2023–24 Al Sadd SC season

In the 2023–24 season, Al Sadd SC is competing in the Qatar Stars League for the 51st season, as well as the Emir of Qatar Cup, the Champions League and the Arab Club Champions Cup.

Al Sadd SC

2023–24 season
Chairman	Muhammed bin Khalifa Al Thani
Head coach	Bruno Pinheiro (from 13 July 2023)[1] (until 16 November 2023)[2] Wesam Rizik (from 25 November 2023)[3]
Stadium	Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium
Qatar Stars League	1st
Emir of Qatar Cup	Winners
Champions League	Group stage
Arab Club Champions Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Akram Afif (26) All: Akram Afif (30)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2022–23 2024–25 →

Review

Background

Al Sadd SC began training in the external camp on the first of July in the Seefeld in Tirol region in Austria, which will continue until the fifteenth of the same month, during which the team will play 3 friendly matches.^[4] The team's technical staff, led by Spaniard Juan Manuel Lillo, tried to give the largest number of players the opportunity to measure their response to the work they have undergone since starting their preparations in Doha before traveling to Austria in preparation for the new season.^[4] It is worth noting that Al Sadd SC has succeeded in strengthening its ranks with a number of foreign professional players led by The Brazilian duo Paulo Otávio coming from VfL Wolfsburg and Giovanni Henrique coming from Palmeiras for a fee reported to be around €9 million.^[5][6] It also signed Colombian midfielder Mateus Uribe from Porto and Iranian defender Amin Hazbavi player of Iranian Foolad.^[7][8] Al Sadd SC had renewed the contract of Brazilian Guilherme Torres for the next two seasons, until 2025 and kept Baghdad Bounedjah in the team during the current season.^[9]

On July 13, 2023, Al Sadd have announced the appointment of Portuguese Bruno Pinheiro as the coach of their first team succeeding Spaniard ‘Juanma’, who desired to be relieved due to urgent personal circumstances and which was approved by the club management.^[1] On July 24, 2023, Al Sadd signed Ecuadorian international Gonzalo Plata for five seasons coming from Valladolid.^[10] On the same day Moroccan defender Romain Saïss joined the club for two seasons in a deal amounting to 2.5 million euros, coming from Beşiktaş.^[11] However, due to exceeding the number of foreign players allowed in the Qatar Stars League, the club loaned its player to Al-Shabab for one season.^[12]

Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 4 May 2023.^[13]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Nat.	Position	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1		GK	Saad Al Sheeb	(1990-02-19)19 February 1990 (aged 33)	Youth system
22		GK	Meshaal Barsham	(1998-02-14)14 February 1998 (aged 25)	Youth system
30		GK	Jehad Hudib	(2000-10-14)14 October 2000 (aged 22)	Youth system
31		GK	Yousef Baliadeh	(2002-10-30)30 October 2002 (aged 20)	Al-Shamal SC
99		GK	Abdulla Ibrahim		Youth system
Defenders
2		CB	Pedro Miguel	(1990-08-06)6 August 1990 (aged 33)	Al Ahli
5		CB	Tarek Salman	(1997-12-05)5 December 1997 (aged 25)	Júpiter Leonés
6		LB	Paulo Otávio	(1994-11-23)23 November 1994 (aged 28)	VfL Wolfsburg
13		RB	Abdullah Al-Yazidi	(2002-03-28)28 March 2002 (aged 21)	Youth system
16		LB / CB	Boualem Khoukhi	(1990-09-07)7 September 1990 (aged 32)	Al Arabi
37		CB	Ahmed Suhail	(1999-02-08)8 February 1999 (aged 24)	Youth system
55		CB	Amin Hazbavi	(2003-05-06)6 May 2003 (aged 20)	Foolad
66		CB	Abdulrahman Al-Ameen	(2004-03-09)9 March 2004 (aged 19)	Youth system
70		RB	Musab Kheder	(1993-01-01)1 January 1993 (aged 30)	Youth system
98		LB	Nayef Hamid	(2004-06-09)9 June 2004 (aged 19)	Youth system
Midfielders
4		DM	Ahmed Sayyar	(1993-10-06)6 October 1993 (aged 29)	Al-Gharafa
7		CM / DM / AM	Mohammed Waad	(1999-09-18)18 September 1999 (aged 23)	Youth system
8		CM	Ali Assadalla	(1993-01-19)19 January 1993 (aged 30)	Al Muharraq
14		CM	Mostafa Meshaal	(2001-03-28)28 March 2001 (aged 22)	Youth system
18		DM	Guilherme Torres	(1991-04-05)5 April 1991 (aged 32)	Olympiacos
20		DM	Salem Al-Hajri	(1996-04-10)10 April 1996 (aged 27)	Eupen
33		CM	Moaz El-Wadia	(2004-11-06)6 November 2004 (aged 18)	Youth system
86			Mohamed Faragalla		Youth system
88		CM / DM	Mateus Uribe	(1991-03-21)21 March 1991 (aged 32)	Porto
96		CM	Anas Abweny	(2004-09-11)11 September 2004 (aged 18)	Al-Shamal SC
97			Abdulla Mahdi	(2003-10-29)29 October 2003 (aged 19)	Youth system
Forwards
9		CF	Yusuf Abdurisag	(1999-08-06)6 August 1999 (aged 24)	Youth system
10		RW / LW / AM	Hassan Al-Haidos	(1990-12-11)11 December 1990 (aged 32)	Youth system
11		ST	Baghdad Bounedjah	(1991-11-24)24 November 1991 (aged 31)	Étoile du Sahel
12		CF	Ilyes Housni	(2005-05-14)14 May 2005 (aged 18)	Paris Saint-Germain
17			Giovanni Henrique	(2004-01-01)1 January 2004 (aged 19)	Palmeiras
19		RW	Gonzalo Plata	(2000-11-01)1 November 2000 (aged 22)	Valladolid
23		RW	Hashim Ali	(2000-08-17)17 August 2000 (aged 23)	Al-Rayyan (Loan return)
25		RW	Mohammed Al-Quraishi	(2004-02-24)24 February 2004 (aged 19)	Youth system
28		LW	Ahmad Al-Saeed	(2003-03-29)29 March 2003 (aged 20)	Youth system
51		LW / RW	Akram Afif	(1996-11-18)18 November 1996 (aged 26)	Villarreal

Pre-season and friendlies

Al Sadd SC v SVG Reichenau

5 July 2023 Friendly	Al Sadd SC	4–0	SVG Reichenau	Seefeld in Tirol, Austria
18:00 UTC+2		Report

Al Sadd SC v Sabah FC

9 July 2023 Friendly	Al Sadd SC	1–3	Sabah FC	Seefeld in Tirol, Austria
15:00 UTC+2	Akram Afif 64' (pen.)	Report	Ələsgərov 4' Irazabal 30' Apeh 67' (pen.)

Al-Shabab v Al Sadd SC

14 July 2023 Friendly	Al-Shabab	3–1	Al Sadd SC	Wörgl, Austria
18:00 CEST	Bahebri 28' Abdu 38' Al-Ammar 88'	Report	Bounedjah 90+2'	Stadium: Centro Sportivo di Wörgl

Al Sadd SC v Raja CA

21 July 2023 Friendly	Al Sadd SC	2–2	Raja CA	Doha
17:30 UTC+3	Al-Haidos 28' Bounedjah 32'	Report	Khafifi 53' Bouzok 68'	Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad 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	15	4	3	65	21	+44	068.18	Matchday 1	Winner	18 August 2023	28 April 2024
Emir of Qatar Cup	4	4	0	0	6	2	+4	100.00	Round of 16	Winner	9 May 2024	24 May 2024
Champions League	6	2	2	2	11	7	+4	033.33	Group stage		18 September 2023	4 December 2023
Arab Club Champions Cup	4	2	1	1	6	6	+0	050.00	Group stage	Quarter-finals	27 July 2023	5 August 2023
Total	36	23	7	6	88	36	+52	063.89

Updated to match played 24 May 2024
Source: Competitions

Qatar Stars League

Main article: 2023–24 Qatar Stars League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al-Sadd (C)	22	15	4	3	65	21	+44	49	Qualification for the AFC Champions League Elite League stage
2	Al-Rayyan	22	15	2	5	50	26	+24	47
3	Al-Gharafa	22	13	5	4	53	36	+17	44	Qualification for the AFC Champions League Elite play-off round
4	Al-Wakrah	22	11	5	6	40	30	+10	38	Qualification for the AFC Champions League Two group stage
5	Al-Arabi	22	7	8	7	42	38	+4	29	Qualification for the AGCFF Gulf Club Champions League group stage

