Società Sportiva Dilettantistica Brescia Calcio Femminile, known as Brescia Calcio Femminile or simply Brescia, is an Italian women's

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club from

Capriolo Capriolo (Brescian: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the Italian province of Brescia, in Lombardy. It is situated on the left bank of the river Oglio, southwest of Lago d'Iseo Lake Iseo or Iseo lake ( ; it, Lago d'Iseo ; lmo, Lach d'Izé, labe ...

, near

Brescia Brescia (, locally ; lmo, link=no, label= Lombard, Brèsa ; lat, Brixia; vec, Bressa) is a city and ''comune'' in the region of Lombardy, Northern Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Alps, a few kilometers from the lakes Garda and Iseo. ...

. It was founded in 1985 as FCF Capriolo Arredamenti Ostilio. In 2000 it moved to

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, where it played for five seasons as ACF Pro Bergamo. The team was renamed in 2005 as it returned to Capriolo. Though sharing similar colours and logos with the men's team in the city,

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, the women's team is not a subordinate of it; however, in 2020 a formal partnership agreement was made between them.

History

In 1994–95 the team won a regional championship. Then in 1996–97 won their Serie D division. They finished second in Serie C in 2001–02 and again in 2003–04 after which they promoted after play-off. In 2006–07 they won Serie B and got promoted to Serie A2. In 2008–09 they won Serie A2. From 2009–10 to 2017–18, Brescia played

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. In its first year at the top level they were 9th, avoiding relegation. In the 2010–11 season Brescia was the surprise team of the league and competed with

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for a Champions League spot, finally ranking third. Brescia striker

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was the second top scorer of the season with 25 goals, just one shy of

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. They won their first national championship in 2013–14 and a second in 2015–16. Despite several important players leaving to join newly formed

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in the summer of 2017, Brescia maintained a high level and finished level on points with ''Juve'' in 2017–18, losing a penalty shootout at the end of the championship playoff to finish as runners-up (the same position as in 2014–15 and 2016–17). On 11 June 2018, it was announced that male professional team A.C. Milan had bought Brescia's spot in Serie A, along with the senior player contracts, in order to start their own women's section. It was also announced that Brescia would participate in the Eccellenza league (amateur fourth tier) instead, with their youth team players. By 2021, the club had climbed back up to Serie B.

Former players

''For details of former players, see :A.C.F. Brescia Calcio Femminile players.''

Honours

champions: 2014, 2016 **Runners-up: 2015, 2017, 2018 *

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winners: 2012, 2015, 2016 **Finalists: 2017, 2018 *

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winners: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brescia Calcio Femminile, ACF Sport in Brescia Football clubs in Lombardy 1985 establishments in Italy Women's football clubs in Italy Association football clubs established in 1985 Serie A (women's football) clubs

History

Former players

Honours

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