Castle Beer to become the title sponsor of the Ethiopian Premier League

BGI Ethiopia signed a memorandum of understanding with the EFF Today to become the title sponsor of the Ethiopia Premier League. It was announced in a press conference at the Elele International Hotel this morning that the beer makers will sponsor the league for the next 2 years under their Castle Beer brand.
The deal is reportedly worth 7 million birr ($350k) per year and will see top flight football in the country officially known as the Castle Ethiopia Premier League. BGI Ethiopia marketing director Esayas Hadera and EFF President Juneydi Basha signed the MOU representing their respective parties.
After the signing ceremony Juneydi Basha, President of the Football Federation, stated his belief that the agreement will help strengthen the financial power of the football governing body.
“We believe that the federation needs to be financially strong to successfully assist in the development of the country’s football and to increase its competitiveness in the global market. The deal we signed with BGI Ethiopia Today is part of this initiative. The main purpose of this sponsorship is to assist us financially in the different aspects of the league, from the scheduling process to the prize money given to clubs based on their merit,” the President said.
“Many questions can and will be raised around the sponsorship agreement, especially on the financial details. The deal is relatively new to our country and the questions will be addressed progressively. The basic thing is that such a sponsorship is commenced in our country. We will continuously work to fill gaps and improve our performance.”

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Esayas Hadera, marketing manager of BGI Ethiopia, on his part expressed his happiness that his company managed to seal this important deal and said that the development of the brand of the league will assist in the growth of football in Ethiopia.
“When companies invest in Ethiopia, the benefit goes beyond creating employment and generating tax income to the government. In the developed world, different corporations sponsor sporting events in their country. In sponsoring the Premier League, we hope to help in the development of football in Ethiopia. We want small children to want to become a football player, just like they want to be a Doctor or a Pilot.”
This is the second time that the Federation managed to secure a title sponsor for the League. In 2007/08 season, the league was sponsored by Midrok Investment Group for 1.5 Million Birr ($100k in the year’s exchange rate) and subsequently renamed The Midrok Millennium Ethiopian Premier League. In the 2012/13 season, the league was named in honor of the late former Prime Minister Meles Zenawi despite no financial gains.
The 2015/16 Castle Ethiopian Premier League will kick off in October 27 amid efforts by the federation to raise the status of the competition. The EFF signed similar agreements with the Stat company R&D Group to provide numerical stats about the league, and also agreed with the Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation to televise selected matches.

