The Ciudad Deportiva Luis del Sol, is the training ground of the Spanish football club

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 ...

. The centre which is named after the former Real Betis player

Luis del Sol Luis del Sol Cascajares (6 April 1935 – 20 June 2021) was a Spanish football midfielder and manager. He played a total of 112 La Liga games for Betis and Real Madrid (28 goals scored), winning five major titles with the latter side and earni ...

, is commonly nicknamed as ''La fábrica verdiblanca''.

Overview

Occupying an area of 45,000 m², the complex is located on Avenida de Italia of Los Bermejales district in

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, adjacent to

Estadio Benito Villamarín Estadio Benito Villamarín is a stadium in Seville, Spain, and the home of Real Betis since its completion in 1929. It has a capacity of 60,720. History Construction As early as 1912, the Spanish architect Aníbal González Álvarez-Ossorio had ...

; the home of Real Betis Balompie. The training centre was officially opened on 19 December 1997 by then-president of the club

Manuel Ruiz de Lopera Manuel Ruiz de Lopera y Ávalos (born 13 August 1944) is a Spanish businessman who was owner and chairman of football club Real Betis Real Betis Balompié, known as Real Betis () or just Betis, is a Spanish professional football club based ...

, accompanied by the

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Carlos Amigo Vallejo Carlos Amigo Vallejo, O.F.M. (23 August 1934 – 27 April 2022) was a Spanish prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Seville from 1982 to 2009. He was made a cardinal in 2003. He was archbishop of Tangier in Morocco from 19 ...

the Archbishop Emeritus of Seville.

Facilities

*Estadio Luis del Sol is the central stadium of the Ciudad Deportiva with a capacity of 1,318 seats, is the home stadium of

Betis Deportivo Balompié Betis Deportivo Balompié is a Spanish football team based in Seville, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1942, it is the reserve team of Real Betis and currently plays in Segunda Federación, holding home games at Ciudad Depor ...

, the reserve team of

. The club's youth sides and the women's team also play at the complex.Ciudad Deportiva Luis del Sol
/ref> *1 regular-sized natural grass pitch. *1 regular-sized artificial turf pitch. *1 seven-a-side artificial turf pitch. *Service centre with swimming pool, gymnasium and underground parking area for 63 vehicles.

References

External links

Ciudad Deportiva page at Real Betis Official website
Real Betis

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