Brescia Calcio
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| Full name | Brescia Calcio S.p.A. |
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| Nickname(s) |
Rondinelle (Little Swallows) Biancoazzurri (White and Blues) Leonessa (Lioness) |
| Founded | 1911 |
| Ground |
Stadio Mario Rigamonti, Brescia, Italy |
| Capacity | 16,743 |
| President | Alessandro Triboldi |
| Head Coach | Cristian Brocchi |
| League | Serie B |
| 2015–16 | Serie B, 11th |
| Website | Club home page |
Brescia Calcio (Italian pronunciation: [ˈbreʃʃa ˈkaltʃo]) is an Italian football club in Brescia, Lombardy, and currently plays in Serie B. The club holds the record for total number of seasons (53) and consecutive seasons (18, from 1947–48 to 1964–65) in Serie B, which they have won three times. Their best finish in Serie A came in the 2000–01 season when they placed seventh, when, led by the 1993 Ballon d'Or winner Roberto Baggio, the club also qualified for the Intertoto Cup twice. In the latter competition, Brescia reached the final in the first partecipation (2001) but were defeated on the away goals rule by Paris Saint-Germain after two draws.
The team's colours are blue and white. Its stadium is the 16,743 seater Stadio Mario Rigamonti.
The team was founded in 1911 as Brescia Football Club, joining the Terza Categoria division the same year. In 1913, Brescia was promoted to First Division for its first time ever, and from 1929 it played in Serie A for six of the seven following seasons. Successively, the club played among the two top divisions until 1982, when Brescia was relegated to Serie C1. The club then returned to Serie B in 1985. Brescia played outside the two national tournaments of Lega Calcio (A and B) only four years: under this aspect, only 11 clubs in all Italy marked a better performance.
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