Asmara Calcio Asmara Calcio Asmara Calcio was an Italian Eritrea football team of Asmara (capital of Eritrea), created during colonial times. The Asmara Calcio (also called "Gruppo Sportivo Asmara" or GS Asmara) was created in the late 1930s by Italian entrepreneur Cicero (who also made the Cicero Stadium) as the representative football team of the Italian colonists in Asmara. The football in Eritrea was started during colonial times, when the Italians ruled the country. The first championship (amateur) was in 1936 : the most important teams were "Gruppo Sportivo Cicero" (later Asmara Calcio), "Gruppo Rionale Neghelli", "GS Zuco", "GS Melotti", "GS Ferrovieri",
Rugby union in Italy first official rules of "calcio fiorentino" were recorded in 1580, although the game had been developing around Florence for some time before that date. The game involved teams of 27 kicking and carrying a ball in a giant sandpit set up in the Piazza Santa Croce in the centre of Florence, both teams aiming for their designated point on the perimeter of the sandpit. British communities brought rugby to Genoa between 1890 and 1895, with other games in Italy around 1909. The society that organised the first games dissolved soon after them. Italian rugby's traditional heartland consists of the small