ETHIOPIA IN HISTORY. As Malawi National Team (Flames) will be hosting Ethiopia @home on 11september 2014, here is asumary of Ethiopian National Team History. *Africa Cup of Nations; Ethiopia was one of the pioneers of the Africa Cup of Nations and were one of only three teams to enter the inaugural 1957 tournament, finishing as runners-up to Egypt. They were also present at the 1959 tournament As hosts of the 1962 tournament and led by goalscorer Mengistu Worku, Ethiopia defeated Tunisia and the United Arab Republic (Egypt) to be crowned African champions for the only time in their history. They hosted the tournament again in 1968 and 1976 but by then decline had set in and their last appearance in a finals tournament came in 1982. *World Cup Ethiopia have never qualified for the FIFA World Cup. *CECAFA Ethiopia are also members of the Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA) and take part in its competitions. They first won the CECAFA Cup in 1987 as hosts and repeated the same triumph in 2001 and 2004 before adding a fourth title in Rwanda in 2005. #zex1
Posted on: Mon, 08 Sep 2014 09:23:52 +0000
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