This is a list of all managers of Al Sadd SC. Since 1969 the first coach was Hamad Al Attiyah, and the first coach to achieve a title with him was the Sudanese Hassan Othman, and more than his coach was the Portuguese Jesualdo Ferreira for four seasons. Current coach Javi Gracia took over for Xavi on 8 December 2021.

Background The first to coach Al Sadd SC is Hamad Al Attiyah. It did not last long. In the mid-seventies with coaches from Sudan, including Hassan Othman for three years, to begin the stage of contracting with Brazilian coaches from the eighties until the end of the nineties, their number reached 14, most notably Zé Mário, Evaristo de Macedo and Procópio Cardoso, With the beginning of the millennium Al Sadd SC contracted with several coaches and there was no stability and from several nationalities. They are Džemaludin Mušović for the second time after the first season 1994–95, Luka Peruzović, Jorge Fossati, Ilie Balaci, Bora Milutinović, Émerson Leão, Cosmin Olăroiu, René Meulensteen, Co Adriaanse, and for the third time the Bosnian Mušović. On January 14, 2011 Al Sadd SC contracted with Jorge Fossati for the second time after the first in the 2006–07 season which was not successful, but in the second Fossati managed to lead him to win the 2011 AFC Champions League for the second time in its history after the first in 1988–89 to ensure a historic participation in the FIFA Club World Cup where they played against the giant FC Barcelona to occupy third place and guarantee a bronze medal, and at the end of the season after failing to win the 2011–12 Qatar Stars League and not guaranteeing participation in the AFC Champions League, Fossati officially left his post.

He was succeeded by Moroccan Hussein Ammouta where he spent more than three years during which Ammouta achieved four titles, His first test came in the 2012 Sheikh Jassem Cup. Al Sadd, playing most of their matches with their second team, achieved the runners-up position when they lost to Al Rayyan SC in the final. In the league, his team's form won the appraisal of many pundits, with them winning all of their first nine games, setting a new league record. Sadd were eventually held to a goalless draw by Al Kharaitiyat on 8 December 2012. Al-Sadd won the league on 13 April 2013, one match before the end of the league. It was the first Al-Sadd's championship since 2007. On 28 November 2015, Ferreira was named the head coach of Al Sadd SC, on a six-month deal with the option of a further year. Having won the 2018–19 Qatar Stars League with a game to play, he left the team in May and was replaced by Xavi. On 28 May 2019 it was announced that Xavi would take over as manager of Al Sadd on a two-year contract. Xavi helped the club reach the semi-finals of the AFC Champions League, where they were eliminated by Al-Hilal FC 6–5 on aggregate. In the league, the club finished third. In the 2019–20 season, Xavi led his team to win three domestic trophies, including the league and the Qatar Cup. In the 2020 AFC Champions League, Al Sadd reached the round of 16 but were eliminated 1–0 by Persepolis. During his 97 games in charge of Al Sadd, spanning two and a half years, he led the club to seven trophies. On 3 November 2021, Al Sadd drew 3–3 against Al-Duhail in his final game in-charge. Two days later Al Sadd announced Xavi's move to Barcelona after his release clause was paid.

Managerial history YearsMonthsManager1969Unknown Hamad Al Attiyah11969Unknown Said Musa11969–73Unknown Unknown1973–74Unknown Said Musa11974Unknown Abdulla Balash1974–77Unknown Hassan Othman1977–79Unknown Unknown1979–82Unknown José Faria1982Unknown Hassan Othman1982–83Unknown Jimmy Meadows1983–84Unknown Pepe1984–85Unknown Hassan Othman1985–87Unknown Procópio Cardoso1987–88Unknown Ahmed Omar1988–89Unknown José Carbone1989Unknown Obeid Jumaa1989Unknown José Carbone1989–90Unknown Cabralzinho1990–91Unknown Silas1991–92Unknown Obeid Jumaa1993Unknown Sebastião Lapola1993–94Unknown Ahmed Omar1994Unknown Flamarion Nunes1994–95Unknown Džemaludin Mušović1995Unknown Khalifa Khamis1995–96Unknown Sebastião Rocha YearsMonthsManager1996–97Unknown Ahmed Omar1997Unknown Abdelkadir Bomir1997Unknown Evaristo de Macedo1997Unknown Zé Mário1997–98Unknown Rabah Madjer1998–99Unknown Abdelkadir Bomir1999Unknown Luiz Gonzaga21999Unknown Evaristo de Macedo1999Unknown Adnan Dirjal1999–00Unknown Procópio Cardoso2000Unknown Džemaludin Mušović2000–01July – Oct René Meulensteen2001–02Oct – Oct Ilie Balaci2002–04Oct – May Luka Peruzović2004–05May – Oct Bora Milutinović2005–06Oct – May Mohammed Al Ammari2006–07May – Aug Jorge Fossati2007–08Aug – Jan Co Adriaanse2008Feb – June Hassan Hormutallah2008June – Nov Émerson Leão2008–09Nov – June Džemaludin Mušović2009–10June – Dec Cosmin Olăroiu2010–12Dec – May Jorge Fossati2012–15June – Nov Hussein Amotta2015–19Nov – May Jesualdo Ferreira2019–21May – Nov Xavi2021–Nov – Javi Gracia

Notes Note 1 denotes player–manager role. Note 2 denotes caretaker role.

List of managers Information correct as of 27 April 2025. Only competitive matches are counted.

+Key* Caretaker manager

NameFromToMatchesWonDrawnLostWin% René Meulensteen Ilie Balaci Luka Peruzović Bora Milutinović 2004 2005 Mohammed Al Ammari October 2005 May 2006 Jorge Fossati 22 December 2005 June 2007 Co Adriaanse 27 August 2007 28 January 2008 Hassan Hormutallah Émerson Leão 15 July 2008 25 November 2008 Džemaludin Mušović Cosmin Olăroiu 17 April 2009 23 December 2010 Jorge Fossati 14 January 2011 May 201244201410 Hussein Amotta 1 June 2012 21 November 2015152873530 Jesualdo Ferreira 24 November 2015 20 May 2019129802623 Xavi 28 May 2019 5 November 2021102671718 Javi Gracia 8 December 2021 18 June 2022221624 Juan Manuel Lillo 18 June 2022 8 May 20233220210 Bruno Pinheiro 13 July 2023 16 November 202315933 Wesam Rizik 25 November 2023 24 May 2024211443 Félix Sánchez 23 July 2024 Present332157 Present

Trophies #NameQSLEQCCPCSJCACLACC Total1 Jorge Fossati 1 1 2 1 1 - 6 Xavi 1 2 2 1 - - 6 Hassan Othman 1 4 - 1 - - 64 Hussein Ammouta 1 2 - 1 - - 4 Procópio Cardoso 2 1 - 1 - - 4 Ahmed Omar 1 2 - 1 - - 4 Jesualdo Ferreira 1 1 1 1 - - 48 José Faria 2 - - 1 - - 3 Luka Peruzović 1 1 1 - - - 310 Ilie Balaci - 1 - - - 1 2 José Carbone 1 - - - 1 - 2 Džemaludin Mušović 1 1 - - - - 2 Wesam Rizik 1 1 - - - - 214 Cleyton Silas - 1 - - - - 1 René Meulensteen - 1 - - - - 1 Bora Milutinović - 1 - - - - 1 Hassan Hormutallah - - 1 - - - 1 Abdelkadir Bomir - - 1 - - - 1 Bold = current manager

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