SPAIN PRIMERA LALIGA Real Sociedad vs Athletic Bilbao 6Pm

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Real Sociedad de Fútbol, S.A.D. (more commonly referred to as Real Sociedad) is a Spanish football club based in the city of San Sebastián, Basque Country, founded on 7 September 1909. Its home stadium is Anoeta, which seats 32,200 spectators.The club is known in Basque as Erreala or the txuri-urdin (meaning "white-blue" in Basque), from their colours: blue with white vertical stripes and white shorts. The club name means Royal Society of Football. A blue quarter on white also appears in the flag of their home town.While Real Sociedad still attempt to keep a core of Basque players, whether coming from their own teams or signed from other clubs, they also employ non-Basque Spanish players, as well as foreigners.They were relegated from La Liga in 2006–07, finishing 19th. On 9 July 2007, former Welsh international and Fulham manager Chris Coleman was appointed as the new club coach, on the recommendation of former Real Sociedad manager John Toshack, who remains a respected and influential figure at the club. Coleman resigned on 16 January 2008.