Buy Real Betis tickets for the 2026/27 season and you are buying into Champions League football in Seville for the first time in twenty-one years. Betis finished fifth in La Liga last season on 60 points and took the place that Spain earned through UEFA's European Performance Spot, which puts Barcelona, Real Madrid, Atlético Madrid, Villarreal and Betis into the competition together.
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The other change is where they play. The Benito Villamarín is a building site, undergoing a rebuild costed at around 262 million euros with the Preferencia stand already demolished and a target reopening in May 2028. Betis are at the Estadio de La Cartuja until then, and after the 2025 expansion removed its athletics track that ground holds 70,000, making it the third largest in Spain.
Manuel Pellegrini begins a seventh season in charge with Antony, Isco and Cucho Hernández in the squad and Fran García signed from Real Madrid. This page covers what seats cost across La Liga and Champions League nights, which fixtures clear first, how a 70,000-seat athletics stadium works as a football ground and what the 2026/27 squad looks like.
Betis are in an unusual position this season and it works in a visitor's favour. Most clubs in this division are squeezing a large support into a ground that cannot grow. Betis have temporarily moved into a stadium considerably larger than their own, which means availability for ordinary La Liga fixtures is better than it has been in years.
That does not hold for everything. The Gran Derbi against Sevilla, the visits of Barcelona and Real Madrid and the Champions League league-phase nights are a different market, and the last of those has not existed in this city for two decades. Season pass holders take those dates almost without exception, and the general-sale pool for a Champions League fixture against a major European club will not last an afternoon.
A verified resale marketplace covers both situations. For the routine fixtures it gives you a seat without navigating a Spanish-language club sale from abroad. For the derby and the European nights it gives you access to seats released by pass holders who cannot attend, appearing on a rolling basis rather than in a single window that may produce nothing.
1BoxOffice has operated as a verified secondary marketplace since 2006, which covers the 2005 Copa del Rey, the 2022 Copa won at La Cartuja and the run to the Conference League final in 2025. Listings come from sellers whose inventory is checked before it goes live, and the transaction is covered rather than left to trust between strangers.
For a Champions League night that people will fly into Seville for, that protection matters more than the difference of a few pounds between listings. There is no recovering a failed ticket on the evening itself.
Betis are one of the largest supported clubs in Spain by membership and they have been for decades, through relegations and through the years when there was very little to celebrate. The club motto is Viva el Betis manque pierda, long live Betis even when they lose, which tells you most of what you need to know about the relationship.
This season adds a competition the city has not seen since 2005 and a stadium with ten thousand more seats than the club's own. The demand drivers below follow from both.
The practical upshot is that Betis are, for one or two more seasons, among the more obtainable big-club tickets in Spain for ordinary fixtures and among the hardest for four or five dates. Knowing which category your date falls into is the whole exercise.
Pricing at Betis spans a wider range this season than at most clubs because the calendar does. A midweek La Liga fixture in a 70,000-seat ground with a well-supplied resale market sits at the reasonable end. A Champions League league-phase match against one of Europe's larger clubs does not, and neither does the Gran Derbi.
The stadium's shape matters to what you pay. La Cartuja was built as an athletics venue in 1999 and the 2025 expansion filled in the track, but the lower bowl still sits further from the touchline in places than it would at a purpose-built ground. That is reflected in the spread between the main stand and the upper tiers.
Real Betis tickets for the European nights should be treated as a separate exercise from the league calendar. Season pass holders take up their Champions League seats at a much higher rate than their league seats, which cuts the resale supply for exactly the fixtures where demand is highest.
| Type of Ticket | Typical Price Range (GBP) |
|---|---|
| La Liga, standard fixtures | £30 – £80 |
| La Liga, Gran Derbi and elite visitors | £80 – £400+ |
| Champions League, league phase | £60 – £220+ |
| Champions League, knockout rounds | £120 – £450+ |
| Copa del Rey | £20 – £90 |
| Hospitality and VIP | £250 – £800+ |
Prices reflect typical resale ranges and may change as demand and availability shift.
Yes. The abono at Betis is a season pass rather than a membership carrying voting rights in the way that Barcelona's or Athletic Bilbao's does, and the club sells single-match seats to the general public once the pass holders' window closes. In a 70,000-seat stadium that general-sale pool is substantial for most fixtures.
