But What Do You Know about Real Betis? This article could be well short, simply because most of my research has resulted in search engine enquiries and subsequent results being written in Spanish and the only Spanish I know is Paella. LOL. But I will do the very best I can.

Long term rumoured Chelsea target Joaquin plays for Betis as did Finidi George who scored Betis' aggregate equaliser in the 2nd Leg of the Cup Winners Cup tie back in the late 90s.

Betis was founded way back in 1907 and were named as Real Betis Balompie and the club resides in the 52,000 seater Manuel Ruiz de Lopera stadium in the Spanish city of Sevilla, or Seville. Although the name Real Betis Balompie did not exist until 1913 history allows the merger off Sevilla Balompie and Betis to stand as the 'real' formation date.

This was came about because three directors of Sevilla FC refused to sanction the transfer of a player from a working-class district, named Triana so therefore two opposing directors left and Betis was formed.

Betis is derived from a Roman name for the surrounding region Andalusia, Baetica and Betis became the first team from the Andalusia region to compete in both Spain's top footballing league, La Liga and UEFA's Champions League.

Balompie is literally the Spanish word for 'football,' as opposed to the more common expression 'futbol.' With other clubs that have Real pre-fixed, an honour that is bestowed by the Spanish Royal Family, Betis were bestowed with Real, in 1913.

Real Betis's colours are Green and White striped Shirts, White Shorts and Green Socks. Their away colours are Light Green Shirts, Black Shorts and Black Socks.

Betis's only League title success, came in 1935. Betis have also won the Copa Del Rey (Kings Cup), in 1977 and 2005. In the 1997 final, Betis were beaten by FC Barcelona.

Real Betis fans are known as 'Beticos.

Real Betis footballing history is broken down as follows:

Champions League Seasons = 1

UEFA Cup Seasons = 6

La Liga Seasons = 42

Second Division Seasons = 25

Third Division Seasons = 7

Real Betis's manager is Lorenzo Serra Ferrer

Last season Betis finished fourth in La Liga.