# 2018–19 Al Sadd SC season

In the 2018–19 season, Al Sadd SC is competing in the Qatar Stars League for the 46th season, as well as the Emir of Qatar Cup and the Champions League.

## Pre-season and friendlies

It is decided that the first football team of the Al Sadd Club will leave for Austria to enter the camp on July 12 until the 28th of this month as part of preparations for the 2018–19 season. The team will play 3 friendly matches during the next period, during July 19 for the first friendly, July 23 for the second, and finally the third on July 27.

## 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 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 100 | 22 | +78 | 081.82 | Matchday 1 | Winner | 5 August 2018 | 13 April 2019 |
| Emir of Qatar Cup | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 066.67 | Quarter Final | Runners–up | 2 May 2019 | 16 May 2019 |
| Champions League | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 025.00 | Quarter-final | Semi-final | 27 August 2018 | 23 October 2018 |
| Champions League | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | +0 | 050.00 | Group stage | Group stage | 5 March 2019 | 20 May 2019 |
| Total | 33 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 118 | 38 | +80 | 069.70 |
Updated to match played 16 May 2019 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 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 100 | 22 | +78 | 57 | Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage and FIFA Club World Cup first round |
| 2 | Al-Duhail | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 52 | 17 | +35 | 50 | Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Al-Sailiya | 22 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 38 | 26 | +12 | 38 | Qualification for AFC Champions League play-off round |
| 4 | Al-Rayyan | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 34 | 31 | +3 | 37 | Qualification for AFC Champions League play-off round |
| 5 | Al-Ahli | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 39 | −7 | 34 | |
* ↑ The league champions will qualify for the FIFA Club World Cup first round unless the 2019 AFC Champions League winners are from Qatar.
* ↑ Al-Duhail qualified for the AFC Champions League group stage as Emir of Qatar Cup winners.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 19 April 2019. 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 | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H |
| Result | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches
### 2019 AFC Champions League
#### Group stage
#### Group D

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SAD | AHL | PAK | PER |
| 1 | Al-Sadd | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Al-Ahli | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage | 2–0 | — | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Pakhtakor | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 8 | | 2–2 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | Persepolis | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 7 | | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | — |

## Squad information
### Playing statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Qatar Stars League | Qatar Stars League | Emir of Qatar Cup | Emir of Qatar Cup | 2018 Champions League | 2018 Champions League | 2019 Champions League | 2019 Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | QAT | Saad Al Sheeb | 15 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | QAT | Meshaal Barsham | 14 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | QAT | Jehad Hudib | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | QAT | Pedro Miguel | 29 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | QAT | Abdelkarim Hassan | 21 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | QAT | Musab Kheder | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | QAT | Hamid Ismail | 28 | 3 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | QAT | Ibrahim Majid | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | QAT | Fahad Al-Abdulrahman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | QAT | Ahmed Suhail | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | QAT | Salem Al-Hajri | 23 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | QAT | Hatim Kamal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | DF | QAT | Hussain Bahzad | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 66 | DF | QAT | Yasser Abubakar | 18 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | QAT | Ahmed Sayyar | 9 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | KOR | Jung Woo-young | 23 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Xavi | 21 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | QAT | Ali Assadalla | 22 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Gabi | 28 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | QAT | Boualem Khoukhi | 28 | 3 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | QAT | Tarek Salman | 18 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 65 | MF | QAT | Bahaa Ellethy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | MF | QAT | Hamza Sanhaji | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 87 | MF | QAT | Saud Al-Nasr | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | QAT | Hassan Al-Haidos | 27 | 10 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ALG | Baghdad Bounedjah | 29 | 46 | 22 | 39 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | QAT | Hassan Palang | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 78 | MF | QAT | Akram Afif | 29 | 30 | 22 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||||
Last updated: 13 April 2019 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 | CL 1 | TOTAL |
| 11 | | Baghdad Bounedjah | FW | 39 | 3 | 5 | 47 |
| 78 | | Akram Afif | FW | 26 | 2 | 2 | 30 |
| 10 | | Hassan Al-Haidos | FW | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 6 | | Xavi | MF | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | | Abdelkarim Hassan | FW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | | Jung Woo-young | MF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | | Hamid Ismail | DF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 16 | | Boualem Khoukhi | MF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 17 | | Hassan Palang | FW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | | Ahmed Sayyar | MF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | | Ali Assadalla | MF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | | Pedro Miguel | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | | Salem Al-Hajri | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 100 | 7 | 11 | 118 |

## 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 |
| 77 | DF | JOR | Hussain Hameed Aamir |
| 3 | DF | QAT | Yasser Abubakar |
| 4 | MF | QAT | Ahmed Sayyar |
| — | DF | KOR | Jung Woo-young (5) |
| 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 |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Gabi |
| 15 | DF | QAT | Fahad Al-Abdulrahman |
| 16 | MF | QAT | Boualem Khoukhi |
| 17 | FW | QAT | Hassan Palang |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player} |
| 18 | FW | QAT | Abdulaziz Al-Jalabi |
| 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 |
| 25 | FW | QAT | Jassim Al-Shammeri |
| 27 | MF | QAT | Meshal Ibrahim |
| 30 | GK | QAT | Jehad Hudib |
| 34 | DF | QAT | Hatim Kamal |
| 37 | DF | QAT | Ahmed Suhail |
| 73 | MF | QAT | Mohammed Waad |
| 74 | MF | QAT | Ghassan Waheed |
| 87 | MF | QAT | Saud 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 | Source |
| 28 June 2018 | DF | Jung Woo-young | Vissel Kobe | €800,000 | |
| 2 July 2018 | MF | Gabi | Atlético Madrid | Free | |

### Out

| Date | Pos | Player | To club | Transfer fee | Source |
| 16 August 2018 | MF | Jugurtha Hamroun | Al-Kharaitiyat | Loan one year | |
| 16 August 2018 | DF | Morteza Pouraliganji | Eupen | Undisclosed | |

### New Contracts

| No | P | Name | Age | Contract length | Contract ends | Source |
| 11 | FW | Baghdad Bounedjah | 27 | 3 season | 2024 | |