |
| 5 March 2022Quarter-finals | Al Sadd | 4–0 | Al-Ahli | Doha |
| 16:50 |
| Report | Stadium:Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Referee: Saoud Al Athbah |
| 14 March 2022Semi-finals | Al Sadd | 2–3 | Al-Duhail | Doha |
| 19:45 | Report | Stadium:Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Referee: Salman Ahmad Flahi |
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]
| 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 toRound 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 | — |
vNasaf Qarshi| 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) |
v Al Sadd SC| 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) |
vAl-Wehdat| 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) |
v Al Sadd SC| 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) |
v Al Sadd SC| 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) |
vAl-Faisaly| 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) |
| 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
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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| Date | Pos | Player | From club | Transfer fee | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 July 2021 | MF | André Ayew | Swansea City | Free transfer | [10][11][12] |
| 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] |
| No. | Pos | Player | Contract length | Contract end | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | DM | Jung Woo-young | 2 years | 2023 | 13 June 2021 | [16] |
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