Al Sadd Futsal Team Explained

See main article: Al Sadd SC.

Al Sadd Futsal Team is part of the Al Sadd Sports Club in Qatar. It is a futsal team based in Doha, Qatar and it plays its home matches in the Jassim bin Hamad Indoor Hall. Al Sadd have been the most successful team in the Qatar professional futsal league since its inauguration in 2006/2007, winning it a total of four times.^[1]

Al Sadd participated in the 2010 AFC Futsal Club Championship. They topped their group and advanced to the semi-finals where they beat Nagoya Oceans by a margin of 7–4. They subsequently lost 5–2 to Foolad Mahan in Tehran in the final. No other Qatari club has ever reached the finals of the AFC Futsal Club Championship since its inauguration in 2010.

The team was inaugurated in the Guinness Book of World Records in March 2014 for winning 34 matches in a row from January 2012 to March 2013, the most consecutive matches any futsal team has ever won.^[2]

Season to season

As of December 31, 2013.^[3]

Season Division Place Qatar Federation Cup Super Cup AFC Club Championship 2006/07 QFL 2nd Not Held Not Held Not Held 2007/08 QFL 1st Not Held Not Held Not Held 2008/09 QFL 1st Semi Finalist Not Held Not Held 2009/2010 QFL 2nd 1st Not Held Finalist 2010/2011 QFL 3rd Quarter Finalist Finalist Did not participate 2011/2012 QFL 1st Not held Did not participate Did not participate 2012/2013 QFL 1st Finalist Finalist Group Stages

First team current squad 2012/13

As of December 31, 2013.^{[4] [5]}

No.	Player	Full name	Pos.	Nat.
1	Gabriel	Gabriel Giménez	Goalkeeper
2	Flavio	Flavio Barreto	Defender
3	Samir	Samir Samih	Pivot
4	Ebrahim	Ebrahim Abdollah	Defender
5	M.Ali	Mohammed Ali	Defender
7	Amro	Amro Mohssein (C)	Defender/Flank
8	H.Al-Ahbabi	Hamad Al-Ahbabi	Pivot
9	M.Ismail	Mohamed Ismail	Pivot
10	Rodrigo	Rodrigo Rocha	Pivot
11	E.Najjar	Ebrahim Najjar	Winger
12	S.Taha	Saleh Taha	Pivot
13	Nawaf	Nawaf Nasser	Goalkeeper
15	M.Rashid	Mohammed Rashid	Defender
18	A.Khalil	Ahmed Khalil	Goalkeeper
20	A.Taha	Amr Taha	Goalkeeper

Current technical staff

As of December 31, 2013.^[6]

• Team manager: Ali Khalifa Al-Dosari
• Administrator: Abdullah Al-Balushi
• Head coach: Mohammad Eisa Al-Qubaisi
• Assistant coach: Mohammed Attiyah
• Goalkeeping coach: Mohsen Karim Dad
• Physiotherapist: Stefcho Petan

Managerial history

• Redouane Lhbibani (2007–08)^[7]
• Fabiano Ribeiro (2009–10)
• Mohammad Eisa Al-Qubaisi (2011–present)^[8]

Club honours

• 4 Qatar League: (2007–2008), (2008–2009), (2011–2012), (2012–2013)
• 1 Qatar Association Cup: (2009–2010)

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Futsal achievements . https://web.archive.org/web/20111022020016/http://www.al-saddclub.com/EN/Championships/Pages/Futsal.aspx . dead . 22 October 2011 . al-saddclub.com . 31 December 2013 .
2. Web site: AFC praises Al Sadd's Futsal side on creating new record. thepeninsulaqatar.com. 3 March 2014. 26 June 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20160822160016/http://thepeninsulaqatar.com/sports/football/274552/afc-praises-al-sadd-s-futsal-side-on-creating-new-record. 2016-08-22. dead.
3. Web site: National story: Qatar. futsalplanet.com. 31 December 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20150427000514/http://futsalplanet.com/story/story-national-02.asp?paeseclub=180. 27 April 2015. dead. dmy-all.
4. Web site: Schedules & Results . the-afc.com . 31 December 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140102050610/http://www.the-afc.com/en/afc-futsal-club-championship-2012-schedule-results.html . 2 January 2014 .
5. Web site: Kuwait Mini World Futsal Club Tournament. kmwfct.com. 31 December 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20140102175716/http://www.kmwfct.com/TeamsEn.aspx?Id=49. 2 January 2014. dead. dmy-all.
6. Web site: http://cdn.alkass.net/news_details.aspx?news_id=57876. ar:بعثة السد تعود للدوحة بعد الخروج من آسيوية الصالات. alkass.net. Arabic. 30 August 2013. 31 December 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20140101200318/http://cdn.alkass.net/news_details.aspx?news_id=57876. 1 January 2014. dead.
7. Web site: Redouane Lhbibani CV . redetfoot.be . 26 June 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131029030430/http://redetfoot.be/cv.html . 29 October 2013 .
8. Web site: Mohammad Eisa Al-Kebaisi Wins Season Best National Coach Award. olympic.qa. 31 December 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20140101074751/http://www.olympic.qa/en/SportInQatar/Pages/Mohammad-Eisa-Al-Kebaisi-Wins-Season-Best-National-Coach-Award-.aspx. 1 January 2014. dead.