دشن الفريق الأول لكرة القدم بنادي السد تدريباته اليومية بمعسكر الإعداد الخارجي بمدينة فيينا النمساوية استعدادا للموسم الجديد 2022-2023، والذي سوف يستمر حتى العشرين من يوليو الجاري. ... 

The Al-Sadd first team delegation arrived in the Austrian town of Vösendorf, ahead of the 2022-23 preseason training camp.

The team delegation received a warm reception from the management of the PYRAMIDE hotel, the residence of the team during the overseas training camp, which will last from July 4 – 20. ... 

The Al-Sadd first team delegation will leave for Austria at 8:30 am on Monday, July 4, ahead of the preseason training camp for the new 2022-23 season, which is scheduled to be held until the 20th of the same month in the Austrian capital Vienna.

The delegation is headed by the club’s sports director Muhammad Ghulam Al Baloushi. In addition to administrative and coaching staff, the delegation includes the following 26 players: Youssef Abdullah, Jehad Muhammed, Abdullah Ibrahim, Andre Ayew, Guilherme Torres, Jung Woo-young, Santi Cazorla, Rodrigo Tabata, Ahmed Sayyar, Baghdad Bounedjah, Abdullah Al-Yazidi, Hassan Ahmed, Ahmed Al-Saeed, Faisal Azadi, Muhammad Mannai, Moaz Abdullah, Talal Behzad, Bahaa Al-Laithi, Moaz Al-Wadia, Abdulrahman Faisal, Abdullah Mahdi, Abdulrahman Al Nuaimi, Muhammad Al Quraishi, Abdulrahman Bakri, Nayef Hamid, Abdulrahman Rashid. ... 

The Al-Sadd coaching staff have decided to hold an overseas training camp in Vienna, Austria, as part of the preparations for the launch of the new football season and the 2022-23 QNB Stars League campaign.

The camp will start on the 4th of July and will continue until the 20th of the same month.

During the overseas camp, Al-Sadd will play a number of friendly matches, in addition to technical and physical training, which will prepare the team for the new season. ... 

Al-Sadd coach Javi Gracia spoke of his satisfaction with his side’s 1-0 victroy against Al-Faisaly of Saudi Arabia, in the sixth and final round of Group E at the AFC Champions League 2022.

Speaking during the post-match press conference, Gracia said: “We won with 1-0, but it will not change anything after we exited the tournament in the previous round.” ... 

Al-Sadd defender Khoukhi Boualem expressed his disappointment after his side exited the 2022 AFC Champions League at the end of the group stage.

In his statement after the final group game against Al-Faisaly, Khoukhi said: “We did not enter the tournament well. Our ambition was to progress from the group, and unfortunately we did not do the best to achieve this.” ... 

In a statement to the official website after the end of Al-Sadd’s 2021-22 season, Turki Al-Ali, CEO of the club, said that the season did not culminate in the way the fans or the management wished for.

He said: “We did not want our season to end in this way, and there is no convincing justification that we can offer to our fans. We acknowledge the wave of anger and every constructive criticism written against all of us is appreciated and respected, and our work and our self-evaluation will be based on that.” ... 

Al-Sadd ended their AFC Champions League 2022 campaign in Group E, with a 1-0 victory over Saudi side Al-Faisaly, in the sixth and final round clash which was played at the Prince Mohammed bin Fahd Stadium on Wednesday.

Pedro scored the lone goal of the game in the second minute of first half stoppage time, smashing in a rebound after Rodrigo Tabata’s initial shot was saved. ... 

Al-Sadd defender Pedro Miguel spoke about the importance of giving their all against the upcoming match against Saudi side Al-Faisaly, in the sixth round of the AFC Champions League group stage.

Pedro added: “We are out of the tournament and we are not happy with that, and we must give our best in the upcoming match against Al-Faisaly to end our participation in a good way.” ... 

Al-Sadd coach Javi Gracia spoke about the difficulty of his side’s upcoming match against Al Faisaly in the sixth and final round of the AFC Champions League group stage. The Group E clash is set to be played on Wednesday at the Prince Mohammed Bin Fahd Stadium in Dammam.

Speaking at the pre-match press conference, Gracia said: “The situation is very difficult, we are playing without any chance of qualifying. We must play at a good level to satisfy the fans and achieve a positive result.” ...