REAL BETIS HISTORY

Records demonstrate Real Betis was initially established by understudies in 1907 as Sevilla Balompie, just winding up Real Betis Balompie in 1914 after a merger with Betis Football Club. The name is gotten from 'Baetis', the Roman name for the Guadalquiver waterway going through Sevilla, and 'Balompie', which means football in Spanish, with the Real prefix signifying the club's regal support conceded in 1914.

It took until the 1934-35 season for Betis to win its first thus far just La Liga title under the direction of Irishman Patrick O'Connell, who later went ahead to mentor Barcelona. However in spite of being one of Spain's customary clubs and especially prominent with the common laborers, Los Beticos have had minimal further achievement locally, with just two Copa del Reys (1977 and 2005) to appear for their endeavors.

A fourth-put La Liga complete in 2005 under Lorenzo Serra Ferrer saw Betis turn into the primary Andalusia group to meet all requirements for the Champions League, in spite of the fact that they neglected to escape the gathering stage regardless of a 1-0 triumph over Chelsea.

The club checks King of Spain Juan Carlos I and his child Prince Felipe among its privileged individuals.