Ethiopia at the Africa Cup of Nations

Last updated May 05, 2025

Ethiopia was formerly one of Africa's major forces, and played in every Africa Cup of Nations until the end of 1960s. Ethiopia themselves also won an AFCON tournament, the 1962 edition, when they were the hosts.^[1] Since then, success has started to fade from Ethiopia's football and after 1982, Ethiopia would have to wait until 2013, when the country qualified for the final tournament after a 31-year absence.^[2]

Overall record

Africa Cup of Nations record
Appearances: 11
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1957	Runners-up	2nd	1	0	0	1	0	4
1959	Third place	3rd	2	0	0	2	0	5
1962	Champions	1st	2	2	0	0	8	4
1963	First place	4th	3	1	0	2	4	7
1965	Group stage	5th	2	0	0	2	1	9
1968	Fourth place	4th	5	3	0	2	8	6
1970	Group stage	6th	3	0	0	3	3	12
1972	Did not qualify
1974	Did not qualify
1976	Group stage	5th	3	1	1	1	4	3
1978	Did not qualify
1980	Did not qualify
1982	Group stage	8th	3	0	1	2	0	4
1984	Did not qualify
1986	Withdrew
1988	Withdrew during qualifying
1990	Did not qualify
1992	Withdrew during qualifying
1994	Did not qualify
1996
1998
2000	Withdrew
2002	Did not qualify
2004
2006
2008
2010	Disqualified
2012	Did not qualify
2013	Group stage	14th	3	0	1	2	1	7
2015	Did not qualify
2017
2019
2021	Group stage	23rd	3	0	1	2	2	6
2023	Did not qualify
2025	Did not qualify
2027	To be determined
Total	1 Title	11/35	30	7	4	19	31	67

Matches

Sudan 1957

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Semifinals

10 February 1957

Ethiopia	w/o	South Africa

Final

15 February 1957

Egypt	4–0	Ethiopia
El-Diba 2', 7', 68', 89'

Municipal Stadium, Khartoum

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Mohammed Youssef (Sudan)

United Arab Republic 1959

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Result
United Arab Republic	2	2	0	6	1	+5	4	Champion
Sudan	2	1	1	2	2	0	2
Ethiopia	2	0	2	0	5	−5	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

22 May 1959

United Arab Republic	4–0	Ethiopia
El-Gohary 29', 42', 73' El-Sherbini 64'	^{[ citation needed ]}

Prince Farouk Stadium, Cairo

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Zivko Bajic (Yugoslavia)

25 May 1959

Sudan	1–0	Ethiopia
Drissa 40'	^{[ citation needed ]}

Prince Farouk Stadium, Cairo

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: M. Tsissis (Greece)

Ethiopia 1962

Semi-finals		Final

14 January – Addis Ababa

Ethiopia	4
		21 January – Addis Ababa
Tunisia	2
		Ethiopia (aet)	4
18 January – Addis Ababa
		United Arab Rep.	2
United Arab Rep.	2

Uganda	1
		Third place

		20 January – Addis Ababa

		Tunisia	3

		Uganda	0

Semifinals

14 January 1962

Ethiopia	4–2	Tunisia
Vassalo 32' (pen.), 75' Tekle 36' Worku 69'		Merrichkou 13' Chérif 29'

Hailé Sélassié Stadium, Addis Ababa

Attendance: 30,000

Final

21 January 1962

Ethiopia	4–2 (a.e.t.)	United Arab Republic
Tekle 74' L. Vassalo 84'^[4] Worku 118' Vassalo 101'		Badawi 35', 75'

Hailé Sélassié Stadium, Addis Ababa

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Wilson Brooks (Uganda)

Ghana 1963

Group stage

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Ghana	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	3
Ethiopia	2	1	0	1	4	4	0	2
Tunisia	2	0	1	1	3	5	−2	1

26 November 1963

Ghana	2–0	Ethiopia
Acquah

Accra Sports Stadium, Accra

28 November 1963

Ethiopia	4–2	Tunisia
Worku Tekle Tesfaye		Chetali Jedidi

Accra Sports Stadium, Accra

Third place

30 November 1963

United Arab Republic	3–0	Ethiopia
Riza Ismail El-Shazly

Accra Sports Stadium, Accra

Tunisia 1965

Group stage

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Tunisia	2	1	1	0	4	0	+4	3
Senegal	2	1	1	0	5	1	+4	3
Ethiopia	2	0	0	2	1	9	−8	0

12 November 1965

Tunisia	4–0	Ethiopia
Chaïbi 32' Jedidi 62' Delhoum 80' Lahmar 84'

Stade Chedli Zouiten, Tunis

19 November 1965

Senegal	5–1	Ethiopia
Camara 3', 52' Guèye 37' Niang 48', 53'		Vassalo 12' (pen.)

