Ethio Electric Sport Club (

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: ኢትዮ ኤሌክትሪክ ስፖርት ክለብ), also known as EEPCO or Mebrat Hail, is an Ethiopian

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club based in

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. The club currently plays in 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 second division of Ethiopian football.

History

Beginnings

Ethio-Electric was found as Ethiopian Electric Power Sport Club in 1960 (1953 EC.) by the

Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation Ethiopian Electric Power () is an Ethiopian electrical power industry and state-owned electric producer. It is engaged in development, investment, construction, operation, and management of power plants, power generation and power transmission. ...

. It's one of the most historic clubs in Ethiopian football In September 2018 the club announced sweeping changes at all levels of the club including hiring former Ethio-Electric star player Anwar Yasin as the club's manager.

Ethiopian Premier League

Ethio-Electric won the inaugural Ethiopian Premier League during the 1997–98 Season, known as Mebrat Hail at the time it was the club's second overall title. The club also enjoyed a great 2000–01 premier league campaign as their star striker Yordanos Abay scored a record 24 goals during the season helping Ethio-Electric to its second Premier League title (3rd overall title). His record would stand 16 years until the 2016–17 season when Dedebit striker

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scored 25 goals surpassed his mark. The 2001–02 season saw Ethio-Electric picked as favorites to repeat as champions, but unfortunately fail to meet expectations as they finished behind eventual champions St. George. In 2010, the club hired former

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and Bulgarian National team player Yordan Stoykov as its head coach.

Recent troubles

In 2016 Ethio-Electric beat Saint George S.C. to lift the club's third

Addis Ababa City Cup The Addis Ababa City Cup (Amharic: አዲስ አበባ ከተማ ዋንጫ) is an annual Single-elimination tournament, knockout Association football, football competition in men's domestic Ethiopian Football. The tournament is organized by the Ad ...

Addis Ababa Stadium Addis Ababa Stadium (Amharic: አዲስ አበባ ስታዲየም) is a multi-purpose stadium in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It is used mostly for football matches although it also has athletics facilities. The stadium has a capacity of 20,000 people ...

. Ethio-Electric was relegated from the

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 ...

after the 2017–18 season.

Stadium

Ethio-Electric's home stadium is Mebrat Hail Stadium.

Finances

The club has been, from its inception, financially supported by the Ethiopian Mebrat Haile (now called the

). In 2021, in an efforts to be more financially independent, the club constructed shops around its stadium at a cost of 2.6 million birr.

Departments

The women's team is Managed by Eyerusalem Negash as of 2018.

Active departments

* Women's Football Team * Football Team (U17)

Honors

Domestic

League

: 3 **1993, 1998, 2001

Cups

Ethiopian Cup The Ethiopian Cup is the top knockout tournament of the Ethiopian football. It was created in 1945. Winners *1945 : British Military Mission-BMME (Addis Abeba) *1946 : Army (Addis Abeba) *1947 : Polisportiva (Addis Abeba) *1948 : Body Guard (Add ...

'':'' 4 **1971, 1972, 1976, 2001 *

Ethiopian Super Cup The Ethiopian Super Cup (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ አሸናፊዎች አሸናፊ ዋንጫ) is a match competition in Ethiopian football, played between the Ethiopian Premier League champions and the Ethiopian Cup winners. Finals *1985 : Bre ...

: 3 **1993, 1998, 2001 *

: 3 **2005, 2006, 2016

African

CAF Champions League The CAF Champions League, known for sponsorship purposes as the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League and formerly the African Cup of Champions Clubs, is an annual football club (association football), club football competition organized by the Conf ...

: 2 appearances **

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

– First Round **

2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...

– Preliminary Round *

African Cup of Champions Clubs The CAF Champions League, known for sponsorship purposes as the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League and formerly the African Cup of Champions Clubs, is an annual club football competition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) a ...

: 1 appearance **

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

– First Round *

CAF Cup The CAF Cup was an annual competition organised by the CAF for domestic leagues runners-up of member associations who have not qualified to one of the two pre-existing CAF international club competitions the African Cup of Champions Clubs or t ...

: 3 appearances **1996 – First Round **1998 – Second Round **2001 – Second Round

Club officials

CEO: Lemma Bedele President: Chala Aman Chairman: Araya Haile Technical Directors: Tesfaye Zergaw and Golalit Firde

Coaching and medical staff

Manager: Kifle Boltena Assistant Coach(s): Mesfin Shebeshe and Lemma Debele Goalkeeping Coach: Daniel Tesfaye Team Leader: Aklilu Gebremariam

Former managers

*Berhanu Bayu * Anwar Yasin *Addisu Negash *Bogale Zewdu *Wondimu Bekele *Hagos Desta *Yordan Stoikov (2010–14)

Former players

* Yordanos Abay *

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*Anwar Yasin *Mulualem Tilahun *Radi Abreha *Ibrahim Fofano * Bereket Tessema

References

External links

Team profile
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