2021–22 Al-Duhail SC season

Al-Duhail
2021–22 season
Chairman	Khalifa bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani
Head coach	Luis Castro; (from 10 August 2021); (until 18 March 2022); Hernán Crespo; (from 24 March 2022)
Stadium	Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium
Qatar Stars League	Runners–up
Emir of Qatar Cup	Winners
Champions League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Michael Olunga (24); All: ; Michael Olunga (30)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

In the 2021–22 season, Al-Duhail is competing in the Qatar Stars League for the 11th season, as well as the Emir of Qatar Cup and the Champions League.

Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 3 September 2021.^[4]
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 24)	Youth system
21	GK	Salah Zakaria	(1999-04-24)24 April 1999 (aged 22)	Al-Wakrah
Defenders
	RB	Ali Malolah	(1999-02-26)26 February 1999 (aged 22)	Al-Wakrah
2	CB	Mohammed Musa	(1986-03-23)23 March 1986 (aged 35)	Umm Salal
	CB / RB	Bassam Al-Rawi	(1997-12-16)16 December 1997 (aged 23)	Al-Rayyan
	CB	Ahmed Yasser	(1994-05-17)17 May 1994 (aged 27)	Aspire Academy
4	CB / RB	Toby Alderweireld	(1989-03-02)2 March 1989 (aged 32)	Tottenham Hotspur
18	LB	Sultan Al-Brake	(1996-04-07)7 April 1996 (aged 25)	Aspire Academy
Midfielders
8	DM	Luiz Júnior	(1989-01-13)13 January 1989 (aged 32)	Uniclinic
10	LW	Edmilson	(1994-08-19)19 August 1994 (aged 27)	Standard Liège
12	DM	Karim Boudiaf	(1990-09-16)16 September 1990 (aged 31)	Nancy
	AM	Abdullah Al-Ahrak	(1997-05-10)10 May 1997 (aged 24)	Cultural Leonesa
13	DM	Ferjani Sassi	(1992-03-18)18 March 1992 (aged 29)	Zamalek
23	DM	Assim Madibo	(1996-10-22)22 October 1996 (aged 24)	Cultural Leonesa
19	AM	Nam Tae-hee	(1991-07-03)3 July 1991 (aged 30)	Al Sadd SC
Forwards
11	ST	Almoez Ali	(1996-08-19)19 August 1996 (aged 25)	Cultural Leonesa
7	RW	Ismaeel Mohammad	(1990-04-05)5 April 1990 (aged 31)	El Jaish
14	ST	Michael Olunga	(1994-03-26)26 March 1994 (aged 27)	Kashiwa Reysol
20	LW	Ali Afif	(1988-01-20)20 January 1988 (aged 33)	Al Sadd SC
	ST	Mohammed Muntari	(1993-12-20)20 December 1993 (aged 27)	El Jaish

Pre-season and friendlies

v Al-Duhail SC

8 August 2021 Pre-season	SV Seekirchen 1945	0–2	Al-Duhail SC	?, Austria
11:30		Report^[5]	Edmilson Sassi	Stadium: ?

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	14	5	3	59	24	+35	063.64	Matchday 1	Runners–up	12 September 2021	10 March 2022
Emir of Qatar Cup	4	4	0	0	16	6	+10	100.00	Round of 16	Winners	15 February 2022	18 March 2022
2022 Champions League	6	5	0	1	17	9	+8	083.33	Group stage		7 April 2022	26 April 2022
Total	32	23	5	4	92	39	+53	071.88

Updated to match played 26 April 2022
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-Sadd (C)	22	20	2	0	80	24	+56	62	Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage
2	Al-Duhail	22	14	5	3	59	24	+35	47	Qualification for AFC Champions League play-off round^[a]
3	Al-Wakrah	22	11	4	7	34	30	+4	37
4	Al-Arabi	22	11	3	8	34	31	+3	36
5	Al-Gharafa	22	9	3	10	39	40	−1	30

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

^ as 2022 Emir of Qatar Cup winner

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	14	5	3	59	24	+35	47	7	3	1	29	12	+17	7	2	2	30	12	+18

Last updated: 10 March 2022.
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	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H
Result	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	L	W	D	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	D	W	D
Position	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 10 March 2022. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss

12 September 2021 Round 1	Al-Khor	1–4	Al-Duhail	Al Khor
19:05	Rafael Vaz 4'	Report	Olunga 34', 68' (pen.) Ismaeel Mohammad 50' Khaled Mohammed 89'	Stadium: Al-Khor SC Stadium Referee: Khalid Nabet