The exceptions are predictable. For the Gran Derbi, for Barcelona and Real Madrid and for the Champions League nights, pass holders take their seats and the remaining pool is small relative to the demand. Persistence with a club sale does not create inventory that was never released.
The secondary market solves the timing rather than the arithmetic. A pass holder who cannot attend releases their seat and it becomes available to anyone, with no Spanish address, no membership number and no need to have been watching a sale window at nine on a Tuesday morning. For a supporter travelling into Seville, that is usually the difference between attending and not.
Betis have one of the largest season pass bases in Spain and they built it during decades when the football did not justify it. The club spent much of the 1990s and 2000s moving between divisions and the abono numbers barely moved, which is the practical expression of a motto about supporting a team even when it loses.
The move to La Cartuja changed the mechanics rather than the culture. Pass holders were relocated into a larger stadium with a different geometry, which produced a reallocation exercise the club had never run before, and the temporary ground has more seats to sell than the Villamarín did. Champions League fixtures are handled separately from the league pass, which is why European inventory behaves differently on the resale market.
| Abono Area | Typical Season Price Range (GBP) |
|---|---|
| Upper tiers behind the goals | £170 – £280 |
| Lower tiers behind the goals | £230 – £360 |
| Lateral, upper and lower | £330 – £520 |
| Tribuna and central areas | £500 – £750 |
| Youth and senior concession bands | £60 – £230 |
Ranges are indicative of recent campaigns, set by the club and converted from euros, and the temporary move has shifted them between areas. They are included as context on what a released seat represents to the person releasing it.
La Cartuja was built in 1999 for the World Athletics Championships and it spent most of its life as a venue looking for a tenant. The 2025 expansion removed the running track and filled the space with seating, which brought the lower bowl considerably closer to the pitch than it had been and took capacity to 70,000.
| Stand or Area | Best For | Price Bracket | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tribuna, central | The clearest view of the match | Highest | Main stand on the halfway line, covered and elevated, with the hospitality areas and the directors' box within it. |
| Tribuna, wings | Cover at a lower price | High | Same stand, angled towards one goal. Retains the roof and most of the elevation. |
| Lateral, lower | Proximity after the expansion | Mid | The side opposite the main stand. The 2025 work brought these rows closer to the touchline than the original athletics layout allowed. |
| Behind the goals, lower | Atmosphere and organised support | Mid to lower | Where the singing concentrates. La Cartuja is a large bowl, so the noise needs a full house to carry the way the Villamarín did. |
| Behind the goals, upper | Lower-priced seats with the full picture | Lowest | High and distant from the far goal, but the lowest-priced route into a Champions League night in Seville. |
| Away allocation | Travelling supporters | Set by the host | Segregated block assigned by the club and the local authority. Larger in absolute terms than at most Spanish grounds because the stadium is larger. |
The Marea Verde, the green tide, is the name Betis supporters give their own away following and it is not an exaggeration. This club takes numbers to away fixtures that clubs of comparable size in Spain do not, and the Conference League run in 2025 produced travelling support that surprised host cities across the continent.
| Aspect | Detail |
|---|---|
| Typical away allocation | Around 5% of the host stadium's capacity in La Liga, adjusted by the home club and the local safety authority. UEFA sets a comparable minimum for Champions League fixtures. |
| Where you will be sitting | Upper-tier corner or end blocks at most grounds. Segregation is standard and the block is set by the host rather than chosen by the buyer. |
| Access requirements | Spain has no national away-supporter card. Photo ID matching the ticket name is requested at several grounds, and some clubs restrict specific away fixtures to their own members. |
| The Gran Derbi away | The short trip across Seville to the Sánchez-Pizjuán, and the hardest away ticket of the season. It clears among Betis's own support and never reaches a wider release. |
| European away days | Champions League fixtures across the continent, the first since 2005/06. Demand from the Marea Verde for these will exceed the allocation at every venue. |
La Cartuja is a large bowl rather than a tight football ground, so the choice matters more here than it would at a purpose-built stadium of the same size. The difference between the main stand and the upper tier behind a goal is genuine.
