# 2020–21 Abha Club season

The 2020–21 season was Abha's fourth non-consecutive season in the Pro League and their 55th season in existence. The club participated in the Pro League and the King Cup.
The season covered the period from 22 September 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 1 February 2021
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 |
| 4 | DF | KSA | Muhannad Al-Qaydhi |
| 5 | MF | KSA | Abdulrahman Al-Barakah |
| 6 | DF | KSA | Karam Barnawi |
| 7 | MF | KSA | Saleh Al-Amri |
| 9 | FW | KSA | Omar Al-Ruwaili |
| 10 | MF | TUN | Saad Bguir |
| 12 | GK | MAR | Abdelali Mhamdi |
| 13 | DF | KSA | Ali Meadi (on loan from Al-Faisaly) |
| 14 | MF | KSA | Fahad Al-Jumayah (on loan from Al-Nassr) |
| 15 | MF | KSA | Ammar Al-Najjar |
| 16 | MF | KSA | Saud Zidan (on loan from Al-Nassr) |
| 18 | FW | KSA | Nawaf Al-Sadi |
| 19 | DF | MAR | Amine Atouchi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | KSA | Thaar Al-Otaibi (on loan from Al-Hilal) |
| 29 | MF | TUN | Karim Aouadhi (captain) |
| 31 | DF | KSA | Sari Amr |
| 32 | MF | BIH | Benjamin Tatar |
| 34 | GK | KSA | Ali Al-Mazidi |
| 39 | DF | KSA | Saeed Al Hamsal |
| 55 | MF | KSA | Abdulaziz Al-Jamaan |
| 70 | FW | JOR | Muath Afaneh |
| 77 | DF | KSA | Ahmed Al-Habib |
| 80 | MF | KSA | Tariq Al-Shahrani |
| 88 | DF | KSA | Nader Al-Sharari |
| 89 | MF | KSA | Riyadh Sharahili |
| 91 | DF | ALG | Mehdi Tahrat |
| 99 | FW | SWE | Carlos Strandberg (on loan from Al-Hazem) |

### 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 |
| 3 | MF | KSA | Musab Habkor (at Najran until 30 June 2021) |
| 33 | GK | KSA | Mansor Joher (at Al-Fayha until 30 June 2021) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 90 | MF | KSA | Jehad Al-Zowayed (at Al-Hazem until 30 June 2021) |
| — | MF | KSA | Abdullah Nasser (at Al-Nojoom until 30 June 2021) |

## Transfers and loans
### Transfers in

| Entry date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
| 22 September 2020 | GK | 1 | Abdullah Al-Shammeri | Al-Kawkab | Free |
| 22 September 2020 | GK | 34 | Ali Al-Mazidi | Al-Adalah | Free |
| 22 September 2020 | DF | 24 | Hazaa Asiri | Ohod | End of loan |
| 22 September 2020 | DF | 39 | Saeed Al Hamsal | Najran | Undisclosed |
| 22 September 2020 | MF | 89 | Riyadh Sharahili | Al-Adalah | Free |
| 22 September 2020 | MF | – | Abdullah Nasser | Al-Nojoom | End of loan |
| 28 September 2020 | MF | 7 | Saleh Al-Amri | Al-Ettifaq | Undisclosed |
| 1 October 2020 | DF | 4 | Muhannad Al-Qaydhi | Al-Raed | Free |
| 3 October 2020 | MF | 5 | Abdulrahman Al-Barakah | Al-Fayha | Free |
| 17 November 2020 | FW | 9 | Omar Al-Ruwaili | Al-Orobah | Undisclosed |
| 7 February 2021 | MF | 32 | Benjamin Tatar | Sarajevo | $300,000 |

### Loans in

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
| 28 September 2020 | End of season | DF | 13 | Ali Meadi | Al-Faisaly | None |
| 10 October 2020 | End of season | MF | 16 | Saud Zidan | Al-Nassr | None |
| 13 October 2020 | End of season | MF | 14 | Fahad Al-Jumeiah | Al-Nassr | None |
| 13 October 2020 | End of season | MF | 20 | Thaar Al-Otaibi | Al-Hilal | None |
| 14 October 2020 | 2 February 2021 | MF | 11 | Craig Goodwin | Al-Wehda | None |
| 18 October 2020 | End of season | FW | 99 | Carlos Strandberg | Al-Hazem | None |
| 27 January 2021 | End of season | MF | 10 | Abdullah Al-Qahtani | Al-Faisaly | None |

### Transfers out

| Exit date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 22 September 2020 | GK | 1 | Mohammed Al-Hassawi | Al-Faisaly | Free |
| 22 September 2020 | DF | 4 | Khaled Al-Khathlan | Al-Raed | Free |
| 22 September 2020 | DF | 32 | Omar Al-Muziel | Al-Fayha | End of loan |
| 22 September 2020 | MF | 5 | Ahmed Al-Najei | Al-Hazem | Free |
| 22 September 2020 | MF | 7 | Abdullah Al-Qahtani | Al-Faisaly | End of loan |
| 22 September 2020 | MF | 25 | Salim Boukhanchouche | ES Sahel | End of loan |
| 22 September 2020 | MF | 45 | Hassan Al-Qeed | Al-Shabab | End of loan |
| 22 September 2020 | FW | 14 | Saleh Al Abbas | Al-Nassr | End of loan |
| 22 September 2020 | FW | 22 | Firas Chaouat | CS Sfaxien | End of loan |
| 30 September 2020 | MF | 17 | Abdullah Qaisi | Damac | Free |
| 25 October 2020 | DF | 24 | Hazaa Asiri | Najran | Free |
| 7 January 2021 | DF | 50 | Osama Aashor | Ohod | Free |
| 2 February 2021 | MF | 55 | Abdulaziz Al-Jamaan | Al-Adalah | Free |
| 7 February 2021 | MF | 15 | Ammar Al-Najjar | Al-Shabab | $40,000 |

