Sidama Coffee SC
Association football club in Ethiopia
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Sidama Coffee Sport Club (Amharic: ሲዳማ ቡና ስፖርት ክለብ, Sidama Buna Sport Club), also known as Dara kenema, is a professional football Club based in Sidama Municipality of Ethiopia. The club plays in the Ethiopian Premier League, the top division of Ethiopian football.
| Full name | Sidama Coffee Sport Club | |||
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| Nickname | Aliitos | |||
| Short name | Sidama Buna | |||
| Founded | 2006 (1999 E.C.) | |||
| Ground | Hawassa Kenema Stadium | |||
| Capacity | 25,000 | |||
| Owner | Sidama Coffee Farmers Cooperatives Union | |||
| Chairman | Ermias Tesfaye Kawisso | |||
| Manager | Wondimageng Teshome | |||
| League | Ethiopian Premier League | |||
| 2024–25 | Premier League 5th | |||
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History
Sidama Coffee Soccer Club was founded on August 27, 2006 (1999 E.C.) as Dara Kenema.[1] It was one of three clubs representing Formerly Sidama Zone in the South regional championships in 2006. Afterwards Dara kenema was able to advance to the championships for all regional teams from Ethiopia held in Hawassa that same year. Dara Kenema was finished in the top four of this tournament and by virtue enter the second division of Ethiopian football, the Higher League. The name Dara Kenama was changed to Sidama Coffee because the team was the only team to represent Sidama in the second division.[1]
Promotion
Sidama Coffee won the second division of Ethiopian football, the Ethiopian Higher League (formerly called the National League), in the 2008–09 season (2001 E.C.)[1] earning a promotion to the Ethiopian Premier League. Sidama Coffee's first season in the Premier League was the 2009–10 season.
Sidama beat Arba Minch City 3–1 to lift 2016 South Castle Cup.[2][3] Sidama forward Addis Gidey won Most Valuable Player and Top Goal Scorer for the Tournament.[4] Sidama had one of their most successful campaigns in the 2016–17 season as the club was part of the title race until very late in the season before ultimately finishing 4th behind eventual champions Saint George S.C.[5] In March 2018, the club sacked its manager Alemayehu Abayne after poor results and repeated clashes between himself and players on the team.[6]
Grounds
The club play their home games at Hawassa Metropolis Stadium in Hawassa, located 14.7 miles from Shashamane and 173 miles from Addis Abeba.
Players
First-team squad
As of 11 March 2021[7]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Club officials
President: 
Mengistu Sasamo
Coaching and medical staff
Manager/Head coach: Wondimagegn Teshome
Assistant coach:
Paul Ikem
First-team goalkeeping coach: Sintayehu Gidyelhu
Former managers
Alemayehu Abayneh- Zelalem Shifraw
- Zeray Mulu (2017–2021) – as assistant and head coach[7]
