Tele SC Asmara (Telecommunications Sport Club of Asmara) is an Eritreanfootball club based in Asmara. The team -usually called "Tele S.C."- is a member of the Eritrean Football Federation national league.
Initially the club was founded in the early 1940s as an Italo-eritrean club named Gejeret,[1] that played in the amateur championship of Italian Eritrea.[2] In 1950 Gejeret started to play in the top league of Eritrea in Asmara and changed the name to "Telecommunications SC" (usually called "Tele SC").
In 1950, Eritrean (local) clubs set up their own football federation, which was joined by three of the old Italian clubs (Eritrea, Asmara and Gejeret). The league contained about 30 clubs, divided over 3 levels (Serie A, B and C). In 1953, clubs were forced to join the Ethiopian FA.[3]
In the Ethiopian championship the team obtained prestigious levels.[4] So, in 1959 the team has won the Ethiopian Premier League.,[5] The Eritrean team also won the Ethiopian championship in 1969 and 1970.
The team united with the historical GS Asmara in the early 1970s and changed again the name: it was now Tele SC Asmara. Under the lead of the famous "Eritrean Herrera" (the coach Massimo Fenili) the team won two titles of the Ethiopian National Championships in 1972 and 1973.[6]
The team participated in four editions of the "African Cup of Champions Clubs".
Since the years of the struggle for Eritrea independence the team has entered in a deep crisis and started playing in secondary championships of Eritrea. Since 2016 it is no more active for economic reasons.
StadiumEdit
Currently the team plays at the 20,000 capacity Cicero Stadium, created in the early 1940s.
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tele, asmara, telecommunications, sport, club, asmara, eritrean, football, club, based, asmara, team, usually, called, tele, member, eritrean, football, federation, national, league, asmarafull, name, asmara, football, clubfounded1939, gejeret, groundcicero, s. Tele SC Asmara Telecommunications Sport Club of Asmara is an Eritrean football club based in Asmara The team usually called Tele S C is a member of the Eritrean Football Federation national league Tele SC AsmaraFull nameTele SC Asmara Football ClubFounded1939 as Gejeret GroundCicero StadiumAsmara EritreaCapacity20 000 Contents 1 History 2 Stadium 3 Honours 4 Performance in CAF competitions 5 ReferencesHistory EditInitially the club was founded in the early 1940s as an Italo eritrean club named Gejeret 1 that played in the amateur championship of Italian Eritrea 2 In 1950 Gejeret started to play in the top league of Eritrea in Asmara and changed the name to Telecommunications SC usually called Tele SC In 1950 Eritrean local clubs set up their own football federation which was joined by three of the old Italian clubs Eritrea Asmara and Gejeret The league contained about 30 clubs divided over 3 levels Serie A B and C In 1953 clubs were forced to join the Ethiopian FA 3 In the Ethiopian championship the team obtained prestigious levels 4 So in 1959 the team has won the Ethiopian Premier League 5 The Eritrean team also won the Ethiopian championship in 1969 and 1970 The team united with the historical GS Asmara in the early 1970s and changed again the name it was now Tele SC Asmara Under the lead of the famous Eritrean Herrera the coach Massimo Fenili the team won two titles of the Ethiopian National Championships in 1972 and 1973 6 The team participated in four editions of the African Cup of Champions Clubs Since the years of the struggle for Eritrea independence the team has entered in a deep crisis and started playing in secondary championships of Eritrea Since 2016 it is no more active for economic reasons Stadium EditCurrently the team plays at the 20 000 capacity Cicero Stadium created in the early 1940s Honours EditEthiopian Premier League as Tele SC 1959 1969 1970 Ethiopian Premier League as Tele SC Asmara 1972 and 1973Performance in CAF competitions EditCAF Champions League 4 appearances1970 African Cup of Champions Clubs 1971 African Cup of Champions Clubs 1973 African Cup of Champions Clubs 1974 African Cup of Champions Clubs dd References Edit Wilson Jonathan Rabiner Igor Edwards Luke Yokhin Michael Ashton David 1 June 2017 The Blizzard The Football Quarterly Issue Twenty Five Blizzard Media Ltd Retrieved 31 December 2018 via Google Books Eritrea 1946 47 RSSSF Retrieved 31 December 2018 Eritrean Championship in 1950 rsssf com Retrieved 31 December 2018 dead link Yemane Yohannes Ethio Eritrean Football wmv Retrieved 31 December 2018 via YouTube Ethiopia List of Champions RSSSF Wilson Jonathan Rabiner Igor Edwards Luke Yokhin Michael Ashton David 1 June 2017 The Blizzard The Football Quarterly Issue Twenty Five Blizzard Media Ltd Retrieved 31 December 2018 via Google Books Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tele SC amp oldid 1138201512, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
