ACF Brescia
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ACF Brescia is an Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

 women's football club from Capriolo
Capriolo
Capriolo is a town and comune in the Italian province of Brescia, in Lombardy. It is situated directly south of Lago d'Iseo....

, Provincia di Brescia. It was founded in 1995 as FCF Capriolo Arredamenti Ostilio. In 2000 it moved to Bergamo
Bergamo
Bergamo is a town and comune in Lombardy, Italy, about 40 km northeast of Milan. The comune is home to over 120,000 inhabitants. It is served by the Orio al Serio Airport, which also serves the Province of Bergamo, and to a lesser extent the metropolitan area of Milan...

, where it played for five seasons as ACF Pro Bergamo. The team adopted its current name in 2005 as it returned to Capriolo.

In 2009 Brescia reached Serie A
Serie A (women's football)
*A.S.D. C.F. Bardolino Verona, Calmasino di Bardolino*A.C.F. Brescia Femminile, Capriolo*A.S.D. Calcio Chiasiellis, Mortegliano*A.C.F. Firenze A.S.D., Florence*A.S.D. Graphistudio Tavagnacco, Tavagnacco*S.S. Lazio Calcio Femminile, Rome...

 for the first time. In its first year at top level they were 9th, avoiding relegation. In the 2010-11 season Brescia was the surprise team of the league and compited with UPC Tavagnacco
UPC Tavagnacco
UPC Tavagnacco is an women's football club from Tavagnacco, Italy. The club was founded in 1989 and has played in the Italian top league Serie A from 2001/02 onwards. Struggling to avoid relegation in the first years of Serie A football, the club has joined the elite teams finishing 4th, 3rd, 3rd...

 for a Champions League spot. Finally Brescia ranked 3rd. Brescia striker Daniela Sabatino was the second top scorer of the season with 25 goals, just one from Patrizia Panico
Patrizia Panico
Patrizia Panico is an Italian football striker, currently playing for Torres CF in Italy's Serie A. She has also played for SS Lazio, Torino CF, Modena Amadio, ACF Milan and ASD Bardolino, and Sky Blue FC in the United States' WPS. She has been the Serie A's top scorer for ten seasons.Panico also...

.

Current squad

As of 27 September 2011
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