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Ethiopia

Nickname(s)	ዋልያዎቹ (The Walia Ibex)
Association	Ethiopian Football Federation (EFF)
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation	CECAFA (East & Central Africa)
Head coach	Gebremedhin Haile
Captain	Gatoch Panom
Most caps	Shimelis Bekele (81)
Top scorer	Getaneh Kebede (33)
Home stadium	Addis Ababa Stadium Bahir Dar Stadium Dire Dawa Stadium Addis Ababa National Stadium (under construction)
FIFA code	ETH
First colours Second colours Third colours
FIFA ranking
Current	151 (7 February 2019)
Highest	86 (September 2006)
Lowest	155 (December 2001)
Elo ranking
Current	145 7 (3 March 2019)
Highest	40 (16 January 1968)
Lowest	146 (September 2019)
First international
French Somaliland 0–5 Ethiopia  (French Somaliland; 5 December 1947)
Biggest win
Ethiopia 10–2 French Somaliland  (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; 1 May 1954)
Biggest defeat
Iraq 13–0 Ethiopia  (Irbid, Jordan; 18 August 1992)
Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances	11 (first in 1957)
Best result	Champions (1962)

The Ethiopia national football team (Amharic: የአትዮጵያ ብሔራዊ እግር ኳስ ቡድን), nicknamed Walia, after the Walia ibex, represents Ethiopia in men's international football and is controlled by the Ethiopian Football Federation, the governing body for football in Ethiopia. The team has been representing Ethiopia in regional, continental, and international competitions since its founding in 1943. The Walias play their home games at Addis Ababa Stadium located in the capital city of Addis Ababa. They are currently ranked 150th in the world according to the FIFA World Rankings and 44th in CAF^[update].

Ethiopia was one of only three teams (along with Egypt and Sudan) to participate in the inaugural Africa Cup of Nations in 1957. It won the competition in 1962, while it was also the host. However, success has been elusive since the end of the 1960s. Under coach Sewnet Bishaw, the team qualified for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations after a 31-year absence.

History

Early history

Ethiopia has a long football tradition and was among the pioneers of international competition in Africa, playing its first international match in 1947, defeating French Somaliland 5–0. The EFF joined FIFA in 1952, and was one of the founders of the Confederation of African Football in 1957. The team took part in the inaugural African Nations Cup in 1957, where it finished second. In 1959, Ethiopia entered the 1962 World Cup qualifiers for the first time and faced Israel in the second round after a bye. The team lost both games; and with an aggregate score of 2–4 was knocked out of the competition.

The team won the African tournament on home soil, in 1962. Nine countries entered the competition, including the reigning champions, the United Arab Republic, meaning for the first time a qualification tournament was required. As with previous tournaments, the finals only included four teams. The United Arab Republic, as holders, and Ethiopia as hosts, qualified automatically meaning each needed to play only one game to reach the final. Ethiopia won the tournament for the first time after extra time in the final against the United Arab Republic. Mengistu Worku and Badawi Abdel Fattah were joint top-scorers, both with three goals each, but the award itself was given to Worku because his team had won the title. This was the greatest feat ever achieved by the Ethiopian National team, and the only African Cup of Nations title it has ever won. Luciano Vassalo was the team's captain, and the coach was Ydnekatchew Tessema.

In the 1963 African Cup of Nations, they finished fourth, after losing the third place battle against the United Arab Republic. The 1965 edition was even more of a disappointment for Ethiopia, as the national team was eliminated in group phase by Tunisia and Senegal, finishing at the bottom of the group, with only one scored goal.

The next African Cup of Nations was the 1968 edition. Again, but this time on home soil, the team finished in fourth place after losing to the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the semi-finals, and losing the third place match to Ivory Coast 0−1. But two years later, the team went through a real disaster, as they finished at the bottom of the group phase, with a goal difference of 3–12. The worst was yet to come for Ethiopia as they did not qualify for the 1972 African Cup of Nations at all, losing to Kenya in the qualifying tournament with a 0–3 aggregate. Almost the same thing happened for the 1974 African Cup of Nations. This time, they were eliminated by Tanzania.

