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Full name | Commercial Bank of Ethiopia Sports Association | ||
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Founded | 1982 | ||
Ground | Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia | ||
Capacity | 20,000 | ||
League | Ethiopian Premier League | ||
2023–24 | Ethiopian Premier League, 1st of 16 (champions) | ||
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CBE SA (a.k.a. Ethiopia Nigd Bank) is an Ethiopian professional football club, in the city of Addis Ababa.[1] They played in the Ethiopian Premier League, the top level of professional football in Ethiopia.[1]
The club was founded in 1982 (1975 E.C.) by the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia.[2]
In 2010, the club was renamed from Banks Sport Club to Commercial Bank of Ethiopia Sports Association.
In the 2020/21 season, the club played in the Ethiopian League 1 and advanced to the Ethiopian Higher League.
In the 2021/22 season, the club made their debut after a long absence from the Ethiopian Higher League but failed to qualify for the Premier League as runners-up to Ethio Electric.[3]
The current men squad has best players like Basiru Umar, Fetudin Jemal, Kitika Jema and Fuad Fereja.
Their top scorer that year was ‘CBE Bank of the year’