Sevilla has played 33 seasons in the divisions covered here since 1993/94: 30 in LaLiga and 3 in the Segunda División. It has been in LaLiga since 2001/02 (25 seasons), after 1 season in the Segunda División. Its best finish was 3rd in LaLiga, in 2006/07. Its biggest climb took five seasons: from 4th in the Segunda División in 1998/99 to 6th in LaLiga in 2003/04. It has been promoted twice and relegated twice.
Sevilla
2025/26: 13th in LaLiga · 2026/27: LaLiga
How high can Sevilla realistically go?
Based on finishing 13th in LaLiga in 2025/26
About 4 in 10
Of the 85 times a club finished 13th or lower in LaLiga and stayed up between 2004/05 and 2020/21, 35 stayed up for all of the next five seasons.
35 of 85 (41%); likely range 26%–57%, 26 different clubs.
| Reached the top six within ten seasons | about 4 in 10 22 of 60; range 18%–56% |
| Reached the top four within ten seasons | about 1 in 9 7 of 60; range 2%–26% |
Sevilla itself: 10 of the last 10 seasons in LaLiga; 4 top-four finishes.
Sevilla is much bigger than most clubs in this position: it finished in the top four 4 times in the last 10 seasons. The figure above describes typical clubs in this position and understates its chances.
How do we know?
We took every season since 2004/05 in which a club finished in the same part of the same league, and followed each club forward. The figure is the share that reached each goal. Ten-year goals use finishes from 2004/05 to 2015/16, five-year goals from 2004/05 to 2020/21, so every case has had the full time to play out; results run to the end of 2025/26.
It describes what happened to clubs in this position, not a forecast for one club. A club with much more money or history than is usual for its position has better chances than the figure suggests, which is why the club's own record is shown underneath.
The likely range is a 95% interval worked out by resampling clubs rather than seasons, because the same club often appears several times. It is wide where only a few clubs have been in a position, and two leagues whose ranges overlap may not really differ. Reserve teams such as Barcelona B or Real Madrid Castilla are left out of these counts, because they cannot be promoted into their first team's division.
Counts: stayed up for all of the next five seasons: 35 of 85; reached the top six within ten seasons: 22 of 60; reached the top four within ten seasons: 7 of 60.
The story so far
Final position each seasonRinged dots are titles
How to read this chart
Every club in the divisions covered is placed on one ladder each season: the champions are 1st, and the top club of the second division comes straight after the bottom club of the first. Shaded bands are the divisions. Hover over or tap a dot for the season.
33seasons since 1993/94
30seasons in LaLiga
0league titles
7top-four finishes
2promotions
2relegations
Against the money
Not available for Spain: wage bills are not published club by club in one place there, so this is shown for England and France only.
Clubs with a similar path
Clubs whose finishing positions over the last 15 seasons were closest to Sevilla's, with recent seasons counting more.
In Spain
Real SociedadSpain · 10th in LaLiga, 2025/26ValenciaSpain · 9th in LaLiga, 2025/26Athletic BilbaoSpain · 12th in LaLiga, 2025/26VillarrealSpain · 3rd in LaLiga, 2025/26
Elsewhere in Europe
Borussia MönchengladbachGermany · 12th in the Bundesliga, 2025/26Tottenham HotspurEngland · 17th in the Premier League, 2025/26ChelseaEngland · 10th in the Premier League, 2025/26
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Sources
- Final tables to 2025/26. Top-flight positions follow the official classification, including head-to-head tie-breaks and point deductions. Second-division positions before 2025/26 are worked out from match results.
- Relegations include dropping out of the divisions covered.
- All figures can be downloaded on the data page. Spotted a mistake? Report it with a source.