Asmara Brewery FC
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Full name | Asmara Brewery FC | ||
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Ground | Cicero Stadium Asmara, Eritrea | ||
Capacity | 6,000 | ||
League | Eritrean Premier League | ||
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Asmara Brewery FC or Asmara Birra is an Eritrean football club based in Asmara and founded in 1944 (with the original 1936 name GS Melotti[1]). It is linked and economically maintained by the Asmara Brewery.
History
The Asmara Birra plays in the Eritrean Premier League since the 1990s.[2]
The team was initially founded in 1944 with the name Asmara Birra by the engineer Melotti, who founded the "Asmara Brewery" under the name of GS Hamasien[3] (he had already founded in 1936 the GS Melotti, an amateur football team in Italian Asmara[4]).
In 2008, the club won the Eritrea championship.[5]
Achievements
- Eritrean Premier League: 1
- 2008[6]
Performance in CAF competitions
- CAF Cup: 1 appearance
- 1998 – Preliminary Round[7]
Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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See also
References
- ^ "Eritrea 1936". RSSSF. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
- ^ "Asmara Brewery FC". National-football-teams.com.
- ^ "Eritrea - List of Foundation Dates Clubs". RSSSF. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
- ^ "Il_Chichingiolo_Cassetto_34". www.ilchichingiolo.it. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
- ^ "Eritrea 2008". RSSSF. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
- ^ "Eritrea – List of Champions". Retrieved 19 March 2012.
- ^ "CAF Cup 1998". Archived from the original on 24 February 2012. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
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