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2009–10 Ethiopian Premier League
The 2009–10 Ethiopian Premier League is the season of the Ethiopian Premier League since its establishment in 1944. A total of 18 teams are contesting the league, with Saint-George SA the defending champions for the second year in a row and for the twenty third time in total. The Ethiopian season began on 6 August 2009. Clubs * Adama City FC * Awassa City FC * Banks SC * Defence * Dedebit * Dire Dawa City * EEPCO * Ethiopian Coffee * Ethiopian Insurance * Harrar Beer Bottling FC * Meta Abo Brewery * Metehara Sugar * Muger Cement * Saint-George SA * Sebeta City * Sidama Coffee * Southern Police * Trans Ethiopia Table and results League table Teams and stadiums Dedebit, Hawassa City, Sidama Coffee, Southern Police, Sebeta City, Dire Dawa City and Meta Abo also use 35,000 capacity Addis Ababa Stadium. References External linkswww.khanua.jimdo.com [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ethiopian Premier League
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). Established in 1997 (1990 E.C.), it replaced the former first division (est. 1944). Contested by sixteen clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the other secondary and tertiary leagues in Ethiopia. The league has been an annual competition since the 1997–98 season with Saint George S.C. emerging as the country's leading club in this era with 15 titles (30 first division titles overall). History Beginnings The first officially recognized version of an Ethiopian football league was established in 1944. Originally five teams representing the various communities of Addis Ababa and The British Military Mission in Ethiopia (BMME) contes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harrar Beer Bottling FC
Harar City Football Club (Amharic: ሐረር ከተማ እግር ኳስ ክለብ) is a professional Ethiopian football club based in Harar. They are a member of the Ethiopian Football Federation and play in the Ethiopian First League, the third division of Ethiopian football. History The club was founded and originally operated by Harar Brewary as Harar Beer F.C. The club enjoyed a 12 year stay in the Ethiopian Premier League before being relegated after the 2013-14 season. In 2014, the club was sold by the brewery to local investors and subsequently had its name changed to Harar City F.C. Stadium The club currently plays its home matches at Harar Stadium, although it may be replaced by Aw Abadir Stadium. The new stadium is currently unfinished, but is scheduled to be completed in 2023, according to Harari Region president Ordin Bedri. Academy The club previously had U17 team that produced such players as Abubeker Nassir. Honors Domestic *Ethiopian Cup: 1 :: 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 In Ethiopian Sport
9 (nine) is the natural number following and preceding . Evolution of the Arabic digit In the beginning, various Indians wrote a digit 9 similar in shape to the modern closing question mark without the bottom dot. The Kshatrapa, Andhra and Gupta started curving the bottom vertical line coming up with a -look-alike. The Nagari continued the bottom stroke to make a circle and enclose the 3-look-alike, in much the same way that the sign @ encircles a lowercase ''a''. As time went on, the enclosing circle became bigger and its line continued beyond the circle downwards, as the 3-look-alike became smaller. Soon, all that was left of the 3-look-alike was a squiggle. The Arabs simply connected that squiggle to the downward stroke at the middle and subsequent European change was purely cosmetic. While the shape of the glyph for the digit 9 has an ascender in most modern typefaces, in typefaces with text figures the character usually has a descender, as, for example, in . The mod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Addis Ababa Stadium
Addis Ababa Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It is used mostly for football matches although it also has athletics facilities. The stadium has a capacity of 35,000 people. History Addis Ababa Stadium was constructed in 1940 in the Italian ruled Addis Ababa. It hosted several matches during the 1962, 1968 and 1976 African Cup of Nations, including the final of the 1962 (won by Ethiopia over the United Arab Republic) and 1968 editions and the final group stage of the 1976 tournament. Later in 1999, it was renovated for the 2001 CAF African Youth Championship held in Ethiopia. In this championship, the Ethiopia's National Youth team came fourth. The Ethiopian youth team thereby qualified for the first time for the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship that took place in Argentina. Addis Ababa Stadium is located at the heart of Addis Ababa near Legehar train station and Meskel Square. The stadium hosts both international soccer and athletics competit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa (; am, አዲስ አበባ, , new flower ; also known as , lit. "natural spring" in Oromo), is the capital and largest city of Ethiopia. It is also served as major administrative center of the Oromia Region. In the 2007 census, the city's population was estimated to be 2,739,551 inhabitants. Addis Ababa is a highly developed and important cultural, artistic, financial and administrative centre of Ethiopia. Addis Ababa was portrayed in the 15th century as a fortified location called "Barara" that housed the emperors of Ethiopia at the time. Prior to Emperor Dawit II, Barara was completely destroyed during the Ethiopian–Adal War and Oromo expansions. The founding history of Addis Ababa dates back in late 19th-century by Menelik II, Negus of Shewa, in 1886 after finding Mount Entoto unpleasant two years prior. At the time, the city was a resort town; its large mineral spring abundance attracted nobilities of the empire, led them to establish permanent settlement ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ethiopian Second Division
