Posts Tagged ‘Ethiopian soccer’

Ethiopia defeat Somalia 5-0 Joined 2014 World Cup group phase ( VIDEO )

November 16 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Africa, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Featured, Football, News, Soccer, Somalia, Sport Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,

Ethiopia reached the group phase of the 2014 World Cup qualifiers when beating Somalia 5-0 on Wednesday. The Wayla Antelopes progress 5-0 on aggregate after the victory in Addis Ababa. A brace each from Shimeles Bekele and Getaneh Kebede and another strike from Omod Okwury helped the home side to the emphatic victory. The home side dominated the early exchanges and... Read more

Somalia, Ethiopia draw 0-0 in World Cup qualifier match

November 13 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Ethiopia, Football, News, Soccer, Somalia, Sport, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , ,

Somalia drew 0-0 with 10-man Ethiopia in their World Cup qualifier in neutral Djibouti on Saturday as the last two of Africa’s 22 lowest-ranked teams began their quest to qualify for football’s 2014 showpiece in Brazil. Ranked way down at No. 192 of 208 international teams, Somalia couldn’t make a man advantage tell at the end after a red card... Read more

Belgian coach Saintfiet leaves Ethiopian National Team Coaching job

October 29 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Ethiopia, Football, News, People, Soccer, Sport, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , , , ,

CAPE TOWN  (Reuters) – Belgian coach Tom Saintfiet said on Friday he was leaving his job as Ethiopia coach after just five months, citing broken promises for his departure. “Despite the many positives, some agreements were not honoured and that is the reason for this decision,” he said in an e-mail to Reuters. Saintfiet had been in charge for three African Nations... Read more

Ethiopia/Somalia World Cup 2014 Match Venue Switched

October 20 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Ethiopia, Football, News, Soccer, Somalia, Uncategorized, World Cup 2014 Tags: , , , , , , ,

The 2014 World Cup first leg preliminary round match between Somalia and Ethiopia has been moved from Nairobi to Djibouti, a Somali Football Federation (SFF) official said on Tuesday. The match was originally scheduled to be played at Nairobi’s Nyayo National stadium on November 11 after Kenya accepted the request by the SFF to stage the game... Read more

Ethiopian Gedion Zelalem to play for Arsenal midfielder - That is the plan

August 22 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Ethiopian, Featured, News, People, Soccer, Uncategorized, United States Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

According to the Washington post report a 14-year-old Gedion Zelalem is in a right path to become one of Arsenal FC player in the coming 2 years. Gedion Zelalem German with Ethio pian roots and a U.S. green card who lives in the Washington area might have a future in England. Gedion Zelalem trained with Arsenal at London Colney for 10 days... Read more

2014 World cup: South Africa coach expect Ethiopians will be though in the Group

August 1 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Africa, Ethiopia, News, Uncategorized, World Cup 2014 Tags: , , , , , ,

The draw was conducted in Brazil on Saturday night where South Africa were pitted against Botswana, Central African Republic (CAR) and Ethiopia or Somalia. Somalia and Ethiopia will meet in a preliminary match in November to determine the team joining Bafana Bafana, the Zebras and CAR in Group A. The Fikru Tefera-led Ethiopia are tipped to hammer Somalia. The World Cup qualifiers... Read more

Ethiopia: 2014 World Cup Qualifying Groups List

July 31 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Africa, Ethiopia, News, Soccer, Sport, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , ,

RIO DE JANEIRO – Qualifying groups for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil: Fortune shone on England at the 2014 World Cup draw as defending champions Spain and 1998 winners France were locked on a collision course in the race for the Brazil finals. England, one of the top seeds, on Saturday were drawn with Euro 2012 rivals Montenegro, Ukraine, Poland and... Read more

Football Coach Saintfiet said Ethiopia have great potential

July 19 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | African Cup, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, News, Soccer, Sport, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

Coach of the national team, Tom Saintfiet says Ethiopia might not be immediately associated with football, but the country has massive potential to develop in the game. The names of Olympic gold medal-winning athletes like Abebe Bikila, Haile Gebreselassie and Kenenisa Bekele might enjoy worldwide recognition and represent sporting success for the east African nation... Read more

Soccer-Ethiopia appoint Belgian Saintfiet as head coach

May 19 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | African Cup, Ethiopia, News, Soccer, Sport, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , ,

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia have appointed former Zimbabwe and Namibia manager Tom Saintfiet as coach in place of Briton Iffy Onuora, who was sacked last month on “disciplinary grounds”. The 38-year old Belgian, whose contract details were not disclosed by the Ethiopian Football Federation on Thursday, will take charge of the Horn of Africa nation when they meet Nigeria at... Read more

Ethiopian women defeat Ghanaian 1-0 for London Olympic qualifier

April 4 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Ethiopia, Ethiopian, News, Sport, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , , ,

Ghana endured a difficult time against Ethiopia in the first leg of the Second Round qualifying for the 2012 London Olympic Games. The Black Queens lost 1-0 in Addis Ababa and had two players goalkeeper Memunatu Sulemana and Ama Saabi sent off in the last five minutes of regulation time. Shitaye Sissay scored the lone goal on 14 minutes into the first... Read more

« Older Entries