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Real Betis Balompié, known as Real Betis (pronounced [reˈal ˈβetis]) or just Betis, is a Spanish professional football club based in Seville, Andalusia, Spain. Founded in 1907, it plays in La Liga, the top flight of Spanish football. It plays home games at the 60,721-seat Estadio Benito Villamarín. [4]
What does Real Betis Balompié mean? “Real” translates to “Royal,” a title bestowed upon the club by King Alfonso XIII in 1914. “Betis” comes from the Roman name for the Guadalquivir River that flows through Seville, and “Balompié” is an old-fashioned Spanish word for football.
Real Betis name is one of the few in Spanish football that is made using only words that are Spanish in origin, and the oldest of them all. The term ‘Balompié’ is literally football, although most teams in the country choose the term ‘fútbol’ as a copy from English.
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Real Betis is one of Seville's two football clubs - the other is Sevilla FC. The club plays in La Liga, the top league in Spanish football, and is based in Heliopolis district, south of the centre.
Betis, full name Real Betis Balompié, was founded a few years after rival Sevilla Fútbol Club, in 1907. Founded by students from the Polytechnic, led by a Brit, Henry Jones - known as Papa Jones - who was the club's first chairman. Like Sevilla FC, its inaugural match was against Huelva in 1908. With a royal decree from King Alfonso XIII (he of the...
The Betis stadium, Benito Villamarín (built for the 1929 Expo from an original design by Aníbal González, and like Sevilla FC's named after a former president), is in Heliopolis district, around 4.5km south of the city centre - at the far end of Avenida de la Palmera. The stadium seats 60,721. after its latest expansion in 2017; it is the fourth-la...
From 2025-2027, Betis will use the Estadio La Cartujaas its temporary home ground, while Benito Villamarín is redeveloped in a 70-million-euro project.
Betis' name is derived from Baetica, the Roman name for the Guadalquivir river, which runs through Seville. Balompie (balon+pie, or ball+foot) is the literal Spanish word for football, as opposed to the anglicised version, fútbol. The colours originated when one of the club's founders returned from Glasgow with a Celtic strip, and it was decided to...
Spurs and Arsenal, Liverpool and Everton, Rangers and Celtic, AC Milan and Inter - many cities have rival football clubs whose fans have maintained years of animosity, or friendly debate. It may be geographical, it may religious, but there's nothing like a derby to get a city's blood rising to boiling point. Probably the most famous rivalry in Anda...
Oct 30, 2021 · Betis were left in limbo for five years, under judicial control with Lopera unable to sell his shares and with debts mounting. But then losing and crises have always been part of Betis’ culture.
Apr 1, 2023 · Comfortably behind the league’s big hitters, Betis is compounding its do-good image with bold infrastructural investment—cultivating a brand to rival Barcelona, Real Madrid and the best in Europe.
feminine noun. 1. [de comportement, remarque] stupidity. 2. (= action) stupid thing. (= remarque) stupid remark ⧫ stupid thing. faire une bêtise to do something stupid. dire une bêtise to say something stupid. Je crois que j’ai fait une bêtise. I think I’ve done something stupid.
