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AA City Cup: Defence Force held to a 2-2 draw by Ethiopian Insurance
Addis Ababa – Defence Force FC was held to a 2-2 draw by Ethiopian Insurance in the lone Group B match of the Addis Ababa City Cup played here today.
Defence will face St. George FC next on Sunday.
Ethiopian Insurance regained promotion to the Ethiopian Premier League after toiling in the national league last year.
The Addis Ababa City Cup tournament kicked off yesterday with Dedebit FC defeating...
Ethiopian Football: EEPCO shocks Defence Force 4-1
Addis Ababa – Lowly-ranked EEPCO shocked leader Defence Force 4-1 and Mugher Cement gained three valuable points with a 2-1 victory over Lideta Nyala here today, reported Ermias Amare on his FaceBook page.
Addissu Kassa (2), Samuel Samni (Ghana) and defender Robel Girma scored for EEPCO, while Chala Driba got Defence’s lone goal.
EEPCO led 2-1 at half-time.
In the first game of the double-header,...
Ethiopian Football: Defence Force to face EEPCO on Saturday
Addis Ababa –Ethiopian Premier League leader Defence Force will face EEPCO (12), while Lideta Nyala (13) accommodates Mugher Cement (8) when Week 22 gets underway here on Saturday.
The competition will continue with six more matches played here in the capital and elsewhere on Sunday.
The highlights of this weekend’s fixtures will undoubtedly be the two matches being played in Addis on Sunday, where...
Ethiopian Coffee defeats Defence Force 1-0 to close the gap
Addis Ababa –Ethiopian Coffee cut Defence Force’s lead of the Ethiopian Premier League to just 2 points with a 1-0 victory here today, reported EthioFootball.com.
Following a scoreless first half, Medhane Tadesse scored the lone goal of the game 20 minutes before the end of regulation time.
Ethiopian Coffee has thus beaten Defence Force twice this year as their first round encounter ended in a...
Ethiopian Football: Defence & Coffee victorious, Hawassa settles for a draw
Adigrat – Ethiopian Premier League leader Defence Force scored a 1-0 victory over host Trans Ethiopia here today, second-place Ethiopian Coffee collected all 3 points from EPPCO (2-0) in Addis Ababa, while Hawassa City shared a point (1-1) with Harar Brewery in Assela, wrote Ermias Amare on his FaceBook page.
It was Manaye Fantu, who scored Defence’s goal in Adigrat. Ethiopian Coffee opened the...
Ethiopian Football: Defence suffers defeat, Coffee held in Dire Dawa
Dire Dawa – Ethiopian Premier League leader Defence Force suffered their second defeat of the season when they were beaten 2-1 by Harar Brewery here today, wrote Ermias Amare on his FaceBook page.
Harar Brewery led 2-0 at half-time. To add insults to injury, Defence Force also saw their number one player Oumed Oukri sent off in the match.
Meanwhile, Ethiopian Coffee’s journey south to Sebeta...
Ethiopian Premier League: Dedebit FC beats CBE 1-0, Hawassa defeats Dire Dawa 3-0
Addis Ababa – Dedebit FC beat Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) 1-0 here in the capital while Hawassa City defeated Dire Dawa City 3-0 in Yirgalem today.
So, after Week 17, Defence Force (36 pts) is still in the lead followed by Ethiopian Coffee (32 pts), Dedebit FC (30 pts) and Hawassa City (30 pts).
Addis Hintsa scored Dedebit’s goal in the 86th minute.
Current Goal scorers’ list:
12 Goals:...
Ethiopian Premier League: Defence Force defeats Dire Dawa City 1-0
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Addis Ababa – Defence Force defeated Dire Dawa City 1-0 here today to extend their lead of the Ethiopian Premier League.
Forward Chala Deriba scored the lone goal 28 minutes into the first half.
Dire Dawa could have leveled the score in the second had they not missed a penalty kick.
The victory helped Defence Force extend its lead over its nearest rival Ethiopian Coffee to 4 points.
Meanwhile,...
Ethiopian Premier League: Defence extends lead, St. George moves to 6th place
Addis Ababa – Ethiopian Premier League (EPL) leader Defence Force extended their lead of the championship with a 2-1 victory of Dedebit FC here today.
Defence lead 2-0 at one-time.
Meanwhile, defending champions St. George climbed 3 spots to 6th with a 1-0 victory over Fincha Sugar in Fincha. The victory is great news for their fans who are perplexed by their team’s uncharacteristic performance...
Ethiopia Football: Oumed Oukri to fly to South Africa for tryout
Addis Ababa – Oumed Oukri of Defence Force and Ethiopia’s top player during the recent CECAFA Challenge Cup tournament in Tanzania, will be heading to South Africa next week for a tryout with a first division club there, reported the Amharic sports website Libro.
Although the report said that Oumed submitted a letter of invitation he received from the South African side to his club, Defence Force,...
