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Other names	Al-Duhail vs Al Sadd
Location	Qatar (Doha), Asia
Teams	Al-Duhail Al Sadd
First meeting	Al Sadd 0–1 Lekhwiya Qatar Stars League (2 November 2010)
Latest meeting	Al Sadd 3–1 Al-Duhail Qatar Stars League (4 May 2023)
Broadcasters	beIN Sports Alkass Sports
Stadiums	Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium Al-Duhail Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Al Sadd
Statistics
Meetings total	50 (28 league)
Most wins	Al-Duhail (23)
Top scorer	Baghdad Bounedjah (23)
All-time series	Al-Duhail: 23 Drawn: 9 Al Sadd: 18
Largest victory	Al Sadd 4–0 Al-Duhail Qatar Cup (17 January 2020). Lekhwiya 5–1 Al Sadd Qatari Stars Cup (15 December 2011).

The fixture between Al-Duhail and Al Sadd is a local derby in Doha, Qatar and a fierce rivalry. The derby does not have a common name. Since the establishment of Al-Duhail, the matches between the two teams have become the most important in Qatar. The two teams have won the Qatar Stars League title 22 times, the Emir of Qatar Cup 21 times, the Qatar Cup (ex) Crown Prince Cup 11 times, and Sheikh Jassim Cup 17 times. On the continental level Al Sadd won the AFC Champions League twice and the Arab Champions League once.

History

Al-Duhail was founded in 2009 in the name of Lekhwiya who has the biggest financial budget in Qatar, and its beginning was in the Second Division, and it only lasted for one season. In his first season in the Qatar Stars League, Lekhwiya won the title to present himself as a new competitor to start a great competition with Al Sadd, which is the largest club in Qatar and the most titled. on the other side Al-Sadd was shining in the AFC Champions League where it won the title for the second time in its history. and qualifies to participate in the 2011 FIFA Club World Cup as the first Qatari club and achieved third place. In the same season Lekhwiya won the league title for the second time in a row. To continue his dominance in the Qatar Stars League for two more times, in the middle of it a championship for Al Sadd in the 2012–13 season, surpassing him. In the same season they met for the first time in the Crown Prince Cup final, which ended with Lekhwiya winning the title for the first time. On April 21, 2012, Mamadou Niang scored the first hat-trick in the history of the confrontations between the two clubs in the semi-finals of the Crown Prince Cup. In the 2014–15 season, the two clubs dominated all the local championships, where Lekhwiya won the Qatar Stars League and Crown Prince Cup, while Al Sadd won Emir of Qatar Cup and the Sheikh Jassim Cup. In the Champions League the two clubs’ journey was wonderful, as the two teams clashed in the Round of 16. Where is this considered the first time that two Qatari clubs met in Champions League that ended with Lekhwiya 4–3 on aggregate to end his career in the quarter-final against Al-Hilal.

On April 10, 2017, it was decided to merge the two clubs, Lekhwiya the champion of Qatar Stars League and El Jaish SC into one entity under the name Al-Duhail Sports Club starting from next season. On February 8, 2019, Korean Nam Tae-hee moved from Al-Duhail to Al Sadd in the first transfer deal between the two clubs, though two years later he returned to his team. After six years of waiting and almost complete control of Al-Duhail, Al Sadd won the Qatar Stars League title for the 2018–19 season, while Al-Duhail was satisfied with the runner-up and won the Emir of Qatar Cup. In the 2019 AFC Champions League, the two teams met in the Round of 16 and this time Al Sadd qualified with 4–2 on aggregate and was then eliminated in the semi-final against Al-Hilal. Under the leadership of Xavi, Al Sadd won the Qatar Stars League title for the 2020–21 season unbeaten for the 15th time in its history. On December 11, 2019, Khalifa bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani son of the former Emir of Qatar, Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani was elected president of Al-Duhail SC during the club's General Assembly meeting.

