Sidama Coffee Sport Club (

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: 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

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, the top division of Ethiopian football.

History

Sidama Coffee Soccer Club was founded on August 27, 2006 (1999 E.C.) as Dara Kenema. It was one of three clubs representing Formerly

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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

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(formerly called the National League), in the 2008–09 season (2001 E.C.) earning a promotion to the

. 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. Sidama forward Addis Gidey won Most Valuable Player and Top Goal Scorer for the Tournament. 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. In March 2018, the club sacked its manager Alemayehu Abayne after poor results and repeated clashes between himself and players on the team.

Grounds

The club play their home games at Hawassa Metropolis Stadium in Hawassa, located 14.7 miles from

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and 173 miles from

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Players

First-team squad

''As of 11 March 2021''

Club Officials

President: Mengistu Sasamo

Coaching and Medical staff

Manager/Head coach: Wondimagegn Teshome Assistant coach:Paul Ikem First-team goalkeeping coach: Sintayehu Gidyelhu

Former Managers

*Alemayehu Abayneh *Zelalem Shifraw * Zeray Mulu (2017-2021) - as assistant and head coach Gebremedin Haile

References

External links

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