Asmara Brewery FC or Asmara Birra is an
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 ...
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football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
club based in
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 ...
and founded in 1944 (with the original 1936 name ''GS Melotti''). It is linked and economically maintained by the
Asmara Brewery
Asmara Brewery (formerly, Melotti Brewery) is a brewery in Eritrea, founded in 1938. The brewery was nationalized by the Derg during the Eritrean War of Independence. The brewery operates a football team, which plays in the Eritrean Premier Leag ...
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History
The Asmara Birra plays in the
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 ...
since the 1990s.
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 (he had already founded in 1936 the ''GS Melotti'', an amateur football team in
Italian Asmara).
In 2008, the club won the Eritrea championship.
Achievements
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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
::2008
Performance in CAF competitions
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CAF Cup
The CAF Cup was an annual competition organised by the CAF for domestic leagues runners-up of member associations who have not qualified to the pre-existing CAF international club competition the African Cup of Champions Clubs.
History
The tou ...
: 1 appearance
::1998 – Preliminary Round
Current squad
See also
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Asmara Brewery
Asmara Brewery (formerly, Melotti Brewery) is a brewery in Eritrea, founded in 1938. The brewery was nationalized by the Derg during the Eritrean War of Independence. The brewery operates a football team, which plays in the Eritrean Premier Leag ...
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Football in Eritrea
Football is the most popular sport in Eritrea. After being under Ethiopian control, Eritrea gained its independence in 1991 and in 1998 the country became a member of FIFA.
History
The football in Eritrea was started during colonial times in ...
References
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Football clubs in Eritrea
Organisations based in Asmara
Works association football teams
1944 establishments