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The 2024–25 Ethiopian Premier League (known as the BetKing Ethiopian Premier League for sponsorship reasons) is the 26th season of the Ethiopian Premier League, and the 78th season of top-division football in Ethiopia. The season started on 20 September 2024, and scheduled to conclude on 8 July 2025.
The 2023–24 Ethiopian Premier League (known as the BetKing Ethiopian Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the 25th season of the Ethiopian Premier League, and the 77th season of top-division football in Ethiopia. The season started on 1 October 2023, and ended on 30 June 2024. [1] The league consisted of 16 teams.
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 ...
The Ethiopian Premier League (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ፕሪምየር ሊግ), known as the BetKing Ethiopian Premier League for sponsorship reasons, is the top tier association football league of Ethiopia run by the Ethiopian Premier League Share Company (formerly the Ethiopian Football Federation from 1997 to 2020). [1]
In May 2018, the Ethiopian Premier League was suspended indefinitely after a referee was attacked during a match between Welwalo Adigrat University F.C. and Defense Force S.C. [5] This coming on the heels of a similar incident a month earlier in which spectators swarmed onto a football field during a match between Woldia S.C. and Fasil Kenema F.C., injuring two match officials and a coach.
The Ethiopia women's national football team (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ሴቶች ብሔራዊ እግር ኳስ ቡድን) represents Ethiopia in international women's football. They are overseen by the Ethiopian Football Federation. As of 9 June 2023, they are ranked 124th in the world. [4]
The 2022–23 Ethiopian Premier League was the 76th season of the top-tier football league in Ethiopia, and the 24th season since it was renamed the Premier League. The season started on September 30, 2022, and ended on July 8, 2023.
Football is the most popular sport in Ethiopia. Although not one of the leading footballing nations in Africa, Ethiopia has produced some outstanding teams at both club and international level as well as some talented individual players. [1] [2] [3]