# 2014–15 Real Sociedad season

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.

## Season summary

In the summer of 2014, Antoine Griezmann was sold to Atlético Madrid while top forward Carlos Vela missed the early stages of the season due to fitness issues. Most performances during pre-season were poor. Real Sociedad faced Scottish side Aberdeen in the UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round. Real Socieded progressed 5–2 on aggregate, although the second leg, away from home, was far from convincing. In the next round, Real Sociedad were emphatically beaten by Russian club Krasnodar. In addition, Gerónimo Rulli suffered a serious injury on his debut.
The early months of the Liga season followed the same pattern. In early November, Real Sociedad found themselves second from bottom, prompting the club to relieve Jagoba Arrasate of his duties after just the tenth matchday. Soon after his dismissal, former Everton and Manchester United manager David Moyes was announced as the replacement. The Scotsman led the club out of the lower zone of the table and a strong series of results during February and March dispelled fears of relegation. In April, results worsened again, with the club ultimately ending the season in 12th.
In the Copa del Rey, Real Sociedad eliminated Real Oviedo but fell short against their next opponents, Villarreal.

### Others

In the summer of 2014, Real Sociedad reached an agreement with sportswear manufacturers Adidas which, on 1 July, became the official suppliers of the team's kit and training clothing for all categories from youth to the first team squad.
On 11 August, Real Sociedad announced an agreement with Qbao.com in which the Chinese company became the club's main sponsor. As part of the new collaboration, the Qbao.com logo was displayed on the first team shirt during the 2014–15 season. The agreement was later renewed until 2020.
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.
On 10 December, it was announced that Carlos Vela was named La Liga Player of the Month for November.

## Squad

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 |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Carlos Martínez |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Mikel González |
| 4 | MF | ESP | Gorka Elustondo |
| 5 | MF | ESP | Markel Bergara |
| 6 | DF | ESP | Iñigo Martínez |
| 7 | FW | ISL | Alfreð Finnbogason |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Esteban Granero |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Imanol Agirretxe |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Xabi Prieto |
| 11 | FW | MEX | Carlos Vela |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Eñaut Zubikarai |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Rubén Pardo |
| 15 | DF | ESP | Ion Ansotegi |
| 16 | MF | ESP | Sergio Canales |
| 17 | MF | FRA | David Zurutuza |
| 18 | MF | URU | Chory Castro |
| 19 | DF | ESP | Yuri Berchiche |
| 20 | DF | ESP | Joseba Zaldúa |
| 21 | DF | ALG | Liassine Cadamuro-Bentaïba |
| 22 | DF | ESP | Dani Estrada |
| 23 | MF | ESP | Jon Gaztañaga |
| 24 | DF | ESP | Alberto de la Bella |

## Start formations
### Starting XI

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

## Player transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee | Source |
| 7 | FW | Alfreð Finnbogason | 25 | EU | Heerenveen | Transfer | Summer | 2018 | N/A | Real Sociedad |
| 8 | MF | Esteban Granero | 28 | EU | Queens Park Rangers | Transfer | Summer | 2018 | N/A | Real Sociedad |
| 1 | GK | Gerónimo Rulli | 22 | Non-EU | Deportivo Maldonado | Loan | Summer | 2015 | N/A | Real Sociedad |
| * | DF | Raúl Navas | 27 | EU | Free agent | Transfer | Summer | 2015 | N/A | Real Sociedad |
| 21 | DF | Liassine Cadamuro-Bentaïba | 26 | EU | Mallorca | Loan return | Summer | 2015 | N/A | Real Sociedad |
| * | FW | Diego Ifrán | 27 | EU | Deportivo La Coruña | Loan return | Summer | 2015 | N/A | Real Sociedad |

