Betis Deportivo Balompié and 1999, and finishing as runners-up in 1969 and 1992. This record was only bettered by FC Barcelona, Real Madrid and Athletic Bilbao, and Betis were also runners-up in the U-19 league in 1990. Betis Deportivo spent the vast majority of its existence in Segunda División B and Tercera División, never reaching the promotion playoffs in the former category. After being named as "Real Betis B" between 1991 and 2017, the club recovered the name of Betis Deportivo. Betis Deportivo Balompié Betis Deportivo Balompié is a Spanish football team based in Seville, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in
Real Betis white Kit to honor their most famous manager Paddy O'Connell, who was from Ireland. He led Betis to the division title in 1934 by a single point over Real Madrid. During the Spanish Second Republic (1931–1939), royal patronage of all organisations was nullified, and thus the club was known as Betis Balompié until after the Spanish Civil War when it would revert to the full name. The club reached the Copa del Presidente de la República final for the first time on 21 June 1931, when it lost 3–1 to Athletic Bilbao in Madrid. Betis marked their 25th anniversary year