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 , holding home games at Ciudad Deportiva Luis del Sol, with a 3000 seating-capacity.
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 SeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey1964–6533ª6th1965–6633ª7th1966–6733ª5th1967–6833ª4th1968–6933ª3rd1969–7033ª6th1970–7133ª7th1971–7233ª17th1972–734Reg. Pref.4th1973–744Reg. Pref.4th1974–754Reg. Pref.3rd1975–764Reg. Pref.1st1976–7733ª19th1977–7843ª12thSeasonTierDivisionPlaceCopa del Rey1978–7943ª5th1979–8043ª9th1980–8143ª7th1981–8243ª8th1982–8343ª14th1983–8443ª2nd1984–8543ª1st1985–8632ª B15th1986–8743ª2nd1987–8832ª B14th1988–8932ª B18th1989–9043ª1st1990–9132ª B10th As a reserve team SeasonTierDivisionPlace1991–9232ª B7th1992–9332ª B17th1993–9443ª1st1994–9532ª B11th1995–9632ª B10th1996–9732ª B14th1997–9832ª B12th1998–9932ª B9th1999–0032ª B17th2000–0143ª2nd2001–0232ª B8th2002–0332ª B15th2003–0432ª B16th2004–0543ª8th2005–0643ª6th2006–0743ª2nd2007–0832ª B12th2008–0932ª B11th2009–1032ª B14th2010–1132ª B16thSeasonTierDivisionPlace2011–1232ª B8th2012–1332ª B20th2013–1443ª1st2014–1532ª B8th2015–1632ª B17th2016–1743ª1st2017–1832ª B19th2018–1943ª6th2019–2043ª1st2020–2132ª B / 2021–2231ª RFEF20th2022–2342ª Fed.12th2023–2442ª Fed.5th2024–2531ª Fed.13th2025–2631ª Fed.16th2026–2742ª Fed.
3 seasons in Primera Federación/Primera División RFEF 25 seasons in Segunda División B 3 seasons in Segunda Federación 28 seasons in Tercera División
Current squad
Reserve team
Out on loan
Technical staff PositionNameNationalityManager: Javi Medina SpanishAssistant manager: Ignacio Goyenechea 'Vasco' SpanishFitness coach: Alberto Pérez SpanishGoalkeeping coach: David Relaño SpanishTechnical assistant: Marco Fernández SpanishAnalyst: Alejandro Mendoza SpanishDelegate: Álex Mohand Spanish
References
External links
B-side on official website (archived) Futbolme team profile La futbolteca team profile