# 2022–23 Abha Club season

The 2022–23 season was Abha's sixth non-consecutive season in the Pro League and their 57th season in existence. The club participated in the Pro League and the King Cup.
The season covered the period from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 1 February 2023
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 |
| 3 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Zori (captain) |
| 4 | DF | IRQ | Saad Natiq |
| 6 | MF | KSA | Abdulrahman Al-Barakah |
| 7 | MF | KSA | Saleh Al-Amri |
| 8 | MF | SRB | Uroš Matić |
| 9 | FW | KSA | Abdulfattah Adam (on loan from Al-Nassr) |
| 10 | MF | TUN | Saad Bguir |
| 12 | GK | KSA | Abdulrahman Al-Bouq |
| 13 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Kunaydiri |
| 14 | MF | KSA | Fahad Al-Jumayah |
| 15 | MF | KSA | Mutair Al-Zahrani |
| 16 | GK | CMR | Devis Epassy |
| 17 | MF | ALG | Tayeb Meziani |
| 18 | MF | KSA | Nawaf Al-Sadi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | DF | MAR | Amine Atouchi |
| 20 | FW | ECU | Felipe Caicedo |
| 21 | MF | KSA | Zakaria Sami |
| 23 | MF | KSA | Nasser Al-Omran |
| 26 | MF | KSA | Musab Habkor |
| 27 | MF | KSA | Hassan Al-Qayd |
| 31 | DF | KSA | Sari Amr |
| 32 | MF | KSA | Sulaiman Asiri |
| 33 | GK | KSA | Mansour Jawhar |
| 34 | MF | NED | Dries Saddiki |
| 39 | DF | KSA | Saeed Al Hamsal |
| 56 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Qahtani |
| 77 | DF | KSA | Ahmed Al-Habib |
| 86 | MF | KSA | Aseel Al-Harbi |
| 88 | MF | KSA | Saad Al-Selouli |

### 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 |
| 90 | FW | KSA | Omar Al-Ruwaili (at Al-Riyadh until 30 June 2023) |

## Transfers and loans
### Transfers in

| Entry date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
| 30 June 2022 | MF | 26 | Musab Habkor | Al-Kawkab | End of loan |
| 30 June 2022 | MF | 47 | Prestige Mboungou | Metalac Gornji Milanovac | End of loan |
| 3 July 2022 | MF | 21 | Zakaria Sami | Al-Batin | Free |
| 5 July 2022 | MF | 88 | Saad Al-Selouli | Al-Ettifaq | Free |
| 30 July 2022 | GK | – | Noam Baumann | Lugano | Free |
| 6 August 2022 | GK | 16 | Devis Epassy | OFI Crete | Free |
| 24 August 2022 | DF | 4 | Saad Natiq | Al-Batin | Free |
| 28 August 2022 | FW | 20 | Felipe Caicedo | Genoa | Free |
| 1 January 2023 | GK | 12 | Abdulrahman Al-Bouq | Al-Ansar | Free |
| 28 January 2023 | MF | 23 | Nasser Al-Omran | Al-Shabab | Undisclosed |
| 28 January 2023 | MF | 56 | Mohammed Al-Qahtani | Olympiacos B | Free |
| 6 February 2023 | MF | 34 | Dries Saddiki | Umm Salal | Free |
| 15 February 2023 | MF | 86 | Aseel Al-Harbi | Portimonense | Free |

### Loans in

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee | Ref. |
| 18 August 2022 | End of season | FW | 9 | Abdulfattah Adam | Al-Nassr | $266,000 | |
| 2 September 2022 | End of season | MF | 11 | Luís Miquissone | Al-Ahly | Undisclosed | |

### Transfers out

| Exit date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 30 June 2022 | MF | 29 | Abdullah Al-Qahtani | Al-Faisaly | End of loan |
| 27 July 2022 | FW | 70 | Muath Afaneh | Al-Salt | Free |
| 28 July 2022 | MF | – | Abdullah Nasser | Al-Bukiryah | Free |
| 30 July 2022 | FW | 9 | Mitchell te Vrede | Al-Dhafra | Free |
| 2 August 2022 | DF | 98 | Muhannad Al-Qaydhi | Al-Fayha | Free |
| 6 August 2022 | GK | – | Noam Baumann | | Released |
| 16 August 2022 | MF | 11 | Jehad Al-Zowayed | Al-Sahel | Free |
| 21 August 2022 | DF | 6 | Karam Barnawi | Al-Ain | Free |
| 25 August 2022 | GK | 12 | Abdelali Mhamdi | Maghreb de Fès | Free |
| 28 August 2022 | MF | 47 | Prestige Mboungou | Ajman | Undisclosed |
| 1 September 2022 | DF | 2 | Bilel Ifa | Kuwait | Free |
| 20 September 2022 | GK | 34 | Ali Al-Mazyadi | Al-Nahda | Free |
| 28 January 2023 | MF | 89 | Riyadh Sharahili | Al-Shabab | Undisclosed |

### Loans out

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee | Ref. |
| 16 January 2023 | End of season | FW | 90 | Omar Al-Ruwaili | Al-Riyadh | None | |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Pro League | 30 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 33 | 52 | −19 | 033.33 |
| King Cup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 050.00 |
| Total | 32 | 11 | 3 | 18 | 38 | 58 | −20 | 034.38 |
Updated to match played 31 May 2023 Source: Competitions

### Pro League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 10 | Al-Raed | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 41 | 49 | −8 | 34 | |
| 11 | Al-Fayha | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 31 | 43 | −12 | 33 | Qualified for the AFC Champions League group stage |
| 12 | Abha | 30 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 33 | 52 | −19 | 33 | |
| 13 | Al-Wehda | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 26 | 43 | −17 | 32 | |
| 14 | Al-Khaleej | 30 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 30 | 44 | −14 | 31 | |
* ↑ Al-Tai finished ahead of Al-Raed on head-to-head points: Al-Tai: 4 pts, Al-Raed: 1 pts (Al-Raed 0–2 Al-Tai, Al-Tai 2–2 Al-Raed).
* ↑ Al-Fayha qualified for the AFC Champions League group stage as the 2021–22 King Cup winners.
* 1 2 Al-Fayha finished ahead of Abha on head-to-head points: Al-Fayha: 4 pts, Abha: 1 pts (Abha 1–1 Al-Fayha, Al-Fayha 2–0 Abha).

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 31 May 2023. 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | L | D | L | L | W | W | W | W | L | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | L | D | L | D | W | L | W | L | W | L | L | L |
| Position | 6 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 12 |

#### 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 31 May 2023.
| 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 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | KSA | Abdulrahman Al-Bouq | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | CMR | Devis Epassy | 31 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | KSA | Mansour Jawhar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Zori | 23 | 2 | 21+1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | IRQ | Saad Natiq | 26 | 1 | 19+5 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Kunaydiri | 24 | 0 | 9+14 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | MAR | Amine Atouchi | 28 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | KSA | Sari Amr | 15 | 0 | 9+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | KSA | Saeed Al Hamsal | 18 | 0 | 14+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | KSA | Ahmed Al-Habib | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | KSA | Abdulrahman Al-Barakah | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | KSA | Saleh Al-Amri | 29 | 5 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SRB | Uroš Matić | 29 | 0 | 25+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | TUN | Saad Bguir | 30 | 9 | 25+3 | 8 | 2 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | KSA | Fahad Al-Jumayah | 26 | 0 | 20+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | KSA | Mutair Al-Zahrani | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ALG | Tayeb Meziani | 12 | 0 | 3+7 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | KSA | Nawaf Al-Sadi | 21 | 5 | 18+1 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | KSA | Zakaria Sami | 23 | 2 | 21+1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | KSA | Nasser Al-Omran | 7 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | KSA | Abdulrahman Al-Alwi | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | KSA | Musab Habkor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | KSA | Hassan Al-Qayd | 6 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | KSA | Sulaiman Asiri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | NED | Dries Saddiki | 16 | 0 | 11+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 48 | MF | KSA | Waleed Asiri | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Qahtani | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 86 | MF | KSA | Aseel Al-Harbi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | KSA | Saad Al-Selouli | 22 | 2 | 6+14 | 2 | 0+2 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | KSA | Abdulfattah Adam | 28 | 7 | 16+10 | 4 | 0+2 | 3 |
| 20 | FW | ECU | Felipe Caicedo | 24 | 3 | 15+8 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Players sent out on loan this season ||||||||||
| 90 | FW | KSA | Omar Al-Ruwaili | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Player who made an appearance this season but have left the club ||||||||||
| 11 | MF | MOZ | Luís Miquissone | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | MF | CGO | Prestige Mboungou | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 89 | MF | KSA | Riyadh Sharahili | 13 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 10 | MF | | Saad Bguir | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | 9 | FW | | Abdulfattah Adam | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | 7 | MF | | Saleh Al-Amri | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | 18 | MF | | Nawaf Al-Sadi | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | 20 | FW | | Felipe Caicedo | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | DF | | Abdullah Al-Zori | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 21 | MF | | Zakaria Sami | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 88 | MF | | Saad Al-Selouli | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 4 | DF | | Saad Natiq | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 19 | DF | | Amine Atouchi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 33 | 5 | 38 |
Last Updated: 31 May 2023

### Assists

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 7 | MF | | Saleh Al-Amri | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 1 | 10 | MF | | Saad Bguir | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | 8 | MF | | Uroš Matić | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 18 | MF | | Nawaf Al-Sadi | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 19 | DF | | Amine Atouchi | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 3 | DF | | Abdullah Al-Zori | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 9 | FW | | Abdulfattah Adam | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 13 | DF | | Mohammed Al-Kunaydiri | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 20 | 3 | 23 |
Last Updated: 31 May 2023

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 16 | GK | | Devis Epassy | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Last Updated: 2 May 2023