Al-Sadd Sports Club
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Full name | Al-Sadd Sports Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Founded | 1969 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ground | Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Doha, Qatar |
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Capacity | 18,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manager | Jorge Fossati | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
League | Qatar National First Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Al-Sadd Sports Club (Arabic: السد القطري) is a sports club, best known for its football team of the Qatar National First Division from Doha, Qatar. The club goes with the Nickname "Al Zaeem" which translates to "The Boss" and was founded by students on the 21 October 1969 in Qatar's capital city. Al Sadd is undoubtedly the country's most successful team.
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[edit] Stadium
The matches are played in the state-of-the-art Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, whose capacity adds up to 18000 including VIP stands. Such a capacity reflects the demand expected from the Qatari population which has yet to reach 1 million.
[edit] Successes
1988
1991
2001
1971, 1974, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1987, 1988, 1989, 2000, 2004, 2006
- Emir of Qatar Cup: 12
1975, 1977, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1991, 1994, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005
- Heir Apparent Cup: 11
1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1997, 2000, 2002
- Qatar Sheikh Jassem Cup: 2
1998, 2003
The club's greatest triumph was winning of the AFC Champions League: 1988. Al Sadd was the first Arabic team to win this competition.
[edit] Players
In difference to many league concurrents Al Sadd does not stake on the expensive engagement of foreign old stars, but on young talents from Arabia and South America.
[edit] Famous players
- Ali Daei- World's Highest International Goalscorer
- Carlos Tenorio - Club Record Goal Scorer, played in 2 FIFA World Cups with Ecuador and scored 2 goals.
- Romário - World champion of 1994, played for Al Sadd ten weeks in 2003.
- Abédi Pelé - Ghana's FIFA 100 player kicked in Doha, before he changed to Europe.
- Frank Leboeuf
- Karim Bagheri
- Victor Ikpeba - African Player of the Year 1997
- Sergio Ricardo
[edit] Current pool
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[edit] Other Sports
Besides football the club also has teams for handball, basketball, volleyball, table tennis and athletics.
[edit] External links
- www.al-saddclub.com - Official website, in Arabic, English, French and Spanish, with statistics, reports and videos of the club's goals
Qatari Premier League 2006/07 |
Al-Ahli | Al-Arabi | Al-Gharafa | Al-Khor | Al-Wakrah |
Qatar | Rayyan | Sadd | Shamal | Umm Salal |