2020–21 Al Sadd SC season

In the 2020–21 season, Al Sadd SC is competing in the Qatar Stars League for the 48th season, as well as the Emir of Qatar Cup and the Champions League.

Al Sadd SC

2020–21 season
Chairman	Muhammed bin Khalifa Al Thani
Head coach	Xavi Hernández
Stadium	Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium
Qatar Stars League	1st
Emir of Qatar Cup	2020: Winners 2021: Quarter-finals
Crown Prince Cup	Semi-finals
Champions League	2020: Round of 16 2021: Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Baghdad Bounedjah (15) All: Baghdad Bounedjah (22)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 3 September 2020.
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	19 February 1990 (aged 30)	Al Sailiya
22		GK	Meshaal Barsham	14 February 1998 (aged 22)	Youth system
Defenders
2		CB	Pedro Miguel	6 August 1990 (aged 30)	Al Ahli
3		LB	Abdelkarim Hassan	28 August 1993 (aged 27)	Youth system
12		RB	Hamid Ismail	12 September 1987 (aged 33)	Al-Arabi
66		CB	Yasser Abubakar	10 January 1992 (aged 28)	El Jaish
15		CB	Tarek Salman	5 December 1997 (aged 22)	Júpiter Leonés
16		LB / CB	Boualem Khoukhi	7 September 1990 (aged 30)	Al Arabi
70		RB	Musab Kheder	1 January 1993 (aged 27)	Youth system
Midfielders
4		DM	Ahmed Sayyar	6 October 1993 (aged 26)	Al-Gharafa
5		DM	Jung Woo-young	14 December 1989 (aged 30)	Vissel Kobe
8		CM	Ali Assadalla	19 January 1993 (aged 27)	Al Muharraq
18		CM	Santi Cazorla	13 December 1984 (aged 36)	Villarreal
19		AM	Nam Tae-hee	3 July 1991 (aged 29)	Al-Duhail
23		RW	Hashim Ali	17 August 2000 (aged 20)	Youth system
20		DM	Salem Al-Hajri	10 April 1996 (aged 24)	Eupen
13		DM	Guilherme Torres	5 April 1991 (aged 29)	Olympiacos
Forwards
9		ST	Abdulaziz Al Ansari	19 February 1992 (aged 28)	Al Kharaitiyat
10		RW	Hassan Al-Haidos	11 December 1990 (aged 29)	Youth system
11		ST	Baghdad Bounedjah	24 November 1991 (aged 28)	Étoile du Sahel
78		LW	Akram Afif	18 November 1996 (aged 23)	Al Markhiya

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record								Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Qatar Stars League	14	12	2	0	53	10	+43	085.71	Matchday 1	To be confirmed	3 September 2020	In Progress
2020 Emir of Qatar Cup	2	2	0	0	6	2	+4	100.00	Semi-finals	Winner	31 October 2020	18 December 2020
2021 Emir of Qatar Cup	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	—	Round of 16	To be confirmed	In Progress	In Progress
Qatar Crown Prince Cup	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	—	Semi-finals	To be confirmed	In Progress	In Progress
2020 Champions League	5	1	2	2	9	7	+2	020.00	Group stage	Round of 16	15 September 2020	27 September 2020
2021 Champions League	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	—	Group stage	To be confirmed	In Progress	In Progress
Total	21	15	4	2	68	19	+49	071.43

Updated to match played 13 January 2021
Source: Competitions

Qatar Stars League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al-Sadd	15	13	2	0	60	10	+50	41	Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage
2	Al-Duhail	15	9	1	5	37	21	+16	28
3	Al-Gharafa	15	8	3	4	31	22	+9	27	Qualification for AFC Champions League play-off round
4	Al-Rayyan	15	7	4	4	19	13	+6	25
5	Qatar SC	15	7	3	5	25	16	+9	24

Updated to match(es) played on 20 January 2021. Source: QSL, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored;

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
14	12	2	0	53	10	+43	38	5	0	0	23	3	+20	7	2	0	30	7	+23

Last updated: 13 January 2021.
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	A	A	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	H
Result	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W
Position	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 13 January 2021. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

3 September 2020 Round 1	Al Kharaitiyat	1–5	Al Sadd	Al-Rayyan
18:15	Tiberkanine  64'	Soccerway report	Cazorla  27', 60' Bounedjah  55' Salam  71' (o.g.) Akram Afif  84'	Stadium: Education City Stadium Referee: Abdullah Al Athbah

