Ethiopia national football team
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| Nickname(s) | The Walya Antelopes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Association | Ethiopian Football Federation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach |  Džemaludin Mušović |
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| Most caps | Luciano Vassalo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home stadium | Addis Abeba Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA code | ETH | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA ranking | 89 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest FIFA ranking | 86 (September 2006, June 2007, February 2008) |
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| Lowest FIFA ranking | 155 (December 2001) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elo ranking | 130 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| First international | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
.svg/22px-Flag_of_Ethiopia_(1897).svg.png){kind=small} Ethiopia 5 - 0 Djibouti  (Ethiopia; 1 May 1947) |
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| Biggest win | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ethiopia 7 - 0 Tanzania  (Ethiopia; 8 October 1969) .svg/22px-Flag_of_Ethiopia_(1975-1987,_1991-1996).svg.png){kind=small} Ethiopia 8 - 1 Djibouti (Ethiopia; 27 March 1983) |
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| Biggest defeat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Iraq 13 - 0 Ethiopia  (Amman, Jordan; August 8, 1992) |
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| African Nations Cup | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 9 (First in 1957) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | Winners, 1962 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Ethiopia national football team, nicknamed the The Walya Antelopes, is the national team of Ethiopia and is controlled by the Ethiopian Football Federation. They were one of the only three teams (Egypt, Sudan) to participate in the inaugural African Nations Cup in 1957, and won the competition in 1962 when they hosted it. But success has been hard to find since the end of the 1960s.
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[edit] History
[edit] Early days
Ethiopia has a long football tradition and were among the pioneers of international competition in Africa, taking part in the innaugural African Nations Cup in 1957. They also took part in the 1962 World Cup qualifiers, against Israel. Their peak came in 1962 when they won the tournament on home soil with a team containing stars such as forwards Mengistou Worku and Italo Vassalo, and midfielder Luciano Vassalo. Coach of Hungary, Ferenc Szűcs ( 1968-1969 years )
They remained a force in the African game for the remainder of the decade, although further success in the Nations Cup- let alone World Cup qualification- eluded them. They hosted the Nations Cup tournament in 1976 (but failed to progress to the final four) and last qualified for the tournament in 1982.
[edit] Recent times
Since then, Ethiopia declined to be one of the lower-ranked nations in African football. However, recent years has seen Ethiopia show signs of a revival.
The in the 2004 African Nations Cup qualifiers, Ethiopia missed out on qualification by 3 points, losing their final game in Guinea. In the 2008 qualifiers, they showed promising signs once more but finished bottom of their group after losing their last two games.
[edit] Ethiopia Football Achievements
- CECAFA Cup :
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- 3 Times Champion (1987, 2004, 2005)
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[edit] World Cup record
- 1930 to 1954 - Did not enter
- 1958 - Entry not accepted by FIFA
- 1962 - Did not qualify
- 1966 - Did not enter
- 1970 to 1986 - Did not qualify
- 1990 - Did not enter
- 1994 - Did not qualify
- 1998 - 28th
- 2002 - Did not qualify
- 2006 - Did not qualify
[edit] African Nations Cup record
[edit] Current squad
(May, 2007)
Goalkeepers:
Deyas Adugna
Tadios Getachew
Jemal Sadat
Defenders:
Anwar Siraj
Tamirat Abebe
Bekele Zewdu
Bin lardame
Daniel Teklu
Degu Debebe
Midfielders:
Teshome Getu
Yohanes Wolde Muluken
Girma Ashenafi
Mulualem Regassa
Mesfin Assefa
Daniel Habtamu
Hyder Mensur
Adugna Gelaneh
Ibrahim Hussein
Forwards:
Yordanos Abay
Tafese Tesfaye
Abubakar Ismael
Ermias Kidanu
Andualem Nigussie
Elmedin Mohammed
[edit] External Links
Ethiopian Football News _ Latest : http://www.yonas11.blinkz.com
