1980–81 Real Sociedad season

Real Sociedad
1980–81 season
President	José Luis Orbegozo
Head coach	Alberto Ormaetxea
Stadium	Atotxa
La Liga	Winners ; (in 1981–82 European Cup)
Copa del Rey	Round of 16
UEFA Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Satrústegui (16); All: ; Satrústegui (19)
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 1979–80 1981–82 →

Last updated October 13, 2025

During the season the club competed in Primera Division, UEFA Cup and Copa del Rey.

Summary

After a shockingly lost trophy the season before, the club won its first league title ever^[1] in a closed race against Atletico Madrid and, in the last rounds of the season against Real Madrid ^[2]) being awarded the prize on the last round in Gijon thanks to a 89-minute goal by Zamora.^[3]^[4]^[5]),^[6]) ^[7]^[8]^[9]) ^[10]^[11]^[12]) ^[13]^[14]).^[15]

Squad

^[16]Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ESP	Luis Arconada
—	GK	ESP	Manuel Cervantes
—	GK	ESP	Pedro María Otxorena
—	DF	ESP	Marcelino Arano
—	DF	ESP	Genaro Celayeta
—	DF	ESP	Agustín Gajate
—	DF	ESP	Alberto Górriz
—	DF	ESP	Ignacio Kortabarría
—	DF	ESP	Juan Antonio Larrañaga
—	DF	ESP	Eliseo Murillo
—	DF	ESP	Julio Olaizola
—	MF	ESP	Perico Alonso


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ESP	José Diego Álvarez
—	MF	ESP	José Agustín Aranzábal
—	MF	ESP	José Mari Bakero
—	MF	ESP	Salvador Iriarte
—	MF	ESP	Jesús María Zamora
—	FW	ESP	Juan María Amiano
—	FW	ESP	Santiago Idígoras
—	FW	ESP	Luis Miguel Heras
—	FW	ESP	Roberto López Ufarte
—	FW	ESP	Jesús María Satrústegui
—	FW	ESP	Pedro Uralde

Transfers

In
Pos.	Name	From	Type
MF	José Mari Bakero	San Sebastian CF
DF	Marcelino Arano	San Sebastian CF
DF	Juan Antonio Larrañaga	San Sebastian CF

Out
Pos.	Name	To	Type
DF	Luciano Murillo	UD Salamanca

Results

Primera División

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Real Sociedad (C)	34	19	7	8	52	29	+23	45^[a]	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Real Madrid	34	20	5	9	66	37	+29	45^[a]	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3	Atlético Madrid	34	17	8	9	59	41	+18	42^[b]
4	Valencia	34	16	10	8	46	39	+7	42^[b]
5	Barcelona	34	18	5	11	66	41	+25	41	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round ^[c]

Source: BDFútbol
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Goal difference; 4) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions
Notes:

1 2 Real Sociedad finished ahead of Real Madrid on head-to-head goal-difference: Real Madrid 1-0 Real Sociedad, Real Sociedad 3-1 Real Madrid.
1 2 Atlético Madrid finished ahead of Valencia on head-to-head points: Atlético Madrid 3-1 Valencia, Valencia 0-0 Atlético Madrid.
↑ Barcelona qualified to the Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the Copa del Rey.

Position 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
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	W	D	D	L	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	D	L	W	W	W	L	L	D	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	D
Position	10	8	5	7	7	9	7	4	3	5	3	5	4	5	4	3	4	4	3	2	3	4	4	7	7	6	5	3	3	2	1	1	1	1

Source: BD Futbol Squad of Real Sociedad 1980-81
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; = 1981–82 European Cup ; = 1981–82 UEFA Cup

Matches

6 September 19801	Valencia CF	3–2	Real Sociedad	Valencia
	Solsona 33' Morena 64' Solsona 74'	Report	78'Satrústegui 80'Uralde	Stadium: Mestalla Referee: Soriano Aladrén

13 September 19802	Real Sociedad	2–1	Osasuna	San Sebastián
	Satrústegui75' Gajate 87'	Report	77' Dioni	Stadium: Atotxa Referee: Ramo Castillo

21 September 19803	UD Las Palmas	0–3	Real Sociedad	Las Palmas
		Report	54' Uralde 74' Diego 82' (pen.) Kortabarria 66' Julio Suarez	Stadium: Insular Referee: Sanchez-Molina

