Betis Deportivo Balompié

Betis Deportivo

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Full name	Betis Deportivo Balompié
Nickname(s)	Béticos, Verdiblancos
Founded	15 July 1942 (15 July 1942) as Triana Balompie
Ground	Luis del Sol Seville, Andalusia, Spain
Capacity	3,000
President	Ángel Haro García
Head coach	Aitor Martínez
League	2ª Federación – Group 4
2021–22	1ª RFEF – Group 2, 20th of 20 (relegated)
Home colours Away colours

Betis Deportivo Balompié is a Spanish football team based in Seville, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1942, it is the reserve team of Real Betis and currently plays in Segunda Federación, holding home games at Ciudad Deportiva Luis del Sol, with a capacity of 3,000 seats.

Unlike the English League, 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

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.

Season to season

• As a farm team

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1964–65 3 3ª 6th 1965–66 3 3ª 7th 1966–67 3 3ª 5th 1967–68 3 3ª 4th 1968–69 3 3ª 3rd 1969–70 3 3ª 6th 1970–71 3 3ª 7th 1971–72 3 3ª 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 3ª 19th 1977–78 4 3ª 12th

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1978–79 4 3ª 5th 1979–80 4 3ª 9th 1980–81 4 3ª 7th 1981–82 4 3ª 8th 1982–83 4 3ª 14th 1983–84 4 3ª 2nd 1984–85 4 3ª 1st 1985–86 3 2ª B 15th 1986–87 4 3ª 2nd 1987–88 3 2ª B 14th 1988–89 3 2ª B 18th 1989–90 4 3ª 1st 1990–91 3 2ª B 10th

• As a reserve team

Season Tier Division Place 1991–92 3 2ª B 7th 1992–93 3 2ª B 17th 1993–94 4 3ª 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 3ª 2nd 2001–02 3 2ª B 8th 2002–03 3 2ª B 15th 2003–04 3 2ª B 16th 2004–05 4 3ª 8th 2005–06 4 3ª 6th 2006–07 4 3ª 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 3ª 1st 2014–15 3 2ª B 8th 2015–16 3 2ª B 17th 2016–17 4 3ª 1st 2017–18 3 2ª B 19th 2018–19 4 3ª 6th 2019–20 4 3ª 1st 2020–21 3 2ª B 3rd / 4th 2021–22 3 1ª RFEF 20th 2022–23 4 2ª Fed.

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• 1 season in Primera Federación
• 25 seasons in Segunda División B
• 1 season in Segunda Federación
• 28 seasons in Tercera División

Current squad

As of 8 September 2022.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF ESP Fran Delgado (captain) 3 DF ESP Álvaro Martínez 4 DF ESP Ricardo Visus 5 DF ESP Xavi Pleguezuelo 6 MF ESP Antonio Marchena (vice-captain) 7 FW ESP Marcos Fernández 8 MF ESP José Alonso Lara 9 FW ESP Manu Morillo 10 MF ESP Juan Cruz 11 FW ESP Óscar Cantarero 13 GK ESP Fran Vieites 14 MF ESP Quique Fernández 15 DF ESP Ismael Sierra

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 FW ESP Jordi Escobar (on loan from Almería) 17 DF ESP Miguel Ángel Brenes 18 MF ESP Dani Pérez 19 DF BIH Salih Husić 20 MF ESP Juanjo (on loan from Rayo Majadahonda) 21 DF ESP Félix Garreta 23 MF ESP Ginés Sorroche 24 MF ESP Mario Peregrina 25 GK ESP Raúl García-Alejo 27 FW ESP Ángel Ortiz 29 MF BFA Younous Tassembedo 30 GK ESP Germán García

Reserve team

Main article: Real Betis Cantera

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 FW ESP Carlos León 31 GK ESP Josan

No. Pos. Nation Player 33 DF ESP Pablo Busto 35 DF ESP Adrián Vázquez

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF FRA Yassin Fekir (at Linense until 30 June 2023)

Technical staff

Position	Name	Nationality
Manager:	Aitor Martínez	Spanish
Assistant manager:	Antonio Falcón	Spanish
Delegate:	Álex Mohand	Spanish
Goalkeeping coach:	David Relaño	Spanish
Fitness Coach:	Jesús Franco	Spanish
Analyst:	Andrés Moreno	Spanish

External links

• Official website (in Spanish)
• B-side on official website (in Spanish)
• Futbolme team profile (in Spanish)
• La futbolteca team profile (in Spanish)