# 2021–22 Al-Duhail SC season

In the 2021–22 season, Al-Duhail is competing in the Qatar Stars League for the 11th season, as well as the Emir of Qatar 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 ||||||
| | GK | Mohammed Al-Bakri | (1997-03-28)28 March 1997 (aged 24) | Youth system |
| 21 | GK | Salah Zakaria | (1999-04-24)24 April 1999 (aged 22) | Al-Wakrah |
| Defenders ||||||
| | RB | Ali Malolah | (1999-02-26)26 February 1999 (aged 22) | Al-Wakrah |
| 2 | CB | Mohammed Musa | (1986-03-23)23 March 1986 (aged 35) | Umm Salal |
| | CB / RB | Bassam Al-Rawi | (1997-12-16)16 December 1997 (aged 23) | Al-Rayyan |
| | CB | Ahmed Yasser | (1994-05-17)17 May 1994 (aged 27) | Aspire Academy |
| 4 | CB / RB | Toby Alderweireld | (1989-03-02)2 March 1989 (aged 32) | Tottenham Hotspur |
| 18 | LB | Sultan Al-Brake | (1996-04-07)7 April 1996 (aged 25) | Aspire Academy |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 8 | DM | Luiz Júnior | (1989-01-13)13 January 1989 (aged 32) | Uniclinic |
| 10 | LW | Edmilson | (1994-08-19)19 August 1994 (aged 27) | Standard Liège |
| 12 | DM | Karim Boudiaf | (1990-09-16)16 September 1990 (aged 31) | Nancy |
| | AM | Abdullah Al-Ahrak | (1997-05-10)10 May 1997 (aged 24) | Cultural Leonesa |
| 13 | DM | Ferjani Sassi | (1992-03-18)18 March 1992 (aged 29) | Zamalek |
| 23 | DM | Assim Madibo | (1996-10-22)22 October 1996 (aged 24) | Cultural Leonesa |
| 19 | AM | Nam Tae-hee | (1991-07-03)3 July 1991 (aged 30) | Al Sadd SC |
| Forwards ||||||
| 11 | ST | Almoez Ali | (1996-08-19)19 August 1996 (aged 25) | Cultural Leonesa |
| 7 | RW | Ismaeel Mohammad | (1990-04-05)5 April 1990 (aged 31) | El Jaish |
| 14 | ST | Michael Olunga | (1994-03-26)26 March 1994 (aged 27) | Kashiwa Reysol |
| 20 | LW | Ali Afif | (1988-01-20)20 January 1988 (aged 33) | Al Sadd SC |
| | ST | Mohammed Muntari | (1993-12-20)20 December 1993 (aged 27) | El Jaish |

## 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 | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 59 | 24 | +35 | 063.64 | Matchday 1 | Runners–up | 12 September 2021 | 10 March 2022 |
| Emir of Qatar Cup | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6 | +10 | 100.00 | Round of 16 | Winners | 15 February 2022 | 18 March 2022 |
| 2022 Champions League | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 9 | +8 | 083.33 | Group stage | Group stage | 7 April 2022 | 26 April 2022 |
| Total | 32 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 92 | 39 | +53 | 071.88 |
Updated to match played 26 April 2022 Source: Competitions

### Qatar Stars League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Al-Sadd (C) | 22 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 80 | 24 | +56 | 62 | Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Al-Duhail | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 59 | 24 | +35 | 47 | Qualification for AFC Champions League play-off round |
| 3 | Al-Wakrah | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 34 | 30 | +4 | 37 | |
| 4 | Al-Arabi | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 34 | 31 | +3 | 36 | |
| 5 | Al-Gharafa | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 39 | 40 | −1 | 30 | |
* ↑ as 2022 Emir of Qatar Cup winner

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 10 March 2022. 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 |
| Ground | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H |
| Result | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | L | W | D | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | D | W | D |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

## 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 D: Buraidah, Saudi Arabia

#### Group D

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | DUH | TWN | SEP | PAK |
| 1 | Al-Duhail | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 9 | +8 | 15 | Advance to Round of 16 | — | 1–2 | 5–2 | 3–2 |
| 2 | Al-Taawoun (H) | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 7 | | 3–4 | — | 3–0 | 0–1 |
| 3 | Sepahan | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 7 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | Pakhtakor | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 15 | −5 | 6 | | 0–3 | 5–4 | 1–3 | — |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Al-Taawoun 4, Sepahan 1.

## Squad information
### Playing statistics

    As of 18 March 2022
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Qatar Stars League | Qatar Stars League | Emir of Qatar Cup | Emir of Qatar Cup | AFC CL1 | AFC CL1 |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | QAT | Mohammed Al-Bakri | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | QAT | Salah Zakaria | 19 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | GK | QAT | Shehab Ellethy | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | QAT | Mohammed Musa | 17 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | QAT | Mohammed Alaaeldin | 19 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | BEL | Toby Alderweireld | 24 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | QAT | Bassam Al-Rawi | 20 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | QAT | Mohammed Al Naimi | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | QAT | Sultan Al-Brake | 20 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | QAT | Luiz Júnior | 21 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | BEL | Edmilson | 21 | 7 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | QAT | Karim Boudiaf | 15 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | TUN | Ferjani Sassi | 22 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | QAT | Abdelrahman Moustafa | 11 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | KOR | Nam Tae-hee | 20 | 7 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | QAT | Assim Madibo | 19 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | QAT | Abdullah Al-Ahrak | 14 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | QAT | Lotfi Madjer | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | QAT | Ali Afif | 15 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | QAT | Ismaeel Mohammad | 18 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | QAT | Almoez Ali | 20 | 9 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | KEN | Michael Olunga | 24 | 26 | 20 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | QAT | Rabh Boussafi | 13 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | QAT | Mohammed Muntari | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | QAT | Abdulaziz Mohamad Hassan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
Last updated: 10 March 2022 Source: fr.soccerway.com

### Goalscorers

    As of 18 March 2022
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.
| No. | Nat. | Player | Pos. | QSL | QEC | CL 1 | TOTAL |
| 14 | | Michael Olunga | FW | 24 | 2 | 4 | 30 |
| 10 | | Edmilson | MF | 4 | 1 | 8 | 13 |
| 11 | | Almoez Ali | FW | 7 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| 19 | | Nam Tae-hee | MF | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 17 | | Abdelrahman Moustafa | MF | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 13 | | Ferjani Sassi | MF | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 26 | | Rabh Boussafi | FW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | | Ismaeel Mohammad | FW | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | | Karim Boudiaf | MF | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | | Mohammed Musa | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | | Luiz Júnior | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | Khaled Mohammed | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | | Abdullah Al-Ahrak | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | | Sultan Al-Brake | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | | Mubarak Hamza | FW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 86 | | Rashid Al Abdulla | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | | Toby Alderweireld | DF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | | Bassam Al-Rawi | DF | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 59 | 16 | 17 | 92 |

### Assists

| No. | Nat. | Player | Pos. | QSL | QEC | CL 1 | TOTAL |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos | Player | From club | Transfer fee |
| 9 July 2021 | MF | Nam Tae-hee | Al Sadd SC | Free transfer |
| 27 July 2021 | DF | Toby Alderweireld | Tottenham Hotspur | Undisclosed |
| 29 July 2021 | MF | Ferjani Sassi | Zamalek | Free transfer |

### Out

| Date | Pos | Player | To club | Transfer fee | Source |
| 1 September 2021 | DF | Ahmed Yasser | Al-Rayyan | Free transfer | |
| 9 September 2021 | DF | Ali Malolah | Al-Rayyan | Loan for one year | |