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Real Betis
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Full nameReal Betis Balompié
Nickname(s)Béticos del Universo
Verdiblancos
GroundManuel Ruiz de Lopera, Seville
Capacity52,700
OwnerSpain Manuel Ruiz de Lopera
ChairmanSpain Pepe León
Head CoachSpain Paco Chaparro
LeagueLa Liga
2007-08La Liga, 13th[1]

Real Betis Balompié is a Spanish football club in Sevilla founded in 1907. The team currently plays in La Liga. Its home stadium is the 52,700-seat Estadio Manuel Ruiz de Lopera and its home colours are green and white. Real Betis celebrated their centenary year this past year 2007/2008 La Liga season.

Real Betis were noted as the 32nd best followed team in Europe as regard average attendances during the 2006/2007 season.[1]

History

Real Betis holds the distinction of being the first Andalusian football team to play in the La Liga and to reach the UEFA Champions League although city rivals Sevilla already played this competition but with a different format, known as European Cup, in the 1957-58 season. Betis are also the only Spanish club to have won the 1st, 2nd and 3rd division leagues. Supporters of Real Betis are known as béticos. The club came close to folding in the summer of 1992 when they were saved by then vice-chairman Manuel Ruiz de Lopera, who later became chairman and is the current owner of the club.

Early years

Seville was the venue for the first official football game played in Spain. On 8 March 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 Baetis, the Roman name for Guadalquivir river. Betis initially attracted support from the working classes although a large number of aristocracts including the King of Spain also supported the team. The foundation date is disputed. The 1907 foundation date comes from Sevilla Balompie, a club founded by students from the Escuela Politécnica on Calle Cervantes. This club merged with Betis FC in late 1914.

Name and colours

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, donated by Celtic F.C, and proposed Betis take up the colours. The green and black strip was subsequently deemed unlucky after a losing streak and was replaced by a green and white version - the Andalucian national colours. During the Second Spanish Republic the club was once again called Betis Balompie, reverting to its current name after the Spanish Civil War.

Domestic success

Betis have won the La Liga once - in 1935 under the guidance of Patrick O'Connell - and won their first Copa del Rey in 1977. They made it to the final in 1997 but lost to FC Barcelona. Betis made it to the final again on 11 June 2005 against CA Osasuna at the Vicente Calderón Stadium and won their second Copa del Rey 2-1.

Centenary celebrations

Betis celebrated their centenary year in 2007, during the 2006/2007 and 2007/2008 league campaigns. In celebration of their centenary year they played A.C. Milan on 9 August 2007. Betis won the game 1-0 when new signing Mark González scored from the penalty spot early into the second half. On 15 August Betis competed in the Estadio Ramón de Carranza Trophy, playing against Real Madrid in the semi-final, winning the game 1-0 with an injury time free-kick scored by Juan Pablo Caffa. The following day, Betis contested in the final of the Estadio Ramón de Carranza Trophy against Real Zaragoza. The match ended 1-1, with a goal from David Rivas for Betis, before winning the game 4-3 on penalties, with Antonio Doblas decisively saving a Ricardo Oliveira penalty. The summer brought with it a complete change to the Betis squad, with eight arrivals that included Mark González, Ricardo, and Mariano Pavone, and fourteen sales.

Stadium information

Estadio Manuel Ruiz de Lopera is a football stadium in Sevilla, Spain. The stadium is the home ground of Real Betis. It was previously called Estadio Benito Villamarín before the new owner of the club, Manuel Ruiz de Lopera, decided to build a new stadium over the old one.

See main article: Estadio Manuel Ruiz de Lopera

Club honours

Competition participation

Domestic

European

Players

Current squad

As of September 2, 2008 - [2][3][4]

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 Portugal POR Ricardo
2 DF Spain ESP Melli
3 DF Spain ESP Fernando Vega
4 DF Spain ESP Juanito (Captain)
5 DF Spain ESP David Rivas
6 DF Slovenia SVN Branko Ilič
7 MF Spain ESP Juanma
8 MF Spain ESP Arzu
9 FW Spain ESP Sergio Garcia
10 FW Brazil BRA Edú
11 MF Chile CHI Mark González
12 DF Spain ESP Damià Abella
13 GK Spain ESP Casto
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF Spain ESP Capi
15 DF Argentina ARG Fabián Monzón
16 FW Argentina ARG Mariano Pavone
17 DF Croatia CRO Marko Babić
18 MF Spain ESP Alberto Rivera
19 FW Spain ESP Xisco
20 MF Cameroon CMR Achille Emana
21 MF Turkey TUR Mehmet Aurélio
22 DF Brazil BRA Willian Lima
23 DF Portugal POR Nélson
24 FW Spain ESP José Mari
27 MF Spain ESP Juande

