2014–15 Real Sociedad season

Season summary

Squad

Player transfers

Pre-season

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References

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Out

Overall

La Liga

UEFA Europa League

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League table

Results by round

Matches

Third qualifying round

Play-off round

Round of 32

Round of 16

Real Sociedad

2014–15 season

Chairman

Jokin Aperribai

Manager

Jagoba Arrasate
(until 2 November 2014)
David Moyes

Stadium

11th

Round of 16

Play-off round

Home colours

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The 2014–15 season was Real Sociedad's 68th season in La Liga.

This article shows player statistics and all matches (official and friendly) that the club played during the 2014–15 season.

In the summer of 2014 Real Sociedad reached an agreement with sportswear manufacturers Adidas who, on July 1 became the official suppliers of the team’s kit and training clothing for all categories from youth to the first team squad.^[1]

On 11 August 2014 Real Sociedad announced an agreement with Qbao.com in which the Chinese company became the club’s main sponsor. As part of this new collaboration, the Qbao.com logo was displayed on the first team shirt during the 2014/15 season.^[2] Later the agreement was renewed until 2020. ^[3]

In November 2014 Arrasate was relieved of his duties, with Asier Santana being appointed interim coach.^[4] Later that month David Moyes was appointed coach of the first team until June 30, 2016.^[5]

Real Sociedad reached an agreement with Spanish telecommunications provider Telefónica for the lease of audio-visual rights for the team's league matches for the 2015/16 season.^[6]

On 10 December 2014 it was announced that Vela had won the La Liga Player of the Month for November.^[7]

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Gerónimo Rulli
2	DF	Carlos Martínez
3	DF	Mikel González
4	MF	Gorka Elustondo
5	MF	Markel Bergara
6	DF	Iñigo Martínez
7	FW	Alfreð Finnbogason
8	MF	Esteban Granero
9	FW	Imanol Agirretxe
10	MF	Xabier Prieto
11	FW	Carlos Vela
13	GK	Eñaut Zubikarai

No.	Position	Player
14	MF	Rubén Pardo
15	DF	Ion Ansotegi
16	MF	Sergio Canales
17	MF	David Zurutuza
18	MF	Gonzalo Castro
19	DF	Yuri Berchiche
20	DF	Joseba Zaldúa
21	DF	Liassine Cadamuro-Bentaïba
22	DF	Dani Estrada
23	MF	Jon Gaztañaga
24	DF	Alberto de la Bella

^[8]

N	P	Name	Age	EU	Moving from	Type	Transfer window	Ends	Transfer fee	Source
7	FW	Finnbogason, AlfreðAlfreð Finnbogason	25	EU	Heerenveen	Transfer	Summer	2018	N/A	Real Sociedad
8	MF	Granero, EstebanEsteban Granero	28	EU	Queens Park Rangers	Transfer	Summer	2018	N/A	Real Sociedad
1	GK	Rulli, GerónimoGerónimo Rulli	21	Non-EU	Deportivo Maldonado	Loan	Summer	2015	N/A	Real Sociedad
*	DF	Rodríguez Navas, RaúlRaúl Rodríguez Navas	27	EU	Free agent	Transfer	Summer	2015	N/A	Real Sociedad
21	DF	Cadamuro-Bentaïba, LiassineLiassine Cadamuro-Bentaïba	26	EU	Mallorca	Loan return	Summer	2015	N/A	Real Sociedad
*	FW	Ifrán, DiegoDiego Ifrán	27	EU	Deportivo La Coruña	Loan return	Summer	2015	N/A	Real Sociedad

