Brescia Calcio

Brescia Calcio was an Italian association football club based in Brescia, in Lombardy, that last played in Serie B, the second tier of professional Italian football. The club was founded in 1911 as Brescia Football Club and played in blue and white, with the lioness of the city on its badge. It holds the record for the most seasons in Serie B, 66 in total, including 18 consecutive seasons from 1947-48 to 1964-65, and it won that league four times. Its best Serie A finish was eighth place in 2000-01, in the years when Roberto Baggio played for it, and it reached the final of the 2001 UEFA Intertoto Cup, losing to Paris Saint-Germain on away goals. It won the Anglo-Italian Cup in 1993-94. Its home ground was the 19,550-seat Stadio Mario Rigamonti, and its long-standing rival was Atalanta of nearby Bergamo. After financial failure the club was excluded from professional football in 2025.