The 2016–17

Ethiopian Premier League The Ethiopian Premier League (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ፕሪምየር ሊግ), known as the BetKing Ethiopian Premier League for sponsorship reasons, is the top tier association football league of Ethiopia run by the Ethiopian Premier League ...

is the 70th season of top-tier football in

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as well as the 19th season of the Premier League. The season began play on 12 November 2016.

Saint George SC Saint George Sports Club (Amharic: ቅዱስ ጊዮርጊስ ስፖርት ክለብ, ''Kidus Giorgis Sport Club''), otherwise known as Kidus Giorgis, is a professional football club based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. They play in the top division o ...

are the defending champions, having won their 25th championship. The top flight has been expanded to 16-teams up from 14, and is expected to be more competitive and exciting with more matches to play. The bottom three finishers will be relegated to the Ethiopian Super League for 2017-18.

Teams

A total of 16 teams will contest the league, including 12 sides from the 2015–16 season and four promoted from the

Ethiopian Higher League The Ethiopian Higher League (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ከፍተኛ ሊግ), also called the Ethiopian Super League, is the second division of association football in Ethiopia. Regulated by the Ethiopian Football Federation, the league is divide ...

. The four newcomers are Fasil Kenema F.C.
Jimma Aba Buna F.C., Addis Ababa City F.C. and Woldia City.

Dashen Beer FC Dashen Beer Football Club (Amharic: ዳሽን ቢራ) was a professional Ethiopian football club based in Gondar. They were a member of the Ethiopian Football Federation until the club was dissolved in 2016. History The club was founded and run ...

and

Hadiya Hossana FC Hadiya Hossana Football Club (Amharic: ሀዲያ ሆሳዕና እግር ኳስ ክለብ) is a professional Ethiopian football club based in Hosaena. They currently play in the Ethiopian Premier League, the first division of football in Ethiopia. ...

were the last two teams of the 2015–16 season and play in the Ethiopian Super League for the 2016-17 season.

are the defending champions from the 2015–16 season

League table

References

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