Clubname: | Sebeta City |
Fullname: | Sebeta City Football Club |
Ground: | Sebeta Stadium Sebeta, Ethiopia |
Capacity: | 5,000 |
Chairman: | Obsa Legese |
Manager: | Abraham Mebratu |
League: | Ethiopian Higher League |
Season: | 2020-21 |
Position: | Premier League 8th of 13 |
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Sebeta City (Oromo: Magaalaa sabbataa; Amharic: ሰበታ ከተማ, Sebeta Ketema) is a professional football club based in Sebeta, Ethiopia. They play in the Ethiopian Higher League, the second division of Ethiopian football.
Sebeta City F.C. was founded in 2005.[1]
In the 2010–2011 season of Ethiopian Premier League, the club was relegated to the Ethiopian second division after finishing in fourteenth place.[2]
The club was promoted to the Ethiopian Premier League after winning their group in the 2018-19 Ethiopian Higher League season.[3]
Their home stadium is Sebeta Stadium, which has a capacity of 5,000. As part of a sponsorship deal, the club announced that a standard football pitch would be constructed at Sebeta Stadium.[4] The renovation work at the stadium was finished in April 2020.[5]
In December 2019 the club signed a four year sponsorship deal, worth 18 million Birr a year, with Meta Abo Brewery. The club had a contractual dispute with their former head coach Webetu Abate and the EFF after he left the club to coach the Ethiopian national team.[6]
As of 8 January 2021
CEO: Alemayehu *Mendaye
Manager/Head coach: