Ethiopia 2008/09

Ethiopia Premier League
	
Final Table:

 1.Saint George SA (Addis Abeba)      30 15 12  3 45-23  57  Champions  [aka Kedus Giorgis]
 2.Ethiopian Coffee (Addis Abeba)     30 14  7  9 50-35  49  [aka Ethiopian Bunna]
 3.Defence (Addis Abeba)              30 13 10  7 44-33  49  [aka Mekelakeya]
 4.Banks SC (Addis Abeba)             30 11 12  7 46-38  45  [aka Bankoch]  
 5.Awassa City (Awassa)               30 11 11  8 35-31  44  [aka Awassa Kenema]
 6.Harar Beer Bottling FC (Harar)     30 11 10  9 28-23  43  [aka Harar Bira]
 7.Muger Cement (Ambo)                30 10 12  8 33-30  42  [aka Muger Cemento]
 8.Southern Police (Awassa)           30  9 11 10 38-31  38  [aka Debub Police]
 9.Insurance (Addis Abeba)            30  8 14  8 27-24  38  [aka Medhin]
10.Adama City (Adama)                 30  6 18  6 23-22  36  [aka Adama Kenema]
11.Dire Dawa City (Dire Dawa)         30 10  6 14 30-35  36  [aka Dire Dawa Kenema] 
12.Sebeta City (Sebeta)               30  7 14  9 18-27  35  [aka Sebeta Kenema] 
13.EEPCO (Addis Abeba)                30  7 13 10 36-34  34  [aka Mebrat Hail]
14.Metehara Sugar (Metehara)          30  7 12 11 22-32  33  [aka Metehara Seqwar]
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15.Trans Ethiopia (Mekelle)           30  7  9 14 23-51  30  Relegated
16.Nyala (Addis Abeba)                30  5  7 18 17-46  22  Relegated

Round 1
[Nov 22]
Nyala            1-0 Metehara Sugar  
Saint George     2-0 Awassa City     
Defence          1-1 Sebeta City     
Harar Beer       0-0 Muger Cement    
[Nov 23]
Trans Ethiopia   1-1 Insurance       
Adama City       0-0 Banks           
Ethiopian Coffee 1-1 Dire Dawa City  
EEPCO            2-2 Southern Police 

Round 2
[Nov 26]
Trans Ethiopia   1-0 Sebeta City     
Insurance        1-1 Banks           
Defence          3-1 Dire Dawa City  
Adama City       1-1 Southern Police 
Harar Beer       0-0 Nyala           
Metehara Sugar   0-0 EEPCO           
[Nov 27]
Awassa City      1-0 Ethiopian Coffee
Muger Cement     1-1 Saint George    

Round 3
[Nov 29]
Insurance        2-1 Southern Police 
EEPCO            1-2 Harar Beer      
[Nov 30]
Banks            3-1 Trans Ethiopia  
Sebeta City      2-1 Dire Dawa City  
Awassa City      1-0 Defence         
Metehara Sugar   0-0 Adama City      
Muger Cement     0-0 Ethiopian Coffee
Saint George     2-1 Nyala           

Round 4
[Dec 6]
Dire Dawa City   1-0 Trans Ethiopia  
Southern Police  2-1 Banks           
Sebeta City      0-0 Awassa City     
Metehara Sugar   0-1 Insurance       
Adama City       2-1 Harar Beer
[Dec 7]
Defence          3-1 Muger Cement    
Ethiopian Coffee 3-0 Nyala           
[Feb 17]
EEPCO            1-1 Saint George    

Round 5
[Dec 10]
Dire Dawa City   5-0 Awassa City     
Muger Cement     1-0 Sebeta City     
Adama City       1-1 Saint George    
[Dec 11]
Southern Police  5-0 Trans Ethiopia  
Nyala            0-1 Defence         
Ethiopian Coffee 2-1 EEPCO           
[Feb 17]
Banks            2-0 Metehara Sugar  
Insurance        2-1 Harar Beer      

Round 6
[Dec 13]
Insurance        0-1 Saint George    
Banks            1-1 Harar Beer      
[Dec 14]
Ethiopian Coffee 2-1 Adama City      
Defence          1-3 EEPCO           
Sebeta City      1-0 Nyala           
Dire Dawa City   0-1 Muger Cement    
Southern Police  2-1 Metehara Sugar
Awassa City      5-0 Trans Ethiopia  

