2015–16 Real Betis season

The 2015–16 Real Betis season was the club's 107th season in its history. It spent the season participating in La Liga, the top-flight of Spanish football, after playing one season in the Segunda División in 2014–15.^[1]

Real Betis

2015–16 season
President	Juan Carlos Ollero
Head coach	Gus Poyet
Stadium	Benito Villamarín
La Liga	10th
Copa del Rey	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Rubén Castro (19) All: Rubén Castro (19)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

Players

Current squad

As of 29 January 2016^[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ESP Dani Giménez 2 DF  ESP Francisco Molinero 3 DF  EGY Amro Tarek 4 DF  ESP Bruno 5 MF  ALG Foued Kadir 7 MF  ESP Joaquín 9 FW  NED Ricky van Wolfswinkel (on loan from Norwich City) 10 MF  ESP Dani Ceballos 11 MF  PER Juan Manuel Vargas 12 DF  ITA Cristiano Piccini 13 GK  ESP Antonio Adán 14 MF  ESP Xavi Torres (vice-captain) 15 MF  FRA Didier Digard 16 MF  ESP Álvaro Cejudo

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 DF  GER Heiko Westermann 18 MF  SEN Alfred N'Diaye 19 FW  ESP Jorge Molina (captain) 20 DF  ARG Germán Pezzella 21 MF  ESP Álvaro Vadillo 22 MF  ESP Francisco Portillo 23 MF  NED Rafael van der Vaart 24 FW  ESP Rubén Castro 25 MF  BRA Petros 33 DF  ESP Francisco Varela 41 GK  ESP Pedro López 52 MF  ESP Fabián — FW  BRA Leandro Damião — MF  BEL Charly Musonda (on loan from Chelsea)

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  ESP Álex Martínez (at Elche) — DF  ESP José Caro (at Elche) — MF  ESP Dani Pacheco (at Alavés)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  CHI Lorenzo Reyes (at Almería) — FW  ESP Álex Alegría (at Numancia) — FW  URU Braian Rodríguez (at Grêmio)

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
La Liga	–
Copa del Rey	Round of 32

Updated to match played 6 August 2015
Source: Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
La Liga	35	10	11	14	31	48	−17	028.57
Copa del Rey	4	1	1	2	5	9	−4	025.00
Total	39	11	12	16	36	57	−21	028.21

Last updated: 25 April 2016
Source: Competitions

La Liga

Main article: 2015–16 La Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
8	Málaga	38	12	12	14	38	35	+3	48[a]
9	Real Sociedad	38	13	9	16	45	48	−3	48[a]
10	Real Betis	38	11	12	15	34	52	−18	45
11	Las Palmas	38	12	8	18	45	53	−8	44[b]
12	Valencia	38	11	11	16	46	48	−2	44[b]

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:

1. Málaga finished ahead of Real Sociedad on head-to-head record; Málaga 3–1 Real Sociedad, Real Sociedad 1–1 Málaga.
2. Las Palmas finished ahead of Valencia on head-to-head record; Valencia 1–1 Las Palmas, Las Palmas 2–1 Valencia.

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	11	12	15	33	51	−18	45	6	6	7	17	23	−6	5	6	8	16	28	−12

Last updated: 15 May 2016.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Result round by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	L	W	D	L	W	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	D	L	D	L	L	L	D	D	L	W	D	D	D	W	W	L	L	L	W	D	W	L	L	D	W
Position	7	18	9	11	14	10	8	10	10	13	11	12	11	11	11	12	12	14	15	15	14	15	12	14	13	13	13	10	11	13	14	13	14	13	13	13	14	10

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Real Betis v Villarreal

23 August 2015 (2015-08-23) 1	Real Betis	1–1	Villarreal	Seville
22:30 CEST	Bruno  26' Cejudo  35' Pezzella  50' Castro 87'	Report	Soldado 31' Castillejo  49' Bruno  90+2'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 37,996 Referee: Iñaki Vicandi Garrido

Real Madrid v Real Betis

29 August 2015 (2015-08-29) 2	Real Madrid	5–0	Real Betis	Madrid
22:30 CEST	Bale 2', 89' Kroos  24' Rodríguez 39', 50' Benzema 47' Varane  60' Casemiro  86'	Report	Vargas  29' Molinero  38' Torres  90+2'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 70,876 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

Real Betis v Real Sociedad

12 September 2015 (2015-09-12) 3	Real Betis	1–0	Real Sociedad	Seville
22:00 CEST	N'Diaye  27' Bruno  37' Castro 41' Petros  42'  45+1' Ceballos  78' Portillo  90+2'	Report	De la Bella  20' Pardo  36' Reyes  56'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 37,909 Referee: Alfonso Álvarez Izquierdo

