Qatar 2022 | First ever defeat for Ethiopia in Bahir Dar

The Ethiopian national team lost 3-1 at the hands of South Africa in Bahirdar, in what was the very first defeat in a competitive match for Ethiopia at the Bahirdar Stadium.

Ethiopians as always were very patient in retaining the ball to find spaces to attack with the midfield maestro Shimeles Bekele being their main creative hub while South Africa national side were very dangerous in intercepting passes and trying to hurt Ethiopia in quick breaks.

On the 26th minute the first attempt on target was witnessed as Surafel Dangachew’s shot from outside the box was equally meet with Ronwen Williams save and also the goalkeeper once again produced a couple of magnificent saves to deny Abubeker Nasser.

 

As the first half was nearly concluded South Africans got their breakthrough goal through Teboho Mokoena’s long range free kick was turned in to goal aided by Ethiopia’s goalie Fasil G/Micheal error.

After the restart, the home side come out stepping up the gear, as they seem to move the ball quickly and created goal scoring chances meanwhile the visitors opted to be very direct and score more than sitting deep to protect their one goal lead.

On the 67minute Getaneh Kebede’s marvelous free kick leveled matters but that was the case for only five minutes as South Africa once again restored their lead after a throw in was played into the box their skipper Mothobi Mvala came out from Ethiopia’s defenders blind spot to slot home from close range.

After once again taking the lead visitors also continued to be very dangerous on the counter as the 79th minute headed effort that rattled the crossbar was a testament.

Wubetu Abate introduced Mesfin Tafesse and Abel Yalew in the second half to increase their explosiveness upfront but the quality of passes let them down.

Evidence Makgopa scored the third goal for south Africa deep into the stoppage time courtesy to an increased vulnerability of the Ethiopian national team who were attacking in full force.

Bafana Bafana are now clearly on top of the group with 7 points while Ethiopia are residing in the third spot.

The other match take on after a while which let Ghana win Zimbabwe 3-1 at home ground. As a result, Ghana finds themselves second in the group with six points followed by Ethiopia and Zimbabwe with three and one point respectively.

Ethiopian Premier League

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

Standing Table

#
Club
P
W
D
L
Pt
1
2
2
0
0
6
2 â–²
3
2
0
1
6
3 â–²
3
2
0
1
6
4 â–¼
3
1
2
0
5
5 â–¼
3
1
2
0
5
6 â–²
2
1
1
0
4
7 â–²
3
1
1
1
4
8 â–¼
3
1
1
1
4
9 â–¼
1
1
0
0
3
10 â–¼
2
1
0
1
3
11 â–¼
2
1
0
1
3
12 â–¼
3
1
0
2
3
13 â–¼
2
1
0
1
3
14 â–¼
3
1
0
2
3
15 â–¼
2
0
2
0
2
16 â–¼
3
0
2
1
2
17 â–¼
3
0
1
2
1
18 â–²
0
0
0
0
0
19 â–¼
3
0
0
3
0

Top scorers chart

#
Player
Played
Goals
1
Diredawa Ketema
2
3
2
Diredawa Ketema
2
3
3
2
2
4
Ethiopia Nigd Bank
1
2
5
Mekele 70 Enderta
3
2
6
Bahir Dar Ketema
3
2
7
Fasil Kenema
3
2
8
Kidus Giorgis
3
2
9
Hawassa Ketema
3
1
10
Adama Ketema
2
1

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