Sebeta City (

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: ''Magaalaa sabbataa'';

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: ሰበታ ከተማ, Sebeta Ketema) is a professional

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club based in

Sebeta Sabata ( Oromo: ''Sabbataa'') is a town in the Oromia Special Zone Surrounding Addis Ababa of the Oromia Region in Ethiopia. The Sabataa School for the Blind is located in Sabata. It became part of the Haile Selassie I Foundation in 1959, and c ...

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. They play in the

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, the second division of Ethiopian football.

History

Sebeta City F.C. was founded in 2005. In the 2010–2011 season of

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 club was relegated to the Ethiopian second division after finishing in fourteenth place. The club was promoted to the

after winning their group in the 2018-19

season.

Stadium

Their home stadium is Sebeta Stadium, which has a capacity of 5,000. As part of a sponsorship deal, the club announced that a standard football pitch would be constructed at Sebeta Stadium. The renovation work at the stadium was finished in April 2020.

Finances

In December 2019 the club signed a four year sponsorship deal, worth 18 million Birr a year, with Meta Abo Brewery. The club had a contractual dispute with their former head coach Webetu Abate and the EFF after he left the club to coach the Ethiopian national team.

Players

First-team squad

''As of 8 January 2021''

Club officials

CEO: Alemayehu *Mendaye *Chairman: Obsa Legese

Coaching staff

Manager/Head coach: * Abraham Mebratu

Former players

* Savio Kabugo (2019–20)

References

External links

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