Back نادي السد (قطر) Arabic نادى السد (قطر) ARZ Al-Sadd Sports Club AST السد قطر ایدمان کولوبو AZB Al Sadd SC BAN Ал Садд СК Bulgarian আল সাদ স্পোর্টস ক্লাব Bengali/Bangla Al-Sadd SC Doha Catalan Al-Sadd SC Czech Al-Sadd SC Danish
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| Full name | Al Sadd Sports Club | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Al Zaeem (The Boss) Al Dheeb (The Wolf) Malik Al Qulub (King of Hearts) | |||
| Short name | SADD | |||
| Founded | 21 October 1969 | |||
| Ground | Jassim bin Hamad Stadium | |||
| Capacity | 15,000[1] | |||
| Chairman | Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Thani | |||
| Head coach | Felix Sanchez | |||
| League | Qatar Stars League | |||
| 2023–24 | Qatar Stars League, 1st of 12 (champions) | |||
| Website | al-saddclub | |||
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Al Sadd Sports Club (Arabic: نادي السد الرياضي) is a Qatari sports club based in the Al Sadd district of the capital city Doha. It is best known for its association football team, which competes in the top level of Qatari football, the Qatar Stars League. Locally, it is known primarily by the nickname "Al Zaeem", which translates to "The Leader". It is known as the best team in Qatar and is the only Qatari team that has won the AFC Champions League in Asia. In addition to football, the club has teams for handball, basketball, volleyball, table tennis, and athletics.[2] Al Sadd is the most successful sports club in the country, and holds a national record of 64 official football championships.[3]
The origin of Al Sadd's conception began with Al-Attiyah family members who excelled in football but did not wish to join any of the existing football clubs. After consulting the minister of Youth and Sports, the family, led by Ali Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah, decided to found the club on 21 October 1969 in Qatar's capital city, Doha.
In the 1989 season, they became the first Arab club side to triumph in the Asian Club Championship by defeating Al Rasheed of Iraq on an aggregate of away goals. Twenty-two years later, they won the 2011 AFC Champions League and earned a spot in the 2011 FIFA Club World Cup, in which Al Sadd finished third. They also earned a spot in the 2019 FIFA Club World Cup automatically as host club, in which Al Sadd finished sixth.
- ^ https://www.qsl.qa/en/jassim-bin-hamad-al-sadd-stadium
- ^ "Official website Al Sadd Sports Club – Qatar". al-saddclub.com.com. Archived from the original on 26 June 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
- ^ "Football Championships". al-saddclub.com. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2015.