# 2021–22 Abha Club season

The 2021–22 season was Abha's fifth non-consecutive season in the Pro League and their 56th season in existence. The club participated in the Pro League and the King Cup.
The season covered the period from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 1 February 2022
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 | Abdullah Al-Shammeri |
| 2 | DF | TUN | Bilel Ifa |
| 3 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Zori |
| 6 | DF | KSA | Karam Barnawi (captain) |
| 7 | MF | KSA | Saleh Al-Amri |
| 8 | MF | SRB | Uroš Matić |
| 9 | FW | SUR | Mitchell te Vrede |
| 10 | MF | TUN | Saad Bguir |
| 11 | MF | KSA | Jehad Al-Zowayed |
| 12 | GK | MAR | Abdelali Mhamdi |
| 13 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Kunaydiri |
| 14 | MF | KSA | Fahad Al-Jumayah |
| 15 | MF | KSA | Mutair Al-Zahrani |
| 17 | MF | ALG | Tayeb Meziani |
| 18 | MF | KSA | Nawaf Al-Sadi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | DF | MAR | Amine Atouchi |
| 23 | MF | KSA | Abdulrahman Al-Barakah |
| 29 | MF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Qahtani (on loan from Al-Faisaly) |
| 31 | DF | KSA | Sari Amr |
| 33 | GK | KSA | Mansour Jawhar |
| 34 | GK | KSA | Ali Al-Mazidi |
| 39 | DF | KSA | Saeed Al Hamsal |
| 45 | MF | KSA | Hassan Al-Qayd |
| 70 | FW | JOR | Muath Afaneh |
| 77 | DF | KSA | Ahmed Al-Habib |
| 80 | MF | KSA | Tariq Al-Shahrani |
| 89 | MF | KSA | Riyadh Sharahili |
| 90 | FW | KSA | Omar Al-Ruwaili |
| 98 | DF | KSA | Muhannad Al-Qaydhi |

### 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 |
| 16 | MF | KSA | Musab Habkor (at Al-Kawkab until 30 June 2022) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 99 | MF | CGO | Prestige Mboungou (at Metalac until 30 June 2022) |

## Transfers and loans
### Transfers in

| Entry date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
| 30 June 2021 | GK | 33 | Mansour Jawhar | Al-Fayha | End of loan |
| 30 June 2021 | MF | 11 | Jehad Al-Zowayed | Al-Hazem | End of loan |
| 30 June 2021 | MF | 16 | Musab Habkor | Najran | End of loan |
| 30 June 2021 | MF | – | Abdullah Nasser | Al-Nojoom | End of loan |
| 1 July 2021 | MF | 15 | Mutair Al-Zahrani | Al-Taawoun | Free |
| 4 July 2021 | DF | 13 | Mohammed Al-Kunaydiri | Al-Hilal | Free |
| 13 July 2021 | MF | 14 | Fahad Al-Jumayah | Al-Nassr | $800,000 |
| 26 July 2021 | MF | 8 | Uroš Matić | Qarabağ | Free |
| 6 August 2021 | MF | 99 | Prestige Mboungou | Metalac | $350,000 |
| 11 August 2021 | FW | 9 | Mitchell te Vrede | Al-Fateh | Free |
| 14 August 2021 | DF | 5 | Dani Suárez | Asteras Tripolis | Free |
| 24 August 2021 | MF | 45 | Hassan Al-Qayd | Al-Shabab | Free |
| 11 January 2022 | MF | 17 | Tayeb Meziani | ES Sahel | $700,000 |
| 12 January 2022 | DF | 2 | Bilel Ifa | Club Africain | $800,000 |
| 28 January 2022 | DF | 3 | Abdullah Al-Zori | Al-Shabab | Free |

### Loans in

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee | Ref. |
| 31 August 2021 | End of season | MF | 29 | Abdullah Al-Qahtani | Al-Faisaly | None | |

### Transfers out

| Exit date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 30 June 2021 | DF | 13 | Ali Meadi | Al-Faisaly | End of loan |
| 30 June 2021 | MF | 10 | Abdullah Al-Qahtani | Al-Faisaly | End of loan |
| 30 June 2021 | MF | 14 | Fahad Al-Jumayah | Al-Nassr | End of loan |
| 30 June 2021 | MF | 16 | Saud Zidan | Al-Nassr | End of loan |
| 30 June 2021 | MF | 20 | Thaar Al-Otaibi | Al-Hilal | End of loan |
| 30 June 2021 | FW | 99 | Carlos Strandberg | Al-Hazem | End of loan |
| 1 July 2021 | DF | 88 | Nader Al-Sharari | Al-Shabab | Free |
| 25 July 2021 | MF | 32 | Benjamin Tatar | Al-Qadsia | Free |
| 15 August 2021 | DF | 91 | Mehdi Tahrat | Al-Gharafa | Free |
| 22 August 2021 | GK | – | Nawaf Al-Mathami | Jarash | Free |
| 22 August 2021 | DF | – | Abdulrahman Al Medwah | Jarash | Free |
| 13 September 2021 | MF | 29 | Karim Aouadhi | Stade Tunisien | Free |
| 11 February 2022 | MF | – | Mohammed Al-Qahtani | Olympiacos B | Free |

