Real Betis unveils 2026/27 second kit in tribute to bullying victim Sandra Peña

Updated: 16/07/2026 - 14:24 CEST By: Rocío Guevara

A Kit with Deep Symbolic Meaning

Real Betis and hummel have unveiled their second kit for the 2026/27 season — a design featuring varying shades of green and carrying profound symbolic weight. The shirt represents an allegory of Hope and reflects the identity and traditions of the city of Seville.

Inside the collar, the kit bears the inscription "Verde Esperanza", a message tied to a new campaign against bullying launched by the Real Betis Balompié Foundation in collaboration with the Spanish Association for the Prevention of Bullying (AEPAE).

Campaign Against Bullying

Throughout the 2026/27 season, Betis and its Foundation will roll out initiatives aimed at:

• Providing prevention tools to families, teachers, and young people
• Raising awareness of a problem that, according to UNESCO, affects nearly one in three students worldwide, with serious consequences for mental health

The AEPAE will conduct four prevention and awareness workshops on bullying, targeting:

• Young players from the men's youth academy
• Young players from the women's youth academy
• The Foundation's football school
• The Monsalvete football school, located in the Tres Mil Viviendas neighborhood (a socially vulnerable area)

Additionally, the AEPAE will organize the Bullying Prevention Day in Seville, where it will present a report on the state of bullying in Spain — from the first media-covered suicide case 22 years ago to the case of Sandra Peña. The report will propose solutions in educational, social, therapeutic, legal, and digital domains.

At the end of the 2026/27 season, the association will launch a therapeutic summer camp for bullying victims — a transformative week in which minors can regain their self-esteem and will to live, supported by a team of AEPAE specialists.

Emotional Tribute to Sandra Peña

In a moving tribute to Sandra Peña, a young Betis fan who took her own life in October 2025 in Seville after reporting that she was suffering from bullying, the kit's presentation video features her family. The video shows her room and her green-and-white belongings, with the song 'Siempre la Esperanza' playing in the background, culminating in the reveal of the second kit bearing her name on the back.

Design Inspiration

Continuing the allegory of Hope, the kit's design draws inspiration from two masterpieces of Sevillian embroidery:

• The mesh mantle of the Esperanza Macarena (popularly known as the 'Camaronero' mantle), designed and embroidered by Juan Manuel Rodríguez Ojeda in 1900
• The mantle of the Esperanza de Triana, designed by Juan Borrero in 1992, executed by the workshop of Sobrinos de Esperanza Elena Caro in 1993, and reformed in 2024 by the workshop of Charo Bernardino

The shirt also incorporates other recognizable iconographic elements:

• The royal crown, closely linked to Real Betis since 1914
• The heraldic anchor, representing hope
• The 'mariquillas' of the Macarena

Technical Features

On the technical side, the new shirt features TechPro technology — a textile solution that combines comfort, adaptability, and functional fabric response during use, offering a balanced structure of lightness, resistance, breathability, and thermal comfort.

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