2020–21 Real Sociedad season

Real Sociedad
2020–21 season
President	Jokin Aperribay
Head coach	Imanol Alguacil
Stadium	Anoeta Stadium
La Liga	5th
Copa del Rey	Round of 16
Supercopa de España	Semi-finals
UEFA Europa League	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: ; Alexander Isak (17); All: ; Alexander Isak (17)
Biggest win	Real Sociedad 4–0 Alavés
Biggest defeat	Real Sociedad 1–6 Barcelona
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The 2020–21 season was the 111th season in the existence of Real Sociedad and the club's 11th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football. In addition to the domestic league, Real Sociedad participated in this season's editions of the Copa del Rey, the Supercopa de España, and also participated in the UEFA Europa League. The season covered the period from 20 July 2020 to 30 June 2021, with the late start to the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain.

This season was the first since 2007–08 without fellow centre-back David Zurutuza who announced his retirement from football after the previous campaign had concluded.

Players

First-team squad

As of 24 January 2021^[1]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ESP	Álex Remiro
2	DF	ESP	Joseba Zaldúa
4	MF	ESP	Asier Illarramendi (Captain)
5	MF	ESP	Igor Zubeldia
6	DF	ESP	Aritz Elustondo (3rd captain)
7	MF	ESP	Portu
8	MF	ESP	Mikel Merino
9	FW	ESP	Carlos Fernández
10	FW	ESP	Mikel Oyarzabal (vice-captain)
11	MF	BEL	Adnan Januzaj
12	DF	ESP	Aihen Muñoz
13	GK	ESP	Miguel Ángel Moyá
14	MF	ESP	Jon Guridi


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	DF	FRA	Modibo Sagnan
16	MF	ESP	Ander Guevara
17	MF	ESP	Martín Merquelanz
18	DF	ESP	Andoni Gorosabel
19	FW	SWE	Alexander Isak
20	DF	ESP	Nacho Monreal
21	MF	ESP	David Silva
22	FW	ESP	Ander Barrenetxea
23	MF	ESP	Luca Sangalli
24	DF	FRA	Robin Le Normand
25	FW	ESP	Jon Bautista
28	MF	ESP	Roberto López
36	MF	ESP	Martín Zubimendi

Reserve team

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
26	DF	ESP	Jon Pacheco
29	MF	ESP	Robert Navarro
32	DF	FRA	Jérémy Blasco
33	DF	ESP	Aritz Arambarri


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
34	GK	ESP	Gaizka Ayesa
35	FW	ESP	Julen Lobete
37	DF	ESP	Urko González de Zárate
—	DF	ESP	Álex Sola

Out on loan

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ESP	Andoni Zubiaurre (at Cultural Leonesa until 30 June 2021)
—	DF	POR	Kévin Rodrigues (at Eibar until 30 June 2021)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	FRA	Naïs Djouahra (at Mirandés until 30 June 2021)
—	FW	BRA	Willian José (at Wolverhampton Wanderers until 30 June 2021)

Transfers

In

Date	Player	From	Type	Fee	Ref
30 June 2020	Jon Bautista	Eupen	Loan return		^[2]
30 June 2020	Gerónimo Rulli	Montpellier	Loan return		^[3]
20 July 2020	Kévin Rodrigues	Leganés	Loan return		^[4]
21 July 2020	Jon Guridi	Mirandés	Loan return		^[5]
21 July 2020	Martín Merquelanz	Albacete	Loan return		^[6]
21 July 2020	Modibo Sagnan	Mirandés	Loan return		^[7]
17 August 2020	David Silva	Manchester City	Transfer	Free	^[8]
24 January 2021	Carlos Fernández	Sevilla	Transfer	€10M	^[9]

Out

Date	Player	To	Type	Fee	Ref
20 July 2020	Martin Ødegaard	Real Madrid	Loan return		^[10]
20 July 2020	David Zurutuza	Retired			^[11]
4 August 2020	Raúl Navas	Osasuna	Buyout clause	€250K	^[12]
4 September 2020	Gerónimo Rulli	Villarreal	Transfer	€5M	^[13]
12 September 2020	Kévin Rodrigues	Eibar	Loan		^[14]
24 September 2020	Diego Llorente	Leeds United	Transfer	€20M	^[15]
30 September 2020	Naïs Djouahra	Mirandés	Loan		^[16]
1 October 2020	Andoni Zubiaurre	Cultural Leonesa	Loan		^[17]
23 January 2021	Willian José	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Loan		^[18]

