2016–17 Real Betis season

Real Betis

2016–17 season
President	Ángel Haro
Head coach	Víctor Sánchez
Stadium	Benito Villamarín
La Liga	15th
Copa del Rey	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Rubén Castro (13) All: Rubén Castro (13)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The 2016–17 season was Real Betis's second consecutive season in La Liga after spending 2014–15 in the Segunda División.

Squad

As of 31 August 2016

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	DF	ESP	Álex Martínez
4	DF	ESP	Bruno
5	MF	BRA	Petros
6	MF	CHI	Felipe Gutiérrez
8	MF	FRA	Jonas Martin
9	FW	PAR	Antonio Sanabria
10	MF	ESP	Dani Ceballos
11	MF	ESP	Matías Nahuel (on loan from Villarreal)
12	DF	ITA	Cristiano Piccini
13	GK	ESP	Antonio Adán
14	DF	DEN	Riza Durmisi

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	DF	NED	Ryan Donk (on loan from Galatasaray)
16	MF	ESP	Álvaro Cejudo
17	MF	ESP	Joaquín
18	FW	UKR	Roman Zozulya
19	FW	ESP	Álex Alegría
20	DF	ARG	Germán Pezzella
21	MF	ESP	Fabián
22	MF	SRB	Darko Brašanac
23	DF	ALG	Aïssa Mandi
24	FW	ESP	Rubén Castro
25	GK	ESP	Manu Herrera
28	DF	ESP	José Carlos

Competitions

Overall

As of 21 May 2017

Competition	Final position
La Liga	15th
Copa del Rey	Round of 32

La Liga

Main article: 2016–17 La Liga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
13	Celta Vigo	38	13	6	19	53	69	−16	45
14	Las Palmas	38	10	9	19	53	74	−21	39
15	Real Betis	38	10	9	19	41	64	−23	39
16	Deportivo La Coruña	38	8	12	18	43	61	−18	36
17	Leganés	38	8	11	19	36	55	−19	35

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; 7) Play-off.
Notes:

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	10	9	19	41	66	−25	39	6	7	6	22	24	−2	4	2	13	19	42	−23

Last updated: 20 May 2017.
Source: Competitive matches

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Barcelona v Real Betis

20 August 2016 1	Barcelona	6–2	Real Betis	Barcelona
18:15 CEST	Turan 6' Messi 37', 57' L. Suárez 42', 56', 82',  62'	Report	Castro 21', 84',  77' Cejudo  45' Ceballos  68'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 65,731 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Navarre)

Real Betis v Deportivo La Coruña

26 August 2016 2	Real Betis	0–0	Deportivo La Coruña	Seville
10:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	Juanfran  65' Mosquera  90+3'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 34,543 Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez

Valencia v Real Betis

11 September 2016 3	Valencia	2–3	Real Betis	Valencia
16:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pérez  22'  50' Nani  60' Rodrigo 75' Garay 78'	Report	Castro 38', 90+2' Joaquín 54' Brašanac  56' Piccini  63' Petros  71' Musonda  72'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 36,789 Referee: José González González

Real Betis v Granada

16 September 2016 4	Real Betis	2–2	Granada	Seville
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Alegría 36' (61) Musonda  63' Adán  77' Durmisi  79' Giménez  85'  85' Gutiérrez  88'	Report	Carcela 13',  81' Bueno 33' Vezo  52'  54' Ponce  74' Angban  80'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 34,236 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

Sevilla v Betis

20 September 2016 5	Sevilla	1–0	Betis	Seville
22:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Vázquez  16' Nasri  32' Mercado 51',  85' Sarabia  78' Pareja  85'	Report	Petros  2' Pezzella  11' Piccini  40' Bruno  85'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 39,849 Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

Real Betis v Málaga

23 September 2016 6	Real Betis	1–0	Málaga	Seville
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Joaquín 25' González  47' Petros  62' Navarro  72' Cejudo  90+1'	Report	Sandro  37' Kuzmanović  45' Jony  45' Camacho  67' Llorente  78' Castro  89'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 33,322 Referee: Alfonso Álvarez Izquierdo

Real Sociedad v Real Betis

30 September 2016 7	Real Sociedad	1–0	Real Betis	San Sebastián
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	I. Martínez  44' Illarramendi  60' Vela 63'	Report	Brašanac  46' Bruno  54' Joaquín  59'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 18,310 Referee: Daniel Trujillo Suárez

