Asmara Brewery FC

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Asmara Brewery FC
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Full nameAsmara Brewery FC
Ground Cicero Stadium
Asmara, Eritrea
Capacity6,000
League Eritrean Premier League

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.

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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

2008 [6]

Performance in CAF competitions

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.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
— GK Flag of Eritrea.svg  ERI machew
— GK Flag of Eritrea.svg  ERI adi gaba
— DF Flag of Eritrea.svg  ERI adi blien
— DF Flag of Eritrea.svg  ERI denjen
— DF Flag of Eritrea.svg  ERI mlad manta
— DF Flag of Eritrea.svg  ERI tikul
— DF Flag of Eritrea.svg  ERI debreshina
— DF Flag of Eritrea.svg  ERI adi nifas
— DF Flag of Eritrea.svg  ERI xada adi
— DF Flag of Eritrea.svg  ERI debre slasie
— MF Flag of Eritrea.svg  ERI tukul
No.Pos.NationPlayer
— MF Flag of Eritrea.svg  ERI {{{name}}}
— MF Flag of Eritrea.svg  ERI ashorakay
— MF Flag of Eritrea.svg  ERI gobo araki
— MF Flag of Eritrea.svg  ERI adaga hamus
— MF Flag of Eritrea.svg  ERI Jusi Michael
— MF Flag of Eritrea.svg  ERI maydima
— FW Flag of Eritrea.svg  ERI midriwediweresa
— FW Flag of Eritrea.svg  ERI hirisha
— FW Flag of Eritrea.svg  ERI diga giberula
— FW Flag of Eritrea.svg  ERI bet timhrti midriwediwersa
— FW Flag of Eritrea.svg  ERI keshi dimotros

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References

  1. ↑ "Eritrea 1936". RSSSF . Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  2. ↑ "Asmara Brewery FC". National-football-teams.com.
  3. ↑ "Eritrea - List of Foundation Dates Clubs". RSSSF . Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  4. ↑ "Il_Chichingiolo_Cassetto_34". www.ilchichingiolo.it. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  5. ↑ "Eritrea 2008". RSSSF . Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  6. ↑ "Eritrea – List of Champions" . Retrieved 19 March 2012.
  7. ↑ "CAF Cup 1998". Archived from the original on 24 February 2012. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
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