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.

Al Sadd SC

2017–18 season
Chairman	Muhammed bin Khalifa Al Thani
Head coach	Jesualdo Ferreira
Stadium	Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium
Qatar Stars League	Runners–up
Emir of Qatar Cup	Semi-final
Qatar Crown Prince Cup	Runners–up
Sheikh Jassim Cup	winners
Champions League	Quarter-final
Top goalscorer	League: Baghdad Bounedjah (16) All: Baghdad Bounedjah (28)
Home colours Away colours
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Pre-season and friendlies

Al Sadd v Trabzonspor

8 October 2017 Friendly	Al Sadd	1-2	Trabzonspor	Doha
18:00 UTC+3	Khoukhi 81'	Report	34' Castillo 55' Demirok	Stadium: Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record								Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
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
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

Main article: 2017–18 Qatar Stars League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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
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
5	Umm Salal	22	8	9	5	33	34	−1	33

Updated to match(es) played on 4 April. Source: RSSSF, Qatar Stars League, and FIFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored;

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
22	16	1	5	68	25	+43	49	8	1	3	37	12	+25	8	0	2	31	13	+18

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

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Al Markhiya v Al-Sadd

16 September 2017 Round 1	Al Markhiya	0 – 3[1]	Al-Sadd	Doha
17:00 UTC+3	Salah Al-Neel 82', 85'	Report	20' Xavi	Stadium: Grand Hamad Stadium Referee: Abdulhadi Al Rowaily

Al-Sailiya v Al-Sadd

22 September 2017 Round 2	Al-Sailiya	2 – 3	Al-Sadd	Doha
19:00 UTC+3	Al-Ali 13' Abdukholiqov 83' (pen.)	Report	17' Xavi 32' Hamroun 63' Khoukhi	Stadium: Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium Referee: Abdulrahman Ibrahim Al Jassim

Al-Sadd v Al-Gharafa

29 September 2017 Round 3	Al-Sadd	2 – 1	Al-Gharafa	Doha
18:55 UTC+3	Khoukhi 56' Pouraliganji 86'	Report	29' (pen.) Jiménez	Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Referee: Khamis Mohamed Al Kuwari

Al-Sadd v Qatar SC

15 October 2017 Round 4	Al-Sadd	3 – 1	Qatar SC	Doha
18:40 UTC+3	Pouraliganji 24' Bounedjah 62' Al-Haidos 86'	Report	60' Tayyebi	Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Referee: Abdullah Al Athbah

Al-Arabi v Al-Sadd

20 October 2017 Round 5	Al-Arabi	1 – 3	Al-Sadd	Doha
18:35 UTC+3	Jardel 43'	Report	4' Bounedjah 26' Pedro Miguel 90+2' Assadalla	Stadium: Grand Hamad Stadium Referee: Abdulrahman Ibrahim Al Jassim

Al-Sadd v Al-Rayyan

27 October 2017 Round 6	Al-Sadd	1 – 2	Al-Rayyan	Doha
18:30 UTC+3	Bounedjah 12'	Report	55' Hamdallah 71' Myong-jin	Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

Al-Ahli v Al-Sadd

2 November 2017 Round 7	Al-Ahli	1 – 2	Al-Sadd	Doha
17:25 UTC+3	Abdullah 90'	Report	7' Bounedjah 18' Al-Haidos	Stadium: Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium Referee: Khamis Mohamed Al Kuwari

Al-Sadd v Umm Salal

19 November 2017 Round 8	Al-Sadd	4 – 1	Umm Salal	Doha
14:00 UTC+3	Xavi 39' Bounedjah 52' (pen.) Pouraliganji 84' Hamroun 89'	Report	9' (o.g.) Hamroun	Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Referee: Abdulrahman Ibrahim Al Jassim

Al-Sadd v Al-Duhail

24 November 2017 Round 9	Al-Sadd	2 – 4	Al-Duhail	Doha
16:10 UTC+3	Bounedjah 12' Ahmad 80'	Report	6' Ali 20' El-Arabi 72' Al Rawi 89' Tae-hee	Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Referee: István Vad (Hungary)

Al-Khor v Al-Sadd

1 December 2017 Round 10	Al-Khor	2 – 3	Al-Sadd	Doha
16:10 UTC+3	Rafiei 59' Mubarak 70'	Report	15', 56' Xavi 89' (pen.) Hamroun	Stadium: Khalifa International Stadium Referee: Khamis Mohamed Al Kuwari

