Real Sociedad
Real Sociedad de Fútbol ( "Royal Football Company"), short- form Real Sociedad or La Real, mostly in Basque Reala or Erreala, is a Spanish football club based in Donostia- San Sebastián. The club plays in shirts with the colors white-blue (Basque txuri - urdin ) and plays its home games at the 32,076 -seat stadium Estadio Anoeta from.
History
Beginning of the 20th century saw the UK returning workers and students to promote football to San Sebastián. In 1904 she founded the sports club San Sebastian Recreation Club and took part in the 1905 Spanish Cup competition. In May 1905, the football department was under the name of San Sebastian Football Club is an independent part of the club. Complications when registering for the cup competition in 1909 led to the team under the name Club Ciclista de San Sebastian took part in the competition. In the final they beat Español de Madrid 3-1 and was able to celebrate winning the Copa del Rey.
On September 7, 1909, the foundation of the present association as a Sociedad de Fútbol was. The title of Real ( Royal) was the football club on February 11, 1910 by Alfonso XIII. lent, since at that time was the summer residence of the King of Spain in San Sebastian. After Real Madrid and Real Betis Real Sociedad was the third club, which won the title.
1928 Real Sociedad was one of the founding members of the Spanish football league ( Liga de Fútbol Profesional - " La Liga "). The first season was finished in 4th place.
1931 had by proclamation of the Second Republic, all name components are removed, reminiscent of the monarchy, and so the club 's name was changed in Donostia FC. After the anti-republican side under Francisco Franco had won the Spanish Civil War, the club was changed back to Real Sociedad in 1939.
The 1930s were an economically as well as sporty difficult time for the club. 1935 you had the first time in the second division descend, and by the end of the 1940s to descents and climbs again triggered regularly. After that stabilized the club and could reach the 1951 Cup final, which they lost, however, against FC Barcelona.
1974 the club played for the first time in the UEFA Cup, but his most successful period should have Real Sociedad in the 1980s. In the 1979/80 season the club lost only one league game and reached the second place. 1980/81 and 1981/82 Real Sociedad won the Spanish league title, 1982, the inaugural round of the Supercopa de España and 1987 for the second time after 1909, the Copa del Rey.
From 1997 to 1999 Real Sociedad were trained by German coach Bernd Krauss.
The season 2002/ 03 is considered the greatest success in recent club history. Your striker, the Turk Nihat Kahveci (23 goals) and the Serb Darko Kovačević (20 goals), formed a duo torgefährliches. In the battle for the championship to Real Sociedad were beaten narrowly and was runner-up Spanish. Real Sociedad came within two points to overtake Real Madrid. The association thus qualified for the UEFA Champions League 2003/04. There, the team moved into the second round, where the club Olympique Lyon retired with a 0:1 in return game.
After the departure of their top scorer Real Sociedad played in the Spanish top league, however, no more leading role and found himself in a relegation battle again. So it was that San Sebastián descend after a 3-3 in the last match against Valencia CF in the season 2006/ 07 and had the new season after forty years played for the first time again second-rate. In the 2007 /08 season of resurgence could not be done. In July 2008, the club could no longer pay the players' salaries and filed for bankruptcy.
The climb to the first division ( Primera Division ) was ( Segunda División ) in 2010 after three years of lingering in the second division mastered. Since 29 August 2010 " Erreala " plays again top notch.
The biggest success was the " Txuri - Urdin " since in the season 2012/13, as you on the final day with a win against Deportivo La Coruña in fourth place in the Primera División won and thus for the playoffs for the UEFA Champions League 2013 / 14 qualified. Coach Phillipe Montanier returned after the season but to his home to Stade Rennes back.
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As with its Basque rivals Athletic Bilbao played only Basque players for Real Sociedad long time. Man, however, this policy was in 1989 with the commitment of the Irish John Aldridge, however, was not long in relation to the Spaniards from other regions that still were not allowed to play for the club. But this will no longer practiced for quite some time, and so for example, was a native of Asturias Boris for a long time part of the squad. In the 2006/07 season playing with Juanito, Daniel Cifuentes, Gerardo García León, Alvaro Novo and Diego Rivas five Spaniards who were not from the Basque Country, in the team.
Title
- Spanish Champion: 1980/81, 1981/82
- Copa del Rey: 1909, 1987
- Supercopa de España: 1982
Current squad 2013/14
Former Players
Goalkeeper
- Spain Luis Arconada
- Spain Ignacio Eizaguirre
- Sander Westerveld Netherlands
Defender
- Spain Diego Álvarez
- Spain Genaro Celayeta
- Spain Miguel Fuentes
- Spain Agustín Gajate
- Spain Alberto Górriz
- Spain Ignacio Kortabarria
- Spain Juan Antonio Larrañaga
- Spain Aitor López Rekarte
- Spain Loren
Midfielder
- Spain Perico Alonso
- Spain Xabi Alonso
- Spain Mikel Aranburu
- Spain José Mari Bakero
- Spain Txiki Begiristain
- Asier Illarramendi Spain
- Russia Valeri Karpin Georgijewitsch
- Austria Dietmar Kühbauer
- Sweden Hakan Mild
- Spain Javier de Pedro
- Spain José Mari Pérez
- Spain Dionisio Urreisti
- Spain Jesús Maria Zamora
Striker
- Ireland John Aldridge
- Spain Paco Biénzobas
- Spain Cholín
- Romania Gheorghe Craioveanu
- Spain Epifanio Fernandez
- Spain Silvestre Igoa
- Bosnia and Herzegovina Meho Kodro
- Serbia Darko Kovačević
- Spain Roberto López Rekarte
- Spain Pedro Uralde
Top 10 by appearances and goals
(As of 18 December 2010; are given all mandatory games and gates )
Hockey
The women's team plays in the Spanish Hockey League, Division de Honor Femienina, where she completed the 2006/2007 season with sixth place. In the Spanish Cup, the team reached the semi-finals, which was lost 1-2 against Atlètic Terrassa in the season. The player María López de Eguilaz has been appointed to the squad of the Spanish national team for the FIH Hockey European Championship Women 2007 in Manchester.
- Spanish field hockey champion of women: 1986, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999
- Spanish field hockey Cup Winners' Cup Ladies: 1987, 1994, 2002