List of Al Sadd SC managers

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Jorge Fossati With Al Sadd SC won 6 titles, including a historical title in the AFC Champions League in 2011, and participated in the FIFA Club World Cup for the first time. Jorge Fossati.jpg
Jorge Fossati With Al Sadd SC won 6 titles, including a historical title in the AFC Champions League in 2011, and participated in the FIFA Club World Cup for the first time.

This is a list of all managers of Al Sadd SC. Since 1969 the first coach was Hamad Al Attiyah, and the first coach to achieve a title with him was the Sudanese Hassan Othman, and more than his coach was the Portuguese Jesualdo Ferreira for four seasons. Current coach Javi Gracia took over for Xavi on 8 December 2021.

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Background

The first to coach Al Sadd SC is Hamad Al Attiyah. It did not last long. In the mid-seventies with coaches from Sudan, including Hassan Othman for three years, to begin the stage of contracting with Brazilian coaches from the eighties until the end of the nineties, their number reached 14, most notably Zé Mário, Evaristo de Macedo and Procópio Cardoso, With the beginning of the millennium Al Sadd SC contracted with several coaches and there was no stability and from several nationalities. They are Džemaludin Mušović for the second time after the first season 1994–95, Luka Peruzović, Jorge Fossati, Ilie Balaci, Bora Milutinović, Émerson Leão, Cosmin Olăroiu, René Meulensteen, Co Adriaanse, and for the third time the Bosnian Mušović. On January 14, 2011 Al Sadd SC contracted with Jorge Fossati for the second time after the first in the 2006–07 season which was not successful, but in the second Fossati managed to lead him to win the 2011 AFC Champions League for the second time in its history after the first in 1988–89 to ensure a historic participation in the FIFA Club World Cup where they played against the giant FC Barcelona to occupy third place and guarantee a bronze medal, and at the end of the season after failing to win the 2011–12 Qatar Stars League and not guaranteeing participation in the AFC Champions League, Fossati officially left his post.

Fossati after winning AFC Champions League in 2011. Jorge Fossatti, Al Sadd, AFC Champions League.jpg
Fossati after winning AFC Champions League in 2011.

He was succeeded by Moroccan Hussein Ammouta where he spent more than three years during which Ammouta achieved four titles, His first test came in the 2012 Sheikh Jassem Cup. Al Sadd, playing most of their matches with their second team, achieved the runners-up position when they lost to Al Rayyan SC in the final. In the league, his team's form won the appraisal of many pundits, with them winning all of their first nine games, setting a new league record. [1] Sadd were eventually held to a goalless draw by Al Kharaitiyat on 8 December 2012. [2] Al-Sadd won the league on 13 April 2013, one match before the end of the league. It was the first Al-Sadd's championship since 2007. On 28 November 2015, Ferreira was named the head coach of Al Sadd SC, on a six-month deal with the option of a further year. [3] Having won the 2018–19 Qatar Stars League with a game to play, [4] he left the team in May and was replaced by Xavi. [5] On 28 May 2019 it was announced that Xavi would take over as manager of Al Sadd on a two-year contract. [6] [7] Xavi helped the club reach the semi-finals of the AFC Champions League, where they were eliminated by Al-Hilal FC 6–5 on aggregate. [8] In the league, the club finished third. In the 2019–20 season, Xavi led his team to win three domestic trophies, including the league and the Qatar Cup. In the 2020 AFC Champions League, Al Sadd reached the round of 16 but were eliminated 1–0 by Persepolis. [9] During his 97 games in charge of Al Sadd, spanning two and a half years, he led the club to seven trophies. [10] On 3 November 2021, Al Sadd drew 3–3 against Al-Duhail in his final game in-charge. Two days later Al Sadd announced Xavi's move to Barcelona after his release clause was paid. [11]

