# 2023–24 Real Betis season

The 2023–24 season was Real Betis' 117th season in existence and ninth consecutive season in La Liga. They also competed in the Copa del Rey, the UEFA Europa League and the UEFA Europa Conference League. The season began on 13 August 2023.
Betis were eliminated from the Copa del Rey by Alavés in the round of 32 and exited the Europa League in the group stage after ranking third; after dropping down to the Europa Conference League, they were eliminated at the first attempt by Dinamo Zagreb, in the knockout round play-offs.
This season was the first since 2014–15 without veteran midfielder Joaquín, who annonounced his retirement following the previous campaign's conclusion.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 22 May 2024
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | CHI | Claudio Bravo |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Héctor Bellerín |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Juan Miranda |
| 4 | MF | USA | Johnny Cardoso |
| 5 | MF | ARG | Guido Rodríguez |
| 6 | DF | ARG | Germán Pezzella (vice-captain) |
| 7 | FW | MAR | Abde Ezzalzouli |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Nabil Fekir (captain) |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Chimy Ávila |
| 10 | FW | ESP | Ayoze Pérez |
| 11 | FW | COD | Cédric Bakambu |
| 12 | FW | BRA | Willian José |
| 13 | GK | POR | Rui Silva |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | MF | POR | William Carvalho |
| 15 | DF | ESP | Marc Bartra |
| 17 | MF | ESP | Rodri Sánchez |
| 18 | MF | ESP | Pablo Fornals |
| 20 | DF | BRA | Abner |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Marc Roca (on loan from Leeds United) |
| 22 | MF | ESP | Isco |
| 23 | DF | SEN | Youssouf Sabaly |
| 24 | DF | ESP | Aitor Ruibal |
| 27 | MF | ESP | Sergi Altimira |
| 28 | DF | MAR | Chadi Riad |
| 38 | MF | ESP | Assane Diao |

### Reserve team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 30 | GK | ESP | Fran Vieites |
| 31 | GK | POR | Guilherme Fernandes (on loan from Estrela Amadora) |
| 32 | DF | SEN | Nobel Mendy (on loan from Paris FC) |
| 33 | DF | ESP | Xavi Pleguezuelo |
| 34 | DF | ESP | Ricardo Visus |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 37 | MF | ESP | Dani Pérez |
| 39 | MF | ESP | Ginés Sorroche |
| 40 | MF | ESP | Quique Fernández |
| 42 | DF | ESP | Pablo Busto |
| 50 | GK | ESP | Germán García |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | ESP | Félix Garreta (at Amorebieta until 30 June 2024) |
| — | DF | ESP | Ismael Sierra (at Teruel until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | ESP | Álex Collado (at Al-Okhdood until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | ESP | Borja Iglesias (at Bayer Leverkusen until 30 June 2024) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | ESP | Juan Cruz (at Leganés until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | ESP | Juanmi (at Cádiz until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | ESP | Rober González (at NEC Nijmegen until 30 June 2024) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| FW | Ayoze Pérez | Leicester City | Free | 6 July 2023 |
| MF | Marc Roca | Leeds United | Loan | 17 July 2023 |
| DF | Héctor Bellerín | Sporting CP | Free | 18 July 2023 |
| DF | Marc Bartra | Unattached | Free | 24 July 2023 |
| MF | Isco | Unattached | Free | 26 July 2023 |
| DF | Chadi Riad | Barcelona | Loan | 27 July 2023 |
| MF | Álex Collado | Barcelona | Free | 27 July 2023 |
| MF | Sergi Altimira | Getafe | €2,000,000 | 11 August 2023 |
| FW | Abde Ezzalzouli | Barcelona | €7,500,000 | 1 September 2023 |
| DF | Sokratis Papastathopoulos | Unattached | Free | 26 October 2023 |
| MF | Johnny Cardoso | Internacional | €6,300,000 | 1 January 2024 |
| FW | Ezequiel Ávila | Osasuna | €4,000,000 | 1 February 2024 |
| MF | Pablo Fornals | West Ham United | €8,000,000 | 1 February 2024 |
| FW | Cédric Bakambu | Galatasaray | €5,000,000 | 1 February 2024 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| DF | Víctor Ruiz | Released | Released | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Joaquín | Retired | Retired | 1 July 2023 |
| DF | Edgar González | Almería | €4,500,000 | 6 July 2023 |
| MF | Rober González | NEC Nijmegen | Loan | 14 July 2023 |
| GK | Dani Martín | Andorra | Free | 15 July 2023 |
| FW | Loren Morón | Released | Released | 19 July 2023 |
| MF | Sergio Canales | Monterrey | €10,000,000 | 24 July 2023 |
| MF | Diego Lainez | UANL | €6,000,000 | 26 July 2023 |
| MF | Álex Collado | Al-Okhdood | Loan | 1 August 2023 |
| DF | Martin Montoya | Released | Released | 8 August 2023 |
| FW | Raúl García | Osasuna | €6,500,000 | 10 August 2023 |
| MF | Juanmi | Al-Riyadh | Loan + €1,000,000 | 19 August 2023 |
| MF | Paul Akouokou | Lyon | €3,000,000 | 1 September 2023 |
| DF | Luiz Felipe | Al-Ittihad | €22,000,000 | 7 September 2023 |
| MF | Andrés Guardado | León | Free | 18 January 2024 |
| FW | Borja Iglesias | Bayer Leverkusen | Loan | 27 January 2024 |
| MF | Juanmi | Cádiz | Loan | 1 February 2024 |
| FW | Juan Cruz | Leganés | Loan | 1 February 2024 |
| MF | Luiz Henrique | Botafogo | €16,000,000 | 1 February 2024 |

