Ethiopia national football team

This article is about the Ethiopian men's national football team. For the women's team, see Ethiopian women's national football team.

The Ethiopian national football team, which calls itself Walyas ("the Ibexes"), is the national football team of Ethiopia and is under the Ethiopian Football Federation.

The Ethiopian national team played a good role in African football in its early years. After finishing second and third, the Ethiopians won the title at the 1962 African Championship, held for the third time, which was won on home soil by beating Egypt 4-2 on penalties.

In 1963 and 1968 the Walyas finished fourth in the continental championship. Since the end of the 60s, sporting success was almost non-existent. The national team was one of the weakest in the African football association.

From 1972 onwards, Ethiopia failed to qualify for the African Championship twelve times. Four times the federation did not register. Only twice did the East Africans still take part in the competition - in 1976 and 1982 they were both eliminated in the first round.

The team has yet to qualify for a World Cup. The Ibexes were eliminated in the first round of qualifying for the 1962, 1978, 1982, 1986, 2002 and 2006 tournaments, and finished third in a four-team qualifying group before the 1994 tournament. Only for the 1970 and 1974 tournaments did the Ethiopians reach the second qualifying round, where they failed on both occasions. Ethiopia's entry was not accepted for the 1958 World Cup and there was no entry for the 1954, 1966, 1990 and 1998 tournaments.

It was not until 2005 that there was a resurgence, with the national team rising 23 places in the FIFA World Ranking with a record of seven wins, one draw and one defeat, as well as winning the CECAFA Cup. This upturn initially continued in the following years, as evidenced by their qualification for the African Championship for the first time in over 30 years. However, this was followed by another drop to 135th in 2011. 2013 saw another improvement, but after 93rd place came another drop to 151st in 2018.

In 2013, Ethiopia edged Rwanda in two matches to make their first appearance at the African Nations Championship in 2014.

Tournaments

World Cup

  • 1930 - 1954 no participation
  • 1958 - Application rejected by FIFA
  • 1962 - not qualified
  • 1966 - withdrawn
  • 1970 - 1986 - not qualified
  • 1990 - withdrawn
  • 1994 - not qualified
  • 1998 - withdrawn
  • 2002 - not qualified
  • 2006 - not qualified
  • 2010 - disqualified
  • 2014 - not qualified

In the 2014 World Cup qualifiers, Ethiopia first faced Somalia in a first and second leg. After a 0-0 draw in the away leg, they won the second leg 5-0. This put Ethiopia in the group stage to face Botswana, South Africa and the Central African Republic. Ethiopia initially qualified early for the next round by beating South Africa 2-1 on 16 June 2013. Ethiopia's original 2-1 win over Botswana on 8 June 2013 was changed by FIFA to a 3-0 win for Botswana on 1 July 2013, as Ethiopia fielded Minyahile Teshome Beyene, a player who was suspended after receiving two yellow cards. This left qualification for the next round open again. However, Ethiopia managed to win in Central African Republic on the last matchday to advance to the playoff round of group winners. There, the team lost both matches against Nigeria by 1:2 and 0:2, respectively, and thus missed the chance to be the first East African country to participate in the final round of a World Cup.

  • 2018 - not qualified

African Championship

  • 1957 - Second place
  • 1959 - Third place
  • 1962 - Master
  • 1963 - Fourth place
  • 1965 - Preliminary Round
  • 1968 - Fourth place
  • 1970 - Preliminary round
  • 1972 - not qualified
  • 1974 - not qualified
  • 1976 - Preliminary round
  • 1978 - not qualified
  • 1980 - not qualified

 

  • 1982 - Preliminary round
  • 1984 - not qualified
  • 1986 - withdrawn
  • 1988 - Withdrawn during qualification
  • 1990 - not qualified
  • 1992 - Withdrawn during qualification
  • 1994 to 1998 - not qualified
  • 2000 - withdrawn
  • 2002 to 2008 - not qualified
  • 2010 - disqualified
  • 2012 - not qualified
  • 2013 - Preliminary round

 

  • 2015: not qualified
  • 2017: not qualified
  • 2019: not qualified
  • 2022 - qualified

African Nations Championship

  • 2009: not participated
  • 2011: withdrawn in the qualification
  • 2014: Preliminary round
  • 2016: Preliminary round
  • 2018: not qualified
  • 2021: not qualified

Eastern / Central African Championship

  • 1973 - 1982 - not participated
  • 1983 - Preliminary round
  • 1984 - not participated
  • 1985 - not participated
  • 1987 - East/Central Africa Champion
  • 1988 - Preliminary round
  • 1989 - not participated
  • 1990 - not participated
  • 1991 - not participated
  • 1992 - Preliminary round
  • 1994 - not participated
  • 1995 - Fourth
  • 1996 - not participated
  • 1999 - quarter-finals
  • 2000 - Third
  • 2001 - East/Central Africa Champion
  • 2002 - Preliminary round
  • 2003 - Participation withdrawn
  • 2004 - East/Central Africa Champion
  • 2005 - East/Central Africa Champion
  • 2006 - quarter-finals
  • 2007 - Preliminary round
  • 2008 - not participated
  • 2009 - Preliminary round
  • 2010 - Fourth
  • 2011 - Preliminary round
  • 2012 - Quarter Finals
  • 2013 - Quarter Finals
  • 2015 - 3rd place
  • 2017 - Preliminary round
  • 2019 - withdrawn

Coach

  • Germany DeutschlandPeter Schnittger (1974-1976)
  • Athiopia ÄthiopienAsrat Haile (2001)
  • Germany DeutschlandJochen Figge (2002-2003)
  • Athiopia ÄthiopienAsrat Haile (2003) interim
  • AthiopiaÄthiopien Seyoum Kebede (2003-2004)
  • AthiopiaÄthiopien Sewnet Bishaw (2004-2006)
  • AthiopiaÄthiopien Seyoum Abate (2006)
  • ItalyItalien Diego Garzitto (2006-2007)
  • AthiopiaÄthiopien Tesfaye Fetene (2007)
  • AthiopiaÄthiopien Tsegaye Desta (2007)
  • AthiopiaÄthiopien Abraham Teklehaymanot (2008-2010)
  • Scotland SchottlandIffy Onuora (2010-2011)
  • BelgiumBelgien Tom Saintfiet (2011)
  • AthiopiaÄthiopien Sewnet Bishaw (2011-2014)
  • PortugalPortugal Mariano Barreto (2014-2015)
  • AthiopiaÄthiopien Yohannes Sahle (2015-2016)
  • AthiopiaÄthiopien Gebremedhin Haile (2016)
  • Athiopia ÄthiopienAshenafi Bekele (2017)
  • AthiopiaÄthiopien Abraham Mebratu (2018-2020)
  • AthiopiaÄthiopien Wubetu Abate (since 2020)

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