Sidama Coffee S.C. Explained

Nickname:Aliitos
Ground:Hawassa Kenema Stadium
Capacity:25,000
Season:2023–24
Position:Premier League 11th
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Clubname:Sidama Coffee
Fullname:Sidama Coffee Sport Club
Short Name:Sidama Buna
Founded:2006 (1999 E.C.)
Owner:Sidama Coffee Farmers Cooperatives Union
Chairman:Ermias Tesfaye Kawisso
Manager:Wondimageng Teshome
League:Ethiopian Premier League
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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.

History

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.

Promotion

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.) 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

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

First-team squad

As of 11 March 2021[7]

Club officials

President: Mengistu Sasamo

Coaching and medical staff

Assistant coach:Paul Ikem

First-team goalkeeping coach: Sintayehu Gidyelhu

Former managers

Gebremedin Haile

References

  1. Web site: ሲዳማ ቡና. hattricksport. September 1, 2018. October 22, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181022142615/http://www.hatricksport.com/sidama-bunna/. dead.
  2. News: Asrat. Ferew. October 16, 2016. Sidama Coffee lift South Castle Cup. soka25east. May 22, 2018. February 18, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190218123212/http://www.soka25east.com/sidama-coffee-lift-south-castle-cup/. live.
  3. News: Berhanu. Markos. October 15, 2016. Sidama Bunna wins South Castle Cup. Ethiosports. March 2, 2021. January 19, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210119125339/https://www.ethiosports.com/2016/10/15/sidama-bunna-wins-south-castle-cup/. live.
  4. News: Taddele. Omna. October 15, 2016. Addis Gidey Shines as Sidama Bunna Crowned Champions of Castle Cup. Soccer Ethiopia.
  5. News: Asrat. Firew. April 25, 2017. Sunny ascribes Sidama's good run to hard work. soka25east. May 22, 2018. August 29, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180829125510/http://www.soka25east.com/ethiopia-sunny-ascribes-sidamas-good-run-hard-work/. live.
  6. News: Sidama Part Ways with Manager Alemayehu Abayne. Takele. Tewodros. March 3, 2018. Soccer Ethiopia. March 26, 2018. March 26, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180326141833/https://www.soccerethiopia.net/football/34500. live.
  7. Web site: Sidama Bunna. https://web.archive.org/web/20220408032805/https://soccer.et/club/sidama-bunna/. 2022-04-08. Soccer Ethiopia. live.

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