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UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2020/21 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Estadio de Anoeta - San Sebastian Thursday 3 December 2020 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Real Sociedad de Fútbol Group F - Matchday 5 HNK Rijeka Last updated 26/02/2021 12:23CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Team facts 5 Squad list 7 Fixtures and results 10 Match-by-match lineups 13 Match officials 15 Legend 16 1 Real Sociedad de Fútbol - HNK Rijeka Thursday 3 December 2020 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Estadio de Anoeta, San Sebastian Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers HNK Rijeka - Real Sociedad de 22/10/2020 GS 0-1 Rijeka Bautista 90+3 Fútbol Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Real Sociedad de Fútbol 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 HNK Rijeka 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 Real Sociedad de Fútbol - Record versus clubs from opponents' country Real Sociedad de Fútbol have not played against a club from their opponents' country HNK Rijeka - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 11/12/2014 GS Sevilla FC - HNK Rijeka 1-0 Seville Denis Suárez 20 Kramarić 53 (P), 02/10/2014 GS HNK Rijeka - Sevilla FC 2-2 Rijeka Kvržić 68; Aspas 26, Mbia 90+1 UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 12/12/2013 GS Real Betis Balompié - HNK Rijeka 0-0 Seville 03/10/2013 GS HNK Rijeka - Real Betis Balompié 1-1 Rijeka Benko 10; Cedrick 14 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-1 28/09/2000 R1 HNK Rijeka - RC Celta de Vigo Rijeka Djorović 112 ET agg 0-1 (aet) 14/09/2000 R1 RC Celta de Vigo - HNK Rijeka 0-0 Vigo UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Juanito 67 (P), 3-0 07/11/1984 R2 Real Madrid CF - HNK Rijeka Madrid Santillana 79, agg: 4-3 Valdano 82 Fegić 30, 57, Matrljan 24/10/1984 R2 HNK Rijeka - Real Madrid CF 3-1 Rijeka 40; Isidro 81 4-1 Fegić 4, 76, Hrstić 23, 03/10/1984 R1 HNK Rijeka - Real Valladolid CF Rijeka agg: 4-2 Desnica 82; More 25 19/09/1984 R1 Real Valladolid CF - HNK Rijeka 1-0 Valladolid Da Silva 66 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Real Sociedad de Fútbol 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 Real Sociedad de Fútbol - HNK Rijeka Thursday 3 December 2020 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Estadio de Anoeta, San Sebastian Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA HNK Rijeka 6 2 2 2 5 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 11 2 4 5 10 12 3 Real Sociedad de Fútbol - HNK Rijeka Thursday 3 December 2020 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Estadio de Anoeta, San Sebastian Match background Real Sociedad will hope to inflict a fifth successive Group F defeat on eliminated Rijeka as they seek to improve their position in an intriguing three-way battle for qualification with Napoli and AZ Alkmaar. • The Spanish side are level on seven points with AZ, two behind Napoli, after drawing 0-0 in Alkmaar on Matchday 4. They have scored just two goals in their first four matches, conceding one. Rijeka, without a point to their name, can no longer finish in the top two. Previous meetings • Real Sociedad's first UEFA encounter with Croatian opponents had a dramatic ending as they defeated Rijeka 1-0 away on Matchday 1 with a 93rd-minute winner from substitute Jon Bautista. • Rijeka have now faced Spanish clubs on 11 occasions with the record W2 D4 L5. Their five previous visits to Spain, against different opponents, have yielded no wins and no goals (D2 L3), with Sevilla defeating them 1-0 in the most recent fixture, a Matchday 6 decider in what turned out to be a triumphant 2014/15 UEFA Europa League campaign for the Andalusian club. Form guide Real Sociedad • A sixth-placed finish in the 2019/20 Spanish Liga secured a return to European football for Real Sociedad after a two-season absence. Imanol Aguacil's team also reached the final of the Copa del Rey, against Athletic, but that all- Basque fixture has been postponed indefinitely. • The San Sebastián club's most recent European campaign, in 2017/18, was also their only previous experience of the UEFA Europa League group stage. They qualified as runners-up behind Zenit, registering 12 points and 16 goals, before going out to Salzburg (2-2 h, 1-2 a) in the round of 32. • Real Sociedad's run of 12 successive home wins in the UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League was brought to an end by Zenit on Matchday 6 in 2017/18 (1-3). They then went three European home games without a victory (D1 L2) until a 1-0 win against AZ on Matchday 3. Rijeka • Third in the Croatian league last season, Rijeka retained the domestic cup thanks