16 September 2021 Round 2	Al-Arabi	1–2	Al-Duhail	Doha
20:30	Ilyas 90+5'	Report	Boussafi 53', 66'	Stadium: Khalifa International Stadium Referee: Mohammed Al-Shammari

22 September 2021 Round 3	Al-Duhail	3–1	Al-Gharafa	Doha
16:45	Almoez Ali 28' (pen.) Moustafa 54', 67'	Report	Alaaeldin 59' (pen.)	Stadium: Khalifa International Stadium Referee: Salman Ahmad Flahi

26 September 2021 Round 4	Al-Duhail	5–0	Al-Sailiya	Doha
16:45	Olunga 56', 62', 68', 79', 85'	Report		Stadium: Khalifa International Stadium Referee: Abdulhadi Al Ruaile

21 October 2021 Round 5	Al-Wakrah	4–1	Al-Duhail	Al Wakrah
19:30	Gelson Dala 45', 69' Benyettou 61' Shehata 88'	Report	Almoez Ali 29'	Stadium: Saoud bin Abdulrahman Stadium Referee: Sultan Al Sharshani

17 October 2021 Round 6	Al-Duhail	3–0	Al-Rayyan	Doha
20:10	Luiz Júnior 3' (pen.) Almoez Ali 40' (pen.) Olunga 55'	Report		Stadium: Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium Referee: Mohammed Al Shummari

25 October 2021 Round 7	Al-Shamal	0–1	Al-Duhail	Al Khor
17:20		Report	Olunga 54' (pen.)	Stadium: Al-Khor SC Stadium Referee: Abdulrahman Al Jassim

30 October 2021 Round 8	Al-Duhail	2–1	Qatar SC	Doha
17:15	Nam Tae-hee 38' Olunga 46'	Report	Martínez 15'	Stadium: Thani bin Jassim Stadium Referee: Saoud Al Athbah

3 November 2021 Round 9	Al-Duhail	3–3	Al-Sadd	Doha
19:55	Olunga 24', 89' Pedro Miguel 31' (o.g.)	Report	Bounedjah 4' Khoukhi 73' Tabata 74'	Stadium: Thani bin Jassim Stadium Referee: Meshari Al shammari

25 December 2021 Round 10	Umm Salal	2–1	Al-Duhail	Doha
16:05	al-Bakhit 39' Isael 85'	Report	Mohammad 29'	Stadium: Thani bin Jassim Stadium Referee: Abdullah Al Athbah

29 December 2021 Round 11	Al-Ahli	0–6	Al-Duhail	Doha
18:20		Report	Bahzad 4' (o.g.) Olunga 7' Nam Tae-hee 28' Almoez Ali 44' Abdulsalam 71' Edmilson 79'	Stadium: Hamad bin Khalifa Stadium Referee: Khamis Al Marri

4 January 2022 Round 12	Al-Duhail	1–1	Al-Khor	Doha
16:10	Nam Tae-hee 7'	Report	El Haddad 32'	Stadium: Grand Hamad Stadium Referee: Abdulhadi Al Ruaile

8 January 2022 Round 13	Al-Duhail	2–0	Al-Arabi	Doha
16:15	Olunga 4', 48'	Report		Stadium: Grand Hamad Stadium Referee: Khamis Al Marri

13 January 2022 Round 14	Al-Gharafa	2–4	Al-Duhail	Doha
16:20	Gabriel 59' Al Ganehi 69'	Report	Edmilson 14' Olunga 47' Almoez Ali 56' Boussafi 90+8'	Stadium: Thani bin Jassim Stadium Referee: Meshari Al Shammari

17 January 2022 Round 15	Al-Sailiya	1–1	Al-Duhail	Doha
18:30	Majdi Siddiq 90+2'	Report	Olunga 56'	Stadium: Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium Referee: Abdulrahman Al Jassim

22 January 2022 Round 16	Al-Duhail	0–4	Al-Wakrah	Doha
16:30		Report	Emad 52' Dala 55' Khalid Muneer 57' Benyettou 88'	Stadium: Grand Hamad Stadium Referee: Salman Ahmad Flahi

5 February 2022 Round 17	Al-Rayyan	0–4	Al-Duhail	Doha
18:05	Nam Tae-hee 21' Olunga 41', 53' Mohammed Musa 78'	Report		Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Referee: Saoud Al Athbah

9 February 2022 Round 18	Al-Duhail	4–1	Al-Shamal	Doha
18:50	Olunga 23', 54' Nam Tae-hee 45' Edmilson 61'	Report	Attwan 90+3' (pen.)	Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Referee: Mohammed Al-Sherif

21 February 2022 Round 19	Qatar SC	0–5	Al-Duhail	Doha
18:55		Report	Olunga 43', 61' Almoez Ali 65' (pen.), 89' Hamza 90'	Stadium: Grand Hamad Stadium Referee: Abdulhadi Al Ruaile

