Regata Sevilla-Betis Regata Sevilla-Betis The Regata Sevilla-Betis is a rowing race that nowadays is held every year on the second Saturday of November on the river Guadalquivir, in Seville, Spain, between two eights drawn from the two most important football teams in the city: Sevilla Fútbol Club and Real Betis Balompié. The last race was in November 10th, 2018, and was the 52 edition. At this moment, Sevilla has won 30 editions and Betis 22 of the main race. The course covers the 3.6-mile (6200m) stretch of the Guadalquivir crossing the city from north to south, between the "San Jerónimo" bridge near
Real Betis by winning their first Segunda División title in 1932, finishing two points ahead of Oviedo FC, thus becoming the first club from Andalusia to play in La Liga. Under the guidance of Irish coach Patrick O'Connell on 28 April 1935 Betis won the La Liga, to date their only top division title. They topped the table by a single point over Madrid FC. A year later Betis went down to seventh. This was due to the dismantling of the championship-winning team because of the club's poor economic situation and the arrival of the Civil War, meaning that just 15 months