2022–23 Real Sociedad season

Real Sociedad

2022–23 season
President	Jokin Aperribay
Head coach	Imanol Alguacil
Stadium	Anoeta Stadium
La Liga	4th
Copa del Rey	Quarter-finals
UEFA Europa League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Alexander Sørloth (12) All: Alexander Sørloth (16)
Highest home attendance	38,296 vs Athletic Bilbao
Lowest home attendance	25,806 vs Sheriff Tiraspol
Biggest win	Coria 0–5 Real Sociedad
Biggest defeat	Real Sociedad 1–4 Barcelona
Home colours Away colours

The 2022–23 season was the 113th season in the history of Real Sociedad and their 13th consecutive season in the top flight. The club participated in La Liga, the Copa del Rey, and the UEFA Europa League.

Players

First-team squad

As of 12 September 2022^[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 Álex Sola 3 MF  ESP Martín Zubimendi 4 MF  ESP Asier Illarramendi (captain) 5 MF  ESP Igor Zubeldia 6 DF  ESP Aritz Elustondo (3rd captain) 7 FW  ESP Ander Barrenetxea 8 MF  ESP Mikel Merino (4th captain) 9 FW  ESP Carlos Fernández 10 FW  ESP Mikel Oyarzabal (vice-captain) 11 FW  FRA Momo Cho 12 DF  ESP Aihen Muñoz 13 GK  ESP Andoni Zubiaurre

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 FW  JPN Takefusa Kubo 15 DF  ESP Diego Rico 16 MF  ESP Ander Guevara 18 DF  ESP Andoni Gorosabel 20 DF  ESP Jon Pacheco 21 MF  ESP David Silva 23 MF  ESP Brais Méndez 24 DF  ESP Robin Le Normand 25 FW  NGA Umar Sadiq 27 MF  ESP Beñat Turrientes 29 MF  ESP Robert Navarro 30 MF  ESP Urko González de Zárate 33 FW  ESP Jon Karrikaburu

Reserve team

Main article: Real Sociedad B

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 28 FW  ESP Ander Martín 31 MF  ESP Jon Ander Olasagasti 32 GK  ESP Unai Marrero

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 Gaizka Ayesa (at Numancia until 30 June 2023) — DF  ESP Iñaki Recio (at Calahorra until 30 June 2023) — DF  ESP Kerman Sukía (at Calahorra until 30 June 2023) — DF  FRA Modibo Sagnan (at Utrecht until 30 June 2023)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  SVK Peter Pokorný (at Fehérvár until 30 June 2023) — MF  ESP Portu (at Getafe until 30 June 2023) — MF  ESP Roberto López (at Mirandés until 30 June 2023)

Transfers

In

Date	Player	From	Type	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2022	Mohamed-Ali Cho	Angers	Transfer	€12M	[2]
6 July 2022	Brais Méndez	Celta Vigo	Transfer	€14M	[3]
19 July 2022	Takefusa Kubo	Real Madrid	Transfer	Undisclosed	[4]
28 August 2022	Alexander Sørloth	RB Leipzig	Loan	Undisclosed
31 August 2022	Umar Sadiq	Almería	Transfer	€20M

Out

Date	Player	To	Type	Fee	Ref.
3 June 2022	Willian José	Real Betis	Buyout clause	€8.5M	[5]
1 July 2022	Adnan Januzaj	Released
1 July 2022	Portu	Getafe	Loan		[6]
1 July 2022	Alexander Sørloth	RB Leipzig	Loan return		[7]
11 July 2022	Jon Guridi	Alavés	Transfer	Free	[8]
11 July 2022	Modibo Sagnan	Utrecht	Loan		[9]
11 July 2022	Joseba Zaldúa	Cádiz	Transfer	Free	[10]
22 July 2022	Jon Bautista	Eibar	Transfer	Free	[11]
26 July 2022	Julen Lobete	Celta Vigo	Transfer	Undisclosed	[12]
2 August 2022	Naïs Djouahra	Rijeka	Transfer	€750K	[13]
9 August 2022	Mathew Ryan	Copenhagen	Transfer	€5M	[14]
26 August 2022	Alexander Isak	Newcastle United	Transfer	€68M	[15]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

