Ethiopia women's national football team

Ethiopia

Nickname(s)	Lucy
Association	Ethiopian Football Federation
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation	CECAFA (East & Central Africa)
Head coach	Selam Zeray
Most caps	Bizuhan
Top scorer	Birtukan Gebrekirstos
FIFA code	ETH
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	90 3 (15 December 2017)
Highest	77 (July 2003)
Lowest	116 (March 2007)
First international
Ethiopia 2−0 Uganda (Addis Ababa; 22 September 2002)
Biggest win
Libya 0−8 Ethiopia (Cairo, Egypt; 4 April 2018)
Biggest defeat
Nigeria 7−0 Ethiopia (Lagos, Nigeria; 9 October 2003)
Africa Women Cup of Nations
Appearances	3 (first in 2002)
Best result	Fourth Place, 2004

The Ethiopia women national football team is the national women football team of Ethiopia and has been overseen by the Ethiopian Football Federation. As of June 2017, they are ranked 97th in the world. They are popularly known as Lucy and Dinknesh in reference to the Australopithecus fossil.

History

The Ethiopian national team made its debut in September 2002 in the 2002 African Championship's qualifiers, beating Uganda to progress to the final tournament, where it ended last in its group, only grasping a tie with Mali. It subsequently played the 2003 All-Africa Games, losing all three games.

In 2004 they again qualified for the African Championship, where they made it to the semifinals after beating South Africa and drawing with Zimbabwe. After being knocked out by Nigeria, they lost the bronze to Ghana on penalties. As of 2013 it remains Ethiopia's best performance in the competition.

Ethiopia withdrew from the 2006 African Championship, and it didn't take part in the 2008 edition either. However it did take part in the 2007 All-Africa Games, losing its two games. In its return to the African Championship in 2010 it was defeated in the qualifiers by Tanzania. On the other hand, in the 2012 Summer Olympics qualifiers Ethiopia made it to the final round after knocking out Congo DR and Ghana, ultimately losing an spot in the Olympics to South Africa.

In 2012 the team qualified for the African Championship 8 years later, settling the score with Tanzania. It didn't manage to score, only grasping a draw with Cameroon.

Competitive record

Africa Women Cup of Nations

Africa Women Cup of Nations
Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
1991	Did not enter
1995
1998
2000	Did not qualify
2002	Group stage	3	0	1	2	2	8
2004	Fourth place	5	1	2	2	4	8
2006	Did not enter
2008
2010	Did not qualify
2012	Group stage	3	0	1	2	0	8
2014	Did not qualify
2016
2018
Total	3/12	11	1	4	6	6	24

All African Games

Football at the African Games
Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
2003	Group Stage	3	0	0	3	0	15
2007	Group Stage	2	0	0	2	1	6
2011	Did not enter
2015	Did not qualify
Total	2/4	0	0	0	0	0	0

Overall competition record

Competition	Stage	Opponent	Result	Position	Scorers
2002 African Championship qualifiers	First round	Eswatini	Walkover
	Second round	Uganda	2–0 2–2
2002 African Championship	First stage	Nigeria Mali Ghana	0–3 2–2 0–3	4 / 4	0 Endegene-Leme 2 0
2003 All-Africa Games	First stage	Cameroon Zimbabwe Nigeria	0–3 0–4 0–7	4 / 4
2004 African Championship qualifiers	Second round	Malawi	4–0 5–0		Ware 4, Feleke 3, Bekele, Semira
2004 African Championship	First stage	Zimbabwe Ghana South Africa	1–1 1–2 2–1	2 / 4	? Yassin Melaku, Ware
	Semifinals	Nigeria	0–4
	Third place	Ghana	0–0 (PSO: 5–6)
2006 African Championship qualifiers	First round	Zimbabwe	Withdrew
2007 All-Africa Games	First stage	Nigeria South Africa	0–3 1–3	3 / 3	0 Feleke
2010 African Championship qualifiers	First round	Tanzania	1–3 1–1		Ware, Yassin
2012 Summer Olympics qualifiers	Second round	DR Congo	0–0 3–0
	Third round	Ghana	1–0 1–2
	Final round	South Africa	0–3 1–1
2012 African Championship qualifiers	First round	Egypt	2–4 4–0		Biza 3, Abaa, Bekele, Ware
	Second round	Tanzania	2–1 1–0		Aboye, Bekele, ?
2012 African Championship	First stage	Ivory Coast Nigeria Cameroon	0–5 0–3 0–0	4 / 4
2014 African Championship qualifiers	First round	South Sudan	Walkover
	Second round	Ghana	0-2 0-3

Current squad

Squad for the 2012 African Women's Championship, according to CAF's website.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Liya Ossa	(1984-10-09) October 9, 1984			Dedebit FC
18	1GK	Dagmawet Bekele	(1988-07-19) July 19, 1988			CBE SA
21	1GK	Israel Gebru	(1988-12-28) December 28, 1988			Ethiopian Coffee FC
3	2DF	Woinshet Desta	(1986-01-20) January 20, 1986			Dedebit FC
4	2DF	Tiruanchi Sisay	(1987-01-07) January 7, 1987			CBE SA
5	2DF	Kelem Mamuye	(1994-10-10) October 10, 1994
14	2DF	Hiwot Buwli	(1992-02-24) February 24, 1992			CBE SA
17	2DF	Bezuhan Alemar	(1986-01-15) January 15, 1986			Dedebit FC
20	2DF	Adanech Adere	(1990-11-20) November 20, 1990			Ethiopian Coffee FC
2	3MF	Eden Negeri	(1990-04-06) April 6, 1990			Dedebit FC
6	3MF	Tutu Melaku	(1986-07-08) July 8, 1986			CBE SA
7	3MF	Zulka Badega	(1988-07-21) July 21, 1988			CBE SA
8	3MF	Aynalem Gebra	(1994-01-04) January 4, 1994			CBE SA
12	3MF	Berktawit Aboye	(1988-08-17) August 17, 1988			Dedebit FC
15	3MF	Kidest Endale	(1989-07-18) July 18, 1989			Dedebit FC
19	3MF	Akberet Hadera	(1994-05-18) May 18, 1994			CBE SA
9	4FW	Erehima Biza	(1987-09-11) September 11, 1987			CBE SA
10	4FW	Shetaye Abaa	(1988-06-30) June 30, 1988			CBE SA
11	4FW	Birtukan Ware	(1988-11-30) November 30, 1988			Dedebit FC
16	4FW	Helen Bekele	(1987-07-26) July 26, 1987

Manager history

• Abrham Haimanot
• Meseret Manne (2016–2017)

External links

• Official website
• FIFA profile