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Al Sadd SC

2024–25 season
Chairman	Muhammed bin Khalifa Al Thani
Head coach	Félix Sánchez (from 23 July 2024)
Stadium	Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium
Qatar Stars League	Pre-season
Emir of Qatar Cup	Round of 16
Champions League	League stage
Top goalscorer	League: Rafa Mújica (5) All: Rafa Mújica (5)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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In the 2024–25 season, Al Sadd SC is competing in the Qatar Stars League for the 52nd season, as well as the Emir of Qatar Cup, and the AFC Champions League Elite.

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Background

On May 16, 2024, Al Sadd announced the departure of Baghdad Bounedjah, after nine years with the team, during which Bounedjah became the club's all-time top scorer, according to what the team announced in an official press release. The club wrote in its message: “In your career with Al-Zaeem, you created a feat and sometimes a miracle. You were the best representative of the Arab player and the best ambassador of beloved Algeria. Everyone who was in the locker room loved you. Thank you for every moment of joy you gave us, for every smile. You will remain an important part of the club’s history for everyone.” On May 30, Al Sadd concluded its first deal by signing the Spanish striker Rafa Mújica from Arouca in a four-year deal. On July 23, Al Sadd Club announced the appointment of Spanish coach Félix Sánchez to lead the first team. The club explained in a statement that Sanchez signed a two-year contract, which will continue until the summer of 2026. Sánchez is scheduled to begin his duties with the team during its preparatory camp in Malaga, Spain.

On July 18, rumors of Abdessamed Bounacer's departure have increased since the beginning of the transfer market, and according to some journalists, the 19-year-old young defender is in Qatar with his agent to negotiate his transfer to Al Sadd. The club would be ready to pay the player's release clause which would amount to 500,000 euros. On July 24, Al Sadd announced its official contract with Bounacer for a period of five years. Bounacer suffered a very serious injury during training. The club announced on August 21, that he will undergo ankle surgery at Aspetar and that he will be out for three months, with a return in November or December. During the international break in September, Al Sadd signed right-back Youcef Atal and Cristo González from Arouca in a deal worth 6 million euros. Atal will not be able to participate in Qatari league matches until next January. This situation follows the rules imposed by the Qatari Football Association, which limits the number of foreign players to seven per team. However, Al Sadd SC has already reached this limit.

Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 4 May 2023.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Nat.	Name	Position	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1		Saad Al Sheeb	GK	(1990-02-19)19 February 1990 (aged 34)	Youth system
22		Meshaal Barsham	GK	(1998-02-14)14 February 1998 (aged 26)	Youth system
31		Youssef Abdullah	GK	(2002-10-30)30 October 2002 (aged 21)	Al-Shamal
Defenders
2		Pedro Miguel	CB	(1990-08-06)6 August 1990 (aged 34)	Al Ahli
5		Tarek Salman	CB	(1997-12-05)5 December 1997 (aged 26)	Júpiter Leonés
6		Paulo Otávio	LB	(1994-11-23)23 November 1994 (aged 29)	VfL Wolfsburg
13		Abdullah Al-Yazidi	RB	(2002-03-28)28 March 2002 (aged 22)	Youth system
16		Boualem Khoukhi	LB / CB	(1990-09-07)7 September 1990 (aged 33)	Al Arabi
37		Ahmed Suhail	CB	(1999-02-08)8 February 1999 (aged 25)	Youth system
66		Abdulrahman Al-Ameen	CB	(2004-03-09)9 March 2004 (aged 20)	Youth system
70		Musab Kheder	RB	(1993-01-01)1 January 1993 (aged 31)	Youth system
81		Abdessamed Bounacer	CB	(2004-12-11)11 December 2004 (aged 19)	USM Alger
29		Romain Saïss	CB	(1990-03-26)26 March 1990 (aged 34)	Al Shabab (loan Return)
77		Youcef Atal	RB	(1996-05-17)17 May 1996 (aged 28)	Adana Demirspor
Midfielders
3		Ahmed Sayyar	DM	(1993-10-06)6 October 1993 (aged 30)	Al-Gharafa
4		Mohamed Camara	DM	(2000-01-06)6 January 2000 (aged 24)	AS Monaco
7		Mohammed Waad	CM / DM / AM	(1999-09-18)18 September 1999 (aged 24)	Youth system
8		Ali Assadalla	CM	(1993-01-19)19 January 1993 (aged 31)	Al Muharraq
10		Hassan Al-Haidos (C.)	RW / LW / AM	(1990-12-11)11 December 1990 (aged 33)	Youth system
18		Guilherme Torres	DM	(1991-04-05)5 April 1991 (aged 33)	Olympiacos
88		Mateus Uribe	CM / DM	(1991-03-21)21 March 1991 (aged 33)	Porto
96		Adam Ounas	RW / AM	(1996-11-11)11 November 1996 (aged 27)	Unattached
Forwards
9		Yusuf Abdurisag	CF	(1999-08-06)6 August 1999 (aged 25)	Youth system
11		Gonzalo Plata	RW	(2000-11-01)1 November 2000 (aged 23)	Valladolid
19		Rafa Mújica	CF	(1998-10-29)29 October 1998 (aged 25)	Arouca
21		Giovanni Henrique	RW	(2004-01-01)1 January 2004 (aged 20)	Palmeiras
23		Hashim Ali	RW	(2000-08-17)17 August 2000 (aged 23)	Al-Rayyan (Loan return)
84		Akram Afif	LW / RW	(1996-11-18)18 November 1996 (aged 27)	Villarreal
17		Cristo González	SS	(1997-10-24)24 October 1997 (aged 26)	Arouca

