Hawassa City S.C.
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| Full name | Hawassa Kenema Sport Club | |||
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| Nickname(s) | The Lakers | |||
| Founded | 1977 (1970 E.C.) | |||
| Ground | Awassa Kenema Stadium Awassa, Ethiopia | |||
| Capacity | 15,000 | |||
| Chairman |  Tamiru Tafe | |||
| Manager | Addise Kassa | |||
| League | Ethiopian Premier League | |||
| 2019-20 | Premier League 8th of 16 | |||
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Hawassa City Sport Club (Amharic: ሀዋሳ ከተማ ስፖርት ክለብ) is an Ethiopian football club based in Hawassa, Ethiopia. They are a member of the Ethiopian Football Federation and play in the Ethiopian Premier League, the top division in Ethiopian football.
History
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.[1]
Ghanaian defender Lawrence Lartey joined Hawassa Kenema SC on a one-year contract in October 2017.[2]
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.[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.[1]
Premier League
Hawassa lifted the trophy in the 2003–04 season beating Lideta Nyala SC, and picked up the Ethiopian cup in the following season. Currently Zelalem Shiferaw is the manager of the team. The club delivered its second Premier League title in the 2006–07 Season.
Hawassa Kenema's U-17 team won the 2016–17 U-17 Ethiopian Premier League title for the second year in a row.[4]
CAF Champions League
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.
Grounds
Their home stadium is Hawassa Stadium which they share with another team, Debub Police S.C.
Academy
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 the most successful academy in Ethiopia with its U17 and U20 teams having won multiple titles in their respective leagues.[5]
Temesgen Dana coached the U17 team until the end of the 2015–16 season and the U20 team from 2016–2018 before being promoted to assistant coach of the senior team in August 2018.[1]
Women's Team
The Hawassa City Women's football club plays in the Ethiopian Women's Premier League.
Achievements
- 2004, 2007
- 2005
Performance in CAF competitions
- CAF Champions League: 2 appearances
- CAF Confederation Cup: 1 appearance
- 2006 – Preliminary Round
- CAF Cup: 1 appearance
- 2000 – Second Round
Players
First-team squad
As of 12 January 2020
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Club Officials
Coaching staff
- Manager:
Addise Kassa - First Assistant Coach:Temesgen Dana
Former Managers
- Wubetu Abate[6]
- Zelalem Shiferaw (as interim coach)
References
- ^ a b c Takele, Tewodros (August 5, 2018). "ሀዋሳ ከተማ አዲስ አሰልጣኝ ሾሟል". Soccer Ethiopia.
- ^ Adams, Nuhu (October 20, 2017). "Defender Lawrence Lartey joins Hawassa Kenema in Ethiopia". Ghana Soccernet.
- ^ Asrat, Firew (November 16, 2016). "Hawassa City keeper perish in fire accident". soka25east.
- ^ Taddele, Omna (May 15, 2017). "U-17 Premier League: Hawassa Ketema Retain League Title". Soccer Ethiopia.
- ^ Osano, Bonface (May 28, 2017). "Hawassa Kenema dominate youth leagues in Ethiopia". soka25east.
- ^ Baye, Timotios (April 23, 2017). "Ethiopia: Wubetu happy with Hawassa progress". soka25east.