Ethiopian Premier League

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Round 1
20 Sep 2024 16:00
MEK
0
1
HOS
20 Sep 2024 19:00
AMK
1
2
DIR
21 Sep 2024 19:00
WAU
0
1
BDR
22 Sep 2024 16:00
ELE
2
3
WOD
22 Sep 2024 19:00
KDG
1
2
FSK
23 Sep 2024 16:00
ADA
2
3
SHI
23 Sep 2024 19:00
SID
0
1
HAW
15 Dec 2024 17:00
CBE
0
1
BUN
Round 2
25 Sep 2024 16:00
EIC
0
0
AMK
26 Sep 2024 16:00
FSK
1
1
MEK
26 Sep 2024 19:00
BUN
0
0
ELE
27 Sep 2024 09:30
HAW
1
1
SHI
27 Sep 2024 16:00
KDG
2
1
WAU
27 Sep 2024 19:00
BDR
0
1
ADA
28 Sep 2024 16:00
MEC
1
2
SID
28 Sep 2024 19:00
DIR
4
1
WOD
Round 3
30 Sep 2024 16:00
KDG
0
1
MEK
30 Sep 2024 19:00
EIC
0
0
ELE
1 Oct 2024 16:00
FSK
0
0
SHI
1 Oct 2024 19:00
BDR
2
0
HOS
2 Oct 2024 16:00
BUN
3
1
HAW
2 Oct 2024 19:00
MEC
3
1
WOD
3 Oct 2024 16:00
CBE
3
1
AMK
3 Oct 2024 19:00
WAU
0
1
SID
Round 4
19 Oct 2024 16:00
HOS
1
2
HAW
19 Oct 2024 19:00
MEK
1
1
MEC
20 Oct 2024 16:00
SHI
1
1
DIR
20 Oct 2024 19:00
CBE
2
3
KDG
21 Oct 2024 16:00
WOD
2
1
BUN
21 Oct 2024 19:00
ADA
1
1
FSK
22 Oct 2024 16:00
ELE
1
0
BDR
22 Oct 2024 19:00
SID
1
0
EIC
Round 5
24 Oct 2024 16:00
MEK
3
2
DIR
24 Oct 2024 19:00
CBE
1
1
FSK
25 Oct 2024 16:00
WAU
0
3
MEC
25 Oct 2024 19:00
ADA
2
0
HAW
26 Oct 2024 09:30
AMK
1
0
BDR
26 Oct 2024 16:00
KDG
0
0
EIC
26 Oct 2024 19:00
SID
2
0
BUN
27 Oct 2024 16:00
ELE
0
0
HOS
27 Oct 2024 21:09
WOD
1
0
SHI
Round 6
29 Oct 2024 16:00
EIC
1
0
WAU
29 Oct 2024 19:00
FSK
0
1
AMK
30 Oct 2024 16:00
BDR
2
0
SID
30 Oct 2024 19:00
HOS
0
1
WOD
31 Oct 2024 16:00
MEC
1
0
CBE
31 Oct 2024 19:00
BUN
2
0
MEK
1 Nov 2024 16:00
DIR
1
1
ADA
1 Nov 2024 19:00
HAW
1
2
ELE
Round 7
3 Nov 2024 16:00
BDR
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0
WOD
3 Nov 2024 19:00
KDG
1
0
AMK
4 Nov 2024 16:00
MEC
2
0
ADA
4 Nov 2024 19:00
EIC
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0
MEK
5 Nov 2024 16:00
FSK
2
3
ELE
5 Nov 2024 19:00
DIR
0
1
HOS
5 Nov 2024 19:00
BUN
1
1
SHI
6 Nov 2024 19:00
WAU
1
2
CBE
Round 8
23 Nov 2024 16:00
AMK
2
0
WAU
23 Nov 2024 19:30
HAW
0
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DIR
24 Nov 2024 16:00
SID
0
0
KDG
24 Nov 2024 19:00
ADA
0
2
EIC
25 Nov 2024 16:00
ELE
1
1
MEC
26 Nov 2024 09:30
HOS
1
0
BUN
26 Nov 2024 16:00
WOD
1
1
FSK
26 Nov 2024 19:00
SHI
0
2
BDR
Round 9
28 Nov 2024 16:00
CBE
1
1
EIC
28 Nov 2024 19:00
ELE
0
0
DIR
29 Nov 2024 16:00
ADA
2
1
BUN
29 Nov 2024 19:00
AMK
1
3
MEC
30 Nov 2024 16:00
SID
0
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FSK
30 Nov 2024 19:00
MEK
1
1
BDR
1 Dec 2024 16:00
WOD
1
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HAW
1 Dec 2024 19:00
SHI
0
1
HOS
Round 10
3 Dec 2024 16:00
DIR
3
1
SID
3 Dec 2024 19:00
MEC
4
3
KDG
4 Dec 2024 16:00
BUN
2
0
AMK
4 Dec 2024 19:00
BDR
3
0
CBE
5 Dec 2024 16:00
HAW
0
0
MEK
5 Dec 2024 19:00
FSK
1
0
WAU
6 Dec 2024 16:00
SHI
0
0
ELE
6 Dec 2024 19:00
HOS
2
0
ADA
Round 11
8 Dec 2024 16:00
BDR
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0
KDG
8 Dec 2024 16:00
DIR
0
0
CBE
8 Dec 2024 19:00
HAW
0
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AMK
9 Dec 2024 19:00
HOS
3
2
SID
10 Dec 2024 16:00
WOD
2
2
ADA
10 Dec 2024 19:00
BUN
0
0
WAU
11 Dec 2024 16:00
MEC
0
0
EIC
11 Dec 2024 19:00
SHI
1
0
MEK
Round 12
3 Jan 2025 15:00
AMK
0
1
SID
3 Jan 2025 18:00
FSK
0
0
HAW
4 Jan 2025 15:00
BDR
1
1
DIR
4 Jan 2025 18:00
KDG
2
1
ELE
5 Jan 2025 15:00
WAU
0
3
ADA
5 Jan 2025 18:00
CBE
0
0
MEK
6 Jan 2025 15:00
EIC
3
1
SHI
6 Jan 2025 18:00
MEC
0
1
HOS
Round 13
8 Jan 2025 15:00
HAW
0
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BDR
8 Jan 2025 18:00
DIR
0
0
BUN
9 Jan 2025 15:00
MEK
1
0
WAU
9 Jan 2025 18:00
ADA
1
2
KDG
10 Jan 2025 15:00
SHI
1
2
MEC
10 Jan 2025 18:00
SID
1
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CBE
11 Jan 2025 15:00
HOS
1
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FSK
11 Jan 2025 18:00
WOD
1
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EIC
Round 14
13 Jan 2025 15:00
KDG
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0
SHI
13 Jan 2025 18:00
AMK
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0
ADA
14 Jan 2025 15:00
CBE
1
0
ELE
14 Jan 2025 18:00
MEC
0
0
DIR
15 Jan 2025 15:00
SID
0
0
MEK
15 Jan 2025 18:00
WAU
0
2
WOD
16 Jan 2025 15:00
FSK
0
1
BUN
16 Jan 2025 18:00
EIC
2
0
HAW
Round 15
18 Jan 2025 15:00
DIR
0
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KDG
18 Jan 2025 18:00
SHI
0
1
AMK
19 Jan 2025 15:00
WOD
0
0
SID
19 Jan 2025 18:00
ELE
0
1
MEK
20 Jan 2025 15:00
HOS
1
0
CBE
20 Jan 2025 18:00
BDR
0
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EIC
21 Jan 2025 15:00
HAW
1
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WAU
21 Jan 2025 18:00
FSK
1
1
MEC
Round 16
23 Jan 2025 15:00
AMK
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1
WOD
23 Jan 2025 18:00
CBE
1
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SHI
24 Jan 2025 15:00
MEK
2
0
ADA
24 Jan 2025 18:00
EIC
1
0
BUN
25 Jan 2025 15:00
MEC
1
1
BDR
25 Jan 2025 18:00
KDG
1
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HAW
26 Jan 2025 15:00
WAU
1
0
HOS
26 Jan 2025 18:00
SID
0
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ELE
Round 17
27 Jan 2025 15:00
MEK
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AMK
27 Jan 2025 18:00
ADA
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CBE
28 Jan 2025 15:00
WOD
0
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KDG
28 Jan 2025 18:00
BUN
3
1
BDR
29 Jan 2025 15:00
ELE
1
1
WAU
29 Jan 2025 18:00
HAW
1
0
MEC
30 Jan 2025 15:00
HOS
0
1
EIC
30 Jan 2025 18:00
DIR
1
2
FSK
Round 18
2 Feb 2025 15:00
KDG
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-
BUN
2 Feb 2025 18:00
SID
-
-
SHI
3 Feb 2025 15:00
ADA
-
-
ELE
3 Feb 2025 18:00
WAU
-
-
DIR
4 Feb 2025 15:00
MEK
-
-
WOD
4 Feb 2025 18:00
AMK
-
-
HOS
5 Feb 2025 15:00
CBE
-
-
HAW
5 Feb 2025 18:00
EIC
-
-
FSK
Round 19
7 Feb 2025 15:00
ADA
-
-
SID
7 Feb 2025 18:00
SHI
-
-
WAU
8 Feb 2025 15:00
BUN
-
-
MEC
8 Feb 2025 18:00
HOS
-
-
KDG
9 Feb 2025 15:00
BDR
-
-
FSK
9 Feb 2025 18:00
WOD
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CBE
10 Feb 2025 15:00
ELE
-
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AMK
10 Feb 2025 18:00
DIR
-
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EIC

