Franco-Româna Brăila

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Franco-Româna Brăila
Full nameAS Brăilița 1928 Franco-Româna Brăila
Founded1928; 96 years ago (1928)
2022; 2 years ago (2022) (refounded)
GroundStadionul Progresul, Brăila
Capacity2000

Franco-Româna Brăila (AS Brăilița) is a football team from Brăila, Romania.

History[edit]

Their best performance was reaching the Quarter-finals in Cupa României in 1935–36 season when they lost with 6–4 against Unirea Tricolor București.

Franco-Româna Brăila second team was founded in 1940 and was called AS Brăilița.[1]

Brăilița was also the neighbourhood and name of the stadium. The stadium was like a small English stadium looking same with the famous Highbury, but in a smaller size.[2]

Even they won twice Divizia B they never promoted in Divizia A, because they could not manage to win the Promotion play-off.

The biggest rival in their history was another local team Dacia Unirea Brăila. Franco-Româna Brăila was in the shadow of the rival team in all of their history.

After they fold in 1948, another team was created in Brăila to replace them, a team called Progresul Brăila.[3]

On 3 september 2022 the team was reestablished as AS Brăilița 1928 Franco-Româna. The team will perform only in Brăila County competitions.

Honours[edit]

Liga II:

[4][5][6]

Quarter-finals in Cupa României (1): 1935–36 [7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Echipa braileană Franco-Română Brăila – anul 1938". 14 March 2014.
  2. ^ "Echipa braileană Franco-Română Brăila – anul 1938". 14 March 2014.
  3. ^ "Evolutia denumirilor echipelor de-a lungul anilor".
  4. ^ "Romania - List of Second Division Final Tables".
  5. ^ "Echipa braileană Franco-Română Brăila – anul 1938". 14 March 2014.
  6. ^ "Divizia B - Istorie - statistics".
  7. ^ "Franco Româna Brăila - statistica ultimelor meciuri din Cupa României".

Literature[edit]

  • Hardy Grüne (2000), Enzyklopädie der europäischen Fußballvereine (in German) (1. ed.), Kassel: AGON Sportverlag, p. 337, ISBN 3-89784-163-0

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