27 September 19804	Real Sociedad	2–2	Atletico Madrid	San Sebastián
	Satrústegui 36' Kortabarría 73' (pen.)	Report	26'Dirceu 35'Marcos Alonso	Stadium: Atotxa Referee: Tomeo Palanques

5 October 19805	Real Sociedad	2–2	Real Betis	San Sebastián
	Zamora 62' Ortega 86' (o.g.)	Report	19'Diarte 83'Morán	Stadium: Atotxa Referee: García Carrión

10 October 19806	Hercules CF	2–0	Real Sociedad	Alicante
	Churruca 23' Kortabarria 33' Kustudić 70'	Report		Stadium: José Rico Pérez Referee: Enríquez Negreira

19 October 19807	Real Sociedad	2–0	FC Barcelona	San Sebastián
	Jose Antonio 38' Idígoras 64' Uralde 87'	Report	60' Olaizola	Stadium: Atotxa Referee: Pes Pérez

26 October 19808	UD Salamanca	0–2	Real Sociedad	Salamanca
		Report	20' Idigoras 44' Satrústegui 64' Perico Alonso	Stadium: Helmántico Referee: Franco Martínez

1 November 19809	Real Sociedad	1–0	Real Zaragoza	San Sebastián
	Kortabarría 40' (pen.) Uralde 45'	Report	80' Camus	Stadium: Atotxa Referee: Miguel Pérez

9 November 198010	Real Madrid	1–0	Real Sociedad	Madrid
	Stielike 11' 'Santillana 58' Del Bosque 72'	Report		Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Referee: Enríquez Negreira

16 November 198011	Real Sociedad	1–0	Real Valladolid	San Sebastián
	Zamora 7' Satrustegui 85'	Report		Stadium: Atotxa Referee: Martín Navarrete

23 November 198012	UD Almeria	3–2	Real Sociedad	Almeria
	Camacho 12' Rolón 25' Murúa 50' (pen.)	Report	43' Perico Alonso 58' Satrústegui 60' Zamora	Stadium: Antonio Franco Navarro Referee: Soriano Aladrén

30 November 198013	Real Sociedad	4–1	Athletic Bilbao	San Sebastián
	Satrústegui 1' Satrústegui 15' López Ufarte 59' López Ufarte 79'	Report	87'Endika	Stadium: Atotxa Referee: Álvarez Margüenda

7 December 198014	Sevilla CF	0–0	Real Sociedad	Sevilla
	Choya 37'	Report		Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Referee: Díez Frías

14 December 198014	Real Sociedad	1–0	Real Murcia	San Sebastián
	Idigoras 31' Diego 32'	Report		Stadium: Atotxa Referee: Ausocúa Sanz

21 December 198016	Espanol	0–0	Real Sociedad	Barcelona
	Lanchas 29' Huertas 57' Carreño 74'	Report		Stadium: Sarriá Referee: García De Loza

28 December 198017	Real Sociedad	1–2	Sporting Gijon	San Sebastián
	Gajate 55' Zamora 82'	Report	8'Abel 57'Abel	Stadium: Atotxa Referee: Fandos Hernández

4 January 198118	Real Sociedad	2–1	Valencia CF	San Sebastián
	Zamora 18' Satrústegui 54'	Report	87' Felman	Stadium: Atotxa Referee: Soriano Aladrén

11 January 198119	Osasuna	0–3	Real Sociedad	Pamplona
		Report	43' Uralde 70' Uralde 88'Uralde	Stadium: El Sadar Referee: Sánchez Arminio

17 January 198120	Real Sociedad	2–0	UD Las Palmas	San Sebastián
	Satrústegui 61' Idígoras 64'	Report		Stadium: Atotxa Referee: Sanchez-Molina

25 January 198121	Atletico Madrid	2–0	Real Sociedad	Madrid
	Arteche 23' Ruiz 41' Marcos Alonso 81' Julio Alberto 87'	Report		Stadium: Vicente Calderón Referee: Merino González

1 February 198122	Real Betis	1–0	Real Sociedad	Sevilla
	Segundo 84'	Report		Stadium: Benito Villamarín Referee: García Carrión

8 February 198123	Real Sociedad	1–1	Hercules CF	San Sebastián
	Kortabarría 10' (pen.)	Report	80' Moyano	Stadium: Atotxa Referee: Mayoral Cedenilla

15 February 198124	FC Barcelona	2–0	Real Sociedad	Barcelona
	Schuster 12' Quini 45' (pen.) Migueli 81'	Report		Stadium: Camp Nou Referee: Ramos Marcos

