# 2015–16 Al Sadd SC season

In the 2015–16 season, Al Sadd SC is competing in the Qatar Stars League for the 43rd season, as well as the Emir of Qatar Cup the Qatar Crown Prince Cup and the Champions League.

## Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 3 September 2021. Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Position | Name | Date of Birth (Age) | Signed from |
| Goalkeepers ||||||
| 1 | GK | Saad Al Sheeb | (1990-02-19)19 February 1990 (aged 25) | Al Sailiya |
| 22 | GK | Muhannad Naim | (1993-01-28)28 January 1993 (aged 22) | Eupen |
| 53 | GK | Steven Tedga | (1991-12-07)7 December 1991 (aged 24) | Al-Mesaimeer |
| Defenders ||||||
| 2 | RB | Pedro Miguel | (1990-08-06)6 August 1990 (aged 25) | Al Ahli |
| 3 | LB | Abdelkarim Hassan | (1993-08-28)28 August 1993 (aged 22) | Youth system |
| 5 | CB | Morteza Pouraliganji | (1992-04-19)19 April 1992 (aged 23) | Tianjin Teda |
| 13 | CB | Ibrahim Majid | (1990-05-12)12 May 1990 (aged 25) | Al Wakrah |
| 29 | RB | Ali Faidh Atashi | (1996-12-24)24 December 1996 (aged 19) | Youth system |
| 39 | LB | Nadir Belhadj | (1982-06-18)18 June 1982 (aged 33) | Portsmouth |
| 40 | CB | Lee Jung-Soo | (1980-01-08)8 January 1980 (aged 35) | Kashima Antlers |
| 70 | RB | Musab Kheder | (1993-09-26)26 September 1993 (aged 22) | Youth system |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 6 | CM / AM / DM | Xavi | (1980-01-25)25 January 1980 (aged 35) | Barcelona |
| 8 | AM | Ali Assadalla | (1993-01-19)19 January 1993 (aged 22) | Al Muharraq |
| 14 | AM | Khalfan Ibrahim | (1988-02-18)18 February 1988 (aged 27) | Al Arabi |
| 15 | CM | Talal Al-Bloushi | (1986-05-22)22 May 1986 (aged 29) | Al Naser |
| 20 | DM | Salem Al-Hajri | (1996-04-10)10 April 1996 (aged 19) | Eupen |
| 27 | CM | Jasser Yahya | (1992-12-19)19 December 1992 (aged 23) | Youth system |
| 66 | DM | Mohammed Kasola | (1986-08-13)13 August 1986 (aged 29) | Al-Khor |
| 87 | AM | Nasser Ibrahim Al-Nassr | (1995-07-11)11 July 1995 (aged 20) | Youth system |
| Forwards ||||||
| 11 | SS | Muriqui | (1986-06-16)16 June 1986 (aged 29) | Guangzhou Evergrande |
| 7 | | Hamza Sanhaji | (1994-04-22)22 April 1994 (aged 21) | Youth system |
| 9 | | Meshaal Al-Shammeri | (1995-01-19)19 January 1995 (aged 20) | Youth system |
| 10 | RW | Hassan Al Haidos | (1990-12-11)11 December 1990 (aged 25) | Youth system |
| 11 | ST | Baghdad Bounedjah | (1991-11-24)24 November 1991 (aged 24) | Étoile du Sahel |
| 26 | | Aladeen Younes | (1996-01-22)22 January 1996 (aged 19) | Youth system |
| 75 | | Hassan Palang | (1998-04-02)2 April 1998 (aged 17) | LASK Linz II |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Qatar Stars League | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 54 | 38 | +16 | 050.00 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 13 September 2015 | 15 April 2016 |
| Emir of Qatar Cup | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 066.67 | Quarter-final | Runners–up | 7 May 2016 | 20 May 2016 |
| Qatar Crown Prince Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 000.00 | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | 25 April 2016 | 25 April 2016 |
| Champions League | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 000.00 | Play-off round | Play-off round | 9 February 2016 | 9 February 2016 |
| Total | 31 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 66 | 49 | +17 | 048.39 |
Updated to match played 15 April 2016 Source: Competitions

### Qatar Stars League
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 15 April 2016. Source: Competitive matches

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | H |
| Result | W | D | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | L | L | W | L | W | D | L | D | L | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | D |
| Position | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

## Squad information
### Playing statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Qatar Stars League | Qatar Stars League | Emir of Qatar Cup | Emir of Qatar Cup | AFC CL1 | AFC CL1 | Other | Other |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | QAT | Saad Al Sheeb | 17 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | QAT | Muhannad Naim | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 | GK | QAT | Steven Tedga | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | POR | Pedro Miguel | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | QAT | Abdelkarim Hassan | 23 | 5 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | IRN | Morteza Pouraliganji | 10 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | QAT | Ibrahim Majid | 14 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | QAT | Salem Al-Hajri | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | QAT | Mohammed Itshi | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | ALG | Nadir Belhadj | 28 | 3 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | DF | KOR | Lee Jung-Soo | 11 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 66 | DF | QAT | Mohammed Kasola | 23 | 3 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | DF | QAT | Musab Kheder | 17 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 87 | DF | QAT | Nasser Ibrahim | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | ESP | Xavi | 26 | 3 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | QAT | Ali Assadalla | 21 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | QAT | Khalfan Ibrahim | 21 | 3 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | QAT | Talal Al-Bloushi | 18 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | QAT | Jasser Yahya | 14 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 87 | MF | QAT | Saoud Ibrahim Al-Nassr | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | QAT | Hamza Sanhaji | 12 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | QAT | Meshaal Al-Shammeri | 13 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | QAT | Hassan Al-Haidos | 27 | 12 | 25 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ALG | Baghdad Bounedjah | 7 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | LBY | Aladeen Younes | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | FW | QAT | Hassan Palang | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||||
| 11 | FW | BRA | Muriqui | 16 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 26 January 2021 Source: fr.soccerway.com

### Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.
| No. | Nat. | Player | Pos. | QSL | QEC | CPC | CL 1 | TOTAL |
| 10 | | Hassan Al-Haidos | FW | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 11 | | Muriqui | FW | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 11 | | Baghdad Bounedjah | FW | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 7 | | Hamza Sanhaji | FW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | | Abdelkarim Hassan | DF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 14 | | Khalfan Ibrahim | MF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | | Xavi | MF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 39 | | Nadir Belhadj | DF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 66 | | Mohammed Kasola | MF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | | Morteza Pouraliganji | DF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | | Meshaal Al-Shammeri | FW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 70 | | Musab Kheder | DF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | | Ali Assadalla | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | | Ibrahim Majid | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 40 | | Lee Jung-Soo | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 54 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 66 |
Players with Multiple Nationalities
* Steven Tedga
* Mohammed Kasola
* Ibrahim Majid
* Musab Keder
* Abdelkarim Hassan
* Talal Al-Bloushi
* Hussain Ali Bahzad
* Ali Asad
* Hamza Sanhaji
For recent squad changes see List of Qatari football transfers summer 2015.

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos | Player | From club | Transfer fee |
| 29 April 2015 | FW | Baghdad Bounedjah | Étoile du Sahel | Undisclosed |
| 21 May 2015 | MF | Xavi | Barcelona | Free transfer |
| 8 January 2016 | DF | Morteza Pouraliganji | Tianjin Teda | Free transfer |
| 1 February 2016 | DF | Pedro Miguel | Al Ahli | Free transfer |

### Out

| Date | Pos | Player | To club | Transfer fee | Source |
| 1 April 2016 | FW | Muriqui | FC Tokyo | Loan for one season | |