Football in Seville

Seville offers some spectacular experience when it comes to sport and recreation. Among the various sports and recreations in Seville football makes for a thrilling experience. You can watch some exhilarating top division Spanish Football at Seville's Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium. Football in Seville is all about fanatic supporters amidst an electrifying atmosphere. Apart from the home team you can also watch Seville's second premiership team, Real Betis at the Manuel Ruiz de Lopera Stadium. Sunday evenings play host to most of the games by the home team.

Sevilla Football Club is a Spanish professional football club who play in the top-flight Spanish La Liga championship. The club formed on October 14, 1905 is the oldest football club in Seville, and the second oldest in Andalucia. The club boasts of being the current holders of the UEFA Cup and UEFA Super Cup.

The Civil Governor of Seville officially declared the formation of Sevilla F.C on October 14th, 1905. The team played its first official game against Recreativo Huelva in 1908. The club also enjoys a long tradition in European football, being the first Andalusian club to play the European Cup (now known as the UEFA Champions League). Seville received the UEFA Cup on the 10th of May 2006 and won the UEFA Super Cup on the 25th of August 2006.

Features of Seville football club:

  -   The football club is unique. It is owned by the fans.
  -   The club patronizes popular training academies of the country which have produced various talented players.
  -   The club has encouraged inventions like the school of sport psychologists who offer support to both the seasoned and upcoming players, and of late to sports nutrition and medicine.
  -   Sánchez Pizjuán stadium is Seville football club's stadium. Named after its former president Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, it can seat 45000 spectators.
  -   The jersey of the team on home grounds is white, with red-striped sleeves and black socks and red, with white-striped sleeves for games away from home.
  -   The ardent supporters of the team call themselves Biris.
  -   The famous players are Rui Jordão, Daniel Bertoni, Diego Maradona, Diego Simeone, Matías Almeyda, Javier Saviola, Cristian Colusso, Toni Polster, Mirsad Hibi?, Bebeto, Júlio Baptista, Josimar, Luís Fabiano, Daniel Alves, Adriano, Moacir, Pintinho, André Joel Eboué, Lauren, Iván Zamorano, Robert Prosine?ki, Davor Šuker etc.