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Two Saint George Club Fans died of Car Accident
On 26th week of Ethiopian Premier League tournament, St. George fans had an accident while traveling to Hawassa city to attend the game between St. George and Hawassa City. Two of St. George fans have died on this horrible accident.
St. George reach Confederation Cup group stage
St. George reached the historic CAF Confederation Cup group stage after beating Egyptian side ENPPI with the away goal rule. Though ENPPI won 3-1 with Vincent Die Foneye hat trick (25, 84, 87) St. George managed to go through with the away goal rule. St. George had a 2-0 win in the first leg. The lone St. George goal in the away match was scored by Umod Ukuri.
St. George realised their hopes of becoming the first Ethiopian qualifiers for the group stage of a Confederation of African Football club competition.
The Addis Ababa side went to Egypt for the second leg holding a 2-0 lead after the first leg.
In the first leg all the damage was inflicted during the first half by national team stars midfielder Shimeles Bekele and defender Abebaw Butako scoring for the home team.
St. George had hopes of qualifying for the Champions League group stage dashed early May when Cairo club Zamalek squeezed through on away goals.
So St. George dropped to the second-tier Confederation Cup along with seven other losers from the final qualifiers for the Champions League.
Sunday was not a good day for Egypt. The other Egyptian side Ismailya battling for survival also failed to qualify. Ismailya became the second Egyptian team to exit the African Confederation Cup Sunday as a 1-0 home win over Tunisia's Bizertin was not enough to lift them to the competition's group stage.
Midfielder Ahmed Khairy sent a powerful header into the back of the net following a corner three minutes before the break but Bizertin reached the next round with a 3-1 aggregate win, having crushed the Dervishes 3-0 in the first leg two weeks ago.
As one Egyptian paper wrote it, earlier in the day, a spirited comeback from ENPPI saw them beat Ethiopia's St. George 3-1 but they exited Africa's secondary club competition on the away-goal rule following a 3-3 aggregate draw.
The Confederation Cup has eluded Egyptian clubs since it was introduced in 2004 by merging the African Cup Winners' Cup and the CAF Cup in a single competition.
St. George will now face in the group stage St Malien of Mali, Rangers of Nigeria and Etoile Sahel of Tunisia. The Malian side reached this stage beating the Burundian side Lydia with an aggregate 6-0 result. In the first leg St Malien beat 5-0. The Nigerian Rangers qualified for the group stage with a 1-0 aggregate win over CS Sfaxien of Tunisia. Etoile d' Sahel qualified for the group stage with a 4-3 aggregate win over JSM Bejaia of Algeria.
Source:Ethiopian Herld
St George first Ethiopian side into Confed Cup group phase
St George became the first ever Ethiopian side to qualify for the group stages of an African continental club competition despite losing to Egypt's ENPPI in the Confederation Cup.
ENPPI won the second leg of their play-off tie 3-1 to make it 3-3 on aggregate, with the Ethiopian side advancing on the away goals rule.
St George will join Mali's Stade Malien, Enugu Rangers of Nigeria and Etoile du Sahel of Tunisia in Group A of the tournament.
Algerian champions Entente Setif, DR Congo's TP Mazembe, FUS Rabat of Morocco and Tunisian side CA Bizertin all won through to Group B.
Ivorian striker Vincent Die Foneye opened the scoring for ENPPI after 25 minutes but Tesfaye Alebachew left the hosts with a massive task when he equalised 12 minutes later.
Die Foneye then struck twice in the last six minutes to complete his hat-trick but St George held out to eliminate the Egyptians.
Source: BBC Online: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22729531
CAF Confederation Cup: St. George drawn in Group A
St. George of Ethiopia, who eliminated ENPPI of Egypt on away-goal rule yesterday, has been drawn in Group A of the CAF Confederation Cup, according to a report posted on CAFOnline.com.
Group A: St. George (Ethiopia), Stade Malien de Bamako (Mali) , E.S. Sahel (Tunisia) and Enugu Rangers (Nigeria)
Group B: TP Mazembe (DR Congo) , C. A. Bizertin (Tunisia), Fath Union Sport de Rabat (Morocco) and Entente Sportive de Sétif (Algeria)
Each group will play on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners and runners-up of each group advance to the semi-finals.
