Real Sociedad in European football
![]() Anoeta Stadium prior to a UEFA Champions League fixture, 2013 | |
Club | Real Sociedad |
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Seasons played | 20 |
First entry | 1974–75 UEFA Cup |
Latest entry | 2024–25 UEFA Europa League |
Titles | |
Champions League | 0 (Best: Semi-finals) |
Europa League | 0 (Best: Quarter-finals) |
Cup Winners' Cup | 0 (Best: Second round) |
Real Sociedad is a football club from San Sebastián, Basque Country. They have entered European competitions representing Spain's La Liga on 20 occasions.
Summary
[edit]The club have never appeared in a European final. Their best performance was in the 1982–83 European Cup when they reached the semi-finals, losing narrowly to eventual winners Hamburger SV.[1][2][3]
La Real have thrice competed in the group stages of the UEFA Champions League. In 2003–04, they qualified directly as runners-up in the previous season's domestic league, and progressed from the group before being beaten by Lyon in the first knockout round.[4] Ten years later, in 2013–14 – having played no other European football and spent three years in the second division in the interim – they were again paired with Lyon, this time in the playoff round, and gained revenge by eliminating them,[5][6] but subsequently finished bottom of the section.[7] They returned to the competition after a decade in 2023–24, and progressed past the group stage for the second time.
In 2017, the club competed in the UEFA Europa League groups for the first time after gaining entry directly to that stage, having fallen in the last qualification round three years earlier.[8]
In 2020, La Real appeared to be heading out of the competition at the group stage in the 90th minute of the last matchday, before a goal in stoppage time against SSC Napoli earned them a point, while a goal at almost the same moment in the other fixture meant defeat and elimination for AZ Alkmaar who had been set to go through.[9]
Overall record
[edit]- Accurate as of 5 March 2024
Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win% |
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European Cup / Champions League (5) | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 32 | 35 | −3 | 32.35 |
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (1) | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 25.00 |
UEFA Cup / Europa League (14) | 70 | 31 | 17 | 22 | 96 | 89 | +7 | 44.29 |
Total | 108 | 43 | 29 | 36 | 131 | 125 | +6 | 39.81 |
Source: UEFA.com
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal Difference.
Results
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Matches
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Memorable European Confrontations, Part 10: 1983–SV Hamburg vs. Real Sociedad". Soccer Nostalgia. 15 June 2013. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
- ^ "La Real Sociedad apeada de la final de la Copa de Europa por un error arbitral" [Real Sociedad misses out on the European Cup final due to a refereeing error] (in Spanish). Europa en juego. 19 October 2008. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
- ^ "El día que la Real Sociedad tocó el cielo con las manos" [The day Real Sociedad touched the sky with their hands] (in Spanish). Mis Futboladas. 20 April 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
- ^ "Lyon 1–0 Real Sociedad". BBC Sport. 9 March 2004. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
- ^ "Antoine Griezmann, Real Sociedad Start Champions-League Goal Fest With Stunning Strikes (GIFs)". New England Sports Network. 21 August 2013. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
- ^ "Vela continues hot streak with two goals against Lyon". Goal.com. 28 August 2013. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
- ^ "Shakhtar forge on as La Real hopes end". UEFA.com. 27 November 2013. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
- ^ "La Real Sociedad se olvida del fútbol y de Europa" [Real Sociedad forgets football and can forget Europe] (in Spanish). Marca. 28 August 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
- ^ Real Sociedad progress in Europa League with last minute drama at Napoli, Football Espana, 10 December 2020
External links
[edit]- Official website (in Spanish, English, and Basque)
- Real Sociedad at UEFA (in English and Spanish)
- RSSSF European Cups Archive
- Club profile at BDfutbol (match reports in each season)