2016–17 Real Betis season

The 2016–17 season was Real Betis's second consecutive season in La Liga after spending 2014–15 in the Segunda División.

Real Betis

2016–17 season
President	Ángel Haro
Head coach	Víctor Sánchez
Stadium	Benito Villamarín
La Liga	15th
Copa del Rey	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Rubén Castro (7) All: Rubén Castro (7)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Squad

As of 31 August 2016[1]

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  ESP Dani Giménez 2 DF  ESP Rafa Navarro 3 DF  ESP Álex Martínez 4 DF  ESP Bruno 5 MF  BRA Petros 6 MF  CHI Felipe Gutiérrez 8 MF  FRA Jonas Martin 9 FW  PAR Antonio Sanabria 10 MF  ESP Dani Ceballos 11 MF  ESP Matías Nahuel (on loan from Villarreal) 12 DF  ITA Cristiano Piccini 13 GK  ESP Antonio Adán 14 DF  DEN Riza Durmisi

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 MF  NED Ryan Donk (on loan from Galatasaray) 16 MF  ESP Álvaro Cejudo 17 MF  ESP Joaquín 18 FW  UKR Roman Zozulya 19 FW  ESP Álex Alegría 20 DF  ARG Germán Pezzella 21 MF  ESP Fabián 22 MF  SRB Darko Brašanac 23 DF  ALG Aïssa Mandi 24 FW  ESP Rubén Castro 25 GK  ESP Manu Herrera 28 DF  ESP José Carlos

Competitions

Overall

As of 21 May 2017

Competition	Final position
La Liga	15th
Copa del Rey	Round of 32

La Liga

Main article: 2016–17 La Liga

League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
13	Celta Vigo	38	13	6	19	53	69	−16	45
14	Las Palmas	38	10	9	19	53	74	−21	39[lower-alpha 1]
15	Real Betis	38	10	9	19	41	64	−23	39[lower-alpha 1]
16	Deportivo La Coruña	38	8	12	18	43	61	−18	36
17	Leganés	38	8	11	19	36	55	−19	35

Source: La Liga, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Fair-play points; 7) Play-off.[2]
Notes:

1. Las Palmas ahead of Real Betis on head-to-head goal difference: Las Palmas–Real Betis 4–1, Real Betis–Las Palmas 2–0

Results Summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	10	9	19	41	66	−25	39	6	7	6	22	24	−2	4	2	13	19	42	−23

Last updated: 20 May 2017.
Source: Competitive matches

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Barcelona v Real Betis

20 August 2016 1	Barcelona	6–2	Real Betis	Barcelona
18:15 CEST	Turan  6' Messi  37', 57' L. Suárez  42', 56', 82',  62'	Report	Castro  21', 84',  77' Cejudo  45' Ceballos  68'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 65,731 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Navarre)

Real Betis v Deportivo La Coruña

26 August 2016 2	Real Betis	0–0	Deportivo La Coruña	Seville
10:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Juanfran  65' Mosquera  90+3'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 34,543 Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez

Valencia v Real Betis

11 September 2016 3	Valencia	2–3	Real Betis	Valencia
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pérez  22'  50' Nani  60' Rodrigo  75' Garay  78'	Report	Castro  38', 90+2' Joaquín  54' Brašanac  56' Piccini  63' Petros  71' Musonda  72'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 36,789 Referee: José González González

Real Betis v Granada

16 September 2016 4	Real Betis	2–2	Granada	Seville
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Alegría  36' (61) Musonda  63' Adán  77' Durmisi  79' Giménez  85'  85' Gutiérrez  88'	Report	Carcela  13',  81' Bueno  33' Vezo  52'  54' Ponce  74' Angban  80'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 34,236 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

Sevilla v Betis

20 September 2016 5	Sevilla	1–0	Betis	Seville
22:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Vázquez  16' Nasri  32' Mercado  51',  85' Sarabia  78' Pareja  85'	Report	Petros  2' Pezzella  11' Piccini  40' Bruno  85'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 39,849 Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

Real Betis v Málaga

23 September 2016 6	Real Betis	1–0	Málaga	Seville
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Joaquín  25' González  47' Petros  62' Navarro  72' Cejudo  90+1'	Report	Sandro  37' Kuzmanović  45' Jony  45' Camacho  67' Llorente  78' Castro  89'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 33,322 Referee: Alfonso Álvarez Izquierdo

Real Sociedad v Real Betis

30 September 2016 7	Real Sociedad	1–0	Real Betis	San Sebastián
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	I. Martínez  44' Illarramendi  60' Vela  63'	Report	Brašanac  46' Bruno  54' Joaquín  59'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 18,310 Referee: Daniel Trujillo Suárez

Real Betis v Real Madrid

15 October 2016 8	Real Betis	1–6	Real Madrid	Seville
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pezzella  49' Cejudo  55',  64' Zozulya  77' Petros  90+1'	Report	Varane  4' Benzema  31' Marcelo  39' Isco  43',  45', 62' Ronaldo  78'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 37,209 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

Osasuna v Real Betis

21 October 2016 9	Osasuna	1–2	Real Betis	Pamplona
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	D. García  45+1' Torres  48',  58' De las Cuevas  57' Rivière  87'	Report	Joaquín  19' Brašanac  86' Cejudo  88' Gutiérrez  90+1'	Stadium: El Sadar Attendance: 15,105 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

Real Betis v Espanyol

30 October 2016 10	Real Betis	0–1	Espanyol	Seville
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pezzella  28' Martin  54' Gutiérrez  69'	Report	Pérez  55' Reyes  62' Piatti  66' Sánchez  79'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 38,282 Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

Villarreal v Real Betis

6 November 2016 11	Villarreal	2–0	Real Betis	Vilarreal
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Trigueros  22' Soriano  53'	Report	Cejudo  72' Martin  79'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 18,826 Referee: Iñaki Vicandi Garrido

Real Betis v Las Palmas

18 November 2016 12	Real Betis	2–0	Las Palmas	Las Palmas
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	González  27' Mandi  45+2'	Report	Gómez  88'	Stadium: Gran Canaria Attendance: 34,114 Referee: José González González

Eibar v Real Betis

25 November 2016 13	Eibar	3–1	Real Betis	Eibar
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Pedro León  19' Enrich  23' Kike  90+2'	Report	Piccini  17' Bruno  72' Castro  84'	Stadium: Ipurua Municipal Stadium Attendance: 5,146 Referee: Daniel Ocón Arráiz

Real Betis v Celta Vigo

4 December 2016 14	Real Betis	3–3	Celta Vigo	Seville
12:00 CEST	Donk  11' Petros  25'  90+2' Castro  41' (pen.) Sanabria  53',  59' Pezzella  73',  89' Gutiérrez  77'	Report	Aspas  15', 61' Roncaglia  85' Cabral  89'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 27,241 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez

Real Betis v Athletic Bilbao

11 December 2016 15	Real Betis	1–0	Athletic Bilbao	Seville
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Piccini  15' Castro  16',  18' Cejudo  74'	Report	Laporte  3' García  47'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 34,481 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz

Alavés v Real Betis

16 December 2016 16	Alavés	1–0	Real Betis	Vitoria-Gasteiz
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Deyverson  18',  58' Camarasa  35' Llorente  53' Hernandez  55' Pacheco  73' M. García  90+4'	[www.laliga.es/directo/temporada-2016-2017/laliga-santander/16/alaves_betis Report]	Ceballos  55'	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 18,067 Referee: Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva

Real Betis v Leganés

8 January 2016 17	Real Betis	2–0	Leganés	Seville
16:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Petros  30' Castro  51' Bruno  58' Piccini  85'	Report	Mantovani  14' Alberto Martín  37' López  60' Ramos  74' Bustinza  78' Pérez  82'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 36,328 Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

Atlético Madrid v Real Betis

14 January 2017 18	Atlético Madrid	1–0	Real Betis	Madrid
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gaitán  8'	Report	Piccini  61' Alegría  79' Ceballos  89'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 46,043 Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez

Real Betis v Sporting Gijón

22 January 2017 19	Real Betis	0–0	Sporting Gijón	Seville
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ceballos  59' Bruno  90+3'	Summary	Babin  21' Lillo  84'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 35,097 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

Real Betis v Barcelona

29 January 2017 20	Real Betis	1–1	Barcelona	Seville
12:00 CET	Petros  67' Alegría  75' Castro  78'	Report	Piqué  43' Rakitić  70' Gomes  78' L. Suárez  90'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 43,790 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

Real Betis v Valencia

11 February 2017 21	Real Betis	0–0	Valencia	Seville
13:00 CET	Mandi  63' Pezzella  87' Ceballos  89' Sanabria  89'	Report	Santos  21' Parejo  57' Zaza  78'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 30,567 Referee: Daniel Trujillo

