# 2019–20 Abha Club season

The 2019–20 season was Abha's first season back in the Pro League after winning the MS League the previous season. This was their 3rd non-consecutive season in the Pro League and their 54th season in existence. The club participated in the Pro League and the King Cup.
The season ran from 1 July 2019 to September 2020.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 11 February 2020
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | KSA | Mohammed Al-Hassawi |
| 3 | MF | KSA | Musab Habkor |
| 4 | DF | KSA | Khaled Al-Khathlan |
| 5 | MF | KSA | Ahmed Al-Najei |
| 6 | DF | KSA | Karam Barnawi |
| 7 | MF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Qahtani (on loan from Al-Faisaly) |
| 12 | GK | MAR | Abdelali Mhamdi |
| 14 | FW | KSA | Saleh Al Abbas (on loan from Al-Nassr) |
| 15 | MF | KSA | Ammar Al-Najjar |
| 17 | MF | KSA | Abdullah Qaisi |
| 18 | MF | TUN | Saad Bguir |
| 19 | DF | MAR | Amine Atouchi |
| 22 | FW | TUN | Firas Chaouat (on loan from CS Sfaxien) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 25 | MF | ALG | Salim Boukhanchouche (on loan from ES Sahel) |
| 29 | MF | TUN | Karim Aouadhi (captain) |
| 31 | DF | KSA | Sari Amr |
| 32 | DF | KSA | Omar Al-Muziel (on loan from Al-Fayha) |
| 33 | GK | KSA | Mansor Joher |
| 45 | MF | KSA | Hassan Al-Qeed (on loan from Al-Shabab) |
| 50 | DF | KSA | Osama Aashor |
| 55 | MF | KSA | Abdulaziz Al-Jamaan |
| 70 | FW | JOR | Muath Afaneh |
| 77 | DF | KSA | Ahmed Al-Habib |
| 88 | DF | KSA | Nader Al-Sharari |
| 90 | MF | KSA | Jehad Al-Zowayed |
| 91 | DF | ALG | Mehdi Tahrat |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 11 | MF | KSA | Abdullah Nasser (at Al-Nojoom until 30 June 2020) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 24 | DF | KSA | Hazaa Assiri (at Ohod until 30 June 2020) |

## Transfers and loans
### Transfers in

| Entry date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
| 2 June 2019 | MF | 18 | Saad Bguir | ES Tunis | Free |
| 8 June 2019 | MF | 42 | Reuben Gabriel | Najran | Free |
| 10 June 2019 | DF | 50 | Osama Aashor | Ohod | Free |
| 16 June 2019 | DF | 89 | Fahad Al-Johani | Al-Tai | Free |
| 20 June 2019 | GK | 12 | Abdelali Mhamdi | RS Berkane | Free |
| 6 July 2019 | MF | 66 | Sultan Al-Sherif | Al-Washm | Free |
| 9 July 2019 | DF | 4 | Khaled Al-Khathlan | Al-Qaisumah | Free |
| 13 July 2019 | MF | 15 | Ammar Al-Najjar | Al-Ittihad | Free |
| 20 July 2019 | DF | 77 | Ahmed Al-Habib | Al-Ettifaq | Free |
| 27 July 2019 | MF | 29 | Karim Aouadhi | ES Sahel | Undisclosed |
| 29 July 2019 | GK | 33 | Mansor Joher | Al-Shoulla | Free |
| 30 July 2019 | DF | 91 | Mehdi Tahrat | RC Lens | $1,650,000 |
| 6 August 2019 | DF | 19 | Amine Atouchi | Al-Dhafra | Undisclosed |
| 7 August 2019 | DF | 23 | Adnan Fallatah | Al-Qadsiah | Free |
| 20 August 2019 | FW | 9 | Faneva Andriatsima | Clermont Foot | Free |
| 11 January 2020 | FW | 70 | Muath Afaneh | Al-Orobah | Free |
| 30 January 2020 | DF | 31 | Sari Amr | Al-Wehda | Free |
| 31 January 2020 | MF | 55 | Abdulaziz Al-Jamaan | Al-Jabalain | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2020 | DF | 88 | Nader Al-Sharari | Al-Orobah | Undisclosed |
| 1 February 2020 | MF | 90 | Jehad Al-Zowayed | Al-Bukayriyah | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
| 7 July 2019 | 2 September 2019 | GK | 1 | Saleh Al Ohaymid | Al-Nassr | None |
| 23 August 2019 | End of season | FW | 14 | Saleh Al Abbas | Al-Nassr | None |
| 2 January 2020 | End of season | MF | 11 | Abdullah Al-Qahtani | Al-Faisaly | None |
| 28 January 2020 | End of season | DF | 32 | Omar Al-Muziel | Al-Fayha | None |
| 28 January 2020 | End of season | MF | 45 | Hassan Al-Qeed | Al-Shabab | None |
| 1 February 2020 | End of season | FW | 22 | Firas Chaouat | CS Sfaxien | None |
| 2 February 2020 | End of season | MF | 25 | Salim Boukhanchouche | ES Sahel | None |