| What You Want | Best Option | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Atmosphere | Lower tier behind a goal | Where the organised support gathers with flags and drums. On a Champions League night with 70,000 in, this is where the ground sounds like the Villamarín used to. |
| View of the match | Tribuna, central blocks | Halfway line, covered and raised enough to read the shape of the game. The most complete view in a stadium where the geometry varies more than usual. |
| Family-friendly | Lateral upper or the quieter corners | Away from the organised sections, with a full view across the pitch and straightforward concourse access in a modern building. |
| Premium experience | Hospitality within the Tribuna | Catering, lounge access and a central covered seat. La Cartuja was built for major events and the facilities reflect that. |
| Lower-priced option | Upper tier behind a goal | The bottom of the range and the most likely area to have inventory for the fixtures where everything else has gone. |
Betis are tenants this season and it is worth understanding why. The Estadio Benito Villamarín has been their home since 1929 and it is currently a construction site. The Preferencia stand has been demolished, the project is costed at around 262 million euros and the club is targeting 2 May 2028 for a reopening. The rebuilt ground will hold roughly 60,000 under a full 360-degree roof, with a 15,745-seat main stand, a hotel in an annexed building and solar panels covering a substantial share of its energy use.
Until that is finished, every home fixture is at the Estadio de La Cartuja on the Isla de La Cartuja, and the arrangement runs through to the 2027/28 season. The stadium opened in 1999 as the Estadio Olímpico de Sevilla, built for that year's World Athletics Championships and for two failed Olympic bids, and it spent two decades as one of the more impressive venues in Europe without a regular tenant.
It has hosted a great deal in that time: the 2003 UEFA Cup final, matches at Euro 2020, Davis Cup finals in 2004 and 2011, the 2024 Women's Nations League finals and a run of Copa del Rey finals. It is scheduled to host matches at the 2030 World Cup. The 2025 expansion took it to 70,000 by removing the athletics track and filling the space with seats, which made it the third largest stadium in Spain.
For Betis supporters the association goes deeper than a temporary lease. The club won the 2022 Copa del Rey at this ground, beating Valencia on penalties after a 1-1 draw, their third Copa and their first major trophy since 2005. They now play every home fixture in the stadium where that happened, which has softened what would otherwise be a difficult two years away from home. Fixtures are listed on the Estadio de La Cartuja tickets page.
The trade-off is atmosphere. The Villamarín was tight, loud and built around its supporters. La Cartuja is a bowl designed for athletics and it needs a full house and a big occasion to generate the same noise. On a Champions League night with 70,000 in it, that will not be a problem. On a wet Wednesday in February against a mid-table side, it is a different building.
Getting there is straightforward. The stadium sits on the Isla de La Cartuja to the north-west of the centre, roughly ten to twelve minutes by bus on routes 3 or 34, or eight to ten euros by taxi. There is no metro station serving it directly, which makes matchday traffic the main constraint and an early departure from the centre the sensible approach. Block layouts are set out on the La Cartuja seating plan.
La Cartuja was built as a major-events venue, which means the hospitality infrastructure is better than a temporary home would usually offer. The Tribuna houses the premium seating, the lounges and the boxes, with catering and dedicated access built into the original 1999 design and upgraded during the 2025 expansion.
Champions League packages are a new category this season and they are the scarcest thing the club sells. Corporate holders release these considerably less often than league hospitality, which is worth knowing before you assume availability.
| Package | What It Includes | Typical Price Range (GBP) |
|---|---|---|
| Premium seating | Padded central seat in the Tribuna with lounge access before the match and at half time, plus catering. | £250 – £400 |
| Hospitality with dining | Full pre-match meal, drinks throughout and a central covered seat in the main stand. | £320 – £520 |
| Private box | Enclosed box within the Tribuna with hosted service, usually sold by the season rather than by the match. | £450 – £800+ |
| Champions League and Gran Derbi hospitality | The same packages for European nights and the Sevilla derby, released in small numbers and priced accordingly. | £600 – £1,400+ |
The process takes a few minutes and works the same way for a league fixture as for a Champions League night. The difference is how long the inventory lasts, and for the European dates that window is short.
Step1
Find the fixture
Work from the home and away lists at the foot of this page rather than searching by date. Each fixture has its own page, so you land on the inventory for that specific match instead of a general listing.
Step2
Set up your account
You can create an account before browsing or at checkout. Doing it first is faster when a fixture is moving, and your delivery details are stored ready for when the right seats appear.
Step3
Choose your area
Decide between the Tribuna, the Lateral and the ends before filtering on price. At La Cartuja that decision carries more weight than at a purpose-built ground, because the bowl geometry means the gap between the main stand and the upper tier behind a goal is real.
