2004–05 Real Betis season

Real Betis

2004–05 season
President	Manuel Ruiz de Lopera
Head coach	Lorenzo Serra Ferrer
La Liga	4th
Copa del Rey	Winners
Top goalscorer	Ricardo Oliveira (22)

Season summary

Betis finished fourth, qualifying for the Champions League for the first time in their history. They also won the Copa del Rey.

Squad

Squad at end of season

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
3	DF	URU	Alejandro Lembo
4	DF	ESP	Juanito
5	DF	ESP	David Rivas
6	FW	ESP	Dani
7	DF	ESP	Fernando Varela
8	MF	ESP	Arzu
9	MF	ESP	Fernando Fernández
10	MF	ESP	Juan José Cañas
11	MF	BRA	Denílson
12	FW	BRA	Ricardo Oliveira
13	GK	ESP	Pedro Contreras
14	MF	ESP	Capi
15	MF	ESP	Jaime Pérez
17	MF	ESP	Joaquín

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	DF	URU	Washington Tais
19	MF	ESP	Israel
20	MF	BRA	Marcos Assunção
21	FW	ESP	Alfonso Pérez
22	DF	ITA	Paolo Castellini
23	MF	ESP	Benjamín
24	FW	BRA	Edú
25	MF	ESP	Pablo Niño
26	GK	ESP	Pablo Vargas
27	DF	ESP	Melli
28	FW	ESP	Tati Maldonado
29	DF	ESP	David Llano
30	GK	ESP	Toni Doblas
31	FW	ESP	Rafael Cabello
32	DF	ESP	Óscar Tena
34	DF	ESP	Isidoro

Left club during season

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	MF	ESP	Ismael (on loan to Elche)
19	FW	ESP	Tote (on loan to Málaga)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
28	FW	ESP	Tati Maldonado (on loan to Ceuta)

Competitions

La Liga

Main article: 2004–05 La Liga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Real Madrid	38	25	5	8	71	32	+39	80	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
3	Villarreal	38	18	11	9	69	37	+32	65	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
4	Betis	38	16	14	8	62	50	+12	62
5	Espanyol	38	17	10	11	54	46	+8	61	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
6	Sevilla	38	17	9	12	44	41	+3	60

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

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	L	L	W	D	D	D	W	D	D	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	D	W	D	W	L	L	D	W	W	D	D	D	L	D	W	W	W	D
Position	7	17	17	12	12	14	14	13	13	14	11	10	5	7	6	7	6	6	6	6	7	6	5	3	5	7	7	4	3	4	5	5	7	7	6	5	4	4

Source: La Liga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss