Real Betis Football Club (abbreviated as "Betis", in English: Real Betis), founded in 1907, is a professional football club located in Seville, Andalusia, Spain, nicknamed "The Sun City People". The name "Betis" comes from Baetis, the Roman name for the Guadalquivir River that flows through Seville, and the Roman province there was named after it. In 1914, after receiving sponsorship from King Alfonso XIII, the club was able to be named "Royal".
The club initially wore blue shirts and white shorts. One of the founders and captains, Manuel Ramos Asensio, was keen to use the connections he established during his studies in Scotland to contact Celtic and obtain the same fabric to make jerseys for his own club.
In June 1977, the team faced Athletic Bilbao in the Copa del Rey final, which ended in a 2-2 draw. Ultimately, the team won 8-7 in an astonishing penalty shootout, claiming their first Copa del Rey title. The club finished fifth in the league, and subsequently participated in the European Cup Winners' Cup, where they were defeated by Dynamo Moscow in the quarter-finals.
In the 2011-12 season, after returning to La Liga, the team started the season under coach Pepe Mel with a perfect record of four wins. By the end of the season, the team finished in 13th place in the league. In the 2012-13 season, the team ranked seventh in La Liga and qualified for the UEFA Europa League for the 2013-14 season, marking the club's first European qualification since the 2005-06 UEFA Champions League.
On the club's official website, there is no mention of Celtic or Scotland in the history of Betis, but in 2017, the club officially acknowledged this connection.