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

22 August 2020 Friendly	Real Sociedad	3–1	UD Logroñés	Zubieta, Spain
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Willian José 4' Portu 39' (pen.), 40'	Report	Andy 52' (pen.)	Stadium: Campo José Luis Orbegozo Attendance: 0 Referee: Rezola Etxeberria

28 August 2020 Friendly	Rio Ave	Cancelled	Real Sociedad	Vila do Conde, Portugal
12:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Estádio dos Arcos

29 August 2020 Friendly	Famalicão	Cancelled	Real Sociedad	Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)				Stadium: Estádio Municipal 22 de Junho

29 August 2020 Friendly	Real Sociedad	2–2	Huesca	Zubieta, Spain
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Merino 47' Bautista 88'	Report	Juan Carlos 33' Mir 69' (pen.)	Stadium: Campo José Luis Orbegozo Attendance: 0 Referee: Rezola Etxeberria

2 September 2020 Friendly	Villarreal	2–0	Real Sociedad	Villarreal, Spain
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Coquelin 2' Alcácer 30' (pen.)	Report	Elustondo 45+2'	Stadium: Ciudad Deportiva Attendance: 0 Referee: Iván Caparrós Hernández

5 September 2020 Friendly	Real Sociedad	2–2	Alavés	Zubieta, Spain
11:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bautista 57' (pen.) Aldasoro 64'	Report	Pérez 7' Joselu 75'	Stadium: Campo José Luis Orbegozo Attendance: 0 Referee: Palencia Caballero

5 September 2020 EH Txapela	Real Sociedad	1–0	Osasuna	San Sebastián, Spain
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Willian José 32' (pen.)	Report	Herrera 30' Roncaglia 73'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 0 Referee: Ibai Rezola Etxeberria

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
La Liga	13 September 2020	22 May 2021	Matchday 1	5th	38	17	11	10	59	38	+21	044.74
Copa del Rey	20 January 2021	26 January 2021	Round of 32	Round of 16	2	1	0	1	3	3	+0	050.00
Supercopa de España	13 January 2021		Semi-finals	Semi-finals	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
UEFA Europa League	22 October 2020	25 February 2021	Group stage	Round of 32	8	2	4	2	5	8	−3	025.00
Total					49	20	16	13	68	50	+18	040.82

Source: Soccerway

La Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Barcelona	38	24	7	7	85	38	+47	79	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
4	Sevilla	38	24	5	9	53	33	+20	77	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
5	Real Sociedad	38	17	11	10	59	38	+21	62	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[a]
6	Real Betis	38	17	10	11	50	50	0	61	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[a]
7	Villarreal	38	15	13	10	60	44	+16	58	Qualification for the Champions League group stage^[b]

Source: La Liga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Fair-play points (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)^[19]
Notes:

^ Since the winners of the 2020–21 Copa del Rey, Barcelona, qualified for the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the sixth-placed team, and the spot awarded to the sixth-placed team (2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League play-off round) was passed to the seventh-placed team, Villarreal.
^ Villarreal qualified for the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League by winning the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League. Based on their league position (7th), they would have received the spot above to enter the Europa Conference League play-off round. This spot was vacated without replacement as per UEFA regulations.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	17	11	10	59	38	+21	62	9	6	4	34	21	+13	8	5	6	25	17	+8

Source: La Liga

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	D	L	L	W	D	L	L	D	D	W	W	W	D	W	L	L	D	D	W	W	L	L	W	L	W	W
Position	5	9	3	10	8	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	3	3	3	3	5	5	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

Source: La Liga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 31 August 2020.^[20]^[21]

13 September 2020 1	Valladolid	1–1	Real Sociedad	Valladolid
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Míchel 39', 44' Nacho 51' Rubio 65' Joaquín 69'	Report	López 60' Elustondo 62'	Stadium: José Zorrilla Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Mario Melero López

20 September 2020 2	Real Sociedad	0–0	Real Madrid	San Sebastián
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Barrenetxea 24' Muñoz 33'	Report	Mendy 29' Carvajal 83'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera

26 September 2020 3	Elche	0–3	Real Sociedad	Elche
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Mfulu 35' Verdú 70' Guti 87'	Report	Silva 43' Portu 55' Januzaj 77' (pen.) López 90+4'	Stadium: Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Isidro Diaz de Mera Escuderos

29 September 2020 4	Real Sociedad	0–1	Valencia	San Sebastián
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Zubimendi 35'	Report	Kondogbia 17' Gómez 45+2', 75' Wass 60' Gayà 61' Correia 87'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Jorge Figueroa Vázquez

3 October 2020 5	Real Sociedad	3–0	Getafe	San Sebastián
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Oyarzabal 28' (pen.) Gorosabel 41' Merino 71', 79' Silva 73' Portu 81'	Report	Suárez 45+1' Hernández 56' Etxeita 66'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz

18 October 2020 6	Real Betis	0–3	Real Sociedad	Seville
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sidnei 53' Bartra 72'	Report	Portu 43' Oyarzabal 74' (pen.) Isak 87' Januzaj 88'	Stadium: Estadio Benito Villamarín Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

25 October 2020 7	Real Sociedad	4–1	Huesca	San Sebastián
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Elustondo 23' Oyarzabal 35' (pen.), 54', 64' Portu 68' Isak 75'	Report	Mir 46' Escriche 60'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Isidro Díaz de Mera Escuderos

1 November 2020 8	Celta Vigo	1–4	Real Sociedad	Vigo
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Fontán 47' 90+3' Aspas 77' (pen.)	Report	Silva 24', 56' Oyarzabal 34' Guridi 38' Willian José 54', 81' Zubimendi 59' Muñoz 64' Le Normand 76'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Adrián Cordero Vega

8 November 2020 9	Real Sociedad	2–0	Granada	San Sebastián
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Merino 19' Monreal 22' Oyarzabal 27' (pen.) Willian José 54' Le Normand 86' Silva 90+4'	Report	Barcia 80' Machís 90+5'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

22 November 2020 10	Cádiz	0–1	Real Sociedad	Cádiz
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Garrido 13' Fali 17'	Report	Isak 66' Guevara 88'	Stadium: Ramón de Carranza Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

29 November 2020 11	Real Sociedad	1–1	Villarreal	San Sebastián
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Elustondo 5' Oyarzabal 33' (pen.) Le Normand 37' Barrenetxea 53' Muñoz 75' Zubimendi 86'	Report	Gerard 6' (pen.) Torres 31' Albiol 32' Iborra 73'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

6 December 2020 12	Alavés	0–0	Real Sociedad	Vitoria-Gasteiz
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Lejeune 42' Battaglia 61'	Report		Stadium: Mendizorrotza Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero

13 December 2020 13	Real Sociedad	1–1	Eibar	San Sebastián
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sagnan 14' Barrenetxea 20' Muñoz 40' Zaldúa 84' Zubeldia 88'	Report	Expósito 7' Burgos 53' Enrich 65' Arbilla 80'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Isidro Díaz de Mera

16 December 2020 19	Barcelona	2–1	Real Sociedad	Barcelona
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Alba 31' Busquets 41' De Jong 43' Trincão 88' Aleñá 90+3'	Report	Januzaj 20' Willian José 27' Barrenetxea 58' Le Normand 80'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez
Note: The match originally scheduled for 20 January 2021, but brought forward due to the teams involvement in the Supercopa de España.^[23]

19 December 2020 14	Levante	2–1	Real Sociedad	Valencia
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Rochina 21' Roger 28' Vukčević 47' De Frutos 87'	Report	Isak 22', 82'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: César Soto Grado

22 December 2020 15	Real Sociedad	0–2	Atlético Madrid	San Sebastián
19:45 CET (UTC+1)	Le Normand 29' Elustondo 80' Isak 86'	Report	Savić 16' Hermoso 29', 49' Saúl 66' Llorente 74'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández

31 December 2020 16	Athletic Bilbao	0–1	Real Sociedad	Bilbao
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Vencedor 23' Berchiche 55' Núñez 62' Martínez 81' Capa 84'	Report	Portu 5' Guevara 8' Barrenetxea 21' Merino 39' Zubeldia 67'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez

3 January 2021 17	Real Sociedad	1–1	Osasuna	San Sebastián
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Barrenetxea 46' Zubeldia 76'	Report	Calleri 20' Roncaglia 88'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Valentín Pizarro Gómez