7 September 2020 Round 2	Al-Sailiya	1–5	Al Sadd	Al-Rayyan
18:15	Siddiq  41'	Soccerway report	Al-Haidos  7' Cazorla  30' (pen.) Bounedjah  59' Nam Tae-hee  81' Sayyar  88'	Stadium: Education City Stadium Referee: Saoud Al Athbah

17 October 2020 Round 4	Al-Khor	0–0	Al Sadd	Al Khor
19:45		Soccerway report		Stadium: Al Bayt Stadium Referee: Khamis Al Marri

21 October 2020 Round 3	Al-Duhail	1–3	Al Sadd	Doha
18:45	Dudu  86'	Soccerway report	Nam Tae-hee  22', 70' Guilherme Torres  38'	Stadium: Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium Referee: Salman Ahmad Flahi

25 October 2020 Round 5	Al-Ahli	1–7	Al Sadd	Doha
17:30	El Zhar  54'	Soccerway report	Hashim Ali  5', 36' Tabata  13' Akram Afif  30' Cazorla  45' Nam Tae-hee  58' Sayyar  90+1'	Stadium: Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium Referee: Abdulhadi Al Rowaily

22 November 2020 Round 6	Al-Arabi	1–4	Al Sadd	Doha
18:45	Gunnarsson  74'	Soccerway report	Bounedjah  12' Cazorla  30' Hassan  61' Tabata  81'	Stadium: Grand Hamad Stadium Referee: Meshari Al shammari

27 November 2020 Round 7	Al Sadd	3–1	Umm Salal	Doha
19:45	Akram Afif  35' Cazorla  50' (pen.) Baba Malick  90+1' (o.g.)	Soccerway report	Cheshmi  40'	Stadium: Thani bin Jassim Stadium Referee: Khalid Ayed

8 December 2020 Round 8	Al-Wakrah	1–4	Al Sadd	Doha
18:45	Coulibaly  69'	Soccerway report	Al-Haidos  3' Abdelkarim Hassan  14' Bounedjah  71' Akram Afif  77'	Stadium: Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium Referee: Hamad Al Subaie

13 December 2020 Round 9	Al Sadd	4–1	Al-Gharafa	Doha
17:15	Khoukhi  5' Cazorla  63' Akram Afif  84' Bounedjah  90'	Soccerway report	Koo Ja-cheol  76'	Stadium: Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium Referee: Abdullah Al Athbah

23 December 2020 Round 10	Al-Rayyan	0–1	Al Sadd	Doha
18:30		Soccerway report	Bounedjah  83'	Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Referee: Abdulhadi Al Rowaily

28 December 2020 Round 11	Qatar SC	1–1	Al Sadd	Doha
18:30	Okpotu  31'	Soccerway report	Cazorla  42' (pen.)	Stadium: Hamad bin Suhaim Al Thani Referee: Salman Ahmad Flahi

2 January 2021 Round 12	Al Sadd	5–0	Al Kharaitiyat	Doha
16:15	Tabata  69', 78' Assadalla  73' Bounedjah  82', 89'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Referee: Youssef Alsharshani

7 January 2021 Round 13	Al Sadd	8–0	Al-Sailiya	Doha
16:15	Bounedjah  23', 80', 86', 89' Nam Tae-hee  36', 54' Assadalla  50' Cazorla  61'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Referee: Khamis Al Marri

12 January 2021 Round 14	Al Sadd	3–1	Al-Duhail	Doha
18:45	Bounedjah  14', 50', 87'	Soccerway report	Almoez Ali  6' (pen.)	Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Referee: Abdulhadi Al Rowaily

20 January 2021 Round 15	Al Sadd	7–0	Al-Khor	Doha
19:00	Bounedjah  7', 33' Tabata  36', 48', 57' Cazorla  41' (pen.) Assadalla  71'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Referee: Meshari Al shammari

2021 Round 16		–
16:00		[ Soccerway report]

2021 Round 17		–
16:00		[ Soccerway report]

2021 Round 18		–
16:00		[ Soccerway report]

2021 Round 19		–
16:00		[ Soccerway report]

2021 Round 20		–
16:00		[ Soccerway report]

2021 Round 21		–
16:00		[ Soccerway report]

2021 Round 22		–
16:00		[ Soccerway report]

2020 Emir of Qatar Cup

31 October 2020 Semi-finals	Al-Duhail	1–4	Al Sadd SC	Doha
18:00	Edmilson  10'	Report[1]	Khoukhi  59' Guilherme Torres  64' Bounedjah  77' Tabata  88'	Stadium: Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim

18 December 2020 Final	Al-Arabi	1–2	Al Sadd SC	Al Rayyan
19:00	Gunnarsson  23'	Report	Bounedjah  3', 44'	Stadium: Ahmed bin Ali Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Saoud Al Adbah

