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Real Betis
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Full nameReal Betis Balompié
Nickname(s)Los Beticos
Los Verdiblancos
Founded1907
GroundManuel Ruiz de Lopera
Seville
Capacity52,700
ChairmanSpain José León Gómez
Head CoachSpain Javier Irureta
LeagueLa Liga
2005/2006La Liga, 14th

Real Betis Balompié is a Spanish football club in Seville founded in 1907. The team currently plays in the La Liga. Its home stadium is the 52,700 seater Manuel Ruiz de Lopera, and home colors are green and white.

History

Seville was the venue for the first official football game played in Spain. On March 8th 1890 at the Tablada Hippodrome a team from the Seville Water Works defeated the Huelva Recreation Club 2-0. With the exception of two Spanish players on the Huelva team, the players on both teams were British. Despite this historic event it was not until 1905 that Sevilla FC was formed.

The name is derived from Baetica, the Roman name for Andalusia. Because of its origins, Betis initially attracted support from the working classes. The foundation date is disputed. The 1907 foundation date comes from Sevilla Balompie, a club founded by students from the Escuela Politecnica on Calle de Cervantes. This club merged with Betis FC in late 1914. Balompie is the literal Spanish word for football as opposed to the anglicized version, futbol. Betis is one of only a handful of Spanish clubs that use this version in their name. As with other Spanish clubs Real was added after receiving patronage from the King of Spain Don Alfonso XIII in 1914. In 1912, Manuel Ramos Asensio, one of the club's founding members, returned from a business trip to Glasgow with a set of green and black striped shirts and proposed Betis take up the colours. The green and black stripe was subsequently deemed unlucky after a losing run and was replaced by a green and white version. During the Second Spanish Republic the club was once again called Betis Balompie, reverting to its current name after the Spanish Civil War.

They have won La Liga on one occasion in 1935, and the Copa del Rey in 1977 and 2005. The club came close to folding in the summer of 1992 when they were saved by vice chairman Manuel Ruiz de Lopera, current chairman.

They came very close to winning their second Copa del Rey in 1997 when they were pipped by FC Barcelona. Betis finally won their second in 2005, in the final against CA Osasuna at Vicente Calderón stadium on June 11.

Real Betis also holds the distinction of being the first Andalusian football team to play in the Primera Division and to reach the UEFA Champions League although Sevilla FC already played this competition but with a different format, known as European Cup, in the 1957/58 season. Supporters of Real Betis are known as béticos.

There is a big rivalry between the two first teams in the city of Seville, Sevilla FC and Real Betis.

Real Betis are celebrating their centenary year this coming season, 2006/2007.

Stadium information

See main article: Estadio Manuel Ruiz de Lopera

Honours

Competition participation

Europe

Domestic

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Spain ESP Pedro Contreras
2 DF Spain ESP Melli
3 DF Spain ESP Enrique Romero
4 DF Spain ESP Juanito (Captain)
5 DF Spain ESP David Rivas
6 DF Uruguay URU Alejandro Lembo
7 DF Spain ESP Damià Abella
8 MF Spain ESP Arzu
9 FW Spain ESP Fernando
10 FW Brazil BRA Edú
11 FW Spain ESP Dani
12 FW Brazil BRA Robert
13 GK Spain ESP Toni Doblas
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF Spain ESP Capi
15 DF Spain ESP Nano
16 MF Switzerland SUI Daniel Gygax
17 MF Brazil BRA Jorge Wágner
18 MF Spain ESP Alberto Rivera
19 FW Spain ESP Xisco
20 MF Brazil BRA Marcos Assunção
21 MF Spain ESP Miguel Angel
22 DF Spain ESP Fernando Vega
23 MF Germany GER David Odonkor
24 FW Spain ESP Francisco Maldonado
25 FW Brazil BRA Rafael Sóbis
26 MF Spain ESP Cañamero

See also: Real Betis B

Loaned players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
26 MF Spain ESP Israel (to Mérida UD until June 2008)
— MF Spain ESP Juanlu (to CA Osasuna until June 2007)
16 DF Spain ESP Oscar López (to Gimnàstic de Tarragona until June 2007)

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Foreigners 2006/2007

Only three non-EU nationals can be registered in a squad for any Spanish La Liga club. Those with European ancestry can claim a passport from the nation their ancestors came from. e.g. Edú can claim an Italian passport as he has Italian ancestry. If a player does not have European ancestry he can claim a Spanish passport by playing in Spain for 5 years.

2006/2007 La Liga statistics

La LigaPositionPtsPWDLFA
Real Betis Balompié170100112
  • Top Scorers:
  • Top Goalkeepers:

Famous players

Spain

 

Argentina

Bosnia & Herzegovina

Brazil

Bulgaria

Chile

Croatia

 

Germany

Iceland

Nigeria

Poland

Portugal

United States

see also Category:Real Betis footballers

Famous coaches

see also Category:Real Betis managers

Presidents

  • Sevilla Balompié.
    • 1907 – Alfonso del Castillo Ochoa
    • 1909 – Juan del Castillo Ochoa
  • Betis F.C.
    • 1909 – Eladio García de la Borbolla
    • 1912 – Guillermo Comesaña Arahal
    • 1913 – Pedro Rodriguez de la Borbolla

Contact details

Address

Phone numbers

  • Telephone: 00 34 954 61 03 40
  • Fax: 00 34 954 61 47 74

Official Websites

Extras

Fan Sites

News, Rumours, & Articles

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