9 January 2021 18	Sevilla	3–2	Real Sociedad	Seville
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	En-Nesyri 4', 7', 46'	Report	Diego Carlos 5' (o.g.) Isak 14' Muñoz 34' Sagnan 39' Guridi 43'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Javier Alberola Rojas

23 January 2021 20	Real Sociedad	2–2	Real Betis	San Sebastián
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Isak 48' Oyarzabal 57' Merino 69' Zaldúa 86'	Report	Akouokou 51' Canales 85' Miranda 90+1' Joaquín 90+2'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: César Soto Grado

30 January 2021 21	Villarreal	1–1	Real Sociedad	Villarreal
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Parejo 3' Capoue 70'	Report	Illarramendi 32' Le Normand 49' Guevara 59' Isak 90+3'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Isidro Díaz De Mera Escuderos

7 February 2021 22	Real Sociedad	4–1	Cádiz	San Sebastián
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Oyarzabal 26' (pen.), 34' Isak 54', 59'	Report	Jairo 38', 65' Marcos Mauro 45+3' Sobrino 90'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Valentín Pizarro Gómez

14 February 2021 23	Getafe	0–1	Real Sociedad	Getafe
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Chakla 43' Hernández 71' Portillo 77'	Report	Isak 30' Portu 89' Fernández 90+1' Barrenetxea 90+2'	Stadium: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Pablo González Fuertes

21 February 2021 24	Real Sociedad	4–0	Alavés	San Sebastián
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Isak 41', 49', 62' Merino 51' Illarramendi 54' Portu 73' Bautista 85'	Report	García 52' Pina 61'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero

1 March 2021 25	Real Madrid	1–1	Real Sociedad	Madrid
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Vinícius 89'	Report	Portu 55' Gorosabel 76'	Stadium: Alfredo Di Stéfano^[24] Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

7 March 2021 26	Real Sociedad	1–0	Levante	San Sebastián
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Merino 10' Oyarzabal 22'	Report	Rochina 38' Gómez 40'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: César Soto Grado

14 March 2021 27	Granada	1–0	Real Sociedad	Granada
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Germán 51', 85' Kenedy 81'	Report	Portu 85' Guevara 88' Bautista 90+5'	Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Pablo González Fuertes

21 March 2021 28	Real Sociedad	1–6	Barcelona	San Sebastián
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Zubimendi 9' Barrenetxea 77' Zubeldia 79' Fernández 90+4'	Report	Busquets 27' Griezmann 37' Dest 43', 53' Messi 56', 89' Dembélé 71' Braithwaite 88'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero

7 April 2021 29	Real Sociedad	1–1	Athletic Bilbao	San Sebastián
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Muñoz 12' Zubeldia 38' Zubimendi 84' López 89'	Report	D. García 22' Villalibre 85'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez

11 April 2021 30	Valencia	2–2	Real Sociedad	Valencia
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)	Soler 29' Cheryshev 42' Gabriel 47', 73' Wass 60' (pen.), 77' Musah 68' Gómez 78' 80'	Report	De Zárate 7' Guevara 33' Portu 45' Isak 45', 82' Fernández 58' Monreal 66'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Valentín Pizarro Gómez

18 April 2021 33	Real Sociedad	1–2	Sevilla	San Sebastián
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Fernández 5', 59' Isak 63' Barrenetxea 74'	Report	Fernando 22' En-Nesyri 24' Diego Carlos 51' Jordán 71'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 28 April 2021, but was brought forward by La Liga.^[25]

22 April 2021 31	Real Sociedad	2–1	Celta Vigo	San Sebastián
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Elustondo 15' Portu 25' Isak 29' Januzaj 39' (pen.) Sagnan 90+1' Fernández 90+2' Barrenetxea 90+6'	Report	Mallo 22', 90+3' Murillo 38' Nolito 62' Suárez 90+3' Aspas 90+6'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

26 April 2021 32	Eibar	0–1	Real Sociedad	Eibar
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Recio 4' Oliveira 31' José Ángel 43' Gil 43' Muto 80'	Report	Isak 26' Zubimendi 81'	Stadium: Ipurua Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Jorge Figueroa Vázquez

1 May 2021 34	Huesca	1–0	Real Sociedad	Huesca
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Seoane 76' Sandro 86' Pulido 89'	Report	Gorosabel 52' Zaldúa 86'	Stadium: El Alcoraz Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz

7 May 2021 35	Real Sociedad	2–0	Elche	San Sebastián
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Guevara 36' Elustondo 72' Oyarzabal 90+2'	Report	Guti 11' Gazzaniga 11' Fidel 12' Barragán 24'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Adrián Cordero Vega

12 May 2021 36	Atlético Madrid	2–1	Real Sociedad	Madrid
22:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Carrasco 16' Correa 28'	Report	Zubeldia 83'	Stadium: Wanda Metropolitano Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández

16 May 2021 37	Real Sociedad	4–1	Valladolid	San Sebastián
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Isak 6', 16' Silva 28' Januzaj 35' (pen.), 59' Bautista 63'	Report	Olaza 34' Alcaraz 45+1' Pérez 57' Roberto 61' Marcos André 66', 82'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

22 May 2021 38	Osasuna	0–1	Real Sociedad	Pamplona
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gallego 19'	Report	Isak 86'	Stadium: El Sadar Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Jorge Figueroa Vázquez

Copa del Rey

20 January 2021 Round of 32	Córdoba	0–2	Real Sociedad	Córdoba
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Molina 45+1' Del Moral 57' 88'	Report	Illarramendi 36' Willian José 57', 84' Muñoz 81'	Stadium: Nuevo Arcángel Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández

26 January 2021 Round of 16	Real Betis	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Real Sociedad	Seville
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sanabria 13', 75' Lainez 30' Canales 78' Iglesias 96', 111' Ruiz 108'	Report	Oyarzabal 13' Illarramendi 26' 48' Merino 47' Le Normand 110'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz

Supercopa de España

The draw was held on 17 December 2020.^[26]^[27]

13 January 2021 Semi-finals	Real Sociedad	1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–3 p)	Barcelona	Córdoba
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Oyarzabal 51' (pen.) Le Normand 58'	Report	De Jong 39' Dembélé 54' Mingueza 97'	Stadium: Estadio Nuevo Arcángel Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero
	Penalties
	Bautista Oyarzabal Willian José Merino Januzaj		De Jong Dembélé Pjanić Griezmann Puig

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

The group stage draw was held on 2 October 2020.^[28]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	NAP	RSO	AZ	RJK
1	Napoli	6	3	2	1	7	4	+3	11	Advance to knockout phase	—	1–1	0–1	2–0
2	Real Sociedad	6	2	3	1	5	4	+1	9	Advance to knockout phase	0–1	—	1–0	2–2
3	AZ	6	2	2	2	7	5	+2	8		1–1	0–0	—	4–1
4	Rijeka	6	1	1	4	6	12	−6	4		1–2	0–1	2–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

22 October 2020 1	Rijeka	0–1	Real Sociedad	Rijeka, Croatia
18:55 CEST (UTC+2)	Andrijašević 1' Pavičić 36' Capan 90' Lepinjica 90+7'	Report	Merino 90' Bautista 90+3'	Stadium: Stadion Rujevica Attendance: 2,089 Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Poland)

29 October 2020 2	Real Sociedad	0–1	Napoli	San Sebastián, Spain
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Le Normand 72'	Report	Lozano 45' Politano 56' Osimhen 81' 90+2'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 0^[b] Referee: Craig Pawson (England)

5 November 2020 3	Real Sociedad	1–0	AZ	San Sebastián, Spain
18:55 CET (UTC+1)	Silva 45+1' Portu 58'	Report	Guðmundsson 7' Druijf 72' Svensson 90+2'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 0^[b] Referee: John Beaton (Scotland)

26 November 2020 4	AZ	0–0	Real Sociedad	Alkmaar, Netherlands
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Midtsjø 26' Svensson 42' Martins Indi 75' Chatzidiakos 79' Boadu 90+3'	Report	Oyarzabal 75'	Stadium: AFAS Stadion Attendance: 0^[b] Referee: Aleksandar Stavrev (North Macedonia)

3 December 2020 5	Real Sociedad	2–2	Rijeka	San Sebastián, Spain
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Merino 23' Bautista 69' Monreal 79'	Report	Velkovski 38' Andrijašević 41' Halilović 68' Lončar 73'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 0^[b] Referee: João Pinheiro (Portugal)

