Al-Duhail SC, a Qatari professional association football club, has gained entry to Asian Football Confederation (AFC) competitions on several occasions. They have represented Qatar in the Champions League on ten occasions and FIFA Club World Cup on one occasion.

History Al-Duhail SC whose team has regularly taken part in Asian Football Confederation (AFC) competitions. Qualification for Qatari clubs is determined by a team's performance in its domestic league and Emir of Qatar Cup competitions, Al-Duhail have regularly qualified for the primary Asian competition, the AFC Champions League, by winning the Qatar Stars League or runners–up. Their first participation in the AFC Champions League was in 2012, and their first match was against Al-Ahli of Saudi Arabia and ended with victory despite that Al-Duhail was eliminated from the group stage. The following year Al-Duhail achieved a historic participation as it reached the quarter-finals and was eliminated against Guangzhou Evergrande which won the title afterwards. In 2018 in the group stage, Al-Duhail achieved the full mark and won all his matches, except for one defeat in ten matches. and for the third time in its history Al-Duhail reached the quarter-finals and eliminated against Persepolis.

In 2020 after playing two matches the competition was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia and after seven months it was decided to complete the competition, but behind closed doors and grouped in one country which is Qatar for West Asian groups. Al-Duhail SC as the holder of the 2019–20 Qatar Stars League title, was included in participating in the FIFA Club World Cup and the first match was expected against Auckland City but the latter withdrew due to the COVID-19 pandemic and related quarantine measures required by the New Zealand authorities, and in the second round it was defeated against Al Ahly, so that Al-Duhail SC was finished fifth place by defeating Asian champion Ulsan Hyundai. In 2021 and due to the continued spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia, it was decided to establish each group in a country, and Al-Duhail group in Saudi Arabia. for the second time in a row Al-Duhail was eliminated from the group stage. On April 21, 2021, Michael Olunga scored Al-Duhail's first hat-trick in the AFC Champions League against Esteghlal in a victory 4–3.

AFC competitions + Al-Duhail SC results in AFC Champions League Season Round Opposition Home Away Aggregate Ref. 2012 Group stage Al-Ahli1–00–3 4th place Al-Nasr1–21–2 Sepahan1–01–2 2013 Group stage Al-Shabab Al-Arabi2–11–3 1st place Al-Ettifaq2–00–0 Pakhtakor3–12–2 Round of 16 Al-Hilal2–21–0 3–2 Quarter-finals Guangzhou Evergrande1–40–2 1–6 2014 Round 2 Al-Hidd2–1 Single match Round 3 Al-Kuwait4–1 Single match Group stage Al-Ain0–51–2 3rd place Tractor Sazi0–01–0 Al-Ittihad2–01–3 2015 Group stage Persepolis3–00–3 1st place Al-Nassr1–13–1 Bunyodkor1–01–0 Round of 16 Al Sadd SC2–22–1 4–3 Quarter-finals Al-Hilal2–21–4 3–6 2016 Group stage Zob Ahan0–10–0 2nd place Al-Nassr4–01–1 Bunyodkor0–02–0 Round of 16 El Jaish0–44–2 4–6 2017 Group stage Al-Jazira3–03–1 1st place Al-Fateh4–12–2 Esteghlal Khuzestan2–11–1 Round of 16 Persepolis0–00–1 0–1 2018 Group stage Zob Ahan3–11–0 1st place Al-Wahda1–03–2 Lokomotiv Tashkent3–22–1 Round of 16 Al-Ain4–14–2 8–3 Quarter-finals Persepolis1–01–3 2–3 2019 Group stage Esteghlal3–01–1 2nd place Al-Hilal2–21–3 Al-Ain2–22–0 Round of 16 Al Sadd SC1–11–3 2–4 2020 Group stage Persepolis2–01–0 3rd place Al-Taawoun0–10–2 Sharjah2–12–4 2021 Group stage Al-Shorta2–01–2 2nd place Al-Ahli1–11–1 Esteghlal4–32–2 2022 Group stage Al-Taawoun1–24–3 1st place Sepahan5–21–0 Pakhtakor3–23–0 Round of 16 Al-Rayyan – – –

Other competitions

FIFA Club World Cup

Statistics

By season Information correct as of 26 April 2022. Key

Pld = Played W = Games won D = Games drawn L = Games lost F = Goals for A = Goals against Grp = Group stage

PR = Preliminary round R1 = First round R2 = Second round PO = Play-off round R16 = Round of 16 QF = Quarter-final SF = Semi-final

Key to colours and symbols: W Winners RU Runners-up

+Al-Duhail SC record in Asian football by seasonSeasonCompetitionPldWDLGFGAGDRound2012Champions League620459−4Grp2013Champions League104331415−1QF2014Champions League84131112−1Grp2015Champions League105321614+2QF2016Champions League8332118+3R162017Champions League8431157+8R162018Champions League109012312+11QF2019Champions League82421312+1R162020Champions League630378−1Grp2020FIFA Club World Cup320132+15th2021Champions League6231119+2Grp2022Champions League6501179+8 Total89452024146117+29

Overall record

In Asia :

AFC competitionsCompetitionSeasonsPlayedWonDrawnLostGoals ForGoals AgainstLast season played Champions League 11 86 43 18 23 143 115 2022 FIFA Club World Cup 1 3 1 0 1 3 2 2020Total1289452024146117

