The Ethiopia women's national football team (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ሴቶች ብሔራዊ እግር ኳስ ቡድን) represents Ethiopia in international women's football. They are overseen by the Ethiopian Football Federation. As of 12 June 2025, they are ranked 127th in the world.
Team image Nicknames They are popularly known as "Lucy" in reference to the Australopithecus fossil. 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
2025
2026
Coaching staff Current coaching staff
As of October 2021
Position Name Ref. Head coach Yosef Gebrewold
Manager history
Abrham Haimanot Meseret Manne (2016–2017) Selam Zeray (????–2021) Birhanu Gizaw (2021–2022) Frew Hailegbrael( 2022–2024) Yosef Gebrewold(2024-)
Players
Current squad The following players were called up for the 2026 WAFCON qualifying First Round match against Tanzania November 2025. Caps and goals accurate up to and including 30 October 2021.
Recent call-ups The following players have been called up to an Ethiopia squad in the past 12 months.
Previous squads Africa Women Cup of Nations 2012 African Women's Championship squad CECAFA Women's Championship 2022 CECAFA Women's Championship squads
Records
Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 2020.
Most capped players
#PlayerYear(s)Caps1 Bizuhan
Top goalscorers
RankPlayerYear(s)GoalsCaps1 Loza Abera 2018 - 23 30
Competitive record FIFA Women's World Cup FIFA Women's World Cup recordYearResult* 1991did not enter 1995 1999 2003did not qualify 2007did not enter 2011did not qualify 2015 2019 2023 2027Total0/100000000 *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
Olympic Games Summer Olympics recordYearResult* 1996did not qualify 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024 Total0/80000000 *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
Africa Women Cup of Nations Africa Women Cup of Nations recordYearRoundMWDLGFGA1991-1998did not enter 2000did not qualify 2002Group stage3012282004Fourth place5122482006-2008did not enter 2010did not qualify 2012Group stage301208 2014did not qualify 2016 2018 2020Cancelled due to covid 2022did not qualify 2024 2026Total3/1411146624
African Games African Games recordYearResultMWDLGFGA 2003Group Stage3003015 2007Group Stage200216 2011did not enter 2015did not qualify 2019See Ethiopia women's national under-20 football team 2023Total2/45005121
CECAFA Women's Championship CECAFA Women's ChampionshipYearRoundGPWD*LGSGAGD 1986 20163rd421195+4 2018 3rd4202660 2019Group Stage310283+5 2021Cancelled 20223rd5311134+9Total4/516826361818
Honours Regional CECAFA Women's Championship
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 FIFA profile National women's football team picture Facebook