2010–11 Real Sociedad season

The 2010–11 season is Real Sociedad's 65th season in La Liga. After spending 3 seasons in the second tier of Spanish football the Basque club obtained promotion by topping the table in 2010.

Real Sociedad
2010–11 season
PresidentSpain Jokin Aperribay
Head coachUruguay Martín Lasarte
StadiumAnoeta
La Liga15th
Copa del ReyRound of 32
Top goalscorerLeague:
Antoine Griezmann (7)

All:
Antoine Griezmann (7)

This article shows player statistics and all matches (official and friendly) that the club played during the 2010–11 season.

Season summary

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In the 2010–11 season, Real Sociedad played in the top division of Spanish football for the first time since being relegated in 2007. Some additions were made to the squad that had obtained promotion. Among them Joseba Llorente stood out, having cost €2.5 million.

The season started with a home victory against Villarreal. During the first half of the season, the club got an unexpectedly high point tally. Relegation looked extremely unlikely and optimism reigned. Later in the season, the shortcomings in Lasarte's approach became clear and the club was in free fall. On the last match day Real Sociedad avoided relegation and Deportivo de La Coruña were relegated instead.

At the end of the season, Lasarte was dismissed on the grounds that he did not give enough of a chance to academy players and that his style of play was rudimentary and unattractive.

Players

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Squad information

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   CHI Claudio Bravo
2 DF   ESP Carlos Martínez
3 DF   ESP Mikel González
4 MF   ESP Gorka Elustondo
5 MF   ESP Markel Bergara
6 DF   ESP Mikel Labaka
7 MF   FRA Antoine Griezmann
8 FW   ESP Joseba Llorente
9 FW   ESP Imanol Agirretxe
10 MF   ESP Xabi Prieto
11 MF   ESP Mikel Aranburu (captain)
13 GK   ESP Eñaut Zubikarai
14 MF   NED Jeffrey Sarpong
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 DF   ESP Ion Ansotegi
16 DF   NOR Vadim Demidov
17 MF   FRA David Zurutuza
18 FW   ESP Borja Viguera
19 MF   ESP Diego Rivas
20 FW   ESP Raúl Tamudo
21 FW   URU Diego Ifrán
22 DF   ESP Dani Estrada
23 MF   ESP Francisco Sutil
24 DF   ESP Alberto de la Bella
26 MF   ESP Asier Illarramendi
30 GK   ESP Toño

Start formations

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Starting XI

Lineup that started most of the club's competitive matches throughout the season.

4–2–3–1 was the default formation during that season. Occasionally, Lasarte changed formation, resorting to a back 5 (Santander away) or in some cases adding a second forward (Levante away). In some other games (Atlético Madrid Away) Lasarte played three center-midfielders. The preferred partnership in center midfield was that of Aranburu and Rivas. Alternative choices, such as Bergara or Elustondo, proving to be unsuccessful. Up front, Llorente began strongly but after his injury he was replaced by Tamudo, who would eventually start more games and play more minutes.

Player statistics

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Summer transfers

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Emilio Nsue and Carlos Bueno, who were instrumental to the club's promotion, returned to their original clubs, as did the less important Songo'o and Jonathan Estrada.

In the winter transfer window Agirretxe was close to being loaned to a second division club. However, a season-ending injury suffered by Joseba Llorente put an end to all speculation. Borja Viguera was loaned to Catalan second division club Gimnàstic due to lack of opportunities. After having played a handful of games, his season ended when he suffered an injury.

The club acquired some new players in order to reinforce its squad. Most of the signings were arguably failures. Jeffrey Sarpong was bought from Ajax for €200,000 and was mostly used as a substitute. Francisco Sutil, a free transfer, suffered a similar fate. Joseba Llorente, signed from Villarreal for €2.5 million, although impressive while fit, missed most of the season due to injury. Raúl Tamudo and Vadim Demidov were the most consistent signings that season. Finally, Diego Ifrán showed signs of his quality, despite coming back from injury much later than expected.