Round 7
[Dec 20]
Trans Ethiopia   0-0 Metehara Sugar          
Muger Cement     2-0 Awassa City      
Harar Beer       2-0 Southern Police  
Nyala            1-0 Dire Dawa City       
Saint George     1-0 Banks   
[Dec 21]
Sebeta City      1-1 EEPCO                   
Ethiopian Coffee 2-2 Insurance           
Defence          1-1 Adama City         

Round 8
[Dec 24]
Trans Ethiopia   2-1 Muger Cement            
Metehara Sugar   1-2 Harar Beer      
Awassa City      3-0 Nyala       
Southern Police  0-1 Saint George   
Banks            2-1 Ethiopian Coffee            
Sebeta City      0-0 Adama City   
Insurance        2-0 Defence          
[Dec 25]
EEPCO            0-0 Dire Dawa City       

Round 9
[Dec 27]
Nyala            4-3 Muger Cement       
Saint George     3-0 Metehara Sugar       
Defence          1-1 Banks            
[Dec 28]
Trans Ethiopia   0-1 Harar Beer          
Awassa City      2-1 EEPCO                  
Ethiopian Coffee 2-1 Southern Police        
Insurance        1-0 Sebeta City   
[Feb 14?; inferred]
Dire Dawa City   0-2 Adama City

Round 10
[Jan 3]
Defence          3-2 Southern Police      
Adama City       1-1 Awassa City  
Dire Dawa City   0-0 Insurance        
Nyala            0-1 Trans Ethiopia   
[Jan 4]   
Saint George     3-1 Harar Beer       
Muger Cement     1-1 EEPCO                 
Metehara Sugar   1-0 Ethiopian Coffee    
Sebeta City      0-0 Banks         
     
Round 11
[Jan 7]
Saint George     5-0 Trans Ethiopia  
Nyala            0-1 EEPCO                           
Harar Beer       2-1 Ethiopian Coffee        
Southern Police  4-0 Sebeta City 
Muger Cement     1-1 Adama City 
Metahara Sugar   1-2 Defence   
Awassa City      1-1 Insurance   
[Jan 8]
Banks            2-2 Dire Dawa City    

Round 12
[Jan 10]     
EEPCO            1-1 Trans Ethiopia   
Ethiopian Coffee 0-1 Saint George          
[Jan 11]
Adama City       0-0 Nyala      
Harar Beer       0-1 Defence       
Insurance        1-1 Muger Cement    
Banks            0-0 Awassa City      
Southern Police  4-0 Dire Dawa City   
[Feb 14?; inferred]
Sebeta City      2-2 Metehara Sugar   

Round 13 [Jan 17]
Trans Ethiopia   3-4 Ethiopian Coffee     
Adama City       1-1 EEPCO                  
Saint George     1-2 Defence          
Nyala            1-1 Insurance            
Harar Beer       1-1 Sebeta City   
Muger Cement     1-2 Banks      
Metehara Sugar   1-0 Dire Dawa City  
Awassa City      1-1 Southern Police

Round 14 
[Jan 21]
Trans Ethiopia   1-1 Adama City          
Defence          2-2 Ethiopian Coffee             
Sebeta City      0-0 Saint George     
Dire Dawa City   awd Harar Beer            [awarded 0-3, originally 0-0]
Southern Police  0-1 Muger Cement      
Metehara Sugar   3-1 Awassa City    
[Jan 22]
EEPCO            2-1 Insurance            
Banks            1-1 Nyala             

Round 15
[Jan 24]
Ethiopian Coffee 1-1 Sebeta City        
[Jan 25]
Trans Ethiopia   0-2 Defence             
Insurance        0-0 Adama City       
EEPCO            1-2 Banks                  
Dire Dawa City   1-2 Saint George         
Southern Police  0-0 Nyala       
Harar Beer       1-0 Awassa City 
Muger Cement     3-0 Metehara Sugar  
	
Round 16
[Feb 21]
Southern Police  1-0 EEPCO 
[Feb 22]
Insurance        2-2 Trans Ethiopia
Banks            1-0 Adama City   
Sebeta City      0-1 Defence    
Awassa City      1-1 Saint George    
Dire Dawa City   3-2 Ethiopian Coffee
Metehara Sugar   2-0 Nyala 
Muger Cement     1-0 Harar Beer    

Round 17
[Feb 28] 
Banks            1-1 Insurance        
EEPCO            0-1 Metehara Sugar   
Ethiopian Coffee 3-1 Awassa City     
[Mar 1]
Sebeta City      1-1 Trans Ethiopia  
Dire Dawa City   2-1 Defence
Southern Police  1-2 Adama City  
Nyala            0-1 Harar Beer       
Saint George     1-0 Muger Cement   

