Ethiopia women's national football team

Ethiopia

Nickname(s)	Lucy
Association	Ethiopian Football Federation
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation	CECAFA (East & Central Africa)
Head coach
Most caps	Bizuhan
Top scorer	Birtukan Gebrekirstos
FIFA code	ETH
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	123 11 (10 December 2021)[1]
Highest	77 (July 2003)
Lowest	118 (July 2019)
First international
Ethiopia 2–0 Uganda  (Addis Ababa; 22 September 2002)[2]
Biggest win
South Sudan 0–11 Ethiopia  (Addis Ababa; 10 April 2021)
Biggest defeat
Nigeria 7–0 Ethiopia  (Lagos, Nigeria; 9 October 2003)[3]
Africa Women Cup of Nations
Appearances	3 (first in 2002)
Best result	Fourth Place, 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 97th in the world.^[4] They are popularly known as Lucy and Dinknesh in reference to the Australopithecus fossil.^[5]

History[]

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.

Ethiopia withdrew from the 2006 African Championship, and it didn't take part in the 2008 edition either. However it did take part in the 2007 All-Africa Games, losing its two games. In its return to the African Championship in 2010 it was defeated in the qualifiers by Tanzania. On the other hand, in the 2012 Summer Olympics qualifiers Ethiopia made it to the final round after knocking out Congo DR and Ghana, ultimately losing a spot in the Olympics to South Africa.

In 2012 the team qualified for the African Championship 8 years later, settling the score with Tanzania. It didn't manage to score, only grasping a draw with Cameroon.

Team image[]

Nicknames[]

The Ethiopia women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as "Lucy".

Overall competitive record[]

Competition	Stage	Opponent	Result	Position	Scorers
2002 African Championship qualifiers	First round	Swaziland	Walkover
	Second round	Uganda	2–0 2–2
2002 African Championship	First stage	Nigeria  Mali  Ghana	0–3 2–2 0–3	4 / 4	0 2 0
2003 All-Africa Games	First stage	Cameroon  Zimbabwe  Nigeria	0–3 0–4 0–7	4 / 4
2004 African Championship qualifiers	Second round	Malawi	4–0 5–0		4, 3, , Semira
2004 African Championship	First stage	Zimbabwe  Ghana  South Africa	1–1 1–2 2–1	2 / 4	? ,
	Semifinals	Nigeria	0–4
	Third place	Ghana	0–0 (PSO: 5–6)
2006 African Championship qualifiers	First round	Zimbabwe	Withdrew
2007 All-Africa Games	First stage	Nigeria  South Africa	0–3 1–3	3 / 3	0
2010 African Championship qualifiers	First round	Tanzania	1–3 1–1		,
2012 Summer Olympics qualifiers	Second round	DR Congo	0–0 3–0
	Third round	Ghana	1–0 1–2
	Final round	South Africa	0–3 1–1
2012 African Championship qualifiers	First round	Egypt	2–4 4–0		Biza 3, Abaa, ,
	Second round	Tanzania	2–1 1–0		, , ?
2012 African Championship	First stage	Ivory Coast  Nigeria  Cameroon	0–5 0–3 0–0	4 / 4
2014 African Championship qualifiers	First round	South Sudan	Walkover
	Second round	Ghana	0–2 0–3

Results and fixtures[]

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

2021[]

Coaching staff[]

Current coaching staff[]

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As of November 2020

Position	Name	Ref.
Head coach

Manager history[]

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• (2016–2017)^[6]
• (????–)

Players[]

Current squad[]

• The following players were named on 10 October 2021 for the 2022 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification tournament.

• Caps and goals accurate up to and including 30 October 2021.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club

Recent call-ups[]

The following players have been called up to a Djibouti squad in the past 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up

Records[]

• Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 2020.

Competitive record[]

Africa Women Cup of Nations[]

Africa Women Cup of Nations record
Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
1991	Did not enter
1995
1998
2000	Did not qualify
2002	Group stage	3	0	1	2	2	8
2004	Fourth place	5	1	2	2	4	8
2006	Did not enter
2008
2010	Did not qualify
2012	Group stage	3	0	1	2	0	8
2014	Did not qualify
2016
2018
Total	3/12	11	1	4	6	6	24

African Games[]

African Games record
Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
2003	Group Stage	3	0	0	3	0	15
2007	Group Stage	2	0	0	2	1	6
2011	Did not enter
2015	Did not qualify
Total	2/4	0	0	0	0	0	0

See also[]

• Sport in Ethiopia
  • Football in Ethiopia
    • Women's football in Ethiopia

• Ethiopia women's national under-20 football team
• Ethiopia women's national under-17 football team
• Ethiopia men's national football team

References[]

External links[]

• Official website (in English)
• FIFA profile (in English)
• National women's football team picture