Player From Fee
  Joseba Llorente   Villarreal €2,500,000
  Raúl Tamudo   Espanyol Free
  Diego Ifrán   Danubio €1,600,000
  Francisco Sutil   Eibar Free
  Jeffrey Sarpong   Ajax €200,000
  Vadim Demidov   Rosenborg Free player, winter signing.
Player New Team Fee
  Asier Riesgo   Osasuna Free, end of contract
  Sergio Rodríguez   Logroñés Free, end of contract

Loan out

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Player Team
  Iosu Esnaola   Real Unión
  Iñigo Sarasola   Real Unión
  Borja Viguera   Gimnàstic
  Alex Albistegi   Eibar

Loan return

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Italics for players returning to the club but left it during pre-season

Player From
  Toño   Tenerife B

Loan end

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Player To
  Jonathan Estrada   Millonarios
  Carlos Bueno   Universidad de Chile
  Emilio Nsue   Mallorca
  Franck Songo'o   Zaragoza

Club

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Coaching staff

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Position Staff
Head coach   Martín Lasarte
Assistant Coach   Alberto Iturralde
Fitness Trainer   Pablo Balbi
Goalkeeper Coach   Roberto Navajas
Technical Assistant   Karla Larburu

Source: [1]

Pre-season

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The club played a series of friendlies preparing for the new season. A brief stage in Austria allowed the club to play some foreign clubs.

Date Rival Place Result Scorers
30 July Elgoibar Mintxeta, Elgoibar 0–3 Llorente 18', Sutil 23', Agirretxe 58'
4 August Dinamo Tirana Bad Bleiber, Austria 4 – 2 Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Llorente 6', Agirretxe (2) 82', 85' Viguera 88'
6 August AEL Limassol Bad Bleiber, Austria 3 – 0 Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Viguera 55', Aranburu 63', Llorente 89'
7 August VfL Bochum Bad Bleiber, Austria 1 – 1 Archived 10 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine Prieto 55'
12 August Eibar Ipurua, Eibar 1 – 3 Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Aranburu 52', Agirretxe 78', Alex Albistegi 78'
14 August Sporting de Gijón Asti, Zarautz 0 – 1 Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
18 August Real Unión Txerloia, Azkoitia 1–1 Agirretxe 46'
22 August Osasuna Estadio Reyno de Navarra, Pamplona 0 – 1 Archived 28 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine Tamudo 78'

