Al Sadd Football Club announced their new Head Coach Jesualdo Ferreira at a press conference held yesterday at the clubs headquarters in Al Sadd.

Jesualdo Ferreira expressed his pride in becoming the manager of Al Sadd, one of the biggest clubs in Qatar and Asia with achievements both at domestic and continental level.

Speaking at the press conference the new Head Coach of Al Sadd, said, “I am happy to arrive in Doha for my first experience in the Gulf region and I hope I will be successful in getting good results." He also expressed his thanks to all those who attended and welcomed him.

Ferreira went on to add, "Coaching Al Sadd is a new challenge for me, one that I hope I can lead the club to its true place, where it competes on the podium again. My goal is to continue the trophy haul. I hope everyone at the club cooperates in that regard."

He also said that he had arrived in Doha four days ago and is keen to lead in the team in the remaining league matches. He hoped that he can also have some luck in the domestic cups, in addition to the AFC Champions League.

As for his evaluation of the team, Ferreira said, "I cannot evaluate the team especially as it was under another coach. But I know that Al Sadd has young players with great abilities and also excellent foreign players too. I also know that we are a big team like Lekhwiya who are the defending league champions." 

He pointed out that he will try to work with the players to win all matches. He went on to express his hope that his stay at the Al Sadd will be a long and fruitful one, something which does not come without the cooperation of everyone at the club.

As for his knowledge of the Qatar Stars League, Ferreira said that he followed the QSL two years ago when his former player at FC Porto Lucho Gonzalez was playing for Al Rayyan. 

Ferreira said, "Al Sadd is a big club and they have good players. We will not look to change anything in the upcoming period or to get new players until we know all the players well enough.”

Ferreira is a coach with an illustrious history stretching back over thirty years.