Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whakahaerehia e Etiopia te whakataetae Nations Cup i te tau 1976, engari kaore i eke ki te wha whakamutunga, i mutu i te tuatoru o te roopu, i muri i a Guinea me Ihipa. I te 1977, i takaro ratou ki a Mauritius i nga tohu mo te 1978 African Cup of Nations. Whai muri i te wikitoria 4-2 i te katoa, me takaro ratou ki Uganda. Whai muri i te 0<unk>0 toenga mai i te tukinga tuatahi, i wikitoria a Uganda i te tukinga tuarua, 2<unk>1, ka eke ki te whakataetae whakamutunga. I ngaro hoki rātau i te
Ko te 1980 African Cup of Nations. Tae noa ki te 2013, ko te wa whakamutunga i uru ai a Etiopia ki te whakataetae i te tau 1982, i raro i te kaiako a Mengistu Worku, he kaitakaro rongonui o mua. Kaore i taea e rātau te eke ki tua atu i te wāhanga rōpū.