Liga BBVA

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

29 August 2010 1 Real Sociedad 1 – 0 Villarreal Donostia
17:00 CET Prieto   57'
Zurutuza   62'
Llorente   68'
Rivas   74'
(Report)   21' Cazorla
  82' Marchena
  90' Capdevila
Stadium: Anoeta
Attendance: 24,865
Referee: José Luis González
13 September 2010 2 Almería 2 – 2 Real Sociedad Almería
21:00 CET Piatti   21'
Ulloa   90'
Vargas   32'
Ortiz   73'
Acasiete   83'
Corona   90'
(Report)   8' Tamudo
  33' Sutil
  23' Rivas
  26' Mikel
Stadium: Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Alejandrdo Villanueva
18 September 2010 3 Real Sociedad 1 – 2 Real Madrid Donostia
22:00 CET Tamudo   62'
González   86'
(Report)   62' Di María
  25',   74' Pepe
  50' Ramos
Stadium: Anoeta
Attendance: 30,114
Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz
21 September 2010 4 Osasuna 3 – 1 Real Sociedad Pamplona
20:00 CET Pandiani   38',   81'
Camuñas   42'
Aranda   75'
Juanfran   59'
Soriano   69'
(Report)   16' Tamudo
  20' Bergara
Stadium: Reyno de Navarra
Attendance: 18,715
Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo
26 September 2010 5 Mallorca 2 – 0 Real Sociedad Mallorca
17:00 CET Cavenaghi   7', 62'
Rubén   40'
Ramis   56'
(Report)   34' Griezmann
  73' Zurutuza
Stadium: Son Moix
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Antonio Rubinos Pérez
2 October 2010 6 Real Sociedad 1 – 0 Espanyol Donostia
20:00 CET Forlín   85' (o.g.)
Griezmann   76'
(Report)   8' Ruiz
  37' L. García
  52' D. García
  90' Chica
Stadium: Anoeta
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Javier Turienzo Álvarez
17 October 2010 7 Levante 2 – 1 Real Sociedad Valencia
17:00 CET Del Horno   2',   60'
Nano   20'
Caicedo   63'
Juanlu   90'
(Report)   79' Sarpong
  31' Ansotegi
  43' Griezmann
  67' Aranburu
Stadium: Ciutat de València
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes
25 October 2010 8 Real Sociedad 3 – 0 Deportivo de La Coruña Donostia
20:00 CET Llorente   17'
Griezmann   70'
Agirretxe   86'
Aranburu   50'
Griezmann   72'
(Report)   21' Desmarets
  64' Pérez
Stadium: Anoeta
Attendance: 21,836
Referee: José Luis Paradas Romero
31 October 2010 9 Málaga 1 –2 Real Sociedad Málaga
17:00 CET Edinho   59'
Juanmi   77'
(Report)   21' De la Bella
  39' Zurutuza
  43' Griezmann
  51',   55' Llorente
  88' Prieto
Stadium: Estadio La Rosaleda
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: José Luis González
6 November 2010 10 Real Sociedad 1 –0 Racing de Santander Donostia
20:00 CET Llorente   7'
Rivas   77'
(Report)   13' Kennedy
  26' Diop
  54' Francis
  54' Colsa
  83' Cisma
  90' Torrejón
Stadium: Anoeta
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: José Luis González
14 November 2010 11 Hércules 2 – 1 Real Sociedad Alicante
17:00 CET Trezeguet   47'
Drenthe   52'
Valdez   3'
(Report)   16' Griezmann
  38' Elustondo
  51' González
Stadium: Estadio José Rico Pérez
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco
21 November 2010 12 Real Sociedad 2 – 4 Atlético Madrid Donostia
21:00 CET Llorente   11'
Rivas   85'
Aranburu   55'
Ansotegi   73'
Bergara   73'
(Report)   12' Ujfaluši
  68' Suárez
  71' Forlán
  79', 82' Agüero
  90' (pen.) Simão
Stadium: Anoeta
Attendance: 23,850
Referee: Ayza Gámez
28 October 2010 13 Sporting de Gijón 1 –3 Real Sociedad Gijón
17:00 CET Grégory   3'
Botía   17'
De las Cuevas   34'
Sangoy   52'
Barral   59'
Carmelo   64'
Lora   66'
