# 2017–18 Al Sadd SC season

In the 2017–18 season, Al Sadd SC competed in the Qatar Stars League for the 45th season, as well as the Emir of Qatar Cup the Qatar Crown Prince Cup the Sheikh Jassim Cup and the Champions League.

## 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 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 68 | 25 | +43 | 072.73 | Matchday 1 | Runners–up | 16 September 2017 | 7 April 2018 |
| Emir of Qatar Cup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 050.00 | Quarter-final | Semi-final | 3 May 2018 | 11 May 2018 |
| Qatar Crown Prince Cup | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 000.00 | Semi-finals | Runners–up | 22 April 2018 | 27 April 2018 |
| Sheikh Jassim Cup | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 100.00 | Final | winners | 9 September 2017 | 9 September 2017 |
| Champions League | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 062.50 | Group stage | Quarter-final | 13 February 2018 | 14 May 2018 |
| Total | 35 | 23 | 3 | 9 | 94 | 40 | +54 | 065.71 |
Updated to match played 16 May 2018 Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Al-Duhail | 22 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 86 | 27 | +59 | 60 | Qualification to 2019 AFC Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Al-Sadd | 22 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 68 | 25 | +43 | 49 | Qualification to 2019 AFC Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Al-Rayyan | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 54 | 39 | +15 | 43 | Qualification to 2019 AFC Champions League play-off round |
| 4 | Al-Gharafa | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 43 | 34 | +9 | 35 | Qualification to 2019 AFC Champions League play-off round |
| 5 | Umm Salal | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 33 | 34 | −1 | 33 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 29 December 2014. 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 | A | H | H | A | A | H | H |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | L | W |
| Position | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### Matches
### Sheikh Jassim Cup
## AFC Champions League
### Group stage
#### Group C

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PER | SAD | NSF | WAS |
| 1 | Persepolis | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 13 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Al-Sadd | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 12 | Advance to knockout stage | 3–1 | — | 4–0 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Nasaf Qarshi | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 10 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | Al-Wasl | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 0 | | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | — |

## Squad information
### Playing statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Qatar Stars League | Qatar Stars League | Emir of Qatar Cup | Emir of Qatar Cup | Crown Prince Cup | Crown Prince Cup | Sheikh Jassim Cup | Sheikh Jassim Cup | Champions League | Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | QAT | Saad Al Sheeb | 30 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | QAT | Meshaal Barsham | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | QAT | Salem Al-Hajri | 29 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | QAT | Hatim Kamal Hassanin | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | QAT | Pedro Miguel | 28 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | QAT | Yasser Abubakar | 32 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | QAT | Musab Kheder | 20 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | QAT | Hamid Ismail | 19 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | QAT | Abdelkarim Hassan | 16 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | QAT | Fahad Al-Abdulrahman | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | IRN | Morteza Pouraliganji | 28 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 74 | MF | QAT | Ghassan Waheed | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | QAT | Boualem Khoukhi | 29 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 |
| 4 | MF | QAT | Ahmed Sayyar | 16 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Xavi | 28 | 7 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | ALG | Jugurtha Hamroun | 29 | 14 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| 87 | MF | QAT | Saud Ibrahim Al-Nasr | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | QAT | Ali Assadalla | 25 | 4 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | QAT | Ahmed Suhail | 19 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 82 | MF | QAT | Ali Alrayami | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 82 | MF | QAT | Bahaa Ellethy | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ALG | Baghdad Bounedjah | 22 | 28 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 |
| 10 | MF | QAT | Hassan Al-Haidos | 32 | 13 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 96 | MF | QAT | Akram Afif | 19 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | QAT | Hassan Palang | 14 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | QAT | Abdulaziz Al-Jalabi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | IRN | Ali Ferydoon | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | QAT | Meshaal Al-Shammeri | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 7 April 2018 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 | SJC | CL 1 | TOTAL |
| 11 | | Baghdad Bounedjah | FW | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 28 |
| 5 | | Jugurtha Hamroun | MF | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| 10 | | Hassan Al-Haidos | FW | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 6 | | Xavi | MF | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 96 | | Akram Afif | FW | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 16 | | Boualem Khoukhi | MF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | | Ali Assadalla | MF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 88 | | Morteza Pouraliganji | DF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 17 | | Hassan Palang | FW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | | Hamid Ismail | DF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | | Pedro Miguel | DF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 | | Abdelkarim Hassan | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 99 | | Ali Ferydoon | FW | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | | Yasser Abubakar | DF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 68 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 94 |

## Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | QAT | Saad Al Sheeb |
| 2 | DF | QAT | Pedro Miguel |
| 3 | DF | QAT | Yasser Abubakar |
| 4 | MF | QAT | Ahmed Sayyar |
| 5 | MF | ALG | Jugurtha Hamroun |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Xavi (captain) |
| 7 | DF | QAT | Musab Kheder |
| 8 | MF | QAT | Ali Assadalla |
| 9 | FW | QAT | Meshaal Al-Shammeri |
| 10 | MF | QAT | Hassan Al-Haidos |
| 11 | FW | ALG | Baghdad Bounedjah |
| 12 | DF | QAT | Hamid Ismail |
| 13 | DF | QAT | Ibrahim Majid |
| 15 | DF | QAT | Fahad Al-Abdulrahman |
| 16 | MF | QAT | Boualem Khoukhi |
| 17 | FW | QAT | Hassan Palang |
| 18 | FW | QAT | Abdulaziz Al-Jalabi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | MF | QAT | Hussain Bahzad |
| 20 | DF | QAT | Salem Al-Hajri |
| 21 | GK | QAT | Saud Al Hajiri |
| 22 | GK | QAT | Meshaal Barsham |
| 23 | MF | QAT | Ayoub Mashhor |
| 24 | DF | IRN | Morteza Pouraliganji |
| 25 | FW | QAT | Jassim Al-Shammeri |
| 27 | MF | QAT | Meshal Ibrahim |
| 30 | GK | QAT | Jehad Hudib |
| 34 | DF | QAT | Hatim Kamal Hassanin |
| 37 | DF | QAT | Ahmed Suhail |
| 73 | MF | QAT | Mohammed Waad |
| 74 | MF | QAT | Ghassan Waheed |
| 87 | MF | QAT | Saud Ibrahim Al-Nasr |
| 88 | MF | LBY | Aladeen Younes |
| 92 | GK | OMA | Sami Al-Hassawi |
| 99 | FW | QAT | Ali Ferydoon (on loan from Al-Shamal) |
Players with Multiple Nationalities
* Ibrahim Majid
* Pedro Miguel
* Yasser Abubakar
* Ali Asad
* Ahmed Sayyar
* Hussain Bahzad
* Ali Ferydoon
* Boualem Khoukhi

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos | Player | From club | Transfer fee |
| 23 May 2017 | MF | Boualem Khoukhi | Al-Arabi | Undisclosed |
| 25 May 2017 | MF | Jugurtha Hamroun | Steaua București | €1,000,000 |
| 31 May 2017 | GK | Saud Al Hajiri | Al-Rayyan | Undisclosed |
| 30 June 2017 | DF | Musab Kheder | Al-Rayyan | Loan Return |
| 30 June 2017 | DF | Fahad Al-Abdulrahman | Eupen | Loan Return |
| 16 July 2017 | DF | Yasser Abubakar | El Jaish | Undisclosed |

### Out

| Date | Pos | Player | To club | Transfer fee |
| 29 June 2017 | DF | Abdelkarim Hassan | Eupen | Loan |
| 1 July 2017 | MF | Saleh Al Yazidi | Al-Markhiya | Loan |
| 1 July 2017 | DF | Mohammed Kasola | Al-Rayyan | Loan |
| 1 July 2017 | MF | Hamad Mansor | Al-Khor | Loan |
| 14 July 2017 | FW | Hamza Sanhaji | Eupen | Loan |