List of Al Sadd SC seasons

Al Sadd SC's team in 2012
with From Left to Right:
Stand Up : Lee Jung-Soo - Kasola - Hassan - Al-Bloushi - Ibrahim Majid - Saqr.
Sitting Niang - Khalfan Ibrahim - Belhadj - Al Haidos - Raúl.

Al Sadd Sports Club is a Qatari professional football club based in Doha. The club was formed in 1969 as Al Sadd Sports Club, and played their first competitive match in 1969, The club has won a total of 63 major trophies, At the local level the national championship a record 16 times also won the Emir of Qatar Cup a record 18 times, the Qatar Cup (ex) Crown Prince Cup a record 8 times, and the Sheikh Jassim Cup a record 15 times and outside the AFC Champions League two times and the Arab Champions League once. The club has also never been out of the top division of Qatari football since entering the Football League.

This is a list of the seasons played by Al Sadd SC from 1969 when the club first entered a league competition to the most recent seasons. The club's achievements in all major national and international competitions as well as the top scorers are listed. Top scorers in bold were also top scorers of Qatar Stars League. The list is separated into three parts, coinciding with the three major episodes of Qatari football:

Seasons

QFA – season-by-season record of Al Sadd Sports Club

Season	League									Emir Cup	Other	Asia		Top goalscorer(s)		Ref.
	Division	Pos	Pts	P	W	D	L	GF	GA					Name	Goals
1973–74	D1	1st								RU
1974–75	D1									W
1975–76	D1									Unknown
1976–77	D1									W
1977–78	D1									Unknown	W
1978–79	D1	1st								Unknown	W			Hassan Mattar	11
1979–80	D1	1st								Unknown	W
1980–81	D1	1st								Unknown	W			Hassan Mattar	9
1981–82	D1									W
1982–83	D1									RU
1983–84	D1	5th	11	12	4	3	5	12	11	Unknown
1984–85	D1	5th	11	12	3	5	4	15	15	W	W
1985–86	D1									W	W
1986–87	D1	1st								RU
1987–88	D1	1st								Unknown	W			Hassan Jawhar	11
1988–89	D1	1st								Unknown		Asian Club Championship	W
1989–90	D1									Unknown	W	Asian Club Championship	Grp
1990–91	D1									W		Asian Club Championship	Grp
1991–92	D1	3rd	22	16	9	4	3	22	14	Unknown		Cup Winners' Cup	R1
1992–93	D1									RU
1993–94	D1									W
1994–95	D1									Unknown		Cup Winners' Cup	QF
1995–96	D1	4th	34	16	9	7	0	24	9	Unknown	SF
1996–97	D1	5th	27	16	7	6	3	19	9	Unknown	SF			Ali Daei	10
1997–98	D1	3rd	26	16	7	5	4	25	13	Unknown	W			Hussein Ammouta	10
											W
1998–99	D1	3rd	33	16	10	3	3	29	15	QF	SF
1999–2000	D1	1st	38	16	12	2	2	36	8	W	SF	Asian Club Championship	R2	Fahad Al Kuwari	8
											W
2000–01	D1	6th	24	16	7	3	6	25	21	W		Cup Winners' Cup	R2
2001–02	D1	4th	25	16	7	4	5	31	30	RU	SF	Cup Winners' Cup	3rd
											W
2002–03	D1	2nd	31	18	9	4	5	30	14	W	W	AFC Champions League	Grp
											Grp
2003–04	D1	1st	42	18	13	3	2	38	10	SF	RU	Champions League	Grp	Carlos Tenorio	18
											Grp
2004–05	QSL	7th	34	27	9	7	1	35	35	W	Grp	Champions League	QF	Abdul Kader Keïta	10
2005–06	QSL	1st	52	27	16	4	7	48	32	SF	W	Champions League	Grp	Carlos Tenorio	21
											SF
2006–07	QSL	1st	55	27	17	4	6	52	29	W	W W	Champions League	Grp	Márcio Emerson Passos	18
2007–08	QSL	2nd	53	27	16	5	6	54	38	SF	W	Champions League	Grp	Carlos Tenorio	13
											SF
2008–09	QSL	2nd	52	27	15	9	3	60	25	SF	SF SF			Khalfan Ibrahim	15	[ citation needed ]
2009–10	QSL	2nd	50	22	15	5	2	55	22	SF	SF SF	Champions League	Grp	Leandro	20	[ citation needed ]
2010–11	QSL	6th	36	22	11	3	8	32	26	QF	SF	Champions League	W	Ali Afif	8	[ citation needed ]
2011–12	QSL	4th	36	22	10	6	6	35	24	RU	RU	FIFA Club World Cup	3rd	Khalfan Ibrahim	7	[ citation needed ]
											Grp
2012–13	QSL	1st	51	22	16	3	3	47	23	RU	RU RU			Mahmoud, Ibrahim	10	[ citation needed ]
2013–14	QSL	3rd	47	26	13	8	5	54	30	W	SF	Champions League	QF	Khalfan Ibrahim	14	[ citation needed ]
											Grp
2014–15	QSL	2nd	57	26	17	6	3	68	35	W	SF	Champions League	R16	Al Haidos, Ibrahim	11	[ citation needed ]
											W
2015–16	QSL	3rd	47	26	13	8	5	54	38	RU	SF	Champions League	PO	Hassan Al Haidos	12	[ citation needed ]
											RU
2016–17	QSL	2nd	61	26	18	7	1	77	23	W	W	Champions League	PO	Baghdad Bounedjah	23	[ citation needed ]
2017–18	QSL	2nd	49	22	16	1	5	68	25	SF	RU	Champions League	SF	Baghdad Bounedjah	16	[ citation needed ]
											W
2018–19	QSL	1st	57	22	18	3	1	100	22	RU		Champions League	SF	Baghdad Bounedjah	39	[ citation needed ]
2019–20 [note 1]	QSL	3rd	45	22	14	3	5	51	29	W	W W	Champions League [note 2]	R16	Akram Afif	15	[ citation needed ]
												FIFA Club World Cup	R2
2020–21	QSL	1st	60	22	19	3	0	77	14	W	W	Champions League [note 3]	Grp	Baghdad Bounedjah	21	[ citation needed ]
2021–22	QSL	1st	62	22	20	2	0	80	24	SF		Champions League	Grp	André Ayew	16	[ citation needed ]
2022–23	QSL	3rd	44	22	14	2	6	46	26	RU	RU			Baghdad Bounedjah	15	[ citation needed ]
2023–24	QSL	1st	49	22	15	4	3	65	21	W		Champions League	Grp	Akram Afif	30	[ citation needed ]
2024–25	QSL	1st	52	22	17	1	4	62	23	QF	W	Champions League	QF	Akram Afif	23	[ citation needed ]
2025–26	QSL									R16		Champions League	Grp

