Editing Real Sociedad (section)

===Early history===
[[File:Real Sociedad 1912.png|thumb|Real Sociedad in 1912]]
[[File:REAL 1931.jpg|thumb|right|Real Sociedad squad in the 1930–31 league season]]
Football was introduced to [[San Sebastián]] in the early 1900s by students and workers returning from [[United Kingdom|Britain]]. In 1904, they formed [[San Sebastián Recreation Club]], the first football club in the city, and in 1905 the club competed in the [[Copa del Rey]].<ref name=Empezó>{{cite web |url=https://as.com/futbol/2009/08/15/mas_futbol/1250317621_850215.html |title=Todo empezó en el Club Ciclista San Sebastián |trans-title=It all started at the San Sebastián Cycling Club |language=es |website=as.com |date=15 August 2009 |access-date=23 July 2022 |archive-date=2 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402225146/https://as.com/futbol/2009/08/15/mas_futbol/1250317621_850215.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1907, a conflict between the club's members caused the team to split with several players (such as [[Alfonso Sena|Alfonso]] and [[Miguel Sena]] and Domingo Arrillaga) leaving to create a new team in 1908, the [[Club Ciclista de San Sebastián#Football section|San Sebastian Football Club]]. This team applied to enter the [[1909 Copa del Rey]], but complications over registration permits saw them compete as Club Ciclista de San Sebastián.<ref name=Empezó/> This team convincingly defeated the powerful [[Athletic Bilbao|Athletic Club]] 4–2 in the quarter-finals and then beat [[Club Español de Madrid]] 3–1 in the [[1909 Copa del Rey Final|final]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/spancup1909.html |title=Spain - Cup 1909 |date=13 January 2000 |website=[[RSSSF]] |accessdate=23 July 2022 |archive-date=15 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220715211400/https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/spancup1909.html |url-status=live }}</ref> A notable figure of this team was [[George McGuinness]], who netted 6 goals in the tournament including the opener in the final.

A few months after this victory, the players who had won the tournament founded the Sociedad de Futbol on 7 September 1909. Sociedad applied to enter the [[1910 Copa del Rey]], but once again had to compete under a different name, Vasconia de San Sebastián, and once again they reached the [[1910 UECF Copa del Rey Final|final (UECF)]], where they were beaten by Athletic (0–1).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/spancup1910.html |title=Spain - Cups 1910 |date=13 January 2000 |website=[[RSSSF]] |accessdate=23 July 2022 |archive-date=15 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220715211412/https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/spancup1910.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In the same year, King [[Alfonso XIII]] – who used San Sebastián as his [[summer capital]] – gave the club his patronage, where it subsequently became known as Real Sociedad de Fútbol. The first final the club played as ''Real Sociedad'' was in [[1913 UECF Copa del Rey Final|1913]], where [[FC Barcelona]] needed three games to beat them.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/spancup1913.html |title=Spain - Cups 1913 |date=13 January 2000 |accessdate=23 July 2022 |archive-date=8 April 2022 |website=[[RSSSF]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220408092402/http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/spancup1913.html |url-status=live }}</ref> After a 15-year hiatus, Sociedad reached the [[1928 Copa del Rey Final|1928 final]], which was remarkably similar to their previous one since Barcelona again needed three games to beat them at [[Estadio El Sardinero (1913)|El Sardinero]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/spancup1928.html |title=Spain - Cup 1928 |date=12 February 2001 |website=[[RSSSF]] |accessdate=23 July 2022 |archive-date=20 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170620231909/http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/spancup1928.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:Real Sociedad 1952an.jpg|thumb|left|Real Sociedad in 1952|219x219px]]
Real Sociedad was a founding member of [[La Liga]] in 1929. The team came fourth with Francisco "Paco" Bienzobas finishing as the top scorer. The team's name was changed to ''Donostia Club de Futbol'' in 1931 with the advent of the [[Second Spanish Republic]], but changed back to Real Sociedad after the [[Spanish Civil War]] in 1939. The team has generally fluctuated between the ''Primera'' and ''Segunda'' divisions, in one period (during the 1940s) managing to be relegated and promoted seven times. Around that time, the sculptor [[Eduardo Chillida]] was the team's goalkeeper until injury put a stop to his football career.