Ethiopia Premier League | 02/03 15:00 | 18 | Welwalo Adigrat vs Dire Dawa | - | View | |
Ethiopia Premier League | 02/07 15:00 | 19 | Shire Endaselassie FC vs Welwalo Adigrat | - | View |
Ethiopia Premier League | 01/30 12:00 | 17 | [12] EEPCO FC v Welwalo Adigrat [18] | D | 1-1 | |
Ethiopia Premier League | 01/26 12:00 | 16 | [18] Welwalo Adigrat v Hadiya Hossana [3] | W | 1-0 | |
Ethiopia Premier League | 01/21 12:00 | 15 | [17] Hawassa City FC v Welwalo Adigrat [18] | D | 1-1 | |
Ethiopia Premier League | 01/15 15:00 | 14 | [18] Welwalo Adigrat v Wolaita Dicha [10] | L | 0-2 | |
Ethiopia Premier League | 01/09 12:00 | 13 | [15] Mekelle 70 Enderta FC v Welwalo Adigrat [18] | L | 1-0 | |
Ethiopia Premier League | 01/05 12:00 | 12 | [13] Adama City v Welwalo Adigrat [18] | L | 3-0 | |
Ethiopia Cup | 12/27 07:00 | - | Welwalo Adigrat v Sululta Ketema | L | 1-4 | |
Ethiopia Premier League | 12/20 13:00 | 13 | Mekelle 70 Enderta FC v Welwalo Adigrat | - | PPT. | |
Ethiopia Premier League | 12/16 13:00 | 12 | Welwalo Adigrat v Adama City | - | PPT. | |
Ethiopia Premier League | 12/10 16:00 | 11 | [13] Ethiopian Coffee v Welwalo Adigrat [18] | D | 0-0 | |
Ethiopia Premier League | 12/05 16:00 | 10 | [11] Fasil Kenema v Welwalo Adigrat [18] | L | 1-0 | |
Ethiopia Premier League | 11/23 13:00 | 8 | [15] Arba Minch Kenema v Welwalo Adigrat [18] | L | 2-0 |
Total | Home | Away | |
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Matches played | 16 | 7 | 9 |
Wins | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Draws | 4 | 1 | 3 |
Losses | 11 | 5 | 6 |
Goals for | 6 | 3 | 3 |
Goals against | 22 | 10 | 12 |
Clean sheets | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Failed to score | 10 | 4 | 6 |
Welwalo Adigrat University Sport Club (Amharic: ወልዋሎ ዓዲግራት ዩኒቨርሲቲ ስፖርት ክለብ) is an Ethiopian football club based in Adigrat, Ethiopia. They play in the Ethiopian Premier League, the top division of Ethiopian football.
Welwalo Adigrat University FC was founded in 1948 as Wolwalo F.c and participated in different Ethiopian league ranks. Wolwalo was promoted to the Ethiopian Premier League for the first time after the end of the 2016–17 season. Welwalo Adigrat is funded as part of Adigrat University, a public institution.
The club began as the official football team of Adigrat University, called themselves Welwalo, and competing in gold and black colors. The Welwalo initially participated in Group A of the Higher league (also known as the Ethiopian Super League), the second tier of Ethiopian football, before being promoted to the Ethiopian Premier League after the 2016–17 season.
After a slow start to the season falling to 10th place in the premier league, the team sacked their manager Berhane GebreEgziabher. Former Arba Minch manager Tsegaye Kidanemariam was hired in his place. In a match versus Fasil Kenema (K/Mariam's first match as manager), the Welwalo goalkeeper Zewedu Mesfin gained much attention for an infamous play in which he accidentally threw the ball into his own net. The own goal ended being the deciding factor in the match with Welwalo dropping all 3 points in 1–0 scoreline.[]
On April 30, 2018, the club was involved in an altercation during a game against Defense Force S.C. that ultimately led to a member of the Welwalo coaching staff physically attacking the referee. Although all involved avoided serious injury after altercation the incident prompted the Ethiopian Football Federation to suspend the entire league upon further review of the situation, calling for an emergency meeting for the following Thursday.[]