Al-Duhail SC in international football competitions

Al-Duhail SC whose team has regularly taken part in Asian Football Confederation (AFC) competitions. Qualification for Qatari clubs is determined by a team's performance in its domestic league and Emir of Qatar Cup competitions, Al-Duhail have regularly qualified for the primary Asian competition, the AFC Champions League, by winning the Qatar Stars League or runners–up. Their first participation in the AFC Champions League was in 2012, and their first match was against Al-Ahli of Saudi Arabia and ended with victory despite that Al-Duhail was eliminated from the group stage. The following year Al-Duhail achieved a historic participation as it reached the quarter-finals and was eliminated against Guangzhou Evergrande which won the title afterwards. In 2018 in the group stage, Al-Duhail achieved the full mark and won all his matches, except for one defeat in ten matches. and for the third time in its history Al-Duhail reached the quarter-finals and eliminated against Persepolis.

In 2020 after playing two matches the competition was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia and after seven months it was decided to complete the competition, but behind closed doors and grouped in one country which is Qatar for West Asian groups.[1][2] Al-Duhail SC as the holder of the 2019–20 Qatar Stars League title, was included in participating in the FIFA Club World Cup and the first match was expected against Auckland City but the latter withdrew due to the COVID-19 pandemic and related quarantine measures required by the New Zealand authorities, and in the second round it was defeated against Al Ahly, so that Al-Duhail SC was finished fifth place by defeating Asian champion Ulsan Hyundai. In 2021 and due to the continued spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia, it was decided to establish each group in a country, and Al-Duhail group in Saudi Arabia.[3] for the second time in a row Al-Duhail was eliminated from the group stage. On April 21, 2021, Michael Olunga scored Al-Duhail's first hat-trick in the AFC Champions League against Esteghlal in a victory 4–3.

Statistics correct as of game against Al-Ahli on April 30, 2021

Country	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Bahrain	Hidd SCC	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1
Subtotal		1	1	0	0	2	1	+1
China PR	Guangzhou Evergrande	2	0	0	2	1	6	−5
Subtotal		2	0	0	2	1	6	−5
Iran	Persepolis	8	4	1	3	8	7	+1
	Sepahan	2	1	0	1	2	2	+0
	Tractor Sazi	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1
	Zob Ahan	4	2	1	1	4	2	+2
	Esteghlal Khuzestan	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1
	Esteghlal	4	2	2	0	10	6	+4
Subtotal		22	11	6	5	28	19	+9
Iraq	Al-Shorta	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1
Subtotal		2	1	0	1	3	2	+1
Kuwait	Al Kuwait	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3
Subtotal		1	1	0	0	4	1	+3
Qatar	Al Sadd SC	4	1	2	1	6	7	−1
	El Jaish	2	1	0	1	4	6	−2
Subtotal		6	2	2	2	10	13	−3
Saudi Arabia	Al-Ittifaq	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2
	Al Ittihad	2	1	0	1	3	3	+0
	Al-Hilal	6	1	3	2	9	13	−4
	Al-Taawoun	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3
	Al-Ahli	4	1	2	1	3	5	−2
	Al-Nassr	4	2	2	0	9	3	+6
	Al-Fateh	2	1	1	0	6	3	+3
Subtotal		22	7	9	6	32	30	+2
United Arab Emirates	Al-Wahda	2	2	0	0	4	2	+2
	Al-Ain	6	3	1	2	13	12	+1
	Sharjah	2	1	0	1	4	5	−1
	Al-Jazira	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5
	Al-Nasr	2	0	0	2	2	4	−2
	Al-Shabab Al-Arabi	2	1	0	1	3	4	−1
Subtotal		16	9	1	6	32	28	+4
Uzbekistan	Bunyodkor	4	3	1	0	4	0	+4
	Pakhtakor	2	1	1	0	5	3	+2
	Lokomotiv Tashkent	2	2	0	0	5	3	+2
Subtotal		8	6	2	0	14	6	+8
Total		80	38	18	22	126	106	+20

Statistics correct as of game against Al-Ahli on April 30, 2021

P Player TOTAL ACL FCWC 1 Youssef El-Arabi 16 16 – = Youssef Msakni 16 16 – 3 Nam Tae-Hee 12 12 – 4 Michael Olunga 9 9 – 5 Almoez Ali 8 7 1 = Sebastián Soria 8 8 – = Ismaeel Mohammad 8 8 – 8 Karim Boudiaf 7 7 – 9 Edmilson Junior 5 4 1 10 Ali Afif 4 4 – 11 Vladimír Weiss 3 3 –

P Player TOTAL ACL FCWC = Chico Flores 3 3 – = Dioko Kaluyituka 3 3 – = Mohammed Muntari 3 2 1 15 Abdullah Al-Ahrak 2 2 – = Issiar Dia 2 2 – = Mohammed Musa 2 2 – 18 Moumouni Dagano 1 1 – = Khalid Muftah 1 1 – = Luiz Ceará 1 1 – = Adel Lami 1 1 – = Madjid Bougherra 1 1 –

P Player TOTAL ACL FCWC = Bakari Koné 1 1 – = Lassina Diaby 1 1 – = Luiz Jr. 1 1 – = Abdurahman Mostafa 1 1 – = Khalid Muneer 1 1 – = Medhi Benatia 1 1 – = Shoya Nakajima 1 1 – = Mario Mandžukić 1 1 – = Ramin Rezaeian 1 1 – = Own Goals 3 3 – Totals 128 125 3

This List of All-time appearances for Al-Duhail in Asian competitions contains football players who have played for Al-Duhail in Asian football competitions and have managed to accrue 20 or more appearances.

Gold Still playing competitive football in Al-Duhail. Statistics correct as of game against Al-Ahli on April 30, 2021.

#	Name	Position	ACL	FCWC	TOTAL	Date of first cap	Debut against	Date of last cap	Final match against
=	Karim Boudiaf	DM	72	1	73	7 Mar 2012	Al-Ahli	—	—
=	Mohammed Musa	CB	67	1	68	7 Mar 2012	Al-Ahli	—	—
=	Luiz Ceará	DM	66	1	67	7 Mar 2012	Al-Ahli	—	—
=	Ismaeel Mohammad	RW	59	2	61	15 May 2012	Al-Nasr	—	—
=	Nam Tae-Hee	AM	56	–	56	7 Mar 2012	Al-Ahli	—	—
=	Ali Afif	LW	45	1	46	21 Mar 2012	Al-Nasr	—	—
=	Youssef Msakni	LW / AM	45	–	45	12 Mar 2013	Al-Ettifaq	13 Aug 2019	Al Sadd SC
=	Almoez Ali	ST	34	2	36	20 Feb 2017	Al-Jazira	—	—
=	Edmilson Junior	LW	20	2	22	28 Aug 2018	Persepolis	—	—
=	Mohammed Muntari	ST	20	2	22	25 Aug 2015	Al-Hilal	—	—
=	Madjid Bougherra	CB	21	–	21	7 Mar 2012	Al-Ahli	22 Apr 2014	Tractor Sazi