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Real Sociedad

2017–18 season
President	Jokin Aperribay
Head coach	Eusebio Sacristán (until 19 March 2018) Imanol Alguacil (from 19 March 2018)
Stadium	Anoeta
La Liga	12th
Copa del Rey	Round of 32
UEFA Europa League	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Willian José (15) All: Willian José (20)
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The 2017–18 Real Sociedad season is the club's 71st season in La Liga. This article shows player statistics and all matches (official and friendly) played by the club during the 2017–18 season.

It was the first season since 2010–11 without the Mexican winger Carlos Vela who departed the basquean club to be transferred to MLS club Los Angeles FC.

Transfers

• List of Spanish football transfers summer 2017#Real Sociedad

In

Date	Player	From	Type	Fee	Ref
27 July 2017	Alberto de la Bella	Olympiacos	Loan return	Free
30 June 2017	Rubén Pardo	Real Betis	Loan return	Free
30 June 2017	Alain Oyarzun	Mirandés	Loan return	Free
30 June 2017	Srđan Babić	Reus	Loan return	Free
30 June 2017	Pablo Hervías	Elche	Loan return	Free
30 June 2017	Héctor	Granada	Loan return	Free
30 June 2017	Eneko Capilla	Numancia	Loan return	Free
1 July 2017	Kévin Rodrigues	Real Sociedad B	Promoted
1 July 2017	Igor Zubeldia	Real Sociedad B	Promoted
1 July 2017	Jon Bautista	Real Sociedad B	Promoted
1 July 2017	Álvaro Odriozola	Real Sociedad B	Promoted
1 July 2017	Diego Llorente	Real Madrid	Transfer	Undisclosed
12 July 2017	Adnan Januzaj	Manchester United	Transfer	Undisclosed

Out

Date	Player	To	Type	Fee	Ref
12 June 2017	Héctor	Alavés	Loan	Free
1 July 2017	Mikel González	Released / Real Zaragoza	Expiry	Free
4 July 2017	Joseba Zaldúa	Leganés	Loan	Free
5 July 2017	Pablo Hervías	Eibar	Transfer	Free
6 July 2017	Alain Oyarzun	Real Zaragoza	Transfer	Free
7 July 2017	Esteban Granero	Espanyol	Transfer	Free
7 July 2017	Yuri Berchiche	Paris Saint-Germain	Transfer	€16,000,000
7 July 2017	Srđan Babić	Red Star Belgrade	Loan	Free
18 July 2017	Markel Bergara	Getafe	Loan	Free
24 July 2017	Ander Bardají	Huesca	Transfer	Free
11 August 2017	David Concha	Barcelona B	Loan	Free
22 August 2017	Jon Gaztañaga	Gimnàstic	Transfer	Free
1 January 2018	Carlos Vela	Los Angeles FC	Transfer	€9,000,000

Competitions

Overall

La Liga

League table

1. Eibar finished ahead of Girona on head-to-head points: Eibar 4–1 Girona, Girona 1–4 Eibar.
2. ^ Head-to-head points: Espanyol 8, Real Sociedad 4, Celta Vigo 4 (Espanyol 2–1 Real Sociedad, Real Sociedad 1–1 Espanyol, Espanyol 2–1 Celta Vigo, Celta Vigo 2–2 Espanyol, Real Sociedad 1–2 Celta Vigo, Celta Vigo 2–3 Real Sociedad).

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Copa del Rey

Round of 32

UEFA Europa League

Group stage

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Zenit Saint Petersburg	6	5	1	0	17	5	+12	16	Advance to knockout phase
2	Real Sociedad	6	4	0	2	16	6	+10	12
3	Rosenborg	6	1	2	3	6	11	−5	5
4	Vardar	6	0	1	5	3	20	−17	1

14 September 2017 1	Real Sociedad	4–0	Rosenborg	San Sebastián
21:05 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Llorente 9', 77' Zurutuza 10' Skjelvik 41' (o.g.)	Report	Meling  72' Reginiussen  90+2'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 21,479 Referee: Paolo Mazzoleni (Italy)

28 September 2017 2	Zenit Saint Petersburg	3–1	Real Sociedad	Saint Petersburg
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Rigoni 5' Kokorin 24', 60'	Report	Llorente 41'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 50,487 Referee: Andre Marriner (England)

19 October 2017 3	Vardar	0–6	Real Sociedad	Skopje
19:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Hambardzumyan  61'	Report	Oyarzabal 12' Willian José 34', 42', 55', 59' De la Bella 90'	Stadium: Philip II Arena Attendance: 20,368 Referee: Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan)

2 November 2017 4	Real Sociedad	3–0	Vardar	San Sebastián
21:05 CET (UTC+01:00)	Juanmi 31' De la Bella 69' Bautista 81'	Report	Hambardzumyan  12' Novak  42'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 17,242 Referee: Robert Schörgenhofer (Australia)

23 November 2017 5	Rosenborg	0–1	Real Sociedad	Trondheim
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Skjelvik  90+3'	Report	Oyarzabal 90' Martínez  90+4'	Stadium: Lerkendal Stadion Attendance: 18,307 Referee: Daniel Stefański (Poland)

