2018–19 Al Sadd SC season

In the 2018–19 season, Al Sadd SC is competing in the Qatar Stars League for the 46th season, as well as the Emir of Qatar Cup and the Champions League.

Al Sadd SC

2018–19 season
Chairman	Muhammed bin Khalifa Al Thani
Head coach	Jesualdo Ferreira
Stadium	Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha
Qatar Stars League	Champion
Emir of Qatar Cup	Runners–up
Champions League	2018: Semi-final 2019: Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Baghdad Bounedjah (39) All: Baghdad Bounedjah (43)
Home colours Away colours

Pre-season and friendlies

It is decided that the first football team of the Al Sadd Club will leave for Austria to enter the camp on July 12 until the 28th of this month as part of preparations for the 2018–19 season. The team will play 3 friendly matches during the next period, during July 19 for the first friendly, July 23 for the second, and finally the third on July 27.[1]

19 July 2018 Friendly	Al Sadd	1–4	MSV Duisburg	St. Johann in Tirol
19:00 UTC+2	Hamroun  79'	Report	Stoppelkamp  12' Al-Hamawende  48' (o.g.) Wolze  63', 90'	Stadium: Koasastadion St. Johann

23 July 2018 Friendly	Al Sadd	Cancelled	SC Freiburg	St. Johann in Tirol
18:00 UTC+2		Report		Stadium: Koasastadion St. Johann

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record								Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Qatar Stars League	22	18	3	1	100	22	+78	081.82	Matchday 1	Winner	5 August 2018	13 April 2019
Emir of Qatar Cup	3	2	0	1	7	6	+1	066.67	Quarter Final	Runners–up	2 May 2019	16 May 2019
Champions League	4	1	2	1	6	5	+1	025.00	Quarter-final	Semi-final	27 August 2018	23 October 2018
Champions League	4	2	1	1	5	5	+0	050.00	Group stage[note 1]		5 March 2019	20 May 2019[note 1]
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	—

Updated to match played 16 May 2019
Source: Competitions

Qatar Stars League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al-Sadd (C)	22	18	3	1	100	22	+78	57	Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage and FIFA Club World Cup first round[lower-alpha 1]
2	Al-Duhail	22	15	5	2	52	17	+35	50	Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage[lower-alpha 2]
3	Al-Sailiya	22	12	2	8	38	26	+12	38	Qualification for AFC Champions League play-off round
4	Al-Rayyan	22	10	7	5	34	31	+3	37
5	Al-Ahli	22	10	4	8	32	39	−7	34

Source: QSL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored;
(C) Champion.
Notes:

1. The league champions will qualify for the FIFA Club World Cup first round unless the 2019 AFC Champions League winners are from Qatar.
2. Al-Duhail qualified for the AFC Champions League group stage as Emir of Qatar Cup winners.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
22	18	3	1	100	22	+78	57	9	2	0	58	11	+47	9	1	1	42	11	+31

Last updated: 19 April 2019.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Ground	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H
Result	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W
Position	1	1	1	1	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 13 April 2019. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

5 August 2018 Round 1	Al-Kharaitiyat	0–6	Al-Sadd	Doha
18:35		Soccerway report	8', 89' Afif  59' (pen.), 83', 90+2' Bounedjah  78' (o.g.) Abdurahman	Stadium: Khalifa International Stadium Referee: Saoud Al Athbah

12 August 2018 Round 2	Al-Sadd	10–1	Al-Arabi	Doha
20:40	Abdulla  14' (o.g.) Afif  25', 85' Bounedjah  43' (pen.), 47', 50', 62', 64', 72', 89'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Referee: Abdulrahman Al Jassim

19 August 2018 Round 3	Al-Sadd	1–1	Al-Gharafa	Doha
18:25	Al-Haidos  90+5'	Soccerway report	Weiss  49'	Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Referee: Khamis Mohamed Al Kuwari