10 December 2020 6	Napoli	1–1	Real Sociedad	Naples, Italy
18:55 CET (UTC+1)	Mertens 25' Zieliński 35' Lozano 41' Fabián 59'	Report	Zubimendi 39' Le Normand 68' Zubeldia 82' Willian José 90+2'	Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 0^[b] Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel)

Knockout phase

Round of 32

The draw for the round of 32 was held on 14 December 2020.^[29]

18 February 2021 First leg	Real Sociedad	0–4	Manchester United	Turin, Italy
18:55 CET (UTC+1)	Le Normand 89'	Report	Wan-Bissaka 8' Fernandes 27', 57' Rashford 65' James 90'	Stadium: Juventus Stadium Attendance: 0^[b] Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)
Note: The match, originally to be played at Anoeta in San Sebastián, was moved to Juventus Stadium in Turin, due to restrictions imposed by Spain on travelers from the United Kingdom out of concern of the COVID-19 variant B.1.1.7.^[30]^[31]

25 February 2021 Second leg	Manchester United	0–0 (4–0 agg.)	Real Sociedad	Manchester, England
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Fred 41' Williams 50' Lindelöf 65'	Report	Oyarzabal 14'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 0^[b] Referee: Lawrence Visser (Belgium)

Statistics

Squad statistics

Last updated on 22 May 2021. Does not include the 2020 Copa del Rey Final, delayed until April 2021 and counted in the 2020–21 season in some resources – these stats are recorded under the 2019–20 Real Sociedad season article.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		La Liga		Copa del Rey		Supercopa de España		UEFA Europa League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ESP	Álex Remiro	48	0	38	0	2	0	1	0	7	0
13	GK	ESP	Miguel Ángel Moyá	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Defenders
2	DF	ESP	Joseba Zaldúa	18	0	6+6	0	1	0	0+1	0	4	0
6	DF	ESP	Aritz Elustondo	28	1	22+1	1	2	0	0	0	3	0
12	DF	ESP	Aihen Muñoz	19	0	14+2	0	1	0	0	0	1+1	0
15	DF	FRA	Modibo Sagnan	21	0	7+9	0	1	0	0	0	3+1	0
18	DF	ESP	Andoni Gorosabel	40	0	28+4	0	1	0	1	0	3+3	0
20	DF	ESP	Nacho Monreal	35	2	23+3	1	1	0	1	0	7	1
24	DF	FRA	Robin Le Normand	43	0	30+3	0	1+1	0	1	0	7	0
26	DF	ESP	Jon Pacheco	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	DF	ESP	Aritz Arambarri	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
4	MF	ESP	Asier Illarramendi	9	0	6	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
5	MF	ESP	Igor Zubeldia	31	1	21+3	1	0+2	0	1	0	4	0
7	MF	ESP	Portu	47	9	24+13	8	1	0	1	0	5+3	1
8	MF	ESP	Mikel Merino	36	2	25+1	2	1	0	1	0	8	0
11	MF	BEL	Adnan Januzaj	36	4	12+15	4	0+1	0	0+1	0	5+2	0
14	MF	ESP	Jon Guridi	22	0	8+9	0	1+1	0	1	0	0+2	0
16	MF	ESP	Ander Guevara	38	1	25+6	1	0+1	0	1	0	4+1	0
17	MF	ESP	Martín Merquelanz	17	0	4+9	0	1+1	0	0	0	0+2	0
21	MF	ESP	David Silva	26	2	17+4	2	0	0	0	0	5	0
23	MF	ESP	Luca Sangalli	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF	ESP	Roberto López	20	3	4+13	3	1	0	0	0	0+2	0
29	MF	ESP	Robert Navarro	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	MF	ESP	Martín Zubimendi	41	0	17+14	0	1+1	0	0+1	0	5+2	0
37	MF	ESP	Urko González	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW	ESP	Carlos Fernández	12	1	4+7	1	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
10	FW	ESP	Mikel Oyarzabal	43	13	30+3	11	1+1	1	1	1	7	0
19	FW	SWE	Alexander Isak	44	17	30+4	17	1	0	1	0	7+1	0
22	FW	ESP	Ander Barrenetxea	40	3	13+18	3	1+1	0	0+1	0	0+6	0
25	FW	ESP	Jon Bautista	27	2	0+21	0	0	0	0+1	0	0+5	2
Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club
3	DF	ESP	Diego Llorente	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	BRA	Willian José	21	6	8+5	3	1	2	0+1	0	1+5	1
30	GK	ESP	Andoni Zubiaurre	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goalscorers

