RC Celta de Vigo

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Celta de Vigo
Full nameReal Club Celta de Vigo, S.A.D.
Nickname(s)Los/Os Celestes (The Sky Blues)
O Celtiña (DIM)
Short nameCelta
Founded23 August 1923; 100 years ago (1923-08-23) (as Club Celta)[1]
GroundBalaídos
Capacity24,791[2]
Coordinates42°12′42.6″N 8°44′22.9″W / 42.211833°N 8.739694°W / 42.211833; -8.739694
OwnerGrupo Corporativo Ges, S.L.
PresidentMarián Mouriño
Head coachClaudio Giráldez
LeagueLa Liga
2022–23La Liga, 13th of 20
WebsiteClub website
Current season

Real Club Celta de Vigo (Galician pronunciation: [reˈal ˈkluβ ˈθeltɐ ðɪ ˈβiɣʊ]; lit.'Royal Celtic Club of Vigo'), commonly known as Celta de Vigo or simply Celta, is a Spanish professional football club based in Vigo, Galicia, that competes in La Liga, the top tier of Spanish football. Nicknamed Os Celestes (The Sky Blues), the club was founded in August 1923 as Club Celta, following the merger of Real Vigo Sporting and Real Fortuna. The club's home stadium is Balaídos, which seats 24,791 spectators.

The club's name is derived from the Celts, a people who once lived in the region. Celta have a long-standing rivalry with fellow Galician club Deportivo La Coruña, with whom they contest the Galician derby.

Celta have never won the league title nor Copa del Rey, although they have reached the final three times in the latter. The club finished in their best-ever position of fourth in 2002–03, qualifying for the 2003–04 UEFA Champions League, where they were eliminated by Arsenal in the round of 16. In the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League, Celta reached the semi-finals for the first time, losing to Manchester United. In 2000, Celta were one of the co-winners of the UEFA Intertoto Cup.

History[edit]

Foundation[edit]

Campo de Coia (1908–1928)
Real Club Celta de Vigo vs S.C. Braga in 1945

RC Celta de Vigo was formed as a result of the ambition of Vigo's teams to achieve more at national level, where the Basque sides had been their bête noire in the Spanish Championship. The idea was to merge both Vigo-based teams, Real Vigo Sporting and Real Club Fortuna de Vigo, to create a more powerful team at national level. The standard-bearer of this movement was Manuel de Castro, known as "Handicap", a sports writer for the Faro de Vigo who, from 1915, began to write in his articles about the need for a unitarian movement.[3] The slogan of his movement was "Todo por y para Vigo" ("All by and for Vigo"),[3] which eventually found support among the managers of both clubs. It was backed unanimously when De Castro himself presented the motion at the assembly of the Royal Spanish Football Federation in Madrid on 22 June 1923.[3]

Chart of Celta de Vigo league performance 1929–2023

On 12 July 1923, the merger was approved at the annual general meetings of Vigo and Fortuna, held at the Cine Odeón and Hotel Moderno, respectively.[3] At the last general meeting of Fortuna and Vigo, which approved the formation of the new club and was held on 10 August, the members decided on the name and colours of the team.[3] Among the various names proposed were Club Galicia, Real Atlético FC, Real Club Olímpico, Breogán and Real Club Celta. The latter two names were the most liked and in the end they decided on Club Celta, an ethnic race linked to Galicia.[3] The first president of Celta was Manuel Bárcena de Andrés, the Count of Torre Cedeira.[3] This assembly also decided on the squad, which totaled 64 players and included some important players from Fortuna and Vigo, and was managed by Francis Cuggy.[3] Their first match was a friendly against Portuguese side Boavista, which Celta won 8–2.[3]

In 1947–48, Celta ranked fourth, the club's joint highest ever finish, and reached the Copa del Generalísimo Final, where they lost 4–1 to Sevilla FC.[4] Local striker Pahiño, who took the Pichichi Trophy for 21 goals in 22 games that season, subsequently moved to Real Madrid.[5]

EuroCelta and subsequent decline[edit]

Celta supporters before a match

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Celta were dubbed "EuroCelta" by the Spanish press as a result of their European performance. This included a 4–1 aggregate win against Liverpool in a run to the quarter-finals of the 1998–99 UEFA Cup.[6] In the next season's edition they again reached the last eight, with a 4–0 second leg win over Juventus and a 7–0 home win against Benfica (8–1 on aggregate).[7] Domestically, the team reached the 2001 Copa del Rey final, losing 3–1 to Real Zaragoza in Seville.[8]

Key players during the period included Alexander Mostovoi, Valery Karpin and Haim Revivo, though the squad also relied upon other international players as well, such as goalkeeper Pablo Cavallero; defender and future coach Eduardo Berizzo, midfielders Claude Makélélé and Mazinho; winger Gustavo López; and strikers Catanha and Lyuboslav Penev, amongst others.