La Real announced that the team would start training on 7 July.^[16]

Real Sociedad v Toulouse

16 July 2022 Friendly	Real Sociedad	0–1	Toulouse	San Sebastián
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Aboukhlal 76'	Stadium: Estadio Zubieta XXI Attendance: 5,014 Referee: Daniel Palencia Caballero (Spain)

Borussia Mönchengladbach v Real Sociedad

23 July 2022 Friendly	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1–1	Real Sociedad	Mönchengladbach, Germany
15:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Bensebaini 43' (pen.)	Report	Le Normand  43' Karrikaburu 60'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 10,774 Referee: Robin Braun (Germany)

Real Sociedad v Osasuna

27 July 2022 Friendly	Real Sociedad	1–0	Osasuna	San Sebastián
19:00 CEST (UTC+1)	Aguirre 89'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Zubieta XXI Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Ibai Rezola Etxeberria

Bournemouth v Real Sociedad

30 July 2022 Friendly	Bournemouth	1–2	Real Sociedad	Bournemouth, England
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Smith  55' Stanislas 81'	Report	Merino 9' Zubeldia 56'	Stadium: Dean Court Referee: Michael Salisbury (England)

Real Sociedad v Eibar

5 August 2022 Friendly	Real Sociedad	1–2	Eibar	San Sebastián
11:00 CEST (UTC+1)	Cho 66'	Report	Arbilla 47' Bautista 60'	Stadium: Estadio Zubieta XXI Referee: Dani Palencia

Athletic Bilbao v Real Sociedad

5 August 2022 EH Txapela	Athletic Bilbao	1–0	Real Sociedad	Barakaldo
20:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Vesga 22'	Report	Rico  52'  71'	Stadium: Estadio Lasesarre Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

Real Sociedad v Anderlecht

10 December 2022 Friendly	Real Sociedad	Cancelled	Anderlecht	San Sebastián
19:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Anoeta
Note: The match was cancelled due to the high number of injuries among Anderlecht players.[17]

Real Sociedad v Rayo Vallecano

10 December 2022 Friendly	Real Sociedad	1–1	Rayo Vallecano	San Sebastián
12:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sørloth 8'	Report	Nteka 27' Abdul Mumin  57'	Stadium: Anoeta Referee: César Soto Grado

Leeds United v Real Sociedad

16 December 2022 Friendly	Leeds United	2–1	Real Sociedad	Leeds, England
19:45 GMT (UTC±0)	Struijk 16' Roca  35' Rodrigo 58' Hjelde  60'	Report	Zubimendi 10' Zubeldia  15' Elustondo  90'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 22,826 Referee: Michael Sailsbury (England)

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
La Liga	14 August 2022	4 June 2023	Matchday 1	4th	38	21	8	9	51	35	+16	055.26
Copa del Rey	13 November 2022	25 January 2023	First round	Quarter-finals	5	4	0	1	11	2	+9	080.00
UEFA Europa League	8 September 2022	16 March 2023	Group stage	Round of 16	8	5	1	2	10	4	+6	062.50
Total					51	30	9	12	72	41	+31	058.82

Source: Soccerway

La Liga

Main article: 2022–23 La Liga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Real Madrid	38	24	6	8	75	36	+39	78	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
3	Atlético Madrid	38	23	8	7	70	33	+37	77
4	Real Sociedad	38	21	8	9	51	35	+16	71
5	Villarreal	38	19	7	12	59	40	+19	64	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
6	Real Betis	38	17	9	12	46	41	+5	60

Source: LaLiga Santander
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)^[18]

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	21	8	9	51	35	+16	71	11	5	3	26	16	+10	10	3	6	25	19	+6

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	D	L	D	D	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	L	W
Position	6	11	8	9	11	8	7	6	5	3	4	5	6	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

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

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 23 June 2022.^[19][20]

