2017–18 Real Betis season

During the 2017–18 season, Real Betis participated in La Liga and the Copa del Rey.

Real Betis
2017–18 season
PresidentÁngel Haro
Head coachQuique Setién
StadiumBenito Villamarín
La Liga6th
Copa del ReyRound of 32
Top goalscorerLeague:
Sergio León (11)

All:
Sergio León (13)
Highest home attendance53,533 vs Real Madrid
(18 February 2018)
Lowest home attendance31,311 vs Espanyol
(17 March 2018)
Average home league attendance45,467

Squad edit

Current squad edit

As of 1 September 2017[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 MF   ESP Javi García
4 DF   MAR Zouhair Feddal
5 DF   ESP Jordi Amat (on loan from Swansea City)
6 MF   ESP Fabián
7 FW   ESP Sergio León
8 MF   ESP Víctor Camarasa
9 FW   PAR Antonio Sanabria
10 MF   ALG Ryad Boudebouz
11 MF   ESP Matías Nahuel (on loan from Villarreal)
12 FW   CRC Joel Campbell (on loan from Arsenal)
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 GK   ESP Antonio Adán (2nd captain)
14 DF   DEN Riza Durmisi
15 DF   ESP Marc Bartra
17 MF   ESP Joaquín (captain)
18 MF   MEX Andrés Guardado
19 DF   ESP Antonio Barragán (on loan from Middlesbrough)
20 FW   ESP Cristian Tello
21 DF   ROU Alin Toșca
23 DF   ALG Aïssa Mandi
27 FW   ESP Francis
29 MF   COL Juanjo Narváez
32 DF   DOM Junior Firpo

Transfers edit

In edit

Date Player From Type Fee Ref
14 August 2017   Javi García   Zenit Saint Petersburg Transfer €1,500,000 [2]
30 June 2017   Fabián   Elche Loan return Free
30 June 2017   Didier Digard   Osasuna Loan return Free
30 June 2017   Sergio León   Osasuna Transfer €3,500,000 [3]
1 July 2017   Víctor Camarasa   Levante Transfer €7,000,000 [4]
1 July 2017   Cristian Tello   Barcelona Transfer €4,000,000 [5]
6 July 2017   Antonio Barragán   Middlesbrough Loan Free [6]
7 July 2017   Jordi Amat   Swansea City Loan Free [7]
7 July 2017   Andrés Guardado   PSV Transfer €2,300,000 [8]
24 July 2017   Zouhair Feddal   Alavés Transfer €2,500,000 [9]
8 August 2017   Ryad Boudebouz   Montpellier Transfer €7,000,000 [10][11]
30 January 2018   Marc Bartra   Borussia Dortmund Transfer €8,000,000

Out edit

Date Player To Type Fee Ref
22 May 2017   Cristiano Piccini   Sporting CP Transfer €3,000,000 [12]
28 June 2017   Álex Martínez   Granada Transfer Free [13]
29 June 2017   Petros   São Paulo Transfer €2,500,000 [14]
30 June 2017   Ryan Donk   Galatasaray Loan return Free
30 June 2017   Rubén Pardo   Real Sociedad Loan return Free
1 July 2017   Manu Herrera TBD Free
1 July 2017   Álex Alegría   Levante Loan Free [15]
1 July 2017   Francisco Portillo   Getafe Transfer €1,500,000 [16]
1 July 2017   Dani Pacheco   Getafe Transfer €1,000,000 [16]
5 July 2017   Bruno   Getafe Transfer €600,000 [17]
11 July 2017   Rubén Castro   Guizhou Zhicheng Loan Free [18]
14 July 2017   Dani Ceballos   Real Madrid Transfer €17,000,000 [19]
24 July 2017   Álvaro Cejudo   Western Sydney Wanderers Transfer Free [20]
25 July 2017   Jonas Martin   Strasbourg Transfer €1,500,000 [21]

Competitions edit

Overall edit

Competition Final position
La Liga 6th
Copa del Rey Round of 32

La Liga edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
4 Valencia 38 22 7 9 65 38 +27 73 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
5 Villarreal 38 18 7 13 57 50 +7 61 Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
6 Real Betis 38 18 6 14 60 61 −1 60
7 Sevilla 38 17 7 14 49 58 −9 58 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[a]
8 Getafe 38 15 10 13 42 33 +9 55
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 (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)[22]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Since the winners of the 2017–18 Copa del Rey, Barcelona, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the sixth-placed team and the spot awarded to the sixth-placed team (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed to the seventh-placed team.

