Premier League Final Table: 1.St. George SA (Addis Abeba) 26 20 4 2 56-16 64 Champions [aka Kedus Giorgis] 2.Trans Ethiopia (Tigray) 26 13 7 6 36-25 46 3.Awassa City (S. People) 26 13 5 8 32-24 44 [aka Awassa Kenema] 4.Banks SC (Addis Abeba) 26 11 8 7 38-19 41 [aka Bankoch] 5.Defence (Addis Abeba) 26 11 7 8 28-21 40 [aka Mekelakeya] 6.Ethiopian Coffee (Addis Abeba) 26 11 4 11 36-28 37 [aka Ethiopian Bunna] 7.Muger Cement (Oromiya) 26 9 9 8 27-23 36 [aka Muger Cemento] 8.Harar Beer Bottling FC (Harari) 26 9 9 8 22-27 36 [aka Harar Bira] 9.Metehara Sugar (Oromiya) 26 9 7 10 27-28 34 [aka Metehara Seqwar] 10.Wonji Sugar (Oromiya) 26 9 7 10 32-39 34 [aka Wonji Seqwar] 11.Guna Trading (Tigray) 26 8 8 10 29-42 32 [aka Guna Nigd] 12.EEPCO (Addis Abeba) 26 7 10 9 34-27 31 [aka Mebrat Hail] ----------------------------------------------------------- 13.Adama City (Oromiya) 26 4 5 17 18-48 17 Relegated [aka Adama Kenema] 14.Arba Minch Textile (S. People) 26 1 4 21 9-57 7 Relegated [aka Arba Minch Cherka Cherk] Round 1 [Oct 31] Awassa City 2–1 Defence Metehara Sugar 0–2 Eth. Coffee Adama City 1–2 Trans Ethiopia St. George 1-1 Guna Trading Harar Beer 0–0 EEPCO Wonji Sugar 0–0 Muger Cement Arba Minch Textile 1-1 Banks Round 2 [Nov 3] Harar Beer 1-0 Trans Ethiopia Awassa City 1-0 Metehara Sugar Arba Minch Textile 0-2 Muger Cement Eth. Coffee 3-4 Guna Trading Wonji Sugar 1-0 St. George Defence 3-0 Adama City [Nov 5] EEPCO 1-1 Banks Round 3 [Nov 6] Defence 3–0 Harar Beer Eth. Coffee 3–0 Wonji Sugar [Nov 7] Adama City 0–2 Awassa City Arba Minch Textile 0–1 St. George Muger Cement 1–1 EEPCO Banks 0–1 Trans Ethiopia Metehara Sugar 0-1 Guna Trading Round 4 [Nov 13] St. George 3–0 EEPCO Banks 1-0 Defence [Nov 14] Eth. Coffee 3–0 Arba Minch Textile Wonji Sugar 2–3 Metehara Sugar Adama City 1–1 Harar Beer [Feb 24] Trans Ethiopia 2-1 Muger Cement Guna Trading 0-1 Awassa City Round 5 [Nov 17] Trans Ethiopia 2-1 St. George Awassa City 4-0 Harar Beer Guna Trading 2–1 Wonji Sugar Defence 0–1 Muger Cement Eth. Coffee 2–0 EEPCO Metehara Sugar 2-0 Arba Minch Textile Banks 4-0 Adama City Round 6 [Jan 8] EEPCO 2–0 Metehara Sugar Banks 1–1 Harar Beer [Jan 9?] Awassa City 0–0 Wonji Sugar Muger Cement 0–0 Adama City [Jan 30] Guna Trading 2-1 Arba Minch Textile Trans Ethiopia 3-1 Eth. Coffee St. George 1–0 Defence Round 7 [Jan 10-14] St. George 2–0 Adama City Harar Beer 0-0 Muger Cement Eth. Coffee 0-0 Defence Trans Ethiopia 2-0 Metehara Sugar Guna Trading 0-0 EEPCO Awassa City 1-1 Banks Wonji Sugar 2-1 Arba Minch Textile Round 8 [Jan 16] Wonji Sugar 1-0 EEPCO Trans Ethiopia 3-3 Guna Trading Adama City 0-1 Eth. Coffee Defence 2-0 Metehara Sugar Muger Cement 2-1 Banks St. George 2-1 Harar Beer Arba Minch Textile 0-0 Awassa City Round 9 [Jan 20] Eth. Coffee 0-1 Harar Beer Banks 1-1 St. George Muger Cement 3-1 Awassa City Wonji Sugar 2-1 Trans Ethiopia Metehara Sugar 4-0 Adama City Guna Trading 0-1 Defence EEPCO 1-0 Arba Minch Textile Round 10 [Jan 23] Eth. Coffee 1-1 Banks St. George 1-0 Muger Cement Metehara Sugar 0-2 Harar Beer Arba