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Baloncesto S.A.D., simply known as Real Betis, is a professional

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team based in

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, Spain. The team plays in the

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, the second

division of the

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after the

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. It plays its home games at San Pablo.

History

Club Deportivo de Baloncesto Sevilla was founded in 1987 when the team bought the seat of Dribling de Madrid in the second division, in that time called Primera División B. In 1989, the team promoted to

for the first time ever. In 1996 and 1999 the club finished the league as runner-up being defeated both times in the finals 0–3 by

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. In 2011, Sevilla lost the 2010–11 Eurocup final, played in

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, against

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. On 21 July 2016, Baloncesto Sevilla and

agreed a collaboration agreement for helping the football squad to solve the financial problems of the basketball team. The team would be called ''Real Betis Energía Plus'' as a result of the agreement and a new sponsor. On 31 December 2016, Real Betis agreed the buy of the 99.99% of the shares of the club and implemented it on 12 January 2017. In 2017 the club relegated from Liga ACB for the first time in its history, but remained in the league in application of the precautionary measures issued by the judicial demand of the Andalusian club after the change of the requirements to join the ACB during the pre-season. However, the club was relegated again in the next season after a very poor performance with only seven wins in 34 matches, finishing in the last position of the league table. On 6 September 2018, the club unanimously approved to take the necessary steps to obtain the pertinent authorization from the Spanish royal house to change its name to Real Betis Baloncesto S.A.D. This change was finally approved on 15 December 2018. During the 2018–19 season, their first ever in

, Real Betis beat the record of biggest winning streak with 17, thus meaning they beat all their league opponents consecutively. The club quickly came back to the top tier after winning the championship with four rounds left.

Sponsorship naming

From 1987 to 2014, the club was sponsored by Caja San Fernando, renamed in 2007 as Cajasol and merged in

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years later. * Caja San Fernando (1987–2007) * Cajasol (2007–10) * Cajasol

(2010–2011) *

(2011–2012) * Cajasol (2012–2014) * Baloncesto Sevilla (2014–2016) *

Energía Plus (2016–2019) * Coosur Real Betis (2019–2022)

Logos

Cajasol Sevilla.png, 2007–2010 Logo of CB Sevilla.png, 2014–2016 Real Betis Energía Plus.png, 2016–2019

Players

Retired numbers

Current roster

Head coaches

* José Alberto Pesquera 1990–1995, 1998 * Aleksandar Petrović 1995–1997 * Salva Maldonado 1997–1998 * Javier Imbroda 1998–2001 * Javier Fijo 2001, 2005 *

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2001–2002 * Gustavo Aranzana 2002–2004 *

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2004–2005 * Óscar Quintana 2005 * Manel Comas 2005–2007, 2008 * Moncho López 2007 *

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2007–2008 * Ángel Jareño 2008 *

Pedro Martínez Pedro Jaime Martínez (born October 25, 1971) is a Dominican-American former professional baseball starting pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from to , for five teams—most notably the Boston Red Sox from to . As of 2023, M ...

2008–2009 *

Joan Plaza Joan Plaza Durán (born 26 December 1963) is a Spanish professional basketball coach. He coached Real Madrid for three years, winning one Liga ACB championship, and a ULEB Cup (now called EuroCup) title. Coaching career Joan Plaza began his ca ...

2009–2012, 2020–2021 *

Aíto García Reneses Alejandro "Aíto" García Reneses (born 20 December 1946 in Madrid, Spain), usually and most commonly known as just "Aíto", is a Spanish former professional basketball player and coach. As a head coach at the professional club level, García R ...

2012–2014 *

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2014–2015 * Luis Casimiro 2015–2016, 2021–2023 *

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2016–2017 * Alejandro Martínez 2017 * Óscar Quintana 2017–2018 * Javier Carrasco 2018, 2023 * Curro Segura 2018–2020 * Bruno Savignani 2023–2024 * Gonzalo García 2024–present

Season by season

Records and awards

Records

* 29 seasons in ''ACB'' * 3 seasons in the second tier: ** 2 in ''Primera División B'' ** 1 in ''LEB Oro''

Trophies

: (1) **2018–19 *

Copa Princesa de Asturias The Copa Princesa de Asturias de Baloncesto ( English: ''Princess of Asturias' Cup of Basketball'') is an annual 2nd-tier level national cup competition for Spanish professional basketball teams, that is organized by Spain's 2nd-tier level profes ...

: (1) **2019 * Andalusia Cup: (5) **1998, 1999, 2002, 2005, 2009

Individual awards

ACB Most Valuable Player ACB Most Valuable Player is an annual award of the Liga ACB, the top-tier professional basketball league in Spain. The ACB handed out the award first after the 1991–92 ACB season. Since then, four players have won the award more than once: Darr ...

* Michael Anderson – 1996 ACB Three Point Shootout Champion * Raúl Pérez – 2003 ACB Slam Dunk Champion *

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– 2010 EuroCup Rising Star Award *

Kristaps Porziņģis Kristaps Porziņģis (; born 2 August 1995) is a Latvian professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "The Unicorn" for his ability to make plays and shoot 3-pointers as a Center ...

– 2015

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Tariq Kirksay Tariq Kinte Kirksay (born September 7, 1979) is a French American former professional basketball player. He was born in the Bronx, New York, where he grew up. High school Kirksay played basketball at Rice High School, in New York City, New York. ...

– 2011

All-EuroCup Second Team The EuroCup Basketball All-EuroCup Team is an annual award of the secondary level European-wide professional club basketball league, the EuroCup. The EuroCup is the European-wide professional basketball league that is one tier level below the ...

* Paul Davis – 2011

Notable players

References

External links

Official website

CB Sevilla
at

FEB.es The Spanish Basketball Federation (; FEB) is the governing body of basketball in Spain. Based in Madrid, it was founded on 31 July 1923 in Barcelona, Spain. It organizes all the female national competitions ( Liga Femenina (1st), Liga Femenina 2 ...

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