What is Real Sociedad? Facts and background

Real Sociedad de Fútbol is the football team of San Sebastian, a Basque city in Spain. The team, which has blue-white colors, competes in La Liga. It plays its matches at Anoeta Stadium, which has a capacity of 32,000 people. Its arch-rival is Athletic Bilbao, the other important team of the Basque Country.

In the 2002-03 season, he was in the leadership seat in La Liga for weeks with important players such as Nihat Kahveci, Darko Kovačević, Aitor López Rekarte, Xabi Alonso and Sander Westerveld. They continued their championship fight with the Real Madrid team, which they defeated 4-2, until the last moment, but they could not prevent their rivals from winning the 29th league championship and finished the league in 2nd place.

They finished second in the group in the 2003-04 UEFA Champions League and were eliminated by Olympique Lyonnais in the second round.

Real Sociedad went into a big decline, especially after Nihat Kahveci left. The team had a very bad season in 2006-07 and was relegated from La Liga. After three seasons in the Segunda División, Sociedad returned to La Liga in the 2010-11 season. The team, which had a difficult time this season, was able to finish the league 2 points above the relegation zone.