2012–13 Real Betis season

Real Betis
2012–13 season
President	Miguel Guillén
Head coach	Pepe Mel
Stadium	Benito Villamarín
La Liga	7th
Copa del Rey	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Rubén Castro (18); All: ; Rubén Castro (21)
	← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The 2012–13 Real Betis season was the club's 78th season in its history.

Review and events

Competitions

Legend

Win Draw Loss Postponed

La Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	Valencia	38	19	8	11	67	54	+13	65	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[a]
6	Málaga	38	16	9	13	53	50	+3	57	^[b]
7	Real Betis	38	16	8	14	57	56	+1	56	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round^[a]
8	Rayo Vallecano	38	16	5	17	50	66	−16	53	^[c]
9	Sevilla	38	14	8	16	58	54	+4	50	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round^[a]

Source: La Liga
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th goal difference; 5th number of goals scored; 7th Fair-play points
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Since the 2012–13 Copa del Rey champions Atlético Madrid and runners-up Real Madrid qualified for the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League, the 5th, 6th and 7th placed teams qualified for the group stage, play-off round, and third qualifying round of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League respectively.^[1]
^ Málaga was excluded from participating in any UEFA club competition in 2013–14 season as a punishment for not complying with UEFA Financial Fair Play Regulations.^[2] Málaga appealed against this UEFA ban, but the Court of Arbitration for Sport confirmed the decision of the UEFA Club Financial Control Body.^[3]
^ Rayo Vallecano was excluded from participating in any UEFA club competition for the next season after RFEF denied them a "UEFA license" because they didn't meet the requirements as they were immersed in a creditor contest.^[4]^[5] They appealed to CAS in June 2013 and on 11 July that decision was confirmed. The team placed behind them, Sevilla, took their spot at the Europa League third qualifying round.^[6]

Matches

19 August 2012 1	Athletic Bilbao	3–5	Betis	Bilbao
19:00 CEST	De Marcos 47' San José 49', 67', 76' Aduriz 90+2'	Summary	Castro 7', 44' Molina 26', 87' Beñat 31', 58' Pozuelo 80'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 36,000 Referee: José Texeira Vitienes (Cantabria)

25 August 2012 2	Betis	1–2	Rayo Vallecano	Seville
21:00 CEST	Molina 4', 90+1' Agra 35' Beñat 54' Pereira 67' Nacho 71'	Report	Piti 2', 59' Casado 37' Tito 43' Baptistão 62' Amat 89' Rubén 90+5'	Stadium: Estadio Benito Villamarín Attendance: 29,313 Referee: Miguel Ángel Ayza Gámez (Valencian Community)

17 September 2012 3	Valladolid	0–1	Betis	Valladolid
21:30 CEST		Report	Castro 89'	Stadium: José Zorrilla Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Carlos Delgado Ferreiro (Basque Country)

22 September 2012 4	Betis	1–0	Espanyol	Seville
20:00 CEST	Paulão 18' Beñat 29' Pérez 46' Nélson 57' Agra 90' Casto 90+1'	Report	Tejera 26' Mubarak 45' 67' J. López 52' Stuani 78' Álvarez 90+2'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez (Aragon)

26 September 2012 5	Betis	2–4	Atlético Madrid	Seville
21:30 CEST	Nélson 3' Agra 26' Juanfran 45+2' (o.g.) Perquis 47' Beñat 49' Campbell 62' 78'	Report	Juanfran 24' Falcao 28', 48' (pen.) C. Rodríguez 53' Costa 55' García 89', 90+3'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 37,000 Referee: Alfonso Álvarez Izquierdo (Catalonia)

29 September 2012 6	Málaga	4–0	Betis	Málaga
18:00 CEST	Joaquín 13' (pen.) Saviola 28' Gámez 56' Amaya 72' (o.g.) Isco 74' Recio 85'	Report	Casto 10'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 25,753 Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández (Catalonia)

6 October 2012 7	Betis	2–0	Real Sociedad	Seville
22:00 CEST	Paulão 18' Martínez 25' Beñat 42' Mario 54' 88' Agra 77' Castro 81' Pérez 90'	Summary	Griezmann 26' Estrada 80'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 30,886 Referee: José Teixeira Vitienes (Cantabria)

21 October 2012 8	Osasuna	0–0	Real Betis	Pamplona
19:50 CEST	Cejudo 30' Armenteros 66' Damià 82'	Summary	Paulão 63'	Stadium: El Sadar Attendance: 15,215 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Community of Madrid)

27 October 2012 9	Betis	1–0	Valencia	Seville
18:00 CEST	Sevilla 9' Nono 90+4'	Summary	Pereira 5' Viera 74' R. Costa 89' Banega 90+4' Gago 90+5'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 33,783 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández (Canary Islands)

