Debub Police S.C.

Debub Police S.C.
Full name Debub Police Sports Club
Founded 2003
Ground Awassa Stadium
Awassa, Ethiopia
Capacity 10,000
Manager Ethiopia Zelalem Shiferaw
League Ethiopian Premier League
2018–19 11th

Debub Police Sports Club (Amharic:ደቡብ ፖሊስ ስፖርት ክለብ) is an Ethiopian football club based in Hawassa, Ethiopia. They play in the Ethiopian Premier League, the top division of Ethiopian football.

History

Debub Police S.C. was founded in 2003 (1996 E.C.) in Hawassa, Ethiopia.[1] Debub Police was first promoted to the Ethiopian Premier League in the 2006-07 season.[2]

Notable the Ethiopian striker Getaneh Kebede started his career at Debub Police.[3]

Debub Police secured promotion to the Ethiopian Premier League on August 27, 2018 after a 3-0 win over the Dire Dawa Police.[1] In September 2018 the club announced it had signed Zelalem Shiferaw as its new manager after parting ways with former manager Girma Tadesse.[4]

Grounds

Debub Police play their home games at Hawassa Stadium in the city of Hawassa in the southern SNNP Region of Ethiopia. Notably the playing surface at Hawassa Stadium is artificial turf.[5]

Former Managers

  • Ethiopia Girma Tadesse

Players

Current Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
- Ethiopia Binyam Admasu
- Ethiopia Abebayehu Yohannes
- Ethiopia Mikael Lemma
- Ethiopia DF Samson Assefa
- Kenya FW Erik Muranda
- Ethiopia Behailu Wegene
- Ethiopia FW Brihanu Bekele
- Ethiopia FW Ayele Tesfaye
- Ethiopia FW Brook Elias
- Ethiopia FW Carlos Damitew
- Ethiopia MF Enagaw Badeg
- Ethiopia DF Zeryehun Ashebom
- Ethiopia MF Habtamu Tilahun

References

  1. 1 2 Genene, Brook (August 27, 2018). "Debub Police Promoted to the Premier League as Jimma Aba Buna secure playoff spot". Soccer Ethiopia.
  2. ↑ Takele, Tewodros (August 28, 2018). "አሰልጣኝ ግርማ ታደሰ ስለ ደቡብ ፖሊስ ወደ ፕሪምየር ሊግ ማደግ እና ቀጣይ ቆይታቸው ይናገራሉ". Soccer Ethiopia.
  3. ↑ Tolesa, Dawit (July 1, 2017). "Record-breaking striker speaks". The Reporter Ethiopia.
  4. ↑ Genene, Brook (September 21, 2018). "Saga Over as Debub Police Confirm Zelalem Shiferaw as Their New Coach". Soccer Ethiopia.
  5. ↑ Takele, Tewodros (August 27, 2018). "የከፍተኛ ሊግ ውሎ | ደቡብ ፖሊስ ወደ ፕሪምየር ሊግ ሲያድግ ሻሸመኔ ወደ አንደኛ ሊግ ወርዷል". Soccer Ethiopia.
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