Hawassa City
Full nameHawassa Kenema Sport Club
Nickname(s)The Lakers
Founded1977 (1970 E.C.)
GroundHawassa Kenema Stadium
Capacity60,000
ChairmanEthiopia Tamiru Tafe
ManagerEthiopia Mulugeta Mihret
LeagueEthiopian Premier League
2020-21Premier League 8th of 13

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. Currently Zelalem Shiferaw is 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

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 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

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

Active Departments

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

Logos

Honors

Domestic

2004, 2007
2005

African

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

Players

First-team squad

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

Club Officials

Coaching staff

  • Manager/Head Coach: Ethiopia Mulugeta Mihret[7]

Former players

Former Managers

References

  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. 1 2 3 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.
  6. ↑ "Hawassa Ketema [U20]". Soccer Ethiopia. Retrieved March 18, 2021.
  7. 1 2 "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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