5 November 2012 10	Getafe	2–4	Betis	Getafe
21:30 CET	Rafa 20' Castro 68' Barrada 72' Pedro León 90'	Summary	Beñat 38', 74' Molina 59' Castro 76', 90+1' Cañas 81' Adrián 90' Sevilla 90+3'	Stadium: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Miguel Ayza Gámez (Valencian Community)

9 November 2012 11	Betis	1–2	Granada	Seville
21:30 CET	Paulão 60' Castro 62'	Summary	Torje 8' Angulo 27' Gómez 31' Diakhaté 41' M. Rico 74' Brahimi 78' Ortiz 79' Floro Flores 90' Benítez 90+1'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Carlos Delgado Ferreiro (Basque Country)

18 November 2012 12	Sevilla	5–1	Betis	Seville
21:30 CET	Reyes 1', 33' Fazio 5', 43' Spahić 23' Palop 56' Medel 64' Rakitić 90+1'	Summary	Paulão 36' Pozuelo 47' Pérez 57' 62' Castro 66'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes (Cantabria)

24 November 2012 13	Betis	1–0	Real Madrid	Seville
22:00 CET	Beñat 17', 77' Sevilla 41' Adrián 54' Cañas 72'	Summary	Pepe 56' Ramos 71'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 48,500 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Extremadura)

2 December 2012 14	Deportivo	2–3	Betis	A Coruña
17:00 CET	Ayoze 42' Aythami 44' Riki 56', 61' Aguilar 77'		Castro 39', 55' Sevilla 61' Campbell 76' Pérez 82' Beñat 88' Adrián 90+3' Dorado 90+4'	Stadium: Riazor Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Community of Madrid)

9 December 2012 15	Betis	1–2	Barcelona	Seville
21:00 CET	Campbell 37' Castro 39' Vadillo 62' Nacho 89'		Messi 16', 25' Alba 61' Pedro 76'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 46157 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Community of Madrid)

17 December 2012 16	Celta Vigo	0–1	Betis	Vigo
21:30 CET	Toni 48' Bermejo 74'		Juan Carlos 42' Molina 81' Amaya 90+1'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 12000 Referee: José González González (Castile and León)

22 December 2012 17	Betis	1–2	Mallorca	Seville
16:00 CET	Beñat 6', 76' Nacho 64' Chica 88'	Summary	Arizmendi 22' Víctor 25', 31' Dos Santos 44' Márquez 47' (pen.), 90+2'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 32,332 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Navarre)

4 January 2013 18	Zaragoza	1–2	Betis	Zaragoza
21:30 CET	Movilla 26' Paredes 45' Postiga 52' Montañés 77' Álvaro 81' 90+4' Abraham 90+1'	Summary	Cañas 19' Amaya 41' Castro 44' Igiebor 50' Molina 58' Beñat 71' Nacho 89'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 17,000 Referee: José Teixeira Vitienes (Cantabria)

13 January 2013 19	Betis	2–0	Levante	Seville
12:00 CET	Campbell 7' Pérez 20' Nacho Castro 63'		Diop 16' El Zhar 37' Roger 58' Juanfran 61'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 36,651 Referee: César Muñiz Fernández (Asturias)

21 January 2013 20	Betis	1–1	Athletic Bilbao	Seville
21:30 CET	Castro 2' (pen.) Campbell 14' Beñat 21' Amaya 56' Cañas 65' Pérez 71'		Iraizoz 1' Gurpegui 9' Aduriz 41' Iturraspe 75'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 42,000 Referee: Miguel Ayza Gámez (Valencian Community)

27 January 2013 21	Rayo Vallecano	3–0	Betis	Madrid
17:00 CET	Piti 4' (pen.), 85' Bangoura 41' Amat 47' Delibašić 64', 65' Tito 72' José Carlos 83'	Summary	Adrián 3' Molina 27' Beñat 30' Campbell 60'	Stadium: Campo de Vallecas Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández (Canary Islands)

3 February 2013 22	Atlético Madrid	1–0	Betis	Madrid
21:00 CET	Costa 61', 66' Miranda 68' Cisma 90+1'	Summary	Perquis 68' Chica 68' Cañas 70' Nacho 78'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Navarre)

11 February 2013 23	Real Betis	0–0	Valladolid	Seville
21:30 CET	Amaya 82' 90+3'	Summary	Sereno 18' Rukavina 28' 75' Guerra 40' Sastre 66'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 26,785 Referee: Miguel Pérez Lasa

17 February 2013 24	Espanyol	1–0	Betis	Cornellà de Llobregat
CET	García 7' Sánchez 36' Mattioni 51' Capdevila 65' Simão 77'	Summary	Paulão 61' Juan Carlos 79' Perquis 88'	Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat Attendance: 20,410