2 September 2018 Round 4	Al-Sadd	4–0	Al-Shahania	Doha
18:10	Bounedjah  3' Afif  8', 40' Khoukhi  14'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Referee: Abdulaziz Mousa

22 September 2018 Round 6	Al-Sadd	5–0	Al-Rayyan	Doha
18:55	Bounedjah  11', 70' Hassan  31' Afif  59' Woo-young  79'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Referee: Khamis Al Marri

27 September 2018 Round 7	Qatar SC	1–5	Al-Sadd	Doha
21:00	Eto'o  40'	Soccerway report	13' Ismail  20' Bounedjah  29' Afif  58' Xavi  90+3' Sayyar	Stadium: Suheim bin Hamad Stadium Referee: Mohammed Al-Shammari

7 October 2018 Round 8	Al-Sadd	1–1	Al-Sailiya	Doha
20:50	66' Bounedjah	Soccerway report	Ilyas  87' (pen.)	Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Referee: Abdulrahman Al Jassim

27 October 2018 Round 10	Al-Ahli	4–1	Al-Sadd	Doha
19:20	Ebrahimi  5', 63' Moustafa  21' Muntari  34' (pen.)	Soccerway report	52' (pen.) Bounedjah	Stadium: Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium Referee: Salman Ahmad Flahi

2 November 2018 Round 11	Umm Salal	1–5	Al-Sadd	Doha
20:25	Sagbo  33'	Soccerway report	20' Pedro Miguel  29' Al-Haidos  55' Xavi  69', 87' Afif	Stadium: Thani bin Jassim Stadium Referee: Abdulhadi Al Rowaily

8 November 2018 Round 12	Al-Sadd	7–1	Al-Kharaitiyat	Doha
20:20	Bounedjah  17', 46', 86' Ismail  18' Hassan  38' Afif  64' (pen.) Sayyar  90'	Soccerway report	82' Saad	Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Referee: Nayef Mohamed El-Kadiri

24 November 2018 Round 13	Al-Arabi	0–3	Al-Sadd	Doha
19:30		Soccerway report	7', 45+2' (pen.) Bounedjah  49' (pen.) Al-Haidos	Stadium: Grand Hamad Stadium Referee: Abdulhadi Al Rowaily

28 November 2018 Round 5	Al-Khor	1–2	Al-Sadd	Al Khor
19:30	Wágner  70'	Soccerway report	16', 86' Bounedjah	Stadium: Al-Khor SC Stadium Referee: Saoud Al Athbah

2 December 2018 Round 14	Al-Gharafa	1–8	Al-Sadd	Doha
17:00	Taremi  53' (pen.)	Soccerway report	19', 28', 45+3' (pen.) Bounedjah  24', 40', 58' Afif  63' Al-Haidos  86' Ahmad	Stadium: Thani bin Jassim Stadium Referee: Mohammed Al-Shammari

7 December 2018 Round 15	Al-Shahania	1–4	Al-Sadd	Doha
19:30	Vázquez  42'	Soccerway report	23', 90+2' Al-Haidos  50', 76' Bounedjah	Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Referee: Nayef Mohamed El-Kadiri

11 December 2018 Round 9	Al-Sadd	3–1	Al-Duhail	Doha
19:30	Mendes  9' (o.g.) Al-Hajri  89' Bounedjah  90+4'	Soccerway report	6' (pen.) El-Arabi	Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)

16 February 2019 Round 16	Al-Sadd	6–2	Al-Khor	Doha
20:10	Afif  7', 10', 64' Ismail  42' Jung  55' Bounedjah  57'	Soccerway report	15' Wágner  90+2' (pen.) Tiago Bezerra	Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Referee: Abdulhadi Al Rowaily

23 February 2019 Round 17	Al-Rayyan	0–4	Al-Sadd	Doha
20:10		Soccerway report	33' Bounedjah  35' Hassan  62' (pen.), 72' Afif	Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Referee: Khamis Mohamed Al Kuwari