Cádiz v Real Sociedad

14 August 2022 1	Cádiz	0–1	Real Sociedad	Cádiz
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Zaldúa  45' Pérez  45+1' Alejo  70' Fali  85'	Report	Kubo 24' Méndez  85' Illarramendi  90+8'	Stadium: Nuevo Mirandilla Attendance: 16,570 Referee: Isidro Díaz de Mera Escuderos

Real Sociedad v Barcelona

21 August 2022 2	Real Sociedad	1–4	Barcelona	San Sebastián
22:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Isak 6' Elustondo  21' Le Normand  41'	Report	Lewandowski 1', 68' Araújo  51' Dembélé 66' Fati 79'	Stadium: Reale Arena Attendance: 36,201 Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero

Elche v Real Sociedad

27 August 2022 3	Elche	0–1	Real Sociedad	Elche
17:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Gumbau  10' Morente  30' Mojica  79'	Report	Méndez 20' Merino 34',  45+2' Zubeldia  49' Karrikaburu  86'	Stadium: Martínez Valero Attendance: 22,656 Referee: Javier Iglesias Villanueva

Real Sociedad v Atlético Madrid

3 September 2022 4	Real Sociedad	1–1	Atlético Madrid	San Sebastián
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Zubimendi  28' Cho  35' Sadiq 55' Zubeldia  57' Gorosabel  72' Merino  90+7'	Report	Morata 5',  61' Saúl  12' De Paul  24' Llorente  35'	Stadium: Reale Arena Attendance: 35,366 Referee: César Soto Grado

Getafe v Real Sociedad

11 September 2022 5	Getafe	2–1	Real Sociedad	Getafe
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Mayoral 14' Aleñá  41', 48' Ünal 45+5' Iglesias  56' Suárez  86' Duarte  90+5'	Report	Méndez 50' Gorosabel  74'	Stadium: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez Attendance: 11,112 Referee: Juan Luis Pulido Santana

Real Sociedad v Espanyol

18 September 2022 6	Real Sociedad	2–1	Espanyol	San Sebastián
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Méndez 17',  82' Sørloth 29',  88' Elustondo  83'	Report	Expósito 19'	Stadium: Reale Arena Attendance: 31,511 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

Girona v Real Sociedad

2 October 2022 7	Girona	3–5	Real Sociedad	Girona
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Riquelme 23' Arnau 27' Castellanos 48',  90+4' Romeu  57' Gutiérrez  65'	Report	Sørloth 8', 42' Méndez 66' Zubimendi 71' Kubo 85' Merino  87'	Stadium: Estadi Montilivi Attendance: 12,217 Referee: Mario Melero López

Real Sociedad v Villarreal

9 October 2022 8	Real Sociedad	1–0	Villarreal	San Sebastián
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Méndez 33',  68' Silva  55' Elustondo  75' Sola  82' Fernández  90+1'	Report	Lo Celso  44' Albiol  65' Torres  78'	Stadium: Reale Arena Attendance: 32,689 Referee: César Soto Grado

Celta Vigo v Real Sociedad

16 October 2022 9	Celta Vigo	1–2	Real Sociedad	Vigo
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Aspas 39' Larsen  45+8' Mallo  49' Pérez  77' Mingueza  81' Marchesín  90+2' Paciência  90+4'	Report	Illarramendi  24', 30' Le Normand  45' Zubimendi  45+4' Zubeldia 54',  69' Silva  68' Barrenetxea  89' Navarro  90+3'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 13,101 Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández

Real Sociedad v Mallorca

19 October 2022 10	Real Sociedad	1–0	Mallorca	San Sebastián
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Merino 4' Guevara  51'	Report	Maffeo  63' Grenier  81'	Stadium: Reale Arena Attendance: 27,085 Referee: Miguel Ángel Ortiz Arias

