Abha Football Club is a professional Saudi Arabian association football club based in Abha that is currently playing in the Saudi Professional League, the highest tier of Saudi football.[4] Their home stadium is Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium.
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| Full name | Abha Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | Za’eem Al-Janoub (The Leaders of the South) |
| Founded | 1966 as Al-Farouk 1972 as Al-Wadiea 1999 as Abha[1] |
| Ground | Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium Abha, Saudi Arabia |
| Capacity | 25,000[2] |
| Chairman | Ahmed Al-Hodithy[3] |
| Manager | Abdulrazaq Al Shabi |
| League | Pro League |
| 2019–20 | Pro League, 9th of 16 |
Honours
Saudi First Division
- Winners (1): 2018–19
- Runners-up (2): 2004–05, 2007–08
Saudi Second Division
- Winners (1): 1993–94, 1999–2000
- Runners-up (2): 1981–82, 1982–83
Saudi Third Division
- Winners (1): 1998–1999
Prince Faisal bin Fahd Cup for Division 1 and 2 Teams
- Winners (1): 2003–04
Current squad
| 2020/2021 Team Roster (Updated 06-02-2021) |
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| Manager : Abdulrazaq Al Shabi |
| Abdullah Al-Shammeri (Goalkeeper) |
| Abdelali Mhamdi (Morocco) (Goalkeeper) |
| Ali Al-Mazidi (Goalkeeper) |
| Muhannad Al-Qaydhi |
| Abdulrahman Al-Barakah |
| Karam Barnawi |
| Saleh Al-Amri |
| Craig Goodwin (Australia) (on loan from Al-Wehda) |
| Ali Meadi (on loan from Al-Faisaly) |
| Fahad Al-Jumeiah (on loan from Al-Nassr) |
| Ammar Al-Najjar |
| Saud Zidan (on loan from Al-Nassr) |
| Saad Bguir (Tunisia) |
| Amine Atouchi (Morocco) |
| Thaar Al-Otaibi (on loan from Al-Hilal) |
| Karim Aouadhi (Tunisia) |
| Sari Amr |
| Saeed Al Hamsal |
| Osama Aashor |
| Abdulaziz Al-Jamaan |
| Muath Afaneh (Jordan) |
| Ahmed Al-Habib |
| Nader Al-Sharari |
| Riyadh Sharahili |
| Mehdi Tahrat (Algeria) |
| Carlos Strandberg (Sweden) (on loan from Al-Hazem) |
| Tariq Al-Shahrani |
| Al Qahtani Abdullah Al Faisaly (January 2021) |