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
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

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

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]

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)

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)

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

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)

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

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

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]

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

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
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	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

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	Qualification for the Europa League group stage

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]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Group stage

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

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

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

^ ^a ^b Tied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference is used as the tiebreaker.

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)

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)

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.

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)

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)

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

Round of 16

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

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)

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

Last updated: 12 September 2022

Clean sheets

As of 11 October 2022.

Rank	Player	Matches played	La Liga	Europa League	Total
1	Álex Remiro	11	3	2	5
2	Andoni Zubiaurre	0	0	0	0
Total		11	3	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				Notes
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.

References

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[table_hth_RSO0.8158666467368-22] Tied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference is used as the tiebreaker.

[1] "First team". Real Sociedad. Retrieved 27 July 2022.

[Mohamed-Ali_Cho-2] "Official | Mohamed-Ali Cho signs for Real Sociedad". Get Football News France. 15 June 2022.

[3] "Official | Brais Méndez joins Real Sociedad on 6-year deal". OneFootball. 6 July 2022.

[4] "Ya está aquí". Real Sociedad (in Spanish). 19 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.

[5] "DONE DEAL: Real Betis sign Real Sociedad striker Willian Jose". OneFootball. 3 June 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.

[Portu-6] "COMUNICADO OFICIAL – Portu" (in Spanish). Getafe CF. 21 June 2022. Archived from the original on 22 June 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.

[7] "Tedesco leaves door open to Sørloth in Poulsen's absence: "He will train and we will talk to him."". BuliNews.com. 27 June 2022.

[8] "Jon Guridi se compromete con el Deportivo Alavés para las próximas cuatro temporadas" [Jon Guridi signs with Deportivo Alavés for the following four seasons] (in Spanish). Deportivo Alavés. 11 July 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2022.

[9] "Agreement with FC Utrecht for the loan of Sagnan". Real Sociedad. 11 July 2022.

[10] "Joseba Zaldua refuerza el lateral derecho" [Joseba Zaldua bolsters the right back] (in Spanish). Cádiz CF. 11 July 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2022.

[11] "Bautista, sexto fichaje armero" [Bautista, sixth armero signing] (in Spanish). SD Eibar. 22 July 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2022.

[12] "El delantero Julen Lobete se suma al proyecto del RC Celta" [Forward Julen Lobete joins the project of RC Celta] (in Spanish). Celta Vigo. 26 July 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2022.

[13] "La Real Sociedad traspasa a Nais Djouahra al Rijeka". 2 August 2022.

[14] "Mathew Ryan joins FCK". F.C. Copenhagen. Retrieved 9 August 2022.

[15] "Alexander Isak completes Newcastle move".

[16] "La Real 2022–23 arrancará su pretemporada el 7 de julio". Marca. 25 May 2022.

[17] "La Real jugará contra el Rayo Vallecano este sábado en un amistoso". 8 December 2022.

[18] "Reglamento General – Art. 201" (PDF) (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Retrieved 3 March 2021.

[19] "OFICIAL: Este es el CALENDARIO oficial de Primera División para la temporada 2022/2023". rfef.es (in Spanish). 23 June 2022.

[20] "These are the fixtures for the first Matchday of LaLiga Santander 2022/23". La Liga. 23 June 2022.

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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

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

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