Pre-season and friendlies

15 July 2024 Friendly	Al Sadd SC	8–0	Manchester 62	Málaga, Spain
19:00 UTC+2		Report		Stadium: Banus football center

19 July 2024 Friendly	Al Sadd SC	3–2	Orlando Pirates	Málaga, Spain
19:30 UTC+2	Hashim Ali 3' Sesane 40' (o.g.) Plata 54'	Report	Mabaso 9', 10'	Stadium: Marbella football center

23 July 2024 Friendly	UD Las Palmas	0–0	Al Sadd SC	Málaga, Spain
19:30 UTC+2		Report		Stadium: Marbella football center Referee: Manuel Jesús Orellana Cid

28 July 2024 Friendly	UD Almería	1–1	Al Sadd SC	Málaga, Spain
19:00 UTC+2	Baptistão 42'	Report	Otávio 65'	Stadium: La Quinta Football Center Referee: Ignacio De Santisteban Adame

5 August 2024 Friendly	Al Sadd SC	1–0	Ismaily SC	Doha
19:30 UTC+3	Giovanni 90'	Report		Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Player	From club	Transfer fee	Source
30 May 2024	FW	Rafa Mújica	Arouca	10,000,000 €
30 June 2024	CB	Romain Saïss	Al Shabab	Loan Return
24 July 2024	CB	Abdessamed Bounacer	USM Alger	500,000 €
30 July 2024	DM	Mohamed Camara	AS Monaco	16,500,000 €
9 September 2024	RB	Youcef Atal	Adana Demirspor	Free transfer
9 September 2024	SS	Cristo González	Arouca	6,000,000 €
2 November 2024	RW / AM	Adam Ounas	Unattached	Free transfer

Out

Date	Pos	Player	To club	Transfer fee	Source
23 June 2024	ST	Baghdad Bounedjah	Al-Shamal SC	Free transfer
11 July 2024	DF	Amin Hazbavi	Sepahan	Free transfer

Competitions

Overview

Updated to match played 7 December 2024
Source: Competitions

Qatar Stars League

League table

Results summary

Last updated: 7 December 2024.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Emir of Qatar Cup

AFC Champions League

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Al-Hilal (Q)	6	5	1	0	20	6	+14	16	Advance to round of 16
2	Al-Ahli (Q)	6	5	1	0	14	5	+9	16
3	Al-Nassr (Q)	6	4	1	1	13	6	+7	13
4	Al-Sadd (Q)	6	3	3	0	8	4	+4	12
5	Al Wasl (Q)	6	3	2	1	8	6	+2	11
6	Persepolis	6	1	3	2	5	6	−1	6
7	Al-Rayyan	6	1	2	3	6	9	−3	5
8	Esteghlal	6	1	2	3	5	8	−3	5
9	Pakhtakor	6	0	4	2	2	4	−2	4
10	Al-Gharafa	6	1	1	4	7	14	−7	4
11	Al Ain	6	0	2	4	10	18	−8	2
12	Al-Shorta	6	0	2	4	4	16	−12	2

16 September 2024 (2024-09-16) 1	Al Ain	1–1	Al-Sadd	Al Ain
20:00 UTC+4	Palacios 80'	Report	Akram Afif 45+1'	Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Stadium Attendance: 18,926 Referee: Sadullo Gulmurodi (Tajikistan)

30 September 2024 (2024-09-30) 2	Al-Sadd	2–0	Esteghlal	Doha
19:00 UTC+3	Hosseini 40' (o.g.) Akram Afif 68' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium Attendance: 6,599 Referee: Kim Jong-hyeok (South Korea)

21 October 2024 (2024-10-21) 3	Al-Sadd	1–0	Persepolis	Doha
19:00 UTC+3	Uribe 45+2'	Report		Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium Attendance: 4,071 Referee: Yusuke Araki (Japan)

