Wolkite City F.C.

Wolkite City F.C. (Amharic: ወልቂጤ ከተማ, Wolkite Ketema) is a professional football club based in Wolkite, Ethiopia. They play in the Ethiopian Premier League, the top division of football in Ethiopia.[1]

Wolkite City F.C.
Full nameWolkite City Football Club
Short nameWolkite Ketema
Founded2010
Manager Degarege Yigzaw
LeagueEthiopian Premier League
2020-21Premier League 6th of 16

History

Wolkite Ketema was founded in 2010.[2] The club last played in the second division, Ethiopian Higher League, during the 2018-19 season.[3] That season Wolkite earned a promotion to the Ethiopian Premier League by finishing top of their respective group.[4] To strengthen their team for their first season in the top flight, they signed a Ghanaian international Kweku Andoh, who most recently played for Ethiopian champions Mekelle 70 Enderta.[5]

Wolkite officially signed a two year kit deal with Singapore based apparel maker Mafro Sports in September 2019.[4]

Support

Wolkite City enjoys a strong fan base with supporters often traveling with the team during away matches.

Players

First-team squad

As of 8 January 2021[2]

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  ETH Jemal Tassew
3 DF  ETH Remedan Yesouf
4 DF  ETH Mohammed Shafi
6 MF  ETH Asari Al-Mehadi
7 FW  ETH Ame Mohammed
8 FW  ETH Abubeker Sanni
9 DF  ETH Seyoum Tesfaye
10 FW  ETH Ahmed Hussein
11 FW  ETH Abdulrahman Mubarek
12 DF  ETH Tesfaye Negash
13 MF  ETH Firew Solomon
14 MF  ETH Abdulkerim Worku
15 DF  ETH Tesfaye Melaku
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 DF  ETH Adane Belayneh
18 MF  ETH Behailu Teshager
19 DF  ETH Dagim Nigussie
20 MF  ETH Yared Tadesse
21 MF  ETH Habtamu Shewalem
22 GK  ETH George Desta
23 DF  ETH Yibeltale Shebabaw
25 DF  ETH Amin Nesru
26 FW  ETH Henok Ayele
27 MF  ETH Muhajir Meki
30 DF  ETH Tomas Simretu
99 GK  ETH Yohannes Bezabeh

Club Officials

Head Coach/Manager: Degarege Yigzaw[2]

References
  1. "Wolkite City vs. Mekelle 70 Enderta". Soccer Ethiopia. January 12, 2020.
  2. "Wolkite Ketema". Soccer Ethiopia.
  3. "Ethiopia 2017-18". rsssf.com.
  4. Tsehaye, Dawit (September 14, 2019). "Mafro Sport to kit wolkite for the coming two years". Soccer Ethiopia.
  5. "Ethiopian side Wolkite City sign former Hearts defender Kweku Andoh". 1 August 2019.
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