2021 Emir of Qatar Cup

26 January 2021 Round of 16	Al Sadd	7–0	Muaither	Doha
19:15	Hashim Ali  10', 30' Khoukhi  64' Al Bayati  66' Youssef  78', 90+2' Afif  83'	Report		Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium Referee: Moatasem Al Mazyed

2020 AFC Champions League

Group stage

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		NAS	SAD	SEP	AIN
1	Al-Nassr	6	3	2	1	9	5	+4	11	Advance to knockout stage		—	2–2	2–0	0–1
2	Al-Sadd	6	2	3	1	14	8	+6	9			1–1	—	3–0	4–0
3	Sepahan	6	2	1	3	6	8	−2	7			0–2	2–1	—	0–0
4	Al-Ain	6	1	2	3	5	13	−8	5			1–2	3–3	0–4	—

Source: AFC

15 September 2020[note 1][note 2] 3	Al-Ain	3–3	Al Sadd	Doha[6][8]
18:00 UTC+3	Laba  5' Islamkhan  38' Khoukhi  67' (o.g.)	Live Report Stats Report	Afif  35' Cazorla  55' Bounedjah  60'	Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka)

18 September 2020[note 1][note 2] 4	Al Sadd	4–0	Al-Ain	Doha[6][8]
18:00 UTC+3	Bounedjah  26', 70' Afif  56' Tabata  86'	Live Report Stats Report		Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaacob (Malaysia)

21 September 2020[note 1][note 2] 5	Al Sadd	1–1	Al-Nassr	Doha[6][8]
18:00 UTC+3	Bounedjah  87'	Live Report Stats Report	Al-Ghannam  22'	Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Masoud Tufayelieh (Syria)

24 September 2020[note 1][note 2] 6	Sepahan	2–1	Al Sadd	Doha[6][8]
18:00 UTC+3	Mirzaei  14' Shahbazzadeh  53'	Live Report Stats Report	Ali  82'	Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Sivakorn Pu-udom (Thailand)

Knockout stage

Round of 16

27 September 2020	Persepolis	1–0	Al Sadd SC	Doha
16:40 UTC+3	Alekasir  88'	Live Report Stats Report		Stadium: Education City Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ko Hyung-jin (South Korea)

2021 AFC Champions League

Squad information

Playing statistics

As of 26 January 2021

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Qatar Stars League		Emir of Qatar Cup		2020 AFC CL1		2021 AFC CL1		Other
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Saad Al Sheeb	5	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
22	GK		Meshaal Barsham	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF		Pedro Miguel	6	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF		Abdelkarim Hassan	8	0	0	0	3	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
7	DF		Mohammed Waad	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	DF		Hamid Ismail	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF		Boualem Khoukhi	8	2	0	0	3	2	5	0	0	0	0	0
20	DF		Salem Al-Hajri	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
66	DF		Yasser Abubakar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
70	DF		Musab Kheder	5	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
4	MF		Ahmed Sayyar	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
5	MF		Jung Woo-young	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF		Ali Assadalla	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	MF		Tarek Salman	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF		Nam Tae-hee	5	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF		Hashim Ali	3	3	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	0
37	MF		Ahmed Suhail	4	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
61	MF		Mostafa Tarek	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF		Youssef Abdel Razaq Youssef	5	2	0	0	2	2	3	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF		Mohammed Al Bayati	5	1	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF		Santi Cazorla	7	1	0	0	3	0	4	1	0	0	0	0
13	MF		Guilherme Torres	6	1	0	0	2	1	4	0	0	0	0	0
15	MF		Bahaa Ellithi	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW		Abdulaziz Al Ansari	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF		Hassan Al-Haidos	6	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
11	FW		Baghdad Bounedjah	6	7	0	0	2	3	4	4	0	0	0	0
17	FW		Rodrigo Tabata	8	2	0	0	3	1	5	1	0	0	0	0
	FW		Hassan Palang	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
45	MF		Akram Afif	7	3	0	0	3	1	4	2	0	0	0	0
96	FW		Hossam Kamal	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season