Round 18 
[Mar 7]
Harar Beer       1-0 EEPCO
Trans Ethiopia   0-3 Banks
Dire Dawa City   1-0 Sebeta City      
Defence          1-1 Awassa City     
Ethiopian Coffee 1-0 Muger Cement     
Nyala            1-1 Saint George
[Mar 8]
Southern Police  0-2 Insurance      
Adama City       0-0 Metehara Sugar  

Round 19
[Mar 14]
Insurance        0-0 Metehara Sugar  
Nyala            0-3 Ethiopian Coffee 
[Mar 15]
Trans Ethiopia   0-1 Dire Dawa City 
Awassa City      0-1 Sebeta City  
Muger Cement     1-1 Defence       
Harar Beer       0-0 Adama City   
Banks            2-0 Southern Police 
Saint George     3-3 EEPCO

Round 20 [Mar 22]
Awassa City      1-0 Dire Dawa City   
Sebeta City      0-0 Muger Cement     
Saint George     1-0 Adama City     
Trans Ethiopia   0-0 Southern Police  
Defence          4-0 Nyala            
EEPCO            1-2 Ethiopian Coffee 
Metehara Sugar   2-2 Banks            
Harar Beer       0-0 Insurance       

Round 21 [Mar 29]
Saint George     1-1 Insurance        
Harar Beer       2-1 Banks  
Adama City       3-2 Ethiopian Coffee 
EEPCO            0-0 Defence         
Nyala            2-0 Sebeta City      
Muger Cement     2-1 Dire Dawa City   
Metehara Sugar   1-2 Southern Police 
Trans Ethiopia   0-0 Awassa City      

Round 22
[Apr 1]
Insurance        0-2 Ethiopian Coffee
[Apr 2]
Banks            1-4 Saint George  
EEPCO            5-1 Sebeta City  
[Apr 4]
Southern Police  1-1 Harar Beer    
[Apr 5]
Metehara Sugar   2-0 Trans Ethiopia     
Awassa City      3-0 Muger Cement 
Dire Dawa City   2-0 Nyala    
Adama City       0-1 Defence 

Round 23
[Apr 11]   
Nyala            abd Awassa City           [abandoned at 4-0 due to rain]
[Apr 12]
Muger Cement     0-1 Trans Ethiopia     
Harar Beer       0-0 Metehara Sugar
Ethiopian Coffee 4-2 Banks               
Adama City       0-0 Sebeta City      
Defence          1-3 Insurance  
Dire Dawa City   0-1 EEPCO
[Apr 14]   
Nyala            1-3 Awassa City           [replay, also reported 1-4]   
Saint George     0-0 Southern Police  

Round 24 [Apr 26]
Muger Cement     2-0 Nyala            
Metehara Sugar   0-0 Saint George     
Banks            1-0 Defence     
Harar Beer       3-1 Trans Ethiopia   
EEPCO            0-1 Awassa City      
Southern Police  1-0 Ethiopian Coffee 
Sebeta City      1-0 Insurance    
Adama City       1-0 Dire Dawa City   

Round 25
[May 2]
EEPCO            1-1 Muger Cement     
Banks            2-2 Sebeta City      
[May 3]
Southern Police  3-1 Defence          
Awassa City      2-2 Adama City       
Insurance        0-0 Dire Dawa City    
Trans Ethiopia   1-0 Nyala        
Harar Beer       0-0 Saint George     
Ethiopian Coffee 5-1 Metehara Sugar   

Round 26
[May 9]
EEPCO            3-1 Nyala            
Defence          1-1 Metahara Sugar   
[May 10]
Trans Ethiopia   0-1 Saint George                  
Ethiopian Coffee 1-0 Harar Beer       
Sebeta City      0-0 Southern Police  
Adama City       0-0 Muger Cement     
Insurance        0-1 Awassa City  
Dire Dawa City   2-1 Banks

Round 27 [May 17] 
Trans Ethiopia   2-1 EEPCO            
Saint George     1-2 Ethiopian Coffee 
Nyala            1-0 Adama City    
Defence          2-1 Harar Beer      
Muger Cement     1-0 Insurance        
Awassa City      2-3 Banks         
Metehara Sugar   1-0 Sebeta City         
Dire Dawa City   1-0 Southern Police      

Round 28
[May 23]
Defence          2-2 Saint George    
Insurance        2-0 Nyala    
[May 24]
Ethiopian Coffee 2-2 Trans Ethiopia 
EEPCO            2-2 Adama City 
Sebeta City      1-0 Harar Beer       
Banks            4-5 Muger Cement 
Dire Dawa City   2-0 Metehara Sugar 
Southern Police  1-1 Awassa City      