### Transfers out

| Exit date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 27 May 2019 | MF | 28 | Houssem Tabboubi | Hetten | Free |
| 7 June 2019 | DF | 15 | Mohamed Houssem | Al-Kawkab | Free |
| 7 June 2019 | DF | 21 | Mohammed Khanfir | Al-Kawkab | Free |
| 25 June 2019 | GK | 1 | Marouane Fakhr | Al-Ansar | Free |
| 29 June 2019 | MF | 14 | Nawaf Al-Shwier | Al-Nahda | Free |
| 4 July 2019 | MF | 18 | Abdullah Al-Enezi | Al-Nahda | Free |
| 13 July 2019 | FW | 11 | Mohammed Rawaf | Al-Shoulla | Free |
| 16 July 2019 | DF | 17 | Ahmed Al-Sulami | Jeddah | Free |
| 23 July 2019 | DF | 16 | Mohamed Bukhari | Al-Jandal | Free |
| 28 July 2019 | MF | 7 | Omar Al-Sohaymi | Al-Tai | Free |
| 30 July 2019 | DF | 25 | Mansor Assiri | Najran | Free |
| 6 August 2019 | FW | 9 | Ousmane Barry | Al-Bukayriyah | Free |
| 24 December 2019 | MF | 10 | Khaled Al-Zylaeei | Al-Ain | Free |
| 9 January 2020 | MF | 27 | Ahmed Mostafa | Al-Adalah | Free |
| 15 January 2020 | DF | 89 | Fahad Al-Johani | Al-Tai | Free |
| 22 January 2020 | MF | 66 | Sultan Al-Sherif | | Released |
| 31 January 2020 | DF | 4 | Khaled Al-Khathlan | Al-Raed | Undisclosed |
| 1 February 2020 | MF | 8 | Sumayhan Al-Nabit | Al-Taawoun | $533,000 |
| 11 February 2020 | FW | 9 | Faneva Andriatsima | Al-Fayha | Free |
| 13 February 2020 | DF | 23 | Adnan Fallatah | | Released |

### Loans out

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee | Ref. |
| 5 January 2020 | End of season | DF | 24 | Hazaa Assiri | Ohod | None | |
| 13 January 2020 | End of season | MF | 11 | Abdullah Nasser | Al-Nojoom | None | |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Professional League | 23 August 2019 | 9 September 2020 | Matchday 1 | 9th | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 41 | 52 | −11 | 036.67 |
| King Cup | 5 November 2019 | 27 October 2020 | Round of 64 | Semi-finals | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 075.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 46 | 54 | −8 | 041.18 |
Last updated: 27 October 2020 Source: Soccerway

### Saudi Professional League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 7 | Al-Shabab | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 38 | 37 | +1 | 43 |
| 8 | Al-Ettifaq | 30 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 46 | 38 | +8 | 42 |
| 9 | Abha | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 41 | 52 | −11 | 38 |
| 10 | Damac | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 37 | 52 | −15 | 35 |
| 11 | Al-Ittihad | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 42 | 41 | +1 | 35 |
* 1 2 Positions determined by head-to-head points: Damac: 9 pts; Al-Ittihad: 6 pts; Al-Taawoun: 3 pts.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 9 September 2020. Source: Saudi Pro League

#### Result round by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Ground | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | D | L | W | L | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | W | W | W | L | L | L | D | D | W | L |
| Position | 13 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |

#### Matches

The Professional League schedule was announced on 21 July 2019.
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Matches from 7 March and onwards will be played behind closed doors due to concerns over the coronavirus outbreak.