Minch Textile 1-2 Trans Ethiopia [Jan 26] Adama City 2-1 Guna Trading Defence 3-1 Wonji Sugar [Feb 26,27] EEPCO 0-0 Awassa City Round 11 [Feb 6] St. George 6-1 Awassa City Muger Cement 1-2 Eth. Coffee Banks 1-0 Metehara Sugar EEPCO 1-1 Trans Ethiopia [dates?] Harar Beer 1-0 Guna Trading Adama City 0-0 Wonji Sugar Arba Minch Textile 0-2 Defence Round 12 [Feb 17] EEPCO 1-1 Defence Adama City 1-0 Arba Minch Textile Harar Beer 2-1 Wonji Sugar Guna Trading 1-0 Banks Muger Cement 1-1 Metehara Sugar Eth. Coffee 0-2 St. George [Feb 21] Trans Ethiopia 1-0 Awassa City Round 13 [Feb 26,27] Arba Minch Textile 1-1 Harar Beer Banks 2-0 Wonji Sugar [date?] Guna Trading 2-1 Muger Cement [Mar 2] St. George 2-1 Metehara Sugar Trans Ethiopia 0-0 Defence [Mar 3] Awassa City 1-0 Eth. Coffee EEPCO 4-0 Adama City Round 14 [Mar 19,20] Defence 0-2 Awassa City Eth. Coffee 1-2 Metehara Sugar Trans Ethiopia 1-0 Adama City Guna Trading 0-3 St. George EEPCO 3-1 Harar Beer Muger Cement 2-0 Wonji Sugar [May 22] Banks 3-0 Arba Minch Textile Round 15 [Mar 23] Metehara Sugar 1-0 Awassa City [Mar 24] Trans Ethiopia 1-0 Harar Beer Muger Cement 2-1 Arba Minch Textile Guna Trading 1-0 Eth. Coffee St. George 2-2 Wonji Sugar Adama City 0-1 Defence Banks 1-0 EEPCO Round 16 [Mar 26] Harar Beer 1-0 Defence Wonji Sugar 3-0 Eth. Coffee EEPCO 0-1 Muger Cement Trans Ethiopia 1-0 Banks Guna Trading 1-1 Metehara Sugar [Mar 27] Awassa City 2-0 Adama City [May 12] St. George 3-0 Arba Minch Textile Round 17 [Apr 2] EEPCO 0-2 St. George Awassa City 1-0 Guna Trading Harar Beer 1-1 Adama City [Apr 3] Metehara Sugar 4-4 Wonji Sugar Muger Cement 1-1 Trans Ethiopia Arba Minch Textile 0-2 Eth. Coffee Defence 3-2 Banks Round 18 [Apr 6] Wonji Sugar 5-0 Guna Trading Muger Cement 0-1 Defence Arba Minch Textile 0-2 Metehara Sugar [Apr 7] Harar Beer 1-0 Awassa City EEPCO 1-0 Eth. Coffee Adama City 0-2 Banks [Jun 5] St. George 4-3 Trans Ethiopia Round 19 [Apr 9,10] Metehara Sugar 2-2 EEPCO Harar Beer 1-1 Banks Wonji Sugar 0-2 Awassa City Adama City 1-3 Muger Cement Arba Minch Textile 1-1 Guna Trading [Apr 16] Defence 0-1 St. George [Apr 17] Eth. Coffee 1-0 Trans Ethiopia Round 20 [Apr 19] EEPCO 4-1 Guna Trading [Apr 21] Adama City 0-3 St. George Defence 0-3 Eth. Coffee Metehara Sugar 0-0 Trans Ethiopia [date?] Muger Cement 0-1 Harar Beer [May 24] Banks 4-0 Awassa City [Jun 18] Arba Minch Textile awd Wonji Sugar [awarded 0-2, Arba Minch dns] Round 21 [Apr 23,24] EEPCO 0-1 Wonji Sugar Guna Trading 1-3 Trans Ethiopia Metehara Sugar 0-0 Defence Harar Beer 0-5 St. George [Apr 26] Banks 0-0 Muger Cement [May 14] Eth. Coffee 4-1 Adama City [May 20] Awassa City 6-0 Arba Minch Textile Round 22 [May 3] Harar Beer 1-1 Eth. Coffee St. George 2-0 Banks Trans Ethiopia 1-1 Wonji Sugar Adama City 0-0 Metehara Sugar [May 4] Defence 1-1 Guna Trading Arba Minch Textile 0-7 EEPCO [May 12] Awassa City 0-2 Muger Cement Round 23 [May 7,8] Muger Cement 0-0 St. George Harar Beer 0-1 Metehara Sugar Trans Ethiopia 3-0 Arba Minch Textile Guna Trading 2-1 Adama City Wonji Sugar 0-0 Defence