Ethiopia hosted the Nations Cup tournament in 1976, but failed to progress to the final four, finishing third in the group, behind Guinea and Egypt. In 1977, they played Mauritius in the qualifiers for the 1978 African Cup of Nations. After a 4–2 win on aggregate, they had to play Uganda. After a 0–0 draw from the first match, Uganda won the second match, 2–1, and progressed to the final tournament. They also missed the 1980 African Cup of Nations. Until 2013, Ethiopia last qualified for the tournament in 1982, under coach Mengistu Worku, legendary former player. They failed to make it past the group stage.

Later history (2000–2011)

Earlier success in CECAFA Cup (2001–2007)

In the 2001 CECAFA Cup, Ethiopia beat Zanzibar 5–0 and tied 1–1 with Rwanda B to advance to the quarterfinals against Burundi. After a 2–2 tie in regulation, they beat Burundi 5–4 in penalty kicks. Ethiopia went on to beat Rwanda A 1–0 in the semi-finals and Kenya 2–1 in the finals to win the championship for the first time since 1987. Because of their success in 2001 with Asrat Haile at the helm, Ethiopia jumped 17 spots in FIFA rankings from 155th to 138th. Despite their success, the EFF chose to replace Asrat with German coach Jochen Figge in August 2002.

In the 2002 CECAFA Cup, Ethiopia failed to qualify past the group stage of the competition; they lost all four of their games against Zanzibar, Uganda, Somalia, and Rwanda. In 2003 CECAFA Cup, Ethiopia withdrew just before the start of the tournament. The competition only had six participating countries with Burundi, Djibouti, Somalia, and Tanzania also choosing not to participate. The EFF fired Figge in May 2003, even though the team had won two games and was second in their group in the 2004 African Cup of Nations qualifiers. Then assistant coach, Asrat was appointed interim coach. Ethiopia failed to qualify by 3 points with a loss in the final game in Guinea. Asrat was soon replaced by Seyoum Kebede whose tenure with the "Walias" was also short lived.

Ethiopia at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations

The next challenge was the 2004 CECAFA Cup in Addis Ababa. There were 9 teams in regional tournament: Burundi, Zanzibar, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Sudan, Kenya, Uganda and Somalia. Ethiopia was led by captain Zewdu Bekele, and again by coach Asrat who was recalled to the position a mere two weeks before the beginning of the tournament. After defeating Burundi, tying with Rwanda and beating Tanzania, and Zanzibar, the team advanced to the semi-finals for the first time since 2001. Ethiopia advanced to the championship after a dramatic nail-biting penalty shootout with Kenya. The team went on to beat Burundi 3–0 and win the 2004 CECAFA Cup on 25 December 2004. That night, people all across Addis Ababa sang and danced in the streets.

The Ethiopian national team was the champion of the same CECAFA Cup competition again in 2005, in Kigali, Rwanda. This time coached by Sewnet Bishaw—after a 0–0 draw with Uganda and a 3–1 victory over Sudan—Ethiopia thrashed Djibouti in a 6–0 victory. They then went on to beat Somalia 3–1. Semi-finals saw Ethiopia whip Zanzibar 4–0, with Fikru Tefera scoring a hat-trick. In the final match, Andualem Negusse's goal allowed Ethiopia to take the cup again with a 1–0 win over Rwanda.

The Ethiopian team did not fare as well in the next three appearances at the CECAFA Cup. At the 2006 CECAFA Cup in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia lost to Tanzania but beat Djibouti and Malawi in the group stage to advance to the quarterfinals against Zambia. They lost 0–1 with a very late goal by Zambia's Jonas Sakuwaha in the 87th minute of the game. On 6 December, a CECAFA emergency committee made the extraordinary decision to have the match replayed because referee Issa Kagabi (Rwanda) supposedly had whistled the end of the match prematurely. Zambia announced they would refuse to play Ethiopia again. CECAFA secretary general Nicholas Musonye—not present at the emergency committee meeting—threatened that he'd cancel the entire tournament should match be replayed. Ethiopian Football Federation declined to have the match replayed and graciously withdrew from the tournament.

