Arba Minch City F.C.

Arba Minch City Football Club (Amharic: አርባምንጭ ከተማ), also known as Arba Minch Kenema, is a professional Ethiopian football club based in Arba Minch. They play in the Ethiopian Higher League, the second division of professional football in Ethiopia.

Arba Minch City
Full nameArba Minch City Football Club
Nickname(s)The Crocodiles
Short nameArba Minch Kenema
GroundArba Minch Stadium
Capacity5,000
ChairmanTadion Chemesa
ManagerMesay Teferi
LeagueEthiopian Higher League
2022–23Ethiopian Premier League, 14th of 16 (relegated)

History

Arba Minch was most recently promoted to the Premier League in 2011–12 season. After a relative smooth first three seasons in the top league, frequent changes in coaches and administrative problems led them to be struggles over the next 4 seasons. Arba Minch narrowly avoided relegation in both the 2015–16 and 2016–17 seasons.[1]

Arba Minch signed manager Tsegaye K/Mariam to a two-year contract before the 2017–18 campaign. Only to later sack the manager just a couple months into his contract.[2] After seven straight seasons in the top league Arba Minch was relegated from the Ethiopian Premier League after the 2017–18 season.[3] They rejoined the top division for the 2021-22 season.[4]

Players

First-team squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Ethiopia ETH Abel Mamo
- GK Ethiopia ETH Said Habtamu
- GK Ethiopia ETH Yesaq Tegegne
5 DF Kenya KEN Bernard Ochieng
- DF Ethiopia ETH Bereket Wolde-Yohannes
- FW Ethiopia ETH Fekadu Mekonin
26 FW Kenya KEN Erick Kapaito
- FW Ethiopia ETH Sintayehu Mengistu

Former Managers
  • EthiopiaTsegay K/Mariam
  • EthiopiaAlemayehu Abayeneh
  • EthiopiaPaulos Tsegaye
  • EthiopiaEyob Maale
  • EthiopiaDawit Cairo (from Gamo Chencha FC)
  • EthiopiaJohn habtualem (from Chencha FC)

Former players

References
  1. "ArbaMinch Sack Paulos Tsegaye". Soccer Ethiopia. April 14, 2017.
  2. Samson, Michael (January 1, 2018). "Dicha's Mesay Teferi and Arbaminch's Tsegaye K/Mariam sacked". Capital Ethiopia.
  3. Taddele, Omna (July 15, 2018). "ArbaMinch Ketema are Relegated as Wolaitta Dicha Secures Safety". Soccer Ethiopia.
  4. ipsum, lorem. "Arba Minch City, Adama and Hossana opt for continuity". lorem ipsum. Retrieved 2022-01-13.
  5. Gebremariam, Abraham (June 10, 2014). "ፕሪምየር ሊግ ፡ ሐረር ሲቲ መድንን ተከትሎ መውረዱን አረጋገጠ". Soccer Ethiopia.
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