Last updated: 26 January 2021
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.	QSL	QEC	CPC	CL 1	TOTAL
11		Baghdad Bounedjah	FW	17	3	0	4	24
19		Santi Cazorla	MF	10	0	0	1	11
12		Rodrigo Tabata	FW	7	1	0	1	9
29		Akram Afif	FW	5	1	0	2	8
9		Nam Tae-hee	MF	6	0	0	0	6
23		Hashim Ali	MF	2	2	0	1	5
8		Ali Assadalla	MF	3	0	0	0	3
16		Boualem Khoukhi	DF	1	2	0	0	3
27		Youssef Abdel Razaq Youssef	MF	0	2	0	0	2
4		Ahmed Sayyar	MF	2	0	0	0	2
13		Guilherme Torres	MF	1	1	0	0	2
3		Abdelkarim Hassan	DF	2	0	0	0	2
10		Hassan Al-Haidos	FW	2	0	0	0	2
7		Mohammed Al Bayati	MF	0	1	0	0	1
Own Goals				2	0	0	0	2
Totals				60	13	0	9	82

Assists

No.	Nat.	Player	Pos.	QSL	QEC	CPC	CL 1	TOTAL
18		Santi Cazorla	MF	9	1	0	2	12
29		Akram Afif	FW	6	5	0	0	11
11		Baghdad Bounedjah	FW	6	0	0	1	7
10		Hassan Al-Haidos	FW	7	0	0	0	7
3		Abdelkarim Hassan	DF	5	0	0	0	5
19		Nam Tae-hee	MF	1	0	0	3	4
23		Hashim Ali	MF	2	1	0	0	3
8		Ali Assadalla	MF	2	0	0	0	2
17		Rodrigo Tabata	FW	1	1	0	0	2
13		Guilherme Torres	MF	0	1	0	0	1
7		Mohammed Al Bayati	MF	0	0	0	1	1
27		Youssef Abdel Razaq Youssef	MF	0	0	0	1	1
2		Pedro Miguel	DF	1	0	0	0	1
16		Boualem Khoukhi	DF	1	0	0	0	1
Totals				40	9	0	8	57

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Player	From club	Transfer fee	Source
20 July 2020	MF	Santi Cazorla	Villarreal	Free transfer	[9]
30 July 2020	FW	Rodrigo Tabata	Al Rayyan	Free transfer	[10]
31 August 2020	MF	Guilherme Torres	Olympiacos	Free transfer	[11]

Out

Date	Pos	Player	to club	Transfer fee	Source
11 August 2020	MF	Marco Fabián	Juárez	Free transfer	[12]
29 November 2020	MF	Gabi	Retired	N/A	[13][14]

Notes

1. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia, the following matches were postponed to a later date between late February and early March:[2][3]
   • Group A: Al-Ahli v Al-Shorta and Al-Wahda v Esteghlal (2 March 2020)
   • Group B: Al-Hilal v Pakhtakor and Shabab Al-Ahli v Shahr Khodro (3 March 2020)
   • Group C: Persepolis v Al-Taawoun and Al-Duhail v Sharjah (2 March 2020)
   • Group D: Al-Ain v Al-Sadd and Sepahan v Al-Nassr (3 March 2020), Al-Nassr v Sepahan (6 April 2020)
   • Group E: FC Seoul v Chiangrai United (3 March 2020)
   • Group F: Perth Glory v Ulsan Hyundai (18 March 2020)
2. On 9 July 2020, AFC announced new schedule for 2020 AFC Champions League group stage.[4][5] 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.[6] On 27 July 2020, AFC confirmed that Malaysia would host matches of Group G and H.[7]

References

1. "الزعيم يواصل انتصاراته القوية ويتخطى الدحيل برباعية". Al Sadd SC. 31 October 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
2. "AFC calls for emergency meetings with National and Club representatives". Asian Football Confederation. 27 February 2020.
3. "AFC Competitions update". AFC. 9 March 2020.
4. "AFC reiterates commitment to complete 2020 competitions with new calendar". AFC. 9 July 2020.
5. "AFC Champions League revised schedule". AFC. 9 July 2020.
6. "Qatar to host 2020 AFC Champions League in the West region". AFC. 16 July 2020.
7. "Malaysia to host AFC Champions League Groups G and H". AFC. 27 July 2020.
8. "Stadiums to host AFC Champions League in Doha unveiled". The Peninsula. 7 August 2020.
9. "'Al Sadd sign Santi Cazorla'". Instagram. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
10. "RODRIGO TABATA DELIGHTED TO BE BACK WITH AL SADD". staddoha.com. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
11. "Brazilian Guilherme joins Al Sadd". AFC. 31 August 2020.
12. "Mexico star Marco Fabian joins Liga MX side FC Juarez". espn.com. 11 August 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
13. "Gabi bids farewell to Al Sadd". Asian Football Confederation. 16 June 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
14. Brennan, Feargal (29 November 2020). "Former Atletico Madrid captain Gabi Fernandez retires". Football España. Retrieved 30 November 2020.