Posts Tagged ‘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

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

Ethiopia set for second win for Nations Cup qualifier

October 9 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | African Cup, Ethiopia, Football, News, Soccer, Sport, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

Hosts Ethiopia will be seeking to do the double over Madagascar in a Nations Cup Group B qualifier Saturday in Addis Ababa. The Ethiopians recorded their only victory thus far in the series when they defeated the Indian Ocean Islanders 1-0 a year ago in Antananarivo. Both teams are out of the reckoning for next year’s Africa Nations Cup, ... Read more

Soccer: Ethiopia lost for Guinea on Nations Cup qualifying match

September 5 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Africa, African Cup, News, Soccer, Sport, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , ,

THE Syli Stars of Guinea beat Walya Antelopes of Ethiopia 1-0 yesterday to consolidate their leadership hold in a 2012 Nations Cup qualifying  group that also includes two-time champions Nigeria. The Guineans are top of group B with 13 points from five matches, three points more than the highly-fancied Nigerians, after they defeated the hard fighting Ethiopians. Guinea... Read more

13 Eritrean Football Players Go Missing Again

July 12 | Posted by Ethiopiaforums | Eritrea, News, Soccer, Sport, Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , , , ,

Dar es Salaam. The Cecafa-organised competitions are always fascinating events as they constantly supply moments of drama, brilliance and absurdity as the council has no idea of the whereabouts of 13 members of Red Sea of Eritrea. They literally disappeared shortly after their quarter-final match of the just concluded Kagame Castle Cup, the Tanzania Football... 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

Ethiopia lost 1-0 with Ivory Coast in CECAFA semifinal

December 10 | Posted by ocean | Ethiopia, News, Politics, Sport, Uncategorized Tags: , ,

Ethiopiaforums.com Tanzania and Ivory Coast reached the CECAFA Cup final. Ethiopian national team dream to be in CECAFA final match ends by losing 0-1 with Ivory Coast. After a long time Ethiopian team seems has a comeback and reached to the semifinal in this regional tournament. With the only goal scored after the second half by Tchetche Kipre Ivory Coast passed to play... Read more

Ethiopia defeats Zambia 2-1 to advance to the semi-final : CECAFA Cup ( VIDEO )

December 7 | Posted by ocean | Ethiopia, Featured, News, Sport, Video Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania – The Ethiopian national football team has advanced to the semi-final of the CECAFA Challenge Cup tournament after defeating Zambia 2-1 here today. Ethiopia will now face the winner of the Ivory Coast and Malawi match, which is held later on today. Ethiopia dominated the first-half and led 2-0 at half-time thanks to an own goal by a... Read more

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