The fixture between Al Duhail and Al Sadd is a local derby in Doha, Qatar and a fierce rivalry. The derby does not have a common name. Since the establishment of Al Duhail, the matches between the two teams have become the most important in Qatar. The two teams have won the Qatar Stars League title 22 times, the Emir of Qatar Cup 21 times, the Qatar Cup (ex) Crown Prince Cup 11 times, and Sheikh Jassim Cup 17 times. On the continental level Al Sadd won the AFC Champions League twice and the Arab Champions League once.
History
Al Duhail was founded in 2009 in the name of Lekhwiya who has the biggest financial budget in Qatar, and its beginning was in the Second Division, and it only lasted for one season. In his first season in the Qatar Stars League, Lekhwiya won the title to present himself as a new competitor to start a great competition with Al Sadd, which is the largest club in Qatar and the most titled. on the other side Al Sadd was shining in the AFC Champions League where it won the title for the second time in its history. and qualifies to participate in the 2011 FIFA Club World Cup as the first Qatari club and achieved third place. In the same season Lekhwiya won the league title for the second time in a row. To continue his dominance in the Qatar Stars League for two more times, in the middle of it a championship for Al Sadd in the 2012–13 season, surpassing him. In the same season they met for the first time in the Crown Prince Cup final, which ended with Lekhwiya winning the title for the first time. On 21 April 2012, Mamadou Niang scored the first hat-trick in the history of the confrontations between the two clubs in the semi-finals of the Crown Prince Cup. In the 2014–15 season, the two clubs dominated all the local championships, where Lekhwiya won the Qatar Stars League and Crown Prince Cup, while Al Sadd won Emir of Qatar Cup and the Sheikh Jassim Cup. In the Champions League the two clubs’ journey was wonderful, as the two teams clashed in the Round of 16. Where is this considered the first time that two Qatari clubs met in Champions League that ended with Lekhwiya 4–3 on aggregate to end his career in the quarter-final against Al-Hilal.
On 10 April 2017, it was decided to merge the two clubs, Lekhwiya the champion of Qatar Stars League and El Jaish SC into one entity under the name Al Duhail Sports Club starting from next season. On 8 February 2019, Korean Nam Tae-hee moved from Al Duhail to Al Sadd in the first direct transfer deal between the two clubs (no loans), though two years later he returned to his original team. After six years of waiting and almost complete control of Al Duhail, Al Sadd won the Qatar Stars League title for the 2018–19 season, while Al Duhail was satisfied with the runner-up and won the Emir of Qatar Cup. In the 2019 AFC Champions League, the two teams met in the Round of 16 and this time Al Sadd qualified with 4–2 on aggregate and was then eliminated in the semi-final against Al-Hilal. Under the leadership of Xavi, Al Sadd won the Qatar Stars League title for the 2020–21 season unbeaten for the 15th time in its history. On 11 December 2019, Khalifa bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani son of the former Emir of Qatar, Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani was elected president of Al Duhail during the club's General Assembly meeting.
All-time head-to-head results
TournamentPldDVDSVGoalDGoalSQatar Stars League 30 11 6 13 52 61Emir of Qatar Cup 8 3 1 4 13 15Qatar Cup (ex) Crown Prince Cup 6 3 0 3 9 13Sheikh Jassim Cup 4 1 0 3 8 9Champions League 4 1 2 1 6 7TOTAL 52 19 9 24 88 105Pld: Matches playedDV: Al Duhail VictoryD: DrawSV: Al Sadd VictoryGoalD: Al Duhail GoalsGoalS: Al Sadd Goals
All-time top scorers PlayerClub(s)QSLEQCQCSCInternationalTotal Baghdad BounedjahAl Sadd13343—23 Nam Tae-heeAl Duhail, Al Sadd8122—16 Youssef MsakniAl Duhail4111310 Hassan Al-HaydosAl Sadd531—110 Youssef El-ArabiAl Duhail511——7 Ismaeel MohammadAl Duhail2—2117 Khalfan IbrahimAl Sadd5—1——6 Akram AfifAl Sadd211—26 Almoez AliAl Duhail41——16
Hat-tricks A hat-trick is achieved when the same player scores three or more goals in one match. Listed in chronological order.
