Focusing on Dessie, Kombolca and Haik Kenema Football Club
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
International Journal of Applied Research 2020; 6(9): 305-311 ISSN Print: 2394-7500 ISSN Online: 2394-5869 The development and challenges of football in south Impact Factor: 5.2 IJAR 2020; 6(9): 305-311 Wollo zone and Dessie city administration of Amhara www.allresearchjournal.com Received: 05-07-2020 region: Focusing on Dessie, Kombolca and Haik Accepted: 16-08-2020 Kenema football Club Tesfaye Legesse Gebreyohannis MSc. Lecturer at Sport Science Department of Wollo Tesfaye Legesse Gebreyohannis University, Dessie, Ethiopia Abstract The main objective of this study is to make an investigation on the development and challenge of football in south wollo Zone and Dessie city administration of Amhara region focusing on three city administration clubs (i.e. Dessie, kombolcha and Haik kenema). To achieve the intended objectives, the researcher employ questionnaires (open and close ended), interview (formal and informal), and focus group discussion as a tool to collect the required data. The researcher employed a descriptive survey with mixed approach (qualitative and quantitative) as a method of study. Because, this method provides the researcher with detail description of the existing condition about a problem under investigation. To collect the data, 94 participants were involved. These are 69 football players, 6 football coaches, 1 team leader, 2 youth and sport office heads, and 16 sport professionals, former players, youth and sport office employees and sport science teachers. The finding indicates that, lack of sufficient budget for annual competition, insufficient sport materials, absence of balanced incentives/ salary/,insufficient attention of South Wollo zone and Dessie city administration youth and sport office higher official, less sport professional motivation of youth and sport office employees, deficiency of player motivation, discipline and commitment, less peoples and institutions involvement in financial and material support, absence of sponsorship for the team, nonappearance of football projects at different age group, less cooperation between professionals, too less school sport activities were a critical factors affecting the development of football in South Wollo zone and Dessie city Administration in general and Dessie, Kombolcha and Haik Kenema football club in particular. Hence, it’s concluded that, budget, sport facilities, lack of incentives, less players and coaches’ commitment, lack of cooperation between sport expertise, less peoples’ involvement in football support, less school sport activities and other related factors are the barriers that contribute to the declination of football in South Wollo zone and Dessie city Administration in general and Dessie, Kombolcha and Haik Kenema football club in particular. Thus, it is recommended that the club administrators and south wollo Zone and Dessie city administration youth and sport office need to look in to these problems in detail and take the necessary action. The regional and federal football federation, the people in Dessie area ought to pay attention to minimize these and other related problems in order to improve football of the study area. Keywords: Team, club, football, coaching, coach 1. Introduction Football is a famous and popularized sport loved by more and more people. It has attracted a large number of faithful fans that will do their best to support it. People will prefer to watch the exciting football game or even learn playing it. However, to those people who are novice to the game, it is necessary for them to know what the football game is all about. It is also a game which stands or falls on the facts that it is a game which requires skill and intelligence, the factor of speed, power and endurance become important as one grows older (Frank F. Declemente, 1968). The origin of football can be founded in every corner of Geography and history. The Chiness Japaness, Italian, ancient Greek, Persia Viking, and many more played a ball game long Corresponding Author: Tesfaye Legesse Gebreyohannis before our era. The Chiness played “football” games date as far back as 3000 years ago. The MSc. Lecturer at Sport Science ancient Greece and the Roman used football games to sharpen warriors for battle. In south Department of Wollo and Central America, a game called “Tilatchi” one flourished. But it was in England that University, Dessie, Ethiopia footballs really begin to take shape. It all started in 1863 in England, when two football ~ 305 ~ International Journal of Applied Research http://www.allresearchjournal.com association (association football rugby football) split off on with high poverty and unemployment, the district covers a their different course. Therefore, the first football total land area of 16,000 Hectare and it is bordered by the association was founded in England. The spread of football Woreda of Dessie Zuria, Kuta Ber, Tehule Desie and outside of England, mainly due to the British influence Kombolcha Town (Dessie Town Micro and Small enterprise abroad, started slow, but it soon gathered momentum and office, 2010). spread rapidly to all parts of the world (Wikipedia free Encyclopaedia). 