Thrashing Ethio-Electric to a humiliating score line, Ethiopian Women League defending champion Dedebit widens the gap on the top of the table. Mekelakya defeated Sidama to claim second a point above former champions Ethiopia NegedBank.
Back from international hat trick over Libya, leading top scorer Losa Aberra once again made a hat trick in the Women’s League second round opening match on Tuesday. Rehima Zergaw and Betelhem Seman added the remaining two to trash bottom of the table Ethio-Electric to 5-0 defeat. Dedebit leads the league with twenty four points.
Medina Awol twice on target, Mekelakya defeated visitors Sidama Bunna to 3-2 score line thus taking the second spot with twenty points. In the hard faceoff in Addis Ababa, Redet Asasahenge twice managed to set the score line level, but the winning goal late in to the second half gave Mekelakya the all-important three points. The losers Sidama stands fifth with 14 points. Despite fielding the best of the squad at home against Ethiopia NegedBank managed only a goal less draw against visitors Adama Ketema thus sitting third with 19 points.
Lucy head coach Selam Zeray’s side Kidus Giorgis managed a goal less away draw with strong side Gedeo-Dilla thus stayed in relegation zone with nine points from ten matches. Sara Nebsso hit the brace for the home side while Kifia Abdulrahman and Betelehem Seman level the score line to Kidus Giorgis. The Hawassa versus visitors Diredawa ended in a one-up draw therefore the home side stayed sixth with ten points while Diredawa sitting seventh in goal differences.

Aggressively determined to strong Ethiopian Premier League title contender Jimma AbaJifar wrangled away the top table spot from Dedebit after crashing away victory over Sidama Bunna. A three points forfeit against Woldya Ketema followed by an astonishing home victory over Dedebit, Fasil Ketema has joined the heavy weights.
Head coach Gebremedin Haile’s 4-4-2 formation spearheaded by Okiki Afolabi and Samson Kolcha appeared to be too strong to the home side Sidama Bunna. Adama Sisoco, Afolabi and Henok Essayas on the score sheet AbaJifar returned home with all three points thus took the driving seat of the league for the first time in the club’s history. Three wins, one draw and one defeat since the start of the second round, AbaJifar is proudly sitting on top of the table with 35 points from twenty matches. Leading scorer Okiki Afolabi’s goal tally reached 12 while Dawa Hutesa and Getaneh Kebede behind each with nine goals.
A single win in the past five matches Dedebit’s misery continues with the latest 1-0 away defeat to Fasil Ketema. The winning goal from Nigerian Philip Dawzi, newly appointed head coach Mesay Teferi’s record shows two wins out of two while the side shouldered in among the top four with 32 points. Dedebit sits second two points below the leaders.
Ethiopia Bunna recovered from a goal down to win 2-1 at home against Welwalo Adigrat. Two goals in the final three minutes through Aschalew Girma and Baptist Faye, “The Brown Shirts” positioned third in the table with 32 points and a goal difference from fasil Ketema.
For the first time in the score sheet since the season’s opening hat trick, Dawit Fekadu scored to Hawassa in their 2-1 home win over strong side Adama Ketema. Hawassa stands seventh in the table with 29 points while a game in hand Adama eighth in goal differences. Fitsum G/Mariam in his debut winning goal to his new side Mekelakya, the Army side took tenth with 22 points while miserable Woldya is slipping down to 12th in the table.

A three points forfeit, 250,000 Birr fine, all the remaining matches to take place 500KM away from the town and a one year suspension that go along with 20,000 Birr fine on head coach Zemariam W/Giorgis, Woldya Ketema appears a side to face a huge set back to drive through the season campaign.
Though Zemariam later to be admitted to hospital for serious head injury, claimed to be the victim of the riot at the stadium, Ethiopian Football Federation discipline committee slapped him with a tough hand accusing him of provoking the players for the ugly situation created on the field.
According to some eye witnesses Woldya supporters invaded the pitch not only for the days result rather for the team’s consecutive poor performances. “Many are frustrated for Zemaraiam’s failure to deliver for the team that paid him more than one million Birr signing fee” one eyewitness remarked. “He signed big name players each with more than 1.2 million Birr but he could not make them deliver what is expected of them” the witness added.
In the meantime Zemariam in his brief stay with “Hat Trick” sport news remarked that he would never go back to Woldya after all that nasty situation. “I beg a pardon to the players including Fitsum G/Mariam to try to convince them to go back to the club after such incident months before. They did right in refusing to return rather paid hundreds of thousands Birr to have their release” Zemariam told Hat Trick News. Woldya Ketema is currently under a make shift coach and opted to play the match against Sidama Bunna at Sebeta Ketema Stadium.

Wolayta Dicha’s Confederation Cup adventures came to an end on Wednesday after the aggregate 2-1 defeat to Young Africa of Tanzania while Kidus Giorgis bowed out of Confederation Cup group stage following a penalty shootout defeat to Congolese outfit KARA Brazzaville.
Though Togolese Jaco Arafat opened the score sheet just two minutes in to the game and the vociferous home crowed stayed on tip toe all through ninety minutes at Hawassa international stadium, the visitors gallantly defended their goal denying a second goal to the home side. Determined Dicha dominated ball possession as well created some golden goal chances but failed to find the back of the net. Young Africa’s lone striker Oberu Chiriwa had had two golden chances that he missed from close range.
Young Africa that knocked out Ethiopia Bunna some twenty years back made it again over Wolayta Dicha with a 2-1 victory. “Had it not been for lack of experience, I believe the players had the capacity to join the group stage” remarked Dicha head coach Zenebe Fiseha after the game.
Kidus Giorgis’s big dream of a second successive Confederation Cup group stage failed to come true after a penalty shootout loss to home side Kara. The visitors stood strong until the 34thminute when Ngoma Meebo scored for the home side making the aggregate result to one all. With Ethiopian Mentsenot Adane and Behailu Assefa missing from the spot kick, Kara managed a 6-4 aggregate victory to join the group stage that brings together 16 sides in to four groups.