In the 2021–22 season,

Al Sadd SC Al Sadd Sports Club () is a Qatari sports club based in the Al Sadd (Qatar), Al Sadd district of the capital city Doha. It is best known for its association football team, which competes in the top level of Qatari football, the Qatar Stars Leagu ...

is competing in the

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for the 49th season, as well as the

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and the Champions League. On November 3, after the match against Al-Duhail,

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left the club to be the new coach of

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six years after his departure and this is after an agreement was reached between the two clubs.

Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 3 September 2021.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under

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. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overview

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, Semi-finals , 13 February 2022 , 14 March 2022 , - , 2022 Champions League , colspan=2,

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, 8 April 2022 , 27 April 2022 , - ! Total

Qatar Stars League

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

2021 Emir of Qatar Cup

2022 Emir of Qatar Cup

2022 AFC Champions League

Group stage

On 16 February 2022, AFC confirmed hosts for the East group stage. On 3 March 2022, AFC confirmed hosts for the West group stage. *Group E:

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, Saudi Arabia

Group E

Squad information

Playing statistics

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Goalscorers

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Akram Afif Akram Hassan Afif Yahya Afif (; born 18 November 1996) is a Qatari professional association football, footballer who plays as a left winger for Qatar Stars League club Al Sadd SC, Al Sadd and the Qatar national football team, Qatar national team. ...

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Baghdad Bounedjah Baghdad Saddam Bounedjah (, born 24 November 1991) is an Algerian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Qatar Stars League club Al-Shamal and the Algeria national team. Throughout his club career until 2015, Bounedjah played for ...

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Rodrigo Tabata Rodrigo Barbosa Tabata (born 19 November 1980) or simply Rodrigo Tabata, is a professional footballer who plays for Al Rayyan as an attacking midfielder. Born in Brazil, he played for the Qatar national team. Club career Career in Brazil Tab ...

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Hassan Al-Haidos Hassan Khalid Hassan Al-Haydos (; born 11 December 1990) is a Qatari professional footballer who plays as a forward for and captains Qatar Stars League club Al Sadd. Club career Al-Haydos started playing football for Al Sadd at the age of e ...

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Abdelkarim Hassan Abdelkarim Hassan Al Haj Fadlalla (; born 28 August 1993) is a Qatari professional association football, footballer who plays as a left-back or center-back for Qatar Stars League club Al-Wakrah SC, Al-Wakrah and the Qatar national football team, ...

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Yusuf Abdurisag Yusuf Abdurisag Yusuf (, born 6 August 1999) is a Qatari professional footballer who plays as a winger for Qatar Stars League side Al Sadd and the Qatar national team. Club career Abdurisag began his professional career with Al Sadd SC in 201 ...

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Assists

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Transfers

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Out

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New contracts

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Notes

References

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