Brera Calcio
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| Founded | 2000 | |
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| Ground | Arena Civica, Milan, Italy | |
| Capacity | 35,000 | |
| Chairman | Alessandro Aleotti | |
| Manager | Andrea Mazza | |
| League | Eccellenza | |
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Brera Football Club is an Italian association football located in Milan, Lombardy. It currently plays in Eccellenza. The team plays its home matches in Arena Civica stadium.[1][2]
Colours
Its colours are green and black.
History
Brera Football Club was founded in 2000 by the young publisher and journalist Alessandro Aleotti. The first manager appointed was former Inter and Sampdoria goalkeeper Walter Zenga.[3][4] The team played its matches in the newly reopened Arena Civica,[5] but was relegated from Serie D. In the season 2003/2004, through a partnership with the FIGC and Carcere di Opera (one of the biggest prisons in Milan and in Italy), Brera founded FreeOpera Brera, a team composed of detainees.[6] Allowed to take part to 2003/2004 Terza Categoria, the team won the championship and was promoted to Seconda Categoria. The initiative obtained a lot of praise and RAI talked about it in a "Sfide" episode.[7] In the season 2006/2007 Brera, under the leading of coach Noureddine Zekri, obtained its first promotion, beating Bresso in the playoff and gaining the right to take part to Promozione the following season. In the season 2011/2012, after temporarily ceasing the first team's activity, Brera took part to the Torneo di Viareggio under the name of Brera Emergence Gabon, a team composed of young Gabonian footballers. In the season 2014/2015 the team, with Andrea Mazza appointed as coach, won its first championship, getting promoted from Seconda Categoria to Prima Categoria. In January 2016, in collaboration with the Serbian Roma actress and activist Dijana Pavlovic, Brera started managing the Romani People football team.[8][9][10] From 2016/2017 Brera will be playing in Eccellenza and Enzo Gambaro has been appointed as new coach. Due to a poor beginning of season, in October 2016 Enzo Gambaro has resigned and has been replaced with former Brera manager Andrea Mazza.
Notable managers
- Enzo Gambaro
- Andrea Mazza
- Marco Nichetti
- Marco Nicoletti
- Walter Zenga
- Noureddine Zekri
Notable players
Current Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Current coaching, technical and administrative staff
| Position[11] | |
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| President | Alessandro Aleotti |
| Head Coach | Andrea Mazza |
| Club Manager | Giuseppe Pardeo |
| Press Officer | Christopher Nasso |
External links
References
- ^ http://www.calcioefinanza.it/2015/09/24/terzo-tempo-e-socialee-la-realta-del-brera-calcio/
- ^ http://www.breracalcio.it/2012/storia
- ^ http://www.goalcity.com/?area=seriea&sezione=news_esplosa&id_news=3442&pag=98&titolo=Zenga+torna+a+Milano%3A+allenereagrave%3B+il+Brera
- ^ http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2000/11/12/espulso-battuto-esordio-nero-di-mister.html
- ^ http://archiviostorico.gazzetta.it/2000/settembre/10/Cibi_esotici_bambini_calcio_Brera_ga_0_0009103236.shtml
- ^ http://milano.corriere.it/speciali/2003/09_Settembre/22/opera.shtml
- ^ http://archiviostorico.gazzetta.it/2004/gennaio/30/Sfide_adotta_carcere_Opera_ga_10_040130996.shtml
- ^ http://www.conifa.org/en/members/romani-people/
- ^ http://www.24orenews.it/eventi/sport/15308-romani-people-football-team-ai-mondiali-conifa
- ^ http://fusion.net/story/267569/conifa-world-cup-2016-abkhazia/
- ^ http://www.breracalcio.it/2012/la-squadra