# 2021–22 Al Sadd SC season

In the 2021–22 season, Al Sadd SC is competing in the Qatar Stars League for the 49th season, as well as the Emir of Qatar Cup and the Champions League. On November 3, after the match against Al-Duhail, Xavi left the club to be the new coach of FC Barcelona six years after his departure and this is after an agreement was reached between the two clubs.

## 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 31) | Al Sailiya |
| 22 | GK | Meshaal Barsham | (1998-02-14)14 February 1998 (aged 23) | Youth system |
| Defenders ||||||
| 2 | CB | Pedro Miguel | (1990-08-06)6 August 1990 (aged 31) | Al Ahli |
| 3 | LB | Abdelkarim Hassan | (1993-08-28)28 August 1993 (aged 28) | Youth system |
| 12 | RB | Hamid Ismail | (1987-09-12)12 September 1987 (aged 34) | Al-Arabi |
| 66 | CB | Yasser Abubakar | (1992-01-10)10 January 1992 (aged 29) | El Jaish |
| 15 | CB | Tarek Salman | (1997-12-05)5 December 1997 (aged 23) | Júpiter Leonés |
| 16 | LB / CB | Boualem Khoukhi | (1990-09-07)7 September 1990 (aged 31) | Al Arabi |
| 70 | RB | Musab Kheder | (1993-01-01)1 January 1993 (aged 28) | Youth system |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 4 | DM | Ahmed Sayyar | (1993-10-06)6 October 1993 (aged 27) | Al-Gharafa |
| 5 | DM | Jung Woo-young | (1989-12-14)14 December 1989 (aged 31) | Vissel Kobe |
| 8 | CM | Ali Assadalla | (1993-01-19)19 January 1993 (aged 28) | Al Muharraq |
| 18 | CM | Santi Cazorla | (1984-12-13)13 December 1984 (aged 37) | Villarreal |
| 23 | RW | Hashim Ali | (2000-08-17)17 August 2000 (aged 21) | Youth system |
| 20 | DM | Salem Al-Hajri | (1996-04-10)10 April 1996 (aged 25) | Eupen |
| 24 | AM | André Ayew | (1989-12-17)17 December 1989 (aged 31) | Swansea City |
| 13 | DM | Guilherme Torres | (1991-04-05)5 April 1991 (aged 30) | Olympiacos |
| Forwards ||||||
| 9 | ST | Abdulaziz Al Ansari | (1992-02-19)19 February 1992 (aged 29) | Al Kharaitiyat |
| 10 | RW | Hassan Al-Haidos | (1990-12-11)11 December 1990 (aged 30) | Youth system |
| 11 | ST | Baghdad Bounedjah | (1991-11-24)24 November 1991 (aged 29) | Étoile du Sahel |
| 78 | LW | Akram Afif | (1996-11-18)18 November 1996 (aged 24) | 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 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 80 | 24 | +56 | 090.91 | Matchday 1 | Winner | 12 September 2021 | 11 March 2022 |
| 2021 Emir of Qatar Cup | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 100.00 | Final | Winners | 22 October 2021 | 22 October 2021 |
| 2022 Emir of Qatar Cup | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 066.67 | Round of 16 | Semi-finals | 13 February 2022 | 14 March 2022 |
| 2022 Champions League | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 033.33 | Group stage | Group stage | 8 April 2022 | 27 April 2022 |
| Total | 32 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 98 | 39 | +59 | 078.13 |
Updated to match played 29 April 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 | 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: 8 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 | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | |
| Position | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### 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 E: Dammam, Saudi Arabia

#### Group E

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | FAI | NAS | SAD | WEH |
| 1 | Al-Faisaly (H) | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 9 | Advance to Round of 16 | — | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| 2 | Nasaf Qarshi | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 9 | Advance to Round of 16 | 0–1 | — | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Al-Sadd | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 7 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 5–2 |
| 4 | Al-Wehdat | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 6 | | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | — |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Al-Faisaly 4, Nasaf Qarshi 1.

## Squad information
### Playing statistics

    As of 14 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 | Other | Other |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | QAT | Saad Al Sheeb | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | QAT | Meshaal Barsham | 15 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | QAT | Yousef Baliadeh | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | QAT | Pedro Miguel | 18 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | QAT | Abdelkarim Hassan | 20 | 4 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | QAT | Abdelrahman Rashid | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | QAT | Boualem Khoukhi | 16 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | QAT | Salem Al-Hajri | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | DF | QAT | Musab Kheder | 19 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | QAT | Ahmed Sayyar | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | KOR | Jung Woo-young | 24 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | QAT | Ali Assadalla | 25 | 3 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | QAT | Tarek Salman | 22 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | QAT | Mostafa Tarek | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | QAT | Mohammed Al Bayati | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ESP | Santi Cazorla | 20 | 7 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | BRA | Guilherme Torres | 24 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | QAT | Bahaa Ellithi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | QAT | Hassan Al-Haidos | 21 | 7 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ALG | Baghdad Bounedjah | 20 | 14 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | QAT | Rodrigo Tabata | 25 | 8 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | QAT | Abdullah Badr Al Yazidi | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | QAT | Akram Afif | 22 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | QAT | Yusuf Abdurisag | 16 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | GHA | André Ayew | 25 | 17 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||||
Last updated: 14 March 2022 Source: fr.soccerway.com

### Goalscorers

    As of 14 March 2022
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 |
| | | André Ayew | MF | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| | | Akram Afif | FW | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| | | Baghdad Bounedjah | FW | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| | | Rodrigo Tabata | FW | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| | | Hassan Al-Haidos | FW | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| | | Santi Cazorla | MF | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| | | Abdelkarim Hassan | DF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| | | Boualem Khoukhi | DF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| | | Yusuf Abdurisag | FW | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| | | Ali Assadalla | MF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| | | Guilherme Torres | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | Mostafa Tarek | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 80 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 88 |

### Assists

| No. | Nat. | Player | Pos. | QSL | QEC | CPC | CL 1 | TOTAL |
| | | Akram Afif | FW | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| | | Santi Cazorla | MF | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| | | Ali Assadalla | MF | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| | | Hassan Al-Haidos | FW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| | | Baghdad Bounedjah | FW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| | | Abdelkarim Hassan | DF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| | | Rodrigo Tabata | FW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| | | Pedro Miguel | DF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| | | Jung Woo-young | MF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| | | Guilherme Torres | MF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| | | Yusuf Abdurisag | MF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| | | André Ayew | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | Tarek Salman | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | Ahmed Sayyar | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 59 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 65 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos | Player | From club | Transfer fee | Source |
| 22 July 2021 | MF | André Ayew | Swansea City | Free transfer | |

### Out

| Date | Pos | Player | To club | Transfer fee |
| 9 July 2021 | MF | Nam Tae-hee | Al-Duhail | Free transfer |
| 9 September 2021 | MF | Hashim Ali | Al-Rayyan | Loan for one year |
| 10 September 2021 | MF | Ahmed Suhail | Al-Arabi | Loan for one year |

## New contracts

| No. | Pos | Player | Contract length | Contract end | Date | Source |
| 5 | DM | Jung Woo-young | 2 years | 2023 | 13 June 2021 | |