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Hintsa FC
Hintsa is a football club based in Asmara, Eritrea. Achievements *Eritrean Premier League The Eritrean Premier League is the highest division in football in Eritrea. The league was delivered in 1994 to the first time. Between 1953 and the Eritrean independence in 1993, Eritrean teams played in the Ethiopian Premier League, winnin ...: 1 ::2001 Performance in CAF competitions * CAF Champions League: 1 appearance ::2002 – Preliminary Round Football clubs in Eritrea {{Eritrea-footyclub-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cicero Stadium
Cicero Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Asmara, Eritrea. The stadium was designed by Malaysian architect, Michael KC Cheah, who went onto consult on the construction of Oman's Royal Oman Police Stadium. With a capacity of 6,000, it is currently used mostly for football matches. History The stadium was built in 1938 during the Italian occupation by the Italian businessman Francesco Cicero. It was later used by the ''GS Asmara'', the team winner of the first football championships in Eritrea with the Asmara-born Luciano Vassalo. The stadium hosted several matches during the 1968 African Cup of Nations. Today, Cicero Stadium is used by the Eritrea national football team for its qualifying matches in the World Cup, CAN, CECAFA Cup and COMESA Cup. Red Sea FC, Adulis Club, Hintsa FC and Edaga Hamus also play their club-level matches in the facility. In 2005, the stadium received an artificial turf pitch, 3rd generation, One Star field test from FIFA's "Goal" development pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eritrea
Eritrea ( ; ti, ኤርትራ, Ertra, ; ar, إرتريا, ʾIritriyā), officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of Eastern Africa, with its capital and largest city at Asmara. It is bordered by Ethiopia in the south, Sudan in the west, and Djibouti in the southeast. The northeastern and eastern parts of Eritrea have an extensive coastline along the Red Sea. The nation has a total area of approximately , and includes the Dahlak Archipelago and several of the Hanish Islands. Human remains found in Eritrea have been dated to 1 million years old and anthropological research indicates that the area may contain significant records related to the evolution of humans. Contemporary Eritrea is a multi-ethnic country with nine recognised ethnic groups. Nine different languages are spoken by the nine recognised ethnic groups, the most widely spoken language being Tigrinya, the others being Tigre, Saho, Kunama, Nara, Afar, Beja, Bilen and Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eritrean Premier League
The Eritrean Premier League is the highest division in football in Eritrea. The league was delivered in 1994 to the first time. Between 1953 and the Eritrean independence in 1993, Eritrean teams played in the Ethiopian Premier League, winning that league's championship 9 times. Previous champions * 1994: ''not known'' * 1995: Red Sea FC ( Asmara) * 1996: Adulis Club ( Asmara) * 1997: FC Al Tahrir ( Asmara) * 1998: Red Sea FC ( Asmara) * 1999: Red Sea FC ( Asmara) * 2000: Red Sea FC ( Asmara) * 2001: Hintsa FC ( Asmara) * 2002: Red Sea FC ( Asmara) * 2003: Anseba S.C. ( Keren) * 2004: Adulis Club ( Asmara) * 2005: Red Sea FC ( Asmara) * 2006: Adulis Club ( Asmara) * 2007: FC Al Tahrir ( Asmara) * 2008: Asmara Brewery * 2009: Red Sea FC ( Asmara) * 2010: Red Sea FC ( Asmara) * 2011: Red Sea FC ( Asmara) * 2012: Red Sea FC ( Asmara) * 2013: Red Sea FC ( Asmara) * 2014: Red Sea FC ( Asmara) * 2015–18: ''not known'' * 2019: Red Sea FC Red Sea Football Club is an Eri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposition by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular framed goal defended by the opposing side. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45 minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries, it is considered the world's most popular sport. The game of association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 with the International Football Association Board (IFAB) maintaining them since 1886. The game is played with a football that is in circumference. The two teams compete to get the ball into the other team's goal (between the posts and under t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asmara
Asmara ( ), or Asmera, is the capital and most populous city of Eritrea, in the country's Central Region. It sits at an elevation of , making it the sixth highest capital in the world by altitude and the second highest capital in Africa. The city is located at the tip of an escarpment that is both the northwestern edge of the Eritrean Highlands and the Great Rift Valley in neighbouring Ethiopia. In 2017, the city was declared as a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its well-preserved modernist architecture. The site of Asmera was first settled in 800 BC with a population ranging from 100 to 1,000. The city was then founded in the 12th century AD after four separate villages unified to live together peacefully after long periods of conflict. Under Italian rule the city of Asmara was made capital of Eritrea in the last years of the 19th century. History Giving the Pre-Axumite archaeological evidence found in Asmara around Sembel Called the Ona culture, Asmara's history go back to 8 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CAF Champions League
The CAF Champions League, known for sponsorship purposes as the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League and formerly the African Cup of Champions Clubs, is an annual football club competition organized by the Confederation of African Football and contested by top-division African clubs, deciding the competition winners through a round robin group stage to qualify for a double-legged knockout stage, and then a single leg final. It is one of the most prestigious football tournaments in the world and the most prestigious club competition in African football. The winner of the tournament earns a berth for the FIFA Club World Cup, a tournament contested between the champion clubs from all six continental confederations, and also faces the winner of the CAF Confederation Cup in the following season's CAF Super Cup. Clubs that finish as runners-up their national leagues, having not qualified for the Champions League, are eligible for the second-tier CAF Confederation Cup. Egyptian clu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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