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The Ethiopian Higher League (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ከፍተኛ ሊግ), also called the Ethiopian Super League, is the second division of association football in Ethiopia. Regulated by the Ethiopian Football Federation, the league is divided into three groups (Group A, Group B, and Group C) with 12 clubs in each group. It operates on a system of promotion and relegation along with the Ethiopian Premier League (first division) and the Ethiopian First League (third division). The champions of Group A, B, and C will be automatically promoted to the Premier League. The bottom two teams (11th and 12th) of each respective group at the season's end will be relegated to the First League, the third division of Ethiopian football.

History

After the 2016-17 season, Welwalo Adigrat University earned promotion to the Premier League by winning group A on 68 points with Mekelle City coming in second at 60 points. Jimma City won group B on 53 points and also earned promotion to the top league with Hadiya Hossana finishing second on 53 points. Mekelle City and Hadiya Hossana played in a one-game playoff to decide the third and final promotion out of the league, the game was won by Mekelle City (the club's first promotion into the Ethiopian Premier League).

The Ethiopian Football Federation (EFF) restructured the league into two groups A and B in the 2015/16 season. Group A comprises clubs from northern and central Ethiopia and Group B comprises clubs from Southern Ethiopia.

Fasil Kenema were crowned champions of the league after the 2015-16 season.

Bahir Dar Kenema and Debub Police S.C. were automatically promoted to the 2018-19 Ethiopian Premier League after winning their respective groups. Shire Endaselassie became the third and last club to be promoted to the 2018-19 Ethiopian Premier League after beating Jimma Aba Buna in a playoff match in Hawassa.

During the 2020-21 season, some team were for forced to forfeit their matches due to unpaid payments to the league.

**Éthiopie - Higher League**

Le Championnat d'Éthiopie de football, également connu sous le nom de Higher League, est la division supérieure du football professionnel éthiopien. Fondé en 1944, il est organisé par la Fédération éthiopienne de football.

La ligue est composée de 16 équipes qui s'affrontent dans un format aller-retour, pour un total de 30 matches par équipe. L'équipe en tête du classement à la fin de la saison est sacrée championne d'Éthiopie. Les trois meilleures équipes sont qualifiées pour la Ligue des champions de la CAF, tandis que la quatrième équipe est qualifiée pour la Coupe de la confédération de la CAF.

La Higher League est l'une des ligues les plus compétitives d'Afrique de l'Est, avec des équipes telles que Saint-George SC, l'Ethiopian Coffee FC et le Fasil Kenema SC qui ont remporté plusieurs titres. Le championnat a produit des joueurs notables tels que Abel Ghirma, Shimelis Bekele et Salahdin Said.