24 February 2013 25	Betis	3–0	Málaga	Seville
CET	Molina 1' Nacho 21' Mario 28' Pabón 45' Juan Carlos 60'	Summary	Camacho 34' 63' Portillo 49'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 32,611

3 March 2013 26	Real Sociedad	3–3	Betis	San Sebastián
CET	C. Martínez 36' Vela 51' I. Martínez 56' Prieto 62' (pen.)	Summary	Molina 29' Campbell 38' Beñat 42' Pabón 49', 66' Ángel 61' Cañas 72' Chica 90+1'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 22,162 Referee: Ignacio Iglesias

8 March 2013 27	Betis	2–1	Osasuna	Seville
CET	Molina 19' Nacho 29' Juan Carlos 57' Beñat 69' Paulão 72' Nono 76' Castro 79'	Summary	Oier 26' Damià 41' Armenteros 52' Silva 74', 90' Arribas 83'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 23,824 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

16 March 2013 28	Valencia	3–0	Betis	Valencia
17:00	Soldado 16' (pen.) Rami 38' Mathieu 44' Feghouli 75' Paulão 85' (o.g.) Jonas 90+2'	Summary	Nacho 11' Amaya 15' Molina 58' Ángel 75'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 35,000 Referee: César Muñiz Fernández

1 April 2013 29	Betis	0–0	Getafe	Seville
16:00	Beñat 53' Amaya 76' Cañas 88' Campbell 90+1'	Summary	Borja 18' Torres 75'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 25,081 Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes

5 April 2013 30	Granada	1–5	Betis	Granada
15:00	Siqueira 58' 79' Brahimi 71' Aranda 72' Buonanotte 82'	Summary	Igiebor 1' Castro 30', 32' Pabón 53' Ángel 75', 85'	Stadium: Los Cármenes Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Miguel Pérez Lasa

12 April 2013 31	Betis	3–3	Sevilla	Seville
16:00	Beñat 6' Chica 30' Amaya 30' Pabón 43' Castro 54' (pen.) Cañas 56' Campbell 63' Igiebor 89'	Summary	Rakitić 7', 19' Negredo 33' Fazio 53' Medel 56' Cala 89' Moreno 90+4'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 43,000 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

20 April 2013 32	Real Madrid	3–1	Betis	Madrid
	Özil 45', 90+1' Benzema 57' Nacho 72' Higuaín 78' Ronaldo 81'	Summary	Cañas 55' Molina 73' (pen.)	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Alfonso Álvarez Izquierdo

29 April 2013 33	Betis	1–1	Deportivo	Seville
16:00	Cañas 29' Vadillo 43' Molina 49' Campbell 63' Chica 69' Nacho 70'	Summary	Riki 7' Aythami 38' Aguilar 59' Pizzi 77' Oliveira 90+3'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 32,800 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

5 May 2013 34	Barcelona	4–2	Betis	Barcelona
	Sánchez 9' Adriano 45' Villa 56' Messi 60', 71'	Summary	Pabón 2' Pérez 43', 54'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 67,185 Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez

12 May 2013 35	Betis	1–0	Celta Vigo	Seville
	Mabwati 37' Castro 90'	Summary	Krohn-Dehli 39' Mallo 52' Oubiña 62' 86' Charles 67' Nolito 74' Rafinha 82'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 38,547 Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes

20 May 2013 36	Mallorca	1–0	Betis	Palma
	Martí 13' Hemed 21' Hutton 43' Arizmendi 84' Aouate 90+1'	Summary	Pérez 59' Nacho 75'	Stadium: Iberostar Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Miguel Pérez Lasa

26 May 2013 37	Betis	4–0	Zaragoza	Seville
	Castro 1' Pabón 17', 71' Adrián 31' Amaya 32'	Summary	Abraham 15' Săpunaru 36' Álvaro 50' Loovens 76' José Mari 83' Apoño 88'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 47,469 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz

1 June 2013 38	Levante	1–1	Betis	Valencia
	García 11' Ríos 42', 51' Rodas 87'	Summary	Sevilla 33' Pérez 40' Molina 67' Casto 90' Nono 90'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 13,045 Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes

Copa del Rey

Round of 32

1 November 2012 First leg	Valladolid	1–0	Betia	Valladolid
17:00	Bueno 39' Sereno 63' Neira 65' Baraja 73' Balenziaga 79' Peña 87'		Paulão 43'	Stadium: Nuevo José Zorrilla Attendance: 11,674 Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

27 November 2012 Second leg	Betis	3–0 (3–1 agg.)	Valladolid	Seville
19:30	Molina 38' Amaya 28', 60' Castro 62' Rueda 86' (o.g.)		Sastre 28'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 27,789 Referee: Alfonso Álvarez Izquierdo

