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 In sports, a reserve team is a team composed of players under contract to a club but who do not normally play in matches for the first team. Reserve teams often include back-up players from the first team, young players who need playing time to i ...

of Real Sociedad and plays in

Segunda Federación Segunda Federación, previously called Segunda División RFEF, also officially known as Segunda B-Segunda Federación, is the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system containing 90 teams divided into five groups. It is administered by t ...

– Group 2.

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 Tercera División ( en, Third Division) was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the '' Segunda División'', and the semi-professional '' Segunda ...

, Berio operated as a

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for Real Sociedad but still played at their own stadium wearing their traditional green kit. From then on, they would play at

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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 Real Sociedad de Fútbol "B" (also known as Sanse) is a Spanish football team based in San Sebastián, in the autonomous community of Basque Country. Founded in 1955, it is the reserve team of Real Sociedad and plays in Primera Federación ...

(''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. In the same season, the Real B-team gained promotion to the second tier.

Season to season

As CD Berio FT

As Real Sociedad "C"

---- *2 seasons in Segunda División RFEF *8 seasons in

Current squad

Reserve team

Out on loan

References

External links

Official website

La Preferente team profile

Arefepedia team profile as Berio FT
Football clubs in the Basque Country (autonomous community) Real Sociedad Sports clubs and teams in San Sebastián Association football clubs established in 1998 1998 establishments in Spain Spanish reserve football teams {{Spain-footyclub-stub