• Note 1: The first official Qatari Football League season was held in 1972–73.
• Note 2: Competition was not held that year.

Key

Key to league record: P = Played W = Games won D = Games drawn L = Games lost GF = Goals for GA = Goals against Pts = Points Pos = Final position

Key to divisions: 1 = QSL 2 = D1

Key to rounds: UNW = Unknown DNE = Did not enter NP = Not played PR = Preliminary round Grp = Group stage R1 = First Round R2 = Second Round PO = Play-off round

R32 = Round of 32 R16 = Round of 16 QF = Quarter-finals SF = Semi-finals RU = Runners-up W = Winners

Champions

Runners-up

Promoted

Relegated

Division shown in bold to indicate a change in division.
Top scorers shown in bold are players who were also top scorers in their division that season.

Honours

National

Competition	Titles	Winning years or seasons
Qatar Stars League	16	1971–72, 1973–74, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1999–2000, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2012–13, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22
Emir of Qatar Cup	18	1974–75, 1977–78, 1981–82, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1987–88, 1990–91, 1993–94, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2020, 2021
Qatar Cup (ex) Crown Prince Cup	8	1998, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2017, 2020, 2021
Sheikh Jassim Cup	15	1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2006, 2014, 2017, 2019

Asia

Competition	Titles	Winning years or seasons
AFC Champions League	2	1988–89, 2011

Regional

Competition	Titles	Winning years or seasons
Arab Champions League	1	2001
GCC Champions League	1	1991

Notes

1. The league was halted on 16 March 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic in Qatar, ^[1] then later resumed on 24 July 2020. ^[2]
2. On 9 July 2020, AFC announced new schedule for 2020 AFC Champions League group stage. ^{[3] [4]} 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. ^[5] On 27 July 2020, AFC confirmed that Malaysia would host matches of Group G and H. ^[6]
3. 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. ^[7] On 10 May 2021, AFC confirmed the hosts for Group H and I. ^[8]

References

1. "Qatar suspends the League until March 29". sportsfinding.com. 16 March 2020.
2. "Football action to resume on July 24". Qatar Football Association. 17 May 2020.
3. "AFC reiterates commitment to complete 2020 competitions with new calendar". AFC. 9 July 2020.
4. "AFC Champions League revised schedule". AFC. 9 July 2020.
5. "Qatar to host 2020 AFC Champions League in the West region". AFC. 16 July 2020.
6. "Malaysia to host AFC Champions League Groups G and H". AFC. 27 July 2020.
7. "Venues for AFC Champions League 2021 Group Stage revealed". Asian Football Confederation. 11 March 2021.
8. "Uzbekistan to stage 2021 AFC Champions League Groups H and I". Asian Football Confederation. 10 May 2021.