Brescia Calcio is a football club based in Brescia, Lombardy. The club was formed in 1911 and currently plays in the Italian Serie B, having spent a large part of recent years bouncing between Serie A and the second division. The team's colors are blue and white. Its stadium is the 27,547 seater Stadio Mario Rigamonti.
Brescia Calcio won the Anglo-Italian Cup in 1994, the biggest notable achievement in their entire history to date.
Brescia came to the footballing forefront in 2000 when the previously unfancied club signed former FIFA World Player of the Year Roberto Baggio. Baggio spent four years at Brescia before retiring in 2004. In the very next season that followed Baggio's retirement (2004/2005), Brescia were relegated from Serie A on the last day, finishing a lowly 19th. Despite losing a few other key players as a result, Brescia Calcio expect to bounce back into Serie A straight away in the forthcoming 2005/2006 season.
Even former Spanish captain Josep Guardiola, Italy's national team striker Luca Toni, and current AC Milan star Andrea Pirlo (born in Brescia) had also spent time in Brescia.
Brescia Calcio's best result during its time in Serie A was in 2001, when the team came at 8th place and qualified for the Intertoto Cup.
Current first team squad
As of February 11, 2006
Famous players
Retired numbers
Seasons
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| - 1913/14 - North League Qualifiing round Group E 5rd place
- 1914/15 - North League Qualifiing round Group E 3rd place
- 1915-19 - league suspended due to World War I
- 1919/20 - North League-Lombardia Group A runner-up, Semifinal Round Group B 5th place
- 1920/21 - North League-Lombardia Group E 3rd place
- 1921/22 - North League Group B 11th place
- 1922/23 - North League Group C 7th place
- 1923/24 - 1st division Group A 10th place
- 1924/25 - 1st division Group A 10th place
- 1925/26 - 1st division Group A 8th place
- 1926/27 - 1st division Group A 7th place
- 1927/28 - 1st division Group A 5th place
- 1928/29 - 1st division Group B runner-up
- 1929/30 - Serie A 9th place
- 1930/31 - Serie A 9th place
- 1931/32 - Serie A17th place, relegated to Serie B
- 1932/33 - Serie B runner-up, promoted to Serie A
- 1933/34 - Serie A 12th place
- 1934/35 - Serie A 10th place
- 1935/36 - Serie A bottom, relegated to Serie B
- 1936/37 - Serie B 7th place
- 1937/38 - Serie B 14th place, relegated to Serie C
- 1938/39 - Serie C, promoted to Serie B
- 1939/40 - Serie B 5th place
- 1940/41 - Serie B 3rd place
- 1941/42 - Serie B 5th place
- 1942/43 - Serie B runner-up, promoted to Serie A
- 1943-45 - league suspended due to World War II
- 1945/46 - Serie A 4th place
- 1946/47 - Serie A 18th place, relegated to Serie B group A
- 1947/48 - Serie B Group A runner-up
- 1948/49 - Serie B 5th place
- 1949/50 - Serie B 6th place
- 1950/51 - Serie B 9th place
- 1951/52 - Serie B runner-up
- 1952/53 - Serie B 4th place
- 1953/54 - Serie B 9th place
- 1954/55 - Serie B 5th place
- 1955/56 - Serie B 7th place
- 1956/57 - Serie B third place
- 1957/58 - Serie B 8th place
- 1958/59 - Serie B 13th place
- 1959/60 - Serie B 7th place
- 1960/61 - Serie B 15th place
- 1961/62 - Serie B 8th place
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- 1962/63 - Serie B 4th place
- 1963/64 - Serie B 7th place
- 1964/65 - Serie B Champion, promoted to Serie A
- 1965/66 - Serie A 9th place
- 1966/67 - Serie A 13th place
- 1967/68 - Serie A 14th place, relegated to Serie B
- 1968/69 - Serie B runner-up, promoted to Serie A
- 1969/70 - Serie A 14th place, relegated to Serie B
- 1970/71 - Serie B 5th place
- 1971/72 - Serie B 12th place
- 1972/73 - Serie B 17th place
- 1973/74 - Serie B 12th place
- 1974/75 - Serie B 9th place
- 1975/76 - Serie B 5th place
- 1976/77 - Serie B 16th place
- 1977/78 - Serie B 14th place
- 1978/79 - Serie B 8th place
- 1979/80 - Serie B third place, promoted to Serie A
- 1980/81 - Serie A 14th place, relegated to Serie B
- 1981/82 - Serie B 18th place, relegated to Serie C/1A
- 1982/83 - Serie C/1A 11th place
- 1983/84 - Serie C/1A 5th place
- 1984/85 - Serie C/1A Champion, promoted to Serie B
- 1985/86 - Serie B runner-up, promoted to Serie A
- 1986/87 - Serie A 14th place, relegated to Serie B
- 1987/88 - Serie B 8th place
- 1988/89 - Serie B 16th place
- 1989/90 - Serie B 10th place
- 1990/91 - Serie B 9th place
- 1991/92 - Serie B Champion, promoted to Serie A
- 1992/93 - Serie A 16th place, relegated to Serie B
- 1993/94 - Serie B third place, promoted to Serie A
- 1994/95 - Serie A botton, relegated to Serie B
- 1995/96 - Serie B 16th place
- 1996/97 - Serie B first place, promoted to Serie A
- 1997/98 - Serie A 15th place, relegated to Serie B
- 1998/99 - Serie B 7th place
- 1999/00 - Serie B third place, promoted to Serie A
- 2000/01 - Serie A 8th place
- 2001/02 - Serie A 14th plaace, 2001 Intertoto Cup runner-up
- 2002/03 - Serie A 10th place
- 2003/04 - Serie A 11th place
- 2004/05 - Serie A 19th place, relegated to Serie B
- 2005/06 - Serie B 10th place
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