Hawassa City S.C.

Hawassa lifted the trophy in the 2003–04 season beating Lideta Nyala SC, and picked up the Ethiopian cup in the following season. Zelalem Shiferaw was the manager of the team. The club delivered its second Premier League title in the 2006–07 Season.

Hawassa Kenema participated in the 2005 and 2008 CAF Champions League, getting knocked out at the preliminary round each time. They made one appearance in the CAF Confederations Cup (2006), another tournament which they also exited in the preliminary round.

Ghanaian defender Lawrence Lartey joined Hawassa Kenema SC on a one-year contract in October 2017.{{Cite news|url=http://ghanasoccernet.com/exclusive-defender-lawrence-lartey-joins-hawassa-kenema-in-ethiopia|title=Defender Lawrence Lartey joins Hawassa Kenema in Ethiopia|last=Adams|first=Nuhu|date=October 20, 2017|work=Ghana Soccernet}}

In November 2016, at beginning of the 2016–17 season, goalkeeper Kibreab Dawit along with his two children died due to an accident at his home in Hawassa. Kibreab Dawit was the second choice goalkeeper at the time and managed 6 starts since the start of the 2014–15 season.{{Cite news|url=http://www.soka25east.com/hawassa-city-keeper-perish-fire-accident/|title=Hawassa City keeper perish in fire accident|last=Asrat|first=Firew|date=November 16, 2016|work=soka25east}}

During the 2017–18 season the team fired its head coach Wubetu Abate, his assistant Zelalem Shiferaw served as interim coach until the end of the season.{{Cite news|last=Takele|first=Tewodros|date=August 5, 2018|title=ሀዋሳ ከተማ አዲስ አሰልጣኝ ሾሟል|work=Soccer Ethiopia|url=http://www.soccerethiopia.net/football/38911}}

On August 5, 2018, the club announced that had agreed to a two-year contract with Addise Kassa, formerly the manager of Welkite City FC, to become the next head coach of the club.

Their home stadium is Hawassa Stadium which they share with another team, Debub Police S.C.

Hawassa is known for producing some of the best young talent in the country such as Adane Girma, Shimeles Bekele, Bahailu Assefa and Mulugeta Mihret. As such the club has one of the most successful academies in Ethiopia with its U17 and U20 teams having won multiple titles in their respective leagues.{{Cite news|url=http://www.soka25east.com/hawassa-kenema-dominate-youth-leagues-ethiopia/|title=Hawassa Kenema dominate youth leagues in Ethiopia|last=Osano|first=Bonface|date=May 28, 2017|work=soka25east}}

Hawassa Kenema's U-17 team won the 2016–17 U-17 Ethiopian Premier League title for the second year in a row.{{Cite news|last=Taddele|first=Omna|date=May 15, 2017|title=U-17 Premier League: Hawassa Ketema Retain League Title|work=Soccer Ethiopia|url=http://www.soccerethiopia.net/football/28335|access-date=April 4, 2018|archive-date=July 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180704005903/http://www.soccerethiopia.net/football/28335|url-status=dead}}

Temesgen Dana coached the U17 team until the end of the 2015–16 season and the U20 team from 2016 to 2018 before being promoted to assistant coach of the senior team in August 2018.

The Hawassa City Women's football club plays in the Ethiopian Women's Premier League.

• Women's Football Team
• Football Team (U20){{Cite web|title=Hawassa Ketema [U20]|url=https://soccer.et/club/hawassa-ketema-u-20/|access-date=March 18, 2021|website=Soccer Ethiopia}}

• Ethiopian Premier League: 2

::2004, 2007

• Ethiopian Cup: 1

::2005

• CAF Champions League: 2 appearances

::2005 – Preliminary Round

::2008 – Preliminary Round

• CAF Confederation Cup: 1 appearance

::2006 – Preliminary Round

• CAF Cup: 1 appearance

::2000 – Second Round

As of 8 January 2021{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Hawassa Ketema|url=https://soccer.et/club/hawassa-ketema/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=Soccer Ethiopia}}

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• Manager/Head Coach: {{Flagicon|Ethiopia}} Mulugeta Mihret

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• {{flagicon|Ethiopia}} Behailu Demeke

• {{Flagicon|Ethiopia}} Wubetu Abate{{Cite news|url=http://www.soka25east.com/ethiopia-wubetu-happy-hawassa-progress/|title=Ethiopia: Wubetu happy with Hawassa progress|last=Baye|first=Timotios|date=April 23, 2017|work=soka25east}}
• {{Flagicon|Ethiopia}} Zelalem Shiferaw (as interim coach)
• {{Flagicon|Ethiopia}} Addise Kassa
• {{Flagicon|Ethiopia}} Kemal Ahmed{{Cite news|last=Amare|first=Solomon|date=December 21, 2010|title=Ethiopia Football: Salaries of domestic & foreign coaches show great disparity|work=Ethiosports|url=https://www.ethiosports.com/2010/12/21/ethiopia-football-salaries-of-domestic-foreign-coaches-show-great-disparity/}}

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