Real Betis v Real Madrid

15 October 2016 8	Real Betis	1–6	Real Madrid	Seville
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pezzella  49' Cejudo 55',  64' Zozulya  77' Petros  90+1'	Report	Varane 4' Benzema 31' Marcelo 39' Isco  43', 45', 62' Ronaldo 78'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 37,209 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

Osasuna v Real Betis

21 October 2016 9	Osasuna	1–2	Real Betis	Pamplona
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	D. García  45+1' Torres 48',  58' De las Cuevas  57' Rivière  87'	Report	Joaquín 19' Brašanac  86' Cejudo  88' Gutiérrez 90+1'	Stadium: El Sadar Attendance: 15,105 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

Real Betis v Espanyol

30 October 2016 10	Real Betis	0–1	Espanyol	Seville
18:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pezzella  28' Martin  54' Gutiérrez  69'	Report	Pérez  55' Reyes 62' Piatti  66' Sánchez  79'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 38,282 Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

Villarreal v Real Betis

6 November 2016 11	Villarreal	2–0	Real Betis	Vilarreal
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Trigueros 22' Soriano 53'	Report	Cejudo  72' Martin  79'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 18,826 Referee: Iñaki Vicandi Garrido

Real Betis v Las Palmas

18 November 2016 12	Real Betis	2–0	Las Palmas	Las Palmas
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	González 27' Mandi 45+2'	Report	Gómez  88'	Stadium: Gran Canaria Attendance: 34,114 Referee: José González González

Eibar v Real Betis

25 November 2016 13	Eibar	3–1	Real Betis	Eibar
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Pedro León 19' Enrich 23' Kike 90+2'	Report	Piccini  17' Bruno  72' Castro 84'	Stadium: Ipurua Municipal Stadium Attendance: 5,146 Referee: Daniel Ocón Arráiz

Real Betis v Celta Vigo

4 December 2016 14	Real Betis	3–3	Celta Vigo	Seville
12:00 CEST	Donk  11' Petros  25'  90+2' Castro 41' (pen.) Sanabria 53',  59' Pezzella 73',  89' Gutiérrez  77'	Report	Aspas 15', 61' Roncaglia 85' Cabral  89'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 27,241 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez

Real Betis v Athletic Bilbao

11 December 2016 15	Real Betis	1–0	Athletic Bilbao	Seville
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Piccini  15' Castro  16', 18' Cejudo  74'	Report	Laporte  3' García  47'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 34,481 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz

Alavés v Real Betis

16 December 2016 16	Alavés	1–0	Real Betis	Vitoria-Gasteiz
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Deyverson  18', 58' Camarasa  35' Llorente  53' Hernandez  55' Pacheco  73' M. García  90+4'	[www.laliga.es/directo/temporada-2016-2017/laliga-santander/16/alaves_betis Report]	Ceballos  55'	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 18,067 Referee: Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva

Real Betis v Leganés

8 January 2016 17	Real Betis	2–0	Leganés	Seville
16:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Petros  30' Castro 51' Bruno  58' Piccini 85'	Report	Mantovani  14' Alberto Martín  37' López  60' Ramos  74' Bustinza  78' Pérez  82'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 36,328 Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

Atlético Madrid v Real Betis

14 January 2017 18	Atlético Madrid	1–0	Real Betis	Madrid
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gaitán 8'	Report	Piccini  61' Alegría  79' Ceballos  89'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 46,043 Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez

Real Betis v Sporting Gijón

22 January 2017 19	Real Betis	0–0	Sporting Gijón	Seville
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Ceballos  59' Bruno  90+3'	Summary	Babin  21' Lillo  84'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 35,097 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

Real Betis v Barcelona

29 January 2017 20	Real Betis	1–1	Barcelona	Seville
12:00 CET	Petros  67' Alegría 75' Castro  78'	Report	Piqué  43' Rakitić  70' Gomes  78' L. Suárez 90'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 43,790 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

Real Betis v Valencia

11 February 2017 21	Real Betis	0–0	Valencia	Seville
13:00 CET	Mandi  63' Pezzella  87' Ceballos  89' Sanabria  89'	Report	Santos  21' Parejo  57' Zaza  78'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 30,567 Referee: Daniel Trujillo

