Al Sadd will depart on Sunday morning, 14 September, for the Iraqi capital Baghdad in preparation for their opening Group Stage clash of the 2025-26 AFC Champions League Elite against Al Shorta. The match is scheduled for Monday evening at 9:15 PM Doha time.

The Al Sadd delegation includes the technical and administrative staff, along with 25 players: Saad Al Dossari, Meshaal Barsham, Yousef Al Balushi, Youcef Atal, Guilherme Torres, Ahmed Suhail, Abdullah Al Yazidi, Paulo Otávio, Tarek Salman, Pau Prim, Agustín Soria, Mohammed Waad, Yaman Jarrar, Mohammed Camara, Boualem Khoukhi, Rafa Mújica, Akram Afif, Hashim Ali, Giovani Henrique, Hassan Al Haydos, Pedro Miguel, Romain Saïss, Abdulrahman Bakri, Roberto Firmino, and Mustafa Tarek. ... 

Al Sadd suffered a 1–0 defeat against Al Shahania in their Week 4 fixture of the Doha Bank Stars League 2025–2026 season, played on Friday, September 12, 2025, at Al Bayt Stadium.

The only goal of the match was scored by Pelle van Amersfoort in the 24th minute, securing the victory for Al Shahania. ... 

Al-Sadd coach Felix Sanchez spoke about the importance of the upcoming game against Al-Shahania in the fourth round of the Doha Bank Stars League.

Speaking at the pre-match press conference, Sanchez said: “We have just come back from the international break, and of course it’s always a bit different when the players return. For some of them, today is the first day back with the team, so we need to see how they are physically, check their condition, and prepare for the game.” ... 

Al-Sadd star Akram Afif stressed the importance of the 2-0 victory achieved by Al-Sadd against Al-Gharafa in the third round of the Doha Bank Stars League for the 2025-2026 season.

Speaking after the match, Afif said: “We congratulate the players and the fans. It was a tough match, and we were in great need of this win before the break. We managed to achieve our goal by winning and securing the three points.” ... 

Al-Sadd’s first football team defeated Al-Gharafa 2-0 in the third round game from the Doha Bank Stars League, which was played on Thursday, August 28, 2025, at Jassim bin Hamad Stadium.

With this victory, Al-Sadd moved up to six points. The two goals for the Wolves were scored by Youcef Atal in the 4th minute and Roberto Firmino in the 51st minute. ... 

Felix Sanchez, the head coach of Al-Sadd, spoke about the importance of the team’s upcoming clash against Al-Gharafa in the third round of the Doha Bank Stars League.

During the press conference, Felix said:
“We expect a tough game. Al-Gharafa have started the season strongly, but we are confident of playing a good match at our stadium, in front of our fans, and achieving a positive result.” ... 

Al Sadd defender Pedro Miguel expressed his delight after his team’s 2–0 victory over Al Ahli in the second round of the Doha Bank Stars League.

Speaking after the match, he said: “We earned three important points after a good performance. We are working hard to build more chemistry so that we can achieve more wins in the upcoming games.” ... 

Al Sadd claimed a 2–0 victory over Al Ahli in their Round 2 clash of the 2025–26 Doha Bank Stars League, played on Thursday, August 21, 2025, at Al Thumama Stadium.

With this result, the Wolves earned their first win of the season. Pedro Miguel opened the scoring in the 57th minute, before Akram Afif sealed the triumph with a goal in the 90th minute. ... 

Al-Sadd head coach Felix Sanchez emphasised the need to win, ahead of his side’s Doha Bank Stars League Round 2 fixture against Al-Ahli.

“We have our. next game against Al-Ahli; we know they had a very good season last year, finishing in the top four, so we expect a difficult game,” said Sanchez, while speaking at the pre-match press conference. ... 

Al Sadd suffered a 3–2 defeat against Qatar SC in the opening round of the 2025–2026 Doha Bank Stars League, in the match played on Saturday at Jassim bin Hamad Stadium.

Al Sadd’s goals came through Guilherme Torres in the 57th minute and Claudinho in the 84th, while Qatar SC’s three goals were scored by Ali Saoudi in the 36th minute, Said Brahimi in the 73rd, and João Pedro in the 79th. ...