Al Sadd SC in international football competitions

Al-Sadd SC in Asian football

Al-Sadd celebrate after winning 2011 AFC Champions League.
Club	Al-Sadd SC
Most appearances	Hassan Al-Haidos (85)
Top scorer	Baghdad Bounedjah (25)
First entry	1988–89 Asian Club Championship
Latest entry	2020 AFC Champions League
Titles
Champions League	2 1989, 2011

Al-Sadd SC, a Qatari professional association football club, has gained entry to Asian Football Confederation (AFC) competitions on several occasions. They have represented Qatar in the Champions League on nineteen occasions, the now-defunct Cup Winners' Cup four separate occasions and FIFA Club World Cup on two occasions.

History

In the 1989 season, they became the first Arab club side to triumph in the Asian Club Championship by defeating Al-Rasheed of Iraq on an aggregate of away goals. Twenty-two years later, they won the 2011 Asian Champions League and earned a spot in the 2011 FIFA Club World Cup, in which Al-Sadd finished third. They also earned a spot in the 2019 FIFA Club World Cup automatically as host club, in which Al-Sadd finished sixth.

AFC competitions

Asian Club Championship

Al-Sadd SC results in Asian Club Championship

Season	Round	Opposition	Score
1988–89	Qualifying Group round	Al-Futowa	4–1 (Doha, Qatar)
		Al-Ansar	1–0 (Doha, Qatar)
		Al-Rasheed	0–0 (Doha, Qatar)
	SF Group round	Pahang FA	0–2 (Kuantan, Malaysia)
		Mohammedan SC	2–2 (Kuantan, Malaysia)
		April 25	2–1 (Kuantan, Malaysia)
		Al-Ittifaq	2–1 (Kuantan, Malaysia)
	Final	Al-Rasheed	3–2 (Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad) 1–0 (a) (Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha)
1989–90	Group stage	Al Rasheed	0–3 (Amman, Jordan)
		Al Ansar	2–0 (Amman, Jordan)
		Al-Ahli	0–0 (Amman, Jordan)
		Al Deffatain	3–0 (Amman, Jordan)
1990–91	First Round	Esteghlal	1-1 (Doha) 0-1, (Tahran)
1999–2000	First round	Al-Wahda	2–2 (Abu Dhabi) 1–1 (a) (Doha)
	Second round	Al-Hilal	0–1 (Doha) 2–1 (Riyadh)

Cup Winners' Cup

Al-Sadd SC results in Asian Cup Winners' Cup

Season	Round	Opposition	Home	Away	Aggregate
1991–92	First round	Kazma	1–1	1–1	2–2 (2–4 p)
1994–95	Second round	Al Qadisiya	2–0	(w/o)	2–0
	Quarterfinals	Al Ittihad	0–2	0–0	0–2
2000–01	First round	Al-Talaba	1–1	3–3	4–4 (a)
	Second round	Esteghlal	0–1	1–2	1–3
2001–02	First round	Fajr Sepasi	1–1	1–1	2–2 (5–3 p)
	Second round	Al-Shabab	3–2	0–0	3–2
	Quarterfinals	Al Ain	1–0	1–2	2–2 (a)
	Semifinals	Al Hilal	Single match		0–1
	Third place	Chongqing Longxin	Single match		0–0 (7–6 p)

