2010–11 Real Sociedad season

Real Sociedad

2010–11 season
President	Jokin Aperribay
Manager	Martín Lasarte
La Liga	15th
Copa del Rey	Round of 32 Out of the competition.
Top goalscorer	Antoine Griezmann
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2010–11 season is Real Sociedad's 65th season in La Liga. After spending 3 seasons in the second tier of Spanish football the Basque club obtained promotion by topping the table in 2010.

This article shows player statistics and all matches (official and friendly) that the club played during the 2010–11 season.

Season summary

In the 2010–11 season, Real Sociedad played in the top division of Spanish football for the first time since being relegated in 2007. Some additions were made to the squad that had obtained promotion. Among them Joseba Llorente stood out, having cost €2.5 million.

The season started with a home victory against Villarreal. During the first half of the season, the club got an unexpectedly high point tally. Relegation looked extremely unlikely and optimism reigned. Later in the season, the shortcomings in Lasarte’s approach became clear and the club was in free fall. On the last match day Real Sociedad faced Getafe, in a game where defeat would have meant relegation. An equalizer by Francisco Sutil prevented the drop and Deportivo La Coruña were relegated instead.

At the end of the season, Lasarte was dismissed on the grounds that he did not give enough of a chance to academy players and that his style of play was rudimentary and unattractive.

Players

Squad information

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 Claudio Bravo 2 DF Carlos Martínez 3 DF Mikel González 4 MF Gorka Elustondo 5 MF Markel Bergara 6 DF Mikel Labaka 7 MF Antoine Griezmann 8 FW Joseba Llorente 9 FW Imanol Agirretxe 10 MF Xabi Prieto 11 MF Mikel Aranburu (captain) 13 GK Eñaut Zubikarai 14 MF Jeffrey Sarpong

No. Position Player 15 DF Ion Ansotegi 16 DF Vadim Demidov 17 MF David Zurutuza 18 FW Borja Viguera 19 MF Diego Rivas 20 FW Raúl Tamudo 21 FW Diego Ifrán 22 DF Dani Estrada 23 MF Francisco Sutil 24 DF Alberto de la Bella 26 MF Asier Illarramendi 30 GK Toño

Start formations

Starting XI

Lineup that started most of the club's competitive matches throughout the season.

No. Pos Nat Name MS Notes 1 GK Claudio Bravo 38 2 RB Carlos Martínez 25 15 CB Ion Ansotegi 32 3 CB Mikel González 30 24 LB Alberto de la Bella 28 19 MF Diego Rivas 31 11 MF Mikel Aranburu 27 10 AM Xabi Prieto 37 17 AM David Zurutuza 30 7 AM Antoine Griezmann 34 20 FW Raúl Tamudo 20

350px Bravo Martínez Mikel Ansotegi De la Bella Aranburu (C) Rivas Griezmann Prieto Tamudo Zurutuza

4–2–3–1 was the default formation during that season. Occasionally, Lasarte changed formation, ressorting to a back 5 (Santander away) or in some cases adding a second forward (Levante away). In some other games (Atlético Madrid Away) Lasarte played three center-midfielders. The preferred partnership in center midfield was that of Aranburu and Rivas. Alternative choices, such as Bergara or Elustondo, proving to be unsuccessful. Up front, Llorente began strongly but after his injury he was replaced by Tamudo, who would eventually start more games and play more minutes.