Source: QSL, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored;
(C) Champions

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	15	4	3	65	21	+44	49	9	1	1	37	6	+31	6	3	2	28	15	+13

Last updated: 28 April 2024.
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	A	H	H	A	H	H	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	A	A
Result	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	D	W	W	L	W	L
Position	2	1	4	3	1	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 28 October 2023. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Umm Salal v Al Sadd

18 August 2023 Round 1	Umm Salal	1–3	Al Sadd	Al Khor
20:30	Barimil  16' Louadni  65' Delort 86'	Report	Akram Afif 5' Guilherme 26' Abdurisag 48'	Stadium: Al Bayt Stadium Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim

Al Sadd v Al-Ahli

26 August 2023 Round 2	Al Sadd	4–2	Al-Ahli	Doha
20:30	Hazbavi 7' Akram Afif 26' Guilherme  41' Abdurisag 62' Salman  67' Suhail  74' Plata 78' Hashim Ali  90+7'	Report	Bayoumi  11' Islam Yassine  64' Sliti 76' (pen.), 82' (pen.)	Stadium: Khalifa International Stadium Referee: Abdulhadi Al Ruaile

Al Sadd v Al-Wakrah

2 September 2023 Round 3	Al Sadd	0–0	Al-Wakrah	Doha
20:15	Uribe  45+3' Hazbavi  45+8' Otávio  56' Khoukhi  84'	Report	Assal  29' Hamdy Fathy  33' Shehata  51' Maqsoud  80'	Stadium: Khalifa International Stadium Referee: Mohammed Al-Shammari

Qatar SC v Al Sadd

23 September 2023 Round 4	Qatar SC	1–3	Al Sadd	Doha
20:00	Malango 20'  90+3' Benoun  58' Palangi  63' Bujaloof  88'	Report	Plata 16' Akram Afif 64' (pen.) Paulo Otávio 81'	Stadium: Khalifa International Stadium Referee: Abdulhadi Al Ruaile

Al Sadd v Al-Gharafa

28 September 2023 Round 5	Al Sadd	4–0	Al-Gharafa	Doha
18:00	Akram Afif 27' (pen.)  33' Al-Haydos 30'  34' Abdurisag  48' Assadalla 54', 60' Hazbavi  90+2'	Report	Boulaya  56' Brahimi  64' Lyanco  25'  90'	Stadium: Khalifa International Stadium Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim

Muaither v Al Sadd

28 October 2023 Round 7	Muaither	0–2	Al Sadd	Doha
19:30	Syahputra  30' Hamed  79' Alibec  89' Salah  90+5'	Report	Akram Afif 42' (pen.) Kheder  90+2' Hashim Ali 90+4'	Stadium: Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium Referee: Mohammed Al-Sherif

Al Sadd v Al-Markhiya

2 November 2023 Round 8	Al Sadd	5–0	Al-Markhiya	Doha
16:30	Bounedjah 12' Akram Afif 16', 20', 42', 45+2'  36' Sayyar  49'	Report	Lallam  58' Njie  70'	Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium Referee: Khalid Nabet

Al Sadd v Al-Shamal

1 December 2023 Round 10	Al Sadd	4–0	Al-Shamal	Doha
19:30	Plata 39', 62' Hazbavi  45+4' Akram Afif 58' (pen.) Bounedjah 86'	Report	Al-Hashemi  52'	Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium Referee: Meshari Al Shammari

Al Sadd v Al-Rayyan

9 December 2023 Round 11	Al Sadd	4–0	Al-Rayyan	Doha
19:30	Bounedjah  39' 46', 75', 83' Plata 52' Uribe  66'	Report	Rodrigo  9' Al-Rawi  39' Róger Guedes  71'	Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium Referee: Abdulhadi Al Ruaile

Al Sadd v Al-Duhail

13 December 2023 Round 9	Al Sadd	3–1	Al-Duhail	Doha
19:30	Pedro Miguel  21' Akram Afif 57' (pen.), 90+13' Plata 59' Meshaal  87' Uribe  90+2'	Report	Boudiaf 10' Madibo  32' Muntari  45+3' Musa  58' Bamba  81'	Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium Referee: Salman Ahmad Falahi