Champions League

Al-Sadd SC results in AFC Champions League

Season	Round	Opposition	Home	Away	Aggregate
2002–03	Group stage	Esteghlal	1–2		2nd place
		Al-Ain	0–2
		Al-Hilal	3–1
2004 [1]	Group stage	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	1–0	0–1	2nd place
		Al-Wahda	0–0	0–0
2005 [2]	Group stage	Al-Ahli	2–0	1–2	1st place
		Al Kuwait	1–0	1–0
		Neftchi	3–2	0–2
	Round of 16	Busan I'Park	1–2	0–3	1–5
2006 [3]	Group stage	Al-Shabab	2–3	0–0	2nd place
		Al-Arabi	4–1	2–1
		Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	3–0	2–0
2007 [4]	Group stage	Al-Karamah	1–1	1–2	4th place
		Najaf FC	1–4	0–1
		Neftchi	2–0	1–2
2008 [5]	Group stage	Al-Ahli	2–1	2–2	3rd place
		Al-Wahda	0–0	2–2
		Al-Karamah	0–2	0–1
2010 [6]	Group stage	Al-Hilal	0–3	0–0	3rd place
		Al-Ahli	2–2	5–0
		Mes Kerman	4–1	1–3
2011 [7]	Group stage	Esteghlal	2–2	1–1	1st place
		Pakhtakor	2–1	1–1
		Al-Nassr	1–0	1–1
	Round of 16	Al-Shabab	Single match		1–0
	Quarter-finals	Sepahan	1–2	3–0	4–2
	Semi-finals	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	0–1	2–0	2–1
	Final	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	Single match		2–2 (4–2 p)
2014 [8]	Group stage	Sepahan	3–1	0–4	2nd place
		Al-Ahli	2–1	1–1
		Al-Hilal	2–2	0–5
	Round of 16	Foolad	0–0	2–2	2–2 (a)
	Quarter-finals	Al-Hilal	0–0	0–1	0–1
2015 [9]	Play-off round	Al-Wahda	Single match		4–4 (5–4 p)
	Group stage	Foolad	1–0	0–0	2nd place
		Al-Hilal	1–0	1–2
		Lokomotiv Tashkent	6–2	0–5
	Round of 16	Lekhwiya	1–2	2–2	3–4
2016 [10]	Play-off round	Al-Jazira	Single match		2–2 (4–5 p)
2017 [11]	Play-off round	Esteghlal	Single match		0–0 (3–4 p)
2018 [12]	Group stage	Al-Wasl	2–1	2–1	2nd place
		Persepolis	3–1	0–1
		Nasaf Qarshi	4–0	0–1
	Round of 16	Al-Ahli	2–1	2–2	4–3
	Quarter-finals	Esteghlal	2–2	3–1	5–3
	Semi-finals	Persepolis	0–1	1–1	1–2
2019 [13]	Group stage	Al-Ahli	2–1	0–2	1st place
		Persepolis	1–0	0–2
		Pakhtakor	2–1	2–2
	Round of 16	Al-Duhail	3–1	1–1	4–2
	Quarter-finals	Al-Nassr	3–1	1–2	4–3
	Semi-finals	Al-Hilal	1–4	4–2	5–6
2020 [note 1]	Group stage	Al-Nassr	1–1	2–2	2nd place
		Sepahan	3–0	1–2
		Al-Ain	4–0	3–3
	Round of 16	Persepolis	Single match		0–1
2021 [note 2]	Group stage	Foolad	1–1	1–0	2nd place
		Al-Nassr	1–2	1–3
		Al-Wehdat	3–1	2–0

Non-AFC competitions

Non-AFC competition record

Season	Competition	Round	Opposition	Score
1992	Arab Cup Winners' Cup	Group stage	CO Casablanca	0–3 (Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium, Jeddah)
			Haifa SC	5–0 (Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium, Jeddah)
			Al-Merrikh	1–1 (Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium, Jeddah)
		Semi-final	Al-Ittihad Jeddah	1–2 (Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium, Jeddah)
		Final	CO Casablanca	0–2 (Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium, Jeddah)
2001	Arab Club Champions Cup	Group stage	Al-Ahli Sana'a	1–2 (Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha)
			Hutteen SC	6–1 (Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha)
			MC Oran	7–0 (Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha)
		Semi-final	Al Rayyan SC	5–1 (Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha)
		Final	MC Oran	3–1 (Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha)

Other competitions

FIFA Club World Cup

Espérance de Tunis v Al-Sadd SC

11 December 2011Quarter-finals	Espérance de Tunis	1–2	Al-Sadd SC	Toyota
16:00	Darragi 60'	Report	Khalfan 33' Koni 49'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 21,251 Referee: Enrique Osses (Chile)

Al-Sadd SC v Barcelona

15 December 2011Semi-finals	Al-Sadd SC	0–4	Barcelona	Yokohama
19:30		Report	Adriano 25', 43' Keita 64' Maxwell 81'	Stadium: International Stadium Yokohama Attendance: 66,298 Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

Kashiwa Reysol v Al-Sadd SC

18 December 2011Match for third place	Kashiwa Reysol	0–0 (3–5 p)	Al-Sadd SC	Yokohama
16:30		Report		Stadium: International Stadium Yokohama Attendance: 60,527 Referee: Noumandiez Doué (Ivory Coast)
	Penalties
	Jorge Wagner Sawa Hayashi Otani		Niang Keïta Majid Al-Haydos Belhadj

Al-Sadd v Hienghène Sport

11 December 2019 (2019-12-11)First round	Al-Sadd	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Hienghène Sport	Doha
20:30	Bounedjah 26' Hassan 100' Pedro Miguel 114'	Report	Roine 46'	Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium Attendance: 7,047 [20] Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)

Monterrey v Al-Sadd

14 December 2019 (2019-12-14)Second round	Monterrey	3–2	Al-Sadd	Doha
20:30	Vangioni 23' Funes Mori 45+1' Rodríguez 77'	Report	Bounedjah 66' Hassan 89'	Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium Attendance: 4,878 [21] Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

