Real Sociedad

2023–24 season
President	Jokin Aperribay
Head coach	Imanol Alguacil
Stadium	Reale Arena
La Liga	6th
Copa del Rey	Semi-finals
UEFA Champions League	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Mikel Oyarzabal (9) All: Mikel Oyarzabal (14)
Highest home attendance	39,336 vs Paris Saint-Germain
Lowest home attendance	25,335 vs Granada
Home colours Away colours Third colours
←  2022–23 2024–25 →
All statistics correct as of 14 April 2024.

The 2023–24 season is Real Sociedad's 114th season in existence and 14th consecutive season in La Liga. They also competed in the Copa del Rey and the UEFA Champions League, returning to the top European club tournament after a nine-year absence.

This is the club's first season since 2014–15 without Asier Illarramendi, who departed to join American club FC Dallas.

Players

First-team squad

As of 19 January 2024 ^[1]

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 Álvaro Odriozola 3 DF   ESP Aihen Muñoz 4 MF   ESP Martín Zubimendi 5 DF   ESP Igor Zubeldia 6 DF   ESP Aritz Elustondo ( vice-captain) 7 FW   ESP Ander Barrenetxea 8 MF   ESP Mikel Merino ( 3rd captain) 9 FW   ESP Carlos Fernández 10 FW   ESP Mikel Oyarzabal ( captain) 11 FW   SUR Sheraldo Becker 12 MF   RUS Arsen Zakharyan

No. Pos. Nation Player 13 GK   ESP Unai Marrero 14 FW   JPN Takefusa Kubo 15 MF   ESP Urko González de Zárate 16 MF   ESP Jon Ander Olasagasti 17 DF   SCO Kieran Tierney (on loan from Arsenal) 18 DF   MLI Hamari Traoré 19 FW   NGA Umar Sadiq 20 DF   ESP Jon Pacheco 21 FW   POR André Silva (on loan from RB Leipzig) 22 MF   ESP Beñat Turrientes 23 MF   ESP Brais Méndez 24 DF   ESP Robin Le Normand

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 MF   ESP Jon Magunazelaia 29 MF   ESP Pablo Marín 30 GK   ESP Gaizka Ayesa 36 DF   ESP Jon Martín

No. Pos. Nation Player 37 GK   ESP Aitor Fraga 38 MF   ESP Alberto Dadie 39 DF   VEN Jon Aramburu 40 FW   NOR Bryan Fiabema

Other players under contract

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   ESP Martín Merquelanz

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   ESP Álex Sola (at Alavés until 30 June 2024) — DF   ESP Diego Rico (at Getafe until 30 June 2024) — DF   USA Jonathan Gómez (at Mirandés until 30 June 2024)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   ESP Robert Navarro (at Cádiz until 30 June 2024) — MF   ESP Roberto López (at Tenerife until 30 June 2024) — FW   ESP Jon Karrikaburu (at Andorra until 30 June 2024)

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
DF	Hamari Traoré	Rennes	Free	1 July 2023	[2]
FW	André Silva	RB Leipzig	Loan	2 August 2023	[3]
MF	Arsen Zakharyan	Dynamo Moscow	€13,000,000	19 August 2023	[4]
DF	Kieran Tierney	Arsenal	Loan	28 August 2023	[5]
DF	Álvaro Odriozola	Real Madrid	€3,000,000	1 September 2023	[6]
FW	Sheraldo Becker	Union Berlin	€3,000,000	18 January 2024	[7]
DF	Javi Galán	Atlético Madrid	Loan	24 January 2024	[8]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Asier Illarramendi	FC Dallas	Free	1 July 2023	[9]
DF	Modibo Sagnan	Utrecht	€2,900,000	1 July 2023	[10]
MF	Portu	Getafe	€3,500,000	1 July 2023	[11]
DF	Aritz Arambarri	Leganés	Free	1 July 2023	[12]
MF	Roberto López	Tenerife	Loan	1 July 2023	[13]
MF	Ander Guevara	Alavés	€1,800,000	9 July 2023	[14]
MF	David Silva	Retired		28 July 2023	[15]
DF	Andoni Gorosabel	Alavés	Undisclosed	11 August 2023	[16]
FW	Jon Karrikaburu	Alavés	Loan	1 September 2023	[17]
MF	Robert Navarro	Cádiz	Loan	1 September 2023	[18]
DF	Álex Sola	Alavés	Loan	1 September 2023	[19]
DF	Diego Rico	Getafe	Loan	1 September 2023	[20]
FW	Jon Karrikaburu	Andorra	Loan	7 January 2024	[21]
FW	Mohamed-Ali Cho	Nice	€12,000,000	8 January 2024	[22]

