2018–19 Ethiopian Premier League

Football league season

Ethiopian Premier League
Season	2018–19
Champions	Mekelle City
Top goalscorer	Amanuel Gebremichael (17 goals)^[1]
← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The 2018–19 Ethiopian Premier League is the 72nd season of top-tier football in Ethiopia (21st season as the Premier League). The season started on 27 October 2018.^[2]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Mekelle City (C)	30	18	5	7	45	24	+21	59	Qualification for Champions League
2	Sidama Coffee	30	17	7	6	45	29	+16	58
3	Fasil City (Q)	30	15	12	3	49	17	+32	57	Qualification for Confederation Cup^[a]
4	Saint George	29	12	10	7	28	18	+10	46
5	Jimma Aba Jifar	30	12	10	8	33	36	−3	46
6	Hawassa City	30	12	8	10	42	31	+11	44
7	Wolayta Dicha	30	10	11	9	34	27	+7	41
8	Bahir Dar City	30	10	11	9	27	31	−4	41
9	Ethiopian Coffee	30	10	9	11	27	23	+4	39
10	Welwalo Adigrat University	29	9	10	10	16	21	−5	37
11	Adama City	30	8	11	11	28	28	0	35
12	Dire Dawa City	30	9	8	13	29	34	−5	35
13	Shire Endaselassie	30	7	13	10	29	39	−10	34
14	Defence Force (R)	30	8	8	14	37	57	−20	32	Relegation to Ethiopian Super League
15	Debub Police (R)	30	7	8	15	34	41	−7	29
16	Dedebit (R)	30	4	1	25	21	68	−47	13

Updated to match(es) played on 7 July 2019. Source: soccerethiopia.net
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Fasil City are Ethiopian Cup winners.

Map

Saint George,
Ethiopian Coffee,
Mekelakeya

Mekelle City,
Dedebit

Fasil City

Adama City

Jimma Aba Jifar

Hawassa City,
Sidama Coffee,
Wolayta Dicha,
Debub Police

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Locations of the Ethiopia Premier League 2018–19 teams

References

^ Berhanu, Markos (7 July 2019). "Mekelle 70 Enderta Wins Ethiopian Premier League Championship". Ethiosports. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
^ Ethiopia 2018/19, RSSSF.com

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