Real Sociedad C

Real Sociedad de Fútbol "C" is a Spanish football team based in San Sebastián, in the autonomous community of Basque Country. It is the second reserve team of Real Sociedad and plays in Segunda Federación – Group 2.

Real Sociedad C

Full name	Real Sociedad de Fútbol, S.A.D. "C"
Founded	1998 (as CD Berio FT) 2016 (as Real Sociedad "C")
Ground	Zubieta Facilities, San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain
Capacity	2,500[1]
President	Jokin Aperribay
Head coach	Mikel Llorente
League	Segunda Federación – Group 2
2023–24	Segunda Federación – Group 2, 9th of 18
Home colours Away colours

History

Founded in 1998 as Club Deportivo Berio Futbol Taldea, in 2016 the team was integrated fully into the structure of Real Sociedad, becoming its second reserve squad. In the previous two seasons, after gaining promotion to the Tercera División, Berio operated as a farm team for Real Sociedad but still played at their own stadium wearing their traditional green kit.^[2] From then on, they would play at Zubieta and wear Real Sociedad blue-and-white colours.

In general, the Real C squad consists graduates from the club's youth system aged between 17 and 20, and successful players will move up to Real Sociedad B (Sanse) after one or two seasons. The Real Sociedad C team must play at least one division below Sanse, who must themselves play one division lower than the main Real Sociedad team. Neither reserve team can enter the Copa del Rey.

In 2021, the team achieved a promotion of sorts, finishing second in their Tercera group to move to the Segunda División RFEF, one of only three teams in the Basque group to do so – as this was part of a nationwide restructuring they would remain in the fourth level, though now with a regional rather than a local profile.^[3] In the same season, the Real B-team gained promotion to the second tier.^[4]

Season to season

As CD Berio FT

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1998–99 6 1ª Reg. 8th 1999–2000 6 1ª Reg. 3rd 2000–01 6 1ª Reg. 2nd 2001–02 5 Reg. Pref. 9th 2002–03 5 Reg. Pref. 5th 2003–04 5 Reg. Pref. 2nd 2004–05 4 3ª 19th 2005–06 5 Reg. Pref. 13th 2006–07 5 Reg. Pref. 6th

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 2007–08 5 Reg. Pref. 2nd 2008–09 5 Reg. Pref. 9th 2009–10 5 Div. Hon. 11th 2010–11 5 Div. Hon. 10th 2011–12 5 Div. Hon. 7th 2012–13 5 Div. Hon. 5th 2013–14 5 Div. Hon. 1st 2014–15 4 3ª 8th 2015–16 4 3ª 13th

As Real Sociedad "C"

Season Tier Division Place 2016–17 4 3ª 15th 2017–18 4 3ª 6th 2018–19 4 3ª 7th 2019–20 4 3ª 13th 2020–21 4 3ª 2nd 2021–22 4 2ª RFEF 3rd 2022–23 4 2ª Fed. 7th 2023–24 4 2ª Fed. 9th 2024–25 4 2ª Fed.

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• 4 seasons in Segunda Federación/Segunda División RFEF
• 8 seasons in Tercera División

Current squad

As of 8 September 2022^[5]

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 Aitor Fraga 2 DF  ESP Jon Merino 3 FW  ESP Cristian Canales 4 DF  ESP Aitor Larrañaga 5 DF  ESP Luken Beitia 6 MF  ESP Manex Gibelalde 7 FW  ESP Juan Carlos Pontones 8 MF  ESP Martín Arruti 9 FW  ESP Jakes Gorosabel 10 FW  ESP Arkaitz Mariezkurrena 11 FW  ESP Darío Ramirez 12 DF  ESP Ekain Díaz 13 GK  ESP Lander Olasagasti 14 FW  ESP Eñaut Lete

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 DF  ESP Julen Zubelzu (captain) 16 MF  ESP Jon Eceizabarrena 18 MF  ESP Hugo Martín 19 MF  ESP Jon Garro 20 DF  ESP Aimar Olarra 21 FW  ESP Ekain Orobengoa 22 GK  ESP Iker Galindo 25 GK  FRA Theo Folgado 29 DF  ESP Iker Ropero 35 DF  ESP Domenic Torres — DF  ESP Gorka Gastesi — MF  ESP Iker Otadui — FW  ESP Pablo Zubizarreta

Reserve team

Main article: Real Sociedad cantera

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 27 DF  ESP Eneko Behobide 28 FW  ESP Pablo Arenzana 30 MF  ESP Gorka Gorosabel 31 DF  ESP Alejandro Nores 32 GK  ESP Adrián Zango

No. Pos. Nation Player 33 GK  ESP Alain Velarde 34 DF  ESP Anartz Segurola 36 GK  ESP Javier Jiménez 37 MF  ESP Lander Astiazaran

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 Aimar Álvarez (at Pasaia KE until 30 June 2024) — DF  ESP Markel Peral (at Pasaia KE until 30 June 2024) — DF  ESP Alex Fernandorena (at Añorga KKE until 30 June 2024) — MF  ESP Eneko Lizaso (at Beasain until 30 June 2024)

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ESP Xabier Garzón (at Gernika until 30 June 2024) — MF  ESP Jokin Zeziaga (at Pasaia KE until 30 June 2024) — FW  ESP Javier Soroeta (at Pasaia KE until 30 June 2024) — FW  ESP Gorka Carrera (at Touring until 30 June 2024)

See also

• Category:Real Sociedad C footballers
• Real Sociedad
• Real Sociedad B
• Real Sociedad cantera

References

1. "Real Sociedad C - Tercera División G 4". resultados-futbol.com. Retrieved 2020-11-05.
2. "Real Sociedad y Berio FT se fusion an" [Real Sociedad and Berio FT merge]. realsociedad.com. Real Sociedad. 21 July 2016. Archived from the original on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
3. La Real C logra el ascenso [Real C achieves promotion], Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish), 15 May 2021
4. El ascenso del Sanse ofrecerá beneficios deportivos, económicos y sociales a la Real [The promotion of Sanse will offer sporting, economic and social benefits to the Real], Naiz (in Spanish), 23 May 2021
5. "Real Sociedad website: Real C squad 22/23" (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 September 2022.

External links

• Official website (in Spanish)
• La Preferente team profile (in Spanish)
• Arefepedia team profile as Berio FT (in Spanish)