In 2002–03, under manager Miguel Ángel Lotina, Celta ranked fourth, their highest finish since 1948, and qualified for the 2003–04 UEFA Champions League. They reached the round of 16, where they were eliminated by Arsenal 5–2 on aggregate.[9] Domestically that year, the team came 19th and suffered relegation to the Segunda División.[10] Although the squad was heavily dismantled following the demotion, Celta earned an immediate return to the top flight after finishing second in 2004–05.[11]

In 2006–07, Celta finished 18th and were once again relegated to the Segunda División. The team subsequently fought against relegation to the third tier, and the risk of bankruptcy.[12] This trend was bucked in the 2010–11 season, when new striker David Rodríguez, winger Enrique de Lucas and manager Paco Herrera helped them finish sixth. They were eliminated in the first knockout round by Granada after a penalty shoot-out, the game having finished 1–1 in 90 minutes.[13]

Return to La Liga and Europe[edit]

Celta playing regional rivals Deportivo de La Coruña in 2012

On 3 June 2012, Celta returned to La Liga after a five-year absence.[14] In their first season after returning to the top flight, they avoided relegation to the Segunda División on the final day after beating RCD Espanyol 1–0 to ensure a 17th-place finish.[15]

Under "EuroCelta" veteran Eduardo Berizzo in 2015–16, Celta finished sixth for their best result in a decade and earned a spot in the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League.[16] In their return to European competitions, Celta reached the semi-finals of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League, where they were eliminated by eventual champions Manchester United.[17]

Identity[edit]

Crest[edit]

Celta's original crest was rather simple, featuring a red shield with two stylised letter Cs (Club Celta) and the royal crown of Spain; in the year of its foundation, the club became one of a number of Spanish football clubs to be granted patronage by Alfonso XIII and thus the right to use the honorific real (Royal) in its name and the crown on its badge.[3] The following year the shield's colour was changed to the traditional sky blue colour. Like many other Galician clubs, such as Compostela and Racing Ferrol, the crest also features the red cross of Saint James which was added in 1928.[18][19][20] During the Spanish Second Republic (1931–1936), the honorific title and crown were removed from the club's name and crest; however, it was to return under the Spanish State.

Kit[edit]

Celta's home colours are sky blue and white. Originally, their home strip consisted of a red shirt, black shorts and blue socks. This was later changed at an unknown date to the current colours, representative of the Galician flag.[3]

1923–1924
Current

Celta had the longest-running sponsorship deal in Spanish football, and one of the longest-running in the world, with the French automobile manufacturer Citroën from 1985 to 2016.[21] The company established its plant within walking distance from Balaídos in 1958, and had first sponsored the club's women's basketball team in 1980. In 2016, the sponsor was changed to that of Galician brewery, Estrella Galicia, which had advertised on the back of the shirts since 2011.[22] Their business deal with kit supplier, Umbro, was also one of the longest-running ones, from 1986 to 2010.[23]

Years Kit manufacturer Sponsor
Brand Company
1980–82 Meyba None
1982–86 Adidas
1986–10 Umbro Citroën Citroën Automóviles España, S.A.
2010–13 Li-Ning
2013–16 Adidas
2016– Estrella Galicia 0,0 Hijos de Rivera, S.A.U

Players[edit]

First-team squad[edit]

As of 31 January 2024[24]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF Sweden SWE Carl Starfelt
3 DF Spain ESP Óscar Mingueza
4 DF Spain ESP Unai Núñez (on loan from Athletic Bilbao)
5 MF Peru PER Renato Tapia
6 MF Spain ESP Carlos Dotor
7 FW Spain ESP Carles Pérez
8 MF Spain ESP Fran Beltrán
9 FW Argentina ARG Tadeo Allende
10 FW Spain ESP Iago Aspas (captain)
11 FW Argentina ARG Franco Cervi
12 FW Greece GRE Anastasios Douvikas
13 GK Spain ESP Iván Villar
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF United States USA Luca de la Torre
15 DF Ghana GHA Joseph Aidoo
16 MF Brazil BRA Jailson
17 FW Ivory Coast CIV Jonathan Bamba
18 FW Norway NOR Jørgen Strand Larsen
19 MF Sweden SWE Williot Swedberg
20 DF Spain ESP Kevin Vázquez
21 DF Serbia SRB Mihailo Ristić
22 DF Spain ESP Javier Manquillo
23 DF Spain ESP Manu Sánchez
24 FW Spain ESP Miguel Rodríguez
25 GK Spain ESP Vicente Guaita

Reserve team[edit]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
26 GK Spain ESP Coke Carrillo
27 GK Spain ESP Ruly García
28 DF Spain ESP Carlos Domínguez
30 MF Spain ESP Hugo Sotelo
31 DF Spain ESP Javi Domínguez
No. Pos. Nation Player
32 DF Spain ESP Javi Rodríguez
33 FW Spain ESP Hugo Álvarez
34 MF Spain ESP Damián Rodríguez
35 DF Spain ESP Joel López

