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

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History

Their best performance was reaching the Quarter-finals in

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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

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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

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

(1): 1935–36

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