2019–20 Al-Duhail SC season

Al-Duhail
2019–20 season
Chairman	Khalifa bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani
Head coach	Rui Faria; (until 20 January 2020); Walid Regragui; (from 23 January 2020)
Stadium	Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium
Qatar Stars League	1st
Emir of Qatar Cup	Quarter-finals
Sheikh Jassim Cup	Runners–up
Crown Prince Cup	Runners–up
Champions League	2019: Round of 16; 2020: Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Mohammed Muntari (8 goals); All: ; Almoez Ali (10 goals)
	← 2018–19 2020–21 →

In the 2019–20 season, Al-Duhail is competing in the Qatar Stars League for the 9th season, as well as the Emir of Qatar Cup and the Champions League.

Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 20 September 2019.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from
Goalkeepers
	GK	Mohammed Al-Bakri	(1997-03-28)28 March 1997 (aged 22)	Youth system
	GK	Khalifa Ababacar	(1989-07-07)7 July 1989 (aged 30)	Al Kharaitiyat
Defenders
	CB	Mohammed Musa	(1986-03-23)23 March 1986 (aged 33)	Umm Salal
	CB / RB	Bassam Al-Rawi	(1997-12-16)16 December 1997 (aged 21)	Al-Rayyan
	CB	Ahmed Yasser	(1994-05-17)17 May 1994 (aged 25)	Aspire Academy
	LB	Sultan Al-Brake	(1996-04-07)7 April 1996 (aged 23)	Aspire Academy
	CB	Medhi Benatia	(1987-04-17)17 April 1987 (aged 32)	Juventus
Midfielders
	DM	Luiz Júnior	(1989-01-13)13 January 1989 (aged 30)	Uniclinic
	LW	Edmilson	(1994-08-19)19 August 1994 (aged 25)	Standard Liège
	DM	Karim Boudiaf	(1990-09-16)16 September 1990 (aged 29)	Nancy
	AM	Abdullah Al-Ahrak	(1997-05-10)10 May 1997 (aged 22)	Cultural Leonesa
	DM	Assim Madibo	(1996-10-22)22 October 1996 (aged 22)	Cultural Leonesa
	CM	Khalid Mohammed	(2000-06-07)7 June 2000 (aged 19)	Leeds United
Forwards
	RW	Ismaeel Mohammad	(1990-04-05)5 April 1990 (aged 29)	El Jaish
	ST	Almoez Ali	(1996-08-19)19 August 1996 (aged 23)	Cultural Leonesa
	LW	Ali Afif	(1988-01-20)20 January 1988 (aged 31)	Al Sadd SC
	ST	Mohammed Muntari	(1993-12-20)20 December 1993 (aged 25)	El Jaish

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record								Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Qatar Stars League	22	16	4	2	38	16	+22	072.73	Matchday 1	Winner	21 August 2019	20 August 2020^{[note 1]}
Emir of Qatar Cup	2	2	0	0	8	0	+8	100.00	Round of 16	Quarter-finals	6 February 2020	14 March 2020
Qatar Crown Prince Cup	2	1	0	1	2	4	−2	050.00	Semi-finals	Runners–up	10 January 2020	17 January 2020
Sheikh Jassim Cup	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00	Final	Runners–up	17 August 2019
Champions League	2	0	1	1	2	4	−2	000.00	Round of 16		6 August 2019	13 August 2019
Champions League	2	1	0	1	2	2	+0	050.00	Group stage		11 February 2020	18 February 2020
Total	31	21	5	5	53	26	+27	067.74

Updated to match played 20 August 2020
Source: Competitions

Qatar Stars League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al-Duhail (C)	22	16	4	2	38	16	+22	52	Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage and FIFA Club World Cup first round
2	Al-Rayyan	22	15	6	1	40	15	+25	51	Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage
3	Al-Sadd^[a]	22	14	3	5	51	29	+22	45	Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage
4	Al-Gharafa	22	10	6	6	34	29	+5	36	Qualification for AFC Champions League play-off round
5	Al-Sailiya	22	8	5	9	22	25	−3	29

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

^ Al-Sadd qualified for the AFC Champions League group stage as Emir of Qatar Cup winners.