28 February 2019 Round 18	Al-Sadd	8–1	Qatar SC	Doha
21:10	Abdelkarim Hassan  23' Bounedjah  30' (pen.), 84', 90+3' Afif  35', 58', 71' Al-Haidos  45+3' (pen.)	Soccerway report	52' Abdel-Rahman	Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Referee: Mohammed Al-Shammari

28 February 2019 Round 19	Al-Sailiya	0–2	Al-Sadd	Doha
18:00		Soccerway report	18' Bounedjah  84' Afif	Stadium: Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium Referee: Saoud Al Athbah

30 March 2019 Round 20	Al-Duhail	2–2	Al-Sadd	Doha
20:15	El-Arabi  75', 85' (pen.)	Soccerway report	26' Bounedjah  90+5' (o.g.) Naji Hussein	Stadium: Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium Referee: Abdulrahman Al Jassim

4 April 2019 Round 21	Al-Sadd	7–2	Al-Ahli	Doha
20:10	Bounedjah  6' (pen.), 45+1', 81' Al-Haidos  24', 75' (pen.) Afif  53' Jung  90+4'	Soccerway report	71' de Jong  79' Umaru	Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Referee: Nayef Mohamed El-Kadiri

13 April 2019 Round 22	Al-Sadd	6–1	Umm Salal	Doha
20:20	Khoukhi  30' Al-Haidos  41' (pen.) Afif  63', 69' Assadalla  65'	Soccerway report	34' Sagbo	Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Referee: Khamis Al Marri

Emir of Qatar Cup

2 May 2019 Quarter-finals	Al-Sadd	4–2	Al-Gharafa	Doha
21:00	Khoukhi  17' Bounedjah  45', 90+2' Afif  75'	Report	78' Taremi  89' Seraj	Stadium: Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium Referee: Khamis Mohamed Al Kuwari

11 May 2019 Semi-finals	Al-Rayyan	0–2	Al-Sadd	Doha
22:30		Report	Asad  12' Bounedjah  84'	Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Referee: Salman Ahmad Flahi

16 May 2019 Final	Al-Sadd	1–4	Al-Duhail	Al Wakrah
22:30	Akram Afif  7'	Report	Ali Afif  16' Edmilson  59', 81' El-Arabi  62'	Stadium: Al Wakrah Stadium Attendance: 38,678 Referee: Abdulrahman Al Jassim[2]

2018 AFC Champions League

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

27 August 2018	Esteghlal	1–3	Al-Sadd	Tehran
20:30 UTC+4:30	Barsham  12' (o.g.)	Live Report Report	60' Afif  65', 74' (pen.) Bounedjah	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 78,116 Referee: Ma Ning (China)

17 September 2018	Al-Sadd	2–2	Esteghlal	Doha
19:00 UTC+3	Afif  27' Bounedjah  90+2' (pen.)	Live Report Report	Bagheri  32' Tabrizi  49'	Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium Attendance: 6,462 Referee: Muhammad Taqi (Singapore)

Semi-finals

2 October 2018	Al-Sadd	0–1	Persepolis	Doha
18:15 UTC+3	S. Al Sheeb  85'	Live Report Stats Report	A. Alipour  86' (pen.) S. Nemati  77' O. Alishah  39' A. Beiranvand  76'	Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium Attendance: 9,087 Referee: Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka)

23 October 2018	Persepolis	1–1	Al-Sadd	Tehran
18:30 UTC+3:30	Nemati  49'	Live Report Stats Report	Bounedjah  17'	Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 81,350 Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

2019 AFC Champions League

Group stage

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SAD	AHL	PAK	PER
1	Al-Sadd	6	3	1	2	7	8	−1	10	Advance to knockout stage		—	2–1	2–1	1–0
2	Al-Ahli	6	3	0	3	7	7	0	9			2–0	—	2–1	2–1
3	Pakhtakor	6	2	2	2	7	7	0	8			2–2	1–0	—	1–0
4	Persepolis	6	2	1	3	6	5	+1	7			2–0	2–0	1–1	—