7 December 2017 6	Real Sociedad	1–3	Zenit Saint Petersburg	San Sebastián
21:05 CET (UTC+01:00)	Willian José 58' Canales  77'	Report	Kranevitter  28' Yerokhin 35',  76' Ivanović 64' Paredes 85'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 20,609 Referee: Liran Liany (Israel)

Knockout phase

Round of 32

15 February 2018 First Leg	Real Sociedad	2–2	Red Bull Salzburg	San Sebastián
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rulli  28' Illarramendi  36' Moreno  41' Odriozola 57' Prieto  72' Januzaj 80' Elustondo  83'	Report	Oyarzabal 27' (o.g.) Hwang  41' Ramalho  60' Samassékou  62' Yabo  74' Ćaleta-Car  79' Dabour  83' Minamino 90+4'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 19,790 Referee: Bobby Madden (Scotland)

22 February 2018 Second Leg	Red Bull Salzburg	2–1 (4–3 agg.)	Real Sociedad	Salzburg
21:05 CET (UTC+01:00)	Schlager  9' Dabour 10',  32' V. Berisha 74' (pen.)	Report	Navas  24'  71', 28' Illarramendi  90+1'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 13,912 Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Last updated on 20 May 2018.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		La Liga		Copa del Rey		Europa League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ARG	Gerónimo Rulli	34	0	26	0	0	0	8	0
13	GK	ESP	Toño	7	0	3+1	0	2	0	0+1	0
25	GK	ESP	Miguel Ángel Moyà	9	0	9	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	ESP	Carlos Martínez	2	0	0+1	0	1	0	0	0
3	DF	ESP	Diego Llorente	34	7	26+1	3	1	1	5+1	3
6	DF	MEX	Héctor Moreno	9	1	8	1	0	0	1	0
15	DF	ESP	Aritz Elustondo	24	3	18+1	3	0	0	4+1	0
19	DF	ESP	Álvaro Odriozola	41	1	32+3	0	0	0	6	1
20	DF	POR	Kévin Rodrigues	22	1	18+2	1	0	0	2	0
22	DF	ESP	Raúl Navas	25	1	20	0	2	0	3	1
24	DF	ESP	Alberto de la Bella	26	2	17	0	2	0	6+1	2
27	DF	ESP	Andoni Gorosabel	5	0	1+1	0	1	0	2	0
Midfielders
4	MF	ESP	Asier Illarramendi	44	7	35+1	7	0	0	6+2	0
5	MF	ESP	Igor Zubeldia	31	1	16+9	1	0+1	0	3+2	0
8	MF	BEL	Adnan Januzaj	35	4	18+10	3	1	0	3+3	1
10	MF	ESP	Xabi Prieto	34	3	24+2	3	2	0	6	0
14	MF	ESP	Rubén Pardo	10	0	3+3	0	2	0	1+1	0
16	MF	ESP	Sergio Canales	45	4	20+16	4	2	0	6+1	0
17	MF	FRA	David Zurutuza	37	1	26+5	0	0+1	0	5	1
18	MF	ESP	Mikel Oyarzabal	43	14	31+4	12	1+1	0	6	2
30	MF	ESP	Jon Guridi	4	0	0+4	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
7	FW	ESP	Juanmi	38	10	18+12	8	2	1	3+3	1
9	FW	ESP	Imanol Agirretxe	13	0	2+9	0	0	0	1+1	0
12	FW	BRA	Willian José	40	20	32+2	15	0	0	5+1	5
21	FW	ESP	Jon Bautista	20	2	1+10	1	1+1	0	2+5	1
29	FW	ESP	Ander Guevara	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club
6	DF	ESP	Iñigo Martínez	16	1	12	1	1	0	3	0
11	FW	MEX	Carlos Vela	17	1	2+11	1	1+1	0	1+1	0
23	MF	ESP	Jon Gaztañaga	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Cards

Accounts for all competitions. Last updated on 22 December 2017.

No.	Pos.	Name
1	GK	Gerónimo Rulli	3	0
3	DF	Diego Llorente	6	1
4	MF	Asier Illaramendi	4	1
5	MF	Igor Zubeldia	1	0
6	DF	Iñigo Martínez	1	0
7	FW	Juanmi	1	0
8	MF	Adnan Januzaj	3	0
10	MF	Xabi Prieto	1	0
11	FW	Carlos Vela	1	0
12	FW	Willian Jose	1	0
13	GK	Toño	1	0
15	DF	Aritz Elustondo	1	0
16	MF	Sergio Canales	1	0
17	MF	David Zurutuza	1	0
18	MF	Mikel Oyarzabal	1	0
19	DF	Álvaro Odriozola	2	0
20	DF	Kévin Rodrigues	1	0
22	DF	Raúl Navas	2	0
24	DF	Alberto de la Bella	1	0

Clean sheets

Last updated on 22 December 2017.

Number	Nation	Name	Matches Played	La Liga	Copa del Rey	Europa League	Total
1		Gerónimo Rulli	23	4	0	4	8
13		Toño	2	0	1	0	1
TOTALS				4	1	4	9

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