Valladolid v Real Sociedad

22 October 2022 11	Valladolid	1–0	Real Sociedad	Valladolid
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)	J. Sánchez  6' León 16' Plano  51'	Report	Zubimendi  27' Navarro  46' Méndez  60'	Stadium: José Zorrilla Attendance: 21,175 Referee: Jorge Figueroa Vázquez

Real Sociedad v Real Betis

30 October 2022 12	Real Sociedad	0–2	Real Betis	San Sebastián
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Marín  35' Le Normand  58' Pacheco  76' Merino  90+5'	Report	González  51' Fekir  65' Akouokou  84' Cruz 86' Iglesias 90+3' Guardado  90+5'	Stadium: Reale Arena Attendance: 32,435 Referee: Javier Iglesias Villanueva

Real Sociedad v Valencia

6 November 2022 13	Real Sociedad	1–1	Valencia	San Sebastián
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Rico  8' Guillamón 10' (o.g.) Elustondo  17' Zubimendi  90'	Report	Lino 25'	Stadium: Reale Arena Attendance: 32,773 Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero

Sevilla v Real Sociedad

9 November 2022 14	Sevilla	1–2	Real Sociedad	Seville
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Rakitić  28' Nianzou  34' Navas  34' Torres  40' Mir 44'	Report	Sørloth 20' Méndez 36' Zubeldia  46' Pacheco  90'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 34,814 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

Real Sociedad v Osasuna

31 December 2022 15	Real Sociedad	2–0	Osasuna	San Sebastián
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Méndez 22',  68' Sørloth 64'	Report	U. García  57'	Stadium: Reale Arena Attendance: 34,847 Referee: Valentín Pizarro Gómez

Almería v Real Sociedad

8 January 2023 16	Almería	0–2	Real Sociedad	Almería
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Babić  90+2'	Report	Silva 47' Sørloth 53'	Stadium: Power Horse Stadium Attendance: 12,020 Referee: Javier Alberola Rojas

Real Sociedad v Athletic Bilbao

14 January 2023 17	Real Sociedad	3–1	Athletic Bilbao	San Sebastián
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sørloth 25',  48' Kubo 37',  38' Zubeldia  52' Oyarzabal 62' (pen.) Le Normand  83' Zubimendi  90+3'	Report	Sancet 40' D. García  43' Yeray  60' Vivian  60'	Stadium: Reale Arena Attendance: 38,229 Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández

Rayo Vallecano v Real Sociedad

21 January 2023 18	Rayo Vallecano	0–2	Real Sociedad	Madrid
14:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Sørloth 15' Barrenetxea 36'	Stadium: Campo de Fútbol de Vallecas Attendance: 12,874 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz

Real Madrid v Real Sociedad

29 January 2023 19	Real Madrid	0–0	Real Sociedad	Madrid
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Nacho  41'	Report	Zubimendi  27' Elustondo  65' Kubo  68' Remiro  90+4'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 58,123 Referee: Mario Melero López

Real Sociedad v Valladolid

5 February 2023 20	Real Sociedad	0–1	Valladolid	San Sebastián
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Rico  24' Barrenetxea  45' Illarramendi  69' Fernández  90+5'	Report	Sánchez  27' Olaza  31' Plano  38' Hongla  40' Larin 73',  90+2'	Stadium: Reale Arena Attendance: 32,208 Referee: Pablo González Fuertes

Espanyol v Real Sociedad

13 February 2023 21	Espanyol	2–3	Real Sociedad	Cornellà de Llobregat
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Gil  18' Braithwaite  57' Darder 74' Cabrera  80'  90+4' Oliván 87'	Report	Kubo 23' Sørloth 51' Cabrera 63' (o.g.) Fernández  90+7'	Stadium: RCDE Stadium Attendance: 15,732 Referee: Alejandro Muñiz Ruiz

Real Sociedad v Celta Vigo

18 February 2023 22	Real Sociedad	1–1	Celta Vigo	San Sebastián
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Oyarzabal 5' Zubimendi  47' Sørloth  59' Barrenetxea  62'	Report	Pérez  55' Núñez  59' Tapia  74'  75' Seferovic  90+1' Le Normand 90+3' (o.g.)	Stadium: Reale Arena Attendance: 29,312 Referee: Miguel Ángel Ortiz Arias

