Coached by Jesualdo Ferreira, Al Sadd players participated in fitness drills and featured in set-piece action during the first session held at Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium.

Club officials Turki Al Ali, General Manager, Mohamed Ghanem Al Ali, Head of Football, and Mohammed Ghulam Al Balooshi, Sports Director, were also present to watch the players in action.

The training session was attended by a large number of non-international players who will continue training on a daily basis until July 12. 

Al Sadd will have their pre-season tracing camp in Bad Haring in Austria until July 28.

In Austria, Ferreira's side is scheduled to play friendlies on July 19, 23 and 27 before returning to Doha for the start of the new QNB Stars League season.

Al Sadd's Saad Al Dosari, Meshaal Barshim, Ibrahim Majid, Pedro Miguel, Abdel Karim Hasan, Salim Al Hajri, Boualem Khokhi, Hassan Al-Haydos, Akram Afif and Ali Asad will be away from the camp as they are part of the Qatar national team training.

The new QNB Stars League season starts on August 4.