Real Sociedad in European football

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Real Sociedad in European football
Donostia-San Sebastián Anoeta Stadium 5.jpg
Anoeta Stadium prior to a UEFA Champions League fixture, 2013
ClubReal Sociedad
First entry1974–75 UEFA Cup
Latest entry2021–22 UEFA Europa League
Titles
Champions League0 (Best: Semi-finals)
Cup Winners' Cup0 (Best: Second round)
Europa League0 (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%
European Cup / Champions League (4) 26 8 6 12 24 29 −5 030.77
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (1) 4 1 3 0 3 1 +2 025.00
UEFA Cup / Europa League (11) 62 26 16 20 86 85 +1 041.94
Total 92 35 25 32 113 115 −2 038.04

Source: UEFA.com
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal Difference.

Results[]

Key[]

Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Aggregate
1974–75 UEFA Cup 1R Czechoslovakia Baník Ostrava 0–1 0–4 0–5 Symbol delete vote.svg
1975–76 UEFA Cup 1R Switzerland Grasshopper 1–1 3–3 4–4 Symbol keep vote.svg
2R England Liverpool[a] 1–3 0–6[b] 1–9[c] Symbol delete vote.svg
1979–80 UEFA Cup 1R Italy Internazionale 2–0 0–3 2–3 Symbol delete vote.svg
1980–81 UEFA Cup 1R Hungary Újpest 1–0 1–1 2–1 Symbol keep vote.svg
2R Czechoslovakia Zbrojovka Brno 2–1 1–1 3–2 Symbol keep vote.svg
3R Belgium Lokeren 2–2 0–1 2–3 Symbol delete vote.svg
1981–82 European Cup 1R Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 0–0 0–1 0–1 Symbol delete vote.svg
1982–83 European Cup 1R Iceland Víkingur Reykjavík 3–2 1–0 4–2 Symbol keep vote.svg
2R Scotland Celtic 2–0 1–2 3–2 Symbol keep vote.svg
QF Portugal Sporting CP 2–0 0–1 2–1 Symbol keep vote.svg
SF[d] West Germany Hamburger SV[e] 1–1 1–2 2–3 Symbol delete vote.svg
1987–88 Cup Winner's Cup 1R Poland Śląsk Wrocław 0–0 2–0 2–0 Symbol keep vote.svg
2R Soviet Union Dinamo Minsk 1–1 0–0 1–1 Symbol delete vote.svg
1988–89 UEFA Cup 1R Czechoslovakia Dukla Prague 2–1 2–3 4–4 Symbol keep vote.svg
2R Portugal Sporting CP 0–0 2–1 2–1 Symbol keep vote.svg
3R West Germany 1. FC Köln 1–0 2–2 3–2 Symbol keep vote.svg
QF West Germany VfB Stuttgart 1–0 0–1
(a.e.t.) 		1–1
(2–4 pen.) 		Symbol delete vote.svg
1990–91 UEFA Cup 1R Switzerland Lausanne Sports 1–0 2–3 3–3 Symbol keep vote.svg
2R Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan 1–0 0–1
(a.e.t.) 		1–1
(3–4 pen.) 		Symbol delete vote.svg
1992–93 UEFA Cup 1R Portugal Vitória de Guimarães 2–0 0–3 2–3 Symbol delete vote.svg
1998–99 UEFA Cup 1R Czech Republic Sparta Prague 1–0 4–2 5–2 Symbol keep vote.svg
2R Russia Dynamo Moscow 3–0 3–2 6–2[f] Symbol keep vote.svg
3R Spain Atlético Madrid 2–1 1–4 3–5 Symbol delete vote.svg
2003–04 Champions League Group D Italy Juventus 0–0 2–4 2nd Symbol keep vote.svg
Turkey Galatasaray 1–1 2–1
Greece Olympiacos 1–0 2–2
Round of 16 France Lyon 0–1 0–1 0–2 Symbol delete vote.svg
2013–14 Champions League PO France Lyon 2–0 2–0 4–0[g] Symbol keep vote.svg
Group A England Manchester United 0–0 0–1 4th Symbol delete vote.svg
Germany Bayer Leverkusen 0–1 1–2
Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 0–2 0–4
2014–15 Europa League 3Q Scotland Aberdeen 2–0 3–2 5–2 Symbol keep vote.svg
PO Russia Krasnodar 1–0 0–3 1–3 Symbol delete vote.svg
2017–18 Europa League Group L Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 1–3 1–3 2nd Symbol keep vote.svg
Norway Rosenborg 4–0 1–0
North Macedonia Vardar 6–0[h] 3–0
Round of 32 Austria Red Bull Salzburg 2–2 1–2 3–4 Symbol delete vote.svg
2020–21 Europa League Group F Italy Napoli 0–1 1–1 2nd Symbol keep vote.svg
Netherlands AZ 1–0 0–0
Croatia Rijeka 2–2 1–0
Round of 32 England Manchester United 0–4 0–0 0–4 Symbol delete vote.svg
2021–22 Europa League Group B France Monaco 1–1 1–2 2nd Symbol keep vote.svg
Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 3–0 2–2
Austria Sturm Graz 1–1 1–0
Knockout play-offs Germany RB Leipzig 1–3 2–2 3–5 Symbol delete vote.svg

Notes[]

  1. ^ Liverpool were the eventual winners
  2. ^ worst defeat (single match)
  3. ^ worst aggregate defeat
  4. ^ furthest progression
  5. ^ Hamburger SV were the eventual winners
  6. ^ joint-best aggregate victory
  7. ^ joint-best aggregate victory
  8. ^ biggest win (single match)

References[]

  1. ^ "Memorable European Confrontations, Part 10: 1983–SV Hamburg vs. Real Sociedad". Soccer Nostalgia. 15 June 2013. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "Lyon 1–0 Real Sociedad". BBC Sport. 9 March 2004. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  5. ^ "Antoine Griezmann, Real Sociedad Start Champions-League Goal Fest With Stunning Strikes (GIFs)". New England Sports Network. 21 August 2013. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  6. ^ "Vela continues hot streak with two goals against Lyon". Goal.com. 28 August 2013. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  7. ^ "Shakhtar forge on as La Real hopes end". UEFA.com. 27 November 2013. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ Real Sociedad progress in Europa League with last minute drama at Napoli, Football Espana, 10 December 2020

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