Valencia v Real Betis

19 September 2015 (2015-09-19) 4	Valencia	0–0	Real Betis	Valencia
18:15 CEST	Orbán  46' Mustafi  49' De Paul  78' Fuego  86'	Report	Ceballos  21'  48' Vargas  30' Adán  90+3'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 40,560 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo

Real Betis v Deportivo La Coruña

24 September 2015 (2015-09-24) 5	Real Betis	1–2	Deportivo La Coruña	Seville
22:00 CEST	Joaquín  27' Piccini  43' Petros 59' Westermann  86'	Report	J. Rodríguez  45' Cartabia 54' Fajr 72' Navarro  76' Lux  79' Laure  82' Luisinho  90+4'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 36,093 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

Sporting Gijón v Real Betis

27 September 2015 (2015-09-27) 6	Sporting Gijón	1–2	Real Betis	Gijón
12:00 CEST	Castro  17' Cases  90'	Report	Joaquín 46' Castro 57' N'Diaye  69'	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 23,320 Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera

Rayo Vallecano v Real Betis

4 October 2015 (2015-10-04) 7	Rayo Vallecano	0–2	Real Betis	Madrid
12:00 CEST	Bangoura  52' Guerra  68' Bebé  89' Raț  90+3'	Report	Westermann 20' Rennella  37' Piccini  40' Castro 61'	Stadium: Campo de Vallecas Attendance: 11,719 Referee: Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva

Real Betis v Espanyol

17 October 2015 (2015-10-17) 8	Real Betis	1–3	Espanyol	Seville
22:05 CEST	Ceballos  54' Portillo  58' Rennella 89'	Report	Roco 4' Pérez  20' Arbilla  30' Caicedo 51',  61' Sánchez 55',  70'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 30,187 Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

Granada v Real Betis

24 October 2015 (2015-10-24) 9	Granada	1–1	Real Betis	Granada
18:15 CEST	Foulquier 3' Márquez  33' Pérez  39' Biraghi  78'	Report	Castro 40' (pen.) Varela  69' Portillo  78' Digard  84'	Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes Attendance: 18,358 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz

Real Betis v Athletic Bilbao

1 November 2015 (2015-11-01) 10	Real Betis	1–3	Athletic Bilbao	Seville
20:30 CET	Ceballos  31' Castro 67' (pen.) Pezzella  75'	Report	Williams 8', 45' García  12', 87' San José  23' Laporte  33' Etxeita  65'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 24,879 Referee: José González González

Málaga v Real Betis

7 November 2015 (2015-11-07) 11	Málaga	0–1	Real Betis	Málaga
22:05 CET	Angeleri  48' Charles  79'	Report	Bruno  31' Cejudo  40' Castro 64' Piccini  78' Varela  90' Van Wolfswinkel  90+2'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 23,803 Referee: Eduardo Prieto Iglesias

Real Betis v Atlético Madrid

22 November 2015 (2015-11-22) 12	Real Betis	0–1	Atlético Madrid	Seville
20:30 CET	Bruno  53'	Report	Koke 7' Filipe Luís  9' Tiago  27' Gámez  38' Gabi  77'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 41,976 Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre

Levante v Real Betis

27 November 2015 13	Levante	0–1	Real Betis	Valencia
20:30 CET	Deyverson  14' Verza  44' Feddal  66' Roger  71' P. López  78' Juanfran  81' Víctor  90+5'	Report	Castro 4' Cejudo  37' Westermann  48'  79' Varela  80' Adán  90+3'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 13,957 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez

Real Betis v Celta Vigo

5 December 2015 14	Real Betis	1–1	Celta Vigo	Seville
22:05 CET	Bruno  16' N'Diaye  34' Petros  38' Molina  68', 82' Ceballos  87'	Report	Bongonda  22', 25' Planas  29' Mallo  35' Jonny  48'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 33,762 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

Las Palmas v Real Betis

12 December 2015 15	Las Palmas	1–0	Real Betis	Las Palmas
22:05 CET	Mesa  52' Viera  62' Castellano  64' Willian José 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Gran Canaria Attendance: 16,701 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

Real Betis v Sevilla

19 December 2015 16	Real Betis	0–0	Sevilla	Seville
20:30 CET	Molinero  4' Westermann  18' Ceballos  50' Cejudo  62' Joaquín  69' Adán  79' Digard  90+2'	Report	Krychowiak  28' Vitolo  56' Trémoulinas  63' Rami  79' Iborra  89'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 50,073 Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez

