Ethiopia national football team

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Ethiopia

Nickname(s)	The Walya Antelopes
Association	Ethiopian Football Federation
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	Abraham Teklehaymanot
Most caps	Luciano Vassalo
Home stadium	Addis Abeba Stadium
FIFA code	ETH
FIFA ranking	102
Highest FIFA ranking	86 (September 2006, June 2007, February 2008)
Lowest FIFA ranking	155 (December 2001)
Elo ranking	126
Home colours Away colours
First international
Ethiopia 5 - 0 French Somaliland (Ethiopia; 1 May 1947)
Biggest win
Ethiopia 7 - 0 Tanzania (Ethiopia; 8 October 1969) Ethiopia 8 - 1 Djibouti (Ethiopia; 27 March 1983)
Biggest defeat
Iraq 13 - 0 Ethiopia (Amman, Jordan; August 8, 1992)
African Nations Cup
Appearances	9 (First in 1957)
Best result	Winners, 1962

The Ethiopian national football team, nicknamed the The Walya Antelopes is controlled by the Ethiopian Football Federation. It was one of only three teams (along with Egypt and Sudan) to participate in the inaugural African Nations Cup in 1957. Ethiopia won the competition in 1962 when it was the host, but success has been elusive since the end of the 1960s. They are currently suspended from competitive internationals.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Early days 1.2 Recent times 2 Ethiopia Football Achievements 3 World Cup record 4 African Nations Cup record 5 Current squad 5.1 Recent call-ups 6 External links

[edit] History

[edit] Early days

Ethiopia has a long football tradition and was among the pioneers of international competition in Africa, taking part in the inaugural African Nations Cup in 1957. It also took part in the 1962 World Cup qualifiers, playing against Israel. The peak came in 1962 when the team won the African tournament on home soil, with a squad featuring stars such as forwards Mengistou Worku and Italo Vassalo, and midfielder Luciano Vassalo.

They remained a force in the continent for the remainder of the decade, although further success in the Nations Cup -let alone World Cup qualification- eluded them. The increasing number of national teams in Africa left Ethiopia as one of the lowest ranked African national football teams. Ethiopia 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

However, there have been signs of revival in recent years. In the 2004 African Nations Cup qualifiers, Ethiopians 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 :

• 3 Times Champion (1987, 2004, 2005)

[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 - Did not qualify
• 2002 - Did not qualify
• 2006 - Did not qualify
• 2010 - Disqualified

[edit] African Nations Cup record

1957 - Second place 1959 - Third place 1962 - Champions 1963 - Fourth place 1965 - Round 1 1968 - Fourth place 1970 - Round 1 1972 - Did not qualify 1974 - Did not qualify 1976 - Round 1 1978 - Did not qualify

1980 - Did not qualify 1982 - Round 1 1984 - Did not qualify 1986 - Withdrew 1988 - Withdrew during qualifying 1990 - Did not qualify 1992 - Withdrew during qualifying 1994 to 1998 - Did not qualify 2000 - Withdrew 2002 to 2008 - Did not Qualify 2010 - Disqualified

[edit] Current squad

The following players were called for 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification against Mauritania on June 22, 2008.

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Samson Asefa 2 DF Degu Debebe January 1, 1984 Saint-George SA 3 Damte Hunegnaw 4 DF Abebaw Butako Saint-George SA 5 Michael Desta 6 MF Behailu Demeke Awassa City F.C. 7 FW Said Saladin 8 MF Mulugeta Mihret Saint-George SA 9 FW Andualem Nigussie June 15, 1985 Saint-George SA 10 Daniel Deribe Awassa City F.C. 11 Zinabu Yared 12 FW Fikru Tefera January 24, 1986 Supersport United 13 Solomon Kebebe 14 Mohamed Mesud 15 DF Adane Girma January 25, 1985 Saint-George SA 16 Aneley Berhane 17 DF Samson Mulugeta December 14, 1983 Saint-George SA 18 Jamal Sadat July 2, 1983 Ethiopian Coffee

[edit] Recent call-ups

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club 12 DF Siyoum Girom March 4, 1986 (v. Maurutania on June 13) 10 FW Tafese Tesfaye June 10, 1986 Ethiopian Coffee (v. Rwanda on June 8)

[edit] External links

Ethiopian Football News _ Latest : http://www.yonas11.blinkz.com

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