N	P	Name	Age	EU	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Transfer fee	Source
7	FW	Griezmann, AntoineAntoine Griezmann	23	EU	Atlético Madrid	Transfer	Summer	N/A	Real Sociedad
8	FW	Seferović, HarisHaris Seferović	22	EU	Eintracht Frankfurt	Transfer	Summer	N/A	Real Sociedad
8	GK	Bravo, ClaudioClaudio Bravo	31	EU	Barcelona	Transfer	Summer	N/A	Real Sociedad
	FW	Ifrán, DiegoDiego Ifrán	27	EU	CD Tenerife	Loan	Summer	N/A	Real Sociedad
	DF	Rodríguez Navas, RaúlRaúl Rodríguez Navas	27	EU	Eibar	Loan	Summer	N/A	Real Sociedad
	DF	Cadamuro-Bentaïba, LiassineLiassine Cadamuro-Bentaïba	26	EU	Osasuna	Loan	Summer	N/A	Real Sociedad
23	DF	Gaztañaga, JonJon Gaztañaga	23	EU	Ponferradina	Loan	Winter	N/A	Real Sociedad
23	DF	Ros, JavierJavier Ros	24	EU	RCD Mallorca	End of contract	Summer	€0	RCD Mallorca
26	GK	Royo, EnriqueEnrique Royo	23	EU		Contract rescinded	Summer		Real Sociedad
20	LB	Ángel, JoséJosé Ángel	24	EU	Roma	Loan end	Summer	N/A
25	MF	Granero, EstebanEsteban Granero	27	EU	Queens Park Rangers	Loan end	Summer	N/A

Friendly 12 July 2014	Tolosa CF	0—2	Real Sociedad	Tolosa
19:00 CET		(Report)	43' Agirretxe 54' Iñigo Martínez	Stadium: Berazubi Attendance: 2,200 Referee: Dani Palencia

Friendly 19 July 2014	Ajax	3—1	Real Sociedad	Hardenberg
14:30 CET	Milik 15' Carlos Martínez 74' (o.g.) Anwar El Ghazi 90'	(Report)	10' Finnbogason	Stadium: De Boshoek Referee: Tom van Siechum.

Friendly 23 July 2014	Feyenoord	1 – 1	Real Sociedad	Rotterdam
	Te Vrede 40'	Report	9' Prieto	Stadium: De Kuip Referee: Wiedemeijer

Friendly 3 August 2014	Deportivo Alavés	3 – 1	Real Sociedad	Vitoria-Gasteiz
	Sergio Llamas 29' Juanma 41' Andoni Benito 48'	Report	64' Agirretxe	Stadium: Mendizorrotza Stadium Attendance: 9,886
Note: Arabako Foru Aldundia Trophy

Friendly 10 August 2014	Newcastle United	1—0	Real Sociedad	Newcastle upon Tyne, England
14:30 CET	Sissoko 88'	Report		Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 19,188 Referee: Chris Foy

Friendly 12 August 2014	Chelsea	2—0	Real Sociedad	London, England
20:45 CET	Costa 2', 7'	Report		Stadium: Stamford Bridge

Friendly 16 August 2014	SD Eibar	0—1	Real Sociedad	Zarautz
18:30 CET		(Report)	18' Agirretxe	Stadium: Asti sports complex Attendance: 2,200 Referee: Gorka Sagués

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
La Liga	—	14		24 August 2014	24 May 2015
Copa del Rey	Round of 32	Round of 32		4 December 2014	14 January 2015
UEFA Europa League	Third qualifying round	—	Play-off round	31 July 2014	28 August 2014

Last updated: 17 December 2014
Source: Competitions

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
10	Espanyol	34	12	9	13	41	43	−2	45^{[lower-alpha 1]}
11	Rayo Vallecano	34	13	3	18	39	62	−23	42
12	Real Sociedad	34	9	13	12	37	44	−7	40
13	Elche	34	10	7	17	31	57	−26	37
14	Getafe	34	10	6	18	28	52	−24	36

Updated to match(es) played on 30 April 2015. Source: La Liga
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) fair-play points; 7) playoff match^[9]
Notes:

↑ Espanyol and Celta Vigo have met once; Espanyol–Celta Vigo 1–0

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	D	L	L	D	L	L	D	L	W	D	W	L	D	D	W	D	L	W	L	D	D	W	L	W	W	W
Position	16	8	7	12	14	15	15	16	17	19	15	16	14	14	14	14	13	12	12	11	13	12	12	10	12	11	10	9

