# 2022–23 Real Sociedad season

The 2022–23 season was the 113th season in the history of Real Sociedad and their 13th consecutive season in the top flight. The club participated in La Liga, the Copa del Rey, and the UEFA Europa League.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 12 September 2022
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 | ESP | Álex Remiro |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Álex Sola |
| 3 | MF | ESP | Martín Zubimendi |
| 4 | MF | ESP | Asier Illarramendi (captain) |
| 5 | MF | ESP | Igor Zubeldia |
| 6 | DF | ESP | Aritz Elustondo (3rd captain) |
| 7 | FW | ESP | Ander Barrenetxea |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Mikel Merino (4th captain) |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Carlos Fernández |
| 10 | FW | ESP | Mikel Oyarzabal (vice-captain) |
| 11 | FW | FRA | Momo Cho |
| 12 | DF | ESP | Aihen Muñoz |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Andoni Zubiaurre |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | FW | JPN | Takefusa Kubo |
| 15 | DF | ESP | Diego Rico |
| 16 | MF | ESP | Ander Guevara |
| 18 | DF | ESP | Andoni Gorosabel |
| 20 | DF | ESP | Jon Pacheco |
| 21 | MF | ESP | David Silva |
| 23 | MF | ESP | Brais Méndez |
| 24 | DF | ESP | Robin Le Normand |
| 25 | FW | NGA | Umar Sadiq |
| 27 | MF | ESP | Beñat Turrientes |
| 29 | MF | ESP | Robert Navarro |
| 30 | MF | ESP | Urko González de Zárate |
| 33 | FW | ESP | Jon Karrikaburu |

### Reserve team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 28 | FW | ESP | Ander Martín |
| 31 | MF | ESP | Jon Ander Olasagasti |
| 32 | GK | ESP | Unai Marrero |

### 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 |
| — | GK | ESP | Gaizka Ayesa (at Numancia until 30 June 2023) |
| — | DF | ESP | Iñaki Recio (at Calahorra until 30 June 2023) |
| — | DF | ESP | Kerman Sukía (at Calahorra until 30 June 2023) |
| — | DF | FRA | Modibo Sagnan (at Utrecht until 30 June 2023) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | SVK | Peter Pokorný (at Fehérvár until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | ESP | Portu (at Getafe until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | ESP | Roberto López (at Mirandés until 30 June 2023) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Player | From | Type | Fee |
| 1 July 2022 | Mohamed-Ali Cho | Angers | Transfer | €12M |
| 6 July 2022 | Brais Méndez | Celta Vigo | Transfer | €14M |
| 19 July 2022 | Takefusa Kubo | Real Madrid | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 28 August 2022 | Alexander Sørloth | RB Leipzig | Loan | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2022 | Umar Sadiq | Almería | Transfer | €20M |

### Out

| Date | Player | To | Type | Fee |
| 3 June 2022 | Willian José | Real Betis | Buyout clause | €8.5M |
| 1 July 2022 | Adnan Januzaj | Released | Released | Released |
| 1 July 2022 | Portu | Getafe | Loan | Loan |
| 1 July 2022 | Alexander Sørloth | RB Leipzig | Loan return | Loan return |
| 11 July 2022 | Jon Guridi | Alavés | Transfer | Free |
| 11 July 2022 | Modibo Sagnan | Utrecht | Loan | Loan |
| 11 July 2022 | Joseba Zaldúa | Cádiz | Transfer | Free |
| 22 July 2022 | Jon Bautista | Eibar | Transfer | Free |
| 26 July 2022 | Julen Lobete | Celta Vigo | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 2 August 2022 | Naïs Djouahra | Rijeka | Transfer | €750K |
| 9 August 2022 | Mathew Ryan | Copenhagen | Transfer | €5M |
| 26 August 2022 | Alexander Isak | Newcastle United | Transfer | €68M |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures
La Real announced that the team would start training on 7 July.

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| La Liga | 14 August 2022 | 4 June 2023 | Matchday 1 | 4th | 38 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 51 | 35 | +16 | 055.26 |
| Copa del Rey | 13 November 2022 | 25 January 2023 | First round | Quarter-finals | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 080.00 |
| UEFA Europa League | 8 September 2022 | 16 March 2023 | Group stage | Round of 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 062.50 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 51 | 30 | 9 | 12 | 72 | 41 | +31 | 058.82 |
Source: Soccerway

### La Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Real Madrid | 38 | 24 | 6 | 8 | 75 | 36 | +39 | 78 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Atlético Madrid | 38 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 70 | 33 | +37 | 77 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Real Sociedad | 38 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 51 | 35 | +16 | 71 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 5 | Villarreal | 38 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 59 | 40 | +19 | 64 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 6 | Real Betis | 38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 46 | 41 | +5 | 60 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: La Liga

#### 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 | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | W | D | L | W | W | W | W | W | L | L | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | D | L | D | D | W | L | W | L | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | L | W |
| Position | 6 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 23 June 2022.

