Relegation to Segunda División (1977)

The most successful club in Andalusia, with a record seven UEFA Europa League titles.

Last updated 27 September 2026

Sevilla Fútbol Club is a Spanish professional football club based in Seville, Andalusia, that competes in La Liga, the top flight of Spanish football. The club was formed on 25 January 1890, making it Spain's second oldest sporting club solely devoted to football, after Recreativo de Huelva.

Quick Facts

Season: 1976-77
League position: 18th (Last)
Outcome: Relegated to Segunda División
Key context: Post-Centenary Disappointment

Lore & Background

Sevilla FC was founded on Burns Night 25 January 1890 as Sevilla Foot-ball Club. The club's first president was the Scot Edward Farquharson Johnston. The club's home ground is the 43,883-seat Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán Stadium, inaugurated in 1958. Sevilla has a long-standing rivalry with cross-city rival Real Betis.

Reader's Guide

Sevilla FC remained in the First Division from the 1933–34 season until 1968, when they were relegated to the Second Division, a tier from which they have never further been relegated from. Including the 2021–22 season, Sevilla has participated 78 times in the First Division and 13 in the Second Division, never dropping below the Second Division.

Did You Know?

Sevilla FC was designated by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics as the World's Best Club in 2006 and 2007, the first club to achieve this distinction in two consecutive years.
The club's founding document was published in the Dundee Courier edition of 17 March 1890.