Shire Endaselassie F.C.

Shire Endaselassie F.C.
Full nameShire Endaselassie Football Club
Nickname(s)Sehul Shire
Short nameShire
Founded2012 (2005 E.C.)
GroundTigray Stadium
Shire Stadium
Capacity60,000
ChairmanEthiopia Tesfay Alem
ManagerEthiopia Daniel Tsehaye
LeagueEthiopian Premier League
2019–20Premier League 4th of 16
Current season

Shire Endaselassie F.C. (Amharic: ሽረ እንዳሥላሴ, also known as Sihul Shire FC) is an Ethiopian football club based in Shire, Ethiopia. They are a member of the Ethiopian Football Federation and play in the Ethiopian Premier League, the first division of football in Ethiopia.

History

Shire Endaselassie was established in 2012 (2005 EC) in the city of Shire.[1]

The club joined the National League system in 2013–14(2006 EC) season and was later promoted to the 2016–17 (2009 EC) Ethiopian Higher League season.

The club was promoted to the 2018-19 Ethiopian Premier League after winning a playoff match against Jimma Aba Buna held in Hawassa Ethiopia.[1] This was the club's first promotion the top tier of Ethiopian football.

Finances

The club is run and funded by the Shire Inda Selassie municipality. Due to this the club has restricted financial resources and inadequate training facilities.[2]

Players

First-team squad

As of 12 January 2020

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
99 GK Ethiopia ETH Walta Andey
1 GK Ethiopia ETH Mintesenot Allo
21 MF Ethiopia ETH Bereket Tesema(C)
5 DF Ethiopia ETH Yonas Girmay
16 DF Ethiopia ETH Shewit Yohannes
3 MF Ethiopia ETH Ramadan Yosef
64 MF Ethiopia ETH Habtamu Shewalem
41 MF Ethiopia ETH Netsanet Gebremedin
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF Ivory Coast CIV Didier Lebri
20 FW Ivory Coast CIV Salifou Fofana
18 DF Ethiopia ETH Aklilu Walelgn
15 DF Ghana GHA Abdulatif Mohammed
2 MF Ethiopia ETH Abdulselam Ahmad
19 MF Ethiopia ETH Said Hussein
8 FW Ethiopia ETH Haileab Haileselassie

Club officials

Coaching staff

  • Manager: Ethiopia Daniel Tsehaye
  • First Assistant Coach:Ethiopia Bereket Gebremedhin

References

  1. ^ a b Gebremariam, Abraham (September 4, 2018). "ሽረ እንዳስላሴ ለመጀመርያ ጊዜ ወደ ፕሪምየር ሊግ አድጓል". Soccer Ethiopia.
  2. ^ Birhane, Dawit (September 5, 2018). ""ሽረን ፕሪሜየር ሊግ ማስገባት ነበር እቅዴ በውድድሩ መሃል ላይ የፕሪሜየርሊግ ቡድን የማሰልጠን እድል ገጥሞኝ ነበር " ዳንኤል ፀሃየ". hattricksport.