4 November 2024 (2024-11-04) 4	Al Wasl	1–1	Al-Sadd	Dubai
18:00 UTC+4	Pérez 29'	Report	Saïss 61'	Stadium: Zabeel Stadium Attendance: 3,376 Referee: Nazmi Nasaruddin (Malaysia)

26 November 2024 (2024-11-26) 5	Al-Sadd	1–1	Al-Hilal	Doha
19:00 UTC+3	Otávio 71'	Report	Al-Bulaihi 10'	Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium Attendance: 11,327 Referee: Kim Jong-hyeok (South Korea)

2 December 2024 (2024-12-02) 6	Al-Nassr	1–2	Al-Sadd	Riyadh
21:00 UTC+3	Saïss 80' (o.g.)	Report	Afif 53' Ounas 90+9' (pen.)	Stadium: Al-Awwal Park Attendance: 13,091 Referee: Yusuke Araki (Japan)

3 February 2025 (2025-02-03) 7	Al-Sadd	–	Al-Ahli	Doha
19:00 UTC+3				Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium

17 February 2025 (2025-02-17) 8	Pakhtakor	–	Al-Sadd	Tashkent
19:00 UTC+5				Stadium: Bunyodkor Stadium

Round of 16

Squad information

Appearances and goals

As of 10 August 2024

No.	Pos	Player	Nat	QSL			Emir of Qatar Cup			Champions League			Total
				App	St	G	App	St	G	App	St	G	App	St	G
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Saad Al Sheeb		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	GK	Meshaal Barsham		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	GK	Youssef Abdullah		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	Pedro Miguel		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	Tarek Salman		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF	Paulo Otávio		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	DF	Abdullah Al-Yazidi		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	DF	Boualem Khoukhi		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	DF	Ahmed Suhail		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
66	DF	Abdulrahman Al-Ameen		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
70	DF	Musab Kheder		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
81	DF	Abdessamed Bounacer		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
77	DF	Youcef Atal		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	DF	Romain Saïss		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
3	MF	Ahmed Sayyar		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	MF	Mohamed Camara		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF	Mohammed Waad		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	Ali Assadalla		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF	Hassan Al-Haidos		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF	Guilherme Torres		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
88	MF	Mateus Uribe		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
96	MF	Adam Ounas		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW	Yusuf Abdurisag		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	FW	Gonzalo Plata		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW	Rafa Mújica		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	FW	Giovanni Henrique		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	FW	Hashim Ali		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
84	FW	Akram Afif		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	Cristo González		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total				0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0

Last updated: 5 August 2023
Source: Soccerway

Goalscorers

As of 7 December 2024

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
84		Akram Afif	LW / RW	8	0	3	11
19		Rafa Mújica	CF	8	0	0	8
17		Cristo González	SS	3	0	0	3
10		Hassan Al-Haidos	RW / LW / AM	3	0	0	3
7		Mohammed Waad	MF	2	0	0	2
29		Romain Saïss	DF	1	0	1	2
21		Giovanni Henrique	RW	1	0	0	1
16		Boualem Khoukhi	CB	1	0	0	1
2		Pedro Miguel	CB	1	0	0	1
88		Mateus Uribe	MF	0	0	1	1
14		Mostafa Meshaal	MF	1	0	0	1
37		Ahmed Suhail	DF	1	0	0	1
96		Adam Ounas	MF	0	0	1	1
6		Paulo Otávio	DF	0	0	1	1
Own Goals				3	0	1	4
Totals				33	0	8	41

Assists

As of 7 December 2024

No.	Nat.	Player	Pos.	QSL	QEC	CL 1	TOTAL
84		Akram Afif	LW / RW	8	0	0	8
17		Cristo González	SS	3	0	1	4
9		Yusuf Abdurisag	FW	2	0	0	2
13		Abdullah Al-Yazidi	DF	2	0	0	2
14		Mostafa Meshaal	MF	2	0	0	2
16		Boualem Khoukhi	DF	0	0	1	1
23		Hashim Ali	FW	1	0	0	1
6		Paulo Otávio	LB	1	0	0	1
88		Mateus Uribe	MF	1	0	0	1
18		Guilherme Torres	MF	1	0	0	1
7		Mohammed Waad	MF	1	0	0	1
21		Giovanni Henrique	FW	1	0	0	1
4		Mohamed Camara	MF	1	0	0	1
Totals				24	0	2	26

Clean sheets

As of 7 December 2024

Includes all competitive matches.

					Clean sheets
No.	Nat	Name	GP	GA	QSL	QEC	CL 1	Total
22		Meshaal Barsham	14	16	2	0	2	4
1		Saad Al Sheeb	2	5	0	0	0	0
31		Youssef Abdullah	1	2	0	0	0	0
		TOTALS		24	2	0	2	4

Notes

1. Pakhtakor played their home matches at Bunyodkor Stadium, Tashkent, instead of their regular home stadium Pakhtakor Central Stadium, Tashkent.

References

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