Sidama Coffee Sport Club (Amharic: ሲዳማ ቡና ስፖርት ክለብ, Sidama Buna Sport Club), also known as Dara kenema, is a professional football Club based in Sidama Municipality of Ethiopia. The club plays in the Ethiopian Premier League, the top division of Ethiopian football.

Sidama Coffee
Full nameSidama Coffee Sport Club
Nickname(s)Aliitos
Short nameSidama Buna
Founded2006 (1999 E.C.)
GroundHawassa Kenema Stadium
Capacity25,000
OwnerSidama Coffee Farmers Cooperatives Union
ChairmanErmias Tesfaye Kawisso
ManagerWondimageng Teshome
LeagueEthiopian Premier League
2023–24Premier League 11th

History

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Sidama Coffee Soccer Club was founded on August 27, 2006 (1999 E.C.) as Dara Kenema.[1] It was one of three clubs representing Formerly Sidama Zone in the South regional championships in 2006. Afterwards Dara kenema was able to advance to the championships for all regional teams from Ethiopia held in Hawassa that same year. Dara Kenema was finished in the top four of this tournament and by virtue enter the second division of Ethiopian football, the Higher League. The name Dara Kenama was changed to Sidama Coffee because the team was the only team to represent Sidama in the second division.[1]

Promotion

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Sidama Coffee won the second division of Ethiopian football, the Ethiopian Higher League (formerly called the National League), in the 2008–09 season (2001 E.C.)[1] earning a promotion to the Ethiopian Premier League. Sidama Coffee's first season in the Premier League was the 2009–10 season.

Sidama beat Arba Minch City 3–1 to lift 2016 South Castle Cup.[2][3] Sidama forward Addis Gidey won Most Valuable Player and Top Goal Scorer for the Tournament.[4] Sidama had one of their most successful campaigns in the 2016–17 season as the club was part of the title race until very late in the season before ultimately finishing 4th behind eventual champions Saint George S.C.[5] In March 2018, the club sacked its manager Alemayehu Abayne after poor results and repeated clashes between himself and players on the team.[6]

Grounds

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The club play their home games at Hawassa Metropolis Stadium in Hawassa, located 14.7 miles from Shashamane and 173 miles from Addis Abeba.

Players

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First-team squad

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As of 11 March 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   ETH Fikir Wedessa
2 DF   ETH Fetudin Jemal
3 DF   ETH Amanuel Endale
5 DF   ETH Mehari Mena
6 MF   ETH Yosef Yohannes
7 DF   ETH Shimeles Tegegn
8 FW   ETH Habtamu Gezahegn
9 MF   ETH Bezabeh Meleyo
10 MF   ETH Dawit Tefera
11 FW   ETH Addisu Atula
12 DF   ETH Girum Assefa
14 FW   ETH Chala Teshita
15 FW   ETH Temesgen Bejrond
16 MF   ETH Birhanu Ashamo
17 DF   ETH Yonatan Fisseha
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF   ETH Biniam Lantamo
19 DF   ETH Girma Bekele
20 MF   ETH Yonas Geremew
21 MF   ETH Abebayehu Yohannes
23 GK   ETH Adungna Tsegaye
24 DF   ETH Git Gatkoch
25 DF   ETH Kifle Kia
26 FW   ETH Yigezu Bogale
27 FW   MLI Mamadou Sidebe
29 MF   UGA Yassar Mugerwa
30 GK   ETH Mesay Ayano
31 MF   ETH Abayne Amelo
32 DF   ETH Sunday Mutuku
34 FW   ETH Yared Kebede
34 DF   NGA Lawrence Edward
44 GK   ETH Leykun Negash

Club officials

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President:  Mengistu Sasamo

Coaching and medical staff

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Manager/Head coach:  Wondimagegn Teshome

Assistant coach: Paul Ikem

First-team goalkeeping coach:  Sintayehu Gidyelhu

Former managers

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  •  Alemayehu Abayneh
  •  Zelalem Shifraw
  •   Zeray Mulu (2017–2021) – as assistant and head coach[7]

Gebremedin Haile

References

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  1. ^ a b c "ሲዳማ ቡና". hattricksport. Archived from the original on October 22, 2018. Retrieved September 1, 2018.
  2. ^ Asrat, Ferew (October 16, 2016). "Sidama Coffee lift South Castle Cup". soka25east. Archived from the original on February 18, 2019. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
  3. ^ Berhanu, Markos (October 15, 2016). "Sidama Bunna wins South Castle Cup". Ethiosports. Archived from the original on January 19, 2021. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
  4. ^ Taddele, Omna (October 15, 2016). "Addis Gidey Shines as Sidama Bunna Crowned Champions of Castle Cup". Soccer Ethiopia.
  5. ^ Asrat, Firew (April 25, 2017). "Sunny ascribes Sidama's good run to hard work". soka25east. Archived from the original on August 29, 2018. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
  6. ^ Takele, Tewodros (March 3, 2018). "Sidama Part Ways with Manager Alemayehu Abayne". Soccer Ethiopia. Archived from the original on March 26, 2018. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
  7. ^ a b "Sidama Bunna". Soccer Ethiopia. Archived from the original on 2022-04-08.
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