At 2007 CECAFA Cup, Ethiopia suffered a 1–3 loss to Zanzibar and a hard-fought 0–0 draw with Sudan in which they failed to produce a goal despite star Fikru Tefera's call up. This was enough to eliminate Ethiopia from the tournament.

Suspension and reinstatement (2008–2009)

In the 2008 African Cup of Nations qualifiers, Ethiopia finished bottom of their group after losing their last two games.

In July 2008, a FIFA Emergency Committee decided to suspend the Ethiopian Football Federation (EFF) due to their failure to comply with the road map to normalize the federation agreed upon in February 2008 by FIFA, CAF and EFF. The road map was established in Feb 2008 following the dismissal of the country's football federation president Ashebir Woldegiorgis by the countries authorities. One of the main points of the road map was the organization of an "extraordinary general assembly" to deal with the "motion of dismissal". In addition, the EFF offices were to be handed over to the recognized leadership of the federation.

The suspension of the EFF came into force on 29 July 2008, the day on which the federation had officially been notified of its suspension. Ethiopia played four group level matches in 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification before FIFA announced the immediate suspension of the Ethiopian Football Federation. On 12 September 2008, FIFA excluded the Ethiopian team from the 2010 World Cup qualifiers and the results of their matches were cancelled. Ethiopia's exclusion from the World Cup also led to their exclusion from the Africa Cup of Nations. While it was not clear if the team was also explicitly excluded from the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, their failure to complete the remaining fixtures effectively eliminated them from the tournament because the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification was also used to determine the qualification for 2010 Africa Cup of Nations. The team also missed the 2008 CECAFA Cup due to this suspension.

In July 2009, the EFF was reinstated after organizing the extraordinary general assembly and electing new leaders as instructed by FIFA. FIFA's executive committee had voted a month before to lift the suspension so long as that EFF organized and chaired an elective general assembly. FIFA confirmed that it was satisfied with the election.

Continued troubles (2009–2011)

At the 2009 CECAFA Cup, Ethiopia defeated Djibouti 5–0, but lost 0–1 to Zambia and 0–2 to Kenya, thus finishing third in the group and getting eliminated from the regional tournament.

At the 2010 CECAFA Cup, in Tanzania, Ethiopia was in Group C with Uganda, Kenya and Malawi. After the 1–2 loss to Uganda, Ethiopia beat Kenya 2–1 and came to a 1–1 draw with Malawi. Next opponent was Zambia, and Ethiopia won 2–1 by two goals. In semi-finals however, they lost to Ivory Coast 0–1. In the third-place battle to follow, they lost 3–4 to Uganda to come in fourth place in the tournament. Tournament's star players and goal scorers were Shimelis Bekele of Awassa City and Oumed Oukri of Defence Force. The team had exceeded fans’ expectations by reaching the semi-final stage.

In April 2011, the Ethiopian Football Federation fired national coach Iffy Onuora – just 9 months after he took charge of the Ethiopian national football team. Ethiopian Football Federation cited disciplinary grounds for his dismissal just a month after the team's 4–0 defeat at the hands of the Nigerian Green Eagles in Group B of the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification in Abuja. The Ethiopian national team had played 11 matches during coach Onuora's tenure, winning 4, drawing in 1 and losing 6 matches. The team scored 12 goals and conceded 21 goals in those matches.

In May 2011, the EFF appointed former Zimbabwe and Namibia manager Tom Saintfiet as coach in place of Iffy Onuora. However, Tom Saintfiet left his job as Ethiopia's national soccer coach after just five months, citing "broken promises" as the reason for his departure. Saintfiet had been in charge for three 2012 African Cup of Nations qualification matches, including a 2–2 draw with Nigeria that contributed to the Super Eagles missing out on 2012 Africa Cup of Nations.

