Ethiopia was formerly one of Africa's major forces, and played in every Africa Cup of Nations until the end of 1960s. Ethiopia themselves also won an AFCON tournament, the 1962 edition, when they were the hosts.[1] Since then, success has started to fade from Ethiopia's football and after 1982, Ethiopia would have to wait until 2013, when the country qualified for the final tournament after a 31-year absence.[2]
| Africa Cup of Nations record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appearances: 11 | |||||||||
| Year | Round | Position | |||||||
 1957 | Runners-up | 2nd | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| 1959 | Third place | 3rd | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
 1962 | Champions | 1st | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | |
 1963 | Fourth place | 4th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | |
 1965 | Group stage | 5th | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | |
| 1968 | Fourth place | 4th | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | |
| 1970 | Group stage | 6th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | |
 1972 | Rowspan=2 Colspan=8 | Did not qualify | |||||||
 1974 | |||||||||
| 1976 | Group stage | 5th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | |
| 1978 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
 1980 | |||||||||
 1982 | Group stage | 8th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| 1984 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
| 1986 | Withdrew | ||||||||
 1988 | Withdrew during qualifying | ||||||||
 1990 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
 1992 | Withdrew during qualifying | ||||||||
| 1994 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
 1996 | |||||||||
 1998 | |||||||||
| 2000 | Withdrew | ||||||||
 2002 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
| 2004 | |||||||||
| 2006 | |||||||||
| 2008 | |||||||||
 2010 | Disqualified | ||||||||
  2012 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
| 2013 | Group stage | 14th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |
| 2015 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
| 2017 | |||||||||
| 2019 | |||||||||
| 2021 | Group stage | 23rd | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| 2023 | Did not qualify | ||||||||
| 2025 | To be determined | ||||||||
  2027 | |||||||||
| Total | 1 Title | 11/34 | 30 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 31 | 67 | |
See main article: 1957 African Cup of Nations. [3]
See main article: 1957 Africa Cup of Nations Final.
See main article: 1959 Africa Cup of Nations.
See main article: 1962 Africa Cup of Nations.
See main article: 1962 African Cup of Nations Final.
See main article: 1963 Africa Cup of Nations.
| width=165 | Team | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | ||||||||
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| align=left | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 3 | |||||||||
| align=left | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| align=left | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 1 |
See main article: 1965 Africa Cup of Nations.
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| align=left | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 3 | |||||||||
| align=left | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 3 | |||||||||
| align=left | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 |
See main article: 1968 Africa Cup of Nations.
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| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 6 | ||||||||||
| align=left | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 4 | |||||||||
| align=left | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 2 | |||||||||
| align=left | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 0 |
See main article: 1970 Africa Cup of Nations.
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| align=left | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 4 | |||||||||
| align=left | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 4 | |||||||||
| align=left | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 4 | |||||||||
| align=left | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 0 |
See main article: 1976 Africa Cup of Nations.
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| align=left | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 5 | |||||||||
| align=left | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | |||||||||
| align=left | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 3 | |||||||||
| align=left | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 0 |
See main article: 1982 Africa Cup of Nations.
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| align=left | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 | |||||||||
| align=left | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 4 | |||||||||
| align=left | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 | |||||||||
| align=left | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 1 |
See main article: 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.
See main article: 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.
See main article: 2021 Africa Cup of Nations Group A.
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