2.1.2 Kombolcha Even though Ethiopian is well re-known in Athletics world Kombolcha (Amharic: ኮምቦልቻ) is a city and woreda in especially in long run sport, the football is the foremost north-central Ethiopia. Located in the South Wollo Zone of appreciated sport among of the majority of the society. At the Amhara Region, it has a latitude and longitude of the present time the Ethiopian football is affected by 11°5′N39°44′E with an elevation between 1842 and 1915 different factors and due to these indefinite reason, they loss meters above sea level. Some guide books describe good results but Ethiopian still love football game. The Kombolcha as the twin city of Dessie which lies some Ethiopian football federation has gotten recognition by the 13 km to the northwest. The town is located in northern government in 1947 but the association has been established Ethiopia, in Amhara National Regional State, South Wollo under the prince Sahile Selasie in 1943. After the English Zone, at a distance 377 Km from Addis Ababa, and 505 Km men had begun the first football game long years later, the from Bahirdar the regional capital. Its astronomical location Ethiopian also adapt the sport in love. is 11º 06’ North Latitude and 39º 45’ East Longitude. The first Ethiopia football championship was taken between Kombolcha town was founded during the Italian occupation five different clubs in 1943. Those five clubs were the in 1935-1940. Kombolcha is one of the reform towns in the Ethiopian kidus Giorgis football club, the Britain troops region and has a town administration, municipality and football club, the Italian fortitude football club, the 5 kebeles. The town has a structure plan which was prepared Armenian Ararat football club, and Greek Olompiakos. The in 2010. first Ethiopian national team friendship match was done against the Djibouti national team at the field Jan-Meda in 2.1.3 Haik 1947. On that game Ethiopia won 6 to 0. And the Ethiopian Haik (Amharic: ሀይቅ) is a town in northern Ethiopia. It is first abroad game was with the Greece and lost 0 to 3. named after Lake Hayq, which lies two kilometers east of Ethiopia is one of the founders of cup of African federation the city and is the home of Istifanos Monastery, an /CAF/ by the interior Yidenekachew Tesema. And the three important landmark in Ethiopian Church history. Located 28 founder countries are Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan and also kilometers north of Dessie in the Tehuledere woreda of the probably South Africa. Ethiopia won the third CAF south Wollo Zone of the Amhara Region, the town has a championship tournament in 1961 which has taken place in latitude and longitude of 11°18′N39°41′E and an elevation her own field. At the present time the rank of Ethiopia of 2030 meters above sea level. football performance is grouped in the worst one. But the Telephone service reached the town of Hayq at some point Ethiopian footballers have adequate technical ability and between 1954 and 1967. Notable landmarks include the they play attractive game but have poor tactic form and lack churches Hayq Timhirt and Hayq Yohannis. Near the town of effective forwards (attackers). In fact, Ethiopian football is the church of Haik Tekle Haymanot, founded according to players have physical fitness problem. Naturally they are tradition in 862 by Saint Kalae Salama during the reign of short and thin as compared to other countries (Wikipedia king Dil Na'od. free Encyclopaedia). In the history of Ethiopian football club, the Sait George 2.2 Research Design and type beer /kidus Giorgis/ football club and the Ethiopian coffee The nature of the data generated to undertake this study have many supporters better than the other. However, now a lends itself to both qualitative and quantitative approaches day the English premier league two clubs, Arsenal and particularly to the descriptive survey. The researcher Manchester united dominated the Ethiopian football game employed descriptive survey as a method of study because it lovers. provides the researcher with detail description of the Historically football emerged in Ethiopia many years ago. existing condition about the problem under investigation. History tells us Ethiopia football team was one among the football team established in Africa. But the development of 2.3 Population and sample strategy could not be exhibits the expected improvement. The research population included a range of respondents, In case of south wollo zone and Dessie city Administration namely football players, coaches, South Wollo Zone and there are football clubs who are registered and organized in Dessie city Administration Youth and sport heads, Youth official way. Among these 8 of them are participants of and sport office employees, team leaders, former players, Wollo League, Amhara League, National League and fans and football referees.