The Ethiopian First League (

Amharic Amharic is an Ethio-Semitic language, which is a subgrouping within the Semitic branch of the Afroasiatic languages. It is spoken as a first language by the Amhara people, and also serves as a lingua franca for all other metropolitan populati ...

: የኢትዮጵያ አንደኛ ሊግ) is the third division of Ethiopian football. The league is run by the

Ethiopian Football Federation The Ethiopian Football Federation (EFF) (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ እግር ኳስ ፌዴሬሽን) is the governing body of Football (soccer), football in Ethiopia. It organizes all tiers of the national football league and the Ethiopia nation ...

Teams

2021-22 Season

The 2021-22 (2013 E.C.) edition of the league, 48 clubs were split into three different groups each in a designated host city.

Group 1: Host City -
Wolaita Sodo Sodo () or officially Wolaita Sodo (, ) is a city in south Ethiopia. The city is a political and administrative center of the Wolaita Zone and South Ethiopia Regional State. It has a latitude and longitude of with an elevation between above ...
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Bishoftu Bishoftu (; ) is a town in central Ethiopia. Located in the East Shewa Zone of the Oromia Region, it sits at an elevation of 1,920 metres (6,300 ft). It was formerly known as Debre Zeyit (). The town serves as the primary airbase of the ...

Group 2: Host City -
Burayu Burayu (; ) is a city and special census zone in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia, located directly adjacent to the national capital city Addis Ababa (known as ''Finfinne'' in Oromo). With the rapid growth of the capital in recent decades and urb ...
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Welkite Welkite (also transliterated Wolkite; ) is a town and separate woreda in south-western Ethiopia. The second administrative center of the Central Ethiopia Regional State, and Gurage Zone . The town has a latitude and longitude of and an elevati ...

Group 3: Host City -
Asella Asella (, ) is a town in central Ethiopia. Located in the Arsi Zone of the Oromia Region south from Addis Ababa, this town has a latitude and longitude of , with an elevation of 2,430 meters. Asella hosts an Asella Airport (IATA code ALK). Asall ...
and
Burayu Burayu (; ) is a city and special census zone in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia, located directly adjacent to the national capital city Addis Ababa (known as ''Finfinne'' in Oromo). With the rapid growth of the capital in recent decades and urb ...

References

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