Kickoff times are in CET. Win Draw Loss

1 24 August 2014	Eibar	1–0	Real Sociedad	Eibar
19:00 CEST	Javi Lara 45' Arruabarrena 52' Errasti 60' Raúl Navas 89' Dani García 90+1'	Report	Yuri 68'	Stadium: Ipurua Municipal Stadium Attendance: 5,173

2 31 August 2014	Real Sociedad	4–2	Real Madrid	Donostia
21:00 CEST	Martínez 35' Zurutuza 41', 65' Vela 75'		Ramos 5' Bale 11'	Stadium: Anoeta Stadium Attendance: 27,879 Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera (Valencian Community)

3 13 September 2014	Celta	2–2	Real Sociedad	Vigo
22:00 CEST	Orellana 28' Larrivey 48'	Report	Agirretxe 69' Jonny 90+2' (o.g.)	Stadium: Balaídos

4 21 September 2014	Real Sociedad	1–2	Almería	Donostia
12:00 CEST	Bergara 56' Chori Castro 84'	Report	23' Jonathan 23' (o.g.) De la Bella 51' Mauro dos Santos 53' 78' Dubarbier 56' Soriano 56' Trujillo 64' Verza 72' Thomas 88' Ximo	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Estrada Fernández

5 24 September 2014	Sevilla	1–0	Real Sociedad	Seville
22:00 CEST	Deulofeu 18' Figueiras 47' Mbia 48' Kolodziejczak 53' Bacca 55' Trémoulinas 76' Beto 78'	Report	González 9' Granero 64'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz

6 28 September 2014	Real Sociedad	1–1	Valencia	Donostia
19:00 CEST	Vela Canales 36' Bergara	Report	Carles Gil 15' Otamendi 26' Gomes 35' Fuego 65' Feghouli 71' Gayá 76'	Stadium: Anoeta Referee: Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva

7 5 October 2014	Espanyol	2–0	Real Sociedad	Cornellà de Llobregat
19:00 CEST	Lucas Vázquez 7' José Cañas 28' Javi López 33' Juan Fuentes 47' Víctor Sánchez Mata 65' Álvaro 69' Colotto 86' Stuani 90+2'	Summary	Jon Gaztañaga 51' Mikel González 56'	Stadium: Estadi Cornellà-El Prat Attendance: 18,326 Referee: Mario Melero

8 20 October 2014	Real Sociedad	1–2	Getafe	Donostia
20:45 CEST	Joseba Zaldúa 13' Pablo Hervías 82'	Summary	Hinestroza 42' Lacen 45+1' Juan Valera Espín 77' Yoda 90' 90+4' Michel 90+1'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 19,098 Referee: Pedro Pérez

9 25 October 2014	Córdoba	1–1	Real Sociedad	Córdoba
22:00 CEST	Pinillos 80' Ghilas 83' Campabadal 86' Xisco 87'	Report	Martínez 22' Vela 56' Granero 83'	Stadium: Estadio Nuevo Arcángel Attendance: 15,712 Referee: Del Cerro Grande

10 1 November 2014	Real Sociedad	0–1	Málaga	Donostia
22:00 CET	Berchiche 34' Zurutuza 45'	Report	Samuel 38' Darder 43' Weligton 56' Amrabat 63' López 72' Recio 85'	Stadium: Anoeta Stadium Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Jaime Latre

11 9 November 2014	Real Sociedad	2–1	Atletico Madrid	San Sebastián
21:00 CET	Vela 15', 23' Berchiche 18' Agirretxe 82'	Report	Mandžukić 10' Suárez 13' Turan 16' Juanfran 17' Siqueira 48', 50' García 51' Koke 80' Gabi 81'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 22,768 Referee: Álvarez Izquierdo

