| Full name | Red Sea Football Club | |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 1945 | |
| Ground | Cicero Stadium | |
| Capacity | 10,000 | |
| League | Eritrean Premier League | |
| 2023 | 1st (Champions) | |
Red Sea Football Club (Tigrinya: ክለብ ኩዕሶ እግሪ ቀይሕ ባሕሪ) is an Eritrean professionalfootball club based inAsmara. They compete in theEritrean Premier League, the top division of Eritrean football. With 13 league titles, they are the most successful club in the country.[1][2] Red Sea FC regularly play home games in front of hundreds of spectators.
Red Sea FC was founded in 1945.[3] After the2011 Kagame Interclub Cup inTanzania, thirteen members of the team did not return home to Eritrea and soughtpolitical asylum.[4]
The following is a list of results for Red Sea FC in international competitions. Red Sea FC’s scores are listed first.
| Year | Tournament | Round | Opponent | Home | Away | Agg. | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | CECAFA Club Championship | Group Stage | Withdrew | [5] | |||
| 1999 | CAF Champions League | Preliminary Round | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | [6] | |
| 2000 | CECAFA Club Championship | Group Stage | Withdrew because of border war withEthiopia | [7] | |||
| 2000 | CAF Champions League | Preliminary Round | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 (5-6p) | [8] | |
| 2001 | CECAFA Club Championship | Group Stage | 0–3 | [9] | |||
0–2 | [9] | ||||||
1–3 | [9] | ||||||
| 2001 | CAF Champions League | Preliminary Round | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 (4-2p) | [10] | |
| First Round | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–3 | [10] | |||
| 2003 | CECAFA Club Championship | Group Stage | 1–0 | [11] | |||
3–1 | [11] | ||||||
2–3 | [11] | ||||||
2–1 | [11] | ||||||
| Quarter-finals | 2–3 | [11] | |||||
| 2003 | CAF Champions League | Preliminary Round | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 (3-4p) | [12] | |
| 2006 | Preliminary Round | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–4 | [13] | ||
| 2011 | Kagame Interclub Cup | Group Stage | 0–2 | [14] | |||
4–1 | [14] | ||||||
1–0 | [14] | ||||||
0–0 | [14] | ||||||
| Knockout Stage | 0–0 (5–6p) | [14] | |||||