# 2016–17 Real Sociedad season

The 2016–17 Real Sociedad season was the club's 70th season in La Liga. This article shows player statistics and all matches (official and friendly) the club played during the 2016–17 season.

## Squad

    As of 31 July 2016
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 | ARG | Gerónimo Rulli (on loan from Manchester City) |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Carlos Martínez |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Mikel González |
| 4 | MF | ESP | Asier Illarramendi |
| 5 | MF | ESP | Markel Bergara |
| 6 | DF | ESP | Iñigo Martínez |
| 7 | FW | ESP | Juanmi |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Esteban Granero |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Imanol Agirretxe |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Xabi Prieto (captain) |
| 11 | FW | MEX | Carlos Vela |
| 12 | FW | BRA | Willian José |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Ander Bardají |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Rubén Pardo |
| 15 | DF | ESP | Aritz Elustondo |
| 16 | MF | ESP | Sergio Canales |
| 17 | MF | ESP | David Zurutuza |
| 18 | MF | ESP | Mikel Oyarzabal |
| 19 | DF | ESP | Yuri Berchiche |
| 20 | DF | ESP | Joseba Zaldúa |
| 21 | DF | ESP | Héctor |
| 22 | DF | ESP | Raúl Navas |
| 23 | MF | ESP | Jon Gaztañaga |
| 24 | MF | ESP | David Concha |
| 25 | GK | ESP | Toño |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | SRB | Srđan Babić (at Reus until 30 June 2017) |
| — | DF | ESP | Alberto de la Bella (at Olympiacos until 30 June 2017) |
| — | MF | ESP | Eneko Capilla (at Numancia until 30 June 2017) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ESP | Pablo Hervías (at Elche until 30 June 2017) |
| — | MF | ESP | Alain Oyarzun (at Mirandés until 30 June 2017) |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee | Source |
| 7 | FW | Juanmi | 23 | EU | Southampton | Transfer | Summer | 2021 | N/A | Real Sociedad |
| 25 | GK | Toño | 29 | EU | AEK Larnaca | Transfer | Summer | 2018 | N/A | Real Sociedad |
| 12 | FW | Willian José | 24 | | Deportivo Maldonado | Transfer | Summer | 2021 | N/A | Real Sociedad |

### Out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee | Source |
| 24 | DF | Alberto de la Bella | 30 | EU | Olympiacos | Loan | Summer | none | Real Sociedad |
| 18 | FW | Alain Oyarzun | 22 | EU | Mirandés | Loan | Summer | none | Real Sociedad |
| 22 | FW | Jonathas | 27 | EU | Rubin Kazan | Transfer | Summer | none | Real Sociedad |
| | MF | Pablo Hervías | 23 | EU | Elche | Loan | Summer | N/A | Real Sociedad |
| 14 | MF | Rubén Pardo | 24 | EU | Betis | Loan | Winter | N/A | Real Sociedad |
| 21 | DF | Héctor | 25 | EU | Granada | Loan | Winter | N/A | Real Sociedad |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| La Liga | Matchday 1 | Matchday 21, 5th | – | (H) v.s Real Madrid, 0–3 (L) | (H) vs. Osasuna, 3–2 (W) |
| Copa del Rey | Round of 32 | Quarter Final | Quarter Final | (H) vs. Villarreal, 3–1 (W) | (A) vs. Barcelona, 2–5 (L) |
Updated to match played 10 Feb 2017 Source: Competitions

### La Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 4 | Sevilla | 38 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 69 | 49 | +20 | 72 | Qualification for the Champions League play-off round |
| 5 | Villarreal | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 56 | 33 | +23 | 67 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 6 | Real Sociedad | 38 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 59 | 53 | +6 | 64 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 7 | Athletic Bilbao | 38 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 53 | 43 | +10 | 63 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 8 | Espanyol | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 49 | 50 | −1 | 56 | |
* ↑ Since the winners of the 2016–17 Copa del Rey, Barcelona, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the sixth-placed team and the spot awarded to the sixth-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the seventh-placed team.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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#### Result round by round

| 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | D | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | D | W | L | L | D | L | W | L | W | W | W | D | D | D |
| Position | 19 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

### Copa del Rey
#### Quarter-finals
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    Last updated on 21 May 2017.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | La Liga | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ARG | Gerónimo Rulli | 44 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Ander Bardají | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | ESP | Toño | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ESP | Carlos Martínez | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Mikel González | 11 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ESP | Iñigo Martínez | 40 | 4 | 34 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | ESP | Aritz Elustondo | 12 | 0 | 4+5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ESP | Yuri Berchiche | 41 | 3 | 35 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ESP | Joseba Zaldúa | 17 | 0 | 12+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | ESP | Raúl Navas | 35 | 1 | 31+1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | ESP | Álvaro Odriozola | 16 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | POR | Kévin Rodrigues | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 4 | MF | ESP | Asier Illarramendi | 39 | 1 | 33+1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | ESP | Markel Bergara | 6 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Esteban Granero | 22 | 0 | 8+11 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Xabi Prieto | 43 | 8 | 32+6 | 8 | 5 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ESP | Sergio Canales | 37 | 0 | 7+24 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ESP | David Zurutuza | 37 | 3 | 29+2 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ESP | Mikel Oyarzabal | 43 | 4 | 30+8 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| 23 | MF | ESP | Jon Gaztañaga | 4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | ESP | David Concha | 11 | 0 | 1+7 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ESP | Igor Zubeldia | 4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | ESP | Jon Guridi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | ESP | Juanmi | 41 | 15 | 19+16 | 11 | 2+4 | 4 |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Imanol Agirretxe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | MEX | Carlos Vela | 39 | 10 | 31+4 | 9 | 4 | 1 |
| 12 | FW | BRA | Willian José | 34 | 14 | 27+1 | 12 | 6 | 2 |
| 35 | FW | ESP | Jon Bautista | 13 | 3 | 2+10 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club ||||||||||
| 14 | MF | ESP | Rubén Pardo | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ESP | Héctor | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |