Shire Endaselassie F.C. (

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: ሽረ እንዳሥላሴ, also known as Sihul Shire FC) is an Ethiopian football club based in

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, Ethiopia. They are a member of the

Ethiopian Football Federation The Ethiopian Football Federation (EFF) (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ እግር ኳስ ፌዴሬሽን) is the governing body of Football (soccer), football in Ethiopia. It organizes all tiers of the national football league and the Ethiopia nation ...

and play in the Ethiopian Premier League, the first division of football in Ethiopia.

History

Shire Endaselassie was established in 2012 (2005 EC) in the city of

. The club joined the National League system in 2013–14(2006 EC) season and was later promoted to the 2016–17 (2009 EC) Ethiopian Higher League season. The club was promoted to the 2018-19 Ethiopian Premier League after winning a playoff match against Jimma Aba Buna held in Hawassa Ethiopia. This was the club's first promotion the top tier of Ethiopian football.

Finances

The club is run and funded by the Shire Inda Selassie municipality. Due to this the club has restricted financial resources and inadequate training facilities.

Players

First-team squad

''As of 12 January 2020''

Club officials

Coaching staff

* Manager: Daniel Tsehaye * First Assistant Coach: Bereket Gebremedhin

References

{{reflist 2012 establishments in Ethiopia Football clubs in Ethiopia Sport in Tigray Region Association football clubs established in 2012