Al-Sadd v Espérance de Tunis

17 December 2019 (2019-12-17)Fifth place	Al-Sadd	2–6	Espérance de Tunis	Doha
17:30	Bounedjah 32' (pen.) Al-Haydos 49' (pen.)	Report	Elhouni 6', 42', 74' Badri 13', 25' (pen.) Derbali 87'	Stadium: Khalifa International Stadium Attendance: 15,037 [22] Referee: Abdelkader Zitouni (Tahiti)

Afro-Asian Club Championship

ES Sétif v Al-Sadd SC

12 January 1990 First leg	ES Sétif	2–0	Al-Sadd SC	Constantine
00:00	Bendjaballah 41' Ghrib 70'			Stadium: Mohamed Hamlaoui Stadium

Al-Sadd SC v ES Sétif

19 January 1990 Second leg	Al-Sadd SC	1–3	ES Sétif	Doha
00:00	Gassem 86' (pen.)		25' Adjissa 63', 75' Bendjaballah	Stadium: Khalifa International Stadium Referee: Jassim Mandi (Bahrain)

Statistics

By season

Information correct as of 29 April 2021.

Key

Pld = Played W = Games won D = Games drawn L = Games lost F = Goals for A = Goals against Grp = Group stage

PR = Preliminary round R1 = First round R2 = Second round PO = Play-off round R16 = Round of 16 QF = Quarter-final SF = Semi-final

Key to colours and symbols: W Winners RU Runners-up

Al-Sadd SC record in Asian football by season

Season	Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Round
1988–89	Asian Club Championship	9	6	2	1	16	8	+8	W
1989	Afro-Asian Club Championship	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4	RU
1989–90	Asian Club Championship	4	1	1	2	2	6	−4	Grp
1991–92	Asian Cup Winners' Cup	2	0	2	0	2	2	+0	R1
1994–95	Asian Cup Winners' Cup	2	0	1	1	0	2	−2	QF
1999–2000	Asian Club Championship	4	0	3	1	4	6	−2	R2
2000–01	Asian Cup Winners' Cup	4	0	2	2	5	7	−2	R2
2001–02	Asian Cup Winners' Cup	8	2	4	2	7	7	+0	3rd
2002–03	Champions League	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	Grp
2004	Champions League	4	1	2	1	1	1	+0	Grp
2005	Champions League	8	4	0	4	9	11	−2	QF
2006	Champions League	6	4	1	1	13	5	+8	Grp
2007	Champions League	6	1	1	4	6	10	−4	Grp
2008	Champions League	6	1	3	2	6	8	−2	Grp
2010	Champions League	6	2	2	2	12	9	+3	Grp
2011	Champions League	14	7	5	2	24	12	+12	W
2011	FIFA Club World Cup	3	1	1	1	2	5	−3	3rd
2014	Champions League	10	2	5	3	10	17	−7	QF
2015	Champions League	10	3	4	3	16	17	−1	R16
2016	Champions League	1	0	1	0	2	2	+0	PO
2017	Champions League	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	PO
2018	Champions League	12	6	3	3	21	13	0	SF
2019	Champions League	12	6	2	4	20	19	+1	SF
2020	Champions League	7	2	3	2	14	9	+5	R16
2019	FIFA Club World Cup	1	1	0	2	7	10	−3	5th
2021	Champions League	6	3	1	2	9	7	+2	Grp
Total		153	54	50	49	206	203	+3

Overall record

In Asia

As of 29 April 2021 ^[update] :

AFC competitions
Competition	Seasons	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Last season played
Champions League	20	129	50	40	39	182	165	2021
Cup Winners' Cup	4	17	3	9	5	16	18	2001–02
Afro-Asian Club Championship	1	2	0	0	2	1	5	1989
FIFA Club World Cup	2	6	2	1	3	9	15	2019
Total	27	156	55	50	49	208	203

Non-AFC competitions

As of 10 December 2001 ^[update] :

Non-AFC competitions
Competition	Seasons	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Last season played
Arab Champions League	1	5	4	0	1	22	5	2001
Arab Cup Winners' Cup	1	5	2	1	2	8	7	1992
Total	2	10	6	1	3	30	12

Statistics by country

Statistics correct as of game against Al-Nassr on April 29, 2021

AFC competitions

Country	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Algeria	ES Sétif	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4
Subtotal		2	0	0	2	1	5	−4
Bahrain	Riffa	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0
Subtotal		1	0	1	0	0	0	+0
Bangladesh	Mohammedan SC	1	0	1	0	2	2	+0
Subtotal		1	0	1	0	2	2	+0
China PR	Chongqing Longxin	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0
Subtotal		1	0	1	0	0	0	+0
Iran	Esteghlal	8	1	4	3	10	11	−1
	Fajr Sepasi	2	0	2	0	2	2	+0
	Mes Kerman	2	1	0	1	5	4	+1
	Sepahan	6	3	0	3	11	9	+2
	Foolad	6	2	4	0	5	3	+2
	Persepolis	7	2	1	4	5	7	−2
Subtotal		31	9	11	11	38	36	+2
Iraq	Al-Rasheed	4	1	1	2	3	6	−3
	Al-Talaba	2	0	2	0	4	4	+0
	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	4	3	0	1	6	1	+5
	Najaf FC	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4
Subtotal		12	4	3	5	14	16	−2
India	Dempo	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Subtotal		1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Jordan	Al-Wehdat (Ex Al Deffatain)	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1
Subtotal		3	2	0	1	5	4	+1
Kuwait	Kazma	2	0	2	0	2	2	+0
	Al Kuwait	2	2	0	0	2	0	+2
	Al Qadisiya	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Al-Arabi	2	2	0	0	6	2	+4
Subtotal		7	5	2	0	12	4	+8
Japan	Kashiwa Reysol	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0
Subtotal		1	0	1	0	0	0	+0
Lebanon	Al-Ansar	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3
Subtotal		2	2	0	0	3	0	+3
Malaysia	Pahang FA	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Subtotal		1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Mexico	Monterrey	1	0	0	1	2	3	−1
Subtotal		1	0	0	1	2	3	−1
New Caledonia	Hienghène Sport	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2
Subtotal		1	1	0	0	3	1	+2
Korea DPR	April 25	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1
Subtotal		1	1	0	0	2	1	+1
Qatar	Lekhwiya	2	0	1	1	3	4	−1
	Al-Duhail	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2
Subtotal		4	1	2	1	7	6	+1
Saudi Arabia	Al-Ittifaq	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1
	Al Ittihad	2	0	1	1	0	2	−2
	Al-Hilal	14	3	3	8	13	24	−11
	Al-Shabab	5	2	2	1	6	5	+1
	Al-Ahli	6	3	2	1	10	9	+1
	Al-Nassr	8	2	3	3	11	12	−1
Subtotal		36	11	11	14	42	53	−11
Korea Republic	Busan I'Park	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4
	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1
	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	1	0	1	0	2	2	+0
Subtotal		5	1	1	3	5	8	−3
Spain	Barcelona	1	0	0	1	0	4	−4
Subtotal		1	0	0	1	0	4	−4
Syria	Al-Futowa	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3
	Al-Karamah	4	0	1	3	2	6	−4
	Al-Ittihad	1	1	0	0	5	1	+4
Subtotal		6	2	1	3	11	8	+3
Tunisia	Espérance de Tunis	2	1	0	1	4	7	−3
Subtotal		2	1	0	1	4	7	−3
United Arab Emirates	Al-Wahda	7	0	7	0	9	9	+0
	Al-Ain	5	2	1	2	9	7	+2
	Al-Ahli	6	3	2	1	13	6	+7
	Al-Jazira	1	0	1	0	2	2	+0
	Al-Wasl	2	2	0	0	4	2	+2
Subtotal		21	7	11	3	37	26	+9
Uzbekistan	Neftchi	4	2	0	2	6	6	+0
	Pakhtakor	4	2	2	0	7	5	+2
	Lokomotiv Tashkent	2	1	0	1	6	7	−1
	Nasaf Qarshi	2	1	0	1	4	1	+3
Subtotal		12	6	2	4	23	19	+4
Yemen	Al-Ahli Sanaa	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0
Subtotal		1	0	1	0	0	0	+0
Total		154	55	50	49	208	203	+5

Non-AFC competitions

Result summary by country

Country	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Algeria	2	2	0	0	10	1	+9
Qatar	1	1	0	0	5	1	+4
Morocco	2	0	0	2	0	5	−5
Palestine	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5
Sudan	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0
Saudi Arabia	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1
Syria	1	1	0	0	6	1	+5
Yemen	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1
Total	10	6	1	3	30	12	+18