Managerial history

YearsMonthsManager
1969Unknown Flag of Qatar.svg Hamad Al Attiyah 1
1969Unknown Flag of Qatar.svg Said Musa 1
1969–73UnknownUnknown
1973–74Unknown Flag of Qatar.svg Said Musa 1
1974Unknown Flag of Sudan.svg Abdulla Balash
1974–77Unknown Flag of Sudan.svg Hassan Othman
1977–79UnknownUnknown
1979–82Unknown Flag of Brazil.svg José Faria
1982Unknown Flag of Sudan.svg Hassan Othman
1982–83Unknown Flag of England.svg Jimmy Meadows
1983–84Unknown Flag of Brazil.svg Pepe
1984–85Unknown Flag of Sudan.svg Hassan Othman
1985–87Unknown Flag of Brazil.svg Procópio Cardoso
1987–88Unknown Flag of Qatar.svg Ahmed Omar
1988–89Unknown Flag of Brazil.svg José Carbone
1989Unknown Flag of Qatar.svg Obeid Jumaa
1989Unknown Flag of Brazil.svg José Carbone
1989–90Unknown Flag of Brazil.svg Cabralzinho
1990–91Unknown Flag of Brazil.svg Silas
1991–92Unknown Flag of Qatar.svg Obeid Jumaa
1993Unknown Flag of Brazil.svg Sebastião Lapola
1993–94Unknown Flag of Qatar.svg Ahmed Omar
1994Unknown Flag of Brazil.svg Flamarion Nunes
1994–95Unknown Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Džemaludin Mušović
1995Unknown Flag of Qatar.svg Khalifa Khamis
1995–96Unknown Flag of Brazil.svg Sebastião Rocha
YearsMonthsManager
1996–97Unknown Flag of Qatar.svg Ahmed Omar
1997Unknown Flag of Morocco.svg Abdelkadir Bomir
1997Unknown Flag of Brazil.svg Evaristo de Macedo
1997Unknown Flag of Brazil.svg Zé Mário
1997–98Unknown Flag of Algeria.svg Rabah Madjer
1998–99Unknown Flag of Morocco.svg Abdelkadir Bomir
1999Unknown Flag of Brazil.svg Luiz Gonzaga 2
1999Unknown Flag of Brazil.svg Evaristo de Macedo
1999Unknown Flag of Iraq.svg Adnan Dirjal
1999–00Unknown Flag of Brazil.svg Procópio Cardoso
2000Unknown Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Džemaludin Mušović
2000–01July – Oct Flag of the Netherlands.svg René Meulensteen
2001–02Oct – Oct Flag of Romania.svg Ilie Balaci
2002–04Oct – May Flag of Croatia.svg Luka Peruzović
2004–05May – Oct Flag of Serbia.svg Bora Milutinović
2005–06Oct – May Flag of Qatar.svg Mohammed Al Ammari
2006–07May – Aug Flag of Uruguay.svg Jorge Fossati
2007–08Aug – Jan Flag of the Netherlands.svg Co Adriaanse
2008Feb – June Flag of Morocco.svg Hassan Hormutallah
2008June – Nov Flag of Brazil.svg Émerson Leão
2008–09Nov – June Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Džemaludin Mušović
2009–10June – Dec Flag of Romania.svg Cosmin Olăroiu
2010–12Dec – May Flag of Uruguay.svg Jorge Fossati
2012–15June – Nov Flag of Morocco.svg Hussein Amotta
2015–19Nov – May Flag of Portugal (official).svg Jesualdo Ferreira
2019–21May – Nov Flag of Spain.svg Xavi
2021–Nov – Flag of Spain.svg Javi Gracia

Notes

  • Note 1 denotes player–manager role.
  • Note 2 denotes caretaker role.

List of managers

Information correct as of 27 April 2025. Only competitive matches are counted.

Key
* Caretaker manager
NameFromToMatchesWonDrawnLostWin%
Flag of the Netherlands.svg René Meulensteen 100
Flag of Romania.svg Ilie Balaci 100
Flag of Croatia.svg Luka Peruzović 100
Flag of Serbia.svg Bora Milutinović 20042005100
Flag of Qatar.svg Mohammed Al Ammari October 2005May 2006100
Flag of Uruguay.svg Jorge Fossati 22 December 2005 [12] June 2007100
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Co Adriaanse 27 August 200728 January 2008 [13] 100
Flag of Morocco.svg Hassan Hormutallah 100
Flag of Brazil.svg Émerson Leão 15 July 2008 [14] 25 November 2008 [15] 100
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Džemaludin Mušović 100
Flag of Romania.svg Cosmin Olăroiu 17 April 2009 [16] 23 December 2010 [17] 100
Flag of Uruguay.svg Jorge Fossati 14 January 2011 [18] May 20124420141045.45
Flag of Morocco.svg Hussein Amotta 1 June 2012 [19] 21 November 201515287353057.24
Flag of Portugal (official).svg Jesualdo Ferreira 24 November 2015 [20] 20 May 201912980262362.02
Flag of Spain.svg Xavi 28 May 2019 [21] 5 November 2021 [22] [23] 10267171865.69
Flag of Spain.svg Javi Gracia 8 December 2021 [24] [25] 18 June 2022 [26] 22162472.73
Flag of Spain.svg Juan Manuel Lillo 18 June 2022 [26] 8 May 2023322021062.5
Flag of Portugal (official).svg Bruno Pinheiro 13 July 2023 [27] 16 November 2023 [28] 1593360
Flag of Qatar.svg Wesam Rizik 25 November 2023 [29] 24 May 202421144366.67
Flag of Spain.svg Félix Sánchez 23 July 2024 [30] Present33215763.64

Trophies

#Name QSL EQC CPC SJC ACL ACC Total
1 Flag of Uruguay.svg Jorge Fossati 11211-6
Flag of Spain.svg Xavi 1221--6
Flag of Sudan.svg Hassan Othman 14-1--6
4 Flag of Morocco.svg Hussein Ammouta 12-1--4
Flag of Brazil.svg Procópio Cardoso 21-1--4
Flag of Qatar.svg Ahmed Omar 12-1--4
Flag of Portugal (official).svg Jesualdo Ferreira 1111--4
8 Flag of Brazil.svg José Faria 2--1--3
Flag of Croatia.svg Luka Peruzović 111---3
10 Flag of Romania.svg Ilie Balaci -1---12
Flag of Brazil.svg José Carbone 1---1-2
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Džemaludin Mušović 11----2
Flag of Qatar.svg Wesam Rizik 11----2
14 Flag of Brazil.svg Cleyton Silas -1----1
Flag of the Netherlands.svg René Meulensteen -1----1
Flag of Serbia.svg Bora Milutinović -1----1
Flag of Morocco.svg Hassan Hormutallah --1---1
Flag of Morocco.svg Abdelkadir Bomir --1---1

Bold = current manager

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