Al-Kharaitiyat v Al-Sadd

7 December 2017 Round 11	Al-Kharaitiyat	0 – 4	Al-Sadd	Al Khor
16:10 UTC+3		Report	40' Pedro Miguel 52' (pen.), 81' Al-Haidos 77' Hamroun	Stadium: Al-Khor SC Stadium Referee: Abdullah Al Athbah

Al-Sadd v Al Markhiya

13 January 2018 Round 12	Al-Sadd	0 – 0	Al Markhiya	Doha
16:30 UTC+3		Report		Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Referee: Khamis Mohamed Al Kuwari

Al-Sadd v Al-Sailiya

20 January 2018 Round 13	Al-Sadd	6 – 0	Al-Sailiya	Doha
14:25 UTC+3	Hamroun 32', 38' Ismail 64' Al-Haidos 65', 82' (pen.) Assadalla 68'	Report		Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Referee: Salman Ahmad Flahi

Al-Gharafa v Al-Sadd

25 January 2018 Round 14	Al-Gharafa	0 – 4	Al-Sadd	Doha
16:40 UTC+3		Report	33', 45+1' Hamroun 73', 87' Al-Haidos	Stadium: Thani bin Jassim Stadium Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

Qatar SC v Al-Sadd

3 February 2018 Round 15	Qatar SC	1 – 3	Al-Sadd	Doha
16:45 UTC+3		Report	24' Xavi 43' Ahmad 45+3' Ismail	Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Referee: Saoud Al Athbah

Al-Rayyan v Al-Sadd

8 February 2018 Round 16	Al-Rayyan	0 – 2	Al-Sadd	Doha
16:50 UTC+3		Report	44' Hamroun 79' Bounedjah	Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Referee: Salman Ahmad Flahi

Al-Sadd v Al-Arabi

17 February 2018 Round 17	Al-Sadd	5 – 1	Al-Arabi	Doha
16:55 UTC+3	Al-Haidos 7', 9', 79' (pen.) Hassan 57' Bounedjah 60'	Report	10' Jardel	Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Referee: Abdulrahman Al Jassim

Al-Sadd v Al-Ahli

25 February 2018 Round 18	Al-Sadd	5 – 0	Al-Ahli	Doha
14:50 UTC+3	Bounedjah 5', 58', 76', 82' Hamroun 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Referee: Abdulhadi Al Asmar Al Ruaile (Hungary)

Al-Duhail v Al-Sadd

1 March 2018 Round 19	Al-Duhail	4 – 3	Al-Sadd	Doha
16:00 UTC+3	Mohammad 37' Msakni 40', 88' El-Arabi 90+4'	Report	11' Hamroun 71', 81' Bounedjah	Stadium: Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

Umm Salal v Al-Sadd

9 March 2018 Round 20	Umm Salal	2 – 1	Al-Sadd	Doha
16:00 UTC+3	Khoukhi 49' (o.g.) Darragi 66'	Report	11' Ahmad	Stadium: Thani bin Jassim Stadium Referee: Saoud Al Athbah

Al-Sadd v Al-Khor

17 March 2018 Round 21	Al-Sadd	0 – 1	Al-Khor	Doha
16:05 UTC+3		Report	85' Khalifah	Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Referee: Saoud Al Athbah

Al-Sadd v Al-Kharaitiyat

7 April 2018 Round 22	Al-Sadd	9 – 1	Al-Kharaitiyat	Doha
16:15 UTC+3	Bounedjah 20', 42' Assadalla 33', 72' Afif 36', 45+1', 54' Al-Haidos 73' Hamroun 85' (pen.)	Report	79' Al-Shammeri	Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Referee: Ali Faisal Al Haddad

Emir of Qatar Cup

Main article: 2018 Emir of Qatar Cup

Al-Sadd v Al-Khor

3 May 2018 Quarter-finals	Al-Sadd	4 – 0	Al-Khor	Doha
17:15	Ferydoon 37' Pedro 53' Abubakar 67' Afif 90'	Report		Stadium: Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium Referee: Khamis Mohamed Al Kuwari

Al-Sadd v Al-Duhail

11 May 2018 Semi-finals	Al-Sadd	0 – 1	Al-Duhail	Doha
19:00		Report	68' Ali	Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Referee: Salman Ahmad Flahi

