Harar City Football Club ( Amharic: ሐረር ከተማ እግር ኳስ ክለብ) is a professional

Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the Er ...

n football club based in

Harar Harar ( amh, ሐረር; Harari: ሀረር; om, Adare Biyyo; so, Herer; ar, هرر) known historically by the indigenous as Gey (Harari: ጌይ ''Gēy'', ) is a walled city in eastern Ethiopia. It is also known in Arabic as the City of Sain ...

. They are a member of the

Ethiopian Football Federation The Ethiopian Football Federation (EFF) ( Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ እግር ኳስ ፌዴሬሽን) is the governing body of football in Ethiopia. It organizes all tiers of the national football league and the national team. It was one of th ...

and play in the Ethiopian First League, the third division of Ethiopian football.

History

The club was founded and originally operated by Harar Brewary as Harar Beer F.C. The club enjoyed a 12 year stay 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 ...

before being relegated after the 2013-14 season. In 2014, the club was sold by the brewery to local investors and subsequently had its name changed to Harar City F.C.

Stadium

The club currently plays its home matches at Harar Stadium, although it may be replaced by Aw Abadir Stadium. The new stadium is currently unfinished, but is scheduled to be completed in 2023, according to

Harari Region The Harari Region ( Harari: ሀረሪ ሁስኒ; ; ), officially the Harari People's National Regional State ( Harari: ዚሀረሪ ኡምመት ሁስኒ ሁኩማ; am, የሐረሪ ሕዝብ ብሔራዊ ክልላዊ መንግሥት; om, Moo ...

president Ordin Bedri.

Academy

The club previously had U17 team that produced such players as

Abubeker Nassir Abubeker Nassir ( am, አቡበከር ናስር; born 23 February 2000) is an Ethiopian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Mamelodi Sundowns in the Premier Soccer League and the Ethiopian national team. He previously played fo ...

Honors

Domestic

Ethiopian Cup The Ethiopian Cup is the top knockout tournament of the Ethiopian football. It was created in 1945. Winners *1945 : British Military Mission-BMME (Addis Abeba) *1946 : Army (Addis Abeba) *1947 : Polisportiva (Addis Abeba) *1948 : Body Guard (Ad ...

: 1 :: 2007

African

CAF Confederation Cup The CAF Confederation Cup, known as the TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship purposes, is an annual association football club competition established in 2004 from a merger of the CAF Cup and the African Cup Winners' Cup and org ...

: 1 appearance ::

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– Preliminary Round

Former coaches

* Tsegaye Kedanemariam (2006–11)

Former players

Abel Yalew Abel Yalew Tilahun (; born 23 March 1996) is an Ethiopian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Egyptian Premier League The Egyptian Premier League ( ar, الدوري المصري الممتاز), also known as WE Egyptian Premie ...

References

External links

Team profile
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