Adama City F.C.
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| Full name | Adama City Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Adama Kenema | ||
| Founded | 1983 | ||
| Ground | Abebe Bikila Stadium Adama, Ethiopia | ||
| Capacity | 4,000 | ||
| Chairman |  Teshome Quankusie | ||
| Manager | Sisay Abraham | ||
| League | Ethiopian Premier League | ||
| 2018–19 | 5th | ||
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Adama City Football Club (Amharic: አዳማ ከትማ እግር ኳስ ክለብ) is an Ethiopian football club based in Adama, Ethiopia. They are a member of the Ethiopian Football Federation and play in the Ethiopian Premier League, the top division in Ethiopian football.[1]
History
Adama City briefly held the top spot late in the 2017-18 Ethiopian Premier League season before eventually finishing 5th.[2]
On August 4, 2018 the club hired Sisay Abraham as manager and Dawit Tadesse as assistant coach.[3]
Grounds
Their home in Adama is Abebe Bikila stadium (not to be confused with the Abebe Bikila stadium located in Addis Ababa), the second such stadium in the country to be named after the 1960,1964 Olympic marathon champion Abebe Bikila.
Fans
Adama City (Ketema) enjoys a great support for its fans both at home in Adama and during away fixtures. The supporters have been involved in some altercation with some rival team supporters in the past.[4]
Finances
Salaries at the club have steadily risen with player like Jecko Peaze Peryze earning 165,000 Br per month.[5]
Former Coaches
Negene Negash
Players
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:
Sisay Abraham - First Assistant Coach: Dawit Tadesse
References
- ^ "Adama Kenema Remains on Top of the Ethiopia Premier League". Ethiosports. Dec 27, 2015.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ Taddele, Omna (June 9, 2018). "Administrative Blunder Puts Adama Ketema as Premier League New Leaders". Soccer Ethiopia.
- ^ "አዳማ ከተማ ዋና እና ምክትል አሰልጣኞችን ቀጥሯል". Soccer Ethiopia. August 4, 2018.
- ^ Taddele, Omna (February 1, 2018). "Fans Mayhem in Addis Ababa Stadium as Adama Ketema Hold Kidus Giorgis". Soccer Ethiopia.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ Yimer, Solomon (March 18, 2018). "Footballers' Salaries sore, Club's Revenues Drained". Addis Fortune.
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External links
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