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)
	← 2015–16 2017–18 →

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^[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	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

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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^[a]
15	Real Betis	38	10	9	19	41	64	−23	39^[a]
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.^[2]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Las Palmas ahead of Real Betis on head-to-head goal difference: Las Palmas–Real Betis 4–1, Real Betis–Las Palmas 2–0

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Round of 32

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

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
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	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

References

^ "Real Betis Balompié - Primer Equipo". Archived from the original on 2013-11-16. Retrieved 2016-12-12.
^ "Primera División 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 14 September 2016.

External links

Club's official website

[table_hth_LPA0.23220350045348-2] Las Palmas ahead of Real Betis on head-to-head goal difference: Las Palmas–Real Betis 4–1, Real Betis–Las Palmas 2–0

[1] "Real Betis Balompié - Primer Equipo". Archived from the original on 2013-11-16. Retrieved 2016-12-12.

[3] "Primera División 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 14 September 2016.

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