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50 Years Ago: Ethiopia won the 3rd African Nations Cup
The great Ethiopian team, winner of 3rd African Nations Cup (Photo: Bezabeh Abetew).
Addis Ababa – Today the 2012 African Cup of Nations kicks off, and for the umpteenth time in a row, Ethiopia hasn’t qualified. But on this day exactly 50 years ago, we not only qualified, but took the trophy.
January 21st 1962, was the greatest day in Ethiopian football history. Our national team won it’s...
Tom Saintfiet leaves Ethiopian coaching job
Addis Ababa – Belgian coach Tom Saintfiet said on Friday that he was leaving his job as Ethiopia national soccer coach after just five months, citing broken promises for his departure, in an e-mail message sent to Reuters..
Coach Saintfiet noted that despite the many positives, some agreements were not honored and that is the reason for this decision.
Saintfiet had been in charge for three African...
Ethiopia to face Malawi in Soccer Friendly
The Walias of Ethiopia
Addis Ababa–The Ethiopian Football Federation (EFF) has accepted Malawi’s request for a friendly soccer match here on October 4.
The Malawi Flames will use the match as a preparation for their decisive 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier encounter with Chad four days later in N’djamena.
The Maravipost newspaper of Malawi reported that the Flames are expected to cover...
Ethiopia to face Sudan in football friendly on Sunday
Addis Ababa – Newly appointed Ethiopian national football team coach, Tom Saintfiet of Belgium, will test the strength of his team when the Ethiopia’s national team faces Sudan in a friendly match here, ahead of the Nigeria encounter for the crucial Orange 2012 African Nations Cup Group B qualifier game.
The Ethiopian Football Federation (EFF) signed a three-month contract with the former Namibia...
Siasia drops Odemwingie
LAGOS — Unrepentant West Bromwich Albion striker Osaze Odemwingie has been dropped by Nigeria coach Samson Siasia for disciplinary reasons from next month’s two matches against Argentina and Ethiopia.
Siasia punished Odemwingie for walking out on the team before a friendly against Kenya in March, and the striker, who has netted 15 goals in the English Premier League, has yet to apologise for...
Ethiopia names 22 players for Nigerian Encounter
Addis Ababa – The Ethiopian Football Federation (EFF) has named 22 players for the national team’s encounter with Nigeria in Group B of the African Nations Cup qualifier here on June 5, reported EthioFootball.com.
St. George has 5 players selected followed by Defence Force (4), Dedebit FC (3), Ethiopian Coffee (2), Hawassa City (2), Sebeta City (2) and others with one players each.
Goalkeepers:...
6th African Cup: Ethiopia 1 Ivory Coast 0 – The day Bekure-Tsion Gebrehiwot became a hero
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – The date: January 14, 1968. The place: Haile Selassie I Stadium. The match: Ethiopia vs the Ivory Coast. The occasion: 6th African Cup Group A match. The hero of the day: Bekure-Tsion Gebrehiwot, a solid defender from Hamassein, Eritrea.
Host Ethiopia, Uganda, Algeria and the Ivory Coast were drawn in Group A in Addis Ababa. The tournament kicked off on January 12, 1968, with...
Ethiopia Football: Legendary Player & Coach Mengistu Worku returns home
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – Mengistu Worku, Ethiopia’s greatest footballer of all time and the last head coach who took the Ethiopian national football team to the African Nations Cup in Libya in 1982, has returned here after two years of medical treatment in Bangkok, wrote Michael Samson of the weekly English newspaper, The Capital.
Mengistu, 70, is currently resting at Bete-Zata Hospital,...
2010 African Nations Cup preps go to the wire
Less than four weeks to go until the start of the Africa Cup of Nations in Angola, the hosts are still working to complete all the infrastructure.
Luanda, Angola (December 15, 2009) – Work is continuing on stadiums, roads and the main airport in Luanda – and not one ticket has yet gone on sale.
The pitch at the stadium in Luanda has reportedly had no maintenance for weeks because of contractual...
