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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 20 occasions.

Real Sociedad in European football
Anoeta Stadium prior to a UEFA Champions League fixture, 2013
ClubReal Sociedad
Seasons played20
First entry1974–75 UEFA Cup
Latest entry2024–25 UEFA Europa League
Titles
Champions League0 (Best: Semi-finals)
Europa League0 (Best: Quarter-finals)
Cup Winners' Cup0 (Best: Second round)

Summary

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The club have 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 thrice 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] They returned to the competition after a decade in 2023–24, and progressed past the group stage for the second time.

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

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Accurate as of 7 November 2024
Competition Pld W D L GF GA GD Win%
European Cup / Champions League (5) 34 11 9 14 32 35 −3 032.35
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (1) 4 1 3 0 3 1 +2 025.00
UEFA Cup / Europa League (14) 74 32 18 24 101 95 +6 043.24
Total 112 44 30 38 136 131 +5 039.29

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

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Key

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Matches

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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[a] 1–3 0–6[b] 1–9[c]  
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[d]   Hamburger SV[e] 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 p) 		 
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 p) 		 
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[f]  
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[g]  
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[h] 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 0–4 0–0 0–4  
2021–22 Europa League Group B   Monaco 1–1 1–2 2nd  
  PSV Eindhoven 3–0 2–2
  Sturm Graz 1–1 1–0
Knockout play-offs   RB Leipzig 1–3 2–2 3–5  
2022–23 Europa League Group E   Manchester United 0–1 1–0 1st  
  Omonia 2–1 2–0
  Sheriff Tiraspol 3–0 2–0
Round of 16   Roma 0–0 0–2 0–2  
2023–24 Champions League Group D   Internazionale 1–1 0–0 1st  
  Red Bull Salzburg 0–0 2–0
  Benfica 3–1 1–0
Round of 16   Paris Saint-Germain 1–2 0–2 1–4  
2024–25 Europa League League phase   Nice — 1–1
  Anderlecht 1–2 —
  Maccabi Tel Aviv — 2–1
  Viktoria Plzeň — 1–2
  Ajax —
  Dynamo Kyiv —
  Lazio —
  PAOK —

Notes

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  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

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  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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