The 2008–09 season was the 101st season in the existence of

Real Betis Real Betis Balompié, known as Real Betis () or just Betis, is a Spanish professional football club based in Seville in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1907, it plays in La Liga. It holds home games at the Estadio Benito Vill ...

and the club's eighth consecutive season in the top flight of

Spanish football Football is the most popular sport in Spain. Spain has some of the most important teams in Europe (Real Madrid, Barcelona, Atlético de Madrid, Seville, Valencia, and others). It also has a high number of players (most of them being unprofession ...

. In addition to the domestic league, Real Betis participated in this season's edition of the

Copa del Rey The Campeonato de España–Copa de Su Majestad el Rey, commonly known as Copa del Rey or simply La Copa and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–36) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–76), is an annual knockout footbal ...

Players

First-team squad

** * Also holds

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ian citizenship.Mehmet Aurélio holds

ian citizenship because he's Brazilian-born (

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Loaned players

Transfers

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overall record

La Liga

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 16 July 2008.

Copa del Rey

Round of 32

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

References

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