New contracts

Position	Player	Until	Ref.
MF	Igor Zubeldia	June 2029	[23]
FW	Ander Barrenetxea	June 2030	[24]
FW	Takefusa Kubo	June 2029	[25]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Real Sociedad v Osasuna

21 July 2023 Euskal Herriko Futbol Txapelketa	Real Sociedad	1–3	Osasuna	Irun
20:45 CEST ( UTC+2)	Cho 24' Zubeldia  27'	Report	Catena 9', 38', 43'	Stadium: Stadium Gal Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

Sporting CP v Real Sociedad

25 July 2023 Friendly	Sporting CP	3–0	Real Sociedad	Faro/ Loulé, Portugal
22:30 WEST ( UTC+1)	Gyökeres 19' Esgaio 28' Gonçalves 55' Barroso  84'	Report		Stadium: Estádio do Algarve Referee: Gonçalo Neves ( Portugal)

Real Sociedad v Bayer Leverkusen

29 July 2023 Friendly	Real Sociedad	1–0	Bayer Leverkusen	San Sebastián
19:00 CEST ( UTC+2)	Méndez 42'	Report	Puerta  37' Marsenic  90+1'	Stadium: Reale Arena Attendance: 17,143 Referee: Igor Galech Apezteguía ( Spain)

Atlético Madrid v Real Sociedad

2 August 2023 La Liga Summer Tour	Atlético Madrid	0–0	Real Sociedad	Guadalupe, Mexico
19:00 CDT ( UTC−5)	Hermoso  33' Depay 79'	Report	Zubeldia  14' Le Normand  33' Pacheco  54'	Stadium: Estadio BBVA Attendance: 33,055 Referee: Fernando Hernández Gómez ( Mexico)

Real Betis v Real Sociedad

5 August 2023 La Liga Summer Tour	Real Betis	0–1	Real Sociedad	San Francisco, United States
20:00	Miranda  35' Guardado  45' Roca  63'	Report	Muñoz 69' Oyarzabal  89'	Stadium: Oracle Park

Competitions

Overall record

La Liga

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 22 June 2023. ^[27]

Copa del Rey

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 31 August 2023.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		RSO	INT	BEN	SAL
1	Real Sociedad	6	3	3	0	7	2	+5	12 [a]	Advance to knockout phase		—	1–1	3–1	0–0
2	Inter Milan	6	3	3	0	8	5	+3	12 [a]			0–0	—	1–0	2–1
3	Benfica	6	1	1	4	7	11	−4	4 [b]	Transfer to Europa League		0–1	3–3	—	0–2
4	Red Bull Salzburg	6	1	1	4	4	8	−4	4 [b]			0–2	0–1	1–3	—

Real Sociedad v Inter Milan

20 September 2023 1	Real Sociedad	1–1	Inter Milan	San Sebastián
21:00 CEST ( UTC+2)	Méndez 4' Merino  70' Traoré  88' Zubeldia  90+5'	Report	Asllani  13' Mkhitaryan  60' Frattesi  70' Martínez 87'	Stadium: Reale Arena Attendance: 36,591 Referee: Michael Oliver ( England)

Red Bull Salzburg v Real Sociedad

3 October 2023 2	Red Bull Salzburg	0–2	Real Sociedad	Salzburg, Austria
18:45 CEST ( UTC+2)	Solet  41' Pavlović  76' Baidoo  88'	Report	Oyarzabal 7' Le Normand  15' Méndez 27',  59'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 28,227 Referee: Bartosz Frankowski ( Poland)

Benfica v Real Sociedad

24 October 2023 3	Benfica	0–1	Real Sociedad	Lisbon, Portugal
20:00 WEST ( UTC+1)	Bernat  77'	Report	Méndez 63' Elustondo  71' Merino  75'	Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 56,002 Referee: Clément Turpin ( France)

Real Sociedad v Benfica

8 November 2023 4	Real Sociedad	3–1	Benfica	San Sebastián
18:45 CET ( UTC+1)	Merino 6' Oyarzabal 11' Barrenetxea 21',  63' Méndez 29' Fernández  86'	Report	Florentino  20' R. Silva 49'	Stadium: Reale Arena Attendance: 36,815 Referee: Anthony Taylor ( England)