Step4
Read the listing properly
Check the block, row and any note about restricted view, cover or seating together. The stadium was reconfigured in 2025 and block numbering does not always map to where you would expect, so the description is worth reading rather than skimming.
Step5
Confirm the quantity
Sellers list in set quantities and splitting a pair is not always possible. If you need four seats together, filter for four rather than assuming two listings of two will place you next to each other.
Step6
Check the total before you commit
The checkout shows the full amount including fees and delivery before payment. Compare that figure across listings rather than the headline seat price, which is where the meaningful difference usually sits.
Step7
Pay securely
Checkout runs over an SSL-encrypted connection and the 150% money-back guarantee attaches at the point the order is confirmed. Written confirmation follows immediately.
Step8
Follow it through to delivery
Use the track order page to follow the status through to the tickets reaching you. European fixtures in particular are often released closer to the date, which is normal rather than a problem.
For the Champions League nights and the derby, having an account ready and an area chosen beforehand is worth more than speed at the checkout, because those fixtures turn on whether inventory exists at the moment you look.
Most La Liga fixtures at La Cartuja are obtainable with reasonable notice, which is a function of 70,000 seats. A handful each season are not, and the gap between the two categories is wider at Betis this year than at any club in the division.
| Fixture Type | Why It Moves Fast |
|---|---|
| The Gran Derbi against Sevilla | Contested since 1915 and among the most intense derbies in Europe. Season pass holders release nothing, the away allocation is fixed and general sale is gone in minutes. If your trip depends on this fixture, plan around resale from the outset. |
| Champions League league-phase nights | The first European Cup football in Seville since 2005/06. Pass holders take up European seats at a far higher rate than league seats, which cuts resale supply for the fixtures with the heaviest demand. |
| Barcelona and Real Madrid | The two league visits that draw national and international interest. Even in a 70,000-seat ground these clear well ahead of anything else on the domestic calendar. |
| Any Champions League knockout tie | If Betis progress from the league phase, a knockout night at La Cartuja becomes the hardest ticket the club has sold in two decades. Nothing in the recent record prepares the market for that level of demand. |
| The closing weeks | Betis have finished fifth, sixth or seventh in each of the last five seasons and the European places are usually settled late. When the last month matters, pass holders stop releasing seats. |
The delivery method is stated on every listing before you buy. Check it at the point of purchase rather than afterwards, particularly for a European fixture where tickets may be issued late and postal delivery would not reach you in time.
La Cartuja is served by buses rather than a metro line, so the approach concentrates traffic in a way that a rail-served stadium does not. Forty-five minutes ahead is sensible for a league fixture. For a Champions League night or the Gran Derbi, an hour and a quarter is a better estimate, and it gives you time to find a block in a 70,000-seat ground you may not have visited before.
Entry is by scanning at the turnstile and the gate printed on your ticket corresponds to your block. Check it before you set off, because the perimeter here is large and walking round it once the crowd has built takes a long time. Photo ID matching the booking name is worth carrying, and UEFA fixtures apply their own identity checks, so bring a passport or national card for European nights.
Small bags and handbags are permitted subject to search at the gate. Large rucksacks are refused and there is no storage at the stadium, so anything that will not fit under your seat should stay at the hotel. Bottles, cans, glass, flares and pyrotechnics are prohibited, along with professional cameras carrying detachable lenses. UEFA fixtures apply stricter rules than domestic ones on banners and flags.
| Detail | Information |
|---|---|
| Full name | Real Betis Balompé, S.A.D. |
| Founded | 1907 as Sevilla Balompié, merged with Betis Football Club in 1914 |
| Nicknames | El Glorioso, the glorious, with supporters known as béticos |
| Motto | Viva el Betis manque pierda, long live Betis even when they lose |
| Stadium this season | Estadio de La Cartuja, capacity 70,000, in use until the Benito Villamarín rebuild is finished |
| Permanent home | Estadio Benito Villamarín, under reconstruction, reopening targeted for May 2028 |
| Head coach | Manuel Pellegrini, in a seventh season at the club |
| President | Ángel Haro, since 2016 |
| Record appearances | José Ramón Esnaola, 460 competitive matches |
| Record goalscorer | Rubén Castro, 148 goals |
| Competitions | La Liga, Copa del Rey and the Champions League, entered for the first time since 2005/06 |
Betis have won La Liga once, in 1935, and the Copa del Rey three times across forty-five years. That is a modest return for one of the most heavily supported clubs in Spain, and it is precisely why the motto is about losing. The history below is a story about a club that its city refuses to abandon regardless of what the football is doing.
