Arba Minch City Football Club (

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: አርባምንጭ ከተማ), also known as Arba Minch Kenema, is a professional Ethiopian

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club based in

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. They play in the

Ethiopian Premier League The Ethiopian Premier League (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ፕሪምየር ሊግ), known as the BetKing Ethiopian Premier League for sponsorship reasons, is the top tier association football league of Ethiopia run by the Ethiopian Premier League ...

, the first division of professional football in Ethiopia.

History

Arba Minch was most recently promoted to the Premier League in 2011–12 season. After a relative smooth first three seasons in the top league, frequent changes in coaches and administrative problems led them to be struggles over the next 4 seasons. Arba Minch narrowly avoided relegation in both the 2015–16 and 2016–17 seasons. Arba Minch signed manager Tsegaye K/Mariam to a two-year contract before the 2017–18 campaign. Only to later sack the manager just a couple months into his contract. After seven straight seasons in the top league Arba Minch was relegated from the

after the 2017–18 season. They rejoined the top division for the 2021–22 season.

Players

First-team squad

Former managers

* Tsegay K/Mariam * Alemayehu Abayeneh * Paulos Tsegaye * Eyob Maale * Dawit Cairo (from Gamo Chencha FC) * John habtualem (from Chencha FC)

Former players

* Degu Debebe * Mulalem Mesfin * Abebaw Butako * Bereket * Endale Kebede * Mulualem Tilahun *Temesgen Duba

References

External links

Team profile
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Arba Minch Kenema logo
Football clubs in Ethiopia Sport in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region South Ethiopia Regional State {{Ethiopia-footyclub-stub