Hawassa Kenema Stadium is a multi-purpose

stadium A stadium (: stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage completely or partially surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit ...

in Hawassa,

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. It is used mostly for

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matches and serves as the home stadium of

Hawassa City S.C. Hawassa City Sport Club (Amharic: ሀዋሳ ከተማ ስፖርት ክለብ), also known as Hawassa Kenema, is a professional Ethiopian football and basketball club based in Hawassa. The football team plays in the Ethiopian Premier League, the t ...

The stadium has a capacity of 60,000 people, but still on process.

History

The stadium hosted group matches of the 2015 CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup. The stadium hosted the Ethiopian National team's 2017 AFCON qualifier against Seychelles in September 2016 after being given approval from CAF. The stadium hosted Wolaitta Dicha's victory over Egyptian side

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(2-1) in the first leg of the preliminary round of the 2018 CAF Confederations Cup. In 2018, the stadium hosted a 2019 AFCON qualifier played between Ethiopia and Sierra Leone. In April 2018, the stadium hosted a rally for the Ethiopian Prime Minister

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in which crowd of 60,000 people attended.

References

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