to a 1-0 win against league runners-up Lokomotiva Zagreb in the final, which earned the club a third successive UEFA Europa League third qualifying round berth. • Eliminated on entry by Sarpsborg in 2018/19 and in the play-offs by Gent in 2019/20, Rijeka battled their way through to the group stage this season, a 2-0 extra-time home win for Simon Rožman's side against Kolos of Ukraine in their opening qualifier preceding a 1-0 victory at Copenhagen in the play-offs. The Croatian side have participated in three previous UEFA Europa League group stage campaigns, in 2013/14, 2014/15 and 2017/18, but have yet to make further progress. • Rijeka's away record in the UEFA Europa League group stage is W1 D2 L8. They failed to score in their first six away matches but had been on target at least once in the next four, including the 4-1 defeat at AZ on Matchday 2, until they drew a blank last time out in Naples (0-2). Links and trivia • Rijeka's Dani Iglesias is a former Spanish youth international level and played club football in his homeland with Deportivo La Coruña, Guadalajara and Alavés. • Real Sociedad and Rijeka have both scored just two goals in their first four matches. There is only one team in this season’s UEFA Europa League with fewer – CSKA-Sofia, who have yet to score in Group A. 4 Real Sociedad de Fútbol - HNK Rijeka Thursday 3 December 2020 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Estadio de Anoeta, San Sebastian Team facts Real Sociedad de Fútbol Formed: 1909 Nickname: La Real UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 2 (1982) Spanish Cup: 2 (1987) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2019/20: did not take part in UEFA competition 2018/19: did not take part in UEFA competition 2017/18: round of 32 2016/17: did not take part in UEFA competition 2015/16: did not take part in UEFA competition 2014/15: play-offs 2013/14: UEFA Champions League group stage 2012/13: did not take part in UEFA competition 2011/12: did not take part in UEFA competition 2010/11: did not take part in UEFA competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 4-0: Real Sociedad v Rosenborg 14/09/17, UEFA Europa League group stage • Biggest away win 0-6: Vardar v Real Sociedad 19/10/17, UEFA Europa League group stage • Heaviest home defeat 1-3 twice, most recently v Zenit 07/12/17, UEFA Europa League group stage 0-2: Real Sociedad v Shakhtar Donetsk 17/09/13, UEFA Champions League group stage • Heaviest away defeat 6-0: Liverpool v Real Sociedad 04/11/75, UEFA Cup second round second leg UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 4-0: Real Sociedad v Rosenborg (see above) • Biggest away win 0-6: Vardar v Real Sociedad (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 1-3 twice, most recently v Zenit (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 6-0: Liverpool v Real Sociedad (see above) HNK Rijeka Formed: 1946 Nickname: Riječki bijeli (Rijeka Whites) UEFA club competition honours • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 1 (2017) Yugoslav/Croatian Cup: 8 (2020) 5 Real Sociedad de Fútbol - HNK Rijeka Thursday 3 December 2020 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Estadio de Anoeta, San Sebastian Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2019/20: play-offs 2018/19: third qualifying round 2017/18: group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs) 2016/17: third qualifying round 2015/16: second qualifying round 2014/15: group stage 2013/14: group stage 2012/13: did not take part in UEFA competition 2011/12: did not take part in UEFA competition 2010/11: did not take part in UEFA competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 5-0: Rijeka v Prestatyn Town 18/07/13, UEFA Europa League second qualifying round first leg • Biggest away win 1-5 twice, most recently v The New Saints 18/07/17, UEFA Champions League second qualifying round second leg • Heaviest home defeat 1-4: Rijeka v Austria Wien 02/11/17, UEFA Europa League group stage 0-3 twice, most recently v Aberdeen 16/07/15, UEFA Europa League second qualifying round first leg • Heaviest away defeat 4-0: Vitória Guimarães v Rijeka 19/09/13, UEFA Europa League group stage UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 5-0: Rijeka v Prestatyn Town (see above) • Biggest away win 1-5: Víkingur v Rijeka 31/07/14, second qualifying round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 1-4: Rijeka v Austria Wien (see above) 0-3: Rijeka v Aberdeen (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 4-0: Vitória Guimarães v Rijeka (see above) 6 Real Sociedad de Fútbol - HNK Rijeka Thursday 3 December 2020 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Estadio de Anoeta, San Sebastian Squad list Real Sociedad de Fútbol Current season All-time UEL League UEL UEFA No.