José Luis Orbegozo Balzola (2 September 1929 – 17 January 2010) was a Spanish businessman and sports leader, who served as the 22nd president of the Real Sociedad for 16 years between 1967 and 1983.
[5] The project took advantage of a subsidy for the use of the new field as the venue for the FIFA 1982 World Cup, but this did not come to pass due to the opposition of the city council.
[5] Once San Sebastián was ruled out as the venue for the FIFA World Cup, the project was paralyzed, and the field, whose works had already begun, was converted into a training ground and sports city for Real Sociedad.
[2][3][6] Sociedad announced that all its teams would wear black armbands on the next matchday, in addition to keeping a minute of silence in all the games in which they play, in memory of Orbegozo.
[4] His funeral took place on the following day on 18 January in the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd of San Sebastian and the entire Sociedad squad from the 2009–10 season attended, as well as the last presidents and leaders of the entity.