Sequence Player No. ofgoals Time of goals Representing Finalscore Opponent Tournament. 335' p., 38', 90+4' Al Sadd 4–2 Lekhwiya Crown Prince Cup. 35', 20', 66' Al Sadd 4–2 Al Duhail Sheikh Jassim Cup. 314', 50', 87' Al Sadd 3–1 Al Duhail Qatar Stars League
Honours Al DuhailChampionshipAl SaddInternational (Official) – AFC Champions League 2 0 Aggregate 2Domestic (Official) 8 Qatar Stars League 18 4 Emir of Qatar Cup 19 4 Qatar Cup (ex) Crown Prince Cup 8 2 Sheikh Jassim Cup 15 18 Aggregate 60International (Non-official) – Arab Champions League 1 – GCC Champions League 1 0 Aggregate 2 18 Total Aggregate 64
Competitions League matches No. Date Home team Score Away team Goals (home) Goals (away) 1 2 Nov 2010 Al Sadd 0 – 1 Lekhwiya — Razaq 2 1 Apr 2011 Lekhwiya 1 – 2 Al Sadd Traoré Y. Ahmed , Al. Afif 3 20 Nov 2011 Lekhwiya 0 – 1 Al Sadd — Al-Hamad 4 11 Mar 2012 Al Sadd 1 – 2 Lekhwiya Ibrahim Dagano , Nam Tae-hee 5 14 Dec 2012 Lekhwiya 0 – 3 Al Sadd — Raúl , Ibrahim Majid , Ibrahim 6 18 Apr 2013 Al Sadd 2 – 2 Lekhwiya Al-Haydos , Assadalla Soria , Msakni 7 12 Dec 2013 Al Sadd 2 – 3 Lekhwiya Ibrahim Nam Tae-hee , Soria 8 6 Apr 2014 Lekhwiya 0 – 2 Al Sadd — Hassan , Medany 9 2 Oct 2014 Lekhwiya 0 – 3 Al Sadd — Belhadj , Tabata , Ibrahim 10 28 Feb 2015 Al Sadd 0 – 1 Lekhwiya — Weiss 11 27 Nov 2015 Al Sadd 2 – 4 Lekhwiya Belhadj Muntari , Msakni , Chico , Nam Tae-hee 12 20 Mar 2016 Lekhwiya 2 – 3 Al Sadd Boudiaf , Ismaeel Al-Haydos , Hassan 13 16 Oct 2016 Lekhwiya 3 – 3 Al Sadd El-Arabi , Msakni , Nam Tae-hee Bounedjah , Al-Haidos 14 13 Jan 2017 Al Sadd 1 – 2 Lekhwiya Assadalla Nam Tae-hee , Musa 15 24 Nov 2017 Al Sadd 2 – 4 Al Duhail Bounedjah , Ahmad Ali , El-Arabi , Al Rawi , Nam Tae-hee 16 1 Mar 2018 Al Duhail 4 – 3 Al Sadd Ismaeel , Msakni , El-Arabi Hamroun , Bounedjah 17 11 Dec 2018 Al Sadd 3 – 1 Al Duhail Mendes , Al-Hajri , Bounedjah El-Arabi 18 30 Mar 2019 Al Duhail 2 – 2 Al Sadd El-Arabi Bounedjah , Naji 19 2 Nov 2019 Al Duhail 4 – 1 Al Sadd Muntari , Boudiaf , Edmilson , Ali Al-Haidos 20 8 Aug 2020 Al Sadd 1 – 0 Al Duhail Tabata — 21 21 Oct 2020 Al Duhail 1 – 3 Al Sadd Dudu Nam Tae-hee , Guilherme Torres 22 12 Jan 2021 Al Sadd 3 – 1 Al Duhail Bounedjah Ali 23 3 Nov 2021 Al Duhail 3 – 3 Al Sadd Olunga , Pedro Miguel Bounedjah , Khoukhi , Tabata 24 25 Feb 2022 Al Sadd 1 – 1 Al Duhail Ak. Afif Edmilson 25 12 Mar 2023 Al Sadd 2 – 2 Al Duhail Bounedjah , Cazorla Nam Tae-hee , Fernández 26 4 May 2023 Al Duhail 1 – 3 Al Sadd Olunga Bounedjah , Ak. Afif Tabata 27 13 Dec 2023 Al Sadd 3 – 1 Al Duhail Ak. Afif , Plata Boudiaf 28 5 Apr 2024 Al Duhail 3 – 1 Al Sadd Ali , Olunga , Al-Brake Ak. Afif 29 21 Sep 2024 Al Duhail 5 – 1 Al Sadd Olunga , Edmilson , H. Ahmed , Ali Al-Haidos 30 22 Feb 2025 Al Sadd 2 – 0 Al Duhail Meshaal , Mújica —
