Nickname(s) | Lucy |
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Association | Ethiopian Football Federation |
Confederation | CAF (Africa) |
Sub-confederation | CECAFA (East & Central Africa) |
Head coach | Meseret Manne |
Most caps | Bizuhan |
Top scorer | Birtukan Gebrekirstos |
FIFA code | ETH |
FIFA ranking | |
Current | 97 4 (23 June 2017) |
Highest | 77 (July 2003) |
Lowest | 116 (March 2007) |
First international | |
Ethiopia 2−0 Uganda (Addis Ababa; 22 September 2002) |
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Biggest win | |
Ethiopia 5−0 Malawi (Addis Ababa; 29 September 2012) |
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Biggest defeat | |
Nigeria 7−0 Ethiopia (Lagos, Nigeria; 9 October 2003) |
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African Women's Championship | |
Appearances | 3 (first in 2002) |
Best result | Fourth Place, 2004 |
Ethiopia 5−0 Malawi
(Addis Ababa; 25 July 2004)
The Ethiopia women national football team is the national women football team of Ethiopia and has been overseen by the Ethiopian Football Federation. As of June 2017, they are ranked 97rd in the world. They are popularly known as Lucy and Dinknesh in reference to the Australopithecus fossil.
The Ethiopian national team made its debut in September 2002 in the 2002 African Championship's qualifiers, beating Uganda to progress to the final tournament, where it ended last in its group, only grasping a tie with Mali. It subsequently played the 2003 All-Africa Games, losing all three games.
In 2004 they again qualified for the African Championship, where they made it to the semifinals after beating South Africa and drawing with Zimbabwe. After being knocked out by Nigeria, they lost the bronze to Ghana on penalties. As of 2013 it remains Ethiopia's best performance in the competition.