EthioSports » Ethiopian Coffee http://www.ethiosports.com Ethiopian Online Sports Magazine Sun, 05 Sep 2010 15:29:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 Dedebit’s Jemal Tassew wins Player of the Year Award http://www.ethiosports.com/2010/06/16/dedebit%e2%80%99s-jemal-tassew-wins-player-of-the-year-award/ http://www.ethiosports.com/2010/06/16/dedebit%e2%80%99s-jemal-tassew-wins-player-of-the-year-award/#comments Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:51:56 +0000 Markos Berhanu http://www.ethiosports.com/?p=585 Addis Ababa – Jemal Tassew, the goalie for Dedebit FC has been named the 2009/10 Ethiopian Premier League Player of the Year and awarded 10,000 Ethiopian Birr.

Team Awards

1. Saint George FC – Champions – Gold Medals plus 100,000 Birr

2. Dedebit FC – Runners-up – Silver Medals plus 50,000 Birr

3. Ethiopian Coffee – 3rd Place Finish – Bronze Medals plus 25,000 Birr

Individual Awards:

Tafesse Tesfaye (Ethiopian Coffee) – Top Goal Scorer of the Year – 10,000 Birr

Mitcho Sredojevic (Saint George FC) –Coach of the Year – 10,000 Birr

Be’Amlak Tessema – Top Referee of the Year – 7,000 Birr

]]> http://www.ethiosports.com/2010/06/16/dedebit%e2%80%99s-jemal-tassew-wins-player-of-the-year-award/feed/ 0 Defence Force derails Coffee from overtaking Dedebit FC http://www.ethiosports.com/2010/06/04/defence-force-derails-eth-coffee-from-overtaking-dedebit-fc/ http://www.ethiosports.com/2010/06/04/defence-force-derails-eth-coffee-from-overtaking-dedebit-fc/#comments Fri, 04 Jun 2010 21:26:09 +0000 Mamo Gebrehiwot http://www.ethiosports.com/?p=480

Addis Ababa – Ethiopian Coffee’s attempt to catch up with Dedebit FC for second place position will have to wait at least for now, as they were hammered a 3-0 blow by Defence Force in the 32nd Week of the Ethiopian Premier League (EPL) competition resumed here today. 

Meanwhile, EEPCO scored a badly needed victory (2-1) over Metehara Sugar, but still languishes in the drop zone.

Awassa City moved up a notch to 4th place with a 2-0 win over neighbors South Police, and Sebeta City scored an amazing 4-1 victory over Banks SC. 

The league will continue tomorrow with the following matches:

Dire Dawa City vs Insurance

Sidama Coffee vs Saint George

Dedebit FC vs Mugher Cement 

Note: We want to thank Zecharias Getachew of Saint George FC for the league results
]]> http://www.ethiosports.com/2010/06/04/defence-force-derails-eth-coffee-from-overtaking-dedebit-fc/feed/ 0 Ethiopian Coffee demolish EEPCO 6-2 as Dedebit falters in Yergalem http://www.ethiosports.com/2010/06/02/ethiopian-coffee-demolish-eepco-6-2-as-dedebit-falters-in-yergalem/ http://www.ethiosports.com/2010/06/02/ethiopian-coffee-demolish-eepco-6-2-as-dedebit-falters-in-yergalem/#comments Wed, 02 Jun 2010 00:18:53 +0000 Markos Berhanu http://www.ethiosports.com/?p=409 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – The Ethiopian Premier League (EPL) Soccer Championship, which has been interrupted by the National Election, resumed here today with Ethiopian Coffee demolishing EEPCO 6-2 and closing the gap with Dedebit FC to just 3 points after the latter lost 1-0 to Sidama Coffee in Yergalem.

The 31st week of the EPL saw Metehara Sugar and Awassa City winning their home matches against Adama City and Harar Beer by identical score (1-0); Sebeta City beating South Police 2-0; Dire Dawa City shocking Banks CS 2-0 here in Addis and Defence Force sharing a point (2-2) with Trans Ethiopia in Mekelle.

