[5] To continue his dominance in the Qatar Stars League for two more times, in the middle of it a championship for Al Sadd in the 2012–13 season, surpassing him.

On April 21, 2012, Mamadou Niang scored the first hat-trick in the history of the confrontations between the two clubs in the semi-finals of the Crown Prince Cup.

[8][9] On February 8, 2019, Korean Nam Tae-hee moved from Al-Duhail to Al Sadd in the first transfer deal between the two clubs, though two years later he returned to his team.

[12] In the 2019 AFC Champions League, the two teams met in the Round of 16 and this time Al Sadd qualified with 4–2 on aggregate and was then eliminated in the semi-final against Al-Hilal.

Under the leadership of Xavi, Al Sadd won the Qatar Stars League title for the 2020–21 season unbeaten for the 15th time in its history.