Real Sociedad in European football

Real Sociedad in European football
Anoeta Stadium prior to a UEFA Champions League fixture, 2013
Club Real Sociedad
First entry 1974–75 UEFA Cup
Latest entry 2017–18 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 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 Olympique Lyonnais 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]

Overall record

Accurate as of 22 February 2018
CompetitionPlayedWonDrewLostGFGAGDWin%
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 (10) 46 22 8 16 69 66 +3 047.83
Total 76 31 17 28 96 96 +0 040.79

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 Czech Republic Baník Ostrava 0–1 0–4 0–5
1975–76 UEFA Cup 1R Switzerland Grasshoppers 1–1 3–3 4–4
2R England Liverpool[lower-alpha 1] 1–3 0–6[lower-alpha 2] 1–9[lower-alpha 3]
1979–80 UEFA Cup 1R Italy Internazionale 2–0 0–3 2–3
1980–81 UEFA Cup 1R Hungary Újpest 1–0 1–1 2–1
2R Czech Republic Zbrojovka Brno 2–1 1–1 3–2
3R Belgium Lokeren 2–2 0–1 2–3
1981–82 European Cup 1R Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 0–0 0–1 0–1
1982–83 European Cup 1R Iceland Víkingur Reykjavík 3–2 1–0 4–2
2R Scotland Celtic 2–0 1–2 3–2
QF Portugal Sporting CP 2–0 0–1 2–1
SF[lower-alpha 4] Germany Hamburger SV[lower-alpha 5] 1–1 1–2 2–3
1987–88 Cup Winner's Cup 1R Poland Śląsk Wrocław 0–0 2–0 2–0
2R Soviet Union FC Dinamo Minsk 1–1 0–0 1–1
1988–89 UEFA Cup 1R Czech Republic Dukla Prague 2–1 2–3 4–4
2R Portugal Sporting CP 0–0 2–1 2–1
3R Germany 1. FC Köln 1–0 2–2 3–2
QF Germany VfB Stuttgart 1–0 0–1
AET		 1–1
(2–4 pen)
1990–91 UEFA Cup 1R Switzerland Lausanne Sports 1–0 2–3 3–3
2R Serbia Partizan 1–0 0–1
AET		 1–1
(3–4 pen)
1992–93 UEFA Cup 1R Portugal Vitória de Guimarães 2–0 0–3 2–3
1998–99 UEFA Cup 1R Czech Republic AC Sparta Prague 1–0 4–2 5–2
2R Russia Dynamo Moscow 3–0 3–2 6–2[lower-alpha 6]
3R Spain Atlético Madrid 2–1 1–4 3–5
2003–04 Champions League Group D Italy Juventus 0–0 2–4 2nd
Turkey Galatasaray 1–1 2–1
Greece Olympiacos 1–0 2–2
Round of 16 France Lyon 0–1 0–1 0–2
2013–14 Champions League PO France Lyon 2–0 2–0 4–0[lower-alpha 7]
Group A England Manchester United 0–0 0–1 4th
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
PO Russia Krasnodar 1–0 0–3 1–3
2017–18 Europa League Group L Russia Zenit 1–3 1–3 2nd
Norway Rosenborg 4–0 1–0
Republic of Macedonia Vardar 6–0[lower-alpha 8] 3–0
Round of 32 Austria Red Bull Salzburg 2–2 1–2 3–4

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.
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