Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Habasha ta karbi bakuncin gasar cin kofin Nations a shekarar 1976, amma ta kasa ci gaba zuwa zagaye na hudu, inda ta zama ta uku a rukunin, a bayan Guinea da Masar. A 1977, sun buga Mauritius a wasannin neman shiga gasar cin kofin Afirka ta 1978. Bayan nasarar 4 zuwa 2 a jimlar, dole ne su buga Uganda. Bayan wasan 0<unk>0 daga wasan farko, Uganda ta lashe wasa na biyu, 2<unk>1, kuma ta ci gaba zuwa wasan karshe. Sun kuma rasa gasar cin kofin Afirka ta 1980.
Ka yi haƙuri. Har zuwa 2013, Habasha ta cancanci shiga gasar a 1982, a karkashin kocin Mengistu Worku, tsohon dan wasa. Sun kasa wuce matakin rukuni.