Real Betis Juvenil
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| Ground |
Ciudad Deportiva Luis del Sol, Seville, Andalusia, Spain |
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| Capacity | 4,000 |
| President | Ángel Haro |
| Coach | Pablo Del Pino |
| League | División de Honor |
| 201516 | División de Honor, Gr. 4, 3rd |
| Website | www |
The cantera (quarry) of Spanish professional football club Real Betis is the organisation's youth academy, developing players from childhood through to the integration of the best prospects into the adult teams.
The final category within the youth structure is the Juvenil A under-18/19 team team which represents the club in national competition. The successful graduates then usually move to the club's reserve team, Betis B, which is also considered part of the cantera due to being a stage in progression towards the senior team, albeit competing in the adult league system.
The academy is based at the club training complex, Ciudad Deportiva Luis del Sol.
The top football clubs in the Spanish leagues generally place great importance in developing their cantera to promote the players from within or sell to other clubs as a source of revenue, and Real Betis is no exception. Their youth recruitment network is focused around their home region of Andalusia, and in particular the Province of Seville, and there are collaboration agreements in place with small clubs in the region.
The club training complex is named in honour of Luis Del Sol, a 1950s youth graduate who went on to greatness with Real Madrid, Juventus and Spain.
Betis face a battle with city rivals Sevilla to sign the best local prospects. As at senior level, over recent years Sevilla have been slightly superior to Betis, both in terms of success in youth competitions and producing quality players for the first team.
The best achievements of the Betis senior side in the early 21st century, when they won the 2004-05 Copa del Rey and finished 4th in the league in the same season to qualify for the Champions League, were accomplished with a high number of homegrown players in the squad including Capi, David Rivas, Arzu, Melli and Juan José Cañas whose careers were defined by their long spells at Betis, plus Joaquín who transferred to Valencia for €25 million. In the subsequent decade the production line of canteranos has not stalled entirely, but the Verdiblancos have never come close to developing another group of that quality, nor have they been able to nurture any exceptional individuals who could be sold on for economic benefit.
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