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
ChairmanMuhammed bin Khalifa Al Thani
Head coachJesualdo Ferreira
StadiumJassim Bin Hamad Stadium
Qatar Stars LeagueChampion
Emir of Qatar CupRunners–up
Champions League2018: Semi-final
2019: Group stage
Top goalscorerLeague:
Baghdad Bounedjah (39)

All:
Baghdad Bounedjah (43)

Pre-season and friendlies edit

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 edit

Overview edit

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 33 23 6 4 118 38 +80 069.70

Updated to match played 16 May 2019
Source: Competitions

Qatar Stars League edit

League table edit

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[a]
2 Al-Duhail 22 15 5 2 52 17 +35 50 Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage[b]
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) Champions
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 edit

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 edit

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

Matches edit

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 edit

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 edit

Knockout stage edit

Quarter-finals edit

27 August 2018 (2018-08-27) Esteghlal   1–3   Al-Sadd Tehran
20:30 UTC+4:30 Barsham   12' (o.g.) Live Report
Stat Report
  60' Afif
  65', 74' (pen.) Bounedjah
Stadium: Azadi Stadium
Attendance: 78,116
Referee: Ma Ning (China)
17 September 2018 (2018-09-17) Al-Sadd   2–2   Esteghlal Doha
19:00 UTC+3 Afif   27'
Bounedjah   90+2' (pen.)
Live Report
Stat Report
Bagheri   32'
Tabrizi   49'
Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium
Attendance: 6,462
Referee: Muhammad Taqi (Singapore)

Semi-finals edit

2 October 2018 (2018-10-02) 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 (2018-10-23) 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 edit

Group stage edit

Group D edit

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 (2019-03-05) 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 (2019-03-12) 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 (2019-04-09) 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 (2019-04-22) 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 (2019-05-06) 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 (2019-05-20) 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 edit

Playing statistics edit

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
1 GK   QAT Saad Al Sheeb 15 0 12 0 2 0 1 0 0 0
22 GK   QAT Meshaal Barsham 14 0 10 0 1 0 3 0 0 0
30 GK   QAT Jehad Hudib 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 DF   QAT Pedro Miguel 29 1 22 1 3 0 4 0 0 0
3 DF   QAT Abdelkarim Hassan 21 4 14 4 3 0 4 0 0 0
7 DF   QAT Musab Kheder 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 DF   QAT Hamid Ismail 28 3 22 3 2 0 4 0 0 0
13 DF   QAT Ibrahim Majid 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 DF   QAT Fahad Al-Abdulrahman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 DF   QAT Ahmed Suhail 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 DF   QAT Salem Al-Hajri 23 1 19 1 2 0 2 0 0 0
34 DF   QAT Hatim Kamal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
52 DF   QAT Hussain Bahzad 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
66 DF   QAT Yasser Abubakar 18 0 15 0 1 0 2 0 0 0
4 MF   QAT Ahmed Sayyar 9 2 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 MF   KOR Jung Woo-young 23 3 17 3 2 0 4 0 0 0
6 MF   ESP Xavi 21 2 14 2 3 0 4 0 0 0
8 MF   QAT Ali Assadalla 22 2 17 1 3 1 2 0 0 0
14 MF   ESP Gabi 28 0 21 0 3 0 4 0 0 0
16 MF   QAT Boualem Khoukhi 28 3 21 2 3 1 4 0 0 0
15 MF   QAT Tarek Salman 18 0 15 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
65 MF   QAT Bahaa Ellethy 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
70 MF   QAT Hamza Sanhaji 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
87 MF   QAT Saud Al-Nasr 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 MF   QAT Hassan Al-Haidos 27 10 20 10 3 0 4 0 0 0
11 FW   ALG Baghdad Bounedjah 29 46 22 39 3 3 4 4 0 0
17 FW   QAT Hassan Palang 4 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
78 MF   QAT 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 edit

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

No. Nat. Player Pos. QSL QEC CL 1 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 edit

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

Transfers edit

In edit

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 edit

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 edit

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

Notes edit

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

References edit

  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. ^ "Bounedjah signs new deal to stay in Qatar". BBC Sport.