Wolaita Tussa Sports Club (Amharic: ወላይታ ቱሳ እግር ኳስ ክሌብ), also known as Wolaita Tussa, is a professional football club based in

Wolaita Sodo Sodo ( am, ሶዶ) or Wolaita Sodo ( am, ወላይታ ሶዶ) or (Wolaitta language, Wolaytatto: ''Wolayta Sodo Ambbaa'') is a city in south-central Ethiopia. The administrative center of the Wolaita Zone. It has a latitude and longitude of wit ...

, Ethiopia. The club was founded in 1988 by known pop of catholic missioner Gino Benanti. After its formation the club was well known and popular in southern region. They were a member of the Ethiopian Football Federation and now participating in Ethiopia U-20 Premier league. But latter on after playing the first round Wolaita Zone Youth and Sport department declared that Wolaita Tussa would not continue the second round because of budget deficit.

Title won

Wolaitta Tussa Sport Club, together with Hawassa City Sport Club and St. George Sport Club, flourished in the international competition. As it was, the club had a fierce competition with Addis Ababa Clubs. Wolaita Tussa won

Ethiopian Cup The Ethiopian Cup is the top knockout tournament of the Ethiopian football. It was created in 1945. Winners *1945 : British Military Mission-BMME (Addis Abeba) *1946 : Army (Addis Abeba) *1947 : Polisportiva (Addis Abeba) *1948 : Body Guard (Ad ...

in 1997. Wolaita Tussa, first ever club represented Ethiopia in

CAF Confederation Cup The CAF Confederation Cup, known as the TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship purposes, is an annual association football club competition established in 2004 from a merger of the CAF Cup and the African Cup Winners' Cup and organi ...

from

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before any other clubs playing in the southern region next to Hawassa Flour FC.

Stadium

Wolaita Tussa uses Wolaita Sodo Stadium and also Hawassa international stadium as well.

References

{{reflist Football clubs in Ethiopia Sodo Sport in Wolayita Zone 1988 establishments in Ethiopia