Real Sociedad v Red Bull Salzburg

29 November 2023 5	Real Sociedad	0–0	Red Bull Salzburg	San Sebastián
21:00 CET ( UTC+1)	Elustondo  38'	Report	Dedić  90+1'	Stadium: Reale Arena Attendance: 34,419 Referee: Mykola Balakin ( Ukraine)

Inter Milan v Real Sociedad

12 December 2023 6	Inter Milan	0–0	Real Sociedad	Milan, Italy
21:00 CET ( UTC+1)	Martínez  75'	Report	Zubeldia  21' Zakharyan  44' Kubo  76' Elustondo  85'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 69,010 Referee: Sandro Schärer ( Switzerland)

Knockout phase

Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 18 December 2023.

Paris Saint-Germain v Real Sociedad

14 February 2024 First leg	Paris Saint-Germain	2–0	Real Sociedad	Paris, France
21:00 CET ( UTC+1)	K. Mbappé 58' Barcola 70'	Report	Le Normand  36' Traoré  90+2'	Stadium: Parc des Princes Attendance: 46,435 Referee: Marco Guida ( Italy)

Real Sociedad v Paris Saint-Germain

5 March 2024 Second leg	Real Sociedad	1–2 (1–4 agg.)	Paris Saint-Germain	San Sebastián
21:00 CET ( UTC+1)	Kubo  42' Zubeldia  54' Merino 89'	Report	K. Mbappé 15', 56' Mendes  28' Hakimi  41' Dembélé  45+4'	Stadium: Reale Arena Attendance: 39,336 Referee: Michael Oliver ( England)

Statistics

Squad statistics

Last updated on 12 December 2023.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		La Liga		Copa del Rey		UEFA Champions League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ESP	Álex Remiro	22	0	16	0	0	0	6	0
32	GK	ESP	Unai Marrero	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
37	GK	ESP	Aitor Fraga	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	ESP	Álvaro Odriozola	5	0	0+1	0	1	0	1+2	0
3	DF	ESP	Aihen Muñoz	22	0	10+6	0	0	0	5+1	0
6	DF	ESP	Aritz Elustondo	13	0	4+2	0	1+1	0	2+3	0
17	DF	SCO	Kieran Tierney	8	0	6	0	0	0	1+1	0
18	DF	MLI	Hamari Traoré	21	0	15+1	0	0	0	4+1	0
20	DF	ESP	Jon Pacheco	13	0	3+5	0	2	0	0+3	0
24	DF	ESP	Robin Le Normand	20	1	12+1	1	1+1	0	5	0
26	DF	ESP	Urko González de Zárate	4	0	2	0	2	0	0	0
39	DF	VEN	Jon Aramburu	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
Midfielders
4	MF	ESP	Martín Zubimendi	24	3	14+2	3	0+2	0	6	0
5	MF	ESP	Igor Zubeldia	21	0	14+1	0	0	0	6	0
8	MF	ESP	Mikel Merino	19	2	11+2	1	0+1	0	5	1
12	MF	RUS	Arsen Zakharyan	16	0	3+7	0	2	0	2+2	0
14	MF	JPN	Takefusa Kubo	22	6	13+2	6	0+1	0	5+1	0
16	MF	ESP	Jon Ander Olasagasti	5	0	0+3	0	2	0	0	0
22	MF	ESP	Beñat Turrientes	16	0	6+4	0	2	0	1+3	0
23	MF	ESP	Brais Méndez	20	5	14+1	2	0	0	5	3
28	MF	ESP	Jon Magunazelaia	2	0	0	0	1	0	0+1	0
29	MF	ESP	Pablo Marín	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
7	FW	ESP	Ander Barrenetxea	19	4	12+2	3	0	0	4+1	1
9	FW	ESP	Carlos Fernández	14	3	5+4	2	0+1	1	0+4	0
10	FW	ESP	Mikel Oyarzabal	21	9	9+6	7	0	0	6	2
19	FW	NGA	Umar Sadiq	19	2	6+8	2	1+1	0	1+2	0
21	FW	POR	André Silva	4	1	0+3	0	1	1	0	0
38	FW	ESP	Alberto Dadie	2	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0
Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club
2	DF	ESP	Álex Sola	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
11	FW	FRA	Momo Cho	16	0	1+10	0	1	0	1+3	0
15	DF	ESP	Diego Rico	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0