FIXTURES
Group A
Week of July 19-21, 2013
Saint George vs Stade Malien
Rangers vs ES Sahel
Week of August 2-4, 2013
Stade Malien vs Rangers
ES Sahel vs Stade Malien
Week of August 16-18, 013
Saint George vs Rangers
Stade Malien vs ES Sahel
Week of August 30-Sept 1, 2013
Rangers vs Saint George
ES Sahel vs Stade Malien
Week of Sept 13-15, 2013
Stade Malien vs Saint George
ES Sahel vs Rangers
Week of Sept 20-22, 2013
Rangers vs Stade Malien
Saint George vs ES Sahel
Group B
TP Mazembe (DR Congo)
C. A. Bizertin (Tunisia)
Fath Union Sport de Rabat (Morocco)
Entente Sportive de Sétif (Algeria)
FIXTURES
Week of July 19-21, 2013
FUS vs C.A.B
Entente Setif vs TP Mazembe
Week of August 2-4, 2013
C.A.B vs Entente Setif
TP Mazembe vs FUS
Week of August 16-18, 013
FUS vs Entente Setif
C.A.B vs TP Mazembe
Week of August 30-Sept 1, 2013
Entente Setif vs FUS
TP Mazembe vs Entente Setif
Week of Sept 13-15, 2013
C.A.B vs FUS
TP Mazembe vs Entente Setif
Week of Sept 20-22, 2013
FUS vs TP Mazembe
Entente Setif vs C.A.B.
Souce: Ethiosports.com
St. George advances on away-goal rule
Cairo, Egypt – St. George of Ethiopia advanced to the CAF Confederation Cup final stages on away goal rule. After defeating ENPPI of Egypt 2-0 in Addis two weeks, the Saints lost 3-1 today in Cairo. The two teams were leveled at 1-1 at half-time.The aggregate score was 3-3.
A hat-trick by ENPPI striker Vincent Die Foneye is not enough to prevent ENPPI from exiting the African Confederation Cup at the hands of Ethiopia’s Saint George.
Egypt’s ENPPI scored twice in the last five minutes to secure a 3-1 home victory over Ethiopia’s Saint George but waved goodbye to the African Confederation Cup on the away-goal rule following a 3-3 aggregate draw on Sunday.
ENPPI’s Ivorian striker Vincent Die Foneye opened the scoring after 25 minutes but Tesfaye Alebachew left the hosts with an uphill climb after leveling the score 12 minutes later.
Die Foneye struck twice on 84 and 87 minutes to complete his hat-trick and put ENPPI within one goal from reaching the group stage but Saint George held out to eliminate the Egyptian outfit.
The Confederation Cup has eluded Egyptian clubs since it was introduced in 2004 by merging the African Cup Winners’ Cup and the CAF Cup in a single competition.
source: ethiosport.com
St. George in a 2-0 win over ENPPI
The Ethiopian side St. George beat the visiting Egyptian side ENPPI 2-0 in the first leg of the Orange CAF Confederation Cup play off on Sunday at the Addis Ababa stadium. St. George’s Shimeles Bekele scored the opener at the 4th minute while Abebaw Butako made it 2-0 after collecting a corner kick in the 26thminute.
The local fans saluted their team’s win but now St George will have to go to Egypt in a fortnight’s time and try and avoid a loss by two goals or more if they are to reach the group stage of the competition. The visiting side played offensive football once they went 2- nil down in an attempt to reduce the arrears.
Showing little signs of any effects of the Addis Ababa high altitude, ENPPI displayed some well co-ordinated play and took the game to their opponents but St. George weathered the storm and put home advantage to full use. St. George Coach Michael Kruger admitted that the visiting sides was strong and had played well. After the match he said to Cafonline.com , “Of course the 2-0 win is very important. We have now built the confidence to go forward and put heavy pressure on our opponents. I am hopeful that my boys will defend this result in the return match,” the head coach said.
St. George’s Shimeles Bekele is also confident to go through to the group stages of the tournament after the 2-0 win. “We are in a good position to make it through to the group stage and we will take some lessons from our debacle in the decisive match against Zamalek in the Champions League and hopefully this time round we will succeeded in getting a 2-0 advantage over ENPPI pay dividends. Defensive play cost us the previous game,” Bekele who scored one of the goals said.
ENPPI Coach Tarek El Ashry said that he is disappointed by the result but added that it is possible to reverse the result in the return match.
source: Cafonline.com
The Horsemen missed their luck
Simply put luck wasn't on Saint George side! Though one can speculate blames left-and-right, in overall assessments the Horsemen did their best. The will and commitment displayed by all players was phenomenal. In no ascertain terms Saint George proved for all that it is a first class football club.
