REAL SOCIEDAD
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'Real Sociedad' is a Spanish football club from the Basque city of San Sebastián/Donostia in Guipúzcoa/Gipuzkoa. Founded on September 17 1909, it was relegated to Segunda División at the end of the 2006-2007 season.
The club is known in Basque as '''Erreala''' or the '''txuri-urdin''' (meaning "white-blue"), from their colours: blue with white vertical stripes and white shorts. The club name means ''Royal Society of Football''. A blue quarter on white also appears in the flag of their home town. The home stadium is the ''Estadio Anoeta'', which seats 32,000 spectators.
| Contents |
| History |
| Trophies |
| Current squad 2007/08 |
| Out on loan |
| Statistics 2006/07 |
| Recent history |
| Famous players |
| Famous Coaches |
| External links |
History
Football was introduced to San Sebastián in the early 1900s by students and workers returning from Britain. In 1904 they formed the ''San Sebastian Recreation Club'' and in 1905 they competed in the Copa del Rey. In May 1905 the ''San Sebastian Football Club'' was formed as a separate branch of the club. In 1909 they applied to enter the Copa del Rey but complications over registration permits saw them compete as ''Club Ciclista de San Sebastian''. This team beat Club Español de Madrid 3-1 in the final. Out of the confusion the ''Sociedad de Futbol'' was formed on September 7th, 1909. In 1910 Spanish clubs played in two rival cup competitions and Sociedad de Futbol entered the ''Copa UECF'' as ''Vasconia de San Sebastian''. In the same year Alfonso XIII, who used San Sebastian as his summer capital, gave the club his patronage. They subsequently became known as ''Real Sociedad de Fútbol''. Real Sociedad were founder members of La Liga in 1928. The team came fourth with Francisco "Cuqui" Bienzobas finishing as top scorer. The team's name was changed to ''Donostia Club de Futbol'' in 1931, with the advent of the Second Spanish Republic, but changed back to Real Sociedad after the Spanish Civil War in 1939.
The team has generally fluctuated between the ''Primera'' and ''Segunda'' divisions, in one period (during the 1940s) managing to be relegated and promoted seven times. Around that time the sculptor Eduardo Chillida was the team's goalkeeper until injury put a stop to his football career. The best period of the team's history must be the early 1980s where they won the ''Primera'' two seasons running.
For many years, Real Sociedad followed the practice of their Basque rivals Athletic Bilbao of signing only Basque players. They abandoned the policy in 1989 when they signed Irish international John Aldridge from Liverpool. Real Sociedad's best league performance in recent years is their 2nd place finish in ''La Liga'' in 2002-03. Key contributors to that side included a Serb (Darko Kovacevic), a Turk (Nihat Kahveci), a Russian (Valeri Karpin), and a Dutch goalkeeper (Sander Westerveld). While they still attempt to keep a core of Basque players, whether coming from their own teams or signed from other clubs, they will also employ non-Basque Spanish players, as well as foreigners.
On July 5th, 2007, former Welsh international and Fulham manager, Chris Coleman was appointed the new coach of the club after being recommended by former Real Sociedad manager John Toshack, who remains a respected and influential figure at the club.
Trophies
★ ''Copa del Rey'': '2'
★
★ ''1909 and 1987''.
★ ''Primera División'': '2'
★
★ ''1981 and 1982''.
★ ''Spanish Super Cup'': '1'
★
★ ''1982''.
Current squad 2007/08
The numbers are established according to the official website: www.realsociedad.com and www.lfp.es. The EU flags indicate players who, although foreign, are still members of the European Economic Community, thus the club is not restricted in player such foreigners.
''As of 18 June 2007''
Out on loan
Statistics 2006/07
★ 'Top Scores':
★
★ Savio - 5 'goals'
★
★ Diaz de Cerio - 4 'goals'
★
★ Xavi Prieto - 4 'goals'
★ 'Top Goalkeepers'
★
★ Claudio Bravo - '29 goals' In '29 Matches'
★
★ Riesgo - '18 goals' In '10 Matches'
Recent history
:
| Season | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | Cup | Europe | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997-1998 | 1D | '3' | 38 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 60 | 37 | '63' | ||||
| 1998-1999 | 1D | '10' | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 47 | 43 | '54' | UC | last 16 | ||
| 1999-2000 | 1D | '13' | 38 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 42 | 49 | '47' | ||||
| 2000-2001 | 1D | '13' | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 52 | 68 | '43' | ||||
| 2001-2002 | 1D | '13' | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 48 | 54 | '47' | ||||
| 2002-2003 | 1D | '2' | 38 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 71 | 45 | '76' | ||||
| 2003-2004 | 1D | '15' | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 49 | 53 | '46' | ECL | last 16 | ||
| 2004-2005 | 1D | '14' | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 47 | 56 | '47' | last 64 | |||
| 2005-2006 | 1D | '16' | 38 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 48 | 65 | '40' | last 64 | |||
| 2006-2007 | 1D | '19' | 38 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 32 | 47 | '35' | Relegated | |||
Famous players
''see also ''
Famous Coaches
★ John Toshack
★ Javier Irureta
★ Perico Alonso
★ Javier Clemente
★ José Mari Bakero
''see also ''
External links
★ Real Sociedad Official Website
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