The Al-Sadd trio of Baghdad Bounedjah, Jung Woo-young and Nam Tae-hee have received international call-ups for the upcoming FIFA matchdays this November.

Bounedjah will join the Algerian national team camp as they prepare to face Zimbabwe in two qualifying matches for the 2022 African Cup of Nations.

Jung and Nam will play with South Korea in two friendlies against Mexico and Qatar. ... 

Al-Sadd notched up another victory in the 2020-21 Ooredoo Cup, with a 3-0 triumph over Al-Duhail in the postponed Round 1 game that was played at the Suhaim bin Hamad Stadium on Saturday.

The result saw Al-Sadd increase their points tally to 7 in Group A, after two wins, a draw and a loss.

Nam Tae-hee opened the scoring for the Wolves in the 3rd minute, before Saoud Al-Nasr doubled the lead in the 11th minute. Rodrigo Tabata scored the third and final goal from a free-kick in the 83rd minute. Al-Sadd ended the game with ten men after defender Abdulrahman Rashed was sent off in the 5th minute. ... 

The Al-Sadd first team concluded its training today at the club’s secondary pitch, in preparation for the postponed Ooredoo Cup Round 1 game, against Al-Duhail. The game is set to kick off at 5:15 pm on Saturday evening at the Suhaim bin Hamad Stadium.

The Wolves enter the match with 4 points after a win, a draw and a loss, while Al-Duhail have 3 points from a win and two losses. The match was postponed due to the participation of the two teams in the AFC Champions League. ... 

The Al-Sadd duo of Salem Al Hajri and Ali Asad participated in the first team training session on Thursday, after they recovered from the injury that kept them away from the team over the past 8 months.

Salem Al-Hajri suffered a Achilles tear during the game against Al Kharaitiyat in the Amir Cup Round of 16, while Ali Asad suffered the same injury during the final training session in Riyadh in preparation for the game against Al-Nassr, in the second round of the 2020 AFC Champions League. ... 

Al-Sadd defender Bahaa El-Laithi has been ruled out of action after suffering an injury to his left ankle ligament, during the match against Al-Khor in the fourth round of the Ooredoo Cup.

Bahaa had a CT scan after the match, which showed a tear in the left ankle ligament, which will take from 6 to 8 weeks to recover. ... 

Al-Sadd got their first victory in the 2020-21 Ooredoo Cup, defeating Al-Khor in the Group A fourth round clash which was played at the Suhaim bin Hamad Stadium.

With this victory, Al-Sadd increased their points tally to 4 from 3 games, after a win, a draw and a defeat. The postponed match against Al-Duhail will be played next Saturday. ... 

Al-Sadd head coach Xavi Hernandez was presented with the QSL’s Best Coach award for the months of September and October, after an impressive record since the start of the current season.

Under Xavi’s leadership, Al-Sadd played five games in the league, winning four times and drawing once. The team scored 20 goals and conceded 4, while racking up 13 points out of a possible 15. ... 

The Al-Sadd first team is all set to face Al-Khor in their 2020-21 Ooredoo Cup group stage clash on Wednesday. The Group A fixture in Round 4 of the competition will be played at the Suhaim bin Hamad Stadium, with kick-off scheduled for 7:30 PM.

The other teams in Group A are Al-Duhail, Al-Sailiya, Al-Wakrah and Qatar SC. Al-Sadd had lost their first game 3-2 to Qatar SC, before drawing 4-4 with Al-Sailiya. The game against Al-Duhail was postponed and is set to be played on November 7. ... 

The Al-Sadd U-23 team registered a 6-2 victory over Al-Ahli in the Qatargas U-23 League Round 3 clash, which was played at Al Shamal Stadium on Sunday evening.

This result saw Al-Sadd increase their points tally to 6, after two wins and a defeat.

Rami Suhail (29′), Mohammed Naceur (35′, 45′), Abdullah Badr Al Yazidi (48′), Saoud Al-Nasr (49′) and Hassan Ahmed (83′) scored Al-Sadd’s goals. ... 

Al-Sadd sporting director Mohammed Gholam al-Baloushi described Al-Sadd’s 4-1 win over Al-Duhail in the Amir Cup semifinal as a deserved result that came after a “wonderful footballing symphony.”

In his statement to the club’s website after the game, Mohammed Gholam said: “Praise be to God for this victory, which came at the right time for Al-Sadd, and in which the team put up a great effort. The coaching staff maintained the same way of playing despite trailing by a goal, and the players put on a wonderful footballing symphony over the two halves, which helped to achieve this victory.” ...