Out on loan[edit]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
DF Spain ESP Sergio Carreira (at Elche until 30 June 2024)
DF Spain ESP José Fontán (at Cartagena until 30 June 2024)
MF Spain ESP Miguel Baeza (at Mirandés until 30 June 2024)
No. Pos. Nation Player
FW Uruguay URU Lautaro de León (at Mirandés until 30 June 2024)
FW Spain ESP Julen Lobete (at Andorra until 30 June 2024)
FW Portugal POR Gonçalo Paciência (at VfL Bochum until 30 June 2024)

Records[edit]

Club[edit]

As of 17 March 2024[25]

  • Most league goals: 184, Iago Aspas (2008–2013, 2015–present)[26]
  • Most La Liga goals: 150, Iago Aspas (2012–2013, 2015–present)[26]
  • Most goals in a season: 69 (1998–99)
  • Most league appearances: 462, Manolo (1966–1982)[27]
  • Biggest win and biggest home win: 10–1 (against Gimnàstic, 23 October 1949)
  • Biggest away win: 6–1 (against Athletic Bilbao, 24 March 2002)
  • Biggest defeat and biggest away defeat: 0–10 (against Athletic Bilbao, 11 January 1942)
  • Most home points in a season: 46 (1997–98)[28]
  • Most away points in a season: 27 (2015–16)[29]

Individual[edit]

As of 17 March 2024. All current players are in bold.[25]

Internationals playing at Celta[edit]

The following past and present Celta players have been capped at full international level while playing for the club.[30]

Management[edit]

Ownership[edit]

Carlos Mouriño was the club's president between 2006 and 2023

Real Club Celta de Vigo, S.A.D. is a sociedad anónima deportiva, a public limited sports company, owned by the Spanish-Mexican businessman Carlos Mouriño, who has been the majority shareholder since May 2006 when he acquired Horacio Gómez's 39.84% shareholding in the club. He currently owns 67.9% of the club through the holding company Grupo Corporativo Ges, S.L.[31]

In October 2016, the club was the subject of a potential €100 million takeover by the Chinese CITS Group.[32]

Board of directors[edit]

Position Name
President Marián Mouriño
Vice presidents Ricardo Barros
Pedro Posada
Board of directors María José Táboas
Primitivo Ferro
Carmen Avendaño
José Fernando Rodilla
Managing director Antonio Chaves
Financial director María José Herbón
'Fundación Celta' director Germán Arteta
Academy director Carlos Hugo García
Business development director Carlos Cao
Commercial director Carlos Salvador
Marketing director Maruxa Magdalena
Security director Julio Vargas

Last updated: December 2023
Source: RC Celta

List of presidents[edit]

Dates Name
1923–28 Manuel de Barcena y Andrés
1928–29 Manuel Prieto González
1929–32 Alfredo Escobar
1932–33 Luis de Vicente Sasiáin
1933–34 Indalecio Vázquez
1934–35 Cesáreo González
1935–39 Rodrigo de la Rasilla
1939–40 Pedro Braña Merino
1940–41 Manuel Núñez González
Dates Name
1941–42 Fernando de Miguel Rodríguez
1942–48 Luis Iglesias Fernández
1948–50 Avelino Ponte Caride
1950–52 Faustino Álvarez Álvarez
1952–56 Manuel Prieto Pérez
1956–58 Antonio Herrero Montero
1958–59 Antonio Alfageme
1959–61 Celso Lorenzo Vila
1961–63 Carlos Barreras Barret
Dates Name
1963–64 Antonio Crusat Pardiñas
1964–65 Manuel Rodríguez Gómez
1965–69 Daniel Alonso González
1969–70 Ramón de Castro
1970–73 Rodrigo Alonso Fariña
1973–77 Antonio Vázquez Gómez
1977–80 Jaime Arbones Alonso
1980 Rodrigo Arbones Alonso
1980 Elías Posada
Dates Name
1980–82 Elías Alonso Riego
1982–90 José Luis Rivadulla García
1990–91 José Luis Alejo Álvarez
1991 Eloy de Francisco
1991–95 José Luis Núñez Gallego
1995–06 Horacio Gómez Araújo
2006–2023 Carlos Mouriño
2023– Marián Mouriño[33]

Coaches[edit]

List of Celta de Vigo head coaches since 1923.[34][35]

Honours[edit]

2000 Intertoto Cup

National titles[edit]

European titles[edit]

Regional titles[edit]

Friendly and unofficial tournaments[edit]

Seasons[edit]

