Al Sadd take on Al Kharaitiyat in the season’s opening match for both teams. The match will take place at the Al Sadd stadium this Friday as both teams will be looking get the three points.
 
Al Sadd ended last season in third place and secured their spot in the AFC champions league. The Wolves will be hunting for the top spot a trophyless season last term.
 
Jesualdo Ferreira, the head coach of Al Sadd, wants his team to get back to winning silverware as their fans are used to, “Every year we go into every competition aiming to win it. However, in the last few years we have failed to win the league and we hope this year we can change that.”
 
Speaking about the pre season preparations Ferreira added, “We had a summer training camp in Austria and we have been training very hard in Doha as well. Most of my players were with the Qatar national team. I am happy that they are back training with us”
 
“We don’t know a lot about Kharaitiyat this season because they got new players but my players are excited to play because they haven’t played a competitive match in two months,” added the Portuguese head coach.