The Addis Ababa City Cup (

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competition in men's domestic Ethiopian Football. The tournament is organized by the Addis Ababa Football Federation. It is usually contested among the football clubs based in

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with the exception of teams who enter the tournament by invitation.

History

The final match of the 12th edition of the tournament between arch rivals

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and Ethiopian Coffee was, for the first time, transmitted live on ENN TV, a local private television network. All the matches of the 13th edition (2018) of the tournament were broadcast on Walta TV. All the matches of the 2019 edition of the tournament were broadcast on Addis TV.

Previous Winners

* 2004: Ethiopian Coffee S.C. * 2005: EEPCO F.C. 0-0 Ethiopian Coffee S.C. -4 Pen.* 2006: EEPCO F.C. * 2007: St. George S.C. 2-0 Insurance F.C. * 2010: St. George S.C. 1-1

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-2 Pen.* 2011: St. George S.C. 1-0

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* 2012: Ethiopian Coffee S.C. beat

on Penalties * 2013: St. George S.C. * 2014:

1-1 Ethiopian Coffee S.C. -5 Pen.* 2015: Dashen Beer F.C.* defeated St. George S.C. * 2016: EEPCO F.C. 2-0 St. George S.C. * 2017: St. George S.C. 1-0 Ethiopian Coffee S.C. *2018: Ethiopian Coffee S.C. 4-1 Bahir Dar Kenema F.C. *2019: St. George S.C. 2-1 Sebeta Ketema * As the one of two teams (along with

Adama City Adama City Football Club (Oromo: ''Garee Kubbaa Miilaa Magaalaa Adaamaa''; Amharic: አዳማ ከተማ እግር ኳስ ክለብ) is an Ethiopian professional football club based in Adama, Oromia Region. The club was founded in 1991 and current ...

) that entered the tournament via invitation, Dashen Beer were barred from lifting the actual trophy instead being presented with an alternate "special" trophy. The actual trophy was presented to the runners up,

, as they were technically the best team from Addis Ababa in the tournament that year.

References

Football clubs in Addis Ababa Football competitions in Ethiopia 2004 establishments in Ethiopia Recurring sporting events established in 2004 {{Africa-footy-competition-stub