22 February 198125	Real Sociedad	1–0	UD Salamanca	San Sebastián
	Satrústegui 86'	Report		Stadium: Atotxa Referee: Condón Uriz

1 March 198126	Real Zaragoza	0–1	Real Sociedad	Zaragoza
		Report	25' Uralde	Stadium: La Romareda Referee: Andújar Oliver

8 March 198127	Real Sociedad	3–1	Real Madrid	San Sebastián
	Diego 9' Perico Alonso 58' Zamora 69'	Report	25' García Hernández 37' Sabido	Stadium: Atotxa Referee: Enriquez Negreira

15 March 198128	Real Valladolid	0–0	Real Sociedad	Valladolid
		Report		Stadium: Municipal Jose Zorrilla Referee: García De Loza

22 March 198129	Real Sociedad	3–1	UD Almeria	San Sebastián
	Satrústegui 3' Zamora 26' Satrústegui 37'	Report	86' (o.g.) Kortabarría	Stadium: Atotxa Referee: Ausocúa Sanz

29 March 198130	Athletic Bilbao	0–2	Real Sociedad	Bilbao
		Report	57'Satrústegui 89'Satrústegui	Stadium: San Mames Referee: Sanchez-Molina

5 April 198131	Real Sociedad	3–0	Sevilla CF	San Sebastián
	López Ufarte 16' Kortabarria 32' Satrústegui 32' López Ufarte 79'	Report		Stadium: Atotxa Referee: Franco Martínez

12 April 198132	Real Murcia	0–2	Real Sociedad	Murcia
		Report	35' (o.g.)Lago 89' López Ufarte	Stadium: La Condomina Referee: Soriano Aladrén

19 April 198133	Real Sociedad	2–1	Espanol	San Sebastián
	Satrústegui 48' Idígoras 62'	Report	9' Marañón 38' Arabi	Stadium: Atotxa Referee: Merino González

26 April 198134	Sporting Gijon	2–2	Real Sociedad	Gijón
	Cundi 21' Mesa 44' Mesa 46'	Report	7' (pen.)Kortabarría 89'Zamora	Stadium: El Molinón Referee: Enriquez Negreira

Copa del Rey

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Third round

7 January 19811	Real Sociedad	1–1	Cadiz CF	San Sebastián
				Stadium: Atotxa

21 January 19812	Cadiz CF	0–1	Real Sociedad	Cadiz
				Stadium: Ramón de Carranza

Eightfinals

29 April 19811	Sevilla CF	2–1	Real Sociedad	Sevilla
				Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán

6 May 19812	Real Sociedad	1–1	Sevilla CF	San Sebastián
				Stadium: Atotxa

Statistics

Squad statistics

Competition	Points	Total						GD
Competition	Points	G	W	D	L	Gs	Ga	GD
1980-81 Primera Division	45	34	19	7	8	52	29	+23
1980-81 Copa del Rey	-	4	1	2	1	4	4	0
1980-81 UEFA Cup	-	6	2	3	1	7	5	+2
Total	-	44	22	12	10	63	38	+25

Player statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Primera Division		UEFA Cup		Copa del Rey
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ESP	Luis Arconada	44	-39	34	-29	6	-6	4	-4
	DF	ESP	Genaro Celayeta	40	0	32+1	0	5	0	2	0
	DF	ESP	Alberto Górriz	42	0	30+2	0	5+1	0	4	0
	DF	ESP	Ignacio Kortabarria	38	5	30	5	4	0	4	0
	DF	ESP	Julio Olaizola	43	0	33	0	6	0	4	0
	MF	ESP	Periko Alonso	43	5	32+1	3	6	1	4	1
	MF	ESP	José Diego	42	3	33	3	6	0	3	0
	MF	ESP	Jesús María Zamora	43	9	34	7	5	1	4	1
	FW	ESP	Roberto López Ufarte	41	7	26+5	5	3+3	1	4	1
	FW	ESP	Jesús María Satrústegui	38	19	28	16	6	3	4	0
	FW	ESP	Santiago Idígoras	38	4	21+8	3	4+2	0	2+1	1
	GK	ESP	Pedro María Otxotorena	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ESP	Pedro Uralde	38	8	17+12	7	4+1	1	2+2	0
	MF	ESP	José Mari Bakero	31	0	10+17	0	2	0	0+2	0
	DF	ESP	Eliseo Murillo	14	0	6+3	0	3+1	0	1	0
	DF	ESP	Agustín Gajate	6	1	4	1	1	0	0+1	0
	DF	ESP	Juan Antonio Larrañaga	11	0	3+6	0	0	0	2	0
	MF	ESP	Gaztelu	2	0	1	0	0+1	0
	FW	ESP	Juan María Amiano	1	0	0+1	0
	GK	ESP	Manuel Cervantes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ESP	Marcelino Arano
	MF	ESP	Salvador Iriarte
	FW	ESP	Luis Miguel Heras

