Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - Ethiopia ndiyo imwe yenyika dzakatanga makwikwi eAfrica Cup of Nations uye ndiyo imwe yenyika nhatu chete dzakapinda mumakwikwi ekutanga muna 1957, ichipedza iri yechipiri kuEgypt. Vakanga varipowo pamutambo wa1959
Semakwikwi e1962 uye achitungamirirwa nemugadziri wezvibodzwa Mengistu Worku, Ethiopia yakakunda Tunisia neUnited Arab Republic (Egypt) kuti ive korona yeAfrican champions kwenguva chete munhoroondo yavo.