Player statistics

Squad stats
Nr.	Player	Games played	Starting	Sub	Subbed	Mins played	Goals	Pens. against	Pens. for	Fouls suff.	Fouls comm.	Yellow C	Red c	Assists	Passes	Good passes
10	Prieto	37	36	1	3	3388	7	0	0	116	26	6	0	81	1872	1307
17	Zurutuza	36	30	6	20	2595	2	2	0	97	60	6	0	27	1373	972
27	Griezmann	37	34	3	19	2952	7	0	0	43	45	7	0	51	1276	750
11	Aranburu	32	27	5	11	2422	5	0	0	37	35	6	0	16	1020	782
20	Tamudo	31	20	11	13	1904	7	0	0	43	24	5	0	9	381	258
15	Ansotegi	32	32	0	1	2947	1	0	0	9	21	3	0	2	806	612
19	Rivas	32	31	1	10	2683	2	0	0	60	90	9	0	5	1163	916
3	Mikel	32	30	2	3	2795	0	0	1	8	34	5	0	4	878	638
24	De la Bella	30	28	2	2	2651	0	0	1	31	42	4	0	15	1458	1001
2	Martínez	25	25	0	1	2312	0	0	0	35	22	1	0	16	1196	791
5	Bergara	19	9	10	2	1016	0	0	0	11	19	5	0	6	468	379
8	Llorente	18	15	3	9	1320	5	0	0	13	31	4	0	14	328	241
4	Elustondo	18	13	5	4	1237	0	0	0	11	14	3	0	6	579	417
14	Sarpong	16	1	15	1	379	1	0	0	10	8	1	0	6	166	111
22	Estrada	19	18	1	0	1704	1	0	0	12	22	4	0	13	834	561
6	Labaka	14	9	5	1	973	0	0	0	4	13	3	0	2	258	201
23	Sutil	17	4	13	4	553	2	0	0	12	9	1	0	9	223	109
16	Demidov	13	12	1	0	1148	0	0	0	4	6	2	0	3	395	303
9	Agirretxe	11	1	10	0	232	3	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	53	34
21	Ifrán	10	3	7	3	350	2	0	0	7	6	2	0	1	59	41
18	Viguera	5	0	5	0	84	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	29	18
26	Illarramendi	3	2	1	0	199	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	2	139	111

Summer transfers

Emilio Nsue and Carlos Bueno, who were instrumental to the club's promotion, returned to their original clubs, as did the less important Songo'o and Jonathan Estrada.

In the winter transfer window Agirretxe was close to being loaned to a second division club. However, a season-ending injury suffered by Joseba Llorente put an end to all speculation. Borja Viguera was loaned to Catalan second division club Nastic, due to lack of opportunities. After having played a handful of games his season ended when he suffered an injury.

The club acquired some new players in order to reinforce its squad. Most of the signings were arguably failures. Jeffrey Sarpong was bought from Ajax for €0.2 million and was mostly used as a substitute. Francisco Sutil, a free transfer, suffered a similar fate. Joseba Llorente, signed from Villarreal for €2.5 million, although impressive while fit, missed most of the season due to injury. Raúl Tamudo and Vadim Demidov were the most consistent signings that season. Finally, Diego Ifrán showed signs of his quality, despite coming back from injury much later than expected.

In

Player	From	Fee
Joseba Llorente	Villarreal	€2.5M
Raúl Tamudo	Espanyol	Free
Diego Ifrán	Danubio	€1.6M
Francisco Sutil	Eibar	Free
Jeffrey Sarpong	Ajax	€0.2M
Vadim Demidov	Rosenborg	Free player, winter signing.

Out

Player	New Team	Fee
Asier Riesgo	Osasuna	Free, end of contract
Sergio Rodríguez	Logroñés	Free, end of contract

Loan out

Player	Team
Iosu Esnaola	Real Unión
Iñigo Sarasola	Real Unión
Borja Viguera	Gimnàstic de Tarragona
Alex Albistegi	Eibar

Loan return

Italics for players returning to the club but left it during pre-season

Player	From
Toño	Tenerife B

Loan end

Player	To
Jonathan Estrada	Millonarios
Carlos Bueno	Universidad de Chile
Emilio Nsue	Mallorca
Franck Songo'o	Real Zaragoza

Club

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Martín Lasarte
Assistant Coach	Alberto Iturralde
Fitness Trainer	Pablo Balbi
Goalkeeper Coach	Roberto Navajas
Technical Assistant	Karla Larburu

Source: [1]

Pre-season

The club played a series of friendlies preparing for the new season. A brief stage in Austria allowed the club to play some foreign clubs.