Al Sadd v Al-Arabi

17 December 2023 Round 6	Al Sadd	0–1	Al-Arabi	Doha
19:30	Uribe  45+4' Waad  70' Otávio  90+3' Hazbavi  90+9'	Report	Rafinha 31' Verratti  34' Marafee  76' Kala  90+7'	Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim

Al Sadd v Umm Salal

21 December 2023 Round 12	Al Sadd	6–0	Umm Salal	Doha
19:30	Plata 10' Al-Haydos 14', 49'  78' Akram Afif 18' Laidouni 43' (o.g.) Guilherme 69'	Report	Raafat  90'	Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium Referee: Moatasem Al Mazyed

Al-Wakrah v Al Sadd

25 February 2024 Round 14	Al-Wakrah	0–0	Al Sadd	Al Wakrah
17:00	Sainsbury  38' Nabil Irfan  46' Omar Al Osad  60' Boussafi  71' Al Khater  76'	Report	Waad  63' Akram Afif  90+6'	Stadium: Al Janoub Stadium Referee: Abdulrahman Al Jassim

Al Sadd v Qatar SC

1 March 2024 Round 15	Al Sadd	3–0	Qatar SC	Doha
17:00	Akram Afif 34', 44' (pen.), 45+9' (pen.)	Report	Al-Ahrak  33' Youssef Mohammed  64'	Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium Referee: Salman Ahmad Falahi

Al-Gharafa v Al Sadd

6 March 2024 Round 16	Al-Gharafa	2–2	Al Sadd	Al Rayyan
19:00	Abdalla Sirelkhatim  45+4' Sassi 71' Khoukhi 82' (o.g.)	Report	Sano 45+1' (o.g.) Abdurisag 80' Guilherme  20' Waad  75' Assadalla  86'	Stadium: Thani bin Jassim Stadium Referee: Hamad Al Subaie

Al-Arabi v Al Sadd

10 March 2024 Round 17	Al-Arabi	2–2	Al Sadd	Doha
19:30	Helal Mohammed  45+7' Al-Sulaiti  29' Rafinha 38'  51' Al Somah 90+9' Verratti  90+11'	Report	Akram Afif 18', 20' Kheder  89'	Stadium: Al Thumama Stadium Referee: Abdulhadi Al Ruaile

Al Sadd v Muaither

15 March 2024 Round 18	Al Sadd	4–2	Muaither	Doha
20:30	Hazbavi  37' Salman 48' Akram Afif 73' (pen.), 77' (pen.), 90+8'	Report	El Hassouni 39' (pen.) Alibec  43' Tiago 45' Hugo Gomes  74'	Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium Referee: Mohammed Nasser Ahmed

Al-Markhiya v Al Sadd

31 March 2024 Round 19	Al-Markhiya	1–2	Al Sadd	Doha
21:30	Abdulnaser  24' Otávio 26' (o.g.) Al-Shila  56' Lallam  70' Oumar Barry  88' Semedo  90+5'	Report	Al-Yazidi  16' Akram Afif 67' (pen.) Abdurisag 90+7'	Stadium: Grand Hamad Stadium Referee: Moatasem Al Mazyed

Al-Duhail v Al Sadd

5 April 2024 Round 20	Al-Duhail	3–1	Al Sadd	Doha
21:30	Veríssimo  25' Ismaeel Mohammad  36' Almoez Ali 40' Olunga 57' Al-Brake 62' Yousef Aymen  83'	Report	Otávio  39' Akram Afif 45+2'	Stadium: Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium Referee: Abdulhadi Al Ruaile

Al-Ahli v Al Sadd

17 April 2024 Round 13	Al-Ahli	1–9	Al Sadd	Doha
20:30	Yansané 45' Doumbia  50'	Report	Akram Afif 3', 56' Abdurisag 32' Guilherme 35' Waad  54' Al-Ishaq 59' (o.g.) Housni 75' Bounedjah 69', 80', 90+5'	Stadium: Al Thumama Stadium Referee: Khamis Al Marri

Al-Shamal v Al Sadd

24 April 2024 Round 21	Al-Shamal	0–4	Al Sadd	Doha
18:30	Ebrahimi  40' Al Jabri  73' Waad  73'	Report	Al-Haidos 9' Plata 26'  73' Assadalla  61' Akram Afif 83' (pen.) Otávio 90+5'	Stadium: Al Bayt Stadium Referee: Nayef Mohamed El-Kadiri