Recent history (2012–present)

2013 African Cup of Nations

In the qualification for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, Ethiopia tied 1–1 with Benin after a goalless draw in the first leg at home to progress to the last round of qualification because of the away goals rule. In the last round of qualification, Ethiopia again won on the away goals rule after a 5–5 draw in aggregate score against Sudan. This qualified Ethiopia to the Africa Cup of Nations for the first time in 31 years.

2014 World Cup qualification

With a 5–0 aggregate victory over Somalia, Ethiopia joined South Africa, Botswana and Central African Republic (CAR) in Group A. Ethiopia drew 1–1 with South Africa away from home and beat CAR at home 2–0 to top the group after the first two games. They beat Botswana twice, 1–0 on 22 March 2013 at home in Addis Ababa and 2–1 on 7 June in Botswana. However, the 7 June win was later awarded to Botswana by a score of 3–0 after it was discovered that Ethiopia fielded an ineligible player. Still, they beat South Africa 2–1 at home on 16 June and secured Ethiopian advancement to the third round after beating CAR away in their final match, which was considered as a historic achievement for the country. The team eventually was eliminated by Nigeria with two defeats in the Third Round, though it remains as the best performance ever by Ethiopia in any World Cup qualification.

Kit history

Kit provider	Period
Adidas	1983–2004
Adidas	2010–2015
Erreà	2016–2019
Umbro	2019–2023
Gofere	2023–

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

      Win       Draw       Loss       Fixture

2023

2023 AFCON qualification 27 March	Ethiopia	2–3	Guinea	Rabat, Morocco
22:00 UTC+3	Markneh  34' Jemma  90+5'	https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2022/09/27/africa/africa-cup-of-nations-qualification/ethiopia/guinea/3783003/	Keïta  4' Moriba  42' Guilavogui  70'	Stadium: Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium Referee: Mahamat Alhadj Allaou (Chad)

2023 AFCON qualification 20 June	Ethiopia	0–0	Malawi	Maputo, Mozambique
16:00 UTC+2		https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2023/03/20/africa/africa-cup-of-nations-qualification/ethiopia/malawi/3783005/		Stadium: Estádio do Zimpeto Referee: Djindo Louis Houngnandande (Benin)

Friendly 2 August	Ethiopia	2–0	Guyana	Leesburg, United States
19:00 UTC−4	Bekele  11'  76'	https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2023/08/03/world/friendlies/ethiopia/guyana/4075662/		Stadium: Segra Field

Unofficial friendly 5 August	Loudoun United	2–4	Ethiopia	Leesburg, Virginia
13:00 UTC−4		https://twitter.com/EthiopiaFF/status/1687870830766907392	Dagnachew  30' Bekele  54' Tamene  63' (pen.) Endashew  76'	Stadium: Segra Field

2023 AFCON qualification 8 September	Egypt	1–0	Ethiopia	Cairo, Egypt
19:00 UTC+3	Fathi  37'	https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2023/09/08/africa/africa-cup-of-nations-qualification/egypt/ethiopia/3783007/		Stadium: 30 June Stadium Referee: Patrice Tanguy Mebiame (Gabon)

2026 FIFA World Cup Qualification 15 November	Ethiopia	0–0	Sierra Leone	El Jadida, Morocco
20:00 UTC+1		https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/520/288282/288289/400017580		Stadium: Stade El Abdi Attendance: 50 Referee: Celso Alvação (Mozambique)

2026 FIFA World Cup Qualification 21 November	Ethiopia	0–3	Burkina Faso	El Jadida, Morocco
20:00 UTC+1		https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/520/288282/288289/400017579	Touré  69' Traoré  78' (pen.) Ouattara  90'	Stadium: Stade El Abdi Attendance: 385 Referee: Lamin Jammeh (Gambia)