Date	Rival	Place	Result	Scorers
30 July	Elgoibar	Mintxeta, Elgoibar	0–3	Llorente 18', Sutil 23', Agirretxe 58'
4 August	Dinamo Tirana	Bad Bleiber, Austria	4 – 2	Llorente 6', Agirretxe (2) 82', 85' Viguera 88'
6 August	AEL Limassol	Bad Bleiber, Austria	3 – 0	Viguera 55', Aranburu 63', Llorente 89'
7 August	Bochum	Bad Bleiber, Austria	1 – 1	Prieto 55'
12 August	Eibar	Ipurua, Eibar	1 – 3	Aranburu 52', Agirretxe 78', Alex Albistegi 78'
14 August	Sporting de Gijón	Asti, Zarautz	0 – 1
18 August	Real Unión	Txerloia, Azkoitia	1–1	Agirretxe 46'
22 August	Osasuna	Estadio Reyno de Navarra, Pamplona	0 – 1	Tamudo 78'

Liga BBVA

      Win       Draw       Loss       Postponed

Real Sociedad v Villarreal

29 August 2010 1	Real Sociedad	1 – 0	Villarreal	Donostia
17:00 CET	Prieto  57' Zurutuza  62' Llorente  68' Rivas  74'	(Report)	21' Cazorla  82' Marchena  90' Capdevila	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 24,865 Referee: José Luis González

Almería v Real Sociedad

13 September 2010 2	Almería	2 – 2	Real Sociedad	Almería
21:00 CET	Piatti  21' Ulloa  90' Vargas  32' Ortiz  73' Acasiete  83' Corona  90'	(Report)	8' Tamudo  33' Sutil  23' Rivas  26' Mikel	Stadium: Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Alejandrdo Villanueva

Real Sociedad v Real Madrid

18 September 2010 3	Real Sociedad	1 – 2	Real Madrid	Donostia
22:00 CET	Tamudo  62' González  86'	(Report)	62' Di María  25',  74' Pepe  50' Ramos	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 30,114 Referee: Antonio Miguel Mateu Lahoz

Osasuna v Real Sociedad

21 September 2010 4	Osasuna	3 – 1	Real Sociedad	Pamplona
20:00 CET	Pandiani  38',  81' Camuñas  42' Aranda  75' Juanfran  59' Soriano  69'	(Report)	16' Tamudo  20' Bergara	Stadium: Estadio Reyno de Navarra Attendance: 18,715 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo

Mallorca v Real Sociedad

26 September 2010 5	Mallorca	2 – 0	Real Sociedad	Mallorca
17:00 CET	Cavenaghi  7', 62' Rubén  40' Ramis  56'	(Report)	34' Griezmann  73' David Zurutuza	Stadium: Son Moix Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Antonio Rubinos Pérez

Real Sociedad v Espanyol

2 October 2010 6	Real Sociedad	1 – 0	Espanyol	Donostia
20:00 CET	Forlín  85' (o.g.) Griezmann  76'	(Report)	8' Ruiz  37' L. García  52' D. García  90' Chica	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Javier Turienzo Álvarez

Levante v Real Sociedad

17 October 2010 7	Levante	2 – 1	Real Sociedad	Valencia
17:00 CET	Del Horno  2',  60' Nano  20' Caicedo  63' Juanlu  90'	(Report)	79' Sarpong  31' Ansotegi  43' Griezmann  67' Aranburu	Stadium: Estadi Ciutat de València Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes

Real Sociedad v Deportivo de La Coruña

25 October 2010 8	Real Sociedad	3 – 0	Deportivo de La Coruña	Donostia
20:00 CET	Llorente  17' Griezmann  70' Agirretxe  86' Aranburu  50' Griezmann  72'	(Report)	21' Desmarets  64' Pérez	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 21,836 Referee: José Luis Paradas Romero

