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