Statistics by country Statistics correct as of game against Sepahan on April 26, 2022

CountryClub BahrainHidd SCC110021+1 Subtotal110021+1 China PRGuangzhou Evergrande200216−5 Subtotal200216−5 IranPersepolis841387+1Sepahan430184+4Tractor Sazi211010+1Zob Ahan421142+2Esteghlal Khuzestan211032+1Esteghlal4220106+4 Subtotal2413653421+13 IraqAl-Shorta210132+1 Subtotal210132+1 KuwaitAl Kuwait110041+3 Subtotal110041+3 QatarAl Sadd SC412167−1El Jaish210146−2 Subtotal62221013−3 Saudi ArabiaAl-Ittifaq211020+2Al Ittihad210133+0Al-Hilal6132913−4Al-Taawoun410358−3Al-Ahli412135−2Al-Nassr422093+6Al-Fateh211063+3 Subtotal248973735+2 United Arab EmiratesAl-Wahda220042+2Al-Ain63121312+1Sharjah210145−1Al-Jazira220061+5Al-Nasr200224−2Al-Shabab Al-Arabi210134−1 Subtotal169163228+4 UzbekistanBunyodkor431040+4Pakhtakor4310115+6Lokomotiv Tashkent220053+2 Subtotal10820208+12 Total86431823143115+28

Asian competitions goals Statistics correct as of game against Sepahan on April 26, 2022

PlayerTOTAL 1 Youssef El-Arabi 1616–= Youssef Msakni 1616–3 Michael Olunga 1313–= Edmilson Junior 131215 Nam Tae-Hee 1212–6 Almoez Ali 10917 Sebastián Soria 88–= Ismaeel Mohammad 88–= Karim Boudiaf 88–10 Ali Afif 44–11 Vladimír Weiss 33–= Chico Flores 33–= Dioko Kaluyituka 33–= Mohammed Muntari 32115 Abdullah Al-Ahrak 22–= Issiar Dia 22–= Luiz Ceará 22–= Mohammed Musa 22–18 Moumouni Dagano 11–= Khalid Muftah 11–= Adel Lami 11–= Madjid Bougherra 11–= Bakari Koné 11–= Lassina Diaby 11–

PlayerTOTAL = Abdurahman Mostafa 11–= Khalid Muneer 11–= Medhi Benatia 11–= Shoya Nakajima 11–= Mario Mandžukić 11–= Ramin Rezaeian 11–= Ferjani Sassi 11–= Bassam Al-Rawi 11–= Own Goals 33–Totals1451423

Hat-tricks DatePlayerMatchScoreTime of goals121 April 2021Michael OlungaAl-Duhail SC – Esteghlal 4–3 10', 27', 85'214 April 2022Edmilson JuniorAl-Duhail – Pakhtakor 3–2 66', 71', 84'

Two goals one match

DatePlayerMatchScore13 April 2013Sebastián SoriaLekhwiya – Pakhtakor 3–1225 May 2016Ismaeel MohammadEl Jaish – Lekhwiya 2–4320 February 2017Youssef El-ArabiLekhwiya – Al-Jazira 3–0425 April 2017Nam Tae-heeAl-Jazira – Lekhwiya 1–3512 February 2018Karim BoudiafAl-Duhail – Zob Ahan 3–1619 February 2018Youssef El-ArabiAl-Wahda – Al-Duhail 2–376 March 2018Youssef El-ArabiAl-Duhail – Lokomotiv Tashkent 3–2

DatePlayerMatchScore812 March 2018Youssef El-ArabiLokomotiv Tashkent – Al-Duhail 1–2915 May 2018Youssef El-ArabiAl-Duhail – Al-Ain 4–11024 April 2021Michael OlungaEsteghlal – Al-Duhail 2–21122 April 2022Edmilson JuniorAl-Taawoun – Al-Duhail 3–41226 April 2022Michael OlungaAl-Duhail – Sepahan 5–21326 April 2022Edmilson JuniorAl-Duhail – Sepahan 5–2

List of all-time appearances This list of all-time appearances for Al-Duhail in Asian competitions contains football players who have played for Al-Duhail in international football competitions and have managed to accrue 20 or more appearances.

Gold Still playing competitive football in Al-Duhail. Statistics correct as of game against Sepahan on April 26, 2022. #NamePositionTOTALDate of first capDebut againstDate of last capFinal match against= Karim Boudiaf 78 1 79 Al-Ahli = Mohammed Musa 71 1 72 Al-Ahli = Luiz Ceará 71 1 72 Al-Ahli = Ismaeel Mohammad 64 2 66 Al-Nasr = Nam Tae-Hee 62 – 62 Al-Ahli = Ali Afif 47 1 48 Al-Nasr = Youssef Msakni / 45 – 45 Al-Ettifaq Al Sadd SC= Almoez Ali 39 2 41 Al-Jazira = Edmilson Junior 26 2 28 Persepolis = Mohammed Muntari 20 2 22 Al-Hilal = Madjid Bougherra 21 – 21 Al-Ahli Tractor Sazi= 0 – 0 = 0 – 0 = 0 – 0 = 0 – 0 = 0 – 0 = 0 – 0 = 0 – 0

Asian opponents by cities

Notes

References