Round 29
[May 30]
Ethiopian Coffee 0-0 Defence  
Nyala            0-3 Banks 
[May 31]
Adama City       0-1 Trans Ethiopia  
Saint George     0-1 Sebeta City    
Harar Beer       0-0 Dire Dawa City  
Muger Cement     1-1 Southern Police   
Awassa City      0-0 Metehara Sugar  
Insurance        0-1 EEPCO

Round 30
[Jun 6]
Defence          5-1 Trans Ethiopia  
Nyala            2-2 Southern Police   
[Jun 7]
Sebeta City      1-0 Ethiopian Coffee            
Adama City       1-0 Insurance    
Banks            1-1 EEPCO       
Saint George     4-3 Dire Dawa City        
Awassa City      2-1 Harar Beer  
Metehara Sugar   1-1 Muger Cement   
	
Final Table:

 1.Saint George SA (Addis Abeba)      30 15 12  3 45-23  57  Champions  [aka Kedus Giorgis]
 2.Ethiopian Coffee (Addis Abeba)     30 14  7  9 50-35  49  [aka Ethiopian Bunna]
 3.Defence (Addis Abeba)              30 13 10  7 44-33  49  [aka Mekelakeya]
 4.Banks SC (Addis Abeba)             30 11 12  7 46-38  45  [aka Bankoch]  
 5.Awassa City (Awassa)               30 11 11  8 35-31  44  [aka Awassa Kenema]
 6.Harar Beer Bottling FC (Harar)     30 11 10  9 28-23  43  [aka Harar Bira]
 7.Muger Cement (Ambo)                30 10 12  8 33-30  42  [aka Muger Cemento]
 8.Southern Police (Awassa)           30  9 11 10 38-31  38  [aka Debub Police]
 9.Insurance (Addis Abeba)            30  8 14  8 27-24  38  [aka Medhin]
10.Adama City (Adama)                 30  6 18  6 23-22  36  [aka Adama Kenema]
11.Dire Dawa City (Dire Dawa)         30 10  6 14 30-35  36  [aka Dire Dawa Kenema] 
12.Sebeta City (Sebeta)               30  7 14  9 18-27  35  [aka Sebeta Kenema] 
13.EEPCO (Addis Abeba)                30  7 13 10 36-34  34  [aka Mebrat Hail]
14.Metehara Sugar (Metehara)          30  7 12 11 22-32  33  [aka Metehara Seqwar]
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15.Trans Ethiopia (Mekelle)           30  7  9 14 23-51  30  Relegated
16.Nyala (Addis Abeba)                30  5  7 18 17-46  22  Relegated

NB: Trans Ethiopia (Mekelle) later escaped relegation due to the extension
    of the top level to 18 clubs


Ethiopian National League 2008/09 (second level)

NB: played by 23 clubs divided over 2 groups;
    top-2 of both qualify for promotion playoff

Final Round [May 2?]
Air Force        0-0 Sidama Bunna

Top of Final Tables:

Group A (12 clubs)
 1.Dedebit                            22                 45  Qualified
 2.Shashemene Kenema                  22                 38  Qualified
 - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Group B (11 clubs)
 1.Meta Abo Brewery                   20                 38  Qualified
 2.Sidama Bunna                       20                 36  Qualified
 - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 3.Air Force (Debre Zeit)             20                 35


Promotion Playoff

[May 6?]
Meta Abo          -  Shashemene Kenema 
Dedebit          lt  Sidama Bunna

[May 8?]
Dedebit           -  Meta Abo
Sidama Bunna     bt  Shashemene Kenema 

Round 3 
[date?]
Dedebit           -  Shashemene Kenema 
[May 20]
Sidama Bunna     0-0 Meta Abo      

Final Table:

 1.Sidama Bunna (Awassa)               3  2  1  0         7  Promoted
 2.Meta Abo Brewery (Sebeta)           3  1  2  0         5  Promoted
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 3.Shashemene Kenema 
 4.Dedebit                             3  0  1  2         1

NB: Dedebit later also promoted due to the extension of the top level
    to 18 clubs; it is not clear why Dedebit were chosen ahead of
    Shashemene Kenema 


2007/08

2009/10

list of champions

list of cup winners

list of super cup winners


About this document

Source: Ethio-Sport

Prepared and maintained by Mamo Gebrehiwot for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Mamo Gebrehiwot
Last updated: 26 Nov 2009

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