Real Betis
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| Full name | Real Betis Balompié | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Los Béticos Los Verdiblancos Los Verderones |
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| Founded | 1907 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Manuel Ruiz de Lopera, Seville Olimpico Sevilla (January 2007 -) |
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| Capacity | 52,700 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman |  José León Gómez |
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| Head Coach | Javier Irureta |
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| League | La Liga | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005/2006 | La Liga, 14th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 seater Manuel Ruiz de Lopera, and home colors are green and white.
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[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. 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, 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
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See also: Real Betis B
[edit] Captains
[edit] Loaned players
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[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. 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.
[edit] 2006/2007 La Liga statistics
| La Liga | Position | Pts | P | W | D | L | F | A |
| Real Betis Balompié | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 |
- Top Scorers:
- Edú - 3 goals
- Top Assisters:
- Maldonado & Miguel Angel - 2 assists
[edit] Famous players
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see also Cat:Real Betis footballers
[edit] Famous coaches
Carlos Timoteo Griguol
Fernando Daucik
Ferenc Szusza
Patrick O'Connell
Guus Hiddink- Llorenç Serra Ferrer
- Luis Aragonés
- Luis del Sol
- Javier Clemente
see also Cat:Real Betis managers
[edit] Presidents
- Betis F.C.
- 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
[edit] Contact details
[edit] Address
- Avda. Heliópolis, s/n. , 41012 Seville, Province Of Seville, Andalusia, Spain.
- Official E-Mail Of Real Betis
- Associates Members: 38,000
- Fan Groups: 316
[edit] Phone numbers
- Telephone: 00 34 954 61 03 40
- Fax: 00 34 954 61 47 74
[edit] External links
Official Websites
- (Spanish) Official Website Of Real Betis Balompié S.A.D.
- (Spanish) Official Website Of Real Betis Balompié S.A.D. Forum
- (Spanish) Official Website Of Real Betis Balompié S.A.D. Merchandise Store
- (Spanish) Official Website Of Béticos Por El Villamarín
- (French) (German) Official Website Of Johann Vogel
- (German) Official Website Of David Odonkor
Extras
Fan Sites
- (Spanish) Betis Centenario
- (Spanish) Betis Web
- (Spanish) Mundo Betico
- JJ Vazquez
- (Spanish) Musho Beti Web
News, Rumours, & Articles
- (Spanish) AS.com
- (Spanish) Deporte Sevilla.com
- (Spanish) Estadio Deportivo.com
- (Spanish) Marca.com
- Sky Sports.com
- 'This Ref's Crap, Let's Slash The Tyres' - Guardian.co.uk
Real Betis' Centenary Anthem
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