The Ethiopia national football team, nicknamed Walia, after the Walia ibex, represents Ethiopia in men's international football and is controlled by the Ethiopian Football Federation, the governing body for football in Ethiopia. The team has been representing Ethiopia in regional, continental, and international competitions since its founding in 1943. The Walias play their home games at Addis Ababa Stadium located in the capital city of Addis Ababa. They are currently ranked 150th in the world according to the FIFA World Rankings and 44th in CAF.
The CECAFA Cup, formerly the Gossage Cup (1926–1966) and the East and Central African Senior Challenge Cup (1967–1971), is the oldest football tournament in Africa. It is organized by the Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations
The Tanzania national women's football team, is the national team of Tanzania and is controlled by the Tanzania Football Federation. They are nicknamed the Twiga Stars.
The Uganda women's national football team is the national women's football team of Uganda and is controlled by the Federation of Uganda Football Associations.
The Rwanda women's national football team represents Rwanda in women's association football and is controlled by the Rwandese Association Football Federation. It had to date been scheduled to compete in one major tournament, the inaugural Women's Challenge Cup held in Zanzibar in October 2007, but the event was ultimately canceled. It has finally debuted in February 2014 against Kenya. The team is nicknamed The She-Amavubi.
The 2016 CECAFA Women's Championship was the second edition of the association football tournament for women's national teams in the East African region. The first edition was hosted in 1986 and won by Zanzibar.
The 2020 CECAFA U-20 Championship took place from 22 November to 2 December 2020 in Arusha, Tanzania.
The COSAFA Women's U17 Championship is an annual football tournament for women's under-17 teams from Southern Africa organized by the Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA). The tournament was introduced to develop the woman's game and strengthen the region's nation's competitiveness in the continental qualifiers. Invited from CECAFA, Uganda become the first champions after beating South Africa in the inaugural 2019 final in Mauritius. Even the second edition was won by a CECAFA representant, this time Tanzania won over Zambia in the final.
The Uganda national under-20 football team is the under-20 youth team for national football in Uganda. The team is controlled by the Federation of Uganda Football Associations.
The 2021 CECAFA U-23 Challenge Cup was 41st edition of the annual CECAFA Cup, an international football competition consisting of the national U-23 teams of member nations of the Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA).
The CECAFA Women's U-20 Championship is a football (soccer) tournament in Africa. It is organised by the Council of East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA), and includes women's national under 20 teams from Central and East Africa.
The Ethiopia women's national under-20 football team represents Ethiopia in international youth women's football competitions.
The Uganda women's national under-20 football team represents Uganda in international youth women's football competitions.
The Burundi women's national under-20 football team represents Burundi in international youth women's football competitions.
The Djibouti women's national under-20 football team represents Djibouti in international youth women's football competitions.
The Eritrea women's national under-20 football team represents Eritrea in international youth women's football competitions.
Meselu Abera Tesfamariam is an Ethiopian professional footballer who plays as a forward for and the Ethiopia women's national team. In 2018, she scored three goals in the 2018 CECAFA Women's Championship to win the top goal scorer of the competition award.
Stumai Abdallah Athumani is a Tanzanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for JKT Queens and the Tanzania women's national team.
Opah Clement Tukumbuke Sanga is a Tanzanian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Turkish club Beşiktaş and the Tanzania women's national team.
Diana Lucas Msewa is a Tanzanian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ausfaz Assa Zag and the Tanzania women's national team.
