Wolaita Tussa Sports Club (Amharic: ወላይታ ቱሳ እግር ኳስ ክሌብ), also known as Wolaita Tussa, is a professional football club based in

Wolaita Sodo Sodo () or officially Wolaita Sodo (, ) is a city in south Ethiopia. The city is a political and administrative center of the Wolaita Zone and South Ethiopia Regional State. It has a latitude and longitude of with an elevation between above ...

, Ethiopia. The club was founded in 1988 by known pop of catholic missioner Gino Benanti. After its formation the club was well known and popular in southern region. They were a member of the

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

and now participating in Ethiopia U-20 Premier league. But latter on after playing the first round Wolaita Zone Youth and Sport department declared that Wolaita Tussa would not continue the second round because of budget deficit.

Title won

Wolaitta Tussa Sport Club, together with Hawassa City Sport Club and St. George Sport Club, flourished in the international competition. As it was, the club had a fierce competition with Addis Ababa Clubs. Wolaita Tussa won

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in 1997. Wolaita Tussa, first ever club represented Ethiopia in

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from

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before any other clubs playing in the southern region next to Hawassa Flour FC.

Stadium

Wolaita Tussa uses Wolaita Sodo Stadium and also Hawassa international stadium as well.

References

{{reflist Football clubs in Ethiopia Sodo Sport in Wolayita Zone 1988 establishments in Ethiopia