Crown Prince Cup

Main article: 2018 Qatar Crown Prince Cup

Al-Sadd v Al Rayyan

22 April 2018 Semi-finals	Al-Sadd	2 – 2 (4–2 p)	Al Rayyan	Doha
19:00	Afif 21' Ismail 29'	Report	43' Moutouali 81' Tabata	Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Referee: Salman Ahmad Flahi
	Penalties
	Al-Haidos Khoukhi Hamroun Bounedjah		Soria Myong-jin Viera Tabata

Al-Sadd v Al-Duhail

27 April 2018 Final	Al-Sadd	1 – 2	Al-Duhail	Doha
19:00	Al-Haidos 19'	Report	78' Mohammad 90+10' (pen.) El-Arabi	Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Referee: Abdullah Al Athbah

Sheikh Jassim Cup

Main article: 2017 Sheikh Jassim Cup

Al-Duhail v Al Sadd

9 September 2017	Al-Duhail	2 – 4	Al Sadd	Doha
17:00	Tae-hee 41' Almoez 90+6'	Report[2]	5', 20', 66' Bounedjah 80' (pen.) Hamroun	Stadium: Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium Referee: Abdulrahman Al Jassim [3]

AFC Champions League

Main article: 2018 AFC Champions League

Group stage

Main article: 2018 AFC Champions League group stage § Group C

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	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			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	—

Source: AFC

Al-Wasl v Al-Sadd

13 February 2018 (2018-02-13)	Al-Wasl	1–2	Al-Sadd	Dubai
19:00 UTC+4	Fabio Lima 26'	Report	79', 90' Bounedjah	Stadium: Zabeel Stadium Attendance: 5,895 Referee: Ko Hyung-jin (South Korea)

Al-Sadd v Persepolis

20 February 2018 (2018-02-20)	Al-Sadd	3–1	Persepolis	Doha
18:30 UTC+3	Bounedjah 36', 51' Khoukhi 66'	Report	90+4' Nemati	Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium Attendance: 5,842 Referee: Muhammad Taqi (Singapore)

Nasaf Qarshi v Al-Sadd

5 March 2018 (2018-03-05)	Nasaf Qarshi	1–0	Al-Sadd	Qarshi
18:30 UTC+5	Ganiev 62' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Qarshi Markaziy Stadium Attendance: 20,978 Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)

Al-Sadd v Nasaf Qarshi

13 March 2018 (2018-03-13)	Al-Sadd	4–0	Nasaf Qarshi	Doha
18:15 UTC+3	Xavi 3' Hassan 15' Bounedjah 43' Hamroun 71'	Report		Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium Attendance: 4,133 Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

Al-Sadd v Al-Wasl

2 April 2018 (2018-04-02)	Al-Sadd	2–1	Al-Wasl	Doha
19:00 UTC+3	Bounedjah 9', 53'	Report	90+2' Caio	Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium Attendance: 5,169 Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

Persepolis v Al-Sadd

16 April 2018 (2018-04-16)	Persepolis	1–0	Al-Sadd	Tehran
19:30 UTC+4:30	Pouraliganji 3' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Azadi Stadium Attendance: 32,170 Referee: Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka)

Knockout stage

Main article: 2018 AFC Champions League knockout stage

Round of 16

Al-Sadd v Al-Ahli

7 May 2018 (2018-05-07)	Al-Sadd	2–1	Al-Ahli	Doha
19:15 UTC+3	Khoukhi 3', 28'	Live Report	Assiri 47'	Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium Attendance: 3,613 Referee: Chris Beath (Australia)

Al-Ahli v Al-Sadd

14 May 2018 (2018-05-14)	Al-Ahli	2–2	Al-Sadd	Jeddah
20:40 UTC+3	Claudemir 9' Assiri 39'	http://www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-champions-league/matches/2018/982300 Live Report]	Bounedjah 2', 70'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sports City Attendance: 24,150 Referee: Fu Ming (China)

Squad information

Playing statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Qatar Stars League		Emir of Qatar Cup		Crown Prince Cup		Sheikh Jassim Cup		Champions League
				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				0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals				68	4	3	4	15	94

Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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	Source
23 May 2017	MF	Boualem Khoukhi	Al-Arabi	Undisclosed	[4]
25 May 2017	MF	Jugurtha Hamroun	Steaua București	€1,000,000	[5]
31 May 2017	GK	Saud Al Hajiri	Al-Rayyan	Undisclosed	[6]
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	[7]

Out

Date	Pos	Player	To club	Transfer fee	Source
29 June 2017	DF	Abdelkarim Hassan	Eupen	Loan	[8]
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	[9]