Betis Deportivo Balompié

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 Tercera División – Group 10, holding home games at Ciudad Deportiva Luis del Sol, with a capacity of 4,000 seats.

Betis Deportivo

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	1,318
President	Ángel Haro
Head coach	Manuel Ruano
League	3ª – Group 10
2019–20	3ª – Group 10, 1st
Home colours Away colours

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.[1]

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 2ªB 15th 1986–87 4 3ª 2nd 1987–88 3 2ªB 14th 1988–89 3 2ªB 18th 1989–90 4 3ª 1st 1990–91 3 2ªB 10th

• As a reserve team

Season Tier Division Place 1991–92 3 2ªB 7th 1992–93 3 2ªB 17th 1993–94 4 3ª 1st 1994–95 3 2ªB 11th 1995–96 3 2ªB 10th 1996–97 3 2ªB 14th 1997–98 3 2ªB 12th 1998–99 3 2ªB 9th 1999–00 3 2ªB 17th 2000–01 4 3ª 2nd 2001–02 3 2ªB 8th 2002–03 3 2ªB 15th 2003–04 3 2ªB 16th 2004–05 4 3ª 8th 2005–06 4 3ª 6th 2006–07 4 3ª 2nd 2007–08 3 2ªB 12th 2008–09 3 2ªB 11th 2009–10 3 2ªB 14th 2010–11 3 2ªB 16th

Season Tier Division Place 2011–12 3 2ªB 8th 2012–13 3 2ªB 20th 2013–14 4 3ª 1st 2014–15 3 2ªB 8th 2015–16 3 2ªB 17th 2016–17 4 3ª 1st 2017–18 3 2ªB 19th 2018–19 4 3ª 6th 2019–20 4 3ª 1st

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• 24 seasons in Segunda División B
• 28 seasons in Tercera División
• 4 seasons in Categorías Regionales

Current squad

As of 23 February 2020[2]

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 Carlos Marín — GK  ESP Daniel Rebollo — DF  ESP Julio Alonso — DF  ESP Geovanni Barba — DF  ESP Edgar González — DF  ESP Simón Lecea — DF  ESP Luis Martínez — DF  ESP José Luis Trápaga — DF  ESP Diego Altamirano — MF  ESP José Calderón — MF  ESP Roberto Abreu

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  CIV Paul Akouokou — MF  ESP Alejandro Meléndez — MF  ESP Juan Moreno — MF  ESP David Ramos — MF  ESP Migue Rodríguez — MF  ESP Jime — MF  ESP Rodri — FW  ESP Ángel Baena — FW  ESP Mizzian — FW  ESP Raúl García — FW  ESP Robert

Technical staff

Position	Name	Nationality
Manager:	José Juan Romero	Spanish
Assistant manager:	Sergio Castaño	Spanish
Delegate:	Álex Mohand	Spanish
Physical coach:	José Antonio Asián	Spanish
Goalkeeping coach:	Pedro Muñoz	Spanish
Coach:	Borja Muñoz	Spanish
Physioterapist:	Alejandro Fernández	Spanish
Helper:	Antonio Raya	Spanish

References

1. "El Betis B vuelve a denominarse Betis Deportivo" (in Spanish). ABC. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
2. "Spain - Betis Deportivo Balompié - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 23 February 2020.

External links

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