Harar City F.C.

Ethiopian football club

Football club

Harar City F.C.

Full name

Harar City Football Club

Ground

Imam Ahmed Stadium

Capacity

10,000

League

Ethiopian First League

Home colours

Away colours

Harar City Football Club (Amharic: ሐረር ከተማ እግር ኳስ ክለብ) is a professional Ethiopian football club based in Harar. They are a member of the Ethiopian Football Federation and play in the Ethiopian First League, the third division of Ethiopian football.^[1]

History

The club was founded and originally operated by Harar Brewary as Harar Beer F.C. The club enjoyed a 12-year stay in the Ethiopian Premier League before being relegated after the 2013-14 season.^[2]

In 2014, the club was sold by the brewery to local investors and subsequently had its name changed to Harar City F.C.^[3]

Stadium

The club currently plays its home matches at Harar Stadium,^[1] although it may be replaced by Aw Abadir Stadium. The new stadium is currently unfinished,^[4] but is scheduled to be completed in 2023, according to Harari Region president Ordin Bedri.^[5]

Academy

The club previously had U17 team that produced such players as Abubeker Nassir.^[6]

Honors

Domestic

Ethiopian Cup: 1

2007

African

CAF Confederation Cup: 1 appearance

2008 – Preliminary Round

Former coaches

Tsegaye Kedanemariam (2006–11)^[7]

Former players

Abel Yalew
Abubeker Nassir^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b "ድሬዳዋ ከተማ የፕሪምየር ሊጉ የመጀመርያ ሳምንታት የሜዳ ጨዋታዎቹን ሐረር ላይ ያደርጋል". Soccer Ethiopia. September 26, 2018.
^ Gebremariam, Abraham (June 10, 2014). "ፕሪምየር ሊግ ፡ ሐረር ሲቲ መድንን ተከትሎ መውረዱን አረጋገጠ". Soccer Ethiopia.
^ Gebremariam, Abraham (April 13, 2014). "ሐረር ቢራ እግርኳስ ክለብ በቅርቡ በባለሃብቶች እጅ ይገባል". Soccer Ethiopia.
^ "NEW, 1.5 BILLION BIRR STADIUM TO BE BUILT IN HARARI REGION". Harar.city.
^ "It Was Announced That Aw Abadir International Stadium Will Start Working Next Year". Fanabc.
^ ^a ^b Gebremariam, Abraham (March 4, 2021). "የአቡበከር ናስር ወደ ታላቅነት ጉዞ". Soccer Ethiopia.
^ Legesse, Mikael (August 20, 2020). "ይህን ያውቁ ኖሯል? (፱) | የኢትዮጵያ ፕሪምየር ሊግ እና አሰልጣኞች…". Soccer Ethiopia.