### Out

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | EU | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee | Source |
| 7 | FW | Antoine Griezmann | 23 | EU | Atlético Madrid | Transfer | Summer | N/A | Real Sociedad |
| 8 | FW | Haris Seferovic | 22 | EU | Eintracht Frankfurt | Transfer | Summer | N/A | Real Sociedad |
| 1 | GK | Claudio Bravo | 31 | EU | Barcelona | Transfer | Summer | N/A | Real Sociedad |
| | FW | Diego Ifrán | 27 | EU | CD Tenerife | Loan | Summer | N/A | Real Sociedad |
| | DF | Raúl Navas | 27 | EU | Eibar | Loan | Summer | N/A | Real Sociedad |
| | DF | Liassine Cadamuro-Bentaïba | 26 | EU | Osasuna | Loan | Summer | N/A | Real Sociedad |
| | MF | Pablo Hervías | 21 | EU | Osasuna | Loan | Winter | N/A | Osasuna |
| 23 | DF | Jon Gaztañaga | 23 | EU | Ponferradina | Loan | Winter | N/A | Real Sociedad |
| 23 | DF | Javi Ros | 24 | EU | RCD Mallorca | End of contract | Summer | €0 | RCD Mallorca |
| 26 | GK | Kike Royo | 23 | EU | | Contract rescinded | Summer | | Real Sociedad |
| 20 | LB | José Ángel | 24 | EU | Roma | Loan end | Summer | N/A | |
| 25 | MF | Esteban Granero | 27 | EU | Queens Park Rangers | Loan end | Summer | N/A | |

## Competitions
### Overall

| 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 |
Updated to match played 17 December 2014 Source: Competitions

### La Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 10 | Espanyol | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 47 | 51 | −4 | 49 | |
| 11 | Rayo Vallecano | 38 | 15 | 4 | 19 | 46 | 68 | −22 | 49 | |
| 12 | Real Sociedad | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 44 | 51 | −7 | 46 | |
| 13 | Elche (R) | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 35 | 62 | −27 | 41 | Relegation to Segunda División |
| 14 | Levante | 38 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 34 | 67 | −33 | 37 | |
* 1 2 Espanyol ahead on head-to-head record; Rayo Vallecano–Espanyol 1–3, Espanyol–Rayo Vallecano 1–1.
* ↑ Elche administratively relegated by the LFP.
* ↑ Levante ahead on head-to-head record; Levante–Getafe 1–1, Getafe–Levante 0–1.

#### Results 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 | 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 | D | L | D | L | D | D | W | L | L | 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 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |

#### Matches

Kickoff times are in CET.  Win  Draw  Loss

### Copa del Rey
#### Round of 32
#### Round of 16
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | La Liga | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey | UEFA Europa League | UEFA Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ARG | Gerónimo Rulli | 26 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Eñaut Zubikarai | 21 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ESP | Carlos Martínez | 16 | 0 | 13+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Mikel González | 18 | 0 | 14+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ESP | Iñigo Martínez | 41 | 3 | 34 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ESP | Ion Ansotegi | 21 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ESP | Yuri Berchiche | 25 | 0 | 17+4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ESP | Joseba Zaldúa | 28 | 0 | 21+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | ESP | Dani Estrada | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ESP | Alberto de la Bella | 27 | 1 | 21+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | ESP | Aritz Elustondo | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | ESP | Gorka Elustondo | 26 | 1 | 12+7 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | ESP | Markel Bergara | 35 | 2 | 24+6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Esteban Granero | 39 | 1 | 29+4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0+4 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ESP | Xabi Prieto | 42 | 7 | 33+2 | 4 | 2+1 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Rubén Pardo | 36 | 1 | 21+7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ESP | Sergio Canales | 43 | 5 | 31+5 | 4 | 2+1 | 0 | 2+2 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | FRA | David Zurutuza | 22 | 3 | 12+4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | URU | Chory Castro | 37 | 4 | 22+10 | 4 | 1+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | ESP | Eneko Capilla | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | ISL | Alfreð Finnbogason | 31 | 4 | 6+19 | 2 | 3+1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Imanol Agirretxe | 37 | 7 | 21+10 | 7 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | MEX | Carlos Vela | 32 | 10 | 23+6 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | ESP | Iker Hernández | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | ESP | Alain Oyarzun | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 21 | DF | ALG | Liassine Cadamuro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ESP | Jon Gaztañaga | 5 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | ESP | Pablo Hervías | 18 | 1 | 2+13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | PER | Alexander Callens | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 30 May 2015 Source: BDFutbol