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 name	Asmara Brewery FC
Ground	Cicero Stadium Asmara, Eritrea
Capacity	6,000
League	Eritrean Premier League
Home colours Away colours

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" under the name of GS Hamasien^[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

• Eritrean Premier League: 1

2008^[6]

Performance in CAF competitions

• CAF Cup: 1 appearance

1998 – Preliminary Round^[7]

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  ERI machew — GK  ERI adi gaba — DF  ERI adi blien — DF  ERI denjen — DF  ERI mlad manta — DF  ERI tikul — DF  ERI debreshina — DF  ERI adi nifas — DF  ERI xada adi — DF  ERI debre slasie — MF  ERI tukul

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ERI {{{name}}} — MF  ERI ashorakay — MF  ERI gobo araki — MF  ERI adaga hamus — MF  ERI Jusi Michael — MF  ERI maydima — FW  ERI midriwediweresa — FW  ERI hirisha — FW  ERI diga giberula — FW  ERI bet timhrti midriwediwersa — FW  ERI keshi dimotros

See also

• Asmara Brewery
• Football in Eritrea