Granada v Real Betis

17 February 2017 22	Granada	4–1	Real Betis	Granada
20:45 CET	Carcela  18' Ramos  28', 64',  62' Pereira  33',  55'  66' Wakaso  40' Agbo  81'	Report	Martin  49' Matías Nahuel  66' Petros  75'	Stadium: Los Cármenes Attendance: 15,927 Referee: Daniel Ocón Arráiz

Real Betis v Sevilla

25 February 2017 23	Real Betis	1–2	Sevilla	Seville
16:15 CET	Durmisi  36' Tosca  45' Piccini  87' Martin  90+3'	Report	Nzonzi  35' Sarabia  43' Mercado  56' Iborra  76' Pareja  90'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 37,110 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

Málaga v Real Betis

28 February 2017 24	Málaga	1–2	Real Betis	Málaga
21:30 CET	Fornals  39' Torres  68' Jony  76' Juan Carlos  90+4'	Report	Pezzella  36' Martin  48' Brašanac  60' Bruno  63' Sanabria  74' Cejudo  82' Adán  90+3'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 24,343 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

Real Betis v Real Sociedad

3 March 2017 25	Real Betis	2–3	Real Sociedad	Seville
20:45 CET	Mandi  16' Pezzella  55' Sanabria  65' Joaquín  79' Donk  90+4' Ceballos  90+4'	Report	Bautista  9' Prieto  26', 72' Berchiche  40' Illarramendi  78'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Referee: Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva

Deportivo La Coruña v Real Betis

8 March 2017 26	Deportivo La Coruña	1–1	Real Betis	A Coruña
18:45 CET	Gil  21' Andone  33' Mosquera  86' Borges  90+3' Albentosa  90+4'	Report	Donk  35' Pardo  40' Ceballos  52' Piccini  70' Adán  90' Pezzella  90+1' Mandi  90+2' Martínez  90+5'	Stadium: Riazor Attendance: 21,450 Referee: Alfonso Álvarez Izquierdo

Real Madrid v Real Betis

12 March 2017 27	Real Madrid	2–1	Real Betis	Madrid
20:45 CET	Ronaldo  41' Ramos  81' Marcelo  87'	Report	Sanabria  24' Piccini  30'  78'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 69,206 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz

Real Betis v Osasuna

18 March 2017 28	Real Betis	2–0	Osasuna	Seville
20:45 CET	Navarro  4' Castro  28'	Report	Kodro  8' Mérida  51' Buñuel  60'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 32,375 Referee: Alfonso Álvarez Izquierdo

Espanyol v Real Betis

31 March 2017 29	Espanyol	2–1	Real Betis	Barcelona
20:45 CEST	Fuego  76',  87' J. López  82' Gerard  88' J. Reyes  90'	Report	Castro  78' (pen.) Petros  87' Navarro  90'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 21,090 Referee: José González González

Real Betis v Villarreal

4 April 2017 30	Real Betis	0–1	Villarreal	Seville
21:30 CEST	Brašanac  39' Durmisi  73'	Report	Adrián  47' Ruiz  66' Dos Santos  70'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 25,477 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

Las Palmas v Real Betis

9 April 2017 31	Las Palmas	4–1	Real Betis	Las Palmas
20:45 CEST	Boateng  29',  49' Lemos  30' Gómez  38',  44' Viera  62' Jesé  83' (pen.)	Report	Toșca  58' Mandi  65' Pezzella  74' Navarro  88',  90+3'	Stadium: Gran Canaria Attendance: 19,769 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez

Real Betis v Eibar

16 April 2017 32	Real Betis	2–0	Eibar	Seville
18:30 CEST	Martin  2',  21' Bruno  23' Pezella  69' Pardo  80' Ceballos  89'	Report	Capa  36' Lejeune  65' García  75' Kike  85'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 30,331 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz

Celta Vigo v Real Betis

23 April 2017 33	Celta Vigo	0–1	Real Betis	Vigo
16:15 CEST	Planas  61' Wass  79' Díaz  81'	Report	Durmisi  27' Brašanac  54' Bruno  71' Ceballos  80' Navarro  86' Cejudo  90+4'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 15,739 Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

Athletic Bilbao v Real Betis

27 April 2017 34	Athletic Bilbao	2–1	Real Betis	Bilbao
21:30 CEST	Susaeta  8' Aduriz  53' (pen.) Muniain  60'	Report	Brašanac  13' Mandi  58' Castro  63' Adán  72'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 34,301 Referee: José González González