As of 30 January 2021

Rank	No.	Pos	Name	La Liga	Copa del Rey	Supercopa de España	Europa League	Total
1	13	MF	Mikel Oyarzabal	11	1	1	0	13
2	7	MF	Portu	5	0	0	1	6
	9	FW	Willian José	3	2	0	1	6
	14	FW	Alexander Isak	6	0	0	0	6
5	11	MF	Adnan Januzaj	2	0	0	0	2
	28	MF	Roberto López	2	0	0	0	2
	25	FW	Jon Bautista	0	0	0	2	2
	20	DF	Nacho Monreal	1	0	0	1	2
	22	FW	Ander Barrenetxea	2	0	0	0	2
10	8	MF	Mikel Merino	1	0	0	0	1
10	21	MF	David Silva	1	0	0	0	1
Own goal				1	0	0	0	1
Totals				32	3	1	5	41

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj ^ak ^al ^am The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain.^[22]
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the match was played behind closed doors.

References

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^ "Le MHSC tient son nouveau gardien: Gerónimo Rulli" [MHSC has its new keeper: Gerónimo Rulli] (in French). Montpellier HSC's official website. 14 August 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
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^ "Acuerdo para su cesión al Mirandés" [Agreement for their loan to Mirandés] (in Spanish). Real Sociedad. 19 July 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
^ "Oficial: Merquelanz y Guridi, cedidos un año al Mirandés" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 19 July 2019.
^ "Loan agreement with CD Mirandés". Real Sociedad. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
^ "La Real ficha a David Silva". Real Sociedad. Archived from the original on 18 August 2020.
^ "Oficial: la Real Sociedad incorpora a Carlos Fernández". AS. 24 January 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
^ "Agreement over the transfer of Martin Odegaard". Real Sociedad. 5 July 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
^ "David Zurutuza cuelga las botas en la Real Sociedad con una subasta solidaria" (in Spanish). Goal. 23 July 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
^ "Osasuna se hace con los servicios de Raúl Navas". Archived from the original on 14 August 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
^ "Gero Rulli is a Yellow!". Villarreal CF. 4 September 2020. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
^ "Real and SD Eibar agree Kevin loan deal". Real Sociedad. 12 September 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
^ "Leeds United sign Diego Llorente". Leeds United. 24 September 2020. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
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^ "Oficial: Zubiaurre se marcha a la Cultural Leonesa" (in Spanish). El Desmarque. 1 October 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
^ "Willian Jose: Wolves sign Real Sociedad striker on loan". BBC Sport. 23 January 2021. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
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^ "La Liga pins hopes on the unpredictable as Spanish football returns without heavyweights". Yahoo Sports. 11 September 2020. Archived from the original on 24 October 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
^ "LaLiga adelanta el Madrid-Athletic y el Barça-Real Sociedad al 15 y 16 de diciembre". BeSoccer (in Spanish). 20 November 2020.
^ Due to the on-going renovations of the Santiago Bernabéu, Real Madrid played their home matches at the Alfredo di Stéfano.
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^ "Supercopa semi-finals: Real Sociedad vs Barcelona and Real Madrid vs Athletic Club". marca.com. 17 December 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
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^ "Europa League round of 32 draw: all you need to know". UEFA.com. 14 December 2020.
^ "UEFA Europa League venue changes". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 8 February 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
^ "Europa League: Real Sociedad v Manchester United in Turin; Benfica v Arsenal in Rome". BBC Sport. 9 February 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2021.

External links

Official website

[table_note_res_ELGS0.19142119921344-19] Since the winners of the 2020–21 Copa del Rey, Barcelona, qualified for the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the sixth-placed team, and the spot awarded to the sixth-placed team (2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League play-off round) was passed to the seventh-placed team, Villarreal.

[table_note_res_ELTH0.19142119921344-20] Villarreal qualified for the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League by winning the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League. Based on their league position (7th), they would have received the spot above to enter the Europa Conference League play-off round. This spot was vacated without replacement as per UEFA regulations.

