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] ----------------------------------------------------------- 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] ----------------------------------------------------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------- 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
Source: Ethio-Sport
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