Barcelona v Real Betis

30 December 2015 17	Barcelona	4–0	Real Betis	Barcelona
20:30 CET	Westermann 29' (o.g.) Messi 33' Suárez 46', 83' Alves  77'	Report	Adán  27' Petros  30' Pezzella  68'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 83,630 Referee: Iñaki Vicandi Garrido

Real Betis v Eibar

3 January 2016 18	Real Betis	0–4	Eibar	Seville
16:00 CET	Figueras  16' Vargas  34' Molina  58' Castro  90+2'	Report	Capa 3' Inui  13' Keko 17' Adrián  61', 71' Luna  66' Borja 82'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 33,609 Referee: Eduardo Prieto Iglesias

Getafe v Real Betis

9 January 2016 19	Getafe	1–0	Real Betis	Getafe
18:15 CET	Vázquez 57' Guaita  89'	Report	Piccini  54' Vargas  62' Pezzella  90+3'	Stadium: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez Attendance: 6,940 Referee: Alfonso Álvarez Izquierdo

Villarreal v Real Betis

16 January 2016 20	Villarreal	0–0	Real Betis	Vilarreal
20:30 CET	Ruiz  24' Castillejo  90+4'	Report	Petros  79'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 15,402 Referee: José González González

Real Betis v Real Madrid

24 January 2016 21	Real Betis	1–1	Real Madrid	Seville
20:30 CET	Cejudo 7' Vargas  58' Petros  61' Molinero  69'	Report	Danilo  64' Benzema 71' Carvajal  90+2'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 48,111 Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera

Real Sociedad v Real Betis

30 January 2016 (2016-01-30) 22	Real Sociedad	2–1	Real Betis	San Sebastián
22:05 CET	Prieto 18' I. Martínez 33' Pardo  58'	Report	Molinero  36' Castro 51' Cejudo  60' Portillo  90' Joaquín  90+1'	Stadium: Anoeta Referee: Eduardo Prieto Iglesias

Real Betis v Valencia

7 February 2016 (2016-02-07) 23	Real Betis	1–0	Valencia	Seville
16:00 CET	Pezzella  11' Castro 49' Ceballos  70' Adán  74' Montoya  78'	Report	Mustafi  22' Gomes  27' Cheryshev  29' Parejo  35' Zahibo  58' Gayà  62'  85'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 40,228 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez

Deportivo La Coruña v Real Betis

13 February 2016 (2016-02-13) 24	Deportivo La Coruña	2–2	Real Betis	A Coruña
22:05 CET	Bergantiños 15',  52' Fajr 51'	Report	Musonda 20' Vargas 37'	Stadium: Estadio Riazor Attendance: 17,184 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

Real Betis v Sporting Gijón

20 February 2016 (2016-02-20) 25	Real Betis	1–1	Sporting Gijón	Seville
20:30 CET	Montoya  32' Pezzella 67' N'Diaye  87'	Report	Álvarez  37' López  60' Castro 65' Vranješ  81'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 41,345 Referee: Alfonso Álvarez Izquierdo

Real Betis v Rayo Vallecano

27 February 2016 (2016-02-27) 26	Real Betis	2–2	Rayo Vallecano	Gijón
18:15 CET	Castro 14', 28' Ceballos  62' Petros  90+5'	Report	Manucho 48', 51' Trashorras  62' Llorente  71' Quini  76'	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 35,666 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz

Espanyol v Real Betis

2 March 2016 (2016-03-02) 27	Espanyol	0–3	Real Betis	Barcelona
20:30 CET	Caicedo  41' Pérez  70' Ó. Duarte  81' Sánchez  82'	Report	Castro 10' Bruno  18' Pezzella 20' Molinero  69' Vargas 71'	Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat Attendance: 23,714 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez

Real Betis v Granada

6 March 2016 (2016-03-06) 28	Real Betis	2–0	Granada	Seville
20:30 CET	Pezzella  12' Vargas  41'  53' Bruno  71' Molina  79' N'Diaye 85' Castro 90+5'	Report	Peñaranda  20' Pérez  40' Success  47' Lopes  47' Barral  69' Costa  76' Rochina  87' Fernández	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 43,174 Referee: Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva

Athletic Bilbao v Real Betis

13 March 2016 29	Athletic Bilbao	3–1	Real Betis	Bilbao
18:15 CET	García  20' Merino 34', 50' Rico 44'	Report	Castro 85'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 42,563 Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre

Real Betis v Málaga

19 March 2016 (2016-03-19) 30	Real Betis	0–1	Málaga	Seville
22:05 CET	Pezzella  17' Montoya  52' Molina  90'	Report	Albentosa  27' Castro  45' Camacho 82'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 31,371 Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez

Atlético Madrid v Real Betis

2 April 2016 31	Atlético Madrid	5–1	Real Betis	Madrid
16:00 CEST	Torres 37' Griezmann 41', 81' Koke  38' Juanfran 65' Thomas 90+1'	Report	Pezzella  61' Kadir  62' Torres  74' Castro 79'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 46,506 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

Real Betis v Levante

9 April 2016 (2016-04-09) 32	Real Betis	1–0	Levante	Seville
22:05 CEST	N'Diaye  35' Musonda  70' Bruno  80' Castro 81' Cejudo  90+2'	Report	P. López  82' Juanfran  89' José Mari  90+4'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 37,091 Referee: Eduardo Prieto Iglesias

Celta Vigo v Real Betis

17 April 2016 (2016-04-17) 33	Celta Vigo	1–1	Real Betis	Vigo
22:05 CEST	Cabral  59' Jonny  72' Hernández  78', 78' Orellana  89'	Report	N'Diaye 24' Castro  32' Ceballos  56' Cejudo  82'	Stadium: Balaídos Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

Real Betis v Las Palmas

19 April 2016 (2016-04-19) 34	Real Betis	1–0	Las Palmas	Seville
21:00 CEST	Cejudo  80' Van Wolfswinkel 83',  86'	Report	Aythami  32'  41' Willian José  68'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 30,634 Referee: Iñaki Vicandi Garrido

Sevilla v Betis

24 April 2016 35	Sevilla	2–0	Betis	Seville
16:00 CEST	Banega  9' Gameiro  49', 67' Reyes  66' Coke 80' Escudero  82' Mariano  90'	Report	Musonda  13' Pezzella  33' Cejudo  57' Westermann  79'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 39,523 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo

Real Betis v Barcelona

30 April 2016 36	Real Betis	0–2	Barcelona	Seville
20:30 CEST	Bruno  21' Westermann  28'  35' Petros  34' Ceballos  67'	Report	Messi  23' Piqué  23' Alves  45+1' Rakitić 50' Suárez 81'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 40,467 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz

Eibar v Real Betis

8 May 2016 37	Eibar	1–1	Real Betis	Eibar
17:00 CEST	Mauro  39' Enrich 73'	Report	Castro 37' Cejudo  70' Montoya  82' Adán  85'	Stadium: Ipurua Attendance: 5,168 Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera

Real Betis v Getafe

15 May 2016 38	Real Betis	2–1	Getafe	Seville
19:30 CEST	Petros  35' Pezzella 56' Castro 73' (pen.)	Report	Vergini  52' J. Rodríguez  52' Cala  55' Pereira  66' Medrán  71', 84' Suárez  72' Emi  75' Šćepović  83' Yoda  89'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 37,166 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

Copa del Rey

Round of 32

Real Betis v Sporting Gijón

2 December 2015 First leg	Real Betis	2–0	Sporting Gijón	Seville
20:00 CET	Vadillo 47' Petros  64' Vargas 90+3'	Report	Mascarell  59' Sanabria  86'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 21,036 Referee: Iñaki Vicandi Garrido

Sporting Gijón v Real Betis

15 December 2015 Second leg	Sporting Gijón	3–3 (3–5 agg.)	Real Betis	Gijón
20:00 CET	Bernardo 14' Pérez  26' Halilović 47', 72' (pen.)	Report	Van Wolfswinkel 18', 83' Torres  20' Pezzella  46' Molinero  54' Cejudo 88'	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 12,642 Referee: José González González

Round of 16

Real Betis v Sevilla

6 January 2016 First leg	Real Betis	0–2	Sevilla	Seville
18:15 CET		Report	Krohn-Dehli 13' Krychowiak 49'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 36,832 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

Sevilla v Real Betis

12 January 2016 Second leg	Sevilla	4–0 (6–0 agg.)	Real Betis	Seville
20:30 CET	Reyes 4' Rami 35' Gameiro 73' Kakuta 89'	Report		Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 36,812 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz

See also

2015–16 La Liga

References

1. "Ronaldo brace sends Real second, Betis relegated". FIFA. 26 April 2014. Archived from the original on 27 April 2014. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
2. "Real Betis Balompié - Primer Equipo". Archived from the original on 2013-11-16. Retrieved 2015-09-20.

External links

• Official website (in Spanish)