Asmara Brewery FC
Full nameAsmara Brewery FC
GroundCicero Stadium
Asmara, Eritrea
Capacity6,000
LeagueEritrean 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.

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

See also

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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