Dire Dawa City S.C.

Dire Dawa City S.C.
Full name Dire Dawa City Sport Club
Nickname(s) The Easterners
Short name Dire Dawa Kenema
Founded 2003
Ground Dire Dawa Stadium
Capacity 18,000
Chairman Ethiopia Shakir Ahmed
Manager Ethiopia Yohannes Sahle
League Ethiopian Premier League
2018–19 10th
Website Club website

Dire Dawa City Sport Club (Amharic: ድሬዳዋ ከተማ), also known as Dire Dawa Kenema (or Ketema), is an Ethiopian football club based in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia. They are a member of the Ethiopian Football Federation and currently play in the top division of Ethiopian football, the Ethiopian Premier League.

History

Dire Dawa Kenema was founded in 2003 (1996 E.C.) with the hopes of restoring Dire Dawa's historic place in Ethiopian football. The following year (2004-05) the club played in a regional league (then considered the third tier of Ethiopian football).[1] In 2005-06 the club entered the second tier of Ethiopian football called the Ethiopian National League (now called the Ethiopian Higher League).[1] The club entered the Ethiopian Premier League for the first time in 2007-08 season.[2]

Premier League

Dire Dawa Kenema spent the first few season in the top division battling relegation.[1] The club lost its best player from the 2009-10 season, Ashenafi Girma, to Meta Abo Beer F.C. during the 2010-11 season.[1] Dire Dawa Kenema was relegated from the Premier League after the 20011-12 season.

Dire Dawa Kenema was promoted back to the Ethiopian Premier League after the 2014-15 season and managed to finish 11th in the 2015-16 season avoiding relegation. The club battled relegation in the two seasons since then and avoided relegation each time. The club signed Yosef Dengeto to a contract in March 2018.[3] Former coach of the Ethiopian National team Yohannes Sahle signed on to coach the club on August 3, 2018.[4]

Grounds

They play at the 18,000 capacity Dire Dawa Stadium. [5]

Women's Team

Dire Dawa Women's Football Club plays in the first division of the Ethiopian Women's Premier League. They are coached by Girma Teshome.

Academy

Dire Dawa Sport Club Academy consists of the U20 team. Players from the U20 team are often picked to fill a few roster spots at the senior level from time to time.[6]

Other Sports

  • Boxing Team

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 GK Firew Getahun
1 Ghana DF Emmanuel Laryea
30 Haiti DF Olrish Saurel
Ethiopia GK Samson Asefa
3 Ethiopia DF Ahmed Reshid
- Ethiopia MF Ramadan Nasar
5 Ghana MF Hamza Mohammed
20 Ghana FW Kwame Attram
26 Ethiopia FW Bereket Yisak
6 Ethiopia FW Fuad Ibrahim
12 Ethiopia DF Anteneh Tesfaye
- Ethiopia DF Fekadu Deneke
- Ethiopia DF Bereket Samuel
No. Position Player
- Ethiopia DF Zenebe Kebede
- Ethiopia MF Wesenu Maze
- Ethiopia MF Yosef Damuye
- Ethiopia MF Surafel Daniel
- Ethiopia FW Habtamu Wolde
- Ethiopia FW Dagnachew Bekele
- Ethiopia GK Dawit Bayu
- Ethiopia DF Alayu Tekeba
- Ethiopia MF Eyob Tadesse
- Ethiopia FW Seifu Takele
- Ethiopia MF Mikias Girma

Club Officials

Chairman:Ethiopia Shakir Ahmed

Coaching and Medical Staff

Manager:Ethiopia Yohannes Sahle

Assistant coach:Ethiopia Simon Abay

Assistant coach:Ethiopia Fisseha Tuomelsa

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "ድሬዳዋ ከነማ". Hattricksport. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Diredawa City: Team Profile". ethiofootball. Retrieved August 25, 2018.
  3. ↑ Takele, Tewodros (March 16, 2018). "ዮሴፍ ድንገቶ ድሬዳዋ ከተማን ተቀላቅሏል". Soccer Ethiopia.
  4. ↑ Taddele, Omna (August 3, 2018). "ዮሃንስ ሳህሌ የድሬዳዋ ከተማ አሰልጣኝ ሆነዋል". Soccer Ethiopia.
  5. ↑ "Dire Dawa City". int.soccerway.com/. Retrieved 2013-08-29.
  6. ↑ Takele, Tewodros (August 29, 2018). "ድሬ ዳዋ ከተማ ግብ ጠባቂ አስፈርሟል". Soccer Ethiopia.
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