2024

Unofficial Friendly 25 February	Ethiopia	1–0	Uganda	Dire Dawa, Ethiopia
18:00 UTC−4	Biniam Ayten  69'			Stadium: Dire Dawa Stadium

Friendly 21 March	Ethiopia	1–2	Lesotho	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
	Yohannes  48'		Motebang  34' Moerane  43'	Stadium: Addis Ababa Stadium

Friendly 24 March	Ethiopia	2–1	Lesotho	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
	Gugesa  51' Markneh  61'		Fothoane  32'	Stadium: Addis Ababa Stadium

2026 World Cup qualification 2 June	Guinea-Bissau	v	Ethiopia

2026 World Cup qualification 9 June	Djibouti	v	Ethiopia

Coaching Staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Gebremedhin Haile
Assistant coach	Mesay Teferi
Goalkeeper coach	Desalegn Gebregiorgis
Head of Scouting	David Beshah
Technical director	Daniel Gebremariam

Coaching History

Caretaker manager are listed in italics.

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Sierra Leone and Burkina Faso on 15 and 21 November 2023.

Caps and goals correct as of 21 November 2023, after the match against Burkina Faso.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Seid Habtamu	(1998-04-05) 5 April 1998 (age 26)	8	0	Adama City
	1GK	Abubeker Nura	(2000-09-11) 11 September 2000 (age 24)	0	0	Ethiopian Insurance
	1GK	Biniam Genetu	(2002-08-17) 17 August 2002 (age 22)	0	0	Wolaitta Dicha
	2DF	Yared Bayeh	(1995-01-22) 22 January 1995 (age 29)	42	1	Bahir Dar Kenema
	2DF	Ramadan Yusef	(2001-02-12) 12 February 2001 (age 23)	42	1	Saint George
	2DF	Mignot Debebe	(1995-09-02) 2 September 1995 (age 29)	19	0	Fasil Kenema
	2DF	Henok Adugna	(1995-10-28) 28 October 1995 (age 29)	11	0	Saint George
	2DF	Million Solomon	(1997-04-13) 13 April 1997 (age 27)	11	0	Adama City
	2DF	Birhanu Bekele	(2002-12-19) 19 December 2002 (age 21)	1	0	Hadiya Hossana
	2DF	Woldeamanuel Getu		0	0	Ethiopian Coffee
	2DF	Fetudin Jamal	(1997-11-24) 24 November 1997 (age 26)	0	0	CBE
	2DF	Yared Kassaye	(2003-01-01) 1 January 2003 (age 21)	0	0	Ethiopian Insurance
	2DF	Alembirhan Yigzaw	(2001-01-03) 3 January 2001 (age 23)	0	0	Fasil Kenema
	3MF	Gatoch Panom (captain)	(1994-06-12) 12 June 1994 (age 30)	62	8	Fasil Kenema
	3MF	Surafel Dagnachew	(1997-09-11) 11 September 1997 (age 27)	28	3	D.C. United
	3MF	Kenean Markneh	(1998-03-30) 30 March 1998 (age 26)	24	2	Defence Force
	3MF	Natnael Zeleke	(1994-06-12) 12 June 1994 (age 30)	8	0	Saint George
	3MF	Wogene Gezahegn	(2006-07-05) 5 July 2006 (age 18)	4	0	Ethiopian Insurance
	3MF	Yabsira Tesfaye	(1998-01-07) 7 January 1998 (age 26)	1	0	Bahir Dar Kenema
	3MF	Alelign Azene	(1998-01-10) 10 January 1998 (age 26)	0	0	Bahir Dar Kenema
	4FW	Amanuel Gebremichael	(1999-02-05) 5 February 1999 (age 25)	42	7	Fasil Kenema
	4FW	Chernet Gugesa	(1999-09-13) 13 September 1999 (age 25)	21	1	Bahir Dar Kenema
	4FW	Abubeker Nassir	(2000-02-23) 23 February 2000 (age 24)	21	5	Mamelodi Sundowns
	4FW	Abel Yalew	(1996-03-23) 23 March 1996 (age 28)	20	3	ZED
	4FW	Bereket Desta	(2000-10-20) 20 October 2000 (age 24)	9	0	Defence Force
	4FW	Habtamu Tadesse	(1999-11-03) 3 November 1999 (age 25)	6	0	Bahir Dar Kenema
	4FW	Fitsum Tilahun	(2001-07-08) 8 July 2001 (age 23)	3	0	Bahir Dar Kenema
	4FW	Tegenu Teshome	(2004-01-20) 20 January 2004 (age 20)	0	0	Saint George

