Shire Endaselassie F.C.

Full name	Shire Endaselassie Football Club
Nickname(s)	Sehul Shire
Short name	Shire
Founded	2012 (2005 E.C.)
Ground	Tigray Stadium Shire Stadium
Capacity	60,000
Chairman	Tesfay Alem
Manager	Daniel Tsehaye
League	Ethiopian Premier League
2019–20	Premier League 4th of 16
Home colours Away colours

Shire Endaselassie F.C. (Amharic: ሽረ እንዳሥላሴ, Tigrinya: ጋንታ ስሑል ሽረ, also known as Sihul Shire FC) is an Ethiopian football club based in Shire, Ethiopia. They are a member of the Ethiopian Football Federation and play in the Ethiopian Premier League, the first division of football in Ethiopia.

History

Shire Endaselassie was established in 2012 (2005 EC) in the city of Shire.^[1]

The club joined the National League system in 2013–14(2006 EC) season and was later promoted to the 2016–17 (2009 EC) Ethiopian Higher League season.

The club was promoted to the 2018-19 Ethiopian Premier League after winning a playoff match against Jimma Aba Buna held in Hawassa Ethiopia.^[1] This was the club's first promotion the top tier of Ethiopian football.

Finances

The club is run and funded by the Shire Inda Selassie municipality. Due to this the club has restricted financial resources and inadequate training facilities.^[2]

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.

No. Pos. Nation Player 99 GK  ETH Walta Andey 1 GK  ETH Mintesenot Allo 21 MF  ETH Bereket Tesema(C) 5 DF  ETH Yonas Girmay 16 DF  ETH Shewit Yohannes 3 MF  ETH Ramadan Yosef 64 MF  ETH Habtamu Shewalem 41 MF  ETH Netsanet Gebremedin

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  CIV Didier Lebri 20 FW  CIV Salifou Fofana 18 DF  ETH Aklilu Walelgn 15 DF  GHA Abdulatif Mohammed 2 MF  ETH Abdulselam Ahmad 19 MF  ETH Said Hussein 8 FW  ETH Haileab Haileselassie

Club Officials

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