Hawassa City S.C.

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Hawassa City Sport Club (Amharic: ሀዋሳ ከተማ ስፖርት ክለብ), also known as Hawassa Kenema, is a professional Ethiopian football and basketball club based in Hawassa. The football team plays in the Ethiopian Premier League, the top division in Ethiopian football.

Hawassa City
Full nameHawassa Kenema Sport Club
Nickname(s)The Lakers
Founded1977 (1970 E.C.)
GroundHawassa Kenema Stadium
Capacity60,000
ChairmanTamiru Tafe
ManagerMulugeta Mihret
LeagueEthiopian Premier League
2023–24Premier League 9th

History

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Hawassa lifted the trophy in the 2003–04 season beating Lideta Nyala SC, and picked up the Ethiopian cup in the following season. Zelalem Shiferaw was the manager of the team. The club delivered its second Premier League title in the 2006–07 Season.

Hawassa Kenema participated in the 2005 and 2008 CAF Champions League, getting knocked out at the preliminary round each time. They made one appearance in the CAF Confederations Cup (2006), another tournament which they also exited in the preliminary round.

Ghanaian defender Lawrence Lartey joined Hawassa Kenema SC on a one-year contract in October 2017.[1]

In November 2016, at beginning of the 2016–17 season, goalkeeper Kibreab Dawit along with his two children died due to an accident at his home in Hawassa. Kibreab Dawit was the second choice goalkeeper at the time and managed 6 starts since the start of the 2014–15 season.[2]

During the 2017–18 season the team fired its head coach Wubetu Abate, his assistant Zelalem Shiferaw served as interim coach until the end of the season.[3]

On August 5, 2018, the club announced that had agreed to a two-year contract with Addise Kassa, formerly the manager of Welkite City FC, to become the next head coach of the club.[3]

Stadium

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Their home stadium is Hawassa Stadium which they share with another team, Debub Police S.C.

Academy

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Hawassa is known for producing some of the best young talent in the country such as Adane Girma, Shimeles Bekele, Bahailu Assefa and Mulugeta Mihret. As such the club has one of the most successful academies in Ethiopia with its U17 and U20 teams having won multiple titles in their respective leagues.[4]

Hawassa Kenema's U-17 team won the 2016–17 U-17 Ethiopian Premier League title for the second year in a row.[5]

Temesgen Dana coached the U17 team until the end of the 2015–16 season and the U20 team from 2016 to 2018 before being promoted to assistant coach of the senior team in August 2018.[3]

Departments

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The Hawassa City Women's football club plays in the Ethiopian Women's Premier League.

Active departments

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  • Women's Football Team
  • Football Team (U20)[6]

Logos

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Honors

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Domestic

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2004, 2007
2005

African

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2005 – Preliminary Round
2008 – Preliminary Round
2006 – Preliminary Round
2000 – Second Round

Players

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First-team squad

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As of 8 January 2021[7]

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   GHA Mohammed Muntari Tagoe
2 DF   ETH Zenebe Kedir
3 MF   ETH Ephrem Zekarias
4 DF   ETH Tsega'ab Yohannes
5 MF   ETH Gabriel Ahmed
6 DF   ETH Addisalem Tesfaye
7 DF   ETH Daniel Deribe
8 MF   ETH Zelalem Isaias
9 FW   ETH Habtamu Mekonnen
10 FW   ETH Addisu Attule
11 MF   ETH Chernet Awush
12 FW   ETH Diruk Elias
13 MF   ETH Abayneh Fino
14 MF   ETH Birhanu Bekele
15 MF   ETH Abenezer Yohannes
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 FW   ETH Mujib Kassim
18 MF   ETH Dawit Taddese
19 MF   ETH Yohnnes Segebo
20 FW   ETH Tebarek Hefamo
21 FW   ETH Ephrem Ashamo
22 GK   ETH Dagim Tefera
23 FW   ERI Ali Sulieman
25 MF   ETH Henok Dilbi
26 DF   ETH Lawrence Lartey
27 DF   ETH Mintesinot Indrias
28 DF   ETH Wondmagegn Maereg
29 MF   ETH Wondmagegn Hailu
30 GK   ETH Alazar Markos
44 DF   ETH Tsega'ab Yohannes
99 GK   ETH Mintesinot Gimbo

Club officials

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Coaching staff

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  • Manager/Head Coach:   Mulugeta Mihret[7]

Former players

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Former managers

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References

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  1. ^ Adams, Nuhu (October 20, 2017). "Defender Lawrence Lartey joins Hawassa Kenema in Ethiopia". Ghana Soccernet.
  2. ^ Asrat, Firew (November 16, 2016). "Hawassa City keeper perish in fire accident". soka25east.
  3. ^ a b c Takele, Tewodros (August 5, 2018). "ሀዋሳ ከተማ አዲስ አሰልጣኝ ሾሟል". Soccer Ethiopia.
  4. ^ Osano, Bonface (May 28, 2017). "Hawassa Kenema dominate youth leagues in Ethiopia". soka25east.
  5. ^ Taddele, Omna (May 15, 2017). "U-17 Premier League: Hawassa Ketema Retain League Title". Soccer Ethiopia. Archived from the original on July 4, 2018. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  6. ^ "Hawassa Ketema [U20]". Soccer Ethiopia. Retrieved March 18, 2021.
  7. ^ a b "Hawassa Ketema". Soccer Ethiopia.
  8. ^ Baye, Timotios (April 23, 2017). "Ethiopia: Wubetu happy with Hawassa progress". soka25east.
  9. ^ Amare, Solomon (December 21, 2010). "Ethiopia Football: Salaries of domestic & foreign coaches show great disparity". Ethiosports.
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