Málaga v Real Sociedad

31 October 2010 9	Málaga	1 –2	Real Sociedad	Málaga
17:00 CET	Edinho  59' Juanmi  77'	(Report)	21' De la Bella  39' Zurutuza  43' Griezmann  51',  55' Llorente  88' Prieto	Stadium: Estadio La Rosaleda Attendance: 18,000 Referee: José Luis González

Real Sociedad v Racing de Santander

6 November 2010 10	Real Sociedad	1 –0	Racing de Santander	Donostia
20:00 CET	Llorente  7' Rivas  77'	(Report)	13' Kennedy  26' Diop  54' Francis  54' Colsa  83' Cisma  90' Torrejón	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 23,000 Referee: José Luis González

Hércules v Real Sociedad

14 November 2010 11	Hércules	2 – 1	Real Sociedad	Alicante
17:00 CET	Trezeguet  47' Drenthe  52' Valdez  3'	(Report)	16' Griezmann  38' Elustondo  51' González	Stadium: Estadio José Rico Pérez Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

Real Sociedad v Atlético Madrid

21 November 2010 12	Real Sociedad	2 – 4	Atlético Madrid	Donostia
21:00 CET	Llorente  11' Rivas  85' Aranburu  55' Ansotegi  73' Bergara  73'	(Report)	12' Ujfaluši  68' Suárez  71' Forlán  79', 82' Agüero  90' (pen.) Simão	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 23,850 Referee: Ayza Gámez

Sporting de Gijón v Real Sociedad

28 October 2010 13	Sporting de Gijón	1 –3	Real Sociedad	Gijón
17:00 CET	Grégory  3' Botía  17' De las Cuevas  34' Sangoy  52' Barral  59' Carmelo  64' Lora  66'	(Report)	11' Prieto  33' De la Bella  45',  73' Zurutuza  64' Llorente  90' Aranburu	Stadium: El Molinón Referee: Paradas Romero

Real Sociedad v Athletic Bilbao

5 December 2010 14	Real Sociedad	2 – 0	Athletic Bilbao	Donostia
21:00 CET	Prieto  25',  26' Rivas  29' San José  48' (o.g.)	(Report)	90' Gurpegui	Stadium: Anoeta Referee: Ramírez Domínguez

Barcelona v Real Sociedad

12 December 2010 15	Barcelona	5 – 0	Real Sociedad	Barcelona
21:00 CET	Mascherano  7' Villa  9' Iniesta  33' Messi  47', 87' Bojan  90'	(Report)		Stadium: Nou Camp Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

Real Sociedad v Valencia

18 December 2010 16	Real Sociedad	1 – 2	Valencia	Donostia
22:00 CET	Rivas  7' Prieto  23' (pen.),  54' De la Bella  58'	(Report)	21' Navarro  29' Soldado  45',  86' T. Costa  81' Bruno  90' Aduriz	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 21,885 Referee: Iglesias Villanueva

Real Zaragoza v Real Sociedad

3 January 2011 17	Real Zaragoza	2 – 1	Real Sociedad	Zaragoza
20:00 CET	Sinama Pongolle  10' Paredes  42' Ponzio  52' Gabi  67' Braulio  90'	(Report)	Prieto  33' Griezmann  78'	Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Teixeira Vitienes

Real Sociedad v Sevilla

8 January 2011 18	Real Sociedad	2 – 3	Sevilla	Donostia
20:00 CET	Rivas  23' Llorente  43' Rivas  46' González  57'	(Report)	25' Kanouté  63', 65' Fabiano  70' Navarro  90' Varas	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Javier Estrada Fernández

