Al-Sadd set to begin camp ahead of QSL restart

The Al-Sadd first team squad is all set to begin a closed camp at the Ritz Carlton hotel from tomorrow onwards, as part of the preparations for the resumption of the 2019-20 QNB Stars League.

15 players have been named in the squad for the camp: Jehad Mohammed, Yousuf Abdullah, Abdulaziz Al-Ansari, Yasir Abubakar, Baghdad Bounedjah, Nam Tae-hee, Hashim Ali, Hamid Ismail, Jung Woo-young, Marco Fabian, Ayoub Mashhoor, Rami Suhail, Hussam Kamal, Ahmed Sayyar, Mustafa Tarek Meshal.

The players, technical staff and team officials earlier underwent COVID-19 tests on Saturday, ahead of the start of the camp.

Nine players are absent from the squad due to national team commitments. Saad Al-Dosari, Meshaal Barsham, Abdulkarim Hassan, Tarek Salman, Pedro Miguel, Khoukhi Boualem, Akram Afif, Mohammed Waad and Hassan Al-Haydos have been called up to the Qatar national team training camp.

In addition to the nine Qatari internationals, midifielders Salem Al-Hajri and Ali Asad are also unavailable as they are currently recovering from Achilles injuries.

According to the schedule announced by the QSL for the remaining five rounds of the 2019-20 season, Al-Sadd will return to action with their Round 18 game against Al-Khor, which will be played on Friday, 24 July at the Jassim bin Hamad Stadium.

Al-Sadd are the defending QSL champions and currently sit in third place in the league table with 32 points.