With just 3 matches left, EEPCO are seating  in 15th position and in grave danger of being relegated. According to the Ethiopian Football Federation’s rule, 4 teams are expected to be relegated at the end of the season.

Defending champions Saint George FC, who are back from their wonderful CECAFA Club tournament in Rwanda, will face Meta Abo Brewery while Insurance accommodates Mugher Cement here in the capital. With one match in hand and already declared champions, it is likely that Micho will try out some of his youngsters to face relegated.

Meanwhile, Insurance, who are seating just 3 points clear of EEPCO, will fight to win their match against Mugher Cement as they don’t want to face relegation.

Ethiopian Premier League Table 

No Team P W D L GD Pts
1. St George 29 22 5 2 37 71
2. Dedebit 31 16 8 7 19 56
3. Et Coffee 31 15 8 8 23 53
4. Adama 31 13 9 9 6 48
5. Awassa 31 11 13 7 4 46
6. Muger 30 10 13 7 6 43
7. Defence 31 11 9 11 2 42
8. Harar 30 9 14 7 4 41
9. Sidama Coffee 30 10 11 9 -7 41
10. Sebeta 31 11 8 12 -4 41
11. Banks 29 10 8 11 1 38
12. Trans 31 8 13 10 -10 37
13. Dere Dawa 31 8 11 12 -12 35
14. Insurance 30 9 7 14 -8 34
15. EEPCO 31 7 10 14 -10 31
16. Metehara 31 7 10 14 -10 31
17.     

 

 South Police 31 8 6 17 -20 30
18. Meta Abo 30 5 5 20 -19 20
]]> http://www.ethiosports.com/2010/06/02/ethiopian-coffee-demolish-eepco-6-2-as-dedebit-falters-in-yergalem/feed/ 0 Ethiopian Coffee’s Fund Raising Event nets 4.1 million Birr http://www.ethiosports.com/2010/05/13/ethiopian-coffee%e2%80%99s-fund-raising-event-nets-4-1-million-birr/ http://www.ethiosports.com/2010/05/13/ethiopian-coffee%e2%80%99s-fund-raising-event-nets-4-1-million-birr/#comments Thu, 13 May 2010 13:52:23 +0000 Markos Berhanu http://www.ethiosports.com/?p=331 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia –Ethiopian Coffee FC, currently in 3rd place of the 2009/10 Ethiopian Premier League (EPL) championship, raised 4.1 million birr ($303,024) at a fund raising event held here on May 12, 2010, reported the weekly sports publication, InterSport . 

The event was held as part of the club’s ongoing efforts to strength the team’s position in next year’s championship. 

Ethiopian Coffee’s remaining 4 matches include 3 home and 1 away matches, in which they beat EEPCO and Defence Force 1-0 in Addis, tied 1-1 with Sidama Coffee and won 3-2 against Meta Abo Brewery away.

Week 31: vs EEPCO

Week 32: vs Defence Force

Week 33: vs Meta Abo Brewery

Week 34: vs Sidama Coffee

The team‘s league standing after Week 30:

No Team P W D L GD Pts
1. St George 29 22 5 2 37 71
2. Dedebit 30 16 8 6 20 56
3. Et Coffee
 30 14 8 8 19 50
4. Adama 30 13 9 8 7 48
]]> http://www.ethiosports.com/2010/05/13/ethiopian-coffee%e2%80%99s-fund-raising-event-nets-4-1-million-birr/feed/ 1 Temesgen Tekle of Dedebit FC leads EPL Goal Scoring’s Chart http://www.ethiosports.com/2010/05/12/temesgen-tekle-of-dedebit-fc-leads-epl-goal-scorings-title-with-19/ http://www.ethiosports.com/2010/05/12/temesgen-tekle-of-dedebit-fc-leads-epl-goal-scorings-title-with-19/#comments Wed, 12 May 2010 15:56:36 +0000 Markos Berhanu http://www.ethiosports.com/?p=324 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) – Newly promoted Dedebit FC had a very good chance of winning the Ethiopian Premier League (EPL)  title when it established a commanding lead in the first round. Unfortunately, its lack of experience & other circumstances prevented it to remain at the top, and St. George retained the title once again . 