Source: http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/t/t1980-8130.html

References

↑ "Valencia - Real Sociedad (3 - 2) 06/09/1980". bdfutbol.com.
↑ "Real Sociedad - Atlético Madrid (2 - 2) 27/09/1980". bdfutbol.com.
↑ "Ujpesti Dosza - Real Sociedad (0 - 1) 16/09/1980". bdfutbol.com.
↑ "Real Sociedad - Ujpesti Dosza (1 - 0) 01/10/1980". bdfutbol.com.
↑ "Real Sociedad - Barcelona (2 - 0) 19/10/1980". bdfutbol.com.
↑ "Real Sociedad - Brno (2 - 1) 05/11/1980". bdfutbol.com.
↑ "Lokeren - Real Sociedad (1 - 0) 26/11/1980". bdfutbol.com.
↑ "Real Sociedad - Lokeren (2 - 2) 10/12/1980". bdfutbol.com.
↑ "Real Sociedad - Valencia (2 - 1) 04/01/1981". bdfutbol.com.
↑ "Atlético Madrid - Real Sociedad (2 - 0) 25/01/1981". bdfutbol.com.
↑ "Barcelona - Real Sociedad (2 - 0) 15/02/1981". bdfutbol.com.
↑ "Real Sociedad - Real Madrid (3 - 1) 08/03/1981". bdfutbol.com.
↑ "Real Sociedad - Español (2 - 1) 19/04/1981". bdfutbol.com.
↑ "Sporting de Gijón - Real Sociedad (2 - 2) 26/04/1981". bdfutbol.com.
1 2 "Copa del Rey 1980-81". linguasport.com.
↑ "Real Sociedad 1980-81". bdfutbol.com.

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[table_hth_RSO0.43569359063902-17] 1 2 Real Sociedad finished ahead of Real Madrid on head-to-head goal-difference: Real Madrid 1-0 Real Sociedad, Real Sociedad 3-1 Real Madrid.

[table_hth_ATM0.43569359063902-18] 1 2 Atlético Madrid finished ahead of Valencia on head-to-head points: Atlético Madrid 3-1 Valencia, Valencia 0-0 Atlético Madrid.

[table_note_res_CWC10.43569359063902-19] Barcelona qualified to the Cup Winners' Cup as winners of the Copa del Rey.

[1] "Valencia - Real Sociedad (3 - 2) 06/09/1980". bdfutbol.com.

[2] "Real Sociedad - Atlético Madrid (2 - 2) 27/09/1980". bdfutbol.com.

[3] "Ujpesti Dosza - Real Sociedad (0 - 1) 16/09/1980". bdfutbol.com.

[4] "Real Sociedad - Ujpesti Dosza (1 - 0) 01/10/1980". bdfutbol.com.

[5] "Real Sociedad - Barcelona (2 - 0) 19/10/1980". bdfutbol.com.

[6] "Real Sociedad - Brno (2 - 1) 05/11/1980". bdfutbol.com.

[7] "Lokeren - Real Sociedad (1 - 0) 26/11/1980". bdfutbol.com.

[8] "Real Sociedad - Lokeren (2 - 2) 10/12/1980". bdfutbol.com.

[9] "Real Sociedad - Valencia (2 - 1) 04/01/1981". bdfutbol.com.

[10] "Atlético Madrid - Real Sociedad (2 - 0) 25/01/1981". bdfutbol.com.

[11] "Barcelona - Real Sociedad (2 - 0) 15/02/1981". bdfutbol.com.

[12] "Real Sociedad - Real Madrid (3 - 1) 08/03/1981". bdfutbol.com.

[13] "Real Sociedad - Español (2 - 1) 19/04/1981". bdfutbol.com.

[14] "Sporting de Gijón - Real Sociedad (2 - 2) 26/04/1981". bdfutbol.com.

[coparey-15] 1 2 "Copa del Rey 1980-81". linguasport.com.

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