Full name | Sevilla Fútbol Club SAD |
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Nickname(s) |
Sevillistas Los Rojiblancos (The Red and Whites) Los Nervionenses (The Ones from Nervión) El Grande de Andalucía (The Great of Andalusia) |
Short name | SFC |
Founded | 14 October 1905 as Sevilla Foot-ball Club |
Ground | Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán |
Capacity | 42,500 |
Owner | Sevillistas de Nervion |
Chairman | José Castro Carmona |
Head coach | Jorge Sampaoli |
League | La Liga |
2015–16 | La Liga, 7th |
Website | Club home page |
Active departments of Sevilla FC | ||
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Football (Men's) | Football B (Men's) | Football C (Men's) |
Football Youth (Men's) | Football (Women's) | Football in Puerto Rico |
Superleague Formula | Rowing |
Sevilla Fútbol Club, S.A.D. (Spanish pronunciation: [seˈβiʎa ˈfuðβol ˈkluβ]), or simply Sevilla, is a football club. Sevilla FC is based in Seville, capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Andalusia. Sevilla plays in Spain’s top flight, La Liga.
The club was formed on 14 October 1905, with the Jerez-born José Luis Gallegos Arnosa as the first president.
Sevilla is also the most successful club in Andalusia, winning a national league title in 1945–46, five Spanish Cups (1935, 1939, 1948, 2007 and 2010), one Spanish Super Cup (2007), a record five UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cups (2006, 2007, 2014, 2015 and 2016) and the 2006 UEFA Super Cup. 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. Sevilla's main rivalry is with their cross-city club Real Betis, whom they compete with in the Seville derby.