Granada v Real Betis

17 February 2017 22	Granada	4–1	Real Betis	Granada
20:45 CET	Carcela 18' Ramos 28', 64',  62' Pereira 33',  55'  66' Wakaso  40' Agbo  81'	Report	Martin  49' Matías Nahuel  66' Petros 75'	Stadium: Los Cármenes Attendance: 15,927 Referee: Daniel Ocón Arráiz

Real Betis v Sevilla

25 February 2017 23	Real Betis	1–2	Sevilla	Seville
16:15 CET	Durmisi 36' Tosca  45' Piccini  87' Martin  90+3'	Report	Nzonzi  35' Sarabia  43' Mercado 56' Iborra 76' Pareja  90'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 37,110 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

Málaga v Real Betis

28 February 2017 24	Málaga	1–2	Real Betis	Málaga
21:30 CET	Fornals 39' Torres  68' Jony  76' Juan Carlos  90+4'	Report	Pezzella  36' Martin 48' Brašanac  60' Bruno  63' Sanabria 74' Cejudo  82' Adán  90+3'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 24,343 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

Real Betis v Real Sociedad

3 March 2017 25	Real Betis	2–3	Real Sociedad	Seville
20:45 CET	Mandi 16' Pezzella  55' Sanabria 65' Joaquín  79' Donk  90+4' Ceballos  90+4'	Report	Bautista 9' Prieto 26', 72' Berchiche  40' Illarramendi  78'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Referee: Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva

Deportivo La Coruña v Real Betis

8 March 2017 26	Deportivo La Coruña	1–1	Real Betis	A Coruña
18:45 CET	Gil  21' Andone  33' Mosquera  86' Borges 90+3' Albentosa  90+4'	Report	Donk  35' Pardo  40' Ceballos  52' Piccini 70' Adán  90' Pezzella  90+1' Mandi  90+2' Martínez  90+5'	Stadium: Riazor Attendance: 21,450 Referee: Alfonso Álvarez Izquierdo

Real Madrid v Real Betis

12 March 2017 27	Real Madrid	2–1	Real Betis	Madrid
20:45 CET	Ronaldo 41' Ramos 81' Marcelo  87'	Report	Sanabria 24' Piccini  30'  78'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 69,206 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz

Real Betis v Osasuna

18 March 2017 28	Real Betis	2–0	Osasuna	Seville
20:45 CET	Navarro 4' Castro 28'	Report	Kodro  8' Mérida  51' Buñuel  60'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 32,375 Referee: Alfonso Álvarez Izquierdo

Espanyol v Real Betis

31 March 2017 29	Espanyol	2–1	Real Betis	Barcelona
20:45 CEST	Fuego  76', 87' J. López  82' Gerard  88' J. Reyes 90'	Report	Castro 78' (pen.) Petros  87' Navarro  90'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 21,090 Referee: José González González

Real Betis v Villarreal

4 April 2017 30	Real Betis	0–1	Villarreal	Seville
21:30 CEST	Brašanac  39' Durmisi  73'	Report	Adrián 47' Ruiz  66' Dos Santos  70'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 25,477 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

Las Palmas v Real Betis

9 April 2017 31	Las Palmas	4–1	Real Betis	Las Palmas
20:45 CEST	Boateng  29', 49' Lemos  30' Gómez  38', 44' Viera 62' Jesé 83' (pen.)	Report	Toșca  58' Mandi  65' Pezzella  74' Navarro 88',  90+3'	Stadium: Gran Canaria Attendance: 19,769 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez

Real Betis v Eibar

16 April 2017 32	Real Betis	2–0	Eibar	Seville
18:30 CEST	Martin 2',  21' Bruno  23' Pezella  69' Pardo  80' Ceballos 89'	Report	Capa  36' Lejeune  65' García  75' Kike  85'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 30,331 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz

Celta Vigo v Real Betis

23 April 2017 33	Celta Vigo	0–1	Real Betis	Vigo
16:15 CEST	Planas  61' Wass  79' Díaz  81'	Report	Durmisi  27' Brašanac 54' Bruno  71' Ceballos  80' Navarro  86' Cejudo  90+4'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 15,739 Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

Athletic Bilbao v Real Betis

27 April 2017 34	Athletic Bilbao	2–1	Real Betis	Bilbao
21:30 CEST	Susaeta  8' Aduriz 53' (pen.) Muniain 60'	Report	Brašanac  13' Mandi  58' Castro 63' Adán  72'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 34,301 Referee: José González González