Valencia v Real Sociedad

25 February 2023 23	Valencia	1–0	Real Sociedad	Valencia
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Foulquier  11' Zubeldia 40' (o.g.) Musah  45' Castillejo  55' Lato  67' Mamardashvili  69' Gabriel  90+7'	Report	Zubimendi  4' Rico  36' Fernández  90+8'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 37,465 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

Real Sociedad v Cádiz

3 March 2023 24	Real Sociedad	0–0	Cádiz	San Sebastián
21:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	San Emeterio  53'	Stadium: Reale Arena Attendance: 28,733 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz

Mallorca v Real Sociedad

12 March 2023 25	Mallorca	1–1	Real Sociedad	Palma
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Rodríguez  11' Lee 50' González  79'	Report	Fernández 3',  41' Merino  90' Sørloth  90+5'	Stadium: Visit Mallorca Stadium Attendance: 13,840 Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera

Real Sociedad v Elche

19 March 2023 26	Real Sociedad	2–0	Elche	San Sebastián
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Méndez  31' Kubo 48' Zubimendi  76' Barrenetxea 90'	Report	Boyé  83'	Stadium: Reale Arena Attendance: 28,496 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez

Villarreal v Real Sociedad

2 April 2023 27	Villarreal	2–0	Real Sociedad	Villarreal
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Terrats  26' Reina  53' Foyth  65' Parejo 77' (pen.) Jackson 81',  82'  90+1'	Report	Zubeldia  27' Zubimendi  75' Silva  76'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 18,768 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

Real Sociedad v Getafe

8 April 2023 28	Real Sociedad	2–0	Getafe	San Sebastián
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Guevara  5' Oyarzabal 44', 45+2' Kubo 60' Illarramendi  79'	Report	Milla  20'	Stadium: Reale Arena Attendance: 27,606 Referee: Mario Melero López

Athletic Bilbao v Real Sociedad

15 April 2023 29	Athletic Bilbao	2–0	Real Sociedad	Bilbao
16:15 CEST (UTC+2)	I. Williams 33', 70' Capa  39' Guruzeta  45+3' D. García  47' Yeray  80' Vivian  83'	Report	Zubeldia  51' Le Normand  65'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 49,287 Referee: César Soto Grado

Real Sociedad v Rayo Vallecano

22 April 2023 30	Real Sociedad	2–1	Rayo Vallecano	San Sebastián
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Sørloth 59' Lejeune 81' (o.g.) Muñoz  90+2'	Report	Palazón 57' Valentín  68' Comesaña  72'	Stadium: Reale Arena Attendance: 32,054 Referee: Alejandro Muñiz Ruiz

Real Betis v Real Sociedad

25 April 2023 31	Real Betis	0–0	Real Sociedad	Seville
22:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Rodríguez  56'	Report	Zubimendi  38' Muñoz  58' Zubeldia  59'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 42,294 Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera

Osasuna v Real Sociedad

28 April 2023 32	Osasuna	0–2	Real Sociedad	Pamplona
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Cruz  67' Sánchez  83' Moncayola  89'	Report	Herrera 6' (o.g.) Zubeldia  88' Kubo 90'	Stadium: El Sadar Attendance: 21,570 Referee: Valentín Pizarro Gómez

Real Sociedad v Real Madrid

2 May 2023 33	Real Sociedad	2–0	Real Madrid	San Sebastián
22:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gorosabel  22' Kubo 47' Barrenetxea 85'	Report	Carvajal  53'  61' Ceballos  79' Nacho  87' Rodrygo  90+2'	Stadium: Reale Arena Attendance: 35,314 Referee: Juan Luis Pulido Santana