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	4	2	38	16	+22	52	7	4	0	17	7	+10	9	0	2	21	9	+12

Last updated: 20 August 2020.
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	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H
Result	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	W
Position																						1

Updated to match(es) played on 21 August 2020. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

21 August 2019 Round 1	Qatar SC	1–2	Al-Duhail	Al Wakrah
20:30	Kabananga 60'	Report	Msakni 88' Almoez Ali 90+2'	Stadium: Al Janoub Stadium Referee: Hamad Al Subaie

29 August 2019 Round 2	Al-Duhail	1–1	Al-Arabi	Al Wakrah
20:20	Msakni 7'	Report	Gunnarsson 40'	Stadium: Al Janoub Stadium Referee: Mohammed Al Shummari

15 September 2019 Round 3	Al-Duhail	1–1	Al-Rayyan	Al Wakrah
20:05	Yasser 66'	Report	Kom 76'	Stadium: Al Janoub Stadium Referee: Salman Ahmad Flahi

21 September 2019 Round 4	Al-Wakrah	2–4	Al-Duhail	Doha
20:00	Benyettou 3' Mardanli 49'	Report	Ali Afif 23' Muntari 36', 65' Almoez Ali 90+1' (pen.)	Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium Referee: Khamis Al Marri

28 September 2019 Round 5	Al-Shahania	0–1	Al-Duhail	Doha
18:50		Report	Boudiaf 22'	Stadium: Grand Hamad Stadium Referee: Abdulrahman Al Marri

3 October 2019 Round 6	Al-Duhail	2–1	Al-Sailiya	Doha
18:40	Khalid Mohammed 24' Mohanad Ali 90'	Report	Abdulrahman 31'	Stadium: Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium Referee: Abdullah Al Athbah

20 October 2019 Round 7	Umm Salal	0–1	Al-Duhail	Doha
18:25		Report	Muntari 65'	Stadium: Thani bin Jassim Stadium Referee: Meshari Al Shammari

26 October 2019 Round 8	Al-Duhail	2–1	Al-Gharafa	Doha
20:30	Muntari 66' Edmilson 87'	Report	Hanni 60'	Stadium: Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium Referee: Hamad Al Subaie

2 November 2019 Round 9	Al-Duhail	4–1	Al Sadd SC	Doha
19:25	Muntari 34' Boudiaf 45+1' Edmilson 81' Almoez Ali 90+1'	Soccerway report	Al-Haidos 14'	Stadium: Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium Attendance: 4,878 Referee: Salman Ahmad Flahi

8 November 2019 Round 10	Al-Khor	2–3	Al-Duhail	Al Khor
19:20	Murisi 17' Hammoudan 29'	Report	Muntari 43', 57' (pen.) Msakni 66'	Stadium: Al-Khor SC Stadium Referee: Abdulhadi Al Ruaile

23 December 2019 Round 11	Al-Ahli	0–3	Al-Duhail	Doha
19:20		Report	Msakni 29' Ismaeel Mohammad 45+3' Almoez Ali 86' (pen.)	Stadium: Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium Referee: Saoud Al Athbah

4 January 2020 Round 12	Al-Duhail	0–0	Qatar SC	Doha
18:20		Report		Stadium: Thani bin Jassim Stadium Referee: Salman Ahmad Flahi

24 January 2020 Round 13	Al-Arabi	1–3	Al-Duhail	Doha
18:40	Harbaoui 19' (pen.)	Report	Almoez Ali 4', 90+5' Edmilson 33'	Stadium: Grand Hamad Stadium Referee: Meshari Al Shammari

1 February 2020 Round 14	Al-Rayyan	1–0	Al-Duhail	Doha
18:45	Boli 64'	Report		Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Referee: Abdulrahman Al Jassim

22 February 2020 Round 15	Al-Duhail	1–0	Al-Wakrah	Doha
18:55	Kwang-song 48'	Report		Stadium: Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium Referee: Abdullah Al Athbah

27 February 2020 Round 16	Al-Duhail	3–1	Al-Shahania	Doha
16:50	Kwang-song 4' Boudiaf 50' Edmilson 81'	Report	Akaïchi 36'	Stadium: Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium Referee: Khamis Al Marri

7 March 2020 Round 17	Al-Sailiya	1–2	Al-Duhail	Doha
16:55	Boussoufa 90' (pen.)	Report	Kwang-song 12' Boudiaf 85'	Stadium: Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium Referee: Meshari Al Shammari

25 July 2020 Round 18	Al-Duhail	1–1	Umm Salal	Al Wakrah
17:45	Almoez Ali 49' (pen.)	Report	Azzi 51'	Stadium: Al Janoub Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Abdulhadi Al Ruaile
Note: due to coronavirus pandemic, Qatar Football Association decided to be all matches played behind closed doors.^[4]

