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Real Betis

Image:Betis Sevilla logo.svg

Full name

Real Betis Balompié

Nickname(s)

Los Béticos
Los Verdiblancos
Los Verderones

Founded

1907

Ground

Manuel Ruiz de Lopera, Seville
Olimpico Sevilla (January 2007 -)

Capacity

52,700

Chairman

Image:Flag of Spain.svg José León Gómez

Head Coach

Image:Flag of Spain.svg Javier Irureta

League

La Liga

2005/2006

La Liga, 14th

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Home colours

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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 seater Manuel Ruiz de Lopera, and home colors are green and white.

1 History
2 Stadium information
3 Honours
4 Competition participation
5 Current squad
6 2006/2007 La Liga statistics
7 Famous players
8 Famous coaches
9 Presidents
10 Contact details
- 10.1 Address
- 10.2 Phone numbers
11 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. 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

No.		Position	Player
1	Image:Flag of Spain.svg	GK	Pedro Contreras
2	Image:Flag of Spain.svg	DF	Melli
3	Image:Flag of Spain.svg	DF	Enrique Romero
4	Image:Flag of Spain.svg	DF	Juanito
5	Image:Flag of Spain.svg	DF	David Rivas
6	Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg	DF	Alejandro Lembo
7	Image:Flag of Spain.svg	DF	Damià Abella
8	Image:Flag of Spain.svg	MF	Arzu
9	Image:Flag of Spain.svg	FW	Fernando
10	Image:Flag of Brazil.svg	FW	Edú
11	Image:Flag of Spain.svg	FW	Dani
12	Image:Flag of Brazil.svg	FW	Robert
13	Image:Flag of Spain.svg	GK	Toni Doblas

No.		Position	Player
14	Image:Flag of Spain.svg	MF	Capi
15	Image:Flag of Spain.svg	DF	Nano
16	Image:Flag of Switzerland.svg	MF	Johann Vogel
17	Image:Flag of Brazil.svg	MF	Jorge Wágner
18	Image:Flag of Spain.svg	MF	Alberto Rivera
19	Image:Flag of Spain.svg	FW	Xisco
20	Image:Flag of Brazil.svg	MF	Marcos Assunção
21	Image:Flag of Spain.svg	MF	Miguel Angel
22	Image:Flag of Spain.svg	DF	Fernando Vega
23	Image:Flag of Germany.svg	MF	David Odonkor
24	Image:Flag of Spain.svg	FW	Tati Maldonado
25	Image:Flag of Brazil.svg	FW	Rafael Sóbis
26	Image:Flag of Spain.svg	MF	Cañamero

See also: Real Betis B

[edit] Captains

[edit] Loaned players

No.		Position	Player
26	Image:Flag of Spain.svg	MF	Israel (to Mérida UD until June 2008)
	Image:Flag of Spain.svg	MF	Juanlu (to CA Osasuna until June 2007)
16	Image:Flag of Spain.svg	DF	Oscar López (to Gimnàstic de Tarragona 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. 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

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