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Ethiopia
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s) ዋልያዎቹ (The Walia Ibex)
Association Ethiopian Football Federation (EFF)
Confederation CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation CECAFA (East & Central Africa)
Head coach Mesay Teferi (Interim)
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 Steady (7 February 2019)
Highest 86 (September 2006)
Lowest 155 (December 2001)
Elo ranking
Current 145 Decrease 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)
Jordan International Tournament
Appearances 1 (first in 1992)
Best result Group stage (1992)

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.

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)

Main article: CECAFA Cup

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.

Cap-vert vs Ethiopi (47)
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

Main article: 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

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

Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)

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
Germany Adidas 1983–2004
Germany Adidas 2010–2015
Italy Erreà 2016–2019
England Umbro 2019–2023
Ethiopia Gofere 2023–

Results and fixtures

Main article: Ethiopia national football team results (2020–present)

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

2024

2025

Coaching staff

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

Coaching history

Caretaker manager are listed in italics.
  • Greece Edouardos Virvilis (1950–1954)
  • Austria Georg Braun (1954–1956)
  • Czechoslovakia Jiří Starosta (1959)
  • Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slavko Milošević (1961)
  • Ethiopia Yidnekatchew Tessema (1961–1962)
  • Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slavko Milošević (1962)
  • Ethiopia Yidnekatchew Tessema (1963)
  • Hungary Ferenc Szűcs (1968–1969)
  • Ethiopia Luciano Vassalo (1969–1970)
  • Ethiopia Adamu Alemu (1970)
  • West Germany Peter Schnittger (1974–1976)
  • Ethiopia Mengistu Worku (1977–1978)
  • Ethiopia Mengistu Worku (1980–1982)
  • Ethiopia Tilahun Tesfaye (1984)
  • Ethiopia Mengistu Worku (1987)
  • West Germany Klaus Ebbighausen (1987–1989)
  • Ethiopia Kassahun Teka (1992–1993)
  • Ethiopia Gebregiorgis Getahun (1993)
  • Ethiopia Kassahun Teka (1994–1995)
  • Ethiopia Seyoum Abate (1996)
  • Ethiopia Oko Idiba (1997)
  • Ethiopia Kassahun Teka (1997)
  • Ethiopia Seyoum Abate (1998–2000)
  • Ethiopia Asrat Haile (2001)
  • Germany Jochen Figge (2002–2003)
  • Ethiopia Asrat Haile (2003)
  • Ethiopia Seyoum Kebede (2003–2004)
  • Ethiopia Asrat Haile (2004)
  • Ethiopia Sewnet Bishaw (2004–2006)
  • Ethiopia Seyoum Abate (2006)
  • France Diego Garzitto (2006–2007)
  • Ethiopia Tesfaye Fetene (2007)
  • Ethiopia Tsegaye Desta (2007)
  • Ethiopia Abraham Teklehaymanot (2008–2010)
  • Scotland Iffy Onuora (2010–2011)
  • Belgium Tom Saintfiet (2011)
  • Ethiopia Sewnet Bishaw (2011–2014)
  • Portugal Mariano Barreto (2014–2015)
  • Ethiopia Yohannes Sahle (2015–2016)
  • Ethiopia Gebremedhin Haile (2016)
  • Ethiopia Ashenafi Bekele (2017)
  • Ethiopia Abraham Mebratu (2018–2020)
  • Ethiopia Wubetu Abate (2020–2023)
  • Ethiopia Daniel Gebremariam (2023)
  • Ethiopia Gebremedhin Haile (2023–2024)
  • Ethiopia Mesay Teferi (Interim) (2024 -)

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2025 AFCON qualification matches against Tanzania and DR Congo on 16 and 19 November 2024.