Emir of Qatar Cup results No. Date Round Home team Score Away team Goals (home) Goals (away) 1 11 May 2013 Semi-finals Al Sadd 3 – 2 Lekhwiya Mahmoud , Kasola , Al-Haydos Msakni , Dia 2 15 May 2015 Semi-finals Al Sadd 2 – 0 Lekhwiya Al-Haydos — 3 20 May 2016 Final Al Sadd 2 – 2(pen. 2–4) Al Duhail Bounedjah , Hassan Chico , Nam Tae-hee 4 11 May 2018 Semi-finals Al Sadd 0 – 1 Al Duhail — Ali 5 16 May 2019 Final Al Sadd 1 – 4 Al Duhail Ak. Afif Al. Afif , Edmilson , El-Arabi 6 31 Oct 2020 Semi-finals Al Duhail 1 – 4 Al Sadd Edmilson Khoukhi , Guilherme Torres , Bounedjah , Tabata 7 14 Mar 2022 Semi-finals Al Sadd 2 – 3 Al Duhail Ayew , Bounedjah Sassi , Olunga 8 18 May 2024 Semi-finals Al Duhail 0 – 1 Al Sadd — Ak. Afif
Qatar Cup (ex) Crown Prince Cup results No. Date Round Home team Score Away team Goals (home) Goals (away) 1 21 Apr 2012 Semi-finals Lekhwiya 2 – 4 Al Sadd Nam Tae-Hee , Bougherra Niang , Ibrahim 2 4 May 2013 Final Lekhwiya 3 – 2 Al Sadd Ismaeel , Lamy , Msakni Mahmoud , Lee Jung-soo 3 27 Apr 2018 Final Al Sadd 1 – 2 Al Duhail Al-Haidos Ismaeel , El-Arabi 4 17 Jan 2020 Final Al Sadd 4 – 0 Al Duhail Nam Tae-hee , Bounedjah , Ak. Afif — 5 26 Feb 2021 Final Al Duhail 0 – 2 Al Sadd — Bounedjah 6 6 Apr 2023 Final Al Duhail 2 – 0 Al Sadd Olunga ,Sassi —
Sheikh Jassim Cup results No. Date Round Home team Score Away team Goals (home) Goals (away) 1 13 Aug 2014 Final Al Sadd 3 – 2 Lekhwiya Weiss , Msakni Tabata , Muriqui 2 21 Jan 2016 Final Lekhwiya 4 – 1 Al Sadd Ismaeel , Razaq , Nam Tae-hee , Weiss Al-Shammeri 3 9 Sep 2017 Final Al Duhail 2 – 4 Al Sadd Nam Tae-hee , Ali Bounedjah , Hamroun 4 17 Aug 2019 Final Al Sadd 1 – 0 Al Duhail Assadalla —
International results No. Season Round Home team Score Away team Goals (home) Goals (away)1 2015 Champions League Round of 16 First leg Al Sadd1 – 2 Lekhwiya Al-Haydos Soria , Msakni 2 Second leg Lekhwiya2 – 2 Al Sadd Msakni , Ismaeel Muriqui , Assadalla 3 2019 Champions League Round of 16 First leg Al Duhail1 – 1 Al Sadd Msakni Ak. Afif 4 2nd leg Al Sadd3 – 1 Al Duhail Ak. Afif , Hassan , Yasser Edmilson
Shared player history
Players who have played for both clubs
Ahmed Abdul Maqsoud (Al Sadd: 2010–2012, Al Duhail: 2012–2017) Ali Afif (Al Sadd: 2004–2012, Al Duhail: 2012–2023) Ivanildo (Al Duhail: 2015–2016, Al Sadd: 2022) Mohammed Musa (Al Sadd: 2010, Al Duhail: 2010–2024) Nam Tae-hee (Al Duhail: 2012–2019 & 2021–2023, Al Sadd: 2019–2021) Ali Nasser (Al Sadd: 2003–2013, Al Duhail: 2009–2010)
Qatar Stars League results
The tables list the place each team took in each of the seasons. 09–1010–1111–1212–1313–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–2222–2323–2424–25 No. of teams 12 12 12 12 14 14 14 14 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 Al Duhail 1 1 2 1 14 1 1 2 1 2 2 16 2 Al Sadd 264 1 3 2 3 2 2 1 3 1 1 3 1 1
Notes
References
External links Al-Sadd - Al Duhail scores face-to-face and compositions