2012–13 Real Betis season

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

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)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Review and events

Competitions

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

La Liga

Main article: 2012–13 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:

1. 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]
2. 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]
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

Athletic Bilbao v Betis

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)

Betis v Rayo Vallecano

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)

Valladolid v Betis

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)

Betis v Espanyol

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)

Betis v Atlético Madrid

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)

Málaga v Betis

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)

Betis v Real Sociedad

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)

Osasuna v Real Betis

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)

Betis v Valencia

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)

Getafe v Betis

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)

Betis v Granada

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)

Sevilla v Betis

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)

Betis v Real Madrid

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)

Deportivo v Betis

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)

Betis v Barcelona

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)

Celta Vigo v Betis

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)

Betis v Mallorca

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)

Zaragoza v Betis

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)

Betis v Levante

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)

Betis v Athletic Bilbao

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)

Rayo Vallecano v Betis

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)

Atlético Madrid v Betis

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)

Real Betis v Valladolid

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

Espanyol v Betis

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

Betis v Málaga

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

Real Sociedad v Betis

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

Betis v Osasuna

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

Valencia v Betis

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

Betis v Getafe

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

Granada v Betis

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

Betis v Sevilla

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

Real Madrid v Betis

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

Betis v Deportivo

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

Barcelona v Betis

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

Betis v Celta Vigo

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

Mallorca v Betis

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

Betis v Zaragoza

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

Levante v Betis

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

Main article: 2012–13 Copa del Rey

Round of 32

Valladolid v Betia

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

Betis v Valladolid

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

Las Palmas v Betis

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

Betis v Las Palmas

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

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