Betis Deportivo Balompié

Betis Deportivo Balompié is a Spanish football team based in Seville, Andalusia, Spain. Founded in 1942, it is the reserve team of Real Betis and currently plays in Primera Federación – Group 2, holding home games at Ciudad Deportiva Luis del Sol, with a 3000 seating-capacity.[2]

Betis Deportivo
Full nameBetis Deportivo Balompié
Nickname(s)Béticos, Verdiblancos
Founded15 July 1942; 82 years ago (15 July 1942)
as Triana Balompié
GroundCiudad Deportiva Luis del Sol
Seville, Andalusia, Spain
Capacity3000[1]
PresidentÁngel Haro García
Head coachArzu
LeaguePrimera Federación – Group 2
2023–24Segunda Federación – Group 4, 5th of 18 (promoted via play-offs)

Reserve teams in Spain play in the same football pyramid as their senior team, rather than a separate league. However, reserve teams cannot play in the same division as the main squad.

Reserve teams are also no longer permitted to enter the Copa del Rey. Additionally, only under-23 players or under-25 players with a professional contract can switch between senior and reserve teams.

History

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Founded in 1942 as Triana Balompié and named after a working class district in Seville. Legend has it that Betis, later to evolve into Real Betis, was formed in 1913 by a group of Sevilla FC directors after the club refused to sign a player who came from Triana.

In 1976, the team was renamed as Betis Deportivo and started to compile an impressive record in the Spanish U-19 Cup, winning the competition in 1983, 1990, 1998 and 1999, and finishing as runners-up in 1969 and 1992. This record was only bettered by FC Barcelona, Real Madrid and Athletic Bilbao, and Betis were also runners-up in the U-19 league in 1990.

Betis Deportivo spent the vast majority of its existence in Segunda División B and Tercera División, never reaching the promotion playoffs in the former category.

After being named as Real Betis B between 1991 and 2017, the club recovered the name of Betis Deportivo.[3]

Season to season

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Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey
1964–65 3 6th
1965–66 3 7th
1966–67 3 5th
1967–68 3 4th
1968–69 3 3rd
1969–70 3 6th
1970–71 3 7th
1971–72 3 17th
1972–73 4 Reg. Pref. 4th
1973–74 4 Reg. Pref. 4th
1974–75 4 Reg. Pref. 3rd
1975–76 4 Reg. Pref. 1st
1976–77 3 19th
1977–78 4 12th
Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey
1978–79 4 5th
1979–80 4 9th
1980–81 4 7th
1981–82 4 8th
1982–83 4 14th
1983–84 4 2nd
1984–85 4 1st
1985–86 3 2ª B 15th
1986–87 4 2nd
1987–88 3 2ª B 14th
1988–89 3 2ª B 18th
1989–90 4 1st
1990–91 3 2ª B 10th
Season Tier Division Place
1991–92 3 2ª B 7th
1992–93 3 2ª B 17th
1993–94 4 1st
1994–95 3 2ª B 11th
1995–96 3 2ª B 10th
1996–97 3 2ª B 14th
1997–98 3 2ª B 12th
1998–99 3 2ª B 9th
1999–00 3 2ª B 17th
2000–01 4 2nd
2001–02 3 2ª B 8th
2002–03 3 2ª B 15th
2003–04 3 2ª B 16th
2004–05 4 8th
2005–06 4 6th
2006–07 4 2nd
2007–08 3 2ª B 12th
2008–09 3 2ª B 11th
2009–10 3 2ª B 14th
2010–11 3 2ª B 16th
Season Tier Division Place
2011–12 3 2ª B 8th
2012–13 3 2ª B 20th
2013–14 4 1st
2014–15 3 2ª B 8th
2015–16 3 2ª B 17th
2016–17 4 1st
2017–18 3 2ª B 19th
2018–19 4 6th
2019–20 4 1st
2020–21 3 2ª B 3rd / 4th
2021–22 3 1ª RFEF 20th
2022–23 4 2ª Fed. 12th
2023–24 4 2ª Fed. 5th
2024–25 3 1ª Fed.

Current squad

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As of 8 November 2024.[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   POR Guilherme Fernandes
2 DF   ESP Pablo Busto
3 DF   ESP Lucas Alcázar
4 DF   SEN Nobel Mendy
5 DF   ESP Xavi Pleguezuelo
6 MF   ESP Mateo Flores
7 DF   ESP Ángel Ortiz
8 MF   ESP Dani Pérez
9 FW   ESP Marcos Fernández
10 MF   ESP Carlos Reina
11 FW   SEN Souleymane Faye
14 MF   ESP Sander Ballero
15 DF   ESP Sergio Arribas
16 MF   ESP Carlos Guirao (on loan from Leganés)
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 FW   ESP Jesús Rodríguez
18 MF   ESP Ismael Barea
19 FW   NGA Destiny Ilahude
20 MF   GHA Mawuli Mensah
21 DF   FRA Elyaz Zidane
22 MF   ESP Usse Diao
23 FW   GNB Marciano Sanca (on loan from Almería)
24 FW   BRA João Fersura
25 DF   FRA Rudy Kohon
27 DF   COL Keimer Sandoval
30 GK   ESP Germán García
DF   ESP Félix Garreta
MF   ESP Ginés Sorroche
MF   FRA Yassin Fekir

Reserve team

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
28 DF   ESP Miguel Cuevas
29 DF   ESP Jorge Oreiro
No. Pos. Nation Player
32 DF   ESP Pablo López
33 FW   ESP Pablo García

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK   ESP Josan Gordo (at Badalona Futur until 30 June 2025)
DF   ESP Agus Moreno (at Antequera until 30 June 2025)
No. Pos. Nation Player
DF   ESP Álex Pérez (at Inter Milan until 30 June 2025)

Technical staff

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Position Name Nationality
Manager: Arzu   Spanish
Assistant manager: Daniel Avilés   Spanish
Fitness Coach: Bernardi Gaona   Spanish
Goalkeeping coach: David Relaño   Spanish
Analyst: Andrés Moreno   Spanish
Delegate: Álex Mohand   Spanish

References

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  1. ^ "Estadio Betis Deportivo Balompié, aforo y dirección". Fichajes.com : Información sobre los fichajes y actualidad del mundo del fútbol (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-11-29.
  2. ^ "Spain - Betis Deportivo Balompié - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2020-11-29.
  3. ^ "El Betis B vuelve a denominarse Betis Deportivo" (in Spanish). ABC. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Plantilla - Betis Deportivo". realbetisbalompie.es. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
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