# 2017–18 Real Sociedad season

The 2017–18 Real Sociedad season is the club's 71st season in La Liga. This article shows player statistics and all matches (official and friendly) played by the club during the 2017–18 season.
It was the first season since 2010–11 without the Mexican winger Carlos Vela who departed the basquean club to be transferred to MLS club Los Angeles FC.

## Transfers

* List of Spanish football transfers summer 2017#Real Sociedad

### In

| Date | Player | From | Type | Fee |
| 27 July 2017 | Alberto de la Bella | Olympiacos | Loan return | Free |
| 30 June 2017 | Rubén Pardo | Real Betis | Loan return | Free |
| 30 June 2017 | Alain Oyarzun | Mirandés | Loan return | Free |
| 30 June 2017 | Srđan Babić | Reus | Loan return | Free |
| 30 June 2017 | Pablo Hervías | Elche | Loan return | Free |
| 30 June 2017 | Héctor | Granada | Loan return | Free |
| 30 June 2017 | Eneko Capilla | Numancia | Loan return | Free |
| 1 July 2017 | Kévin Rodrigues | Real Sociedad B | Promoted | Promoted |
| 1 July 2017 | Igor Zubeldia | Real Sociedad B | Promoted | Promoted |
| 1 July 2017 | Jon Bautista | Real Sociedad B | Promoted | Promoted |
| 1 July 2017 | Álvaro Odriozola | Real Sociedad B | Promoted | Promoted |
| 1 July 2017 | Diego Llorente | Real Madrid | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 12 July 2017 | Adnan Januzaj | Manchester United | Transfer | Undisclosed |

### Out

| Date | Player | To | Type | Fee |
| 12 June 2017 | Héctor | Alavés | Loan | Free |
| 1 July 2017 | Mikel González | Released / Real Zaragoza | Expiry | Free |
| 4 July 2017 | Joseba Zaldúa | Leganés | Loan | Free |
| 5 July 2017 | Pablo Hervías | Eibar | Transfer | Free |
| 6 July 2017 | Alain Oyarzun | Real Zaragoza | Transfer | Free |
| 7 July 2017 | Esteban Granero | Espanyol | Transfer | Free |
| 7 July 2017 | Yuri Berchiche | Paris Saint-Germain | Transfer | €16,000,000 |
| 7 July 2017 | Srđan Babić | Red Star Belgrade | Loan | Free |
| 18 July 2017 | Markel Bergara | Getafe | Loan | Free |
| 24 July 2017 | Ander Bardají | Huesca | Transfer | Free |
| 11 August 2017 | David Concha | Barcelona B | Loan | Free |
| 22 August 2017 | Jon Gaztañaga | Gimnàstic | Transfer | Free |
| 1 January 2018 | Carlos Vela | Los Angeles FC | Transfer | €9,000,000 |

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Final position |
| La Liga | - |
| Copa del Rey | Round of 32 |
| Europa League | Round of 32 |

### La Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 10 | Girona | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 50 | 59 | −9 | 51 |
| 11 | Espanyol | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 36 | 42 | −6 | 49 |
| 12 | Real Sociedad | 38 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 66 | 59 | +7 | 49 |
| 13 | Celta Vigo | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 59 | 60 | −1 | 49 |
| 14 | Alavés | 38 | 15 | 2 | 21 | 40 | 50 | −10 | 47 |
* ↑ Eibar finished ahead of Girona on head-to-head points: Eibar 4–1 Girona, Girona 1–4 Eibar.
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head points: Espanyol 8, Real Sociedad 4, Celta Vigo 4 (Espanyol 2–1 Real Sociedad, Real Sociedad 1–1 Espanyol, Espanyol 2–1 Celta Vigo, Celta Vigo 2–2 Espanyol, Real Sociedad 1–2 Celta Vigo, Celta Vigo 2–3 Real Sociedad).

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

### UEFA Europa League
#### Group stage

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5 | +12 | 16 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 2 | Real Sociedad | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 6 | +10 | 12 | Advance to knockout phase |
| 3 | Rosenborg | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 5 | |
| 4 | Vardar | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 20 | −17 | 1 | |

#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 32
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    Last updated on 20 May 2018.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | La Liga | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ARG | Gerónimo Rulli | 34 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Toño | 7 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | ESP | Miguel Ángel Moyà | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ESP | Carlos Martínez | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Diego Llorente | 34 | 7 | 26+1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5+1 | 3 |
| 6 | DF | MEX | Héctor Moreno | 9 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ESP | Aritz Elustondo | 24 | 3 | 18+1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ESP | Álvaro Odriozola | 41 | 1 | 32+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 20 | DF | POR | Kévin Rodrigues | 22 | 1 | 18+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | ESP | Raúl Navas | 25 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 24 | DF | ESP | Alberto de la Bella | 26 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6+1 | 2 |
| 27 | DF | ESP | Andoni Gorosabel | 5 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | ESP | Asier Illarramendi | 44 | 7 | 35+1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | ESP | Igor Zubeldia | 31 | 1 | 16+9 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | BEL | Adnan Januzaj | 35 | 4 | 18+10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3+3 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Xabi Prieto | 34 | 3 | 24+2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Rubén Pardo | 10 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ESP | Sergio Canales | 45 | 4 | 20+16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | FRA | David Zurutuza | 37 | 1 | 26+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | ESP | Mikel Oyarzabal | 43 | 14 | 31+4 | 12 | 1+1 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| 30 | MF | ESP | Jon Guridi | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | ESP | Juanmi | 38 | 10 | 18+12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3+3 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Imanol Agirretxe | 13 | 0 | 2+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | BRA | Willian José | 40 | 20 | 32+2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 5+1 | 5 |
| 21 | FW | ESP | Jon Bautista | 20 | 2 | 1+10 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+5 | 1 |
| 29 | FW | ESP | Ander Guevara | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club ||||||||||||
| 6 | DF | ESP | Iñigo Martínez | 16 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | MEX | Carlos Vela | 17 | 1 | 2+11 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ESP | Jon Gaztañaga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Cards

    Accounts for all competitions. Last updated on 22 December 2017.
| No. | Pos. | Name | | |
| 1 | GK | Gerónimo Rulli | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Diego Llorente | 6 | 1 |
| 4 | MF | Asier Illaramendi | 4 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | Igor Zubeldia | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Iñigo Martínez | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Juanmi | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Adnan Januzaj | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Xabi Prieto | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Carlos Vela | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | Willian Jose | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | Toño | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Aritz Elustondo | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Sergio Canales | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | David Zurutuza | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Mikel Oyarzabal | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Álvaro Odriozola | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Kévin Rodrigues | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Raúl Navas | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Alberto de la Bella | 1 | 0 |

### Clean sheets

    Last updated on 22 December 2017.
| Number | Nation | Name | Matches Played | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | | Gerónimo Rulli | 23 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 13 | | Toño | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 |