Color in the Real Betis Footbal club logo for free

About this drawing

There's a piece of ancient Rome hiding in the Real Betis logo. Betis, or Baetis, was the Roman name for the river now called the Guadalquivir, which runs through Seville on its way to the Atlantic. The Romans even named the whole southern province Baetica after it, so the word was already around two thousand years before anyone kicked a ball here.

The modern club took shape in 1914 when two Seville teams combined. One of them was called Sevilla Balompie, and that last word deserves a closer look. Balompie was a Spanish attempt to replace the English word football, built from balon, ball, and pie, foot. It never caught on across the country, but the club still has it in its full official name, Real Betis Balompie. The royal title, and the crown that goes with it, was granted by King Alfonso XIII.

Green and white match the flag of Andalusia, the sunny region known for flamenco and olive groves, so the team feels like a banner for the whole area. Its biggest moment came in the 1934-35 season, when it won the Spanish league, and it has added several national cups since then. Seville is a two-team town, and the crosstown rivalry can feel as intense as any big-league subway series. Betis fans are famous for keeping the faith through down years.

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