The 1935 title remains the only occasion an Andalusian club other than Sevilla has won the Spanish league, and Betis won it within three years of reaching the top division for the first time. What followed was the pattern that has defined the club ever since. Within twelve years of being champions of Spain they were in the third tier, and the support did not go anywhere.
The Copa del Rey of 1977 was the first major trophy in forty-two years and it came on penalties in Madrid against Athletic Bilbao. Two decades later Betis produced the strongest side of their modern history to that point, finishing third in 1995/96 and then paying a world-record fee for Denílson in 1998, a signing that captured both the ambition of the club and its habit of reaching further than the finances comfortably allowed.
The 2004/05 season is the one this squad is being measured against. Fourth place took Betis into the Champions League for the only time before this season, and in a group containing Chelsea, Liverpool and Anderlecht they beat José Mourinho's Chelsea 1-0 at the Villamarín in November 2005. The Copa del Rey arrived the same spring. Within four years the club was relegated, and the decade that followed contained two relegations and a great deal of institutional instability.
Pellegrini has qualified Betis for Europe in every season he has been in charge, which no coach in the club's history had managed even twice in a row. The 2022 Copa del Rey was won at La Cartuja, the ground they now occupy, and the run to the Conference League final in 2025 took them further in Europe than the club had ever been. Fifth place last season delivered the Champions League place that Spain earned through UEFA's European Performance Spot, and the wait since 2005/06 ended.
| Legend | Role | Contribution | Milestones |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joaquín Sánchez | Winger and captain, across two spells | Came through the academy, left for Valencia, returned and finished his career here as captain after 23 seasons in the game. Retired in 2023 as the player with more La Liga appearances than anyone in the competition's history, and lifted the 2022 Copa del Rey as captain at the age of forty. | The most La Liga appearances of any player |
| Rubén Castro | Forward, 2010 to 2017 | Scored more goals for Betis than anyone in the club's history, carrying the side through two relegations and two promotions in a period when very little else at the club was functioning. His goals are the reason those seasons in the second division were short ones. | 148 goals |
| José Ramón Esnaola | Goalkeeper, 1970s and 1980s | Holds the club appearance record and kept goal for the side that won the 1977 Copa del Rey, the first major trophy in forty-two years. A fixture across a period when Betis moved repeatedly between the divisions. | 460 competitive appearances |
| Rafael Gordillo | Left-back, two spells | Came through the academy, won the 1977 Copa and returned in 1985 after six years at Real Madrid to finish his career at the club he started with. Later served as vice-president. Among the finest full-backs Spain has produced. | The 1977 Copa del Rey and 75 Spain caps |
| Manuel Pellegrini | Head coach, since 2020 | Has qualified for Europe in every season at the club, won the 2022 Copa del Rey, reached the 2025 Conference League final and delivered a Champions League place in 2026. No coach in the club's history has produced sustained results at this level. | The 2022 Copa and the 2026 Champions League place |
| Isco | Attacking midfielder, since 2023 | Arrived without a club after leaving Sevilla and rebuilt his career at Betis, becoming captain and the creative centre of the side that reached a European final. Won four Champions League titles with Real Madrid before this chapter and will play in the competition again in green and white. | Captain of the 2025 Conference League finalists |
Betis have won four major trophies in a hundred and nineteen years, which for a club of this size is a thin return and one that béticos discuss with more humour than bitterness. The counts below have been cross-referenced against club publications and independent football records.
| Competition | Titles |
|---|---|
| La Liga | 1, in 1934/35 |
| Copa del Rey | 3, in 1977, 2005 and 2022 |
| Copa Federación de España | 1, in 1953/54 |
| Segunda División | Multiple titles, most recently in 2010/11 |
| UEFA Conference League | Runners-up in 2024/25 |
| UEFA Champions League | Group stage in 2005/06, returning in 2026/27 |
The 1935 league title is the entry that carries the most weight, because no Andalusian club other than Sevilla has managed one before or since. The 2022 Copa del Rey is the one this generation of supporters was actually present for, and it was won at the ground where the club now plays every home fixture.
Betis have one rivalry that dominates the calendar and a set of opponents who have taken things from them in finals and knockout ties. The first is about a city that has been divided since 1915. The others are about the trophies that got away.
