Asmara Brewery FC

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.

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

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"[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  ERI Daniel Goitom
— GK  ERI Saleh Ebbaie
— DF  ERI Simon Gid
— DF  ERI Frezi Berhe
— DF  ERI Telk Gebrejabiher
— DF  ERI Elias Embaie
— DF  ERI Efrem Bein
— DF  ERI Tomas Berhe
— DF  ERI Amanuel Guess
— DF  ERI Suliman Mohammed
— MF  ERI Hamdai Abdelkadr
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  ERI Ermias Maakele
— MF  ERI Sertse Tesfamaicl
— MF  ERI Ermias Weldai
— MF  ERI Zenkael Asmalas
— MF  ERI Jusi Michael
— MF  ERI Berham Aregai
— FW  ERI Hilan Kaid
— FW  ERI Dnicatsu Shimangus
— FW  ERI Hail Goitom
— FW  ERI Girmai Sias
— FW  ERI Msgina Bsrat

See also

References
  1. "Eritrea 1936". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  2. "Asmara Brewery FC". National-football-teams.com.
  3. "Eritrea - List of Foundation Dates Clubs". rsssf.com. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  4. "Il_Chichingiolo_Cassetto_34". www.ilchichingiolo.it. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  5. "Eritrea 2008". rsssf.com. 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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