12 22 November 2014	Deportivo de La Coruña	0–0	Real Sociedad	A Coruña
22:00 CET	Juanfran 33' Haris Medunjanin 37' Alberto Lopo 90+1'	Report	Ion Ansotegui 33'	Stadium: Estadio Riazor Attendance: 18,521 Referee: Prieto Iglesias

13 28 November 2014	Real Sociedad	3–0	Elche	Donostia
20:45 CET	Carlos Vela 3', 31', 53' Ion Ansotegui 5' Sergio Canales 14'	Report	Adrián González 28' Garry Rodrigues 62' Víctor Rodríguez 76' Domingo 82'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Velasco Carballo

14 7 December 2014	Villarreal	4–0	Real Sociedad	Villarreal
19:00 CET	Luciano Vietto 41' Jaume Costa 48' Bruno 63' Denis Cheryshev 73' Moisés Gómez 80', 86'	Report	Alberto de la Bella 35' Iñigo Martínez 67'	Stadium: Estadio El Madrigal Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Teixeira Vitienes

15 14 December 2014	Real Sociedad	1–1	Athletic Bilbao	Donostia
21:00 CET	Carlos Vela 3'	Report	San José 13' Laporte 26' 80' de Marcos 61' Iturraspe 85' Balenziaga 90+4' Ibai 90+4'	Stadium: Anoeta Referee: Fernández Borbalán

16 20 December 2014	Levante	1–1	Real Sociedad	Valencia
18:00 CET	Karabelas 14' Barral 42' Navarro 86' Ivanschitz 90+2'		Iñigo Martínez 22' Canales 48' Prieto 74' Finnbogason 75' Rulli 85' Bergara 90'	Stadium: Ciutat de València

18 11 January 2015	Granada	1–1	Real Sociedad	Granada
19:00 CET	El-Arabi 27' Babin 35' Fran Rico 79' (pen.)	Report	Vela 26' 36' (pen.) Martínez 70'	Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Juan Martínez

19 17 January 2015	Real Sociedad	0–1	Rayo Vallecano	Donostia
16:00 CET		Report	Manucho 65' 81' Trashorras 74' Quini 77' Ba 87'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 21,542 Referee: Mario Melero

20 24 January 2015	Real Sociedad	1–0	Eibar	Donostia
22:00 CET	Granero 6' Xabi Prieto 55' Elustondo 58'	Report	Daniel García Carrillo 7' Lillo 75'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 19,000 Referee: José González

21 31 January 2015	Real Madrid	4–1	Real Sociedad	Madrid
16:00 CET	Rodríguez 3' Illarramendi 31' Ramos 37' Benzema 52' 76' Marcelo Vieira 70' Khedira 88'	Report	Elustondo 1' Yuri 88'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Stadium Attendance: 73,000 Referee: Alfonso Álvarez

22 7 February 2015	Real Sociedad	1–1	Celta de Vigo	Donostia
22:00 CET	Agirretxe 8' 60' González 12' Granero 51' Zaldúa 71' Pardo 80'	Report	Fernández 53' Álex López 55' Cabral 63' Jonny 83' Nolito 85'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 14,836 Referee: Santiago Jaime

23 13 February 2015	Almería	2–2	Real Sociedad	Almería
20:45 CET	Verza 5' (pen.) Corona 30' Hemed 40' Vélez 46' Thievy 69' dos Santos 73' Zongo 85'	Report	Rulli 3' Granero 18' Agirretxe 27' Canales 48' Yuri 82' Ansotegi 84'	Stadium: Juegos Mediterráneos Attendance: 13,600 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo

24 22 February 2015	Real Sociedad	4–3	Sevilla	Donostia
12:00 CET	De La Bella 12' Agirretxe 16' Xabi Prieto 48' (pen.) Iñigo Martínez 77' Arribas 82' (o.g.) Granero 88' Rulli 90+2'	Report	Kolodziejczak 43' Trémoulinas 47' Iborra 48' Bacca 67' Gameiro 78' (pen.) Daniel Carriço 80'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 21,378 Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes

25 1 March 2015	Valencia	2–0	Real Sociedad	Valencia
12:00 CET	Mustafi 45+2' Pérez 45+2' Piatti 53', 56' De Paul 88'	Report	Gorka Elustondo 12' Aritz Elustondo 39' Yuri 75'	Stadium: Mestalla Stadium Attendance: 38,000 Referee: Javier Estrada Fernández

26 8 March 2015	Real Sociedad	1–0	Espanyol	Donostia
17:00 CET	Canales 38' Bergara 84' Pardo 90+3'	Summary	Víctor Sánchez Mata 50' Moreno 77' Colotto 89'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 23,329 Referee: Eduardo Prieto

27 16 March 2015	Getafe	0–1	Real Sociedad	Getafe
20:45 CET		Summary	Martínez 66'	Stadium: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez

28 22 March 2015	Real Sociedad	3–1	Córdoba	Donostia
19:00 CET	Agirretxe 33' Castro 75' Finnbogason 90+2'	Summary	Florín 12'	Stadium: Anoeta

Main article: 2014–15 UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2014–15 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round

31 July 2014	Real Sociedad	2–0	Aberdeen	Donostia
20:30 CET	Zurutuza 53' Canales 68'	Report		Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 23,147 Referee: Bastian Dankert (Germany)

7 August 2014	Aberdeen	2–3 (5 – 2 agg.)	Real Sociedad	Aberdeen
20:45 CET	Pawlett 44' Reynolds 57'	Report	Prieto 28', 86' (pen.) Bergara 90+1'	Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Referee: Eitan Shemeulevitch (Israel)

Main article: 2014–15 UEFA Europa League play-off round

21 August 2014	Real Sociedad	1–0	Krasnodar	Donostia
20:30	Prieto 71'	Report		Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 22,245 Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)

28 August 2014	Krasnodar	3–0 (3 – 1 agg.)	Real Sociedad	Krasnodar
18:00	Joãozinho 71' (pen.) Pereyra 88' Ari 90'	Report		Stadium: Kuban Stadium Attendance: 26,572 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

Main article: 2014–15 Copa del Rey

Second leg 17 December 2014	Real Sociedad	2–0 (2–0 agg.)	Oviedo	Donostia
22:00 CET	Finnbogason 28', 61'	Report	Generelo 90+1'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Undiano Mallenco

First leg 7 January 2015	Villarreal	1–0	Real Sociedad	Vila-real
20:00 CET	Jaume Costa 14' Cheryshev 72'	Report	Yuri Berchiche 76' Canales 85'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Teixeira Vitienes

Second leg 14 January 2015	Real Sociedad	2–2 (2–3 agg.)	Villarreal	San Sebastián
20:00	Rubén Pardo 14' Vela 45' 56' Iñigo Martínez 50' Yuri 50' Granero 74' Moyes 81'	Report	Musacchio 20' Moreno 26' 70' Nahuel 62' dos Santos 70' 72' Cheryshev 89'	Stadium: Anoeta Stadium Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo

↑ Real Sociedad seals kit deal with adidas Realsociedad.com 1 July 2014
↑ Qbao.com becomes Real Sociedad's principal sponsor Realsociedad.com 11 August 2014
↑ Real Sociedad and Qbao.com seal new strategic agreement Realsociedad.com; 28 March 2015
↑ Official Statement Realsociedad.com; 2 November 2014
↑ David Moyes appointed new Real Sociedad coach Realsociedad.com; 10 November 2014
↑ Official announcement: Agreement with Telefónica for the lease of audio-visual rights for the 2015/16 season Realsociedad.com; 1 December 2014
↑ BBVA Awards for the best of the November Lfp.es 10 December 2014
↑ Real Sociedad squad numbers for the 2014/2015 season Realsociedad.com 14 August 2014
↑ "Reglamento General" [General Regulations] (PDF). www.lnfs.es (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Retrieved 26 March 2015.

Friendly 28 July 2014

N.E.C. Nijmegen

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Referee: Van Boekel

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