All-time head-to-head results

As of 18 May 2024

All-Time Top Scorers

Player	Club	QSL	Emir Cup	Qatar Cup	Super Cup	International	Total
Baghdad Bounedjah	Al Sadd	13	3	4	3	—	23
Nam Tae-hee	Al-Duhail, Al Sadd	8	1	2	2	—	16
Youssef Msakni	Al-Duhail	4	1	1	1	3	10
Hassan Al-Haydos	Al Sadd	4	3	1	—	1	9
Youssef El-Arabi	Al-Duhail	5	1	1	—	—	7
Ismaeel Mohammad	Al-Duhail	2	—	2	1	1	7
Khalfan Ibrahim	Al Sadd	5	—	1	—	—	6
Akram Afif	Al Sadd	2	1	1	—	2	6
Almoez Ali	Al-Duhail	3	1	—	—	1	5

Hat-tricks

A hat-trick is achieved when the same player scores three or more goals in one match. Listed in chronological order.

Sequence	Player	No. of goals	Time of goals	Representing	Final score	Opponent	Tournament
1.	Mamadou Niang	3	35'p, 38', 90+4'	Al Sadd	4–2	Lekhwiya	Crown Prince Cup
2.	Baghdad Bounedjah	3	5', 20', 66'	Al Sadd	4–2	Al-Duhail	Sheikh Jassim Cup
3.	Baghdad Bounedjah	3	14', 50', 87'	Al Sadd	3–1	Al-Duhail	Qatar Stars League

