Franco-Româna Brăila (AS Brăilița) is a football team from Brăila, Romania.
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.
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.
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.
On 3 September 2022 the team was reestablished as AS Brăilița 1928 Franco-Româna. The team will perform only in Brăila County competitions. The current coach is Nuțulescu Ionuț-Adrian.
Honours
Liga II: Winners (2): 1935–36, 1939–40 Runners-up (2): 1934–35, 1940–41
Quarter-finals in Cupa României (1): 1935–36
References
Literature
External links Romaniansoccer.ro