2010–11 Real Sociedad season
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.
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Stadium | Anoeta | ||
La Liga | 15th | ||
Copa del Rey | Round of 32 | ||
Top goalscorer | League: Antoine Griezmann (7) All: Antoine Griezmann (7) | ||
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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.
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Start formations
- Starting XI
Lineup that started most of the club's competitive matches throughout the season.
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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
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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.
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Loan return
Italics for players returning to the club but left it during pre-season
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Club
Coaching staff
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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 |
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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 ![]() Zurutuza ![]() Llorente ![]() Rivas ![]() |
(Report) | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 24,865 Referee: José Luis González |
13 September 2010 2 | Almería | 2 – 2 | Real Sociedad | Almería |
21:00 CET | Piatti ![]() Ulloa ![]() Vargas ![]() Ortiz ![]() Acasiete ![]() Corona ![]() |
(Report) | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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 ![]() González ![]() |
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Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 30,114 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz |
21 September 2010 4 | Osasuna | 3 – 1 | Real Sociedad | Pamplona |
20:00 CET | Pandiani ![]() ![]() Camuñas ![]() Aranda ![]() Juanfran ![]() Soriano ![]() |
(Report) | ![]() ![]() |
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 ![]() Rubén ![]() Ramis ![]() |
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Stadium: Son Moix Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Antonio Rubinos Pérez |
2 October 2010 6 | Real Sociedad | 1 – 0 | Espanyol | Donostia |
20:00 CET | Forlín ![]() Griezmann ![]() |
(Report) | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Javier Turienzo Álvarez |
17 October 2010 7 | Levante | 2 – 1 | Real Sociedad | Valencia |
17:00 CET | Del Horno ![]() ![]() Nano ![]() Caicedo ![]() Juanlu ![]() |
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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 ![]() Griezmann ![]() Agirretxe ![]() Aranburu ![]() Griezmann ![]() |
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Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 21,836 Referee: José Luis Paradas Romero |
31 October 2010 9 | Málaga | 1 –2 | Real Sociedad | Málaga |
17:00 CET | Edinho ![]() Juanmi ![]() |
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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 ![]() Rivas ![]() |
(Report) | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 23,000 Referee: José Luis González |
14 November 2010 11 | Hércules | 2 – 1 | Real Sociedad | Alicante |
17:00 CET | Trezeguet ![]() Drenthe ![]() Valdez ![]() |
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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 ![]() Rivas ![]() Aranburu ![]() Ansotegi ![]() Bergara ![]() |
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Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 23,850 Referee: Ayza Gámez |
28 October 2010 13 | Sporting de Gijón | 1 –3 | Real Sociedad | Gijón |
17:00 CET | Grégory ![]() Botía ![]() De las Cuevas ![]() Sangoy ![]() Barral ![]() Carmelo ![]() Lora ![]() |
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Stadium: El Molinón Referee: Paradas Romero |
5 December 2010 14 | Real Sociedad | 2 – 0 | Athletic Bilbao | Donostia |
21:00 CET | Prieto ![]() ![]() Rivas ![]() San José ![]() |
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Stadium: Anoeta Referee: Ramírez Domínguez |
12 December 2010 15 | Barcelona | 5 – 0 | Real Sociedad | Barcelona |
21:00 CET | Mascherano ![]() Villa ![]() Iniesta ![]() Messi ![]() Bojan ![]() |
(Report) | Stadium: Nou Camp Referee: David Fernández Borbalán |
18 December 2010 16 | Real Sociedad | 1 – 2 | Valencia | Donostia |
22:00 CET | Rivas ![]() Prieto ![]() ![]() De la Bella ![]() |
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Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 21,885 Referee: Iglesias Villanueva |
3 January 2011 17 | Real Zaragoza | 2 – 1 | Real Sociedad | Zaragoza |
20:00 CET | Sinama Pongolle ![]() Paredes ![]() Ponzio ![]() Gabi ![]() Braulio ![]() |
(Report) | Prieto ![]() Griezmann ![]() |
Stadium: La Romareda Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Teixeira Vitienes |
8 January 2011 18 | Real Sociedad | 2 – 3 | Sevilla | Donostia |
20:00 CET | Rivas ![]() Llorente ![]() Rivas ![]() González ![]() |
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Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Javier Estrada Fernández |