Asian competitions goals

Statistics correct as March 7, 2023

P Player TOTAL ACL AWC AACC FCWC 1 Baghdad Bounedjah 25 22 – 3 2 Khalfan Ibrahim 13 13 – – 3 Hassan Al-Haidos 12 11 – 1 4 Akram Afif 11 11 – – 5 Leandro 8 8 – – 6 Carlos Tenorio 8 8 – – 7 Boualem Khoukhi 7 7 – – 8 Abdul Kader Keïta 6 6 – – = Rodrigo Tabata 6 6 – – 10 Nadir Belhadj 5 5 – – = Hassan Jawhar 5 5 – – = Ibrahim Qassem poor 5 5 – – = Santi Cazorla 5 5 – – = Yusef Ahmed 5 5 – – = Abdelkarim Hassan 5 3 – 2 16 Talal Al-Bloushi 4 4 – – = Xavi 4 4 – – = Ali Assadalla 4 4 – – = Emerson Sheik 4 4 – – 17 Majdi Siddiq 3 3 – – = Felipe 3 3 – – = Mamadou Niang 3 3 – – = Jafal Rashed Al-Kuwari 3 3 – – = Magid Mohamed 3 3 – – = Mohammed Gholam 3 3 – –

P Player TOTAL ACL AWC AACC FCWC 21 Hussein Yasser 2 2 – – = Hamza Sanhaji 2 2 – – = Hossein Kaebi 2 2 – – = Muriqui 2 2 – – = Lee Jung-soo 2 2 – – = Sérgio Ricardo 2 2 – – = Ali Afif 2 2 – – = Nam Tae-hee 2 2 – – 31 Jugurtha Hamroun 1 1 – – = Pedro Miguel 1 – – 1 = Grafite 1 1 – – = Abdulla Koni 1 1 – – = Ali Nasser 1 1 – – = Youssef Chippo 1 1 – – = Nasser Kamil 1 1 – – = Hashim Ali 1 1 – – = Own Goals 3 3 – – Totals 187 180 0 7

Hat-tricks

N	Date	Player	Match	Score	Time of goals
1	10 March 2010	Leandro	Al-Ahli Dubai – Al-Sadd	0–5	44', 45+2', 76'
2	17 February 2015	Khalfan Ibrahim	Al-Wahda – Al-Sadd	4–4	66', 90+7', 98'

Two goals one match

N Date Player Match Score 1 9 Mar 2005 Hussein Yasser Al-Sadd – Al-Ahli Dubai 2–0 2 4 May 2006 Carlos Tenorio Al-Sadd – Al-Shabab 2–3 3 24 Mar 2010 Leandro Al-Sadd – Mes Kerman 4–1 4 12 Feb 2011 Abdul Kader Keïta Al-Sadd – Al-Ittihad Aleppo 5–1 5 12 Feb 2011 Leandro Al-Sadd – Al-Ittihad Aleppo 5–1 6 19 Oct 2011 Mamadou Niang Suwon Bluewings – Al-Sadd 0–2 7 17 Mar 2015 Khalfan Ibrahim Al-Sadd – Lokomotiv Tashkent 6–2 8 9 Feb 2016 Hamza Sanhaji Al-Jazira – Al-Sadd 2–2 9 13 Feb 2018 Baghdad Bounedjah Al-Wasl – Al-Sadd 1–2

N Date Player Match Score 10 20 Feb 2018 Baghdad Bounedjah Al-Sadd – Persepolis 3–1 11 2 Apr 2018 Baghdad Bounedjah Al-Sadd – Al-Wasl 2–1 12 7 May 2018 Boualem Khoukhi Al-Sadd – Al-Ahli Jeddah 2–1 13 14 May 2018 Baghdad Bounedjah Al-Ahli Jeddah – Al-Sadd 2–2 14 27 Aug 2018 Baghdad Bounedjah Esteghlal – Al-Sadd 1–3 15 9 Apr 2019 Xavi Pakhtakor – Al-Sadd 2–2 16 18 Feb 2020 Hassan Al-Haydos Al-Sadd – Sepahan 3–0 17 18 Sep 2020 Baghdad Bounedjah Al-Sadd – Al-Ain 4–0

Non-AFC competitions goals

P Player Goals = Bouchaib El Moubarki 6 = Karim Bagheri 5 = Ahmed Khalifa 4

P Player Goals = John Utaka 3 = Ishaq Madjarah 3 = Fahad Al Kuwari 2

P Player Goals = Jafal Rashed Al-Kuwari 1 = Jasem Mahmood 1 = Own Goals 0

Notes

1. On 9 July 2020, AFC announced new schedule for 2020 AFC Champions League group stage. ^{[14] [15]} 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. ^[16] On 27 July 2020, AFC confirmed that Malaysia would host matches of Group G and H. ^[17]
2. On 11 March 2021, AFC confirmed the hosts for the group stage, except for Group H and I whose hosts will be decided at a later date. ^[18] On 10 May 2021, AFC confirmed the hosts for Group H and I. ^[19]

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