2010–11 Real Sociedad season

Real Sociedad
2010–11 season
President	Jokin Aperribay
Head coach	Martín Lasarte
Stadium	Anoeta
La Liga	15th
Copa del Rey	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: ; Antoine Griezmann (7); All: ; Antoine Griezmann (7)
Home colours	Away 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 avoided relegation and Deportivo de 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.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	CHI	Claudio Bravo
2	DF	ESP	Carlos Martínez
3	DF	ESP	Mikel González
4	MF	ESP	Gorka Elustondo
5	MF	ESP	Markel Bergara
6	DF	ESP	Mikel Labaka
7	MF	FRA	Antoine Griezmann
8	FW	ESP	Joseba Llorente
9	FW	ESP	Imanol Agirretxe
10	MF	ESP	Xabi Prieto
11	MF	ESP	Mikel Aranburu (captain)
13	GK	ESP	Eñaut Zubikarai
14	MF	NED	Jeffrey Sarpong


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	DF	ESP	Ion Ansotegi
16	DF	NOR	Vadim Demidov
17	MF	FRA	David Zurutuza
18	FW	ESP	Borja Viguera
19	MF	ESP	Diego Rivas
20	FW	ESP	Raúl Tamudo
21	FW	URU	Diego Ifrán
22	DF	ESP	Dani Estrada
23	MF	ESP	Francisco Sutil
24	DF	ESP	Alberto de la Bella
26	MF	ESP	Asier Illarramendi
30	GK	ESP	Toño

Start formations

Starting XI

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

No.	Pos.	Name	MS
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

Claudio 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, resorting 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 Gimnàstic 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 €200,000 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	€2,500,000
Raúl Tamudo	Espanyol	Free
Diego Ifrán	Danubio	€1,600,000
Francisco Sutil	Eibar	Free
Jeffrey Sarpong	Ajax	€200,000
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
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	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 Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine	Llorente 6', Agirretxe (2) 82', 85' Viguera 88'
6 August	AEL Limassol	Bad Bleiber, Austria	3 – 0 Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine	Viguera 55', Aranburu 63', Llorente 89'
7 August	VfL Bochum	Bad Bleiber, Austria	1 – 1 Archived 10 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine	Prieto 55'
12 August	Eibar	Ipurua, Eibar	1 – 3 Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine	Aranburu 52', Agirretxe 78', Alex Albistegi 78'
14 August	Sporting de Gijón	Asti, Zarautz	0 – 1 Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
18 August	Real Unión	Txerloia, Azkoitia	1–1	Agirretxe 46'
22 August	Osasuna	Estadio Reyno de Navarra, Pamplona	0 – 1 Archived 28 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine	Tamudo 78'

Liga BBVA

Win Draw Loss Postponed

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

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

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 Mateu Lahoz

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: Reyno de Navarra Attendance: 18,715 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo

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

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

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: Ciutat de València Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

15 January 2011 19	Getafe	0 –4	Real Sociedad	Getafe
18:00 CET	Díaz 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

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

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

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 Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Rafael Ramírez Domínguez

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

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

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: Cornellà-El Prat Referee: Miguel Ángel Ayza Gámez

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

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' Illarramendi	Stadium: Riazor Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz

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

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

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: Anoeta Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo

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

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

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: San Mamés Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

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: Anoeta Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes

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: Mestalla Referee: José Luis González

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: Anoeta Referee: Alfonso Álvarez Izquierdo

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: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Referee: Javier Turienzo Álvarez

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

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: César Muñiz Fernández

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: Antonio Mateu Lahoz

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

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