Al-Rayyan v Al Sadd

28 April 2024 Round 22	Al-Rayyan	4–0	Al Sadd	Doha
18:30	Guedes 15' Rodrigo 50' Taniguchi  64' Gabriel Pereira 89' Al-Rawi 90+3'	Report	Bounedjah  33' Sayyar  35'	Stadium: Ahmad bin Ali Stadium Referee: Mohamed Al-Shammari

Emir of Qatar Cup

Main article: 2024 Emir of Qatar Cup

Al Sadd SC v Al-Markhiya

9 May 2024 Round of 16	Al Sadd SC	3–2	Al-Markhiya	Doha
17:15		Report		Stadium: Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium

Al-Wakrah v Al Sadd SC

13 May 2024 Quarter-finals	Al-Wakrah	0–1	Al Sadd SC	Al Rayyan
20:00		Report	Bounedjah 20'	Stadium: Ahmad bin Ali Stadium Referee: Mohammed Al-Sherif

Al-Duhail v Al Sadd SC

18 May 2024 Semi-finals	Al-Duhail	0–1	Al Sadd SC	Al Wakrah
19:00		Report	Akram Afif 46'	Stadium: Al Janoub Stadium Referee: Abdulhadi Al Ruaile

Qatar SC v Al Sadd SC

24 May 2024 Final	Qatar SC	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Al Sadd SC	Al Rayyan
19:00		Report	Uribe 118'	Stadium: Education City Stadium Referee: Salman Ahmad Falahi

AFC Champions League

Main article: 2023–24 AFC Champions League

Group stage

Main article: 2023–24 AFC Champions League group stage § Group B

The draw for the group stage was held on 24 August 2023 at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.^[14] The 40 teams were drawn into ten groups of four: five groups each in the West Region (Groups A–E) and the East Region (Groups F–J). For each region, teams were seeded into four pots and drawn into the relevant positions within each group, based on their association ranking and their seeding within their association, in consideration of the technical balance between groups. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		NAS	SAD	SHJ	FAI
1	Nasaf	6	3	2	1	10	6	+4	11	Advance to round of 16		—	3–1	1–1	3–1
2	Al Sadd	6	2	2	2	11	7	+4	8[a]			2–2	—	0–0	6–0
3	Sharjah	6	2	2	2	4	5	−1	8[a]			1–0	0–2	—	1–0
4	Al-Faisaly	6	2	0	4	5	12	−7	6			0–1	2–0	2–1	—

Source: AFC
Notes:

1. Ranked on head-to-head points: Al Sadd 4, Sharjah 1.

Al Sadd v Sharjah

18 September 2023 (2023-09-18) 1	Al Sadd	0–0	Sharjah	Doha
21:00 UTC+3		Report		Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium Attendance: 9,831 Referee: Muhammad Taqi (Singapore)

Nasaf v Al Sadd

2 October 2023 (2023-10-02) 2	Nasaf	3–1	Al Sadd	Qarshi
21:00 UTC+5	Nurulloyev 29' Amonov 46', 58'	Report	Khoukhi 83'	Stadium: Markaziy Stadium Attendance: 8,428 Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

Al Sadd v Al-Faisaly

23 October 2023 (2023-10-23) 3	Al Sadd	6–0	Al-Faisaly	Doha
21:00 UTC+3	Bounedjah 8', 50', 63' Plata 51' Meshaal 52' Abdurisag 83'	Report		Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium Attendance: 10,380 Referee: Khaled Al Teris (Saudi Arabia)

Al-Faisaly v Al Sadd

6 November 2023 (2023-11-06) 4	Al-Faisaly	2–0	Al Sadd	Amman
21:00 UTC+3	Al-Rushadi 56' Al-Haj 85'	Report		Stadium: Amman International Stadium Attendance: 2,430 Referee: Sadullo Gulmurodi (Tajikistan)

Sharjah v Al Sadd

27 November 2023 (2023-11-27) 5	Sharjah	0–2	Al Sadd	Sharjah
18:00 UTC+4		Report	Plata 9' Bounedjah 60'	Stadium: Sharjah Stadium Attendance: 1,512 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)

Al Sadd v Nasaf

4 December 2023 (2023-12-04) 6	Al Sadd	2–2	Nasaf	Doha
19:00 UTC+3	Uribe 5' Bounedjah 90+4'	Report	Jighauri 83', 90'	Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium Attendance: 4,323 Referee: Ahmad Al Ali (Kuwait)