The Gran Derbi, contested since 1915 and among the most intense fixtures in European football. The two clubs share a city of fewer than 700,000 people and divide it almost down the middle, and the derby has produced abandonments, mass arrests and a level of feeling that visitors are frequently unprepared for. It is not a fixture with a friendly atmosphere and it is not marketed as one. Betis supporters point to 1935 and to three Copa del Rey wins; Sevilla point to their European record. Neither argument has ever settled anything.
The obstacle that keeps appearing in the cup. Barcelona knocked Betis out of the Copa del Rey in the round of 16 in 2023, winning 5-1 at the Camp Nou after a goalless first leg, and did it again in the quarter-finals in February 2026 with a 5-0 defeat that was the heaviest of Betis's season. The league fixtures have been considerably closer than those results suggest, which is part of what makes the cup meetings sting.
The opponent in the most recent trophy Betis have won. The 2022 Copa del Rey final finished 1-1 after extra time at La Cartuja on 23 April and Betis won 5-4 on penalties, taking their first major honour since 2005. That result is the reference point for everyone under thirty in the bético support, and it happened in the stadium the club now uses as a temporary home, which gives every current fixture there a residual charge.
The same club, twenty years apart, on both sides of the ledger. Betis beat José Mourinho's Chelsea 1-0 at the Benito Villamarín on 1 November 2005 in the Champions League group stage, one of the outstanding results in the club's European history. Chelsea then beat Betis 4-1 in the Conference League final in Wrocław on 28 May 2025, taking the first European trophy this club had ever reached a final for. Betis return to the Champions League a year after that defeat, which is the sort of symmetry football occasionally provides.
The tie that took Betis to a European final. The 2025 Conference League semi-final finished 2-2 in Florence after Betis had won the first leg at La Cartuja, sending them through 4-3 on aggregate and into the first continental final in a hundred and eighteen years of the club's existence. For a support that had waited that long, the second leg in Italy is the ninety minutes most béticos would choose to relive.
| Season | Summary |
|---|---|
| 2021/22 | The strongest season of the modern era until this one. Betis finished fifth on 65 points from nineteen wins, eight draws and eleven defeats, scoring 62. They won the Copa del Rey by beating Valencia on penalties at La Cartuja on 23 April after a 1-1 draw. It was the club's first major trophy since 2005 and Joaquín lifted it as captain at forty. |
| 2022/23 | Sixth on 60 points from seventeen wins, nine draws and twelve defeats, with Borja Iglesias top-scoring on fifteen. The Europa League run ended in the round of 16 against Manchester United, who won 4-1 at Old Trafford and 1-0 in Seville. Barcelona ended the Copa defence 5-1 on aggregate in the round of 16. |
| 2023/24 | Seventh on 57 points from fourteen wins, fifteen draws and nine defeats, a season defined by an unusual number of stalemates. Willian José led the scoring with fourteen. Betis went out of the Europa League at the group stage and then out of the Conference League in the play-off round to Dinamo Zagreb. It was the first campaign since 2014/15 without Joaquín. |
| 2024/25 | Sixth on 60 points from sixteen wins, twelve draws and ten defeats, alongside a European run that went further than any in the club's history. Betis reached the Conference League final, eliminating Fiorentina 4-3 on aggregate in the semi-final, and lost 4-1 to Chelsea in Wrocław on 28 May. Isco led the scoring across all competitions with twelve. |
| 2025/26 | Fifth on 60 points from fifteen wins, fifteen draws and eight defeats, scoring 59 and conceding 48, in the first season at La Cartuja. That finish took the Champions League place Spain earned through UEFA's European Performance Spot. Cucho Hernández top-scored with fifteen. Braga ended the Europa League run in the quarter-finals and Barcelona won the Copa quarter-final 5-0. |
Pellegrini goes into a Champions League season with the squad that finished fifth and three additions aimed at depth rather than reinvention. Fran García arrived from Real Madrid to solve the left-back position, Facundo Bernal came from Fluminense to add a ball-playing option in central midfield and Diego Conde joined on loan from Villarreal to compete in goal. The window produced a positive balance of around 8.65 million euros.
The departures were mostly at the older end. Ricardo Rodríguez, Cédric Bakambu and Chimy Ávila left as free agents and Sofyan Amrabat's loan ended. The attacking core stays: Antony, Abde Ezzalzouli and Cucho Hernández, with Isco as captain and the creative reference point behind them.
Squad numbers were not consistently published across sources at the time of writing, with several duplicated between the first team and recent additions, so the table below sets out each player's role instead. That is more use anyway when you are deciding whether a fixture is worth travelling for.
| Player | Position | Role in the 2026/27 Squad |
|---|---|---|
| Álvaro Valles | Goalkeeper | First choice, signed from Las Palmas and established in the position |
| Diego Conde | Goalkeeper | On loan from Villarreal to compete for starts |
| Marc Bartra | Centre-back | Senior organiser of the defence across two spells at the club |
| Diego Llorente | Centre-back | Spain international and the regular partner at the back |
| Natan | Centre-back | Brazilian defender signed permanently after an initial loan |
| Héctor Bellerín | Right-back | Seville-born full-back who returned home after Arsenal and Barcelona |
| Ángel Ortiz | Right-back | Academy-developed defender pushing for regular minutes |
| Fran García | Left-back | Signed from Real Madrid and the summer's principal addition |
| Junior Firpo | Left-back | Returned to the club after spells at Barcelona and Leeds |
| Marc Roca | Midfielder | Holding midfielder in front of the defence |
| Facundo Bernal | Midfielder | Uruguayan signed from Fluminense to add control in the centre |
| Álvaro Fidalgo | Midfielder | Central midfielder adding depth for a three-competition season |
| Giovani Lo Celso | Attacking midfielder | Argentina international and a World Cup winner in the squad |
| Pablo Fornals | Midfielder | Spain international operating between midfield and attack |
| Isco | Attacking midfielder | Captain and the creative centre of the side, with four Champions League titles behind him |
| Antony | Winger | Brazil international and the most valuable player in the squad |
| Abde Ezzalzouli | Winger | Morocco international providing directness down the left |
| Rodrigo Riquelme | Winger | Wide option signed from Atlético Madrid |
| Aitor Ruibal | Utility | Academy product used across the wing and at full-back |
| Cucho Hernández | Forward | Leading scorer last season with fifteen and the reference point in attack |
| Nelson Deossa | Forward | Colombian attacker competing for minutes in the front line |
| Iker Losada | Forward | Young forward added for squad depth across three competitions |
| Pablo García | Forward | Academy graduate promoted into the senior group |
A squad of this depth is a requirement rather than a luxury in a season covering thirty-eight league fixtures, a domestic cup and a Champions League league phase of eight matches before any knockout football. Pellegrini has not had to manage that combination at this club before.
Every home fixture is at the Estadio de La Cartuja, not the Benito Villamarín. The Villamarín is being rebuilt at a cost of around 262 million euros with the Preferencia stand already demolished, and the club is targeting May 2028 to reopen. The arrangement at La Cartuja runs through to the 2027/28 season.
Yes, for the first time since 2005/06. Fifth place in La Liga on 60 points took the additional place Spain earned through UEFA's European Performance Spot, which is awarded to the two best-performing associations in the previous European season. It is the club's second Champions League campaign ever.
It holds 70,000 after the 2025 expansion removed the athletics track, which makes it the third largest ground in Spain and around ten thousand seats bigger than the Villamarín. For ordinary La Liga fixtures that does make availability better. For the Gran Derbi and the European nights it makes very little difference.
La Cartuja sits on the Isla de La Cartuja to the north-west of the centre. Bus routes 3 and 34 take ten to twelve minutes and a taxi costs around eight to ten euros. No metro line serves the ground directly, so matchday road traffic is the main constraint and leaving early is worth it.
La Liga once, in 1935, and the Copa del Rey three times, in 1977, 2005 and 2022. They reached the Conference League final in 2025 and lost 4-1 to Chelsea, the only European final in the club's history. The 1935 title makes them one of only two Andalusian clubs ever to win the Spanish league.
A club whose motto is about carrying on when the team loses, playing Champions League football for the first time in twenty-one years in the third largest stadium in Spain, is worth a night in Seville on almost any terms. 1BoxOffice has been a verified marketplace for live event tickets since 2006, with every order carrying a 150% money-back guarantee. Choose your fixture below and take a seat.
Sources: Official Real Betis website at realbetisbalompie.es, LaLiga, UEFA, Transfermarkt, StadiumDB, Seville Traveller and Wikipedia.
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