Standing Table

#
Club
P
W
D
L
Pt
1
15
9
5
1
32
2 â–²
15
8
4
3
28
3 â–¼
16
7
6
3
27
4 â–¼
15
8
2
5
26
5
16
6
5
5
23
6
15
7
2
6
23
7 â–²
15
6
4
5
22
8 â–¼
16
5
7
4
22
9 â–²
15
4
8
3
20
10 â–¼
15
5
5
5
20
11 â–¼
15
4
7
4
19
12
15
4
7
4
19
13 â–¼
15
5
4
6
19
14
15
4
6
5
18
15
15
4
3
8
15
16 â–²
16
3
6
7
15
17 â–¼
15
2
6
7
12
18
15
1
3
11
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Top scorers chart

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Player
Played
Goals
1
Arba Minch Ketema
14
7
2
Ethiopia Bunna
14
7
3
Kidus Giorgis
14
6
4
Mekele 70 Enderta
12
6
5
Wolaitta Dicha
15
6
6
11
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7
Diredawa Ketema
9
6
8
Kidus Giorgis
14
6
9
Hawassa Ketema
16
5
10
Adama Ketema
15
5
11
Adama Ketema
14
5
12
Diredawa Ketema
14
5
13
Ethiopia Medin
13
5
14
Ethiopia Nigd Bank
15
5
15
Ethiopia Nigd Bank
14
5
16
Sidama Bunna
14
4
17
Ethiopia Medin
15
4
18
Ethio Electric
15
4
19
Mechal
16
4
20
Ethiopia Medin
11
4
21
Hadiya Hossana
14
3
22
Bahir Dar Ketema
14
3
23
Wolaitta Dicha
15
3
24
Bahir Dar Ketema
16
3
25
Kidus Giorgis
7
3

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