Stade Chedli Zouiten, Tunis

Ethiopia 1968

Group stage

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Ethiopia	3	3	0	6	2	+4	6
Ivory Coast	3	2	1	5	2	+3	4
Algeria	3	1	2	5	6	−1	2
Uganda	3	0	3	2	8	−6	0

12 January 1968

Ethiopia	2–1	Uganda
Tekle Vassalo pen.'		Ouma

Hailé Sélassié Stadium, Addis Ababa

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Kandil (Egypt)

14 January 1968

Ethiopia	1–0	Ivory Coast
Bekuretsion 86'

Hailé Sélassié Stadium, Addis Ababa

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Saleh (Sudan)

16 January 1968

Ethiopia	3–1	Algeria
Worku 16' Shewangizaw 19' Vassalo 27' (pen.)		Amirouche 68'

Hailé Sélassié Stadium, Addis Ababa

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Angaud (Congo-Brazzaville)

Semi-finals

19 January 1968

Ethiopia	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Congo-Kinshasa
Vassalo 25' Worku 65'		Mantantu 3' Mungamuni 16', 100'

Hailé Sélassié Stadium, Addis Ababa

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Kandil (Egypt)

Third place

21 January 1968

Ivory Coast	1–0	Ethiopia
Pokou 28'

Hailé Sélassié Stadium, Addis Ababa

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Khelifi (Algeria)

Sudan 1970

Group stage

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Ivory Coast	3	2	1	9	4	+5	4
Sudan	3	2	1	5	2	+3	4
Cameroon	3	2	1	7	6	+1	4
Ethiopia	3	0	3	3	12	−9	0

6 February 1970

Sudan	3–0	Ethiopia
Gagarin 43' Hasab El-Rasoul Omer Ali 47' Jaxa 85'

Municipal Stadium, Khartoum

Attendance: 14,464

Referee: Faber (Guinea)

8 February 1970

Cameroon	3–2	Ethiopia
Tsébo 21' Manga-Onguéné 43' N'Doga 70'		Mengistu 12', 75'

Municipal Stadium, Khartoum

Attendance: 9,864

Referee: Quarshie (Ghana)

10 February 1970

Ivory Coast	6–1	Ethiopia
Losseni 16' Pokou 21', 60', 71', 80', 87'		Mengistu 33'

Municipal Stadium, Khartoum

Attendance: 9,770

Referee: Boukili (Morocco)

Ethiopia 1976

Group stage

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Guinea	3	2	1	0	5	3	+2	5
Egypt	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	4
Ethiopia	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	3
Uganda	3	0	0	3	2	6	−4	0

29 February 1976

Ethiopia	2–0	Uganda
Sheferaw 2' Testaye 83'

Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa

Referee: Abdelkader Aouissi (Algeria)

3 March 1976

Ethiopia	1–2	Guinea
Sheferaw 40'		N'Jo Léa 15' Petit Sory 85'

Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa

Referee: Saad Gamar (Libya)

5 March 1976

Ethiopia	1–1	Egypt
Ali 46'		Shehata 26'

Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa

Referee: Abdelkader Aouissi (Algeria)

Libya 1982

Group stage

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Algeria	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2	5
Zambia	3	2	0	1	4	1	+3	4
Nigeria	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	2
Ethiopia	3	0	1	2	0	4	−4	1

7 March 1982

Nigeria	3–0	Ethiopia
Keshi 27', 84' Adeshina 40'	Report

28 March Stadium, Benghazi

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Bester Kalombo (Malawi)

10 March 1982

Zambia	1–0	Ethiopia
Munshya 68'	Report

28 March Stadium, Benghazi

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Bashir Mahamed Jama

13 March 1982

Algeria	0–0	Ethiopia
	Report

28 March Stadium, Benghazi

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Hugues Opangault

South Africa 2013

Group stage

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Burkina Faso	3	1	2	0	5	1	+4	5
Nigeria	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5
Zambia	3	0	3	0	2	2	0	3
Ethiopia	3	0	1	2	1	7	−6	1

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

21 January 2013

17:00

Round 1

Zambia	1–1	Ethiopia
Mbesuma 45+3'	Report	Adane 65'

Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit

Attendance: 10,000^[5]

Referee: Eric Otogo-Castane (Gabon)^[6]

25 January 2013

20:00

Burkina Faso	4–0	Ethiopia
Al. Traoré 34', 74' D. Koné 79' Pitroipa 90+5'	Report

Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit

Attendance: 35,000^[7]

Referee: Bernard Camille (Seychelles)^[8]

29 January 2013

19:00

Ethiopia	0–2	Nigeria
	Report ^{[ usurped ]}	Moses 80' (pen.), 90' (pen.)

Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg

Attendance: 15,000^[9]

Referee: Bouchaïb El Ahrach (Morocco)^[10]

Cameroon 2021

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cameroon (H)	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Burkina Faso	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4^[a]
3	Cape Verde	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4^[a]
4	Ethiopia	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1

Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:

1 2 Head-to-head result: Cape Verde 0–1 Burkina Faso.

9 January 2022

20:00

Ethiopia	0–1	Cape Verde
	Report	J. Tavares 45+1'

Olembe Stadium, Yaoundé

Referee: Hélder Martins de Carvalho (Angola)

13 January 2022

17:00

Cameroon	4–1	Ethiopia
Toko Ekambi 8', 68' Aboubakar 53', 55'	Report	Hotessa 4'

Olembe Stadium, Yaoundé

Referee: Jean Jacques Ndala Ngambo (DR Congo)

17 January 2022

17:00

Burkina Faso	1–1	Ethiopia
Bayala 25'	Report	Kebede 52' (pen.)

Kouekong Stadium, Bafoussam

Referee: Ahmad Heeralall (Mauritius)

References

↑ Etyopia, Zecharias (22 January 2012). "50 Years Ago: Ethiopia won the 3rd African Nations Cup".
↑ "Africa Cup of Nations 2013: Ethiopia inspired by their past". BBC Sport. 17 January 2013.
↑ Khaled Abul-Oyoun; Ken Knight; Neil Morrison; Karel Stokkermans (3 October 2013). "African Nations Cup 1957" . Retrieved 14 May 2018.
↑ Gebrehiwot, Mamo (January 21, 2013). "51 Years Ago Today: Ethiopia won the 3rd African Nations Cup".
↑ "Zambia vs. Ethiopia - Football Match Summary". ESPN FC. Archived from the original on 20 February 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
↑ "Zambia 1 : 1 Ethiopia". AFCON 2013 Online. Archived from the original on 15 February 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
↑ "Burkina Faso vs. Ethiopia - Football Match Summary". ESPN FC. Archived from the original on 20 February 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
↑ "Burkina Faso 4 : 0 Ethiopia". AFCON 2013 Online. Archived from the original on 15 February 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
↑ "Ethiopia vs. Nigeria- Football Match Summary". ESPN FC. Archived from the original on 21 February 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
↑ "Ethiopia 0 : 2 Nigeria". AFCON 2013 Online. Archived from the original on 3 February 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2013.

External links

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[table_hth_BFA0.72700529113738-11] 1 2 Head-to-head result: Cape Verde 0–1 Burkina Faso.

[1] Etyopia, Zecharias (22 January 2012). "50 Years Ago: Ethiopia won the 3rd African Nations Cup".

[2] "Africa Cup of Nations 2013: Ethiopia inspired by their past". BBC Sport. 17 January 2013.

[rsf-3] Khaled Abul-Oyoun; Ken Knight; Neil Morrison; Karel Stokkermans (3 October 2013). "African Nations Cup 1957" . Retrieved 14 May 2018.

[4] Gebrehiwot, Mamo (January 21, 2013). "51 Years Ago Today: Ethiopia won the 3rd African Nations Cup".

[5] "Zambia vs. Ethiopia - Football Match Summary". ESPN FC. Archived from the original on 20 February 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2017.

[6] "Zambia 1 : 1 Ethiopia". AFCON 2013 Online. Archived from the original on 15 February 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2017.

[7] "Burkina Faso vs. Ethiopia - Football Match Summary". ESPN FC. Archived from the original on 20 February 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2017.

[8] "Burkina Faso 4 : 0 Ethiopia". AFCON 2013 Online. Archived from the original on 15 February 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2013.

[9] "Ethiopia vs. Nigeria- Football Match Summary". ESPN FC. Archived from the original on 21 February 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2017.

[10] "Ethiopia 0 : 2 Nigeria". AFCON 2013 Online. Archived from the original on 3 February 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2013.

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Ethiopia at the Africa Cup of Nations

Contents

Overall record

Matches

Sudan 1957

United Arab Republic 1959

Ethiopia 1962

Ghana 1963

Tunisia 1965

Ethiopia 1968

Sudan 1970

Ethiopia 1976

Libya 1982

South Africa 2013

Cameroon 2021

References

External links