(Report)   11' Prieto
  33' De la Bella
  45',   73' Zurutuza
  64' Llorente
  90' Aranburu
Stadium: El Molinón
Referee: Paradas Romero
5 December 2010 14 Real Sociedad 2 – 0 Athletic Bilbao Donostia
21:00 CET Prieto   25',   26'
Rivas   29'
San José   48' (o.g.)
(Report)   90' Gurpegui Stadium: Anoeta
Referee: Ramírez Domínguez
12 December 2010 15 Barcelona 5 – 0 Real Sociedad Barcelona
21:00 CET Mascherano   7'
Villa   9'
Iniesta   33'
Messi   47', 87'
Bojan   90'
(Report) Stadium: Nou Camp
Referee: David Fernández Borbalán
18 December 2010 16 Real Sociedad 1 – 2 Valencia Donostia
22:00 CET Rivas   7'
Prieto   23' (pen.),   54'
De la Bella   58'
(Report)   21' Navarro
  29' Soldado
  45',   86' T. Costa
  81' Bruno
  90' Aduriz
Stadium: Anoeta
Attendance: 21,885
Referee: Iglesias Villanueva
3 January 2011 17 Real Zaragoza 2 – 1 Real Sociedad Zaragoza
20:00 CET Sinama Pongolle   10'
Paredes   42'
Ponzio   52'
Gabi   67'
Braulio   90'
(Report) Prieto   33'
Griezmann   78'
Stadium: La Romareda
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Teixeira Vitienes
8 January 2011 18 Real Sociedad 2 – 3 Sevilla Donostia
20:00 CET Rivas   23'
Llorente   43'
Rivas   46'
González   57'
(Report)   25' Kanouté
  63', 65' Fabiano
  70' Navarro
  90' Varas
Stadium: Anoeta
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Javier Estrada Fernández
15 January 2011 19 Getafe 0 –4 Real Sociedad Getafe
18:00 CET Díaz   28'
Boateng   48'
Rafa   82'
(Report)   10' Prieto
  32' Griezmann
  35' Rivas
  41' Zurutuza
  58' Bergara
  68' Llorente
  73' Elustondo
  87', 90' Aranburu
Stadium: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez
Attendance: 9,500
Referee: Javier Turienzo Álvarez
23 January 2011 20 Villarreal 2 – 1 Real Sociedad Villarreal
21:00 CET Rossi   41', 47'
Cani   18'
(Report)   30',   60' Aranburu
  32' Prieto
  64' Sarpong
  77' González
  78' Griezmann
Stadium: Estadio El Madrigal
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: César Muñiz Fernández
29 January 2011 21 Real Sociedad 2 – 0 Almería Donostia
17:00 CET Ansotegi   45',   66'
Tamudo   78'
Bravo   64'
(Report)   28' Jakobsen
  45' Bernardello
  77' García
Stadium: Anoeta
Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez
6 February 2011 22 Real Madrid 4 – 1 Real Sociedad Madrid
19:00 CET Kaká   8'
Ronaldo   21', 42'
Alonso   55'
Albiol   82'
Adebayor   89'
(Report)   10' Prieto
  27' Rivas
  72' (o.g.) Arbeloa
  86' Estrada
Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Rafael Ramírez Domínguez
13 February 2011 23 Real Sociedad 1 – 0 Osasuna Donostia
17:00 CET Tamudo   73'
Bergara   81'
(Report)   21' Flaño
  53' Josetxo
  60' Damià
  71' Calleja
Stadium: Anoeta
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Javier Turienzo Álvarez
21 February 2011 24 Real Sociedad 1 – 0 Mallorca Donostia
21:00 CET Tamudo   56'
Aranburu   79'
(Report)   39' De Guzmán
  67' Kevin
Stadium: Anoeta
Attendance: 18,599
Referee: Antonio Rubinos Pérez
26 February 2011 25 Espanyol 4 – 1 Real Sociedad Cornellà de Llobregat
18:00 CET Galán   30'
Estrada   41' (o.g.)
García   54'
Callejón   81'
Márquez   90'
(Report)   43' Estrada
  53' Illarramendi
Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat
Referee: Miguel Ángel Ayza Gámez
2 March 2011 26 Levante 1 – 1 Real Sociedad Donostia
20:00 CET Zurutuza   53'
Sutil   90'
(Report)   8' Juanfran
  39' Munúa
  54' Venta
  77' Del Herno
  87' Ballesteros
Stadium: Anoeta