[Covid-25] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj ^ak ^al ^am The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain.^[22]

[Behind_closed_doors-32] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the match was played behind closed doors.

[1] "First team numbers and shirt names". Real Sociedad. Retrieved 14 August 2018.

[2] "La Real Sociedad confirma la cesión de Jon Bautista al KAS Eupen belga". EiTB Radio. 11 July 2019.

[3] "Le MHSC tient son nouveau gardien: Gerónimo Rulli" [MHSC has its new keeper: Gerónimo Rulli] (in French). Montpellier HSC's official website. 14 August 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2019.

[4] "Acuerdo para su cesión al CD Leganés" [Agreement for his loan to CD Leganés] (in Spanish). CD Leganés. 2 September 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.

[5] "Acuerdo para su cesión al Mirandés" [Agreement for their loan to Mirandés] (in Spanish). Real Sociedad. 19 July 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.

[6] "Oficial: Merquelanz y Guridi, cedidos un año al Mirandés" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 19 July 2019.

[7] "Loan agreement with CD Mirandés". Real Sociedad. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2020.

[8] "La Real ficha a David Silva". Real Sociedad. Archived from the original on 18 August 2020.

[9] "Oficial: la Real Sociedad incorpora a Carlos Fernández". AS. 24 January 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2021.

[10] "Agreement over the transfer of Martin Odegaard". Real Sociedad. 5 July 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2019.

[11] "David Zurutuza cuelga las botas en la Real Sociedad con una subasta solidaria" (in Spanish). Goal. 23 July 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2020.

[12] "Osasuna se hace con los servicios de Raúl Navas". Archived from the original on 14 August 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2020.

[Gerónimo_Rulli-13] "Gero Rulli is a Yellow!". Villarreal CF. 4 September 2020. Retrieved 5 September 2020.

[14] "Real and SD Eibar agree Kevin loan deal". Real Sociedad. 12 September 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2020.

[15] "Leeds United sign Diego Llorente". Leeds United. 24 September 2020. Retrieved 24 September 2020.

[16] "Oficial: Nais Djouahra jugará cedido en el Mirandés esta temporada" (in Spanish). El Desmarque. 30 September 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2020.

[17] "Oficial: Zubiaurre se marcha a la Cultural Leonesa" (in Spanish). El Desmarque. 1 October 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2020.

[18] "Willian Jose: Wolves sign Real Sociedad striker on loan". BBC Sport. 23 January 2021. Retrieved 23 January 2021.

[21] "Reglamento General – Art. 201" (PDF) (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 August 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2019.

[22] "El sorteo del calendario de Primera División, mañana lunes a las 18:30 en la sede de la RFEF". rfef.es (in Spanish). 30 August 2020.

[23] "El calendario oficial de LaLiga Santander 2020/21, a un clic". laliga.com (in Spanish). 31 August 2020.

[24] "La Liga pins hopes on the unpredictable as Spanish football returns without heavyweights". Yahoo Sports. 11 September 2020. Archived from the original on 24 October 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2020.

[26] "LaLiga adelanta el Madrid-Athletic y el Barça-Real Sociedad al 15 y 16 de diciembre". BeSoccer (in Spanish). 20 November 2020.

[27] Due to the on-going renovations of the Santiago Bernabéu, Real Madrid played their home matches at the Alfredo di Stéfano.

[28] "Matchday 33 of LaLiga Santander has been brought forward". laliga.com. 1 April 2021. Retrieved 6 April 2021.

[29] "La RFEF celebra mañana Asamblea extraordinaria y los sorteos de las Supercopas masculina y femenina". rfef.es. 16 December 2020. Archived from the original on 16 December 2020. Retrieved 16 December 2020.

[30] "Supercopa semi-finals: Real Sociedad vs Barcelona and Real Madrid vs Athletic Club". marca.com. 17 December 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2020.

[31] "2020/21 UEFA Europa League: all you need to know". UEFA.com. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2020.

[33] "Europa League round of 32 draw: all you need to know". UEFA.com. 14 December 2020.

[34] "UEFA Europa League venue changes". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 8 February 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2021.

[35] "Europa League: Real Sociedad v Manchester United in Turin; Benfica v Arsenal in Rome". BBC Sport. 9 February 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2021.

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