Arab Club Champions Cup

Main article: 2023 Arab Club Champions Cup

Group stage

The final tournament was held in Saudi Arabia from 27 July to 12 August 2023, across four cities: Abha, Al Bahah, Khamis Mushait and Taif. 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four. Ten teams already entered the group stage directly as league champions from Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Morocco, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Tunisia. In addition the previous edition holders and runners-up, and one invitee selected by UAFA from the host nation enters directly to the group stage. Six teams advanced from the qualifying rounds to complete the 16-teams group stage. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the knockout stage.^[15]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Al-Sadd	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Al-Hilal	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
3	Wydad AC	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
4	Al-Ahli Tripoli	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	2

Source: UAFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Al Sadd v Wydad AC

27 July 2023 (2023-07-27) 1	Al Sadd	0–0	Wydad AC	Abha
16:00		Report		Stadium: Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium Referee: Mahmoud El Banna (Egypt)

Al-Hilal v Al Sadd

30 July 2023 (2023-07-30) 2	Al-Hilal	2–3	Al Sadd	Abha
20:00	Michael 10' S. Al-Dawsari 68' (pen.)	Report	Bounedjah 40' Salman 51' Plata 90+3'	Stadium: Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium Referee: Dahane Beida (Mauritania)

Al Sadd v Al-Ahli Tripoli

2 August 2023 (2023-08-02) 3	Al Sadd	1–0	Al-Ahli Tripoli	Khamis Mushait
16:00	Otávio 89'	Report		Stadium: Damac Club Stadium Referee: Haythem Guirat (Tunisia)

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

Al Sadd v Al-Shorta

5 August 2023 (2023-08-05)	Al Sadd	2–4	Al-Shorta	Abha
18:00	Afif 24' (pen.), 81'	Report	Sabah 32' Rostam 59' (pen.), 78' Farhan 70'	Stadium: Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium Referee: Khaled Al Teris (Saudi Arabia)

Squad information

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Player	Nat	QSL			Emir of Qatar Cup			Champions League			Arab Club Champions			Total
				App	St	G	App	St	G	App	St	G	App	St	G	App	St	G
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Saad Al-Sheeb		7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	8	8	0
22	GK	Meshaal Barsham		13	13	0	3	3	0	6	6	0	3	3	0	25	25	0
30	GK	Jehad Hudib		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	GK	Yousef Abdullah		2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0
99	GK	Abdulla Ibrahim		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	Ró-Ró		5	5	0	3	0	0	3	3	0	4	4	0	15	12	0
5	DF	Tarek Salman		20	17	1	3	3	0	6	6	0	4	4	1	33	30	2
6	DF	Paulo Otávio		22	21	2	3	3	0	5	5	0	3	1	1	33	30	3
12	DF	Ilyes Housni		6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	1
16	DF	Boualem Khoukhi		20	19	0	3	3	0	6	6	1	4	4	0	33	32	1
29	DF	Romain Saïss[a]		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	0	0
37	DF	Ahmed Suhail		10	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	11	3	0
55	DF	Amin Hazbavi		19	16	1	0	0	0	4	2	0	1	0	0	24	18	1
66	DF	Abdulrahman Al-Ameen		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
70	DF	Musab Kheder		9	5	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	3	3	0	16	11	0
96	DF	Anas Abweny		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
98	DF	Nayef Hamid		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
4	MF	Ahmed Sayyar		8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	12	5	0
7	MF	Mohammed Waad		19	16	0	3	3	0	6	6	0	4	0	0	32	25	0
8	MF	Ali Assadalla		15	5	2	0	0	0	4	1	0	3	3	0	24	8	2
10	MF	Hassan Al-Haydos		21	14	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	27	18	4
13	MF	Abdullah Al-Yazidi		7	3	0	3	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	12	6	0
14	MF	Mostafa Meshaal		12	6	0	2	0	0	4	0	1	1	0	0	19	6	1
18	MF	Guilherme Torres		14	13	3	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	17	15	3
19	MF	Gonzalo Plata		21	21	8	2	2	0	5	5	2	3	1	1	31	29	11
20	MF	Salem Al-Hajri		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF	Hashim Ali		12	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	15	1	1
25	MF	Mohammed Al-Quraishi		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	MF	Moaz El-Wadia		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
86	MF	Mohamed Faragalla		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
88	MF	Mateus Uribe		9	9	0	3	3	1	5	4	1	4	4	0	21	20	2
97	MF	Abdulla Mahdi		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwardas
9	FW	Yusuf Abdurisag		17	10	5	2	2	0	5	1	1	2	0	0	26	13	6
11	FW	Baghdad Bounedjah		20	14	8	3	3	1	6	5	5	4	4	1	33	26	15
28	FW	Ahmad Al-Saeed		3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
51	FW	Akram Afif		22	21	26	3	3	1	5	5	0	4	4	2	34	33	29
Total				22		65	3		3	6		11	4		6	35		49

