2003–04 Real Betis season

During the 2003–04, Betis finished ninth in the La Liga.

Real Betis

2003–04 season
President	Manuel Ruiz de Lopera
Manager	Víctor Fernández
La Liga	9th

Season summary

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	Atlético Madrid	38	15	10	13	51	53	−2	55[lower-alpha 1]	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup third round
8	Villarreal	38	15	9	14	47	49	−2	54	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup second round
9	Betis	38	13	13	12	46	43	+3	52
10	Málaga	38	15	6	17	50	55	−5	51[lower-alpha 2]
11	Mallorca	38	15	6	17	54	66	−12	51[lower-alpha 2]

Source: LFP
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th number of goals scored; 7th Fair-play points
Notes:

1. SEV 2–0 ATM; ATM 2–1 SEV
2. MLG 3–1 MLL; MLL 2–1 MLG

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ESP Toni Prats 2 DF  ESP Luis Fernández 4 DF  ESP Juanito 5 DF  ESP David Rivas 6 FW  ESP Daniel Martín Alexandre 7 DF  ESP Fernando Varela Ramos 8 MF  ESP Arzu 9 MF  ESP Fernando 10 MF  ESP Juan José Cañas Gutiérrez 11 MF  BRA Denílson 13 GK  ESP Pedro Contreras 14 MF  ESP Capi 17 MF  ESP Joaquín

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 DF  URU Washington Tais 34 DF  URU Alejandro Lembo 19 MF  ESP Ismael Santiago López 20 MF  BRA Marcos Assunção 21 FW  ESP Alfonso Pérez 23 MF  ESP Benjamín 24 FW  ARG Martin Palermo 25 MF  ESP Pablo Niño 26 FW  ESP Tote 27 DF  ESP Melli 28 FW  ESP Tati 30 GK  ESP Toni Doblas 31 DF  ESP Ito

Copa del Rey

Round of 64

October 8, 2003
Elche	2–3	Espanyol
Alicante	1–2	Villarreal
Badajoz	1–4	Real Betis
Barakaldo	0–1	Racing de Santander
Castellón	1–3	Valencia
Ceuta	0–1 AET	Málaga
Compostela	0–1	Deportivo de La Coruña
Conquense	2–3	Atlético Madrid
Gimnástica Torrelavega	2–1	Athletic Bilbao
Gramenet	0–1	Barcelona
Cultural Leonesa	1–0	Albacete
Lorca Deportiva	1–2	Real Murcia
Mirandés	1–2	Real Zaragoza
Pontevedra	1–1 (4–5 PP)	Celta de Vigo
Real Unión	0–2	Osasuna
Sabadell	2–4	Mallorca
San Sebastián	0–3	Real Madrid
Zamora	0–2	Real Valladolid
Cerro de Reyes	1–7	Sevilla
Real Oviedo	1–2	Real Sociedad
Getafe	1–2	Leganés
Recreativo de Huelva	0–0 (2–3 PP)	Almería
Las Palmas	1–2 AET	Córdoba
Numancia	0–1	Ciudad de Murcia
Salamanca	1–0	Rayo Vallecano
Sporting de Gijón	0–1	Eibar
Tenerife	0–1 AET	Cádiz
Terrassa	0–1	Levante
Cacereño	1–2	Xerez
Racing de Ferrol	1–1 (1–2 PP)	Deportivo Alavés
Lanzarote	4–2	Polideportivo Ejido
Vecindario	0–1 AET	Algeciras

Round of 32

December 16, 2003
Deportivo Alavés	2–1	Real Sociedad
Algeciras	0–1	Villarreal
Celta de Vigo	3–1	Espanyol
Cultural Leonesa	0–1	Atlético Madrid
December 17, 2003
Almería	1–3	Real Valladolid
Cádiz	1–2	Osasuna
Ciudad de Murcia	0–4	Barcelona
Córdoba	1–3	Real Betis
Eibar	0–0 (3–2 PP)	Racing de Santander
Gimnástica Torrelavega	1–2	Deportivo de La Coruña
Lanzarote	0–1	Sevilla
Levante	2–0	Mallorca
Salamanca	2–3 AET	Real Zaragoza
Valencia	2–0	Real Murcia
Xerez	0–1	Málaga
December 16, 2003
Leganés	3–4 AET	Real Madrid

Knock-out rounds

	Round of 16						Quarterfinals						Semifinals						Final
	Eibar	1	0	1
	Real Madrid	1	2	3
							Real Madrid	3	2	5
							Valencia	0	1	1
	Valencia	2	2	4
	Osasuna	2	0	2
													Real Madrid	2	0	2
												Sevilla	0	1	1
	Villarreal	1	2	3
	Sevilla (a)	3	0	3
							Sevilla	4	2	6
							Atlético Madrid	0	1	1
	Atlético Madrid (a)	0	1	1
	Deportivo de La Coruña	0	1	1
																		Real Madrid	2
																			Real Zaragoza (AET)	3
	Deportivo Alavés (a)	0	1	1
	Real Valladolid	0	1	1
							Deportivo Alavés	4	0	4
							Celta de Vigo	2	1	3
	Málaga	0	2	2
	Celta de Vigo	1	2	3
													Deportivo Alavés	1	0	1
												Real Zaragoza (a)	1	0	1
	Levante	1	1	2
	Barcelona	0	3	3
							Barcelona	0	1	1
							Real Zaragoza	1	1	2
	Real Zaragoza	3	1	4
	Real Betis	1	1	2

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