25 February 2022 Round 20	Al Sadd SC	1–1	Al-Duhail	Doha
19:00	Akram Afif 59'	Report	Edmilson 36' (pen.)	Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Referee: Abdullah Al Athbah

2 March 2022 Round 21	Al-Duhail	6–1	Umm Salal	Doha
16:50	Olunga 12' Al-Brake 45' Edmilson 48' Moustafa 51', 77' Al Abdulla 86'	Report		Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Referee: Sultan Al Sharshani

10 March 2022 Round 22	Al-Duhail	0–0	Al-Ahli	Doha
17:00		Report		Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Referee: Salman Ahmad Flahi

Emir of Qatar Cup

15 February 2022 Round of 16	Al-Duhail SC	4–2	Al-Khor	Doha
16:40	Almoez Ali 9' Nam Tae-hee 18', 64' Moustafa 41'	Report	Brahmi 52' Al-Habsi 78'	Stadium: Thani bin Jassim Stadium Referee: Sultan Al Sharshani

6 March 2022 Quarter-finals	Al-Sailiya	1–4	Al-Duhail SC	Doha
16:50	Bwalya 54'	Report	Alderweireld 12' Mohammad 34' Moustafa 57' Boudiaf 76'	Stadium: Grand Hamad Stadium Referee: Mohammed Al-Shammari

14 March 2022 Semi-finals	Al Sadd SC	2–3	Al-Duhail SC	Doha
19:45	Ayew 33' Bounedjah 90'	Report	Sassi 7', 80' Olunga 44'	Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Referee: Salman Ahmad Flahi

18 March 2022 Final	Al-Duhail SC	5–1	Al-Gharafa	Doha
19:00	Edmilson 5' Olunga 18' Almoez Ali 52' Sassi 58' Moustafa 85'	Report	Alaaeldin 53'	Stadium: Khalifa International Stadium Referee: Abdulhadi Al Ruaile

2022 AFC Champions League

Group stage

On 16 February 2022, AFC confirmed hosts for the East group stage.^[6] On 3 March 2022, AFC confirmed hosts for the West group stage.^[7]

Group D: Buraidah, Saudi Arabia

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	DUH	TWN	SEP	PAK
1	Al-Duhail	6	5	0	1	17	9	+8	15	Advance to Round of 16	—	1–2	5–2	3–2
2	Al-Taawoun (H)	6	2	1	3	13	12	+1	7^[a]		3–4	—	3–0	0–1
3	Sepahan	6	2	1	3	8	12	−4	7^[a]		0–1	1–1	—	2–1
4	Pakhtakor	6	2	0	4	10	15	−5	6		0–3	5–4	1–3	—

Source: AFC
(H) Hosts
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head points: Al-Taawoun 4, Sepahan 1.

v

Al-Taawoun

7 April 2022 (2022-04-07) 1	Al-Duhail	1–2	Al-Taawoun	Buraidah
23:15 UTC+3	Edmilson 7'	Report	Tawamba 11' Medrán 86'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sport City Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Mohanad Qasim Sarray (Iraq)

v

Al-Duhail

10 April 2022 (2022-04-10) 2	Sepahan	0–1	Al-Duhail	Buraidah
20:15 UTC+3		Report	Olunga 84'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sport City Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Sivakorn Pu-udom (Thailand)

v

Pakhtakor

14 April 2022 (2022-04-14) 3	Al-Duhail	3–2	Pakhtakor	Buraidah
20:15 UTC+3	Edmilson 66', 71', 84'	Report	Sarkic 44' Sabirkhodjaev 69'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sport City Stadium Attendance: 136 Referee: Kim Dae-yong (South Korea)

v

Al-Duhail

18 April 2022 (2022-04-18) 4	Pakhtakor	0–3	Al-Duhail	Buraidah
20:15 UTC+3	Al-Rawi 32' Olunga 45+2' Ali 47'	Report		Stadium: King Abdullah Sport City Stadium Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaacob (Malaysia)

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Al-Duhail

22 April 2022 (2022-04-22) 5	Al-Taawoun	3–4	Al-Duhail	Buraidah
23:15 UTC+3	Tawamba 21', 37' Al-Amri 25'	Report	Boudiaf 11' Edmilson 58', 84' (pen.) Ali 88'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sport City Stadium Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)

v

Sepahan

26 April 2022 (2022-04-26) 6	Al-Duhail	5–2	Sepahan	Buraidah
20:15 UTC+3	Olunga 10', 35' Edmilson 41', 90' Sassi 50'	Report	Nejadmehdi 20' Rafiei 82'	Stadium: King Abdullah Sport City Stadium