2 August 2020 Round 19	Al-Gharafa	0–2	Al-Duhail	Doha
19:45		Report	Muntari 4' Edmilson 80'	Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Salman Ahmad Flahi
Note: due to coronavirus pandemic, Qatar Football Association decided to be all matches played behind closed doors.^[4]

8 August 2020 Round 20	Al Sadd SC	1–0	Al-Duhail	Doha
18:45	Tabata 24'	Soccerway report		Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Abdulrahman Al Jassim
Note: due to coronavirus pandemic, Qatar Football Association decided to be all matches played behind closed doors.^[4]

14 August 2020 Round 21	Al-Duhail	1–0	Al-Khor	Doha
20:30	Al-Ahrak 9'	Report		Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Saoud Al Athbah
Note: due to coronavirus pandemic, Qatar Football Association decided to be all matches played behind closed doors.^[4]

21 August 2020 Round 22	Al-Duhail	1–0	Al-Ahli	Al Wakrah
20:30	Edmilson 24'	Report		Stadium: Al Janoub Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Khamis Mohamed Al Kuwari
Note: due to coronavirus pandemic, Qatar Football Association decided to be all matches played behind closed doors.^[4]

Sheikh Jassim Cup

17 August 2019	Al Sadd SC	1–0	Al-Duhail	Doha
19:15	Assadalla 14'	Report		Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium Referee: Saoud Al Athbah

Emir of Qatar Cup

6 February 2020 Round of 16	Al-Duhail	4–0	Muaither	Doha
19:00	Kwang-song 42', 44' Almoez Ali 45' Muntari 69'	Report^[5]		Stadium: Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium

14 March 2020 Quarter-finals	Al-Duhail	4–0	Al-Sailiya	Doha
18:30	Edmilson 24' (pen.) Al-Ahrak 49' Almoez Ali 52' Moustafa 65'	Report^[6]		Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors)
Note: due to coronavirus outbreak, Qatar Football Association decided to be all matches played behind closed doors.^[7]

Qatar Cup (ex) Crown Prince Cup

10 January 2020 Semi-finals	Al-Duhail	2–0	Al-Sailiya	Doha
21:30	Mandžukić 59' Ali 72' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Referee: Nayef Mohamed Al Kadiri

17 January 2020 Final	Al Sadd SC	4–0	Al-Duhail	Doha
17:30	Nam Tae-hee 5' Bounedjah 21', 45' Afif 72' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium Attendance: 11,447 Referee: Saoud Al Athbah
Note: Lineup for Al-Duhail - , , , , , , , ( ’), , ( ’), ( ’)

2019 AFC Champions League

Knockout stage

Round of 16

v

Al Sadd SC

6 August 2019 (2019-08-06)	Al-Duhail	1–1	Al Sadd SC	Al Wakrah
19:00 UTC+3	Msakni 44'	Live Report Stats Report	Afif 30'	Stadium: Al Janoub Stadium Attendance: 9,548 Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

v

Al-Duhail

13 August 2019 (2019-08-13)	Al Sadd SC	3–1	Al-Duhail	Doha
19:15 UTC+3	Afif 20' Hassan 34' Yasser 90+1' (o.g.)	Live Report Stats Report	Edmilson 56'	Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium Attendance: 9,930 Referee: Chris Beath (Australia)

2020 AFC Champions League

Group stage

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	PRS	TAW	DUH	SHJ
1	Persepolis	6	3	1	2	8	5	+3	10	Advance to knockout stage	—	1–0	0–1	4–0
2	Al-Taawoun	6	3	0	3	4	8	−4	9^[a]	Advance to knockout stage	0–1	—	2–0	0–6
3	Al-Duhail	6	3	0	3	7	8	−1	9^[a]		2–0	0–1	—	2–1
4	Sharjah	6	2	1	3	13	11	+2	7		2–2	0–1	4–2	—

Source: AFC
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head points: Al-Taawoun 6, Al-Duhail 0.

v

Persepolis

11 February 2020 (2020-02-11) 1	Al-Duhail	2–0	Persepolis	Doha
18:15 UTC+3	Mandžukić 5' Edmilson 13'	Live Report Stats Report		Stadium: Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium Attendance: 3,780 Referee: Aziz Asimov (Uzbekistan)

v

Al-Duhail

18 February 2020 (2020-02-18) 2	Al-Taawoun	2–0	Al-Duhail	Buraidah
18:35 UTC+3	Al-Sahlawi 34' Al-Swat 55'	Live Report Stats Report		Stadium: King Abdullah Sport City Stadium Attendance: 15,346 Referee: Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan)