Awassa City 2-1 EEPCO [May 9] Banks 1-0 Eth. Coffee Round 24 [May 12] Trans Ethiopia 1-1 EEPCO [May 17] Awassa City 0-2 St. George [May 18] Guna Trading 0-0 Harar Beer [May 22] Eth. Coffee 2-0 Muger Cement Wonji Sugar 2-6 Adama City [May 24] Defence 1-0 Arba Minch Textile [May 28,29] Metehara Sugar 1-0 Banks Round 25 [May 19] Defence 3-3 EEPCO [May 28,29] Awassa City 2-0 Trans Ethiopia [May 29] St. George 4-3 Eth. Coffee [Jun 1] Arba Minch Textile 2-1 Adama City Wonji Sugar 1-0 Harar Beer Banks 4-1 Guna Trading Metehara Sugar 2-0 Muger Cement Round 26 [May 22] Metehara Sugar 0-2 St. George [Jun 1] Defence 2-1 Trans Ethiopia [Jun 4,5] Wonji Sugar 0-5 Banks Muger Cement 3-3 Guna Trading Eth. Coffee 1-1 Awassa City Adama City 2-1 EEPCO Harar Beer 4-0 Arba Minch Textile Final Table: 1.St. George SA (Addis Abeba) 26 20 4 2 56-16 64 Champions [aka Kedus Giorgis] 2.Trans Ethiopia (Tigray) 26 13 7 6 36-25 46 3.Awassa City (S. People) 26 13 5 8 32-24 44 [aka Awassa Kenema] 4.Banks SC (Addis Abeba) 26 11 8 7 38-19 41 [aka Bankoch] 5.Defence (Addis Abeba) 26 11 7 8 28-21 40 [aka Mekelakeya] 6.Ethiopian Coffee (Addis Abeba) 26 11 4 11 36-28 37 [aka Ethiopian Bunna] 7.Muger Cement (Oromiya) 26 9 9 8 27-23 36 [aka Muger Cemento] 8.Harar Beer Bottling FC (Harari) 26 9 9 8 22-27 36 [aka Harar Bira] 9.Metehara Sugar (Oromiya) 26 9 7 10 27-28 34 [aka Metehara Seqwar] 10.Wonji Sugar (Oromiya) 26 9 7 10 32-39 34 [aka Wonji Seqwar] 11.Guna Trading (Tigray) 26 8 8 10 29-42 32 [aka Guna Nigd] 12.EEPCO (Addis Abeba) 26 7 10 9 34-27 31 [aka Mebrat Hail] ----------------------------------------------------------- 13.Adama City (Oromiya) 26 4 5 17 18-48 17 Relegated [aka Adama Kenema] 14.Arba Minch Textile (S. People) 26 1 4 21 9-57 7 Relegated [aka Arba Minch Cherka Cherk] Topscorer: Medhne Tadesse (Trans) 19 Player of the Year: Degu Debebe (St. George) Coach of the Year: Micho (St. George) Fair Play winners: Guna Trading Promoted: Nyala and Air Force NB: Agricultural Marketing and Mechare apparently just missed out on promotion; the league was extended to 16 clubs for 2005/06 by allowing relegated teams Adama City and Arba Minch Textile to enter again; however, Arba Minch Textile declined for financial reasons. Cup 2004/05 NB: 43 participants: 14 from Premier League, 18 from National League and 11 regional clubs Earlier Rounds Banks 4-2 Eth. Coffee EEPCO 3-1 Banks [quarterfinal?] St. George 10-0 Shonie Star (Southern region champions) St. George 4-0 Metehara Sugar St. George 1-0 Harar Beer [quarterfinal] Semifinals [Jun 19] Awassa City 2-0 EEPCO Muger Cement 3-3 St. George [aet, 5-4 pen] Final [Jun 21] Awassa City 2-2 Muger Cement [aet, Awassa on pen] Super Cup 2005 [Oct 6 and 9, both legs in Addis Abeba!] St. George 2-0 2-0 Awassa City [Mulualem, Biniam] [Efrem Zeru 44, Fikru Tefera 89]
Source: Ethio Sports; with many thanks to Meaza and An from Kaza Inchis
Prepared and maintained by Alemu Bekele and Mamo Gebrehiwot for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
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