### New contracts

| Position | Player | Date | Until |
| GK | Claudio Bravo | 19 June 2023 | June 2024 |
| MF | Andrés Guardado | 21 June 2023 | June 2024 |
| MF | Isco | 28 December 2023 | June 2027 |
| DF | Germán Pezzella | 12 February 2024 | June 2026 |
| GK | Fran Vieites | 19 February 2024 | June 2026 |
| DF | Marc Bartra | 3 June 2024 | June 2025 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| La Liga | 13 August 2023 | 25 May 2024 | Matchday 1 | 7th | 38 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 48 | 45 | +3 | 036.84 |
| Copa del Rey | 1 November 2023 | 6 January 2024 | First round | Round of 32 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 066.67 |
| UEFA Europa League | 21 September 2023 | 14 December 2023 | Group stage | Group stage | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 050.00 |
| UEFA Europa Conference League | 15 February 2024 | 22 February 2024 | Knockout round play-offs | Knockout round play-offs | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 49 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 72 | 57 | +15 | 038.78 |
Source: Soccerway

### La Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 5 | Athletic Bilbao | 38 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 61 | 37 | +24 | 68 | Qualification for the Europa League league phase |
| 6 | Real Sociedad | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 51 | 39 | +12 | 60 | Qualification for the Europa League league phase |
| 7 | Real Betis | 38 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 48 | 45 | +3 | 57 | Qualification for the Conference League play-off round |
| 8 | Villarreal | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 65 | 65 | 0 | 53 | |
| 9 | Valencia | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 40 | 45 | −5 | 49 | |
* 1 2 Since the winners of the 2023–24 Copa del Rey, Athletic Bilbao, qualified for European competition based on league position, the Europa League berth awarded to the Copa del Rey winners was passed to the sixth-placed team, and the Conference League berth awarded to the sixth-placed team was passed to the seventh-placed team.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: La Liga

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | L | W | L | D | D | W | D | D | W | W | D | W | D | D | D | D | L | W | L | W | D | W | D | W | L | L | L | L | W | W | D | W | W | D | L | D |
| Position | 6 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 22 June 2023.

