# 2023–24 Abha Club season

The 2023–24 season was Abha's seventh non-consecutive season in the Pro League and their 58th season in existence. The club participated in the Pro League and the King Cup.
The season covers the period from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 1 February 2024
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 | Mohammad Naji |
| 5 | MF | POL | Grzegorz Krychowiak |
| 8 | MF | SRB | Uroš Matić |
| 9 | FW | KSA | Hassan Al-Ali |
| 10 | MF | TUN | Saad Bguir (captain) |
| 11 | FW | GUI | François Kamano |
| 12 | GK | KSA | Abdulrahman Al-Bouq |
| 13 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Kunaydiri |
| 14 | MF | KSA | Fahad Al-Jumayah |
| 15 | DF | KSA | Ibrahim Al-Zubaidi (on loan from Al-Ahli) |
| 16 | GK | ROU | Ciprian Tătărușanu |
| 17 | DF | KSA | Saleh Al-Qumayzi |
| 18 | DF | ARG | Fabián Noguera |
| 19 | FW | MNE | Luka Đorđević |
| 21 | MF | KSA | Zakaria Sami |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | DF | KSA | Yousef Al Aqeel |
| 23 | MF | KSA | Nasser Al-Omran |
| 24 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Oufi |
| 25 | MF | KSA | Abdulrahman Al-Alwi |
| 26 | DF | COD | Marcel Tisserand (on loan from Al-Ettifaq) |
| 27 | MF | KSA | Hassan Al-Qayd |
| 29 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Qahtani |
| 30 | DF | KSA | Ziyad Al-Sahafi |
| 32 | DF | KSA | Sulaiman Asiri |
| 33 | GK | KSA | Mansour Jawhar |
| 71 | FW | ERI | Ahmed Abdu Jaber |
| 77 | FW | KSA | Meshal Al-Mutairi |
| 80 | MF | KSA | Abdulelah Al-Shammeri |
| 88 | MF | KSA | Saad Al-Selouli |
| 97 | MF | KSA | Waseem Al-Shehri |

## Transfers and loans
### Transfers in

| Entry date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
| 30 June 2023 | FW | 90 | Omar Al-Ruwaili | Al-Riyadh | End of loan |
| 1 July 2023 | FW | 77 | Meshal Al-Mutairi | Ohod | Free |
| 13 July 2023 | DF | 3 | Mohammad Naji | Al-Batin | Free |
| 17 July 2023 | DF | 17 | Saleh Al-Qumayzi | Al-Faisaly | Free |
| 17 July 2023 | DF | 22 | Yousef Al Aqeel | Najran | Free |
| 28 July 2023 | DF | 24 | Mohammed Al-Oufi | Al-Ittihad | Free |
| 30 July 2023 | MF | 5 | Grzegorz Krychowiak | Krasnodar | Free |
| 3 August 2023 | FW | 11 | François Kamano | Lokomotiv Moscow | Free |
| 10 August 2023 | GK | 16 | Ciprian Tătărușanu | AC Milan | Free |
| 11 August 2023 | DF | 18 | Fabián Noguera | Nacional | $300,000 |
| 21 August 2023 | FW | 71 | Ahmed Abdu Jaber | Al-Shabab | Free |
| 24 August 2023 | FW | 7 | Karl Toko Ekambi | Lyon | $1,800,000 |
| 7 September 2023 | DF | 30 | Ziyad Al-Sahafi | Al-Ittihad | Free |
| 7 September 2023 | MF | 80 | Abdulelah Al-Shammeri | Al-Shabab | Undisclosed |
| 7 September 2023 | FW | 9 | Hassan Al-Ali | Al-Ahli | $533,000 |
| 11 February 2024 | FW | 19 | Luka Đorđević | Sochi | Free |

### Loans in

| Start date | End date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Fee | Ref. |
| 30 January 2024 | End of season | DF | 15 | Ibrahim Al-Zubaidi | Al-Ahli | None | |
| 30 January 2024 | End of season | DF | 26 | Marcel Tisserand | Al-Ettifaq | None | |

### Transfers out

| Exit date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 30 June 2023 | MF | 11 | Luís Miquissone | Al-Ahly | End of loan |
| 30 June 2023 | FW | 9 | Abdulfattah Adam | Al-Nassr | End of loan |
| 1 July 2023 | DF | 39 | Saeed Al Hamsal | Al-Khaleej | Free |
| 13 July 2023 | MF | 26 | Musab Habkor | Al-Qaisumah | Free |
| 22 July 2023 | MF | 7 | Saleh Al-Amri | Al-Ittihad | $2,134,000 |
| 1 August 2023 | DF | 3 | Abdullah Al-Zori | Al-Qadsiah | Free |
| 12 August 2023 | MF | 15 | Mutair Al-Zahrani | Hajer | Free |
| 16 August 2023 | DF | 19 | Amine Atouchi | Al-Batin | Free |
| 21 August 2023 | MF | 64 | Nawaf Al-Sadi | Al-Shabab | Undisclosed |
| 23 August 2023 | MF | 34 | Dries Saddiki | Kasımpaşa | Free |
| 12 September 2023 | DF | 31 | Sari Amr | Al-Arabi | Free |
| 17 September 2023 | MF | 86 | Aseel Al-Harbi | Al-Faisaly | Free |
| 20 September 2023 | MF | 17 | Tayeb Meziani | Club Africain | Free |
| 30 January 2024 | FW | 7 | Karl Toko Ekambi | Al-Ettifaq | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2024 | DF | 6 | Ahmed Al-Habib | Al-Orobah | Free |
| 3 February 2024 | DF | 4 | Saad Natiq | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Free |
| 10 February 2024 | FW | 90 | Omar Al-Ruwaili | Al-Hazem | Undisclosed |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Pro League | 34 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 38 | 87 | −49 | 026.47 |
| King Cup | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 066.67 |
| Total | 37 | 11 | 5 | 21 | 42 | 90 | −48 | 029.73 |
Updated to match played 27 May 2024 Source: Competitions