Source: AFC

5 March 2019 1	Al-Ahli	2–0	Al-Sadd	Jeddah
20:15 UTC+3	Al Somah  32' (pen.), 76'	Live Report Stats Report		Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 7,328 Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

12 March 2019 2	Al-Sadd	1–0	Persepolis	Doha
18:45 UTC+3	Bounedjah  90+5'	Live Report Stats Report		Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Attendance: 8,053 Referee: Kim Dong-jin (South Korea)

9 April 2019 3	Pakhtakor	2–2	Al-Sadd	Tashkent
19:00 UTC+5	Alijonov  9' Ćeran  41'	Live Report Stats Report	Xavi  6', 16'	Stadium: Pakhtakor Central Stadium Attendance: 32,315 Referee: Fu Ming (China)

22 April 2019 4	Al-Sadd	2–1	Pakhtakor	Doha
19:00 UTC+3	Xavi  9' Bounedjah  87'	Live Report Stats Report	Krimets  30'	Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Attendance: 4,692 Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)

6 May 2019 5	Al-Sadd	2–1	Al-Ahli	Doha
21:45 UTC+3	Asad  9' Afif  12'	Live Report Stats Report	Al Somah  51' (pen.)	Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Attendance: 6,683 Referee: Ko Hyung-jin (South Korea)

20 May 2019 6	Persepolis	2–0	Al-Sadd	Tehran
21:00 UTC+4:30	Torabi  16' Alipour  67'	Live Report Stats Report		Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 11,390 Referee: Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka)

Squad information

Playing statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Qatar Stars League		Emir of Qatar Cup		2018 Champions League		2019 Champions League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Saad Al Sheeb	15	0	12	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
22	GK		Meshaal Barsham	14	0	10	0	1	0	3	0	0	0
30	GK		Jehad Hudib	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF		Pedro Miguel	29	1	22	1	3	0	4	0	0	0
3	DF		Abdelkarim Hassan	21	4	14	4	3	0	4	0	0	0
7	DF		Musab Kheder	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	DF		Hamid Ismail	28	3	22	3	2	0	4	0	0	0
13	DF		Ibrahim Majid	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF		Fahad Al-Abdulrahman	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	DF		Ahmed Suhail	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	DF		Salem Al-Hajri	23	1	19	1	2	0	2	0	0	0
34	DF		Hatim Kamal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
52	DF		Hussain Bahzad	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
66	DF		Yasser Abubakar	18	0	15	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
Midfielders
4	MF		Ahmed Sayyar	9	2	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	MF		Jung Woo-young	23	3	17	3	2	0	4	0	0	0
6	MF		Xavi	21	2	14	2	3	0	4	0	0	0
8	MF		Ali Assadalla	22	2	17	1	3	1	2	0	0	0
14	MF		Gabi	28	0	21	0	3	0	4	0	0	0
16	MF		Boualem Khoukhi	28	3	21	2	3	1	4	0	0	0
15	MF		Tarek Salman	18	0	15	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
65	MF		Bahaa Ellethy	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
70	MF		Hamza Sanhaji	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
87	MF		Saud Al-Nasr	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
10	MF		Hassan Al-Haidos	27	10	20	10	3	0	4	0	0	0
11	FW		Baghdad Bounedjah	29	46	22	39	3	3	4	4	0	0
17	FW		Hassan Palang	4	2	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
78	MF		Akram Afif	29	30	22	26	3	2	4	2	0	0
Players transferred out during the season