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for Ethiopia in the last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Bahiru Negash	(1997-05-11) 11 May 1997 (age 27)	0	0	Saint George	v.  Egypt; 8 September 2023
GK	Fasil Gerbremichael	(2000-10-17) 17 October 2000 (age 24)	18	0	Saint George	v.  Guinea; 27 March 2023
DF	Aschalew Tamene	(1991-11-22) 22 November 1991 (age 32)	70	3	Defence Force	v.  Egypt; 8 September 2023
DF	Firaol Mengistu	(2000-07-31) 31 July 2000 (age 24)	0	0	Bahir Dar Kenema	v.  Egypt; 8 September 2023
DF	Amanuel Terfa	(2003-01-23) 23 January 2003 (age 21)	1	0	Saint George	v.  Egypt; 8 September 2023
DF	Suleman Hamid	(1997-10-20) 20 October 1997 (age 27)	26	0	CBE	v.  Guyana; 2 August 2023
DF	Git Gatkut	(1998-07-29) 29 July 1998 (age 26)	3	0	Sidama Coffee	v.  Guinea; 27 March 2023
MF	Amanuel Yohannes	(1999-03-14) 14 March 1999 (age 25)	35	0	Ethiopian Coffee	v.  Egypt; 8 September 2023
MF	Beneyam Belay	(1998-07-18) 18 July 1998 (age 26)	28	0	Saint George	v.  Egypt; 8 September 2023
MF	Abebayehu Achiso	(2002-04-17) 17 April 2002 (age 22)	1	0	Wolaitta Dicha	v.  Egypt; 8 September 2023
MF	Yihun Endashew	(1992-11-05) 5 November 1992 (age 32)	22	0	Fasil Kenema	v.  Guyana; 2 August 2023
MF	Shimelis Bekele RET	(1990-10-17) 17 October 1990 (age 34)	81	15	Defence Force	v.  Guyana; 2 August 2023
MF	Tafesse Solomon	(1993-05-04) 4 May 1993 (age 31)	25	0	Fasil Kenema	v.  Guinea; 27 March 2023
FW	Getaneh Kebede RET	(1992-04-02) 2 April 1992 (age 32)	66	33	Wolkite City	v.  Egypt; 8 September 2023
FW	Duresa Shubisa	(2003-02-09) 9 February 2003 (age 21)	4	0	Bahir Dar Kenema	v.  Egypt; 8 September 2023
FW	Yosef Tarekegn	(2005-04-13) 13 April 2005 (age 19)	4	0	Adama City	v.  Egypt; 8 September 2023
FW	Abel Mamush	(2003-05-13) 13 May 2003 (age 21)	1	0	CBE	v.  Egypt; 8 September 2023
FW	Biruk Mulugeta	(2003-05-24) 24 May 2003 (age 21)	0	0	Ethiopian Insurance	v.  Egypt; 8 September 2023
FW	Oumed Oukri	(1990-10-05) 5 October 1990 (age 34)	47	11	Suwaiq	v.  Guinea; 27 March 2023
FW	Yigezu Bogale	(2001-01-01) 1 January 2001 (age 23)	8	2	Sidama Coffee	v.  Guinea; 27 March 2023
FW	Kitika Jima	(2000-08-27) 27 August 2000 (age 24)	6	1	CBE	v.  Guinea; 27 March 2023
Notes PRE = Preliminary squad/standby. INJ = Not part of the current squad due to injury. SUS = Player is suspended. RET = Retired from international football.