Real Betis v Alavés

30 April 2017 35	Real Betis	1–4	Alavés	Seville
16:15 CEST	Pardo  12' Alegría  88'	Report	Alexis  19' Romero  19' Torres  24' Krstičić  48',  81' Sobrino  54' Santos  58' Édgar  90+3' Katai  90+4'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 22,271 Referee: Daniel Ocón Arráiz

Leganés v Real Betis

8 May 2017 36	Leganés	4–0	Real Betis	Leganés
20:45 CEST	Szymanowski  7' (pen.), 80' El Zhar  15' Tito  43' Gabriel  65' Siovas  76' Luciano  90+1'	Report		Stadium: Butarque Attendance: 9,443 Referee: Daniel Trujillo Suárez

Real Betis v Atlético Madrid

14 May 2017 37	Real Betis	1–1	Atlético Madrid	Seville
20:00 CEST	Brašanac  28' Ceballos  57' Petros  66' Adán  67' Martínez  90+1'	Report	Filipe Luís  36' Giménez  42' Koke  55' Savić  60',  66'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 27,159 Referee: Alfonso Álvarez Izquierdo

Sporting Gijón v Real Betis

20 May 2017 38	Sporting Gijón	2–2	Real Betis	Gijón
17:00	Douglas  7' Carmona  79'	Summary	Castro  22', 59' Cejudo  37' Durmisi  86'	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 15,365 Referee: Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva

Copa del Rey

Main article: 2016–17 Copa del Rey

Round of 32

Real Betis v Deportivo La Coruña

29 November 2016 First leg	Real Betis	1–0	Deportivo La Coruña	Seville
22:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Sanabria  19' Martin  36' Brašanac  86'	Report	Bergantiños  73' Luisinho  79'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 18,774 Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

Deportivo La Coruña v Real Betis

21 December 2016 Second leg	Deportivo La Coruña	3–1 (3–2 agg.)	Real Betis	A Coruña
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Arribas  11' Luisinho  54' Babel  59' Joselu  80'	Report	Bruno  57' Piccini  66',  76' Ceballos  77'	Stadium: Riazor Attendance: 17,145 Referee: José González González

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Last updated on 20 May 2017.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		La Liga		Copa del Rey
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Dani Giménez	3	0	1	0	2	0
13	GK		Antonio Adán	37	0	37	0	0	0
25	GK		Manu Herrera	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
3	DF		Álex Martínez	14	0	11+3	0	0	0
4	DF		Bruno	18	1	15+1	1	1+1	0
12	DF		Cristiano Piccini	25	3	21+2	2	2	1
14	DF		Riza Durmisi	29	1	27	1	2	0
20	DF		Germán Pezzella	37	1	36	1	1	0
21	DF		Alin Toșca	17	0	17	0	0	0
23	DF		Aïssa Mandi	28	2	25+1	2	2	0
27	DF		Rafa Navarro	18	2	14+4	2	0	0
28	DF		José Carlos	7	0	6	0	1	0
Midfielders
5	MF		Petros	33	1	24+8	1	1	0
6	MF		Felipe Gutiérrez	16	1	9+5	1	1+1	0
7	MF		Rubén Pardo	16	1	15+1	1	0	0
8	MF		Jonas Martin	22	2	15+5	2	1+1	0
10	MF		Dani Ceballos	31	2	24+6	2	1	0
11	MF		Matías Nahuel	10	0	0+10	0	0	0
15	MF		Ryan Donk	18	0	9+7	0	2	0
16	MF		Álvaro Cejudo	17	1	6+11	1	0	0
17	MF		Joaquín	29	3	19+9	3	0+1	0
22	MF		Darko Brašanac	26	1	19+6	1	1	0
Forwards
9	FW		Antonio Sanabria	24	5	16+6	4	2	1
18	FW		Roman Zozulya	6	0	1+5	0	0	0
19	FW		Álex Alegría	27	3	15+10	3	2	0
24	FW		Rubén Castro	36	13	32+3	13	0+1	0
Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club either permanently or on loan
7	MF		Charly Musonda	8	0	1+7	0	0	0
21	MF		Fabián	5	0	3+1	0	0+1	0

References

1. "Real Betis Balompié - Primer Equipo". Archived from the original on 2013-11-16. Retrieved 2016-12-12.
2. "Primera División 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 14 September 2016.

External links

• Club's official website