{"id":10874,"date":"2013-10-11T03:57:30","date_gmt":"2013-10-11T03:57:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/juneidin-basha-appointed-new-ethiopia-fa\/"},"modified":"2013-10-11T03:57:00","modified_gmt":"2013-10-11T03:57:00","slug":"juneidin-basha-appointed-new-ethiopia-fa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/juneidin-basha-appointed-new-ethiopia-fa\/","title":{"rendered":"Juneidin Basha appointed new Ethiopia FA president"},"content":{"rendered":"

{{The Ethiopia Football Association has elected Juneidin Basha as its new president to replace Sahilu Gebrewold.}}<\/p>\n

He beat three other candidates for the top football job in the East African nation, winning 55 of the 101 votes at Thursday’s General assembly.<\/p>\n

Basha, a businessman, represented the eastern region of Dire Dawa.<\/p>\n

He takes the job only three days before Ethiopia host Nigeria in Addis Ababa in the first leg of the sides’ 2014 World Cup play-off.<\/p>\n

The return leg will take place in Calabar on 16 November, with the aggregate winners booking their place at next year’s tournament in Brazil.<\/p>\n

Ethiopia are aiming to make it to the finals for the first time in their history.<\/p>\n

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