# 2011–12 Al Sadd SC season

In the 2011–12 season, Al Sadd SC competed in the Qatar Stars League for the 39th season, as well as the Emir of Qatar Cup the Crown Prince Cup and the Champions League.
They won the 2011 AFC Champions League Final against Jeonbuk, 4–2 on penalties. This earned them a spot in the 2011 FIFA Club World Cup.
To date, this is the best result achieved by a Qatari team in the AFC Champions League under its new format. Al Sadd also became the first team to reach the AFC Champions League knockout stage after starting their campaign in the play-offs in February. Furthermore, Al Sadd was crowned "AFC Club of the Year" in 2011 by AFC after their Champions League conquest. Championship 2011 in honor of the club's owner changed the team logo and stars to commemorate the AFC Champions League 1988. 2011 was etched on the shirt Wolves.
During the 2011 FIFA Club World Cup, Al Sadd were eliminated in the semifinal by Barcelona, which set up a third-place meeting between them and Kashiwa Reysol. This was the first time two clubs from the same confederation faced off each other in a third-place match. Al Sadd won the encounter on penalties in order to be the first West Asian club to claim the bronze medal in the FIFA Club World Cup.

## 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 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 35 | 24 | +11 | 045.45 | Matchday 1 | 4th | 18 September 2011 | 13 April 2012 |
| Emir of Qatar Cup | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 066.67 | Quarter-final | Runners–up | 5 May 2012 | 12 May 2012 |
| Qatar Crown Prince Cup | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 050.00 | Semi-finals | Runners–up | 21 April 2012 | 26 April 2012 |
| Champions League | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 040.00 | Quarterfinal | Winners | 14 September 2011 | 5 November 2011 |
| FIFA Club World Cup | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 033.33 | Quarterfinal | Third place | 11 December 2011 | 18 December 2011 |
| Total | 35 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 55 | 37 | +18 | 045.71 |
Updated to match played 9 May 2017 Source: Competitions

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | El Jaish | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 48 | 24 | +24 | 41 | 2013 AFC Champions League Group stage |
| 3 | Al Rayyan | 22 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 49 | 26 | +23 | 39 | 2013 AFC Champions League Group stage |
| 4 | Al Sadd | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 35 | 24 | +11 | 36 | |
| 5 | Al Khor | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 29 | +1 | 32 | |
| 6 | Al Gharafa | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 26 | 27 | −1 | 31 | 2013 AFC Champions League Group stage |
* ↑ Al-Gharafa secured qualification for the 2013 AFC Champions League through winning the 2012 Emir of Qatar Cup

#### 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 | H | A | H | H | H | A | A | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | H | H | H | H | A |
| Result | D | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | L | W | D | W | W | W | D | L | D | L | D | D | W | L |
| Position | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |

#### Matches
## 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 | Champions League | Champions League | Other | Other |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | QAT | Saad Al Sheeb | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | QAT | Mohamed Saqr | 28 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | QAT | Abdelkarim Hassan | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | QAT | Almahdi Ali Mukhtar | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | QAT | Mohammed Kasola | 22 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | QAT | Mesaad Al-Hamad | 21 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | QAT | Nasser Nabeel | 11 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | QAT | Abdulla Koni | 26 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 26 | DF | QAT | Taher Zakaria | 14 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | QAT | Ibrahim Majid | 15 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 40 | DF | KOR | Lee Jung-Soo | 22 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 80 | DF | QAT | Saleh Al Zuwaidy | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | MF | QAT | Dheyab Al-Annabi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | QAT | Mohammed Al Yazeedi | 21 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | QAT | Khalfan Ibrahim | 24 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | QAT | Talal Al-Bloushi | 24 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | QAT | Wesam Rizik | 15 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | QAT | Jasser Yahya | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | ALG | Nadir Belhadj | 28 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 93 | MF | QAT | Helal Mohammed | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | QAT | Yusef Ahmed | 16 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | SEN | Mamadou Niang | 19 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | QAT | Hassan Al Haidos | 19 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | QAT | Abdulaziz Rashid Al Ansari | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | QAT | Magid Mohamed | 17 | 6 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | QAT | Fahad Saket | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||||||
| 20 | FW | QAT | Ali Afif | 16 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | CIV | Abdul Kader Keïta | 15 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Last updated: 20 November 2017 Source: fr.soccerway.com
* ↑ Includes the Sheikh Jassim Cup and FIFA Club World Cup

### 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 | SJC | CWC | TOTAL |
| 14 | | Khalfan Ibrahim | MF | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| 9 | | Mamadou Niang | FW | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 17 | | Magid Mohamed | FW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | | Yusef Ahmed | FW | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 20 | | Ali Afif | FW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 39 | | Nadir Belhadj | DF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | | Hassan Al Haidos | FW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | | Abdul Kader Keïta | MF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 25 | | Wesam Rizik | MF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 40 | | Lee Jung-Soo | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | | Mohammed Kasola | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | | Mesaad Al-Hamad | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | | Nasser Nabeel | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | | Abdulla Koni | DF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 26 | | Taher Zakaria | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 35 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 55 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos | Player | From club | Transfer fee | Source |
| 6 September 2011 | FW | Mamadou Niang | Fenerbahçe | €7,500,000 | |

### Out

| Date | Pos | Player | To club | Transfer fee |
| January 2012 | MF | Dheyab Al-Annabi | El Jaish | loan |
| January 2012 | FW | Ali Afif | Lekhwiya | loan |
| January 2012 | FW | Leandro | Al Rayyan | loan |