Caps and goals correct as of 19 November 2024, after the match against DR Congo.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
22 1GK Seid Habtamu (1998-04-05) 5 April 1998 (age 26) 17 0 Ethiopia Adama City
1 1GK Firew Getahun (1992-06-12) 12 June 1992 (age 32) 1 0 Ethiopia Ethiopia Nigd Bank
1GK Abiyu Kassaye (2000-01-09) 9 January 2000 (age 24) 0 0 Ethiopia Dire Dawa City
16 2DF Yared Bayeh (1995-01-22) 22 January 1995 (age 29) 50 1 Ethiopia Sidama Coffee
21 2DF Asrat Tunjo (1996-11-29) 29 November 1996 (age 28) 23 0 Ethiopia Dire Dawa City
14 2DF Birhanu Bekele (2002-12-19) 19 December 2002 (age 21) 11 0 Ethiopia Hadiya Hossana
19 2DF Yared Kassaye (2003-01-01) 1 January 2003 (age 21) 8 0 Ethiopia Ethiopian Insurance
4 2DF Frezer Kasa (1997-10-26) 26 October 1997 (age 27) 5 0 Ethiopia Bahir Dar Kenema
3 2DF Ramkel James (2001-07-11) 11 July 2001 (age 23) 4 0 Ethiopia Ethiopian Coffee
5 2DF Amanuel Terfa (2003-01-23) 23 January 2003 (age 21) 3 0 Ethiopia Saint George
11 2DF Dawit Mamo (1997-03-28) 28 March 1997 (age 27) 1 0 Ethiopia Defence Force
8 3MF Amanuel Yohannes (1999-03-14) 14 March 1999 (age 25) 38 1 Ethiopia Defence Force
3MF Biniam Ayten (2003-03-31) 31 March 2003 (age 21) 7 0 Ethiopia Adama City
15 3MF Abinet Demissie (2000-02-16) 16 February 2000 (age 24) 5 0 Ethiopia Wolaitta Dicha
20 3MF Bereket Wolde (1997-10-18) 18 October 1997 (age 27) 4 0 Ethiopia Saint George
10 3MF Abdulkerim Worku (2001-05-24) 24 May 2001 (age 23) 3 0 Ethiopia Defence Force
6 3MF Redwan Nassir 0 0 Ethiopia Sidama Coffee
17 4FW Chernet Gugesa (1999-09-13) 13 September 1999 (age 25) 29 2 Ethiopia Bahir Dar Kenema
7 4FW Bereket Desta (2000-10-20) 20 October 2000 (age 24) 12 1 Ethiopia Defence Force
4FW Kitika Jima (2000-08-27) 27 August 2000 (age 24) 6 1 Ethiopia Ethiopia Nigd Bank
12 4FW Amanuel Arbo (1999-06-30) 30 June 1999 (age 25) 1 0 Ethiopia Saint George
9 4FW Mohammednur Nassir (2003-08-27) 27 August 2003 (age 21) 1 1 Ethiopia Dire Dawa City
18 4FW Anteneh Tefera (2003-08-11) 11 August 2003 (age 21) 1 0 Ethiopia Ethiopian Coffee

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 Abubeker Nura (2000-09-11) 11 September 2000 (age 24) 0 0 Ethiopia Ethiopian Insurance v.  Guinea; 15 October 2024
DF Ramadan Yusef (2001-02-12) 12 February 2001 (age 23) 43 1 Ethiopia Saint George v.  Eritrea; 31 October 2024
DF Suleman Hamid (1997-10-20) 20 October 1997 (age 27) 30 0 Ethiopia Saint George v.  Guinea; 15 October 2024
DF Million Solomon (1997-04-13) 13 April 1997 (age 27) 15 0 Ethiopia Adama City v.  Guinea; 15 October 2024
DF Henok Adugna (1995-10-28) 28 October 1995 (age 29) 13 0 Egypt Haras El Hodoud v.  Djibouti; 9 June 2024
DF Fetudin Jamal (1997-11-24) 24 November 1997 (age 27) 2 0 Ethiopia CBE v.  Djibouti; 9 June 2024
DF Aschalew Tamene (1991-11-22) 22 November 1991 (age 33) 71 3 Ethiopia Fasil Kenema v.  Lesotho; 24 March 2024
MF Gatoch Panom (captain) (1994-06-12) 12 June 1994 (age 30) 69 8 Ethiopia Fasil Kenema v.  Eritrea; 31 October 2024
MF Beneyam Belay (1998-07-18) 18 July 1998 (age 26) 32 0 Ethiopia Saint George v.  Guinea; 15 October 2024
MF Kenean Markneh (1998-03-30) 30 March 1998 (age 26) 32 4 Ethiopia Defence Force v.  Guinea; 15 October 2024
MF Surafel Dagnachew (1997-09-11) 11 September 1997 (age 27) 31 3 United States Loudoun United v.  Guinea; 15 October 2024
MF Wogene Gezahegn (2006-07-05) 5 July 2006 (age 18) 9 0 Ethiopia Ethiopian Insurance v.  Guinea; 15 October 2024
FW Abel Yalew (1996-03-23) 23 March 1996 (age 28) 24 3 Egypt ZED v.  Guinea; 15 October 2024
FW Mesfin Tafesse (2001-11-26) 26 November 2001 (age 23) 16 3 Ethiopia Sidama Coffee v.  Guinea; 15 October 2024
FW Habtamu Tadesse (1999-11-03) 3 November 1999 (age 25) 6 0 Ethiopia Bahir Dar Kenema v.  Djibouti; 9 June 2024
FW Dawa Hotessa (1996-03-09) 9 March 1996 (age 28) 31 6 Ethiopia Adama City v.  Lesotho; 24 March 2024
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

Rank Player Caps Goals Career
1 Shimelis Bekele 81 15 2010–2023
2 Aschalew Tamene 71 3 2015–present
3 Gatoch Panom 69 8 2012–present
4 Getaneh Kebede 66 33 2010–2022
5 Adane Girma 49 9 2004–2014
6 Yared Bayeh 48 1 2015–present
Oumed Oukri 48 12 2009–2023
8 Abebaw Butako 46 2 2008–2017
9 Degu Debebe 44 0 2003–2014
10 Ramadan Yusef 43 1 2019–present