Records

Players in bold are still active with Ethiopia.

Most appearances

Top goalscorers

Getaneh Kebede is Ethiopia's top scorer with 33 goals.

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup										Qualification
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	F	A		Pld	W	D	L	F	A
1930 to 1950	Not a FIFA member									Not a FIFA member
1954	Did not enter									Did not enter
1958	Entry not accepted by FIFA									Entry not accepted by FIFA
1962	Did not qualify									2	0	0	2	2	4
1966	Did not enter									Did not enter
1970	Did not qualify									4	1	1	2	7	7
1974										5	1	3	2	6	5
1978										2	0	0	2	1	5
1982										2	0	1	1	0	4
1986										2	0	1	1	4	5
1990	Did not enter									Did not enter
1994	Did not qualify									6	1	1	4	3	11
1998	Did not enter									Did not enter
2002	Did not qualify									2	1	0	1	2	4
2006										2	0	1	1	1	3
2010	Disqualified due to FIFA suspension									Disqualified
2014	Did not qualify									10	5	2	3	14	10
2018										4	1	0	3	7	7
2022										8	1	4	3	5	8
2026	To be determined									2	0	1	1	0	3
2030										To be determined
2034
Total	–	0/18	–	–	–	–	–	–		51	11	15	26	52	76

Africa Cup of Nations

Africa Cup of Nations record										Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1957	Runners-up	2nd	1	0	0	1	0	4		No qualification
1959	Third place	3rd	2	0	0	2	0	5
1962	Champions	1st	2	2	0	0	8	4		Qualified as hosts
1963	Fourth place	4th	3	1	0	2	4	7		Qualified as defending champions
1965	Group stage	5th	2	0	0	2	1	9		4	3	0	1	6	3
1968	Fourth place	4th	5	3	0	2	8	6		Qualified as hosts
1970	Group stage	6th	3	0	0	3	3	12		2	2	0	0	9	1
1972	Did not qualify									2	0	0	2	0	3
1974										2	1	0	1	2	4
1976	Group stage	5th	3	1	1	1	4	3		Qualified as hosts
1978	Did not qualify									4	2	1	1	5	4
1980										2	0	1	1	2	3
1982	Group stage	8th	3	0	1	2	0	4		4	1	2	1	4	4
1984	Did not qualify									4	2	0	2	3	5
1986	Withdrew									Withdrew
1988	Withdrew during qualifying									1	0	0	1	2	4
1990	Did not qualify									2	1	0	1	2	6
1992	Withdrew during qualifying									6	0	0	6	0	12
1994	Did not qualify									6	2	1	3	7	12
1996										10	2	2	6	4	18
1998										6	0	3	5	5	21
2000	Withdrew									Withdrew
2002	Did not qualify									2	1	0	1	1	2
2004										6	3	0	3	5	7
2006										2	0	1	1	1	3
2008										6	2	0	4	5	9
2010	Disqualified									4	2	0	2	8	6
2012	Did not qualify									6	2	1	3	8	13
2013	Group stage	14th	3	0	1	2	1	7		4	1	2	1	6	6
2015	Did not qualify									6	1	1	4	7	12
2017										6	3	2	1	11	14
2019										4	0	1	3	0	10
2021	Group stage	23rd	3	0	1	2	2	6		6	3	0	3	10	6
2023	Did not qualify									In progress
2025	To be determined									To be determined
2027
Total	1 Title	11/36	30	7	4	19	31	67		107	34	18	55	107	188

Honours

Africa Cup of Nations :

Champions (1): 1962

Runners-up (1): 1957

Third-place (1): 1959

Fourth-place (2): 1963, 1968

CECAFA Cup :

Champions (4): 1987, 2001, 2004, 2005

Third-place (2) 2000, 2015

Fourth-place (2) 1995, 2010

See also

In Spanish: Selección de fútbol de Etiopía para niños