2015–16 Real Betis season

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)
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →

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]

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
Competition	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

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:

^ ^a ^b Málaga finished ahead of Real Sociedad on head-to-head record; Málaga 3–1 Real Sociedad, Real Sociedad 1–1 Málaga.
^ ^a ^b 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

References

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

External links

Official website (in Spanish)

[table_hth_MLG0.066532395811068-3] Málaga finished ahead of Real Sociedad on head-to-head record; Málaga 3–1 Real Sociedad, Real Sociedad 1–1 Málaga.

[table_hth_VAL0.066532395811068-4] Las Palmas finished ahead of Valencia on head-to-head record; Valencia 1–1 Las Palmas, Las Palmas 2–1 Valencia.

[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.

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