Real Sociedad in European football

Real Sociedad is a football club from San Sebastián, Basque Country. They have entered European competitions representing Spain's La Liga on 15 occasions.

Real Sociedad in European football
Anoeta Stadium prior to a UEFA Champions League fixture, 2013
ClubReal Sociedad
First entry1974–75 UEFA Cup
Latest entry2020–21 UEFA Europa League
Titles
Champions League0 (Best: Semi-finals)
Europa League0 (Best: Quarter-finals)
Cup Winners' Cup0 (Best: Second round)

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 10 December 2020
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 (11) 52 24 11 17 74 70 +4 046.15
Total 82 33 20 29 101 100 +1 040.24

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 Baník Ostrava 0–1 0–4 0–5
1975–76 UEFA Cup 1R Grasshopper 1–1 3–3 4–4
2R Liverpool[lower-alpha 1] 1–3 0–6[lower-alpha 2] 1–9[lower-alpha 3]
1979–80 UEFA Cup 1R Internazionale 2–0 0–3 2–3
1980–81 UEFA Cup 1R Újpest 1–0 1–1 2–1
2R Zbrojovka Brno 2–1 1–1 3–2
3R Lokeren 2–2 0–1 2–3
1981–82 European Cup 1R CSKA Sofia 0–0 0–1 0–1
1982–83 European Cup 1R Víkingur Reykjavík 3–2 1–0 4–2
2R Celtic 2–0 1–2 3–2
QF Sporting CP 2–0 0–1 2–1
SF[lower-alpha 4] Hamburger SV[lower-alpha 5] 1–1 1–2 2–3
1987–88 Cup Winner's Cup 1R Śląsk Wrocław 0–0 2–0 2–0
2R Dinamo Minsk 1–1 0–0 1–1
1988–89 UEFA Cup 1R Dukla Prague 2–1 2–3 4–4
2R Sporting CP 0–0 2–1 2–1
3R 1. FC Köln 1–0 2–2 3–2
QF VfB Stuttgart 1–0 0–1
(a.e.t.)		 1–1
(2–4 pen.)
1990–91 UEFA Cup 1R Lausanne Sports 1–0 2–3 3–3
2R Partizan 1–0 0–1
(a.e.t.)		 1–1
(3–4 pen.)
1992–93 UEFA Cup 1R Vitória de Guimarães 2–0 0–3 2–3
1998–99 UEFA Cup 1R Sparta Prague 1–0 4–2 5–2
2R Dynamo Moscow 3–0 3–2 6–2[lower-alpha 6]
3R Atlético Madrid 2–1 1–4 3–5
2003–04 Champions League Group D Juventus 0–0 2–4 2nd
Galatasaray 1–1 2–1
Olympiacos 1–0 2–2
Round of 16 Lyon 0–1 0–1 0–2
2013–14 Champions League PO Lyon 2–0 2–0 4–0[lower-alpha 7]
Group A Manchester United 0–0 0–1 4th
Bayer Leverkusen 0–1 1–2
Shakhtar Donetsk 0–2 0–4
2014–15 Europa League 3Q Aberdeen 2–0 3–2 5–2
PO Krasnodar 1–0 0–3 1–3
2017–18 Europa League Group L Zenit Saint Petersburg 1–3 1–3 2nd
Rosenborg 4–0 1–0
Vardar 6–0[lower-alpha 8] 3–0
Round of 32 Red Bull Salzburg 2–2 1–2 3–4
2020–21 Europa League Group F Napoli 0–1 1–1 2nd
AZ 1–0 0–0
Rijeka 2–2 1–0
Round of 32 Manchester United – – –

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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