Honours

Competitions

League matches

#	Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Goals (home)	Goals (away)	Venue
1	2 November 2010	Al Sadd	0 – 1	Lekhwiya	—	Razaq 77'	Jassim bin Hamad Stadium
2	1 April 2011	Lekhwiya	1 – 2	Al Sadd	Dame Traoré 88'	Yusef Ahmed 80', Ali Afif 89'	Thani bin Jassim Stadium
3	20 November 2011	Lekhwiya	0 – 1	Al Sadd	—	Al-Hamad 39'	Thani bin Jassim Stadium
4	11 March 2012	Al Sadd	1 – 2	Lekhwiya	Ibrahim 78'	Dagano 56', Tae-hee 82'	Jassim bin Hamad Stadium
5	14 December 2012	Lekhwiya	0 – 3	Al Sadd	—	Raúl 4', Ibrahim Majid 15', Ibrahim 58' (pen.)	Thani bin Jassim Stadium
6	18 April 2013	Al Sadd	2 – 2	Lekhwiya	Al-Haydos 26', Assadalla 36'	Soria 48', Msakni 64'	Jassim bin Hamad Stadium
7	12 December 2013	Al Sadd	2 – 3	Lekhwiya	Ibrahim 56', 60' (pen.)	Tae-hee 8', 27', Soria 44' (pen.)	Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium
8	6 April 2014	Lekhwiya	0 – 2	Al Sadd	—	Hassan 65', Medany 87'	Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium
9	2 October 2014	Lekhwiya	0 – 3	Al Sadd	—	Belhadj 26', Tabata 50', Khalfan Ibrahim 57'	Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium
10	28 February 2015	Al Sadd	0 – 1	Lekhwiya	—	Weiss 90+1' (pen.)	Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium
11	27 November 2015	Al Sadd	2 – 4	Lekhwiya	Belhadj 30', 58'	Muntari 41', Msakni 57', Chico 83', Nam Tae-hee 90' (pen.)	Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium
12	20 March 2016	Lekhwiya	2 – 3	Al Sadd	Boudiaf 16', Ismaeel 85'	Al Haidos 5', 42' (pen.), Hassan 87'	Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium
13	16 October 2016	Lekhwiya	3 – 3	Al Sadd	El-Arabi 23', Msakni 40', Tae-hee 77'	Bounedjah 19', 83', Al-Haidos 70' (pen.)	Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium
14	13 January 2017	Al Sadd	1 – 2	Lekhwiya	Assadalla 26'	Tae-hee 16', Musa 89'	Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium
15	24 November 2017	Al Sadd	2 – 4	Al-Duhail	Bounedjah 12', Ahmad 80'	Almoez Ali 6', El-Arabi 20', Al Rawi 72', Tae-hee 89'	Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium
16	1 March 2018	Al-Duhail	4 – 3	Al Sadd	Ismaeel 37', Msakni 40', 88', El-Arabi 90+4'	Hamroun 11', Bounedjah 71', 81'	Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium
17	11 December 2018	Al Sadd	3 – 1	Al-Duhail	Mendes 9' (o.g.), Al-Hajri 89', Bounedjah 90+4'	El-Arabi 6' (pen.)	Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium
18	30 March 2019	Al-Duhail	2 – 2	Al Sadd	El-Arabi 75', 85' (pen.)	Bounedjah 26', Naji Hussein 90+5' (o.g.)	Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium
19	2 November 2019	Al-Duhail	4 – 1	Al Sadd	Muntari 34', Boudiaf 45+1', Edmilson 81', Almoez Ali 90+1'	Al-Haidos 14'	Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium
20	8 August 2020	Al Sadd	1 – 0	Al-Duhail	Tabata 24'	—	Jassim bin Hamad Stadium
21	21 October 2020	Al-Duhail	1 – 3	Al Sadd	Dudu 86'	Nam Tae-hee 22', 70', Guilherme Torres 38'	Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium
22	12 January 2021	Al Sadd	3 – 1	Al-Duhail	Bounedjah 14', 50', 87'	Almoez Ali 6' (pen.)	Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium
23	3 November 2021	Al-Duhail	3 – 3	Al Sadd	Olunga 24', 89', Pedro Miguel 31' (o.g.)	Bounedjah 4', Khoukhi 73', Tabata 74'	Thani bin Jassim Stadium
24	25 February 2022	Al Sadd	1 – 1	Al-Duhail	Akram Afif 59'	Edmilson 36' (pen.)	Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium
25	12 March 2023	Al Sadd	2 – 2	Al-Duhail	Bounedjah 34', Santi Cazorla 57'	Nam Tae-hee 90', Fernández 90'	Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium
26	4 May 2023	Al-Duhail	1 – 3	Al Sadd	Michael Olunga 73'	Bounedjah 41', Akram Afif 51' Rodrigo Tabata 75'	Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium
27	13 December 2023	Al Sadd	3 – 1	Al-Duhail	Akram Afif 57' (pen.), 90+13', Plata 59'	Boudiaf 10'	Jassim bin Hamad Stadium
28	5 April 2024	Al-Duhail	3 – 1	Al Sadd	Almoez Ali 40', Olunga 57', Al-Brake 62'	Akram Afif 45+2'	Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium

Emir of Qatar Cup results

#	Date	Round	Home team	Score	Away team	Goals (home)	Goals (away)	Venue
1	11 May 2013	Semi finals	Al Sadd	3 – 2	Lekhwiya	Mahmoud 31', Kasola 59', Al-Haydos 89'	Msakni 26', Dia 66'	Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium
2	15 May 2015	Semi finals	Al Sadd	2 – 0	Lekhwiya	Al-Haydos 62', 82'	—	Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium
3	20 May 2016	Final	Al Sadd	2 – 2 (pen. 2–4)	Al-Duhail	Bounedjah 61', Hassan 67'	Chic 70', Nam Tae-hee 77'	Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium
4	11 May 2018	Semi finals	Al Sadd	0 – 1	Al-Duhail	—	Almoez Ali 68'	Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium
5	16 May 2019	Final	Al Sadd	1 – 4	Al-Duhail	Akram Afif 7'	Ali Afif 16', Edmilson 59', 81', El-Arabi 62'	Al Janoub Stadium
6	31 October 2020	Semi-finals	Al-Duhail	1 – 4	Al Sadd	Edmilson 10'	Khoukhi 59', Guilherme Torres 64', Bounedjah 77', Tabata 88'	Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium
7	14 March 2022	Semi-finals	Al Sadd	2 – 3	Al-Duhail	Ayew 33', Bounedjah 90'	Sassi 7', 80', Olunga 44'	Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium
8	18 May 2024	Semi-finals	Al-Duhail	0 – 1	Al Sadd	—	Akram Afif 46'	Al Janoub Stadium

