PROGRESS AND CHALLENGES OF SOME SELECTED FOOTBALL CLUBS IN BALE ZONE, OROMIA REGIONAL STATE

Abstract

The major objective of this study was to make an investigation into the challenge and Progress of football in Bale zone focusing on three clubs ( i.e Robe and Goba kenema and RTC football club).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. Totally, 79 participants were involved to collect the required data. These are 54 football players, 6 coaches, 2 club leaders, 1 Zone sport commission head, and 15 sport professionals, former players, and sport science teachers. The finding indicates that, lack of sufficient budget, insufficient sport materials ,absence of balanced incentives/ salary/ , and non-existence of attention from higher bodies of a club and zonal sport commission office were identified as a problem for the development of football to RTC football club, Robe and Goba kenema football club. Hence, it’s concluded that, budget, sport facilities, lack of incentives and related factors are the barriers that contribute to the declination of football to RTC, Robe and Goba kenema footballclubs . Thus, it is recommended that the club administrators and Zonal sport commission office need to look in to these problems in detail. The regional and federal football federation ought to pay attention to minimize these and other related problems in order to improve football at Zonal as well as in the woreda level.