Franco-Româna Brăila

Franco-Româna Brăila was a football team from Brăila, Romania.

Franco-Româna Brăila
Full nameFranco-Româna Brăila
Founded1928
Dissolved1948
GroundBrăilița, Brăila
Capacity2,000

History

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]

Honours

Liga II:

[4][5][6]

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

References
  1. http://brailapebune.net/echipa-braileana-franco-romana-braila-anul-1938/
  2. http://brailapebune.net/echipa-braileana-franco-romana-braila-anul-1938/
  3. http://www.romaniansoccer.ro/stiri/16668/evolutia-denumirilor-echipelor-de-a-lungul-anilor.htm
  4. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesr/roem2hist.html#40
  5. http://brailapebune.net/echipa-braileana-franco-romana-braila-anul-1938/
  6. http://www.romaniansoccer.ro/divizia_b/divizia_b_istorie.shtml
  7. http://www.romaniansoccer.ro/statistici/fotbal/23.franco-romana-braila.htm#matches2393

Literature
  • 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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