AC Bra

{{short description|Italian football club}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = Bra | image = AC_Bra_logo.svg | fullname = Associazione Calcio Bra s.r.l. | nickname = | founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1913}} | ground = Stadio Attilio Bravi,<br/>Bra, Italy | capacity = 830 | chairman = Uzay Cabuk | manager = Rhys Crosland | league = {{Italian football updater|Bra}} | season = {{Italian football updater|Bra2}} | position = {{Italian football updater|Bra3}} | pattern_b1 = _yellowcross | pattern_la1 = | pattern_ra1 = | leftarm1 = FF0000 | body1 = FF0000 | rightarm1 = FF0000 | shorts1 = FF0000 | socks1 = FF0000 | pattern_b2 = _redsides_2 | body2 = FFFFFF | pattern_la2 = _redshoulders | leftarm2 = FFFFFF | pattern_ra2 = _redshoulders | rightarm2 = FFFFFF | shorts2 = 000000 | socks2 = 000000 }}

'''Associazione Calcio Bra''' is an Italian association football club, based in Bra, Piedmont. The club competes in the {{Italian football updater|Bra}}.

==History== Established as Unione Sportiva Braidese, with light blue and white as official colours, the team played its inaugural match on 1 May 1913, drawing 1–1 against Mondovì. The club's early years were characterized by intermittent activity until 1926, when they inaugurated the "Madonna dei Fiori" stadium (named after the nearby church) with a friendly match against Torino, which ended in a 2–1 defeat. In the 1926–27 season, the team made its debut in the Terza Divisione Piemontese, securing immediate promotion to the Seconda Divisione. By 1930, they reached the Prima Divisione but withdrew after one season due to financial and organizational challenges. The club ceased operations in 1933 but was re-established in 1937 as Associazione Calcio Bra, adopting yellow and red as their official colours.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asdbra.it/storia.php |title=Asd Bra |access-date=2012-07-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120701104118/http://www.asdbra.it/storia.php |archive-date=2012-07-01 }}</ref>

After World War II, AC Bra was admitted to Serie C in 1946. However, the club faced relegation shortly thereafter and experienced several periods of inactivity and reformation. In 1955, the club was shortly renamed Virtus Bra. Despite ongoing challenges, including another dissolution in 1959, AC Bra persisted, re-entering competitive football in the lower tiers and gradually climbing the ranks.

At the end of the 2011–12 season, the team was promoted from Eccellenza Piedmont and Aosta Valley/B to Serie D.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asdbra.it/SERIE-D-mercato-giallorosso-in-fermento.htm |title=SERIE D mercato giallorosso in fermento |access-date=2012-07-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120701142330/http://www.asdbra.it/SERIE-D-mercato-giallorosso-in-fermento.htm |archive-date=2012-07-01 }}</ref>

At the end of the 2012–13 season, the team was promoted from Serie D/A to Lega Pro Seconda Divisione. Although they faced relegation in the 2013–14 season, the club demonstrated resilience.

After another decade spent in Serie D, on 13 April 2025, Bra was promoted to Serie C after winning their group.

==Players== {{Updated|2 February 2026}}<ref>{{cite web|publisher=WorldFootball|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/teams/te92133/ac-bra/squad/|title=AC Bra squad|access-date=25 August 2025}}</ref> {{Fs start}} {{Fs player|no=1|nat=ITA|pos=GK|name=Davide Franzini|other={{small|on loan from Bologna}}}} {{Fs player|no=2|nat=ITA|pos=DF|name=Damiano Lia}} {{Fs player|no=3|nat=ITA|pos=DF|name=Benedikt Rottensteiner|other={{small|on loan from Südtirol}}}} {{Fs player|no=5|nat=ITA|pos=DF|name=Mattia Pretato}} {{Fs player|no=6|nat=ITA|pos=DF|name=Riccardo Sganzerla}} {{Fs player|no=7|nat=ITA|pos=MF|name=Samuele Giallombardo}} {{Fs player|no=8|nat=ITA|pos=MF|name=Stefano Tuzza}} {{Fs player|no=9|nat=NGR|pos=FW|name=Franklyn Akammadu}} {{Fs player|no=10|nat=ITA|pos=MF|name=Matteo Pautassi}} {{Fs player|no=11|nat=KOS|pos=FW|name=Ismet Sinani}} {{Fs player|no=12|nat=ITA|pos=GK|name=Daniele Menicucci}} {{Fs player|no=14|nat=ITA|pos=MF|name=Giorgio Lionetti}} {{Fs player|no=16|nat=FIN|pos=MF|name=Daniel Armstrong|other={{small|on loan from Atalanta}}}} {{Fs player|no=17|nat=ITA|pos=DF|name=Alessandro Fiordaliso}} {{Fs player|no=19|nat=ITA|pos=FW|name=Thomas Scapin|other={{small|on loan from Dolomiti Bellunesi}}}} {{Fs player|no=20|nat=ITA|pos=DF|name=Lorenzo Milani|other={{small|on loan from Heracles Almelo}}}} {{Fs player|no=22|nat=ITA|pos=GK|name=Davide Renzetti|other={{small|on loan from Lazio}}}} {{Fs player|no=25|nat=ITA|pos=MF|name=Luca Corsi}} {{Fs mid}} {{Fs player|no=27|nat=ITA|pos=MF|name=Riccardo Campedelli|other={{small|on loan from Cesena}}}} {{Fs player|no=28|nat=ITA|pos=MF|name=Samuele Dimatteo}} {{Fs player|no=29|nat=ITA|pos=MF|name=Tommaso Maressa}} {{Fs player|no=31|nat=ITA|pos=DF|name=Eros De Santis}} {{Fs player|no=36|nat=ITA|pos=DF|name=Matteo Rabuffi}} {{Fs player|no=37|nat=ITA|pos=MF|name=Mattia Leoncini}} {{Fs player|no=47|nat=ITA|pos=MF|name=Mattia La Marca}} {{Fs player|no=55|nat=ITA|pos=MF|name=Andrea Nesci}} {{Fs player|no=72|nat=ITA|pos=DF|name=Francesco Pio Cucciniello}} {{Fs player|no=76|nat=ROU|pos=FW|name=Alexandru Capac|other={{small|on loan from Atalanta}}}} {{Fs player|no=77|nat=ITA|pos=MF|name=Alessio Brambilla|other={{small|on loan from Cremonese}}}} {{Fs player|no=92|nat=ITA|pos=FW|name=Enrico Baldini}} {{Fs player|no=99|nat=ITA|pos=MF|name=Alexander Chianese}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=ITA|pos=DF|name=Martin Miculi}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=ITA|pos=DF|name=Umberto Morleo|other={{small|on loan from Catanzaro}}}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=ITA|pos=FW|name=Gianmarco Di Biase|other={{small|on loan from Juventus}}}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=ITA|pos=FW|name=Gabriel Gaglioti}} {{Fs end}}

===Out on loan=== {{Fs start}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=ITA|pos=FW|name=Davide Aloia|other={{small|at Este until 30 June 2026}}}} {{Fs end}}

==Colors and badge== The team's colours are yellow and red.

==References== {{Reflist|1}}

==External links== * {{official website|https://www.acbra.it/}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bra}} Category:Football clubs in Piedmont Category:Association football clubs established in 1913 Category:Serie C clubs Category:Serie D clubs Category:1913 establishments in Italy Category:Bra, Piedmont