Referee: David Fernández Borbalán
13 March 2011 28 Real Sociedad 0 – 2 Málaga Donostia
17:00 CET   2' Rivas
  44' Estrada
(Report)   25' Duda
  58' Rondón
  64' Weligton
  73' Caballero
Stadium: Anoeta
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco
20 March 2011 29 Racing Santander 2 – 1 Real Sociedad Santander
17:00 CET Bakircioglu   43'
Dos Santos   77'
Lacen   68'
(Report)   31',   72' Griezmann
  89' Labaka
Stadium: Estadio El Sardinero
Referee: José Luis Paradas Romero
3 April 2011 30 Real Sociedad 1 – 3 Hércules Donostia
17:00 CET   20' Tamudo
  79',   90' Ifrán
(Report)   11' Femenía
  13' Aguilar
  35' Juanra
  51' Farinós
  70' Portillo
  82' Calatayud
  84', 89' Drenthe
Stadium: Anoeta
Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo
10 April 2011 31 Atlético Madrid 3 – 0 Real Sociedad Madrid
19:00 CET Filipe Luís   12'
Suárez   45'
Tiago   72'
Agüero   78',   88'
(Report)   69' Demidov Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderón
Referee: Alfonso Álvarez Izquierdo
17 April 2011 32 Real Sociedad 2 – 1 Sporting de Gijón Donostia
17:00 CET Labaka   11'
Estrada   27'
Griezmann   32', 79'
Tamudo   90'
Demidov   90'
(Report)   54' Rivera
  69' De las Cuevas
  86' José Ángel
Stadium: Anoeta
Referee: Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva
23 April 2011 33 Athletic Bilbao 2 – 1 Real Sociedad Bilbao
22:00 CET Muniain   18'
Toquero   28',   84'
Orbaiz   66'
San José   71'
Gurpegui   84'
Amorebieta   89'
De Marcos   90'
(Report)   31' (o.g.) Martínez
  36' Aranburu
  62' Tamudo
Stadium: San Mamés
Referee: David Fernández Borbalán
30 April 2011 34 Real Sociedad 2 – 1 Barcelona Donostia
20:00 CET Tamudo   11'
Ifrán   71'
Prieto   82'
Estrada   90'
(Report)   29' Thiago
  81' Mascherano
Stadium: Anoeta
Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes
7 May 2011 35 Valencia 3 – 0 Real Sociedad Valencia
18:00 CET Soldado   16', 37'
Jonas   25'
Mathieu   71'
(Report)   53' De la Bella Stadium: Mestalla
Referee: José Luis González
11 May 2011 36 Real Sociedad 2 – 1 Zaragoza Donostia
20:00 CET Tamudo   24'
Aranburu   88'
Griezmann   9'
Zurutuza   15'
Tamudo   73'
Ifrán   85'
Prieto   80'
(Report)   53' Gabi
  26' Lanzaro
  45' Herrera
Stadium: Anoeta
Referee: Alfonso Álvarez Izquierdo
15 May 2011 37 Sevilla 3 – 1 Real Sociedad Seville
21:00 CET Escudé   45'
Kanouté   52',   54', 60'
Negredo   82',   85'
(Report)
  13' Elustondo
  71' Bergara
  72' Agirretxe
  81' Labaka
Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán
Referee: Javier Turienzo Álvarez
21 May 2011 38 Real Sociedad 1 – 1 Getafe Donostia
22:00 CET Sutil   66',   90' (Report)   9' Díaz
  33' Álvarez
Stadium: Anoeta
Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes

Copa del Rey

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28 October 2010 4th Real Sociedad 2 – 3 Almería Donostia
21:00 CET Sarpong   7'
Elustondo   31'
Estrada   17'
Elustondo   88'
(Report)   66' Goitom
  71', 88' Ulloa
  77' Michel
Stadium: Anoeta
Attendance: ?
Referee: César Muñiz Fernández
10 November 2010 4th Almería 2 – 1 Real Sociedad Almería
21:00 CET Ulloa   47',   53'
Goitom   20'
Jakobsen   59'
(Report)   50' Agirretxe
  62' Llorente
Stadium: Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos
Attendance: ?
Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz

As a result of losing on a 5–3 aggregate, Real Sociedad were knocked out

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