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Sevilla Fútbol Club
One of Spain's most successful clubs, Seville Fútbol Club has won the UEFA Cup (Europa League) a record seven times, most recently in 2023. The club is based in Nervión district, south-east of the historic centre.
EARLY DAYS
Sevilla Fútbol Club was started first out of the city's two football clubs.
SFC was officially founded in 1905, although the inaugural football match took place in the city 15 years earlier, in 1890, against the newly-founded Huelva Club Deportivo. This club was started by British Rio Tinto mineworkers who brought the game to Spain, along with British sailors and Spanish students returning from Britain, where the first clubs had been established in the 1850s.
The club's name, Sevilla FC (Fútbol Club, rather than CF - Club de Fútbol) reflects its British origins.
The club is owned by its fans, who are called 'Sevillistas', and are huge rivals of the Béticos, fans of Real Betis Balompié.
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WHERE IS THE SEVILLA FUTBOL CLUB STADIUM LOCATED?
Named after the club’s former president, the stadium of Sevilla Fútbol Club is called Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pijuán, and has a capacity of 45,500. It is situated in Nervión district, around 2 km to the south-east of the city centre, next to Nervión Plaza Shopping Centre.
The stadium is located close to Nervión Metro station, and to Eduardo Dato tram stop (final stop on the line); taking public transport is advisable on match days, as parking is very limited. The following buses also stop near the stadium: 5, 22, 23, 24, 27, 29, 32, B3, B4 and C2.
STADIUM NEWS
From 2026-2028, Sevilla FC will use Estado La Cartuja as its home ground, while its own stadium in Nervión is rebuilt in a 300 to 350-million-euro project.
The new SFC stadium will accommodate 55,000 fans, with 10 percent of the seats dedicated to VIP areas. Its roof will cover the stands completely, with the fans seated closer to the pitch.
WHICH COMPETITIONS HAVE SEVILLA FC WON?
Sevilla FC won the Copa del Rey in 1935, 1939 and 1948, and the Liga in 1946; then, after a half-century without titles, won the UEFA Cup in both 2006 and 2007, becoming the first Andalucian team to win a European final, and only the second club to defend the title successfully. This winning streak continued with the Copa del Rey in 2007 and 2010, as well as the Spanish Super Cup in 2007, when they beat the Liga champions, the mighty Real Madrid. In addition, Sevilla FC won further UEFA Cups/Europa Leagues in 2014-2016, 2020 and 2023, making seven titles in total, the most of any club in the competition.
SEVILLA FC FACTS
Seville fans clap through the 16th minute of every home game in honour of Antonio Puerta. The young midfielder who wore the number 16 shirt died aged just 22 after collapsing during the first match of the 2007 season. Since Puerta's untimely death, the number 16 shirt is only used selectively for players.
Sevilla FC has its own radio and TV stations, Sevilla FC Radio and SFC TV, as well as a podcast.
The ´Biris' are hardcore Sevilla fans, or 'ultras', named after Gambian player Alhaji Momodo Njle, known as Biri-Biri. They sit in their own area - in the north stand - and officially claim to be anti-racist and anti-fascist.
SEVILLA FC v REAL BETIS BALOMPIE: A CENTURY OF FOOTBALL RIVALRY
Spurs and Arsenal, West Ham and Chelsea, Rangers and Celtic, AC Milan and Inter - many cities have rival football clubs whose fans have maintained years of animosity, or friendly debate. It may be geographical, it may religious, but there's nothing like a derby to get a city's blood rising to boiling point. Probably the most famous rivalry in Andalucian, if not Spanish football, is Seville and Betis - the red-and-white sevillistas vs the green-and-whites beticos.
Home ground location
Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán Stadium, Calle Sevilla Fútbol Club, 41005, Sevilla.