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Dire Dawa City Sport Club (Amharic: ድሬዳዋ ከተማ ስፖርት ክለብ), also known as Dire Dawa Kenema, is a professional Ethiopian football club based in Dire Dawa previously knownas issa and gurgura awraja. They play in the top division of Ethiopian football, the Ethiopian Premier League.
History
Foundation (1982–2003)
Dire Dawa Kenema was originally founded in 1982 (1975 E.C.) until the club went defunct.
New Beginning (2003–Present)
The club was reestablished in 2003 (1996 EC) with the hopes of restoring Dire Dawa's historic place in Ethiopian football. The following year (2004–05) the club played in a regional league (then considered the third tier of Ethiopian football). In 2005–06 the club entered the second tier of Ethiopian football called the Ethiopian National League (now called the Ethiopian Higher League). The club entered the Ethiopian Premier League for the first time in 2007–08 season.
Dire Dawa Kenema spent the first few season in the top division battling relegation. The club lost its best player from the 2009–10 season, Ashenafi Girma, to Meta Abo Beer F.C. during the 2010–11 season. Dire Dawa Kenema was relegated from the Premier League after the 2011–12 season.
Dire Dawa Kenema was promoted back to the Ethiopian Premier League after the 2014–15 season and managed to finish 11th in the 2015–16 season avoiding relegation. The club battled relegation in the two seasons since then and avoided relegation each time. The club signed Yosef Dengeto to a contract in March 2018. Former coach of the Ethiopian National team Yohannes Sahle signed on to coach the club on August 3, 2018.
Fisseha Teumelisan was sacked as manager of the club on February 12, 2021. After his firing, Fisseha sued the club saying that he hadn't been paid the amount that was owned to him after the termination of his contract.
O Dire Dawa é um dos clubes mais bem-sucedidos da Etiópia, tendo vencido a Primeira Liga Etíope três vezes, em 1965, 1970 e 1972. O clube também venceu a Taça da Etiópia duas vezes, em 1965 e 1966.
O Dire Dawa tem participado regularmente nas competições africanas de clubes, tendo alcançado a fase de grupos da Liga dos Campeões da CAF em 2006.
O clube é conhecido por sua torcida apaixonada, que é conhecida como "Os Verdes". O Dire Dawa joga seus jogos em casa no Estádio Dire Dawa, que tem capacidade para 15.000 torcedores.
O atual treinador do Dire Dawa é Gebremedhin Haile, que assumiu o cargo em 2021.
Alguns dos jogadores mais famosos do Dire Dawa incluem:
* Getaneh Kebede
* Saladin Said
* Shimelis Bekele
* Seyoum Tesfaye
* Fikru Tefera