Ethiopia national football team

Ethiopia
Nickname(s)	Walia ibex
Association	Ethiopian Football Federation
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation	CECAFA (East & Central Africa)
Head coach	Abraham Mebratu
Captain	Saladin Said
Home stadium	Addis Ababa Stadium ; Bahir Dar Stadium
FIFA code	ETH
	First colours
	First colours
FIFA ranking
Current	138 (22 December 2022)
Highest	86 (September 2006)
Lowest	155 (December 2001)
First international
	Ethiopia 5–0 French Somaliland ; (Ethiopia; 5 December 1947)
Biggest win
	French Somaliland 2–10 Ethiopia ; (Ethiopia; 5 May 1954)
Biggest defeat
	Iraq 13–0 Ethiopia ; (Irbid, Jordan; 18 August 1992)
Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances	10 (first in 1957)
Best result	Champions, 1962

Ethiopia national football team is the national football team of Ethiopia.

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.^[5]

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

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 27)	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	Loudoun 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

References

↑ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 22 December 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 19 November 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 "Ethiopia". World Football Elo Ratings. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
↑ Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 3 March 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
↑ "Final Squad". Twitter. Ethiopian FF.

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[FIFA_World_Rankings-1] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 22 December 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.

[ranking-2] 2.0 ^2.1 "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 19 November 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2018.

[rating-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 "Ethiopia". World Football Elo Ratings. Retrieved 1 August 2014.

[World_Football_Elo_Ratings-4] Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 3 March 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2019.

[5] "Final Squad". Twitter. Ethiopian FF.

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