Real Sociedad v Girona

13 May 2023 34	Real Sociedad	2–2	Girona	San Sebastián
14:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Oyarzabal 5',  62' Zubeldia  11' Silva 47',  90+6' Le Normand  38' Barrenetxea  78' Zubimendi  90+5'	Report	Couto 37' Stuani 45+3' Romeu  49'  87' Martínez  55'	Stadium: Reale Arena Attendance: 30,027 Referee: Jorge Figueroa Vázquez

Barcelona v Real Sociedad

20 May 2023 35	Barcelona	1–2	Real Sociedad	Barcelona
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Lewandowski  53', 90' Busquets  72' Alonso  79' De Jong  85'	Report	Merino 5' Zubeldia  8' Illarramendi  37' Sørloth 72' Kubo  79' Fernández  85'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 88,049 Referee: Javier Alberola Rojas

Real Sociedad v Almería

23 May 2023 36	Real Sociedad	1–0	Almería	San Sebastián
19:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Kubo 45+4'	Report	Suárez  36' Eguaras  88'	Stadium: Reale Arena Attendance: 31,574 Referee: Pablo González Fuertes

Atlético Madrid v Real Sociedad

28 May 2023 37	Atlético Madrid	2–1	Real Sociedad	Madrid
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Griezmann 37' De Paul  59' Hermoso  63' Molina 73'	Report	Merino  27' Elustondo  54' Sørloth 88'	Stadium: Cívitas Metropolitano Attendance: 56,169 Referee: Juan Luis Pulido Santana

Real Sociedad v Sevilla

4 June 2023 38	Real Sociedad	2–1	Sevilla	San Sebastián
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Méndez 28' Cho 73'	Report	Hormigo  45' Lamela 77'	Stadium: Reale Arena Attendance: 35,065 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

Copa del Rey

Main article: 2022–23 Copa del Rey

Cazalegas v Real Sociedad

13 November 2022 First round	Cazalegas	1–4	Real Sociedad	Talavera de la Reina
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Rivera 68'	Report	Navarro 2' Sørloth 76', 78' Merino 80'	Stadium: El Prado Referee: Mario Melero López

Coria v Real Sociedad

21 December 2022 Second round	Coria	0–5	Real Sociedad	Coria
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Joserra  29' Melli  74'	Report	Navarro 5' Cho 17' Méndez 45+1' (pen.) Karrikaburu 79', 84'	Stadium: La Isla Attendance: 4,389 Referee: Alejandro Muñiz Ruiz

UD Logroñés v Real Sociedad

4 January 2023 Round of 32	UD Logroñés	0–1	Real Sociedad	Logroño
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sáenz  46' Doncel  72'	Report	Navarro 33' Muñoz  52' Sørloth  74'	Stadium: Las Gaunas Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Pablo González Fuertes

Real Sociedad v Mallorca

17 January 2023 Round of 16	Real Sociedad	1–0	Mallorca	San Sebastián
19:00 CET (UTC+1)	Navarro 5' Méndez  26' Pacheco  53' Le Normand  78'	Report	Cufré  41' González  52' Copete  90+1'	Stadium: Reale Arena Attendance: 23,408 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

Barcelona v Real Sociedad

25 January 2023 Quarter-finals	Barcelona	1–0	Real Sociedad	Barcelona
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Dembélé 52' Busquets  56' Pedri  59'	Report	Méndez  40' Zubimendi  66'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 59,610 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2022–23 UEFA Europa League

Group stage

Main article: 2022–23 UEFA Europa League group stage § Group E

The draw for the group stage was held on 26 August 2022.^[21]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		RSO	MUN	SHE	OMO
1	Real Sociedad	6	5	0	1	10	2	+8	15[a]	Advance to round of 16		—	0–1	3–0	2–1
2	Manchester United	6	5	0	1	10	3	+7	15[a]	Advance to knockout round play-offs		0–1	—	3–0	1–0
3	Sheriff Tiraspol	6	2	0	4	4	10	−6	6	Transfer to Europa Conference League		0–2	0–2	—	1–0
4	Omonia	6	0	0	6	3	12	−9	0			0–2	2–3	0–3	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

