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.
History 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.
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.
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.
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.
Stadium Their home stadium is Hawassa Stadium which they share with another team, Debub Police S.C.
Academy Hawassa City S.C. is recognized for developing notable young football talent in Ethiopia, including Adane Girma, Shimelis Bekele, Bahaylu Assefa, and Mulugeta Mihret. The club is regarded as having successful youth academies, with its under-17 and under-20 teams winning multiple titles in their respective leagues.
Hawassa Kenema's U-17 team won the 2016–17 U-17 Ethiopian Premier League title for the second year in a row.
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.
Departments The Hawassa City Women's football club plays in the Ethiopian Women's Premier League.
Active departments
Women's Football Team Football Team (U20)
Logos
Honors
Domestic Ethiopian Premier League: 2 2004, 2007
Ethiopian Cup: 1 2005
African CAF Champions League: 2 appearances 2005 – Preliminary Round 2008 – Preliminary Round
CAF Confederation Cup: 1 appearance 2006 – Preliminary Round
CAF Cup: 1 appearance 2000 – Second Round
Players First-team squad As of 8 January 2021
Club officials
Coaching staff
Manager/Head Coach: Mulugeta Mihret
Former players
Behailu Demeke
Former managers
Wubetu Abate Zelalem Shiferaw (as interim coach) Addise Kassa Kemal Ahmed
References
External links
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