Adama City Football Club ( Oromo: ''Garee Kubbaa Miilaa Magaalaa Adaamaa'';

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: አዳማ ከተማ እግር ኳስ ክለብ) is an Ethiopian professional football club based in

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. The club was founded in 1991 and currently competes in the

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, the top division of Ethiopian football. Adama City has a consistent appearance in the league except the one year where the team went to relegation. Best times are when the team finishing second in 2008 and staying on top of the league on 2017–18 for a while which ended at being 5th. The women team have won the title on 2018–19 with

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and Senaf Wakuma winning the golden ball and boot respectively.

History

The club was founded in 1991 (1983 E.C.) by a group of local businessmen and athletes. Adama City quickly rose through the Ethiopian football pyramid, and in 2007 they were promoted to the Ethiopian Premier League for the first time. The club has had a mixed record in the Ethiopian Premier League, but they have consistently been one of the top teams in the country. In 2017–18, Adama City briefly held the top spot in the league table, but they eventually finished in fifth place. In August 2018, the club hired Sisay Abraham as manager and Dawit Tadesse as assistant coach. The duo led Adama City to a fifth-place finish in the 2018–19 season. In February 2021, the club hired Zaray Mulu as its manager. Mulu is a former player of the club, and he has previously managed other Ethiopian clubs, including Hawassa City and Dedebit. Adama City is a popular club in Ethiopia with a large fan base. The club's home stadium is the Adama Science and Technology University Stadium, which has a capacity of 12,000.

Stadium

The club's home ground is Adama Science and Technology University Stadium (Adama).

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.

Finances

As of 2018, Salaries at the club have steadily risen with player like Jecko Peaze Peryze earning 165,000 Br per month. United Beverages, makers of the Ethiopian beer brand Anbessa Beer, is a sponsor of the club and in 2021 provided the club with new

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branded Kits.

Departments

Active departments

* Women's Football Team * Football Team (U17) * Football Team (U20)

Players

First-team squad

''As of 7 March 2021''

Club officials

CEO: Anbessa Megersa

Coaching staff

* Manager/Head Coach: Aschalew Hailemichael * First Assistant coach: Degu Dubamo *Goalkeeper coach: Ephrem Eshetu *Team Leader: Girma Tadesse *Physiotherapist: Yohannes Getachew

Former coaches

* Wubetu Abate * Ashenafi Bekele * Negene Negash * Sisay Abraham * Aschalew Hailemichael (−2021)

Former players

* Surafel Dagnachew * Tesfaye Bekele * Mujib Kassim * Biruk Kalbore

References

External links

Official website
(archived 4 February 2012) {{Ethiopian Premier League Football clubs in Ethiopia Association football clubs established in 1993 1993 establishments in Ethiopia Sport in Oromia