Sidama Coffee S.C.
Sidama Cofffee Sport Club (Amharic: ሲዳማ ቡና ስፖርት ክለብ, Sidama Buna Sport Club), also known as Sidaami Buna, 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.
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| Full name | Sidama Coffee Sport Club | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Tigers | |||
| Short name | Sidama Buna | |||
| Founded | 2006 (1999 E.C.) | |||
| Ground | Hawasa Metropolitan Stadium | |||
| Capacity | 25,000 | |||
| Owner | Sidama Coffee Farmers Cooperatives Union | |||
| Chairman |  Mengistu Sasamo | |||
| Manager | Gebremedin Haile | |||
| League | Ethiopian Premier League | |||
| 2020-21 | Premier League 11th of 13 | |||
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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 the club was able to advance to the championships for all regional teams from Ethiopia held in Hawassa that same year. Dara Kenema 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 as the club was the only team representing the Sidama Zone in the second division.[1]
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.)[1] 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]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Club Officials
President: Mengistu Sasamo
Coaching and Medical staff
Manager/Head coach: Gebremedin Haile
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[7]
References
- "ሲዳማ ቡና". hattricksport. Retrieved September 1, 2018.
- Asrat, Ferew (October 16, 2016). "Sidama Coffee lift South Castle Cup". soka25east.
- Berhanu, Markos (October 15, 2016). "Sidama Bunna wins South Castle Cup". Ethiosports.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - Taddele, Omna (October 15, 2016). "Addis Gidey Shines as Sidama Bunna Crowned Champions of Castle Cup". Soccer Ethiopia.
- Asrat, Firew (April 25, 2017). "Sunny ascribes Sidama's good run to hard work". soka25east.
- Takele, Tewodros (March 3, 2018). "Sidama Part Ways with Manager Alemayehu Abayne". Soccer Ethiopia.
- "Sidama Bunna". Soccer Ethiopia.
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