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Brescia Calcio, commonly referred to as Brescia, was an Italian football club based in Brescia, Lombardy. The team last played in Serie B, the second tier of Italian football, The club was dissolved following a financial scandal. The club held the record for the total number of seasons (66) and consecutive seasons (18, from 1947–48 to 1964–65) in Serie B, which they won four times. Their best finish in Serie A came in the 2000–01 season when they placed eighth. At the beginning of the 21st century, led by 1993 Ballon d'Or winner Roberto Baggio, the club also qualified for the UEFA Intertoto Cup twice, reaching the final in 2001 but being eliminated on the away goals rule by Paris Saint-Germain. During this era, Pep Guardiola, former FC Barcelona captain and later a highly decorated manager, and Andrea Pirlo, a product of Brescia Calcio's youth sector who went on to win numerous trophies with AC Milan and Juventus, also played for the club. The team's colours were blue and white. Its home ground was the 19,550-seater Stadio Mario Rigamonti. Brescia had a long-standing rivalry with Atalanta from nearby Bergamo.