### King Cup
## Statistics
### Appearances

    Last updated on 9 September 2020.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Pro League | Pro League | King Cup | King Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | KSA | Mohammed Al-Hassawi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | MAR | Abdelali Mhamdi | 33 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | KSA | Mansor Joher | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 4 | DF | KSA | Khaled Al-Khathlan | 29 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | KSA | Karam Barnawi | 25 | 0 | 21+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | MAR | Amine Atouchi | 32 | 3 | 29 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | KSA | Sari Amr | 5 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | KSA | Omar Al-Muziel | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | DF | KSA | Osama Aashor | 11 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | KSA | Ahmed Al-Habib | 9 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 88 | DF | KSA | Nader Al-Sharari | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | DF | ALG | Mehdi Tahrat | 29 | 2 | 25 | 2 | 3+1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 3 | MF | KSA | Musab Habkor | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | KSA | Ahmed Al-Najei | 20 | 1 | 9+8 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Qahtani | 13 | 1 | 5+7 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | KSA | Ammar Al-Najjar | 28 | 3 | 18+7 | 3 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | KSA | Tarek Al-Shahrani | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | KSA | Abdullah Qaisi | 11 | 0 | 4+5 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | TUN | Saad Bguir | 31 | 12 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 1 |
| 25 | MF | ALG | Salim Boukhanchouche | 6 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | TUN | Karim Aouadhi | 31 | 4 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 45 | MF | KSA | Hassan Al-Qeed | 11 | 2 | 10+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | MF | KSA | Abdulaziz Al-Jamaan | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | MF | KSA | Jehad Al-Zowayed | 6 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 14 | FW | KSA | Saleh Al Abbas | 26 | 5 | 13+10 | 4 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 22 | FW | TUN | Firas Chaouat | 13 | 1 | 7+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | FW | JOR | Muath Afaneh | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players sent out on loan this season ||||||||||
| 11 | MF | KSA | Abdullah Nasser | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | KSA | Hazaa Assiri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Player who made an appearance this season but have left the club ||||||||||
| 8 | MF | KSA | Sumayhan Al-Nabit | 17 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | MAD | Faneva Imà Andriatsima | 15 | 7 | 10+1 | 5 | 3+1 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | KSA | Khaled Al-Zylaeei | 5 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | KSA | Adnan Fallatah | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | EGY | Ahmed Mostafa | 6 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | NGA | Reuben Gabriel | 20 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 66 | MF | KSA | Sultan Al-Sherif | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 89 | DF | KSA | Fahad Al-Johani | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 18 | MF | | Saad Bguir | 11 | 1 | 12 |
| 2 | 9 | FW | | Faneva Imà Andriatsima | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 14 | FW | | Saleh Al Abbas | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | 29 | MF | | Karim Aouadhi | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 15 | MF | | Ammar Al-Najjar | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 19 | DF | | Amine Atouchi | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 45 | MF | | Hassan Al-Qeed | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 91 | DF | | Mehdi Tahrat | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 5 | MF | | Ahmed Al-Najei | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | 7 | MF | | Abdullah Al-Qahtani | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 8 | MF | | Sumayhan Al-Nabit | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 22 | FW | | Firas Chaouat | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 42 | MF | | Reuben Gabriel | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 41 | 5 | 46 |
Last Updated: 9 September 2020

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 12 | GK | | Abdelali Mhamdi | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 3 | 2 | 5 |
Last Updated: 11 March 2020