1. Tied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference is used as the tiebreaker.

Manchester United v Real Sociedad

8 September 2022 1	Manchester United	0–1	Real Sociedad	Manchester, England
20:00 BST (UTC+1)	Martínez  57' Fred  83' De Gea  90+4'	Report	Méndez 59' (pen.) Silva  60' Muñoz  70' Turrientes  89'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 74,310 Referee: Marco Di Bello (Italy)

Real Sociedad v Omonia

15 September 2022 2	Real Sociedad	2–1	Omonia	San Sebastián
18:45 CEST (UTC+2)	Guevara 30' Sørloth 80' Zubeldia  87'	Report	Diskerud  2' Bruno 72' Bachirou  83' Lang  90+2'	Stadium: Reale Arena Attendance: 28,587 Referee: Kristo Tohver (Estonia)

Sheriff Tiraspol v Real Sociedad

6 October 2022 3	Sheriff Tiraspol	0–2	Real Sociedad	Chișinău, Moldova
19:45 EEST (UTC+3)	Kyabou  17'  61' Atiemwen  31'	Report	Sola  29' Silva 53' Elustondo 62'	Stadium: Zimbru Stadium Attendance: 5,427 Referee: Harald Lechner (Austria)
Note: The match was played at the Zimbru Stadium in Chișinău, instead of Sheriff's regular stadium, the Sheriff Stadium in Tiraspol, due to Transnistria's involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Real Sociedad v Sheriff Tiraspol

13 October 2022 4	Real Sociedad	3–0	Sheriff Tiraspol	San Sebastián
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Sørloth 45+1' Rico  37', 66' Navarro 81'	Report	Mudasiru  14' Zohouri  25'  33'	Stadium: Reale Arena Attendance: 25,806 Referee: Enea Jorgji (Albania)

Omonia v Real Sociedad

27 October 2022 5	Omonia	0–2	Real Sociedad	Nicosia, Cyprus
22:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Lang  50' Papoulis  53' Cassamá  88'	Report	Navarro 45+2' Méndez 60',  84' Illarramendi  73'	Stadium: GSP Stadium Attendance: 11,780 Referee: Tamás Bognár (Hungary)

Real Sociedad v Manchester United

3 November 2022 6	Real Sociedad	0–1	Manchester United	San Sebastián
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	Méndez  64' Fernández  73'	Report	Garnacho 17' Martínez  62' Ronaldo  71' Dalot  87'	Stadium: Reale Arena Attendance: 36,744 Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)

Knockout phase

Main article: 2022–23 UEFA Europa League knockout phase

Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 24 February 2023.

Roma v Real Sociedad

9 March 2023 First leg	Roma	2–0	Real Sociedad	Rome, Italy
18:45 CET (UTC+1)	El Shaarawy 13' Kumbulla 87' Matić  90+4'	Report	Illarramendi  69' Zubeldia  71' Gorosabel  80' Zubimendi  85' Oyarzabal  90+4'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 61,608 Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)

Real Sociedad v Roma

16 March 2023 Second leg	Real Sociedad	0–0 (0–2 agg.)	Roma	San Sebastián
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Zubeldia  13' Rico  39' Fernández  87'  90+8'	Report	Karsdorp  6' Mancini  17' Smalling  90+8'	Stadium: Reale Arena Attendance: 35,054 Referee: István Kovács (Romania)

