Debub Police Sport Club ( Amharic:ደቡብ ፖሊስ ስፖርት ክለብ) is an Ethiopian football club based in

Hawassa Hawassa ( am, አዋሳ; ʾäwasa, also spelled Awassa or Awasa) known historically as Adare is a city in Ethiopia, on the shores of Lake Awassa in the Great Rift Valley. It is south of Addis Ababa via Bishoftu, east of Sodo, and nort ...

. They play in the

Ethiopian Higher League The Ethiopian Higher League ( Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ከፍተኛ ሊግ), also called the Ethiopian Super League, is the second division of association football in Ethiopia. Regulated by the Ethiopian Football Federation, the league is divi ...

, the second division of Ethiopian football.

History

Debub Police S.C. was founded in 1996 (1989 E.C.) in Hawassa, Ethiopia. Debub Police was first promoted to 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 ...

in the 2006–07 season. Notable the Ethiopian striker Getaneh Kebede started his career at Debub Police. Debub Police secured promotion to the Ethiopian Premier League on August 27, 2018 after a 3–0 win over the Dire Dawa Police. In September 2018 the club announced it had signed Zelalem Shiferaw as its new manager after parting ways with former manager Girma Tadesse.

Grounds

Debub Police play their home games at Hawassa Stadium in the city of

in the

Sidama Region The Sidama Region ( Sidama: Sidaamu Qoqqowo; ) is a regional state in southern Ethiopia. It was formed on 18 June 2020 from the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region (SNNPR) and transformation of the Sidama Zone after a 98.52% vo ...

of Ethiopia. Notably the playing surface at Hawassa Stadium is artificial turf.

Former Managers

* Girma Tadesse * Zelalem Shiferaw

Players

Current squad

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References

Football clubs in Ethiopia Police association football clubs in Ethiopia Sidama Region