Clubname: | Debub Police S.C. |
Fullname: | Debub Police Sports Club |
Founded: | 1996 (1989 E.C.) |
Ground: | Awassa Stadium Awassa, Ethiopia |
Capacity: | 10,000 |
Manager: | Yalew Temsgen(Interim) |
League: | Ethiopian Premier League |
Season: | 2020-21 |
Position: | Higher League 6th of 12 (Group C) |
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Debub Police Sport Club (Amharic:ደቡብ ፖሊስ ስፖርት ክለብ) is an Ethiopian football club based in Hawassa. They play in the Ethiopian Higher League, the second division of Ethiopian football.
Debub Police S.C. was founded in 1996 (1989 E.C.) in Hawassa, Ethiopia.[1] Debub Police was first promoted to the Ethiopian Premier League in the 2006–07 season.[2]
Notable the Ethiopian striker Getaneh Kebede started his career at Debub Police.[3]
Debub Police secured promotion to the Ethiopian Premier League on August 27, 2018, after a 3–0 win over the Dire Dawa Police. In September 2018 the club announced it had signed Zelalem Shiferaw as its new manager after parting ways with former manager Girma Tadesse.[4]
Debub Police play their home games at Hawassa Stadium in the city of Hawassa in the Sidama Region of Ethiopia. Notably the playing surface at Hawassa Stadium is artificial turf.[5]