### UEFA Europa League
#### Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 1 September 2023.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | RAN | SPP | BET | ALI |
| 1 | Rangers | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 11 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| 2 | Sparta Prague | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 10 | Advance to knockout round play-offs | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | 3–2 |
| 3 | Real Betis | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 9 | Transfer to Europa Conference League | 2–3 | 2–1 | — | 4–1 |
| 4 | Aris Limassol | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 4 | | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | — |

### UEFA Europa Conference League
#### Knockout phase
##### Knockout round play-offs

The draw for the knockout round play-offs was held on 18 December 2023.

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    Last updated 25 May 2024.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | La Liga | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey | UEFA Europa League | UEFA Europa League | UEFA Europa Conference League | UEFA Europa Conference League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | CHI | Claudio Bravo | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | POR | Rui Silva | 37 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | ESP | Fran Vieites | 4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ESP | Héctor Bellerín | 30 | 0 | 20+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Juan Miranda | 32 | 2 | 21+4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ARG | Germán Pezzella | 40 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ESP | Marc Bartra | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | GRE | Sokratis Papastathopoulos | 16 | 0 | 12+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | BRA | Abner | 29 | 0 | 15+8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | SEN | Youssouf Sabaly | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ESP | Aitor Ruibal | 28 | 3 | 11+7 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 | 4+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | MAR | Chadi Riad | 30 | 0 | 24+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | FRA | Nobel Mendy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | ESP | Xavi Pleguezuelo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | ESP | Ricardo Visus | 4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | DF | ESP | Pablo Busto | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | USA | Johnny Cardoso | 19 | 1 | 15+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | ARG | Guido Rodríguez | 29 | 2 | 22+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Nabil Fekir | 25 | 1 | 10+9 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | POR | William Carvalho | 29 | 1 | 4+18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ESP | Rodri | 36 | 3 | 9+20 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ESP | Pablo Fornals | 15 | 3 | 14+1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Marc Roca | 37 | 4 | 24+2 | 2 | 1+2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | ESP | Isco | 36 | 9 | 28+1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ESP | Sergi Altimira | 17 | 1 | 6+8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | ESP | Ginés Sorroche | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 40 | MF | ESP | Enrique Fernández | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | MAR | Abde Ezzalzouli | 36 | 5 | 6+20 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Chimy Ávila | 6 | 1 | 4+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ESP | Ayoze Pérez | 38 | 11 | 29+2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2+4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | COD | Cédric Bakambu | 5 | 1 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | FW | BRA | Willian José | 43 | 14 | 25+8 | 10 | 2+1 | 4 | 1+4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 38 | FW | ESP | Assane Diao | 28 | 4 | 13+5 | 2 | 1+2 | 1 | 3+2 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| Players who transferred out during the season ||||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | CIV | Paul Akouokou | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Borja Iglesias | 18 | 2 | 4+7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Luiz Henrique | 21 | 1 | 6+8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | ESP | Juan Cruz | 8 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | MEX | Andrés Guardado | 19 | 0 | 4+8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ITA | Luiz Felipe | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Position | Players | LaLiga | Copa del Rey | E.L. | C.L. | Total |
| FW | Willian José | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| FW | Ayoze Pérez | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| MF | Isco | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| FW | Abde Ezzalzouli | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| MF | Marc Roca | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| MF | Pablo Fornals | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| MF | Rodri | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| DF | Aitor Ruibal | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| FW | Assane Diao | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| FW | Borja Iglesias | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| DF | Juan Miranda | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| MF | Guido Rodríguez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| MF | Sergi Altimira | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| FW | Chimy Ávila | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| FW | Cédric Bakambu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| MF | Johnny Cardoso | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MF | William Carvalho | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| FW | Nabil Fekir | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| FW | Luiz Henrique | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| DF | Germán Pezzella | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |