Adama City F.C.
Adama City Football Club (Oromo: Garee Kubbaa Miilaa Magaalaa Adaamaa; Amharic: አዳማ ከትማ እግር ኳስ ክለብ) is an Ethiopian professional football club based in Adama. The club competes in Ethiopian Premier League, the top division in Ethiopian football.[1]
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| Full name | Adama City Football Club | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Black Lions (Leenca Gurraacha) | |||
| Founded | 1991 | |||
| Ground | Abebe Bikila Stadium Adama, Ethiopia | |||
| Capacity | 4,000 | |||
| Chairman |  Teshome Quankusie | |||
| Manager | Zeray Mulu | |||
| League | Ethiopian Premier League | |||
| 2020–21 | Premier League 13th of 13 | |||
| Website | Club website | |||
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History
The club was founded in 1991 (1983 E.C.).[2]
Adama City briefly held the top spot late in the 2017–18 Ethiopian Premier League season before eventually finishing 5th.[3]
On August 4, 2018 the club hired Sisay Abraham as manager and Dawit Tadesse as assistant coach.[4] In February 2021, the club hired Zeray Mulu as its manager.[5]
Stadium
The club's home ground is Abebe Bikila stadium (Adama), the second such stadium in the country to be named after Olympic marathon champion Abebe Bikila.
Support
Adama City (Ketema) enjoys a great support for its fans both at home in Adama and during away fixtures. The supporters have been involved in some altercation with some rival team supporters in the past.[6]
Finances
As of 2018, Salaries at the club have steadily risen with player like Jecko Peaze Peryze earning 165,000 Br per month.[7] United Beverages, makers of the Ethiopian beer brand Anbessa Beer, is a sponsor of the club and in 2021 provided the club with new Jako branded Kits.[8]
Sponsors
On March 25, 2022 Adama City football Club signed a sponsorship agreement with United Beverage for 60 milion birr for 5 years.[9]
Departments
Players
First-team squad
As of 7 March 2021[2]
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
CEO: Anbessa Megersa[8]
Former Coaches
- Wubetu Abate[12]
- Ashenafi Bekele[13]
- Negene Negash
- Sisay Abraham
- Aschalew Hailemichael (-2021)
References
- "Adama Kenema Remains on Top of the Ethiopia Premier League". Ethiosports. 27 December 2015.
- "Adama Ketema". Soccer Ethiopia. Archived from the original on 2021-01-11.
- Taddele, Omna (June 9, 2018). "Administrative Blunder Puts Adama Ketema as Premier League New Leaders". Soccer Ethiopia.
- "አዳማ ከተማ ዋና እና ምክትል አሰልጣኞችን ቀጥሯል". Soccer Ethiopia. August 4, 2018.
- Takele, Tewodros (February 25, 2021). "አዳማ ከተማ አዲስ አሰልጣኝ ሾሟል". Soccer Ethiopia.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - Taddele, Omna (February 1, 2018). "Fans Mayhem in Addis Ababa Stadium as Adama Ketema Hold Kidus Giorgis". Soccer Ethiopia.
- Yimer, Solomon (March 18, 2018). "Footballers' Salaries sore, Club's Revenues Drained". Addis Fortune.
- Legesse, Mikael (April 1, 2021). "አዳማ ከተማ ድጋፍ ተደረገለት". Soccer Ethiopia.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - "ዩናይትድ ቤቭሬጅስ በዋሊን ምርቱ አዳማ ከተማን ስፖንሰር አደረገ". Soccer Ethiopia. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
- Mesfin, Daniel (March 14, 2021). "የአዲስ አበባ ከ17 ዓመት በታች ውድድር ዛሬ ተጀምሯል". Soccer Ethiopia.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - "U-20 Premier League". Soccer Ethiopia. Archived from the original on 2021-02-27. Retrieved March 18, 2021.
- Mabuka, Dennis (September 30, 2020). "Wubetu Abate named new Ethiopia coach to replace Mebratu". goal.
- Berhanu, Markos (May 9, 2017). "Ethiopian Soccer: Ashenafi names 29-man roster ahead of Uganda friendly". Ethiosports.
- "Only two expats in Ethiopia football squad". Nazret. June 7, 2017.