Last updated: 5 August 2023
Source: Soccerway

1. Player transferred out during the season

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	ACC	TOTAL
51		Akram Afif	FW	26	0	0	2	28
11		Baghdad Bounedjah	FW	8	0	5	1	14
19		Gonzalo Plata	MF	8	0	2	1	11
9		Yusuf Abdurisag	FW	5	0	1	0	6
10		Hassan Al-Haydos	MF	4	0	0	0	4
18		Guilherme Torres	FW	3	0	0	0	3
6		Paulo Otávio	DF	2	0	0	1	3
8		Ali Assadalla	MF	2	0	0	0	2
55		Amin Hazbavi	DF	1	0	0	0	1
12		Ilyes Housni	DF	1	0	0	0	1
23		Hashim Ali	MF	1	0	0	0	1
88		Mateus Uribe	MF	0	0	1	0	1
16		Boualem Khoukhi	DF	0	0	1	0	1
5		Tarek Salman	DF	0	0	0	1	1
14		Mostafa Meshaal	MF	0	0	1	0	1
Own Goals				3	0	0	0	3
Totals				65	0	11	6	82

Assists

No.	Nat.	Player	Pos.	QSL	QEC	CL 1	ACC	TOTAL
51		Akram Afif	FW	11	0	1	0	12
19		Gonzalo Plata	MF	6	0	1	0	7
11		Baghdad Bounedjah	FW	4	0	0	2	6
10		Hassan Al-Haydos	MF	6	0	0	0	6
7		Mohammed Waad	MF	2	0	2	1	5
6		Paulo Otávio	DF	4	0	1	0	5
8		Ali Assadalla	MF	3	0	1	1	5
18		Guilherme Torres	FW	2	0	0	0	2
16		Boualem Khoukhi	DF	1	0	1	0	2
9		Yusuf Abdurisag	FW	2	0	0	0	2
88		Mateus Uribe	MF	1	0	0	0	1
23		Hashim Ali	MF	1	0	0	0	1
2		Ró-Ró	DF	0	0	1	0	1
55		Amin Hazbavi	DF	0	0	1	0	1
Totals				43	0	9	4	56

Clean sheets

Includes all competitive matches.

					Clean sheets
No.	Nat	Name	GP	GA	QSL	QEC	CL 1	ACC	Total
1		Saad Al-Sheeb	8	6	4	0	0	1	5
22		Meshaal Barsham	21	23	6	0	3	1	10
31		Yousef Abdullah	2	6	0	0	0	0	0
		TOTALS		34	10	0	3	2	15

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Player	From club	Transfer fee	Source
17 May 2023	LB	Paulo Otávio	VfL Wolfsburg	Free transfer	[16][5]
25 May 2023	DF	Amin Hazbavi	Foolad	Free transfer	[7]
5 June 2023	MF	Mateus Uribe	Porto	Free transfer	[8]
27 June 2023	FW	Giovanni Henrique	Palmeiras	€9 million	[17][6]
23 July 2023	RW	Gonzalo Plata	Valladolid	Free transfer	[10]
24 July 2023	DF	Romain Saïss	Beşiktaş	€2.5 million	[11][18]
18 September 2023	FW	Ilyes Housni	Paris Saint-Germain	Loan for one year	[19]

Out

Date	Pos	Player	To club	Transfer fee	Source
20 July 2023	MF	Jung Woo-young	Al-Khaleej	Free transfer
6 August 2023	FW	Ayoub El Kaabi	Olympiacos	Free transfer	[20]
16 August 2023	MF	Santi Cazorla	Oviedo	Free transfer	[21]
5 September 2023	DF	Romain Saïss	Al-Shabab	Loan for one year	[22][23]

Notes