One form of consolation for the team is the performance of their leading striker, Temesgen Tekle, who is leading the EPL’s chart with 19 goals in 30 matches.  The young man has a good chance to be crowned Top Goal Scorer of the Year if he maintains his leadership and avoids being overtaken by his nearest rivals – Tafesse Tesfaye of Ethiopian Coffee(16 goals) and Sifedin Hulder of Defence Force(15 goals) – over the next 4 weeks.

EPL’s Top Scorers after Week 30:
Temesgen Tekle (Dedebit FC) – 19 goals
Tafesse Tesfaye (Ethiopian Coffee) – 16 goals
Seifedin Hulder (Defence Force) – 15 goals
Adane Girma (St. George) – 13 goals
Jibril Kedir (Metehara Sugar) – 13 goals
Mohammed Nasser (St. George) – 12 goals
Salahdin Said (St. George) – 11 goals
Dawit Fekadu (Eth. Coffee) – 10 goals
]]> http://www.ethiosports.com/2010/05/12/temesgen-tekle-of-dedebit-fc-leads-epl-goal-scorings-title-with-19/feed/ 0 Ethiopian Coffee demolish Adama City 6-1 to move up to third place http://www.ethiosports.com/2010/05/04/ethiopian-coffee-demolish-adama-city-6-1-to-move-up-to-third-place/ http://www.ethiosports.com/2010/05/04/ethiopian-coffee-demolish-adama-city-6-1-to-move-up-to-third-place/#comments Tue, 04 May 2010 13:30:52 +0000 Markos Berhanu http://www.ethiosports.com/?p=308 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – The 29th week of the 2009/10 Ethiopian Premier League continued here on yesterday with Ethiopian Coffee demolishing Adama City 6-1 and move up to third place. The two teams drew scoreless in the first round.

Ethiopian Coffee and Adama City have played 29 matches, W13, D8 and L8 for a total of 47 points, but the former has a better goal difference (+18 vs +7).

In other matches, St. George defeated EEPCO 3-0, while Dedebit FC and Defence Forces played a to a 2-2 draw.

The Saints, who despite having a game in hand, built a 15-points lead over Dedebit FC, will surely be crowned champions of the 2009/10 season, and Meta Abo Brewery (20 pts) will definitely be relegated. What remains unclear is who among the bottom 5 teams, namely Dire Dawa City, EEPCO, Trans Ethiopia, South Police & Metehara Sugar (they’re separated by just 4 pts), will join them to the lower division.

Here are the league results & schedule based on the information obtained from St. George website: 

Today:

Awassa City 0 Sebeta City 0

Trans Ethiopia 0 Metehara Sugar 0

Harar Beer 0 Dire Dawa City 1

South Police 2 Mugher Cement 1

Sidama Coffee 2 Banks SC 1

Meta Abo Brewery 2 Insurance 1 

EEPCO 0 St.George FC 3

Dedebit FC 2 Defense Forces 2

 

Tomorrow’s schedule:

Trans Ethiopia vs Banks SC

]]> http://www.ethiosports.com/2010/05/04/ethiopian-coffee-demolish-adama-city-6-1-to-move-up-to-third-place/feed/ 0 St.George defeats Ethiopian Coffee 1-0 in Addis Ababa Derby http://www.ethiosports.com/2010/04/26/st-george-defeats-ethiopian-coffee-1-0-in-addis-ababa-derby/ http://www.ethiosports.com/2010/04/26/st-george-defeats-ethiopian-coffee-1-0-in-addis-ababa-derby/#comments Mon, 26 Apr 2010 02:02:00 +0000 Markos Berhanu http://www.ethiosports.com/?p=291 Addis Ababa –Adane Girma’s header 15th minute into the first half of the game was all that St. George needed to beat arch rivals Ethiopian Coffee in a sold-out stadium here while Dedebit FC suffered a 2-1 defeat at the hands of Metehara Sugar in Metehara.

With seven weeks remaining in the current league competition and with one game in hand, St. George (62 pts) has extended its lead over Dedebit FC to 11 points.  