Qatar Cup (ex) Crown Prince Cup results

#	Date	Round	Home team	Score	Away team	Goals (home)	Goals (away)	Venue
1	21 April 2012	Semi finals	Lekhwiya	2 – 4	Al Sadd	Nam Tae-Hee 52' (pen.), Bougherra 84'	Niang 35' (pen.), 38', 90+4', Khalfan Ibrahim 74'	Suheim bin Hamad Stadium
2	4 May 2013	Final	Lekhwiya	3 – 2	Al Sadd	Ismaeel 15', Lamy 30', Msakni 42'	Mahmoud 13' (pen.), Lee Jung-soo 90+1'	Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium
3	27 April 2018	Final	Al Sadd	1 – 2	Al-Duhail	Al-Haidos 19'	Ismaeel 78', El-Arabi 90+10' (pen.)	Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium
4	17 January 2020	Final	Al Sadd	4 – 0	Al-Duhail	Nam Tae-hee 5', Bounedjah 21', 45', Akram Afif 72' (pen.)	—	Jassim bin Hamad Stadium
5	26 February 2021	Final	Al-Duhail	0 – 2	Al Sadd	—	Bounedjah 9', 77'	Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium
6	6 April 2023	Final	Al-Duhail	2 – 0	Al Sadd	Olunga 48',Sassi 53'	—	Jassim bin Hamad Stadium

Sheikh Jassim Cup results

#	Date	Round	Home team	Score	Away team	Goals (home)	Goals (away)	Venue
1	13 August 2014	Final	Al Sadd	3 – 2	Lekhwiya	Weiss 12' (pen.), Msakni 71'	Rodrigo Tabata 10', Muriqui 80' (pen.), 86'	Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium
2	21 January 2016	Final	Lekhwiya	4 – 1	Al Sadd	Ismaeel 18', Razaq 46', Nam Tae-hee 60' (pen.), Weiss 87'	Al-Shammeri 50'
3	9 September 2017	Final	Al-Duhail	2 – 4	Al Sadd	Nam Tae-hee 41', Almoez Ali 90+6'	Bounedjah 5', 20', 66', Hamroun 80' (pen.)	Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium
4	17 August 2019	Final	Al Sadd	1 – 0	Al-Duhail	Assadalla 14'	—	Jassim bin Hamad Stadium

International results

#	Season	Round		Home team	Score	Away team	Goals (home)	Goals (away)	Venue
1	2015 Champions League	Round of 16	1st leg	Al Sadd	1 – 2	Lekhwiya	Al-Haydos 37'	Soria 13', Msakni 36'	Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium
2			2nd leg	Lekhwiya	2 – 2	Al Sadd	Msakni 13', Ismaeel 83'	Muriqui 36', Assadalla 63'	Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium
3	2019 Champions League	Round of 16	1st leg	Al-Duhail	1 – 1	Al Sadd	Msakni 44'	Akram Afif 30'	Al Janoub Stadium
4			2nd leg	Al Sadd	3 – 1	Al-Duhail	Akram Afif 20', Hassan 34', Yasser 90+1' (o.g.)	Edmilson 56'	Jassim bin Hamad Stadium

Shared player history

Players who have played for both clubs

• Nam Tae-hee (Al-Duhail 2012–19 & 2021–present, Al Sadd 2019–21)

Qatar Stars League results

The tables list the place each team took in each of the seasons.

Notes

References

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External links

• Al-Sadd - Al Duhail scores face-to-face and compositions

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