The Ethiopian Higher League (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ከፍተኛ ሊግ), also called the Ethiopian Super League, is the second division of association football in Ethiopia. Regulated by the Ethiopian Football Federation, the league is divided into three groups (Group A, Group B, and Group C) with 12 clubs in each group. It operates on a system of promotion and relegation along with the Ethiopian Premier League (first division) and the Ethiopian First League (third division). The champions of Group A, B, and C will be automatically promoted to the Premier League. The bottom two teams (11th and 12th) of each respective group at the season's end will be relegated to the First League, the third division of Ethiopian football. History After the 2016-17 season, Welwalo Adigrat University earned promotion to the Premier League by winning group A on 68 points with Mekelle City coming in second at 60 points. Jimma City won group B on 53 points and also earned promotion to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harrar Beer Botling FC
Harar City Football Club (Amharic: ሐረር ከተማ እግር ኳስ ክለብ) is a professional Ethiopian football club based in Harar. They are a member of the Ethiopian Football Federation and play in the Ethiopian First League, the third division of Ethiopian football. History The club was founded and originally operated by Harar Brewary as Harar Beer F.C. The club enjoyed a 12 year stay in the Ethiopian Premier League before being relegated after the 2013-14 season. In 2014, the club was sold by the brewery to local investors and subsequently had its name changed to Harar City F.C. Stadium The club currently plays its home matches at Harar Stadium, although it may be replaced by Aw Abadir Stadium. The new stadium is currently unfinished, but is scheduled to be completed in 2023, according to Harari Region president Ordin Bedri. Academy The club previously had U17 team that produced such players as Abubeker Nassir. Honors Domestic *Ethiopian Cup: 1 :: 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trans Ethiopia
Trans Ethiopia (Amharic: ትራንስ ኢትዮጵያ) was a professional Ethiopian football club based in north Mek'ele. They were a member of the Ethiopian Football Federation and played in the national league (now the Higher League), the second division of Ethiopian football. History The club formerly played in the Ethiopian Premier League, the top division of Ethiopian football. It is one of an only handful of Premier League clubs to have a golden boot winner in its side. They played in the Ethiopian second division also known as Ethiopian National League. Trans is the most successful football club to represent Tigray in the Ethiopian Premier League, finishing number of times in the top four. In the 2008-09 season they are struggling. They have escaped relegation the previous season 2008/09 but now they have made bright start to the 2009/10 season. Stadium Their home stadium is Tigray Stadium also known as Balloni. Support Their biggest rival is Guna Trading FC, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern Police
Southern Police is an Ethiopian football club based in Sidama Zone in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region. The club played in the Ethiopian Premier League. Currently the team play in Ethiopian Premier League. Rsssf Stadium Their home stadium is Addis Ababa Stadium in . It has a capacity of 34,000.League participations * Ethiopian Premier League: ?-2011 * |
Sidama Coffee
Sidama Coffee Sport Club (Amharic: ሲዳማ ቡና ስፖርት ክለብ, Sidama Buna Sport Club), also known as Dara kenema, is a professional football Club based in Sidama Municipality of Ethiopia. The club plays in the Ethiopian Premier League, the top division of Ethiopian football. History Sidama Coffee Soccer Club was founded on August 27, 2006 (1999 E.C.) as Dara Kenema. It was one of three clubs representing Formerly Sidama Zone in the South regional championships in 2006. Afterwards Dara kenema was able to advance to the championships for all regional teams from Ethiopia held in Hawassa that same year. Dara Kenema was finished in the top four of this tournament and by virtue enter the second division of Ethiopian football, the Higher League. The name Dara Kenama was changed to Sidama Coffee because the team was the only team to represent Sidama in the second division. Promotion Sidama Coffee won the second division of Ethiopian football, the Ethiopian Higher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sebeta City
Sebeta City ( Oromo: ''Magaalaa sabbataa''; Amharic: ሰበታ ከተማ, Sebeta Ketema) is a professional football club based in Sebeta, Ethiopia. They play in the Ethiopian Premier League, the top division of Ethiopian football. History Sebeta City F.C. was founded in 2005. In the 2010–2011 season of Ethiopian Premier League, the club was relegated to the Ethiopian second division after finishing in fourteenth place. The club was promoted to the Ethiopian Premier League after winning their group in the 2018-19 Ethiopian Higher League season. Stadium Their home stadium is Sebeta Stadium, which has a capacity of 5,000. As part of a sponsorship deal, the club announced that a standard football pitch would be constructed at Sebeta Stadium. The renovation work at the stadium was finished in April 2020. Finances In December 2019 the club signed a four year sponsorship deal, worth 18 million Birr a year, with Meta Abo Brewery. The club had a contractual dispute with their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muger Cement
Muger Cement (Amharic: ሙገር ሲሚንቶ) is a professional Ethiopian football club based in Wonji. They are a member of the Ethiopian Football Federation national league. History Muger Cement played in the Ethiopian Premier League until they were relegated after the 2014-15 season. Stadium Their home stadium is Wonji Stadium. Active departments * Volleyball team Honors Domestic *Ethiopian Cup The Ethiopian Cup is the top knockout tournament of the Ethiopian football. It was created in 1945. Winners *1945 : British Military Mission-BMME (Addis Abeba) *1946 : Army (Addis Abeba) *1947 : Polisportiva (Addis Abeba) *1948 : Body Guard (Ad ...: 1 ::1994 Former players * Abel Mamo See also * Durba References Football clubs in Ethiopia 1986 establishments in Ethiopia Association football clubs established in 1986 Sport in Oromia Region {{Ethiopia-footyclub-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