The 27th Week of the EPL started yesterday with lowly EEPCo defeating Insurance 1-0 here, Adama City drawing 1-1 with Trans Ethiopia at home and Awassa City beating Mugher Cement 2-0 in Hawassa.  

In the first match of today’s Addis Ababa double header, Banks SC and Defense Forces drew 1-1, so did Dire Dawa City and Sebeta City in Dire Dawa; last-place Meta Abo Brewery registered its fourth victory of the season with a 1-0 win over South Police, and the Harar City vs Sidama Coffee match was postponed.

EPL Table after Week 26

No Team P W D L GD Pts
1. St George 26 19 5 2 31 62
2. Dedebit 27 15 6 6 19 51
3. Adama 27 13 8 6 13 47
4. Et Coffee 27 11 8 8 12 41
5. Awassa 27 10 11 6 5 41
6. Defence 27 11 7 9 4 40
7. Muger 27 9 12 6 6 39
8. Harar 26 9 12 5 6 39
9. Banks 25 10 7 8 5 37
10. Sebeta 27 9 7 11 -6 34
11. Sidama Coffee 26 7 9 10 -10 31
12. Insurance 27 8 7 12 -7 31
13. EEPCO 27 7 9 11 -3 30
14. Trans 26 6 11 9 -11 29
15. South Police 27 7 5 15 -19 26
16. Metehara 27 6 9 12 -8 27
17. Dire Dawa 27 4 12 11 -18 23
18. Meta Abo 27 4 4 19 -19 16
]]> http://www.ethiosports.com/2010/04/26/st-george-defeats-ethiopian-coffee-1-0-in-addis-ababa-derby/feed/ 8 St. George & Ethiopian Coffee to resume bitter rivalry on Sunday http://www.ethiosports.com/2010/04/23/st-george-ethiopian-coffee-to-resume-bitter-rivalry-on-sunday/ http://www.ethiosports.com/2010/04/23/st-george-ethiopian-coffee-to-resume-bitter-rivalry-on-sunday/#comments Fri, 23 Apr 2010 16:29:32 +0000 Markos Berhanu http://www.ethiosports.com/?p=279 Addis Ababa – EPL defending champions St. George and Ethiopian Coffee will resume their bitter rivalry when they face each other this Sunday for the second round of the Ethiopian Premier League championship.  The first round match ended scoreless. 

The Saints, who have one match in hand, lead the EPL with 59 points while Ethiopian Coffee is in fourth place, 18 points behind. But despite the large points’ disparity, it is never a dull moment when the two teams meet, and soccer fans here in the capital are looking forward to see an entertaining match, and the federation hopes to see a full house. 

A loss could jeopardize Coffee’s league standing as Mugher Cement, Harar Beer and Defense Forces sit right behind their tail with 39 points each. 

St. George has won 8 EPL titles since 1998, when the reformatted championship* was launched in 1997/8. Ethiopian Coffee is still looking for its first title. 

Based on the information* that we were able to collect, the two teams have met 18 times, with the Saints winning 10 wins,  Ethiopian Coffee registered 4 victories and there were 4 draws.  The Saints have scored 27 goals compared to 14 for Ethiopian Coffee.  The largest win for the Saints was a 4-1 victory in 1998/9; the two teams drew scoreless 3 times and in the 2000/01 season, Eth. Coffee beat the Saints twice (1-0).

*The list is not complete as we are missing results from the 2005/6, 2006/7 & 2007/8 seasons.  

