Habasha ta shiga tseren neman damar karbar bakuncin Kofin Kasashen Afirka 2028 a hukumance, inda Hukumar Ƙwallon Ƙafa ta Habasha (EFF) ta mika takardar neman izini tare da goyon bayan gwamnati, tana bayyana «cikakkiyar shiryen» ƙasar ta karɓi babban gasar ƙwallon ƙafa a nahiyar.

Duk da haka, sanarwar ta jawo tsauraran scrutiny, la'akari da babban giɓin da ke tsakanin abubuwan more rayuwa na ƙwallon ƙafa na Habasha a yanzu da kuma abubuwan da ake bukata domin gudanar da Afcon ta zamani mai ƙungiyoyi 24.

Tarihi mai ɗaukaka, amma hanya mai tsawo a gaba

Habasha tana da wuri na gaske a tarihin Afcon. Ƙasar ta karɓi bakunci na gasar sau uku — a shekarar 1962, 1968, da 1976 — kuma ta ɗauki kofin a ƙasarta a bugu na farko a 1962. Walia Ibex kuma sun kasance ɗaya daga cikin ƙasashe uku da suka shiga Afcon ta farko a 1957.

Duk da haka, tarihin su na kwanan nan yana ba da labari daban. Da matsayi na 143 a duniya da na 43 a Afirka, Habasha sun cancanta shiga gasar sau uku kawai tun lokacin da suka ƙarshe karɓi bakuncin ta. Shiga tasu na ƙarshe ya zo a bugu na 2021, inda suka ƙare a ƙasan ƙungiyar da ta ƙunshi Cameroon, Burkina Faso, da Cape Verde ba tare da lashe wasa ɗaya ba.

Habasha ta doke Sao Tome and Principe a zagaye na farkon cancantar shiga gasar 2027 kuma an sanya su a Rukuni J tare da Senegal, Mozambique, da Sudan.

Abubuwan more rayuwa: babban ƙalubale

Takardar tana fuskantar tambayoyi nan take game da filayen wasa. Bahir Dar Stadium mai kujerun 52,000 a arewacin ƙasar shine kawai wurin da Ƙungiyar Ƙwallon Ƙafa ta Afirka (Caf) ta amince da shi a Habasha a yanzu. Wasu filayen wasa uku da aka ba da shawara sun kasance a farkon matakai na ci gaba kuma za su buƙaci babban zuba jari don cika ka'idojin Caf kafin 2028.

Ana gina sabon filin wasa na kasa da kasa da kuma kwamfas ɗin wasanni — Adey Abeba International Stadium, mai iya ɗaukar mutum 62,000 — a Addis Ababa kuma ana tsammanin za a kammala shi shekara mai zuwa. Wannan filin wasa na iya zama filin wasa na muhimmanci, amma ana buƙatar filayen wasa da yawa masu bin ka'idoji a daban-daban yankuna don gudanar da gasar ƙungiyoyi 24.

Yanayin Habasha a lokacin cancanta shiga 2026 FIFA World Cup ya bayyana girman matsalar. An tilastawa Walia Ibex yin wasanninsu na gida a filayen wasa masu tsaka tsaki a Morocco da Rwanda, ko da yake sun karɓi wasan da ya gudana a Dire Dawa a farkon wannan shekarar.

Bayan filayen wasa, masana sun nuna cewa takardar da ta yi nasara za ta buƙaci wuraren atisaye masu inganci, gidajen masauki, hanyoyin safarar jama'a, da kayan aikin ranar wasa — sassan da har yanzu akwai mai yawa da za a yi.

Damuwar tsaro ta yi tasiri

Tsaro yana ɗaya daga cikin manyan damuwa da ke kewaye da takardar Habasha. Ko da yake ana ɗaukar Addis Ababa a matsayin ƙasa mai kwanciyar hankali, yankuna da yawa na ƙasar suna ci gaba da fama da rikicin makamai da rashin kwanciyar siyasa. Magance waɗannan ƙalubalen zai zama mai mahimmanci kamar kowace gini idan ana son Caf ta ɗauki takardar da muhimmanci.

Yanayin takardar neman bakunci gaba ɗaya

Habasha ba ita kaɗai take neman karɓi bakuncin ƙarshen gasar 2028 ba. Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, da Zimbabwe sun sanar da takardar haɗin gwiwar Afirka ta Kudu. Morocco — mai karɓar bakuncin bugu na 2025 — an yi babbar magana a kai a matsayin ɗan takarar da za a yiwu, amma BBC Sport Africa ta fahimci cewa mulkin sarauta bai cikin gasa ba, a maimakon haka suna zaɓar mai da hankali kan shirye-shiryen kuma karɓar bakuncin 2030 FIFA World Cup.

Shugaban Caf Patrice Motsepe ya tabbatar a watan da ya gabata cewa ƙungiyarsa ta karɓi «takardar ban sha'awa» don bugaggun 2028, 2032, da 2036. Burkina Faso, Mali, da Niger kuma sun nuna sha'awar yin haɗin gwiwa don karɓar bakuncin gasar 2032.

An shirya Kofin Kasashen Afirka 2027 a Kenya, Tanzania, da Uganda daga ranar 19 Yuni zuwa 17 Yuli — karo na farko da gasar ke dawowa gabashin Afirka tun lokacin da Habasha ta karɓi bakuncinta a 1976.