Last updated: 13 April 2019
Source: fr.soccerway.com

Goalscorers

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

No.	Nat.	Player	Pos.	Stars League	Emir Cup	Champions League	TOTAL
11		Baghdad Bounedjah	FW	39	3	5	47
78		Akram Afif	FW	26	2	2	30
10		Hassan Al-Haidos	FW	10	0	0	10
6		Xavi	MF	2	0	3	5
3		Abdelkarim Hassan	FW	4	0	0	4
5		Jung Woo-young	MF	3	0	0	3
12		Hamid Ismail	DF	3	0	0	3
16		Boualem Khoukhi	MF	2	1	0	3
17		Hassan Palang	FW	2	0	0	2
4		Ahmed Sayyar	MF	2	0	0	2
8		Ali Assadalla	MF	1	1	0	2
2		Pedro Miguel	DF	1	0	0	1
20		Salem Al-Hajri	DF	1	0	0	1
Own Goals				4	0	0	4
Totals				100	7	11	118

Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  QAT Saad Al Sheeb 77 DF  JOR Hussain Hameed Aamir 3 DF  QAT Yasser Abubakar 4 MF  QAT Ahmed Sayyar — DF  KOR Jung Woo-young (5) 6 MF  ESP Xavi (captain) 7 DF  QAT Musab Kheder 8 MF  QAT Ali Assadalla 9 FW  QAT Meshaal Al-Shammeri 10 MF  QAT Hassan Al-Haidos 11 FW  ALG Baghdad Bounedjah 12 DF  QAT Hamid Ismail 13 DF  QAT Ibrahim Majid 14 MF  ESP Gabi 15 DF  QAT Fahad Al-Abdulrahman 16 MF  QAT Boualem Khoukhi 17 FW  QAT Hassan Palang

No. Pos. Nation Player} 18 FW  QAT Abdulaziz Al-Jalabi 19 MF  QAT Hussain Bahzad 20 DF  QAT Salem Al-Hajri 21 GK  QAT Saud Al Hajiri 22 GK  QAT Meshaal Barsham 23 MF  QAT Ayoub Mashhor 25 FW  QAT Jassim Al-Shammeri 27 MF  QAT Meshal Ibrahim 30 GK  QAT Jehad Hudib 34 DF  QAT Hatim Kamal 37 DF  QAT Ahmed Suhail 73 MF  QAT Mohammed Waad 74 MF  QAT Ghassan Waheed 87 MF  QAT Saud Al-Nasr 88 MF  LBY Aladeen Younes 92 GK  OMA Sami Al-Hassawi 99 FW  QAT Ali Ferydoon (on loan from Al-Shamal)

Players with Multiple Nationalities

• Ibrahim Majid
• Pedro Miguel
• Yasser Abubakar
• Ali Asad
• Ahmed Sayyar
• Hussain Bahzad
• Ali Ferydoon
• Boualem Khoukhi

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Player	From club	Transfer fee	Source
28 June 2018	DF	Jung Woo-young	Vissel Kobe	€800,000	[3]
2 July 2018	MF	Gabi	Atlético Madrid	Free	[4][5]

Out

Date	Pos	Player	To club	Transfer fee	Source
16 August 2018	MF	Jugurtha Hamroun	Al-Kharaitiyat	Loan one year	[6]
16 August 2018	DF	Morteza Pouraliganji	Eupen	Undisclosed	[7]

New Contracts

No	P	Name	Age	Contract length	Contract ends	Source
11	FW	Baghdad Bounedjah	27	3 season	2024	[8]

Notes

1. The competition will be completed in the new season 2019–20 starting from Round of 16.

References

1. "الزعيم يغادر للنمسا 12 يوليو استعدادا للموسم الجديد". al-saddclub.com. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
2. "الجاسم يحكم نهائي كأس الأمير بين السد والدحيل". goal.com. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
3. "Al Sadd sign Korean World Cupper Woo-young". qatar-tribune.com. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
4. "Gabi deja el Atlético de Madrid y se va a Qatar" [Gabi leaves Atlético de Madrid and goes to Qatar]. 20 minutos (in Spanish). 28 June 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
5. "Gabi est arrivé au Qatar pour signer avec l'équipe de Xavi". dailymercato.com. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
6. "Transferts : Hamroun prêté à Al Kharitiyath". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
7. "Morteza Pouraliganji joins KAS Eupen". persianfootball.com. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
8. https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/46710505