Squad information

Playing statistics

As of 18 March 2022^[update]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Qatar Stars League		Emir of Qatar Cup		AFC CL1
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	QAT	Mohammed Al-Bakri	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
21	GK	QAT	Salah Zakaria	19	0	15	0	4	0	0	0
99	GK	QAT	Shehab Ellethy	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	QAT	Mohammed Musa	17	1	13	1	4	0	0	0
3	MF	QAT	Mohammed Alaaeldin	19	0	17	0	2	0	0	0
4	MF	BEL	Toby Alderweireld	24	1	20	0	4	1	0	0
5	DF	QAT	Bassam Al-Rawi	20	0	17	0	3	0	0	0
15	DF	QAT	Mohammed Al Naimi	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
18	DF	QAT	Sultan Al-Brake	20	1	17	1	3	0	0	0
8	MF	QAT	Luiz Júnior	21	0	17	0	4	0	0	0
10	MF	BEL	Edmilson	21	7	17	6	4	1	0	0
12	MF	QAT	Karim Boudiaf	15	1	12	0	3	1	0	0
13	FW	TUN	Ferjani Sassi	22	3	18	0	4	3	0	0
17	MF	QAT	Abdelrahman Moustafa	11	7	7	4	4	3	0	0
19	MF	KOR	Nam Tae-hee	20	7	16	5	4	2	0	0
23	MF	QAT	Assim Madibo	19	0	16	0	3	0	0	0
27	MF	QAT	Abdullah Al-Ahrak	14	1	14	1	0	0	0	0
39	MF	QAT	Lotfi Madjer	6	0	5	0	1	0	0	0
20	FW	QAT	Ali Afif	15	0	11	0	4	0	0	0
7	FW	QAT	Ismaeel Mohammad	18	3	15	2	3	1	0	0
11	FW	QAT	Almoez Ali	20	9	17	7	3	2	0	0
14	MF	KEN	Michael Olunga	24	26	20	24	4	2	0	0
26	FW	QAT	Rabh Boussafi	13	3	13	3	0	0	0	0
29	FW	QAT	Mohammed Muntari	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
36	MF	QAT	Abdulaziz Mohamad Hassan	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season

Last updated: 10 March 2022
Source: fr.soccerway.com

Goalscorers

As of 18 March 2022^[update]

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

No.	Player	Pos.	QSL	QEC	CL 1	TOTAL
14	Michael Olunga	FW	24	2	4	30
10	Edmilson	MF	4	1	8	13
11	Almoez Ali	FW	7	2	2	11
19	Nam Tae-hee	MF	5	2	0	7
17	Abdelrahman Moustafa	MF	4	3	0	7
13	Ferjani Sassi	MF	0	3	1	4
26	Rabh Boussafi	FW	3	0	0	3
7	Ismaeel Mohammad	FW	2	1	0	3
12	Karim Boudiaf	MF	0	1	1	2
2	Mohammed Musa	DF	1	0	0	1
8	Luiz Júnior	MF	1	0	0	1
	Khaled Mohammed	MF	1	0	0	1
27	Abdullah Al-Ahrak	MF	1	0	0	1
18	Sultan Al-Brake	DF	1	0	0	1
25	Mubarak Hamza	FW	1	0	0	1
86	Rashid Al Abdulla	MF	1	0	0	1
4	Toby Alderweireld	DF	0	1	0	1
5	Bassam Al-Rawi	DF	0	0	1	1
Own Goals			2	0	0	0
Totals			59	16	17	92

Assists

No.	Nat.	Player	Pos.	QSL	QEC	CL 1	TOTAL

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Player	From club	Transfer fee	Source
9 July 2021	MF	Nam Tae-hee	Al Sadd SC	Free transfer	^[8]
27 July 2021	DF	Toby Alderweireld	Tottenham Hotspur	Undisclosed	^[9]
29 July 2021	MF	Ferjani Sassi	Zamalek	Free transfer	^[10]

Out

Date	Pos	Player	To club	Transfer fee	Source
1 September 2021	DF	Ahmed Yasser	Al-Rayyan	Free transfer	^[11]
9 September 2021	DF	Ali Malolah	Al-Rayyan	Loan for one year	^[12]

Notes

References

[6] s 2022 Emir of Qatar Cup winner

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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	14	5	3	59	24	+35	47	7	3	1	29	12	+17	7	2	2	30	12	+18

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
22	14	5	3	59	24	+35	47	7	3	1	29	12	+17	7	2	2	30	12	+18

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
22	14	5	3	59	24	+35	47	7	3	1	29	12	+17	7	2	2	30	12	+18