Round of 16

13 December 2012 First leg	Las Palmas	1–1	Betis	Las Palmas
22:00	Murillo 11' Corrales 16' Nauzet 58' Chrisantus 85'		Igiebor 8' Mario 35' Pérez 57' Castro 67'	Stadium: Gran Canaria Attendance: 14,640 Referee: Carlos Delgado Ferreiro

10 January 2013 Second leg	Betis	1–0 (2–1 agg.)	Las Palmas	Seville
21:30	Castro 85'			Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 27,755 Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes

Squad

Squad, matches played and goals scored

Minutes played

Starting 11

Bookings

Squad

Squad, matches played and goals scored

Minutes played

Starting 11

Bookings

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
15 June 2012	FW	Joel Campbell	Arsenal	Loan^[7]
10 July 2012	DF	Paulão	Saint-Étienne	Free^[8]

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
13 May 2012	FW	Roque Santa Cruz	Manchester City	Loan end
13 May 2012	MD	Jefferson Montero	Villarreal	Loan end

Sources

^ "Regulations of the UEFA Europa League 2013/14" (PDF). Nyon: UEFA. March 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
^ "Malaga have second year of European ban waived by Uefa". BBC. 17 May 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
^ "UEFA welcomes CAS decision on Málaga". UEFA. 11 June 2013. Archived from the original on 14 June 2013. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
^ "El Málaga obtiene la licencia UEFA; Rayo y Espanyol, aún no" [Málaga got the UEFA license, Rayo and Espanyol, not still]. As. 14 May 2013. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
^ "El Betis ya tiene en su poder la licencia UEFA que la RFEF deniega al Rayo y al Espanyol" [Betis already has UEFA license which RFEF denied to Espanyol and Rayo]. El Correo de Andalucía. 14 May 2013. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
^ "El TAS niega la licencia UEFA al Rayo y el Sevilla jugará en Europa" [CAS denies UEFA license to Rayo and Sevilla will play in Europe]. Marca (in Spanish). Spain. 11 July 2013. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
^ "A safe Betis? Arsenal starlet Campbell joins Spanish side on loan for the season". Daily Mirror. 6 July 2012.
^ https://int.soccerway.com/news/2012/July/10/betis-sign-paulao/ ^{[dead link‍]}

[table_note_res_ELGS0.38769180764802-2] Since the 2012–13 Copa del Rey champions Atlético Madrid and runners-up Real Madrid qualified for the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League, the 5th, 6th and 7th placed teams qualified for the group stage, play-off round, and third qualifying round of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League respectively.^[1]

[table_note_res_MCF0.38769180764802-5] Málaga was excluded from participating in any UEFA club competition in 2013–14 season as a punishment for not complying with UEFA Financial Fair Play Regulations.^[2] Málaga appealed against this UEFA ban, but the Court of Arbitration for Sport confirmed the decision of the UEFA Club Financial Control Body.^[3]

[table_note_res_RVA0.38769180764802-9] Rayo Vallecano was excluded from participating in any UEFA club competition for the next season after RFEF denied them a "UEFA license" because they didn't meet the requirements as they were immersed in a creditor contest.^[4]^[5] They appealed to CAS in June 2013 and on 11 July that decision was confirmed. The team placed behind them, Sevilla, took their spot at the Europa League third qualifying round.^[6]

[1] "Regulations of the UEFA Europa League 2013/14" (PDF). Nyon: UEFA. March 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2013.

[3] "Malaga have second year of European ban waived by Uefa". BBC. 17 May 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2013.

[4] "UEFA welcomes CAS decision on Málaga". UEFA. 11 June 2013. Archived from the original on 14 June 2013. Retrieved 11 June 2013.

[licenciaUEFA-6] "El Málaga obtiene la licencia UEFA; Rayo y Espanyol, aún no" [Málaga got the UEFA license, Rayo and Espanyol, not still]. As. 14 May 2013. Retrieved 14 May 2013.

[licenciaUEFA2-7] "El Betis ya tiene en su poder la licencia UEFA que la RFEF deniega al Rayo y al Espanyol" [Betis already has UEFA license which RFEF denied to Espanyol and Rayo]. El Correo de Andalucía. 14 May 2013. Retrieved 14 May 2013.

[8] "El TAS niega la licencia UEFA al Rayo y el Sevilla jugará en Europa" [CAS denies UEFA license to Rayo and Sevilla will play in Europe]. Marca (in Spanish). Spain. 11 July 2013. Retrieved 12 July 2013.

[10] "A safe Betis? Arsenal starlet Campbell joins Spanish side on loan for the season". Daily Mirror. 6 July 2012.

[11] ttps://int.soccerway.com/news/2012/July/10/betis-sign-paulao/ ^{[dead link‍]}

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