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

The draw for the group stage was held on 26 August 2022.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | RSO | MUN | SHE | OMO |
| 1 | Real Sociedad | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 15 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Manchester United | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 15 | Advance to knockout round play-offs | 0–1 | — | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Sheriff Tiraspol | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 6 | Transfer to Europa Conference League | 0–2 | 0–2 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | Omonia | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 0 | | 0–2 | 2–3 | 0–3 | — |
* 1 2 Tied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference is used as the tiebreaker.

#### Knockout phase
##### Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 24 February 2023.

## Statistics
### Squad statistics

    Last updated on 4 June 2023.
| 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 | ESP | Álex Remiro | 50 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Andoni Zubiaurre | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ESP | Álex Sola | 16 | 0 | 3+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ESP | Aritz Elustondo | 36 | 1 | 16+9 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 5+1 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | ESP | Aihen Muñoz | 27 | 0 | 20+3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ESP | Diego Rico | 31 | 1 | 18+2 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 18 | DF | ESP | Andoni Gorosabel | 35 | 0 | 19+8 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ESP | Jon Pacheco | 25 | 0 | 12+5 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ESP | Robin Le Normand | 41 | 0 | 31+2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ESP | Aritz Arambarri | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | ESP | Urko González | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 3 | MF | ESP | Martín Zubimendi | 44 | 1 | 35+1 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ESP | Asier Illarramendi | 31 | 1 | 13+11 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | ESP | Igor Zubeldia | 39 | 1 | 29+2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Mikel Merino | 43 | 3 | 28+5 | 2 | 2+1 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ESP | Ander Guevara | 16 | 1 | 2+6 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 4+1 | 1 |
| 21 | MF | ESP | David Silva | 34 | 3 | 25+3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 23 | MF | ESP | Brais Méndez | 47 | 11 | 28+6 | 8 | 4+1 | 1 | 6+2 | 2 |
| 27 | MF | ESP | Beñat Turrientes | 13 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | ESP | Robert Navarro | 26 | 6 | 1+16 | 0 | 4+1 | 4 | 1+3 | 2 |
| 34 | MF | ESP | Jon Magunazelaia | 5 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | ESP | Pablo Marín | 17 | 0 | 3+7 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 46 | MF | ESP | Jon Ander Olasagasti | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | ESP | Ander Barrenetxea | 25 | 3 | 9+14 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Carlos Fernández | 30 | 1 | 8+16 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ESP | Mikel Oyarzabal | 28 | 4 | 14+9 | 4 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | FRA | Momo Cho | 24 | 2 | 5+14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | JPN | Takefusa Kubo | 43 | 9 | 28+6 | 9 | 1+1 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | NOR | Alexander Sørloth | 30 | 16 | 18 | 12 | 4+1 | 2 | 5+2 | 2 |
| 25 | FW | NGA | Umar Sadiq | 3 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | ESP | Ander Martín | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club ||||||||||||
| 33 | FW | ESP | Jon Karrikaburu | 12 | 2 | 0+6 | 0 | 1+1 | 2 | 2+2 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | Pos | No. | Nat. | Player | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | MF | 23 | | Brais Méndez | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | FW | 19 | | Alexander Sørloth | 10 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | MF | 14 | | Takefusa Kubo | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | FW | 25 | | Umar Sadiq | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | FW | 19 | | Alexander Isak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Last updated: 12 September 2022

### Clean sheets

As of 11 October 2022.
| Rank | Player | Matches played | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | Álex Remiro | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | Andoni Zubiaurre | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches. Players listed below made at least one appearance for Real Sociedad first squad during the season.
| N | P | Name | La Liga | Europa League | Total |
| 18 | DF | Andoni Gorosabel | 2 | | 2 |
| 8 | MF | Mikel Merino | 2 | | 2 |
| 5 | MF | Igor Zubeldia | 2 | | 2 |
| 23 | MF | Brais Méndez | 1 | | 1 |
| 4 | MF | Asier Illarramendi | 1 | | 1 |
| 6 | DF | Aritz Elustondo | 1 | | 1 |
| 24 | DF | Robin Le Normand | 1 | | 1 |
| 33 | FW | Jon Karrikaburu | 1 | | 1 |
| 3 | MF | Martín Zubimendi | 1 | | 1 |
| 11 | MF | Momo Cho | 1 | | 1 |
| 21 | MF | David Silva | | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | Aihen Muñoz | | 1 | 1 |
| 27 | MF | Beñat Turrientes | | 1 | 1 |
Source: Matches Ordered by , and = Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.