Statistics

Squad statistics

Last updated on 4 June 2023.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		La Liga		Copa del Rey		UEFA Europa League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ESP	Álex Remiro	50	0	38	0	4	0	8	0
13	GK	ESP	Andoni Zubiaurre	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	ESP	Álex Sola	16	0	3+7	0	1	0	2+3	0
6	DF	ESP	Aritz Elustondo	36	1	16+9	0	3+2	0	5+1	1
12	DF	ESP	Aihen Muñoz	27	0	20+3	0	2+1	0	1	0
15	DF	ESP	Diego Rico	31	1	18+2	0	3+1	0	7	1
18	DF	ESP	Andoni Gorosabel	35	0	19+8	0	2+1	0	4+1	0
20	DF	ESP	Jon Pacheco	25	0	12+5	0	2+1	0	5	0
24	DF	ESP	Robin Le Normand	41	0	31+2	0	4	0	4	0
26	DF	ESP	Aritz Arambarri	3	0	0	0	0	0	0+3	0
30	DF	ESP	Urko González	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
Midfielders
3	MF	ESP	Martín Zubimendi	44	1	35+1	1	3+1	0	4	0
4	MF	ESP	Asier Illarramendi	31	1	13+11	1	2+1	0	3+1	0
5	MF	ESP	Igor Zubeldia	39	1	29+2	1	3	0	4+1	0
8	MF	ESP	Mikel Merino	43	3	28+5	2	2+1	1	7	0
16	MF	ESP	Ander Guevara	16	1	2+6	0	2+1	0	4+1	1
21	MF	ESP	David Silva	34	3	25+3	2	1	0	5	1
23	MF	ESP	Brais Méndez	47	11	28+6	8	4+1	1	6+2	2
27	MF	ESP	Beñat Turrientes	13	0	1+5	0	1	0	1+5	0
29	MF	ESP	Robert Navarro	26	6	1+16	0	4+1	4	1+3	2
34	MF	ESP	Jon Magunazelaia	5	0	0+2	0	0+1	0	0+2	0
42	MF	ESP	Pablo Marín	17	0	3+7	0	2+3	0	1+1	0
46	MF	ESP	Jon Ander Olasagasti	4	0	0+3	0	0+1	0	0	0
Forwards
7	FW	ESP	Ander Barrenetxea	25	3	9+14	3	0+1	0	0+1	0
9	FW	ESP	Carlos Fernández	30	1	8+16	1	0+2	0	2+2	0
10	FW	ESP	Mikel Oyarzabal	28	4	14+9	4	2+1	0	1+1	0
11	FW	FRA	Momo Cho	24	2	5+14	1	1	1	1+3	0
14	FW	JPN	Takefusa Kubo	43	9	28+6	9	1+1	0	4+3	0
19	FW	NOR	Alexander Sørloth	30	16	18	12	4+1	2	5+2	2
25	FW	NGA	Umar Sadiq	3	1	1+1	1	0	0	1	0
28	FW	ESP	Ander Martín	4	0	0+3	0	0+1	0	0	0
Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club
33	FW	ESP	Jon Karrikaburu	12	2	0+6	0	1+1	2	2+2	0

Goalscorers

Rank	Pos	No.	Nat.	Player	La Liga	Copa del Rey	Europa League	Total
1	MF	23		Brais Méndez	7	0	1	6
2	FW	19		Alexander Sørloth	10	0	1	4
3	MF	14		Takefusa Kubo	8	0	0	2
4	FW	25		Umar Sadiq	1	0	0	1
	FW	19		Alexander Isak	1	0	0	1
Own goals					0	0	0	0
Totals					5	0	0	6

Last updated: 12 September 2022

Clean sheets

As of 11 October 2022.

Rank	Player	Matches played	La Liga	Copa del Rey	Europa League	Total
1	Álex Remiro	11	3	0	2	5
2	Andoni Zubiaurre	0	0	0	0	0
Total		11	3	0	2	5

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches. Players listed below made at least one appearance for Real Sociedad first squad during the season.

N	P	Nat.	Name	La Liga			Europa League			Total			Notes
18	DF		Andoni Gorosabel	2						2
8	MF		Mikel Merino	2						2
5	MF		Igor Zubeldia	2						2
23	MF		Brais Méndez	1						1
4	MF		Asier Illarramendi	1						1
6	DF		Aritz Elustondo	1						1
24	DF		Robin Le Normand	1						1
33	FW		Jon Karrikaburu	1						1
3	MF		Martín Zubimendi	1						1
11	MF		Momo Cho	1						1
21	MF		David Silva				1			1
12	DF		Aihen Muñoz				1			1
27	MF		Beñat Turrientes				1			1

Source: Matches
Ordered by , and
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

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