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. Nat. Position Name Date of Birth (Age) Signed from Goalkeepers 1 GK Saad Al Sheeb Al Sailiya 22 GK Meshaal Barsham Youth system Defenders 2 CB Pedro Miguel Al Ahli 3 LB Abdelkarim Hassan Youth system 12 RB Hamid Ismail Al-Arabi 66 CB Yasser Abubakar El Jaish 15 CB Tarek Salman Júpiter Leonés 16 LB / CB Boualem Khoukhi Al Arabi 70 RB Musab Kheder Youth system Midfielders 4 DM Ahmed Sayyar Al-Gharafa 5 DM Jung Woo-young Vissel Kobe 8 CM Ali Assadalla Al Muharraq 18 CM Santi Cazorla Villarreal 23 RW Hashim Ali Youth system 20 DM Salem Al-Hajri Eupen 24 AM André Ayew Swansea City 13 DM Guilherme Torres Olympiacos Forwards 9 ST Abdulaziz Al Ansari Al Kharaitiyat 10 RW Hassan Al-Haidos Youth system 11 ST Baghdad Bounedjah Étoile du Sahel 78 LW Akram Afif Al Markhiya
Pre-season and friendlies
Competitions Overview
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |- !rowspan=2|Competition !colspan=8|Record !rowspan=2|Started round !rowspan=2|Final position / round !rowspan=2|First match !rowspan=2|Last match |- ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! |- | Qatar Stars League
| Matchday 1 | style="background:gold;"|Winner | 12 September 2021 | 11 March 2022 |- | 2021 Emir of Qatar Cup
| Final | style="background:gold;"| Winners | colspan=2| 22 October 2021 |- | 2022 Emir of Qatar Cup
| Round of 16 | Semi-finals | 13 February 2022 | 14 March 2022 |- | 2022 Champions League
| colspan=2| Group stage | 8 April 2022 | 27 April 2022 |- ! Total
Qatar Stars League
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
2021 Emir of Qatar Cup
2022 Emir of Qatar Cup
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
Squad information Playing statistics
! colspan=16 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players transferred out during the season
Goalscorers
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal. No.Nat.PlayerPos.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 1Own Goals 4 0 0 0 4Totals 80 8 0 0 88
Assists No.Nat.PlayerPos.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 1Totals 59 6 0 0 65
Transfers In DatePlayerFrom clubTransfer feeSource 22 July 2021 MF André Ayew Swansea City Free transfer
Out DatePlayerTo clubTransfer feeSource 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 PlayerContract lengthContract endDateSource5
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