### Pro League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 14 | Al-Riyadh | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 33 | 57 | −24 | 35 | |
| 15 | Al-Okhdood | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 33 | 52 | −19 | 33 | |
| 16 | Abha (R) | 34 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 38 | 87 | −49 | 32 | Relegation to Yelo League |
| 17 | Al-Tai (R) | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 34 | 64 | −30 | 31 | Relegation to Yelo League |
| 18 | Al-Hazem (R) | 34 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 34 | 76 | −42 | 24 | Relegation to Yelo League |

#### 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 May 2024. 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 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | L | D | L | W | W | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | D | L | W | L | W | D | L | W | L | L | W | D | L | W | L |
| Position | 15 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 16 |

#### 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 May 2024.
| 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 | KSA | Abdulrahman Al-Bouq | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | ROU | Ciprian Tătărușanu | 36 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | KSA | Mansour Jawhar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | KSA | Mohammad Naji | 20 | 0 | 16+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Kunaydiri | 25 | 0 | 7+16 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | KSA | Ibrahim Al-Zubaidi | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | KSA | Saleh Al-Qumayzi | 31 | 0 | 20+8 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | ARG | Fabián Noguera | 32 | 3 | 29+1 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | KSA | Yousef Al Aqeel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Oufi | 13 | 0 | 4+7 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | COD | Marcel Tisserand | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | KSA | Ziyad Al-Sahafi | 21 | 1 | 18+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | KSA | Sulaiman Asiri | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 5 | MF | POL | Grzegorz Krychowiak | 36 | 9 | 31+2 | 9 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SRB | Uroš Matić | 32 | 0 | 26+3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | TUN | Saad Bguir | 30 | 3 | 17+11 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | KSA | Fahad Al-Jumayah | 28 | 1 | 24+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | KSA | Zakaria Sami | 22 | 3 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | KSA | Nasser Al-Omran | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | KSA | Hassan Al-Qayd | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | KSA | Mohammed Al-Qahtani | 4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | MF | KSA | Abdulelah Al-Shammeri | 24 | 0 | 10+11 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | KSA | Saad Al-Selouli | 13 | 0 | 4+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 | MF | KSA | Waseem Al-Shehri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | KSA | Hassan Al-Ali | 23 | 3 | 14+7 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | GUI | François Kamano | 33 | 2 | 25+6 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | MNE | Luka Đorđević | 7 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | FW | ERI | Ahmed Abdu Jaber | 27 | 5 | 10+14 | 3 | 2+1 | 2 |
| 77 | FW | KSA | Meshal Al-Mutairi | 21 | 0 | 9+10 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| Player who made an appearance this season but have left the club ||||||||||
| 4 | DF | IRQ | Saad Natiq | 10 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | KSA | Ahmed Al-Habib | 11 | 0 | 5+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | CMR | Karl Toko Ekambi | 17 | 7 | 13+1 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 60 | GK | CMR | Devis Epassy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 64 | MF | KSA | Nawaf Al-Sadi | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | FW | KSA | Omar Al-Ruwaili | 6 | 1 | 0+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 5 | MF | | Grzegorz Krychowiak | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | 7 | FW | | Karl Toko Ekambi | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 71 | FW | | Ahmed Abdu Jaber | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 9 | FW | | Hassan Al-Ali | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 10 | MF | | Saad Bguir | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 18 | DF | | Fabián Noguera | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 21 | MF | | Zakaria Sami | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | 11 | FW | | François Kamano | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 14 | MF | | Fahad Al-Jumayah | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 30 | DF | | Ziyad Al-Sahafi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 90 | FW | | Omar Al-Ruwaili | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 38 | 4 | 42 |
Last Updated: 27 May 2024

### Assists

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 10 | MF | | Saad Bguir | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 13 | DF | | Mohammed Al-Kunaydiri | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 77 | FW | | Meshal Al-Mutairi | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 9 | FW | | Hassan Al-Ali | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 11 | FW | | François Kamano | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 14 | MF | | Fahad Al-Jumayah | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 71 | FW | | Ahmed Abdu Jaber | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 4 | DF | | Saad Natiq | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 5 | MF | | Grzegorz Krychowiak | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 7 | FW | | Karl Toko Ekambi | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 8 | MF | | Uroš Matić | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 24 | DF | | Mohammed Al-Oufi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 80 | MF | | Abdulelah Al-Shammeri | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 20 | 3 | 23 |
Last Updated: 27 May 2024

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | Pro League | King Cup | Total |
| 1 | 16 | GK | | Ciprian Tătărușanu | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 4 | 1 | 5 |
Last Updated: 10 May 2024