Al Shamal lost 1-3 to Umm Salal in the first round of the 2025-26 QSL Cup at Stadium 974 on Wednesday.

Al Shamal's Mohamed Mussa mistakenly turned the ball into his own net in the 20th minute to secure Umm Salal's opening goal.

Al Shamal were reduced to ten men in the 63rd minute for a red card offence which Umm Salal took advantage of to increase their lead in the 69th minute through Abulrahmman Fayez Al-Rashidi, assisted by Rami Suhail Ali.

Al Shamal pulled one back on the stroke of regulation time through Omar Ali, but Khaled Mansour restored Umm Salal's two-goal lead in three minutes of added time to extinguish any hope of a comeback for Al Shamal.