2021–22 Ethiopian Premier League

Betking Ethiopian Premier League

Season	2021–22
Dates	17 October 2021 – 2 July 2022
Champions	Saint George 15th title
Relegated	Sebeta City F.C., Jimma Aba Jifar F.C., Addis Ababa City F.C.
Champions League	Saint George
Confederation Cup	Fasil Kenema S.C.
Matches played	240
Top goalscorer	Yigezu Bogale (16)
Longest unbeaten run	(26 games) Saint George S.C.
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The 2021-22 Ethiopian Premier League is the 75th season of top-tier football in Ethiopia (23rd season as the Premier League). The season started on October 17, 2021. The first round of matches were held at Hawassa stadium and Dire Dawa Stadium, while the second round of matches were held at Adama and Bahir dar Stadium.

2021-22 season

Wolkite City

Hadiya

Jimma Aba Jifar

Dire Dawa City

Fasil City

Bahir Dar Kenema

Woliatta Dicha

Adama City

Sidama

Hawassa

Arba Minch

Addis Ababa

Sebeta City

Addis Ababa teams
Saint George
Ethiopia Coffee
Mekelakeya
Addis Ababa City

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Locations of clubs participating in the 2021-22 Ethiopian Premier League

The following 16 clubs competing in the Ethiopian Premier League during the 2021–22 season.

Club	Position 2019-20	Top Division		Location	Stadium	Capacity
		Titles	Last title
Adama City	N/A	0	Never	Adama	Abebe Bikila Stadium	4,000
Addis Ababa City	N/A	0	Never	Addis Abeba	Addis Abeba	35,000
Arba Minch	N/A	0	Never	Arba Minch	Arba Minch Stadium	5,000
Bahir Dar Kenema	N/A	0	Never	Bahir Dar	Bahir Dar Stadium	60,000
Dire Dawa City	N/A	0	Never	Dire Dawa	Dire Dawa	18,000
Ethiopian Coffee	2	2	2010-11	Addis Abeba	Addis Abeba	35,000
Fasil Kenema	1	1	2020-21	Gondar	Fasiledes	20,000
Hadiya Hossana	N/A	0	Never	Hossana	Abiy Hersamo Stadium	5,000
Hawassa City	N/A	2	2006-07	Hawassa	Hawassa Stadium	15,000
Jimma Aba Jifar	N/A	1	2017-18	Jimma	Jimma Stadium	15,000
Mekelakeya	N/A	11	1988-89	Addis Abeba	Addis Abeba	35,000
Saint George	N/A	29	2016-17	Addis Abeba	Addis Abeba	35,000
Sebeta City	N/A	0	Never	Sebeta	Sebeta Stadium	5,000
Sidama Coffee	N/A	0	Never	Hawassa	Hawassa Stadium	25,000
Wolaitta Dicha	N/A	0	Never	Wolaita Sodo	Sodo Stadium	30,000
Wolkite City	N/A	0	Never	Wolkite	Wolkite Stadium	1,500

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Saint George (C)	30	18	11	1	50	11	+39	65	Qualification for Champions League
2	Fasil City (Q)	30	18	7	5	49	23	+26	61	Qualification for Confederation Cup
3	Sidama Coffee	30	12	12	6	40	30	+10	48
4	Hawassa City	30	13	6	11	38	38	0	45
5	Wolayta Dicha	30	11	9	10	23	24	−1	42
6	Ethiopian Coffee	30	11	9	10	29	37	−8	42
7	Arba Minch	30	9	13	8	27	26	+1	40
8	Wolkite	30	9	11	10	33	36	−3	38
9	Defence Force	30	9	10	11	25	25	0	37
10	Hadiya Hossana	30	8	13	9	36	40	−4	37
11	Adama City	30	6	17	7	24	23	+1	35
12	Bahir Dar City	30	8	11	11	29	29	0	35
13	Dire Dawa City	30	8	9	13	28	40	−12	33
14	Addis Ababa City (R)	30	7	11	12	37	42	−5	32	Relegation to Ethiopian Super League
15	Sebeta (R)	30	5	10	15	22	46	−24	25
16	Jimma Aba Jifar (R)	30	6	5	19	23	43	−20	23

Source: soccerethiopia.net
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Yigezu Bogale	Sidama Coffee	16
2	Richmond	Addis Ababa	14
	Biruk Beyene	Hawassa
	Getaneh Kebede	Wolkite
	Abubeker Nassir	Ethiopian Coffee
6	Ismaïl Ouro-Agoro	Saint George	12
7	Henok Ayele	Dire Dawa	10
8	Fitsum Tilahun	Addis Ababa	9
9	Okiki Afolabi	Fasil Kenema	8
	Osei Mawuli	Wolaitta Dicha