Getafe v Real Sociedad

15 January 2011 19	Getafe	0 –4	Real Sociedad	Getafe
18:00 CET	Diaz  28' Boateng  48' Rafa  82'	(Report)	10' Prieto  32' Griezmann  35' Rivas  41' Zurutuza  58' Bergara  68' Llorente  73' Elustondo  87', 90' Aranburu	Stadium: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez Attendance: 9,500 Referee: Javier Turienzo Álvarez

Villarreal v Real Sociedad

23 January 2011 20	Villarreal	2 – 1	Real Sociedad	Villarreal
21:00 CET	Rossi  41', 47' Cani  18'	(Report)	30',  60' Aranburu  32' Prieto  64' Sarpong  77' González  78' Griezmann	Stadium: Estadio El Madrigal Attendance: 15,000 Referee: César Muñiz Fernández

Real Sociedad v Almería

29 January 2011 21	Real Sociedad	2 – 0	Almería	Donostia
17:00 CET	Ansotegi  45',  66' Tamudo  78' Bravo  64'	(Report)	28' Jakobsen  45' Bernardello  77' García	Stadium: Anoeta Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez

Real Madrid v Real Sociedad

6 February 2011 22	Real Madrid	4 – 1	Real Sociedad	Madrid
19:00 CET	Kaká  8' Ronaldo  21', 42' Alonso  55' Albiol  82' Adebayor  89'	(Report)	10' Prieto  27' Rivas  72' (o.g.) Arbeloa  86' Estrada	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Stadium Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Rafael Ramírez Domínguez

Real Sociedad v Osasuna

13 February 2011 23	Real Sociedad	1 – 0	Osasuna	Donostia
17:00 CET	Tamudo  73' Bergara  81'	(Report)	21' Flaño  53' Josetxo  60' Damià  71' Calleja	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Javier Turienzo Álvarez

Real Sociedad v Mallorca

21 February 2011 24	Real Sociedad	1 – 0	Mallorca	Donostia
21:00 CET	Tamudo  56' Aranburu  79'	(Report)	39' De Guzmán  67' Kevin	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 18,599 Referee: Antonio Rubinos Pérez

Espanyol v Real Sociedad

26 February 2011 25	Espanyol	4 – 1	Real Sociedad	Cornellà de Llobregat
18:00 CET	Galán  30' Estrada  41' (o.g.) García  54' Callejón  81' Márquez  90'	(Report)	43' Estrada  53' Illarramendi	Stadium: Estadi Cornellà-El Prat Referee: Miguel Ángel Ayza Gámez

Levante v Real Sociedad

2 March 2011 26	Levante	1 – 1	Real Sociedad	Donostia
20:00 CET	Zurutuza  53' Sutil  90'	(Report)	8' Juanfran  39' Munúa  54' Venta  77' Del Herno  87' Ballesteros	Stadium: Anoeta Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

Deportivo de La Coruña v Real Sociedad

7 March 2011 27	Deportivo de La Coruña	2 – 1	Real Sociedad	A Coruña
21:00 CET	Riki  41' Adrián  57' Colotto  73' Pérez  85'	(Report)	65' Agirretxe  69' Asier Illarramendi	Stadium: Estadio Riazor Referee: Antonio Miguel Mateu Lahoz

Real Sociedad v Málaga

13 March 2011 28	Real Sociedad	0 – 2	Málaga	Donostia
17:00 CET	2' Rivas  44' Estrada	(Report)	25' Duda  58' Rondón  64' Weligton  73' Caballero	Stadium: Anoeta Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

Racing de Santander v Real Sociedad

20 March 2011 29	Racing de Santander	2 – 1	Real Sociedad	Santander
17:00 CET	Kennedy  43' Dos Santos  77' Lacen  68'	(Report)	31',  72' Griezmann  89' Labaka	Stadium: Estadio El Sardinero Referee: José Luis Paradas Romero

Real Sociedad v Hércules

3 April 2011 30	Real Sociedad	1 – 3	Hércules	Donostia
17:00 CET	20' Tamudo  79',  90' Ifrán	(Report)	11' Femenía  13' Aguilar  35' Juanra  51' Farinós  70' Portillo  82' Calatayud  84', 89' Drenthe	Stadium: Estadio Anoeta Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo

Atlético Madrid v Real Sociedad

10 April 2011 31	Atlético Madrid	3 – 0	Real Sociedad	Madrid
19:00 CET	Filipe Luís  12' Suárez  45' Tiago  72' Agüero  78',  88'	(Report)	69' Demidov	Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderón Referee: Alfonso Álvarez Izquierdo

Real Sociedad v Sporting de Gijón

17 April 2011 32	Real Sociedad	2 – 1	Sporting de Gijón	Donostia
17:00 CET	Labaka  11' Estrada  27' Griezmann  32', 79' Tamudo  90' Demidov  90'	(Report)	54' Rivera  69' De las Cuevas  86' José Ángel	Stadium: Anoeta Referee: Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva

Athletic Bilbao v Real Sociedad

23 April 2011 33	Athletic Bilbao	2 – 1	Real Sociedad	Bilbao
22:00 CET	Muniain  18' Toquero  28',  84' Orbaiz  66' San José  71' Gurpegui  84' Amorebieta  89' De Marcos  90'	(Report)	31' (o.g.) Martínez  36' Aranburu  62' Tamudo	Stadium: Estadio San Mamés Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

Real Sociedad v Barcelona

30 April 2011 34	Real Sociedad	2 – 1	Barcelona	Donostia
20:00 CET	Tamudo  11' Ifrán  71' Prieto  82' Estrada  90'	(Report)	29' Thiago  81' Mascherano	Stadium: Estadio Anoeta Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes

Valencia v Real Sociedad

7 May 2011 35	Valencia	3 – 0	Real Sociedad	Valencia
18:00 CET	Soldado  16', 37' Jonas  25' Mathieu  71'	(Report)	53' De la Bella	Stadium: Estadio Mestalla Referee: José Luis González

Real Sociedad v Zaragoza

11 May 2011 36	Real Sociedad	2 – 1	Zaragoza	Donostia
20:00 CET	Tamudo  24' Aranburu  88' Griezmann  9' Zurutuza  15' Tamudo  73' Ifrán  85' Prieto  80'	(Report)	53' Gabi  26' Lanzaro  45' Herrera	Stadium: Estadio Anoeta Referee: Alfonso Álvarez Izquierdo

Sevilla v Real Sociedad

15 May 2011 37	Sevilla	3 – 1	Real Sociedad	Seville
21:00 CET	Escudé  45' Kanouté  52',  54', 60' Negredo  82',  85'	(Report)	13' Elustondo  71' Bergara  72' Agirretxe  81' Labaka	Stadium: Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Referee: Javier Turienzo Álvarez

Real Sociedad v Getafe

21 May 2011 38	Real Sociedad	1 – 1	Getafe	Donostia
22:00 CET	Sutil  66',  90'	(Report)	9' Díaz  33' Álvarez	Stadium: Anoeta Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes

Copa del Rey

Real Sociedad v Almería

28 October 2010 4th	Real Sociedad	2 – 3	Almería	Donostia
21:00 CET	Sarpong  7' Elustondo  31' Estrada  17' Elustondo  88'	(Report)	66' Goitom  71', 88' Ulloa  77' Michel	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: ? Referee: Muñiz Fernández

Almería v Real Sociedad

10 November 2010 4th	Almería	2 – 1	Real Sociedad	Almería
21:00 CET	Ulloa  47',  53' Goitom  20' Jakobsen  59'	(Report)	50' Agirretxe  62' Llorente	Stadium: Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos Attendance: ? Referee: Mateu Lahoz

As a result of losing on a 5–3 aggregate, Real Sociedad were knocked out

See also

• 2010–11 Copa del Rey
• 2010–11 La Liga

External links

• Official website
• Real Sociedad Fixtures and Results 2010-2011