# 2008–09 Real Betis season

The 2008–09 season was the 101st season in the existence of Real Betis and the club's eighth consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football. In addition to the domestic league, Real Betis participated in this season's edition of the Copa del Rey.

## Players
### First-team squad

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 | POR | Ricardo |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Melli |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Fernando Vega |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Juanito (captain) |
| 5 | DF | ESP | David Rivas |
| 6 | DF | SVN | Branko Ilič |
| 7 | MF | ESP | Juanma |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Arzu |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Sergio García |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Edú |
| 11 | MF | CHI | Mark González |
| 12 | DF | ESP | Damià Abella |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Casto |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Capi |
| 15 | DF | ARG | Fabián Monzón |
| 16 | FW | ARG | Mariano Pavone |
| 17 | FW | BRA | Ricardo Oliveira |
| 18 | MF | ESP | Alberto Rivera |
| 19 | FW | ESP | Xisco |
| 20 | MF | CMR | Achille Emana |
| 21 | MF | TUR | Mehmet Aurélio ** |
| 22 | DF | BRA | Willian Lima |
| 23 | DF | POR | Nélson |
| 25 | MF | GER | David Odonkor |
| 27 | MF | ESP | Juande |
| 30 | FW | ESP | Diego Segura |
* Also holds Brazilian citizenship.

### Loaned players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ARG | Juan Pablo Caffa (at Real Zaragoza till July 1, 2009) |
| — | DF | ESP | Nano (at Real Valladolid till July 1, 2009) |

## 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 | 31 August 2008 | 31 May 2009 | Matchday 1 | 18th | 38 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 51 | 58 | −7 | 026.32 |
| Copa del Rey | 29 October 2008 | 28 January 2009 | First round | Quarter-finals | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 44 | 14 | 13 | 17 | 57 | 59 | −2 | 031.82 |
Source: Competitions

### La Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 16 | Valladolid | 38 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 46 | 58 | −12 | 43 | |
| 17 | Getafe | 38 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 50 | 56 | −6 | 42 | |
| 18 | Real Betis (R) | 38 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 51 | 58 | −7 | 42 | Relegation to the Segunda División |
| 19 | Numancia (R) | 38 | 10 | 5 | 23 | 38 | 69 | −31 | 35 | Relegation to the Segunda División |
| 20 | Recreativo Huelva (R) | 38 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 34 | 57 | −23 | 33 | Relegation to the Segunda División |
* ↑ SPG: 12 pts; OSA: 2 pts → OSA 3–3 VLD; VLD: 2 pts → VLD 0–0 OSA
* 1 2 GET 0–0 BET; BET 2–2 GET

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | D | D | L | L | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | D | L | L | L | L | W | L | D | W | D | L | D | D | D | D | D | W | W | L | L | L | L | W | D | D |
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#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 16 July 2008.