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Real Betis Balompié S.A.D. is a Spanish football club in Seville founded in 1907. The team...

Real Betis Balompié S.A.D. is a Spanish football club in Seville founded in 1907. The team currently plays in Segunda Division. Its home stadium is the 52,700-seat Manuel Ruiz de Lopera and its home colours are green and white. Real Betis celebrated their centenary year during the 2007–08 La Liga season. Real Betis currently play the 2009-10 season in the Segunda División after being relegated in the last round of the 2008-09 La Liga season. Despite very little success in the form of titles, Real Betis were noted as the 37th best followed team in Europe as regard average attendances during the 2007–08 season. Real Betis holds the distinction of being the first Andalusian football team to play in the La Liga and to reach the UEFA Champions League although city rivals Sevilla already played this competition but with a different format, known as European Cup, in the 1957-58 season. Betis are also the only Spanish club to have won the 1st, 2nd and 3rd division leagues. Supporters of Real Betis are known as béticos. The club came close to folding in the summer of 1992 when they were saved by then vice-chairman Manuel Ruiz de Lopera, who later became chairman and is the current owner of