Real Betis v Alavés

30 April 2017 35	Real Betis	1–4	Alavés	Seville
16:15 CEST	Pardo 12' Alegría  88'	Report	Alexis  19' Romero  19' Torres  24' Krstičić 48',  81' Sobrino 54' Santos 58' Édgar  90+3' Katai 90+4'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 22,271 Referee: Daniel Ocón Arráiz

Leganés v Real Betis

8 May 2017 36	Leganés	4–0	Real Betis	Leganés
20:45 CEST	Szymanowski 7' (pen.), 80' El Zhar 15' Tito  43' Gabriel 65' Siovas  76' Luciano  90+1'	Report		Stadium: Butarque Attendance: 9,443 Referee: Daniel Trujillo Suárez

Real Betis v Atlético Madrid

14 May 2017 37	Real Betis	1–1	Atlético Madrid	Seville
20:00 CEST	Brašanac  28' Ceballos 57' Petros  66' Adán  67' Martínez  90+1'	Report	Filipe Luís  36' Giménez  42' Koke  55' Savić  60', 66'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 27,159 Referee: Alfonso Álvarez Izquierdo

Sporting Gijón v Real Betis

20 May 2017 38	Sporting Gijón	2–2	Real Betis	Gijón
17:00	Douglas 7' Carmona 79'	Summary	Castro 22', 59' Cejudo  37' Durmisi  86'	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 15,365 Referee: Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva

Copa del Rey

Main article: 2016–17 Copa del Rey

Round of 32

Real Betis v Deportivo La Coruña

29 November 2016 First leg	Real Betis	1–0	Deportivo La Coruña	Seville
22:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Sanabria 19' Martin  36' Brašanac  86'	Report	Bergantiños  73' Luisinho  79'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 18,774 Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

Deportivo La Coruña v Real Betis

21 December 2016 Second leg	Deportivo La Coruña	3–1 (3–2 agg.)	Real Betis	A Coruña
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Arribas 11' Luisinho 54' Babel 59' Joselu  80'	Report	Bruno  57' Piccini 66',  76' Ceballos  77'	Stadium: Riazor Attendance: 17,145 Referee: José González González

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Last updated on 20 May 2017.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		La Liga		Copa del Rey
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ESP	Dani Giménez	3	0	1	0	2	0
13	GK	ESP	Antonio Adán	37	0	37	0	0	0
25	GK	ESP	Manu Herrera	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
3	DF	ESP	Álex Martínez	14	0	11+3	0	0	0
4	DF	ESP	Bruno	18	1	15+1	1	1+1	0
12	DF	ITA	Cristiano Piccini	25	3	21+2	2	2	1
14	DF	DEN	Riza Durmisi	29	1	27	1	2	0
20	DF	ARG	Germán Pezzella	37	1	36	1	1	0
21	DF	ROU	Alin Toșca	17	0	17	0	0	0
23	DF	ALG	Aïssa Mandi	28	2	25+1	2	2	0
27	DF	ESP	Rafa Navarro	18	2	14+4	2	0	0
28	DF	ESP	José Carlos	7	0	6	0	1	0
Midfielders
5	MF	BRA	Petros	33	1	24+8	1	1	0
6	MF	CHI	Felipe Gutiérrez	16	1	9+5	1	1+1	0
7	MF	ESP	Rubén Pardo	16	1	15+1	1	0	0
8	MF	FRA	Jonas Martin	22	2	15+5	2	1+1	0
10	MF	ESP	Dani Ceballos	31	2	24+6	2	1	0
11	MF	ESP	Matías Nahuel	10	0	0+10	0	0	0
15	MF	NED	Ryan Donk	18	0	9+7	0	2	0
16	MF	ESP	Álvaro Cejudo	17	1	6+11	1	0	0
17	MF	ESP	Joaquín	29	3	19+9	3	0+1	0
22	MF	SRB	Darko Brašanac	26	1	19+6	1	1	0
Forwards
9	FW	PAR	Antonio Sanabria	24	5	16+6	4	2	1
18	FW	UKR	Roman Zozulya	6	0	1+5	0	0	0
19	FW	ESP	Álex Alegría	27	3	15+10	3	2	0
24	FW	ESP	Rubén Castro	36	13	32+3	13	0+1	0
Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club either permanently or on loan
7	MF	BEL	Charly Musonda	8	0	1+7	0	0	0
21	MF	ESP	Fabián	5	0	3+1	0	0+1	0

External links

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