The team lost its match in the opening round of the group stage of the AFC Champions League against Al-Taawon with two goals against a goal. The match was held at the King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Sports City in Buraidah at 11:15 PM this evening. 

Edmilson began scoring in the 8th minute of the match with a shot from inside the penalty area, but Al-Taawoun managed to return to the match quickly through their  professional player Tuampa in the 11th minute, which is what the first half of the match ended on. In the second half, Al Duhail continued to dominate the match and launched more than one attack that was lost due to lack of focus, the most prominent of which was by Al Moez, who was alone with the goalkeeper, but he shot the ball far from the goal.Al-Taawoun managed to score the second goal in the 86th minute from a counter-attack by Alvardo with a shot from inside the penalty area.

Match card:
Time: Thursday, April 7, 2022
Place: King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Sports City.
Match: The first round of the group stage of the AFC Champions League.
Teams: Al Duhail – Saudi Al-Taawun.
First half: 1 – 1
Match result: 2-1 in favor of Al-Taawon.
Goals: Edmilson da Silva (8′), Toamba (11′)
Warnings: Bassam Al-Rawi
Expulsions: none.
The squad: Salah Zakaria, Ahmed Alaa, Bassam Al-Rawi, Toby Alderfield, Sultan Al-Buraik, Ferjani Sassi, Karim Boudiaf (Abdullah Al-Ahraq), Nam Tae Hee, Abdel-Rahman Mohamed (Rashid Al-Abdullah), Edmilson da Silva (Ismail Mohamed),  Almoez Ali.
Substitutes: Shihab Al-Laithi, Muhammad Musa, Muhammad Al-Nuaimi, Louise Martin, Ismail Muhammad, Asim Madbo, Ali Afif, Abdullah Al-Ahraq, Rashid Al-Abdullah, Mubarak Shanan.