Red Sea Football Club 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 ...
. With 13 league titles they are the most successful club in the country.
History
Red Sea FC was founded in 1945.
After the
2011 Kagame Interclub Cup
The CECAFA organised Kagame Interclub Cup is an association football competition that is contested between the champions of the CECAFA affiliated countries plus one guest team.
The 2011 contest took place between 25 June and 10 July 2011. The Tou ...
in
Tanzania, thirteen members of the team did not return home to Eritrea and sought
political asylum.
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, winning t ...
: 13
::1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2019
International competitions
''The following is a list of results for Red Sea FC in international competitions. Red Sea FC’s scores are listed first.''
References
External links
Global Sports Archive profile
Football clubs in Eritrea
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