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
7 MF Argentina ARG Juan Pablo Caffa (at Real Zaragoza till July 1, 2009)
15 DF Spain ESP Nano (at Real Valladolid till July 1, 2009)

Unregistered

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
23 MF Germany GER David Odonkor (due to long term knee injury)

Non-EU players

Main article: List of foreign Real Betis Balompié players

Current reserve/Youth team players

For more details on this topic, see the Real Betis B team.

Notable former players

Main article: List of Real Betis Balompié players

Club management

Current technical body

As of 24 August 2007 [5]
Position Name Nationality
Manager: Paco Chaparro Spain Spanish
Assistant Manager: Juan Merino Spain Spanish
B Team Manager: José Luis Mena Spain Spanish
Goalkeeping Coach: José Ramón Esnaola Spain Spanish
Physical Coach: Carmelo del Pozo Spain Spanish
Recuperation Coach: David Gómez Spain Spanish
Doctor: Tomás Calero Spain Spanish
Surgeon Santiago Pérez Hidalgo Spain Spanish
Physiotherapist: Ildefonso Blanco Spain Spanish
Masseuse: José Mª Montiel Salas Spain Spanish
Masseuse: Francisco Bizcocho Spain Spanish
Podiatrist: Angel Olivia Spain Spanish
Helper: Jose Manuel Acuña Spain Spanish
Helper: Manuel Barrera Castro Spain Spanish

Management positions

As of 24 August 2007 -[6]

Name Nationality Role
Manuel Ruiz de Lopera  Spain Owner
José León Gómez  Spain Acting President
Ángel Martín Vega  Spain Vice-President
Rufino González Navarro  Spain Vice-President
Jaime Rodriguez Sacristán-Cascajo  Spain Counsel Secretary
Óscar Arredondo Prieto  Spain Chief Legal Services
Francisco Nuchera Cejudo  Spain Counselor
Luís Salcedo Gómez  Spain Counselor
Javier Páez Ruíz  Spain Counselor
Balbino de Bernado Barrio  Spain Counselor
Gregorio Conejo Muñoz  Spain Counselor
Víctor López García-Aranda  Spain Counselor
Manuel Castaño Martín  Spain Counselor
José Manuel Villarán Toribio  Spain Counselor
Francisco Sánchez Moreno  Spain Counselor
Fernando Rubiales Torrejón  Spain Counselor
Diego García León  Spain Counselor
José Antonio González Flores  Spain General Manager
Manuel Ortega Momparlet  Spain Sporting Director
Ignacio Lasa Puech  Spain Marketing Director
Iván Larriba  Spain Chief Press Officer

Notable former managers

see also Category:Real Betis managers

Notable former players

Main article: List of Real Betis Balompié players

Presidents

Domestic position

Recent La Liga history

Real Betis currently compete in the top flight of Spanish football, La Liga. Real Betis were relegated during the 1999/2000 La Liga season and so competed in the Segunda División during the 2000/2001 season. They were promoted on their first attempt.[7]

Season Pos P W D L F A Pts
1996-97 4 42 21 14 7 81 46 77
1997-98 8 38 17 8 13 49 50 59
1998-99 11 38 14 7 17 47 58 49
1999-00 18 38 11 9 18 33 56 42
2001-02 6 38 15 14 9 42 34 59
2002-03 8 38 14 12 12 56 53 54
2003-04 9 38 13 13 12 46 43 52
2004-05 4 38 16 14 8 62 50 62
2005-06 14 38 10 12 16 34 51 42
2006-07 16 38 8 16 14 36 49 40
2007-08 13 38 12 11 15 45 51 47

Records

References and footnotes

  1. ^ a b "Betis 16th". 16th. Retrieved 2008-12-04. Cite error: The named reference "attendances" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Real Betis Squad". Realbetisbalompie.es. Retrieved 2007-08-05.
  3. ^ "Real Betis Squad #2". Betisweb.com. Retrieved 2007-08-05.
  4. ^ "Real Betis Squad #3". LFP.com. Retrieved 2007-08-24.
  5. ^ Current technical body
  6. ^ Current management positions
  7. ^ "Real Betis La Liga history". LFP.com. Retrieved 2007-08-24.

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