Cicero Stadium
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Cicero Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium
Multi-purpose stadium
Multi-purpose stadiums are a type of stadium designed in such a way as to be easily used by multiple sports. While any stadium could potentially host more than one sport, this concept usually refers to a specific design philosophy that stresses multi-functionality over specificity...

 in Asmara
Asmara
Asmara is the capital city and largest settlement in Eritrea, home to a population of around 579,000 people...

, Eritrea
Eritrea
Eritrea , officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa. Eritrea derives it's name from the Greek word Erethria, meaning 'red land'. The capital is Asmara. It is bordered by Sudan in the west, Ethiopia in the south, and Djibouti in the southeast...

. It is currently used mostly for football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 matches. The stadium holds 20,000. It was built in 1958 by the municipality of Asmara for the African Nations Cup. It is used by Red Sea FC
Red Sea FC
Red Sea is an Eritrean football club based in Asmara.In 2011 after a regional tournament in Tanzania, 13 team members didn't return home but have asked for political asylum.-Achievements:*Eritrean Premier League: 7-Performance in CAF competitions:...

, Adulis FC, Hintsa
Hintsa
Hintsa is an Eritrean football club based in Asmara.-Performance in CAF competitions:*CAF Champions League: 1 appearance...

 and Edaga Hamus
Edaga Hamus
Edaga Hamus is an Eritrean football club based in the Edaga Hamus district of Asmara.-Current squad:...

.
The stadium received in 2005 an artificial turf pitch, 3rd generation, One Star field test from the FIFA's development programme "Goal".
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