15 January 2011 19 | Getafe | 0 –4 | Real Sociedad | Getafe |
18:00 CET | Díaz ![]() Boateng ![]() Rafa ![]() |
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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 ![]() Cani ![]() |
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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 ![]() ![]() Tamudo ![]() Bravo ![]() |
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Stadium: Anoeta Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez |
6 February 2011 22 | Real Madrid | 4 – 1 | Real Sociedad | Madrid |
19:00 CET | Kaká ![]() Ronaldo ![]() Alonso ![]() Albiol ![]() Adebayor ![]() |
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Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Rafael Ramírez Domínguez |
13 February 2011 23 | Real Sociedad | 1 – 0 | Osasuna | Donostia |
17:00 CET | Tamudo ![]() Bergara ![]() |
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Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Javier Turienzo Álvarez |
21 February 2011 24 | Real Sociedad | 1 – 0 | Mallorca | Donostia |
21:00 CET | Tamudo ![]() Aranburu ![]() |
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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 ![]() Estrada ![]() García ![]() Callejón ![]() Márquez ![]() |
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Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat Referee: Miguel Ángel Ayza Gámez |
2 March 2011 26 | Levante | 1 – 1 | Real Sociedad | Donostia |
20:00 CET | Zurutuza ![]() Sutil ![]() |
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Stadium: Anoeta Referee: David Fernández Borbalán |
7 March 2011 27 | Deportivo de La Coruña | 2 – 1 | Real Sociedad | A Coruña |
21:00 CET | Riki ![]() Adrián ![]() Colotto ![]() Pérez ![]() |
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Stadium: Riazor Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz |
13 March 2011 28 | Real Sociedad | 0 – 2 | Málaga | Donostia |
17:00 CET | ![]() ![]() |
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Stadium: Anoeta Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco |
20 March 2011 29 | Racing Santander | 2 – 1 | Real Sociedad | Santander |
17:00 CET | Bakircioglu ![]() Dos Santos ![]() Lacen ![]() |
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Stadium: Estadio El Sardinero Referee: José Luis Paradas Romero |
3 April 2011 30 | Real Sociedad | 1 – 3 | Hércules | Donostia |
17:00 CET | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Stadium: Anoeta Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo |
10 April 2011 31 | Atlético Madrid | 3 – 0 | Real Sociedad | Madrid |
19:00 CET | Filipe Luís ![]() Suárez ![]() Tiago ![]() Agüero ![]() ![]() |
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Stadium: Estadio Vicente Calderón Referee: Alfonso Álvarez Izquierdo |
17 April 2011 32 | Real Sociedad | 2 – 1 | Sporting de Gijón | Donostia |
17:00 CET | Labaka ![]() Estrada ![]() Griezmann ![]() Tamudo ![]() Demidov ![]() |
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Stadium: Anoeta Referee: Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva |
23 April 2011 33 | Athletic Bilbao | 2 – 1 | Real Sociedad | Bilbao |
22:00 CET | Muniain ![]() Toquero ![]() ![]() Orbaiz ![]() San José ![]() Gurpegui ![]() Amorebieta ![]() De Marcos ![]() |
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Stadium: San Mamés Referee: David Fernández Borbalán |
30 April 2011 34 | Real Sociedad | 2 – 1 | Barcelona | Donostia |
20:00 CET | Tamudo ![]() Ifrán ![]() Prieto ![]() Estrada ![]() |
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Stadium: Anoeta Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes |
7 May 2011 35 | Valencia | 3 – 0 | Real Sociedad | Valencia |
18:00 CET | Soldado ![]() Jonas ![]() Mathieu ![]() |
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Stadium: Mestalla Referee: José Luis González |
11 May 2011 36 | Real Sociedad | 2 – 1 | Zaragoza | Donostia |
20:00 CET | Tamudo ![]() Aranburu ![]() Griezmann ![]() Zurutuza ![]() Tamudo ![]() Ifrán ![]() Prieto ![]() |
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Stadium: Anoeta Referee: Alfonso Álvarez Izquierdo |
15 May 2011 37 | Sevilla | 3 – 1 | Real Sociedad | Seville |
21:00 CET | Escudé ![]() Kanouté ![]() ![]() Negredo ![]() ![]() |
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Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Referee: Javier Turienzo Álvarez |
21 May 2011 38 | Real Sociedad | 1 – 1 | Getafe | Donostia |
22:00 CET | Sutil ![]() ![]() |
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Stadium: Anoeta Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes |
Copa del Rey
28 October 2010 4th | Real Sociedad | 2 – 3 | Almería | Donostia |
21:00 CET | Sarpong ![]() Elustondo ![]() Estrada ![]() Elustondo ![]() |
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Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: ? Referee: César Muñiz Fernández |
10 November 2010 4th | Almería | 2 – 1 | Real Sociedad | Almería |
21:00 CET | Ulloa ![]() ![]() Goitom ![]() Jakobsen ![]() |
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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