### Loans out

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 17 October 2020 | End of season | MF | 90 | Jehad Al-Zowayed | Al-Hazem | None |
| 18 October 2020 | End of season | GK | 33 | Mansor Joher | Al-Fayha | None |
| 19 October 2020 | End of season | MF | – | Abdullah Nasser | Al-Nojoom | None |
| 25 October 2020 | End of season | MF | 3 | Musab Habkor | Najran | 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 | 6 | 14 | 42 | 50 | −8 | 033.33 |
| King Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 000.00 |
| Total | 31 | 10 | 6 | 15 | 42 | 53 | −11 | 032.26 |
Updated to match played 30 May 2021 Source: Competitions

### Pro League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 11 | Damac | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 43 | 48 | −5 | 36 | |
| 12 | Al-Batin | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 43 | 55 | −12 | 36 | |
| 13 | Abha | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 42 | 50 | −8 | 36 | |
| 14 | Al-Qadsiah (R) | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 41 | 47 | −6 | 35 | Relegation to MS League |
| 15 | Al-Wehda (R) | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 40 | 60 | −20 | 32 | Relegation to MS League |
* 1 2 3 Positions determined by head-to-head points: Al-Faisaly: 16 pts; Al-Raed: 15 pts; Damac: 13 pts; Al-Batin: 12 pts; Abha: 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: 30 May 2021. 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 | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A |
| Result | L | D | W | L | L | W | W | D | L | L | W | W | W | L | D | L | W | L | L | L | D | W | L | L | W | W | L | L | D | D |
| Position | 14 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 13 |

#### 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 30 May 2021.
| 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | MAR | Abdelali Mhamdi | 31 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | GK | KSA | Ali Al-Mazidi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 4 | DF | KSA | Muhannad Al-Qaydhi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | KSA | Karam Barnawi | 19 | 0 | 14+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | KSA | Ali Meadi | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | MAR | Amine Atouchi | 24 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | KSA | Sari Amr | 25 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | KSA | Saeed Al Hamsal | 11 | 0 | 6+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | KSA | Ahmed Al-Habib | 5 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | DF | KSA | Nader Al-Sharari | 21 | 0 | 14+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 91 | DF | ALG | Mehdi Tahrat | 26 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 5 | MF | KSA | Abdulrahman Al-Barakah | 23 | 1 | 16+7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | KSA | Saleh Al-Amri | 31 | 4 | 30 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | KSA | Abdullah Al-Qahtani | 10 | 0 | 2+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | TUN | Saad Bguir | 24 | 8 | 21+2 | 8 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | KSA | Fahad Al-Jumeiah | 23 | 0 | 10+12 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | KSA | Saud Zidan | 11 | 0 | 6+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | KSA | Thaar Al-Otaibi | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | TUN | Karim Aouadhi | 24 | 3 | 22+1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | BIH | Benjamin Tatar | 10 | 1 | 6+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | MF | KSA | Tariq Al-Shahrani | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 89 | MF | KSA | Riyadh Sharahili | 26 | 4 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | KSA | Omar Al-Ruwaili | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | KSA | Nawaf Al-Sadi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | FW | JOR | Muath Afaneh | 8 | 2 | 3+5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | SWE | Carlos Strandberg | 29 | 16 | 28 | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| Player who made an appearance this season but have left the club ||||||||||
| 11 | MF | AUS | Craig Goodwin | 17 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | KSA | Ammar Al-Najjar | 9 | 0 | 0+8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 | MF | KSA | Abdulaziz Al-Jamaan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 99 | FW | | Carlos Strandberg | 16 | 0 | 16 |
| 2 | 10 | MF | | Saad Bguir | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | 7 | MF | | Saleh Al-Amri | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 89 | MF | | Riyadh Sharahili | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 29 | MF | | Karim Aouadhi | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 11 | MF | | Craig Goodwin | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 70 | FW | | Muath Afaneh | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 5 | MF | | Abdulrahman Al-Barakah | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 32 | MF | | Benjamin Tatar | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 91 | DF | | Mehdi Tahrat | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 42 | 0 | 42 |
Last Updated: 30 May 2021

### Assists

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 7 | MF | | Saleh Al-Amri | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 1 | 10 | MF | | Saad Bguir | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | 31 | DF | | Sari Amr | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 89 | MF | | Riyadh Sharahili | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 99 | FW | | Carlos Strandberg | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 6 | DF | | Karam Barnawi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 8 | MF | | Abdullah Al-Qahtani | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 11 | MF | | Craig Goodwin | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 12 | GK | | Abdelali Mhamdi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 32 | MF | | Benjamin Tatar | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 29 | 0 | 29 |
Last Updated: 30 May 2021

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 12 | GK | | Abdelali Mhamdi | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 4 | 0 | 4 |
Last Updated: 15 April 2021