# 2020–21 Al Sadd SC season

In the 2020–21 season, Al Sadd SC is competing in the Qatar Stars League for the 48th season, as well as the Emir of Qatar Cup and the Champions League.

## Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 3 September 2020. 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 30) | Al Sailiya |
| 22 | GK | Meshaal Barsham | (1998-02-14)14 February 1998 (aged 22) | Youth system |
| Defenders ||||||
| 2 | CB | Pedro Miguel | (1990-08-06)6 August 1990 (aged 30) | Al Ahli |
| 3 | LB | Abdelkarim Hassan | (1993-08-28)28 August 1993 (aged 27) | Youth system |
| 12 | RB | Hamid Ismail | (1987-09-12)12 September 1987 (aged 33) | Al-Arabi |
| 66 | CB | Yasser Abubakar | (1992-01-10)10 January 1992 (aged 28) | El Jaish |
| 15 | CB | Tarek Salman | (1997-12-05)5 December 1997 (aged 22) | Júpiter Leonés |
| 16 | LB / CB | Boualem Khoukhi | (1990-09-07)7 September 1990 (aged 30) | Al Arabi |
| 70 | RB | Musab Kheder | (1993-01-01)1 January 1993 (aged 27) | Youth system |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 4 | DM | Ahmed Sayyar | (1993-10-06)6 October 1993 (aged 26) | Al-Gharafa |
| 5 | DM | Jung Woo-young | (1989-12-14)14 December 1989 (aged 30) | Vissel Kobe |
| 8 | CM | Ali Assadalla | (1993-01-19)19 January 1993 (aged 27) | Al Muharraq |
| 18 | CM | Santi Cazorla | (1984-12-13)13 December 1984 (aged 36) | Villarreal |
| 19 | AM | Nam Tae-hee | (1991-07-03)3 July 1991 (aged 29) | Al-Duhail |
| 23 | RW | Hashim Ali | (2000-08-17)17 August 2000 (aged 20) | Youth system |
| 20 | DM | Salem Al-Hajri | (1996-04-10)10 April 1996 (aged 24) | Eupen |
| 13 | DM | Guilherme Torres | (1991-04-05)5 April 1991 (aged 29) | Olympiacos |
| Forwards ||||||
| 9 | ST | Abdulaziz Al Ansari | (1992-02-19)19 February 1992 (aged 28) | Al Kharaitiyat |
| 10 | RW | Hassan Al-Haidos | (1990-12-11)11 December 1990 (aged 29) | Youth system |
| 11 | ST | Baghdad Bounedjah | (1991-11-24)24 November 1991 (aged 28) | Étoile du Sahel |
| 78 | LW | Akram Afif | (1996-11-18)18 November 1996 (aged 23) | Al Markhiya |

## 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 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 77 | 14 | +63 | 086.36 | Matchday 1 | Winner | 3 September 2020 | 9 April 2021 |
| 2020 Emir of Qatar Cup | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 100.00 | Semi-finals | Winner | 31 October 2020 | 18 December 2020 |
| 2021 Emir of Qatar Cup | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | +15 | 100.00 | Round of 16 | Semi-finals | 26 January 2021 | 7 May 2021 |
| Qatar Crown Prince Cup | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 100.00 | Semi-finals | Winner | 18 February 2021 | 26 February 2021 |
| 2020 Champions League | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 020.00 | Group stage | Round of 16 | 15 September 2020 | 27 September 2020 |
| 2021 Champions League | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 050.00 | Group stage | Group stage | 14 April 2021 | 29 April 2021 |
| Total | 40 | 30 | 6 | 4 | 119 | 30 | +89 | 075.00 |
Updated to match played 7 May 2021 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 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 77 | 14 | +63 | 60 | Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Al-Duhail | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 53 | 25 | +28 | 47 | Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Al-Rayyan | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 31 | 22 | +9 | 35 | Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Al-Gharafa | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 41 | 34 | +7 | 33 | Qualification for AFC Champions League play-off round |
| 5 | Al-Ahli | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 28 | 38 | −10 | 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: 10 April 2021. 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 | A | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | H | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | H |
| Result | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

## 2020 AFC Champions League
### Group stage
#### Group D

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | NAS | SAD | SEP | AIN |
| 1 | Al-Nassr | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 11 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| 2 | Al-Sadd | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage | 1–1 | — | 3–0 | 4–0 |
| 3 | Sepahan | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 7 | | 0–2 | 2–1 | — | 0–0 |
| 4 | Al-Ain | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 5 | | 1–2 | 3–3 | 0–4 | — |

### Knockout stage
#### Round of 16
## 2021 AFC Champions League
### Group stage

On 11 March 2021, AFC confirmed the hosts for the group stage, except for Group H and I whose hosts will be decided at a later date. On 10 May 2021, AFC confirmed the hosts for Group H and I.