### Loans out

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee | Ref. |
| 27 August 2021 | End of season | MF | 16 | Musab Habkor | Al-Kawkab | None | |
| 31 January 2022 | End of season | MF | 99 | Prestige Mboungou | Metalac | None | |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Pro League | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 27 | 43 | −16 | 030.00 |
| King Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 000.00 |
| Total | 31 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 27 | 47 | −20 | 029.03 |
Updated to match played 27 June 2022 Source: Competitions

### Pro League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 7 | Al-Raed | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 35 | 45 | −10 | 36 | |
| 8 | Al-Fateh | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 45 | 41 | +4 | 35 | |
| 9 | Abha | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 27 | 43 | −16 | 35 | |
| 10 | Al-Fayha | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 21 | 24 | −3 | 35 | Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage |
| 11 | Al-Ettifaq | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 40 | 47 | −7 | 34 | |
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head points: Al-Fateh 5, Abha 5, Al-Fayha 4. Head-to-head goal difference: Al-Fateh +1, Abha –1.
* ↑ Al-Fayha qualified for the AFC Champions League play-off round as 2021–22 King Cup winners.
* ↑ Head-to-head points: Al-Ettifaq 3, Al-Taawoun 3. Head-to-head goal difference: Al-Ettifaq +2, Al-Taawoun –2.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 27 June 2022. Source: spl.com.sa

#### Results 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 | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | D | L | L | L | L | W | W | L | L | W | D | D | W | D | W | W | L | W | L | L | W | L | D | D | D | L | D | L |
| Position | 3 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 9 |

#### Matches

All times are local, AST (UTC+3).
Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### King Cup

All times are local, AST (UTC+3).

## Statistics
### Appearances

    Last updated on 27 June 2022.
| 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 | Abdullah Al-Shammeri | 7 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | MAR | Abdelali Mhamdi | 25 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | KSA | Mansour Jawhar | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | GK | KSA | Ali Al-Mazyadi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | TUN | Bilel Ifa | 11 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Zori | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | KSA | Karam Barnawi | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Kunaydiri | 19 | 0 | 10+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | MAR | Amine Atouchi | 26 | 2 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | KSA | Sari Amr | 24 | 1 | 20+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | KSA | Saeed Al Hamsal | 20 | 0 | 17+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | KSA | Ahmed Al-Habib | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | DF | KSA | Muhannad Al-Qaydhi | 16 | 0 | 14+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 7 | MF | KSA | Saleh Al-Amri | 30 | 1 | 26+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SRB | Uroš Matić | 29 | 3 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | TUN | Saad Bguir | 28 | 7 | 26+1 | 7 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | KSA | Jehad Al-Zowayed | 11 | 0 | 5+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | KSA | Fahad Al-Jumayah | 20 | 3 | 18+2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | KSA | Mutair Al-Zahrani | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ALG | Tayeb Meziani | 8 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | KSA | Nawaf Al-Sadi | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | KSA | Abdulrahman Al-Barakah | 15 | 0 | 12+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Qahtani | 10 | 0 | 0+10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | MF | KSA | Hassan Al-Qayd | 10 | 1 | 3+7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | MF | KSA | Tariq Al-Shahrani | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 89 | MF | KSA | Riyadh Sharahili | 25 | 2 | 21+3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | SUR | Mitchell te Vrede | 29 | 5 | 20+8 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 70 | FW | JOR | Muath Afaneh | 11 | 0 | 4+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 90 | FW | KSA | Omar Al-Ruwaili | 9 | 0 | 0+8 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players sent out on loan this season ||||||||||
| 16 | MF | KSA | Musab Habkor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | MF | CGO | Prestige Mboungou | 16 | 0 | 13+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Player who made an appearance this season but have left the club ||||||||||
| 5 | DF | ESP | Dani Suárez | 13 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 10 | MF | | Saad Bguir | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | 9 | FW | | Mitchell te Vrede | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | 8 | MF | | Uroš Matić | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 14 | MF | | Fahad Al-Jumayah | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 19 | DF | | Amine Atouchi | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 89 | MF | | Riyadh Sharahili | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 2 | DF | | Bilel Ifa | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 7 | MF | | Saleh Al-Amri | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 31 | DF | | Sari Amr | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 45 | MF | | Hassan Al-Qayd | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 27 | 0 | 27 |
Last Updated: 22 May 2022

### Assists

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 7 | MF | | Saleh Al-Amri | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | 10 | MF | | Saad Bguir | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 13 | DF | | Mohammed Al-Kunaydiri | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 8 | MF | | Uroš Matić | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 9 | FW | | Mitchell te Vrede | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 11 | MF | | Jehad Al-Zowayed | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 23 | MF | | Abdulrahman Al-Barakah | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 31 | DF | | Sari Amr | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 39 | DF | | Saeed Al Hamsal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 99 | MF | | Prestige Mboungou | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 18 | 0 | 18 |
Last Updated: 4 March 2022

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 12 | GK | | Abdelali Mhamdi | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | GK | | Abdullah Al-Shammeri | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 8 | 0 | 8 |
Last Updated: 23 June 2022