Top goalscorers

Cap-vert vs Ethiopi (30)
Getaneh Kebede is Ethiopia's top scorer with 33 goals.
Rank Name Goals Caps Ratio Career
1 Getaneh Kebede 33 66 0.5 2010–2022
2 Mengistu Worku 16 18 0.89 1959–1970
3 Shimelis Bekele 15 81 0.19 2010–2023
4 Saladin Said 14 28 0.5 2007–2017
5 Oumed Oukri 12 48 0.25 2009–2023
6 Fikru Teferra 11 25 0.44 2004–2014
7 Adane Girma 9 49 0.18 2004–2014
8 Sintayehu Getachew 8 11 0.73 1997–2000
Gatoch Panom 8 69 0.12 2012–present
10 Amanuel Gebremichael 7 42 0.17 2017–present

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup record Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
1930 to 1950 Not a FIFA member Not a FIFA member
Switzerland 1954 Did not enter Did not enter
Sweden 1958 Entry not accepted by FIFA Entry not accepted by FIFA
Chile 1962 Did not qualify 2 0 0 2 2 4
England 1966 Did not enter Did not enter
Mexico 1970 Did not qualify 4 1 1 2 7 7
West Germany 1974 6 1 3 2 6 5
Argentina 1978 2 0 0 2 1 5
Spain 1982 2 0 1 1 0 4
Mexico 1986 2 0 1 1 4 5
Italy 1990 Did not enter Did not enter
United States 1994 Did not qualify 6 1 1 4 3 11
France 1998 Did not enter Did not enter
South Korea Japan 2002 Did not qualify 2 1 0 1 2 4
Germany 2006 2 0 1 1 1 3
South Africa 2010 Disqualified due to FIFA suspension Disqualified
Brazil 2014 Did not qualify 10 5 2 3 14 10
Russia 2018 4 1 0 3 7 7
Qatar 2022 8 1 4 3 5 8
Canada Mexico United States 2026 To be determined 4 0 3 1 1 4
Morocco Portugal Spain 2030 To be determined
Saudi Arabia 2034
Total – 0/18 – – – – – – 54 11 17 26 53 77

Africa Cup of Nations

Main article: Ethiopia at the 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
Sudan 1957 Runners-up 2nd 1 0 0 1 0 4 No qualification
United Arab Republic 1959 Third place 3rd 2 0 0 2 0 5
Ethiopia 1962 Champions 1st 2 2 0 0 8 4 Qualified as hosts
Ghana 1963 Fourth place 4th 3 1 0 2 4 7 Qualified as defending champions
Tunisia 1965 Group stage 5th 2 0 0 2 1 9 4 3 0 1 6 3
Ethiopia 1968 Fourth place 4th 5 3 0 2 8 6 Qualified as hosts
Sudan 1970 Group stage 6th 3 0 0 3 3 12 2 2 0 0 9 1
Cameroon 1972 Did not qualify 2 0 0 2 0 3
Egypt 1974 2 1 0 1 2 4
Ethiopia 1976 Group stage 5th 3 1 1 1 4 3 Qualified as hosts
Ghana 1978 Did not qualify 4 2 1 1 5 4
Nigeria 1980 2 0 1 1 2 3
Libya 1982 Group stage 8th 3 0 1 2 0 4 4 1 2 1 4 4
Ivory Coast 1984 Did not qualify 4 2 0 2 3 5
Egypt 1986 Withdrew Withdrew
Morocco 1988 Withdrew during qualifying 1 0 0 1 2 4
Algeria 1990 Did not qualify 2 1 0 1 2 6
Senegal 1992 Withdrew during qualifying 6 0 0 6 0 12
Tunisia 1994 Did not qualify 6 2 1 3 7 12
South Africa 1996 10 2 2 6 4 18
Burkina Faso 1998 6 0 3 5 5 21
Ghana Nigeria 2000 Withdrew Withdrew
Mali 2002 Did not qualify 2 1 0 1 1 2
Tunisia 2004 6 3 0 3 5 7
Egypt 2006 2 0 1 1 1 3
Ghana 2008 6 2 0 4 5 9
Angola 2010 Disqualified 4 2 0 2 8 6
Equatorial Guinea Gabon 2012 Did not qualify 6 2 1 3 8 13
South Africa 2013 Group stage 14th 3 0 1 2 1 7 4 1 2 1 6 6
Equatorial Guinea 2015 Did not qualify 6 1 1 4 7 12
Gabon 2017 6 3 2 1 11 14
Egypt 2019 4 0 1 3 0 10
Cameroon 2021 Group stage 23rd 3 0 1 2 2 6 6 3 0 3 10 6
Ivory Coast 2023 Did not qualify 6 1 1 4 5 8
Morocco 2025 To be determined To be determined
Kenya Tanzania Uganda 2027
2029
Total 1 Title 11/34 30 7 4 19 31 67 113 35 19 59 113 196

Honours

Continental

Regional

  • CECAFA Cup
    • Med 1.png Champions (4): 1987, 2001, 2004, 2005
    • Med 3.png Third-place (2) 2000, 2015

See also

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