Real Sociedad in European football
![]() Anoeta Stadium prior to a UEFA Champions League fixture, 2013 | |
Club | Real Sociedad |
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First entry | 1974–75 UEFA Cup |
Latest entry | 2021–22 UEFA Europa League |
Titles | |
Champions League | 0 (Best: Semi-finals) |
Cup Winners' Cup | 0 (Best: Second round) |
Europa League | 0 (Best: Quarter-finals) |
Real Sociedad is a football club from San Sebastián, Basque Country. They have entered European competitions representing Spain's La Liga on 15 occasions.
Summary[]
The club has 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 twice 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]
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[]
- Accurate as of 24 February 2022
Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win% |
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European Cup / Champions League (4) | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 29 | −5 | 30.77 |
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (1) | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 25.00 |
UEFA Cup / Europa League (11) | 62 | 26 | 16 | 20 | 86 | 85 | +1 | 41.94 |
Total | 92 | 35 | 25 | 32 | 113 | 115 | −2 | 38.04 |
Source: UEFA.com
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal Difference.
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References[]
- ^ "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[]
- 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)
- Real Sociedad
- Spanish football clubs in international competitions