Matches edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

20 August 2017 1 Barcelona 2–0 Real Betis Barcelona
20:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)
Report Stadium: Camp Nou
Attendance: 54,560
Referee: Daniel Trujillo Suárez
25 August 2017 2 Real Betis 2–1 Celta Vigo Seville
22:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)
Report
Stadium: Benito Villamarín
Attendance: 45,761
Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea
10 September 2017 3 Villarreal 3–1 Real Betis Villarreal
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)
Report
Stadium: La Cerámica
Attendance: 18,638
Referee: David Medié Jiménez
16 September 2017 4 Real Betis 2–1 Deportivo La Coruña Seville
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)
Report
Stadium: Benito Villamarín
Attendance: 46,174
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco
20 September 2017 5 Real Madrid 0–1 Real Betis Madrid
22:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) Report
Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu
Attendance: 61,757
Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz
25 September 2017 6 Real Betis 4–0 Levante Seville
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)
Report Stadium: Benito Villamarín
Attendance: 48,237
Referee: Pablo González Fuertes
1 October 2017 7 Real Sociedad 4–4 Real Betis San Sebastián
12:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)
Report
Stadium: Anoeta
Attendance: 19,669
Referee: Alfonso Álvarez Izquierdo
15 October 2017 8 Real Betis 3–6 Valencia Seville
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)
Report
Stadium: Benito Villamarín
Attendance: 48,792
Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez
21 October 2017 9 Real Betis 2–0 Alavés Seville
16:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)
Report
Stadium: Benito Villamarín
Attendance: 49,304
Referee: Daniel Trujillo Suárez
30 October 2017 10 Espanyol 1–0 Real Betis Cornellà de Llobregat
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)
Report
Stadium: RCDE Stadium
Attendance: 17,545
Referee: Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva
3 November 2017 11 Real Betis 2–2 Getafe Seville
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Benito Villamarín
Attendance: 39,631
Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz
20 November 2017 12 Eibar 5–0 Real Betis Eibar
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Ipurua
Attendance: 4,341
Referee: José González González
25 November 2017 13 Real Betis 2–2 Girona Seville
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Benito Villamarín
Attendance: 45,772
Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande
3 December 2017 14 Las Palmas 1–0 Real Betis Las Palmas
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Gran Canaria
Attendance: 16,215
Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández
10 December 2017 15 Real Betis 0–1 Atlético Madrid Seville
16:15 CET (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Benito Villamarín
Attendance: 45,517
Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández
18 December 2017 16 Málaga 0–2 Real Betis Málaga
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: La Rosaleda
Attendance: 22,742
Referee: Javier Alberola Rojas
22 December 2017 17 Real Betis 0–2 Athletic Bilbao Seville
19:30 CET (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Benito Villamarín
Attendance: 42,713
Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera
7 January 2018 18 Sevilla 3–5 Real Betis Seville
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán
Attendance: 40,385
Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano
15 January 2018 19 Real Betis 3–2 Leganés Seville
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Benito Villamarín
Attendance: 41,837
Referee: Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva
21 January 2018 20 Real Betis 0–5 Barcelona Seville
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Benito Villamarín
Attendance: 53,426
Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre
29 January 2018 21 Celta Vigo 3–2 Real Betis Vigo
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Balaídos
Attendance: 14,888
Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez
3 February 2018 22 Real Betis 2–1 Villarreal Seville
16:15 CET (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Benito Villamarín
Attendance: 49,066
Referee: Javier Alberola Rojas
12 February 2018 23 Deportivo La Coruña 0–1 Real Betis A Coruña
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Riazor
Attendance: 20,611
Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande
18 February 2018 24 Real Betis 3–5 Real Madrid Seville
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Benito Villamarín
Attendance: 53,533
Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano
26 February 2018 25 Levante 0–2 Real Betis Valencia
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Ciutat de València
Attendance: 15,768
Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea
1 March 2018 26 Real Betis 0–0 Real Sociedad Seville
19:30 CET (UTC+01:00)
Report Stadium: Benito Villamarín
Attendance: 40,435
Referee: José González González
4 March 2018 27 Valencia 2–0 Real Betis Valencia
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Mestalla
Attendance: 35,565
Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández
12 March 2018 28 Alavés 1–3 Real Betis Vitoria-Gasteiz
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Mendizorrotza
Attendance: 17,239
Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande
17 March 2018 29 Real Betis 3–0 Espanyol Seville
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Benito Villamarín
Attendance: 31,311
Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea
2 April 2018 30 Getafe 0–1 Real Betis Getafe
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)
Report
Stadium: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez
Attendance: 10,466
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco
7 April 2018 31 Real Betis 2–0 Eibar Seville
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)
Report
Stadium: Benito Villamarín
Attendance: 47,983
Referee: David Medié Jiménez
13 April 2018 32 Girona 0–1 Real Betis Girona
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)
Report
Stadium: Montilivi
Attendance: 11,286
Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre
19 April 2018 33 Real Betis 1–0 Las Palmas Seville
21:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)
Report
Stadium: Benito Villamarín
Attendance: 45,210
Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez
22 April 2018 34 Atlético Madrid 0–0 Real Betis Madrid
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)
Report
Stadium: Wanda Metropolitano
Attendance: 54,522
Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera
30 April 2018 35 Real Betis 2–1 Málaga Seville
21:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)
Report
Stadium: Benito Villamarín
Attendance: 53,061
Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande
5 May 2018 36 Athletic Bilbao 2–0 Real Betis Bilbao
16:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)
Report
Stadium: San Mamés
Attendance: 34,491
Referee: Javier Alberola Rojas
12 May 2018 37 Real Betis 2–2 Sevilla Seville
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)
Report
Stadium: Benito Villamarín
Attendance: 55,453
Referee: Alfonso Álvarez Izquierdo
19 May 2018 38 Leganés 3–2 Real Betis Leganés
16:15 CEST (UTC+02:00)
Report
Stadium: Butarque
Attendance: 9,426
Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

