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

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History

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

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. Franco-Româna Brăila second team was founded in 1940 and was called AS Brăilița. Brăilița was also the neighbourhood and name of the stadium. The stadium was like a small English stadium looking same with the famous

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, but in a smaller size. Even they won twice

Divizia B The Liga 2, most often spelled as Liga II, is the second level of the Romanian football league system. The league changed its name from Divizia B just before the start of the 2006–07. It is currently sponsored by Casa Pariurilor, a betting c ...

they never promoted in

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, because they could not manage to win the Promotion play-off. The biggest rival in their history was another local team

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. 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

to replace them, a team called Progresul Brăila. On 3 september 2022 the team was reestablished as AS Brăilița 1928 Franco-Româna. The team will perform only in Brăila County competitions.

Honours

Liga II The Liga 2, most often spelled as Liga II, is the second level of the Romanian football league system. The league changed its name from Divizia B just before the start of the 2006–07 Liga II, 2006–07. It is currently Sponsor (commercial), sp ...

: :*Winners (2): 1935–36, 1939–40 :*Runners-up (2): 1934–35, 1940–41 Quarter-finals in Cupa României (1): 1935–36

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