Sevilla FC

Lore & Background

Sevilla are the most successful football club in Andalusia in terms of titles, with eighteen Andalusian Cups, one La Liga title in 1945–46, five Spanish Cup titles (1935, 1939, 1948, 2007 and 2010), one Spanish Super Cup (2007), a record seven UEFA Cups / UEFA Europa Leagues (2006, 2007, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2020, and 2023) and one UEFA Super Cup (2006). They were also designated by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics as the World's Best Club in 2006 and 2007, thus being the first club to achieve this distinction in two consecutive years. The club's home ground is the 43,883-seat Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán Stadium, located in the neighborhood of Nervión, Seville, and named after Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán, who was the president of Sevilla for 17 years. Sevilla has a long-standing rivalry with cross-city rival Real Betis, and matches between the pair are the Seville derby.

Reader's Guide

The reserve team Sevilla Atlético, founded in 1958, currently play in Segunda Federación – Group 4. Other clubs related to Sevilla FC include their women's team. The rowing team that defends its crest in the yearly Sevilla-Betis boat race is not a section of the club but a call-up of registered-as-supporters professional rowers from the various rowing clubs of Seville. Sevilla FC's stadium, the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, was inaugurated in 1958 and is one of the largest stadiums in Spain.

Did You Know?

• Sevilla FC was founded on Burns Night, 25 January 1890, by a group of British and Spanish residents in Seville.
• The club's first president was the Scottish-born Edward Farquharson Johnston, who was also the British vice-consul in Seville.
• Sevilla FC won the first official football match ever played in Spain, defeating Huelva Recreation Club 2–0 on 8 March 1890.
• Sevilla is the first club to be named World's Best Club by the IFFHS in two consecutive years (2006 and 2007).

Playing Career and International Service

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