The cantera (quarry) of Spanish professional football club Real Betis is the organisation's youth academy, developing players from childhood through to the integration of the best prospects into the adult teams.

The club training complex is named in honour of Luis Del Sol, a 1950s youth graduate who went on to greatness with Real Madrid, Juventus and Spain.

As at senior level, over recent years Sevilla have been slightly superior to Betis, both in terms of success in youth competitions and producing quality players for the first team.

This was accomplished with a high number of homegrown players in the squad including Capi,[2] David Rivas,[3] Arzu, Melli and Juan José Cañas[4] whose careers were defined by their long spells at Betis, plus Joaquín who later transferred to Valencia for €25 million.

[5] In the subsequent decade, the production line of canteranos did not stall entirely, but the Verdiblancos never came close to developing another group of that quality, nor were they able to nurture any exceptional individuals who could be sold on for economic benefit, until 2017 when Dani Ceballos signed for Real Madrid for €18 million.