Real Betis

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Real Betis

Full name

Real Betis Balompié

Nickname(s)

Béticos
Verdiblancos
Supporters Sur

Founded

1907

Ground

Manuel Ruiz de Lopera, Seville

Capacity

52,700

Chairman

José León Gómez

Head Coach

Luis Fernández

League

La Liga

2005/2006

La Liga, 14th





Home colours





Away colours

Real Betis Balompié is a Spanish football club in Seville 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.

1 History
2 Stadium information
3 Honours
4 Competition participation
5 Current squad
- 5.1 Unregistered due to injury
- 5.2 Loaned players
6 Foreigners 2006/2007
7 2005/2006 Statistics
8 Recent history
9 Famous players
10 Famous coaches
11 Presidents
12 Contact details
- 12.1 Address
- 12.2 Phone numbers
13 External links

[edit] History

Seville was the venue for the first official football game played in Spain. On March 8, 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. 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 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, donated by Glasgow Celtic, and proposed Betis take up the colours. The green and black strip 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.

[edit] Stadium information

See main article: Estadio Manuel Ruiz de Lopera

[edit] Honours

Spanish Championship titles: 1
- 1934-1935
Copa del Rey titles: 2
- 1977, 2005

[edit] Competition participation

Europe

UEFA Champions League - 1 Participation
UEFA Cup - 6 Participations

Domestic

Primera Division - 43 Seasons
Segunda División - 25 Seasons
Tercera División - 7 Seasons

[edit] Current squad

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Pedro Contreras
2	DF	Melli
3	DF	Enrique Romero
4	DF	Juanito (Captain)
5	DF	David Rivas
6	DF	Branko Ilič
7	MF	Juan Pablo Caffa
8	MF	Arzu
9	FW	Fernando
10	FW	Edú
11	FW	Dani
12	FW	Robert
13	GK	Toni Doblas
14	MF	Capi

No.	Position	Player
15	DF	Nano
16	MF	Johann Vogel
17	FW	Fabrice Pancrate
18	MF	Alberto Rivera
19	FW	Xisco
20	MF	Marcos Assunção
21	MF	Miguel Angel
22	DF	Fernando Vega
23	MF	David Odonkor
24	FW	Tati Maldonado
25	FW	Rafael Sóbis
27	MF	Juande
28	DF	Isidoro

See also: Real Betis B

[edit] Unregistered due to injury

No.		Position	Player
6		DF	Alejandro Lembo
7		DF	Damià Abella

[edit] Loaned players

No.	Position	Player
-	DF	Oscar López (to Gimnàstic de Tarragona until June 2007)
-	MF	Israel (to Mérida UD until June 2008)
-	MF	Juanlu (to CA Osasuna until June 2007)
-	MF	Jorge Wágner (to São Paulo until June 2007)

[edit] Foreigners 2006/2007

Only three non-EU (and EFTA) 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. If a player does not have European ancestry he can claim a Spanish passport by playing in Spain for 3 years.

The Betis squad consists of two foreigners, Robert and Rafael Sóbis from Brazil.

Players from the European Union are David Odonkor, Johann Vogel, Branko Ilič and Fabrice Pancrate. Players with European ancestry include Edú, Juan Pablo Caffa and Alejandro Lembo, both of whom claim Italian ancestry. Marcos Assunção has a Spanish passport having spent 5 years in La Liga.

[edit] 2005/2006 Statistics

La Liga	Position	Pts	P	W	D	L	F	A
Real Betis Balompie	14	42	38	10	12	16	34	51

Top Scorers:
- Robert - 7 goals
- Dani - 5 goals
- Ricardo Oliveira - 5 goals
Top Goalkeepers:
- Toni Doblas - 37 goals in 24 matches
- Koke Contreras - 14 goals in 17 matches

[edit] Recent history

Season		Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Cup	Europe		Notes
1996/1997	1D	4	42	21	14	7	81	46	77
1997/1998	1D	8	38	17	8	13	49	50	59	final	CWC	quarter-final
1998/1999	1D	11	38	14	7	17	47	58	49		UC	3rd round
1999/2000	1D	18	38	11	9	18	33	56	42				relegated
1 season at lower levels
2001/2002	1D	6	38	15	14	9	42	34	59
2002/2003	1D	8	38	14	12	12	56	53	54		UC	3rd round
2003/2004	1D	9	38	13	13	12	46	43	52
2004/2005	1D	4	38	16	14	8	62	50	62	winner
2005/2006	1D	14	38	10	12	16	34	51	42	quarter-final	UC	last 16	elim. group stage ECL
2006/2007	1D	16	20	5	6	9	21	27	21				ongoing

[edit] Famous players

Alexis Trujillo
Rafael Gordillo
Hipolito Rincon
Julio Cardeñosa
Enrique Romero
Jose Ramon Esnaola
Luis Aragonés
Luis del Sol
Joaquín
Joaquin Parra
Juanito
López Ufarte
Pier
Tab Ramos
José Perdomo
Iulian Filipescu

see also Cat:Real Betis footballers

[edit] Famous coaches

see also Cat:Real Betis managers

[edit] 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

Real Betis Balompié
- 1914: Harry Jones
- 1916: Carlos Alarcón de la Lastra
- 1920: Jerónimo Dominguez
- 1921: Gil Gómez Bajuelo
- 1924: Juan del Castillo Ochoa
- 1924: Antonio Polo Roma
- 1925: Ramón Navarro Cáceres
- 1928: Antonio Laguardia
- 1929: Camilo Romero Sánchez
- 1929: Daniel Mezquita
- 1930: Ignacio Sánchez Mejías
- 1932: Jose Ignacio Mantecón Novasa
- 1933-1936: Antonio Moreno Sevillano
- 1936-1940: Valentín Pérez Martínez
- 1940-1942: Ramón Poll Carbonell
- 1942-1943: Alfonso Alarcón de Lastra
- 1943-1944: Francisco Cantalapiedra
- 1944-1945: Eduardo Benjumena Vázquez
- 1945-1946: Manuel Romero Puerto
- 1946-1947: Filomeno de Aspe Martínez
- 1947-1950: Pascual Aparicio García
- 1950-1952: Francisco de la Cerda Carmona
- 1952-1955: Manuel Ruiz Rodríguez
- 1955-1965: Benito Villamarín Prieto
- 1965-1966: Avelino Villamarín Prieto
- 1966: Andrés Gaviño
- 1966: José Mª Domenech
- 1967-1968: Julio de la Puerta Castro
- 1969: José León Gómez
- 1969-1978: José Núñez Naranjo
- 1979-1983: Juan Manuel Mauduit
- 1983-1989: Gerardo Martínez Retamero
- 1989-1992: Hugo Galera Davidson
- 1992-1996: José León Gómez
- 1996-2006: Manuel Ruiz de Lopera
- 2006-Presently: José León Gómez