Squad information

Playing statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Qatar Stars League		Emir of Qatar Cup		2019 AFC CL1		2020 AFC CL1		Other^[a]
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
40	GK	QAT	Amine Lecomte	14	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK	QAT	Khalifa Ababacar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	GK	QAT	Mohamed Al-Bakri	8	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	GK	QAT	Ahmed Sofyan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	QAT	Mohammed Musa	17	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	MAR	Medhi Benatia	18	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	QAT	Bassam Al-Rawi	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF	QAT	Ahmad Yasser	13	1	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF	QAT	Mohamed Emad Aiash	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	DF	QAT	Sultan Al-Brake	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	DF	QAT	Noor Rahman	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	DF	QAT	Mohammed Khaled Dhaifallah	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	DF	QAT	Ahmed Fahad Al Soury	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	QAT	Luiz Ceará	17	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	MF	QAT	Nasser Al-Yazidi	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	MF	QAT	Karim Boudiaf	22	4	22	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF	QAT	Khalid Mohammed	10	1	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF	QAT	Assim Madibo	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	MF	QAT	Saleh Halabi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF	QAT	Abdullah Al-Ahrak	7	1	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	MF	QAT	Khaled Mansour	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	FW	QAT	Ismaeel Mohammad	15	1	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	PRK	Han Kwang-song	10	3	10	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	FW	BEL	Edmilson	19	6	19	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	FW	QAT	Hazem Ahmed	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	FW	QAT	Rabh Boussafi	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	FW	CRO	Mario Mandzukic	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW	QAT	Almoez Ali	19	7	19	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	FW	QAT	Ali Afif	18	1	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	FW	TUN	Youssef Msakni	13	4	13	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	FW	QAT	Mohammed Muntari	19	8	19	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	FW	QAT	Lotfi Madjer	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	QAT	Mohanad Ali	9	1	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	QAT	Abdelrahman Moustafa	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season

Last updated: 6 March 2020
Source: fr.soccerway.com

^ Includes the Qatar Cup, and Sheikh Jassim Cup

Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.

No.	Player	Pos.	QSL	QEC	CPC	CL 1	TOTAL
19	Almoez Ali	FW	7	2	1	0	10
29	Mohammed Muntari	FW	8	1	0	0	9
10	Edmilson Junior	FW	6	1	0	2	9
28	Youssef Msakni	FW	4	0	0	1	5
9	Han Kwang-song	FW	3	2	0	0	5
12	Karim Boudiaf	MF	4	0	0	0	4
27	Abdullah Al-Ahrak	MF	1	1	0	0	2
	Mario Mandzukic	FW	0	0	1	1	2
22	Khalid Mohammed	MF	1	0	0	0	1
7	Ismaeel Mohammad	FW	1	0	0	0	1
20	Ali Afif	FW	1	0	0	0	1
	Mohanad Ali	FW	1	0	0	0	1
6	Ahmad Yasser	DF	1	0	0	0	1
	Abdelrahman Moustafa	MF	0	1	0	0	1
Own Goals			0	0	0	0	0
Totals			38	8	2	4	52

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Player	From club	Transfer fee	Source
29 December 2019	FW	Mario Mandžukić	Juventus	Free transfer	^[8]
2 January 2020	FW	Han Kwang-song	Juventus	7,000,000 €	^[9]^[10]

Out

Notes

^ The league was halted on 16 March 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic in Qatar,^[2] then later resumed on 24 July 2020.^[3]

References

[table_note_SAD0.53381086119162-5] Al-Sadd qualified for the AFC Champions League group stage as Emir of Qatar Cup winners.

[table_hth_TAW0.24166768753979-10] Head-to-head points: Al-Taawoun 6, Al-Duhail 0.

[11] Includes the Qatar Cup, and Sheikh Jassim Cup

[2019–20_Qatar_Stars_League-4] The league was halted on 16 March 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic in Qatar,^[2] then later resumed on 24 July 2020.^[3]

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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	4	2	38	16	+22	52	7	4	0	17	7	+10	9	0	2	21	9	+12

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	4	2	38	16	+22	52	7	4	0	17	7	+10	9	0	2	21	9	+12

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	4	2	38	16	+22	52	7	4	0	17	7	+10	9	0	2	21	9	+12