#### Group D

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | NAS | SAD | WEH | FOO |
| 1 | Al-Nassr (H) | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 11 | Advance to Round of 16 | — | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Al-Sadd | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 10 | | 1–2 | — | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| 3 | Al-Wehdat | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 7 | | 0–0 | 0–2 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | Foolad | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 5 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | — |

## Squad information
### Playing statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Qatar Stars League | Qatar Stars League | Emir of Qatar Cup | Emir of Qatar Cup | 2020 AFC CL1 | 2020 AFC CL1 | 2021 AFC CL1 | 2021 AFC CL1 | Other | Other |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | QAT | Saad Al Sheeb | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | QAT | Meshaal Barsham | 29 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | QAT | Pedro Miguel | 33 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | QAT | Abdelkarim Hassan | 34 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | QAT | Mohammed Waad | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | QAT | Hamid Ismail | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | QAT | Boualem Khoukhi | 31 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | QAT | Salem Al-Hajri | 21 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 66 | DF | QAT | Yasser Abubakar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | DF | QAT | Musab Kheder | 26 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | QAT | Ahmed Sayyar | 13 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | KOR | Jung Woo-young | 23 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | QAT | Ali Assadalla | 16 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | QAT | Tarek Salman | 26 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | KOR | Nam Tae-hee | 33 | 10 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | QAT | Hashim Ali | 20 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | QAT | Ahmed Suhail | 17 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 61 | MF | QAT | Mostafa Tarek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | QAT | Youssef Abdel Razaq Youssef | 30 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | QAT | Mohammed Al Bayati | 29 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ESP | Santi Cazorla | 37 | 19 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | BRA | Guilherme Torres | 35 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | QAT | Bahaa Ellithi | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | QAT | Abdulaziz Al Ansari | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | QAT | Hassan Al-Haidos | 33 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ALG | Baghdad Bounedjah | 35 | 34 | 19 | 21 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 17 | FW | QAT | Rodrigo Tabata | 35 | 13 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | FW | QAT | Hassan Palang | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | MF | QAT | Akram Afif | 20 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 96 | FW | QAT | Hossam Kamal | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||||||
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 |
| 11 | | Baghdad Bounedjah | FW | 21 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 34 |
| 19 | | Santi Cazorla | MF | 13 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 19 |
| 12 | | Rodrigo Tabata | FW | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| 9 | | Nam Tae-hee | MF | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 29 | | Akram Afif | FW | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 16 | | Boualem Khoukhi | DF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 23 | | Hashim Ali | MF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 27 | | Youssef Abdel Razaq Youssef | MF | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | | Ali Assadalla | MF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | | Hassan Al-Haidos | FW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | | Ahmed Sayyar | MF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | | Guilherme Torres | MF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | | Abdelkarim Hassan | DF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | | Tarek Salman | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | | Mohammed Al Bayati | MF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 77 | 21 | 3 | 18 | 119 |

### Assists

| No. | Nat. | Player | Pos. | QSL | QEC | CPC | CL 1 | TOTAL |
| 18 | | Santi Cazorla | MF | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 17 |
| 29 | | Akram Afif | FW | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 10 | | Hassan Al-Haidos | FW | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| 11 | | Baghdad Bounedjah | FW | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 19 | | Nam Tae-hee | MF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | | Abdelkarim Hassan | DF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 23 | | Hashim Ali | MF | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 27 | | Youssef Abdel Razaq Youssef | MF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 17 | | Rodrigo Tabata | FW | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | | Ali Assadalla | MF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | | Guilherme Torres | MF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | | Mohammed Al Bayati | MF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | | Pedro Miguel | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | | Boualem Khoukhi | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | | Salem Al-Hajri | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 48 | 15 | 1 | 13 | 77 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos | Player | From club | Transfer fee |
| 20 July 2020 | MF | Santi Cazorla | Villarreal | Free transfer |
| 30 July 2020 | FW | Rodrigo Tabata | Al Rayyan | Free transfer |
| 31 August 2020 | MF | Guilherme Torres | Olympiacos | Free transfer |

### Out

| Date | Pos | Player | to club | Transfer fee | Source |
| 11 August 2020 | MF | Marco Fabián | Juárez | Free transfer | |
| 29 November 2020 | MF | Gabi | Retired | — | |