The purpose of this research was to study variables that hinder the performance of Ethiopian
women football premier league and to suggest possible alternatives that would achieve
theprospects of the clubs and the improvement of the performance of the team. All populations
were included as study participants by using purposive techniques i.e.4 football coaches,
44female football club players and 2 projects managers (n=50) from Harar and Babille female
football projects. The studies used both quantitative and qualitative data types and cross
sectional study design were employed. Questionnaire and interview were used to collect the data
pertains. The data were analyzed into descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) and
inferential statistics using paired and independent test at p < 0.05 level of association or
agreement using SPSS 23 on three main variables. The result of the study indicates that
somevariables affect the performance of female football projects; organization and structure of
training, facilities, income and equipment and attitudes and perceptions. The mean value of
players and athletes were M ≤ 1.5 respectively showed high level of agreement and t-test value
was no significant since (p ˃ α,α ˂ 0.05) in the mentioned variables, The major challenges
associate with the development female football projects in sampled clubs are lack of adequate
facilities, safe places to train football, poor repair, or fields or courts, very few number of
sponsors, very few number of spectators, absence of organized club supporters, absence of
regular skill development courses for coaches, insufficient remuneration for coaches and
players, shortage of courts for training and competition, losing popularity, and incapacity of
competence, access to training facilities, special development programs and high-quality
coaching and advice. Based on the findings the following recommendations are forwarded
proper implementation of national and regional sport policy to guide athletes, experts, coaches
and administrators in code of sport ethics and to maximize female sport success. Hararge sport
organizations administrators are front liners to success sport in Hararge zone, in conjunction
with Oromia regional state sport commission, should give attention to solve female football
clubs, the number of women football clubs in Hararge is fewer, the concerned government body
should force female sport clubs, highly developing in the other field of sport, to get involved in
football sport