1997/8 Season

St. George was in the second division then 

1998/9 Season:

St George          4-1 Coffee

St George          2-0 Coffee 

1999/00

Coffee             0-2 St George

St George       2-0 Coffee 

2000/01

St George       0-1 Coffee

Coffee             1-0 St George 

2001/02

Eth. Coffee         0-0 St. George

St. George          2-1 Eth. Coffee 

2002/03

Eth. Coffee     0-0 St George    

St George       2-1 Eth. Coffee  

2003/04

Eth. Coffee    1-0 St. George           

St. George     2-2 Eth. Coffee 

2004/05

Eth. Coffee        0-2 St. George

St. George         4-3 Eth. Coffee 

2005/06

St. George         vs  Eth. Coffee    (Match abandoned at 0-0 in 36′ due to crowd trouble)

St. George vs Coffee (2nd round result Not Available)  

2006/07

St. George         3-1 Eth. Coffee

Return leg result not available 

2007/08

Not Available 

2008/09

Ethiopian Coffee 0-1 Saint George         

Saint George     1-2 Ethiopian Coffee 

2009/10

Dec 27

Saint George     0-0 Ethiopian Coffee

Round 27
April 24
Adama City vs Trans Ethiopia
Metehara Sugat vs Dedebit
Insurance vs EEPCO
 
April 25
Dire Dawa City vs Sebeta City
Banks vs Defense Forces
Ethiopian Coffee vs Saint George
Awassa City vs Mugher Cement
Harar Beer vs Sidama Coffee
Meta Abo Brewery vs Southern Police
]]> http://www.ethiosports.com/2010/04/23/st-george-ethiopian-coffee-to-resume-bitter-rivalry-on-sunday/feed/ 4 Dedebit FC beats Ethiopian Coffee 3-2 http://www.ethiosports.com/2010/04/18/dedebit-fc-beats-ethiopian-coffee-3-2/ http://www.ethiosports.com/2010/04/18/dedebit-fc-beats-ethiopian-coffee-3-2/#comments Sun, 18 Apr 2010 22:08:29 +0000 Markos Berhanu http://www.ethiosports.com/?p=185 Addis Ababa – Week 26 of the Ethiopian Premier League (EPL) saw Dedebit FC beating Ethiopian Coffee 3-2 in the only match played in the capital today. 

In other matches, Adama City walloped Dire Dawa City 4-1 at home; Mugher Cement destroyed Sebeta City 3-0 in Ambo; Sidama Coffee and Awassa City shared points in a 0-0 draw, while Harar Beer and Defense Forces registered victories against Meta Abo Brewery (0-2) and South Police (0-1) in Sebeta and Awassa respectively. 

Insurance will take on Metehara Sugar here tomorrow. 

Week 26 Results፦

Saturday, April 17:

St. George vs Trans Ethiopia 3-0

Banks SC vs EEPCO N/A

Sunday, April 18, 2010

Adama: Adama City vs Dire Dawa City 4-1

Ambo: Muger vs Sebeta City 3-0

Addis: Eth. Coffee vs Dedebit 2-3

Yirgalem: Sidama Coffee vs Awassa 0-0

Sebeta: Meta Bira vs Harar Beer 0-2

Awassa: South Police vs Defence Forces 0-1

Monday, April 19, 2010

Insurance vs Metehara Sugar

]]> http://www.ethiosports.com/2010/04/18/dedebit-fc-beats-ethiopian-coffee-3-2/feed/ 1 St. George FC defeats Trans Ethiopia 3-0 http://www.ethiosports.com/2010/04/17/st-george-fc-defeats-trans-ethiopia-3-0/ http://www.ethiosports.com/2010/04/17/st-george-fc-defeats-trans-ethiopia-3-0/#comments Sat, 17 Apr 2010 21:29:30 +0000 Markos Berhanu http://www.ethiosports.com/?p=175 Addis Ababa – Defending champions St. George defeated Trans Ethiopia 3-0 here today to go 11 points clear of nearest rival Dedebit FC, who are to play a crucial match with Ethiopian Coffee tomorrow.

Banks SC and EEPCO played earlier in the day but we have not yet received the score.

The Ethiopian Premier League will continue tomorrow with the following matches:  

Addis Ababa: Insurance vs Metehara Sugar at 3pm & Eth.Coffee vs Dedebit at 5 pm 

Adama: Adama City vs Dire Dawa City at 3pm 

Ambo: Mugher Cement vs Sebeta City at 3pm 

Sebeta: Meta Abo Brewery vs Harar Beer at 3pm 

Awassa: South Police vs Defence at 3pm 

Yergalem: Sidama Coffee vs Awassa City at 3pm

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