Copa del Rey edit

Round of 32 edit

24 October 2017 First leg Cádiz 1–2 Real Betis Cádiz
21:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)
Report
Stadium: Ramón de Carraza
Attendance: 14,977
Referee: Javier Alberola Rojas
30 November 2017 Second leg Real Betis 3–5
(5–6 agg.)
Cádiz Seville
21:30 CET (UTC+01:00)
Report
Stadium: Benito Villamarín
Attendance: 25,829
Referee: Daniel Trujillo Suárez

Statistics edit

Appearances and goals edit

Last updated on 20 May 2018.
No. Pos Nat Player Total La Liga Copa del Rey
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK   ESP Dani Giménez 6 0 4 0 2 0
13 GK   ESP Antonio Adán 30 0 30 0 0 0
31 GK   ESP Pedro López 5 0 5 0 0 0
Defenders
2 DF   ESP Rafa Navarro 5 0 1+2 0 2 0
4 DF   MAR Zouhair Feddal 15 3 14+1 3 0 0
5 DF   ESP Jordi Amat 26 0 24+1 0 1 0
14 DF   DEN Riza Durmisi 25 2 23+1 2 1 0
15 DF   ESP Marc Bartra 16 1 16 1 0 0
19 DF   ESP Antonio Barragán 31 0 28+1 0 0+2 0
23 DF   ALG Aïssa Mandi 35 1 34 1 1 0
32 DF   DOM Junior Firpo 14 2 14 2 0 0
Midfielders
3 MF   ESP Javi García 33 1 27+5 1 1 0
6 MF   ESP Fabián 35 3 30+4 3 1 0
8 MF   ESP Víctor Camarasa 26 1 14+10 1 1+1 0
10 MF   ALG Ryad Boudebouz 29 3 15+12 2 2 1
17 MF   ESP Joaquín 36 4 29+6 4 0+1 0
18 MF   MEX Andrés Guardado 30 2 25+4 2 0+1 0
35 MF   ESP Julio Gracia 2 0 0+2 0 0 0
Forwards
7 FW   ESP Sergio León 33 13 23+8 11 2 2
9 FW   PAR Antonio Sanabria 17 8 8+9 8 0 0
12 FW   CRC Joel Campbell 9 2 2+6 2 0+1 0
16 FW   ESP Loren 15 7 12+3 7 0 0
20 FW   ESP Cristian Tello 33 6 16+16 4 1 2
24 FW   ESP Rubén Castro 10 1 3+7 1 0 0
27 FW   ESP Francis 14 1 10+4 1 0 0
Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club either permanently or on loan
11 MF   ESP Matías Nahuel 9 0 3+4 0 2 0
12 FW   UKR Roman Zozulya 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 MF   FRA Didier Digard 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 DF   ROU Alin Toșca 8 0 5+1 0 2 0
22 MF   SRB Darko Brašanac 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 FW   COL Juanjo Narváez 9 0 4+3 0 2 0
33 DF   ESP Redru 1 0 0 0 1 0
34 FW   ESP Aitor Ruibal 2 0 0+2 0 0 0

Cards edit

Accounts for all competitions. Last updated on 19 December 2017.
No. Pos. Name    
3 MF   Javi García 3 0
4 DF   Zouhair Feddal 4 0
5 DF   Jordi Amat 5 1
7 FW   Sergio León 2 0
8 MF   Víctor Camarasa 2 0
10 MF   Ryad Boudebouz 3 0
11 MF   Matías Nahuel 2 0
13 GK   Antonio Adán 2 0
14 DF   Riza Durmisi 2 0
17 MF   Joaquín 3 0
18 MF   Andrés Guardado 5 0
19 DF   Antonio Barragán 3 0
20 FW   Cristian Tello 1 0
23 DF   Aïssa Mandi 4 0
29 FW   Juanjo Narváez 1 0

Clean sheets edit

Last updated on 19 December 2017.
Number Nation Name Matches
Played
La Liga Copa del Rey Total
1   Dani Giménez 2 0 0 0
13   Antonio Adán 16 4 0 4
TOTALS 4 0 4

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