Celta Vigo's finishing positions in the Spanish football league system
Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey
1923–24 1ª Reg. 1st Quarter-finals
1924–25 1ª Reg. 1st Semi-finals
1925–26 1ª Reg. 1st Semi-finals
1926–27 1ª Reg. 2nd Quarter-finals
1927–28 1ª Reg. 2nd Quarter-finals
1928–29 2 9th Round of 32
1930–31 3 1st Round of 32
1931–32 2 9th Semi-finals
1932–33 2 7th Round of 32
1933–34 2 4th Round of 16
1934–35 2 1st Round of 16
1935–36 2 1st Round of 16
1939–40 1 10th Round of 16
1940–41 1 10th Semi-finals
1941–42 1 5th First round
1942–43 1 5th Round of 16
1943–44 1 14th Round of 16
1944–45 2 3rd First round
1945–46 1 10th Round of 16
1946–47 1 9th Quarter-finals
Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey
1947–48 1 4th Runners-up
1948–49 1 11th Round of 16
1949–50 1 7th Round of 16
1950–51 1 8th First round
1951–52 1 9th First round
1952–53 1 13th DNP
1953–54 1 10th Round of 16
1954–55 1 11th Round of 16
1955–56 1 10th Round of 16
1956–57 1 13th Quarter-finals
1957–58 1 7th Round of 16
1958–59 1 16th Round of 16
1959–60 2 2nd First round
1960–61 2 2nd Round of 32
1961–62 2 6th Round of 32
1962–63 2 6th First round
1963–64 2 9th Round of 16
1964–65 2 5th Round of 32
1965–66 2 2nd Round of 32
1966–67 2 3rd First round
Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey
1967–68 2 3rd Semi-finals
1968–69 2 2nd DNP
1969–70 1 10th Round of 16
1970–71 1 6th Round of 16
1971–72 1 10th Quarter-finals
1972–73 1 15th Round of 16
1973–74 1 12th Round of 32
1974–75 1 17th Round of 16
1975–76 2 2nd Round of 16
1976–77 1 17th Quarter-finals
1977–78 2 3rd Third round
1978–79 1 16th Round of 16
1979–80 2 17th Round of 16
1980–81 3 2ª B 1st Third round
1981–82 2 1st Third round
1982–83 1 17th Round of 16
1983–84 2 6th First round
1984–85 2 3rd Third round
1985–86 1 18th Quarter-finals
1986–87 2 1st Third round
Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey
1987–88 1 7th Round of 16
1988–89 1 8th Quarter-finals
1989–90 1 19th Round of 16
1990–91 2 14th Fifth round
1991–92 2 1st Third round
1992–93 1 11th Third round
1993–94 1 15th Runners-up
1994–95 1 13th Fourth round
1995–96 1 11th Round of 16
1996–97 1 16th Semi-finals
1997–98 1 6th Round of 16
1998–99 1 5th Round of 16
1999–00 1 7th Round of 16
2000–01 1 6th Runners-up
2001–02 1 5th Round of 32
2002–03 1 4th Round of 32
2003–04 1 19th Quarter-finals
2004–05 2 2nd Round of 64
2005–06 1 6th Round of 16
2006–07 1 18th Round of 32
Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey
2007–08 2 16th Second round
2008–09 2 17th Round of 32
2009–10 2 12th Quarter-finals
2010–11 2 6th Second round
2011–12 2 2nd Round of 32
2012–13 1 17th Round of 16
2013–14 1 9th Round of 32
2014–15 1 8th Round of 16
2015–16 1 6th Semi-finals
2016–17 1 13th Semi-finals
2017–18 1 13th Round of 16
2018–19 1 17th Round of 32
2019–20 1 17th Round of 32
2020–21 1 8th Second round
2021–22 1 11th Round of 32
2022–23 1 13th Round of 32
2023–24 1 Quarter-finals

European competitions[edit]

Celta score listed first.
Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Aggregate
1971–72 UEFA Cup First round Scotland Aberdeen 0–2 0–1 0–3
1998–99 UEFA Cup First round Romania Argeș Pitești 7–0 1–0 8–0
Second round England Aston Villa 0–1 3–1 3–2
Third round England Liverpool 3–1 1–0 4–1
Quarter-finals France Marseille 1–2 0–0 1–2
1999–2000 UEFA Cup First round Switzerland Lausanne 4–0 2–3 6–3
Second round Greece Aris 2–2 2–0 4–2
Third round Portugal Benfica 7–0 1–1 8–1
Fourth round Italy Juventus 0–1 4–0 4–1
Quarter-finals France Lens 0–0 1–2 1–2
2000 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round North Macedonia Pelister 3–0 2–1 5–1
Semi–finals England Aston Villa 1–0 2–1 3–1
Finals Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 2–1 2–2 4–3
2000–01 UEFA Cup First round Croatia Rijeka 0–0 1–0 1–0
Second round Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade 0–1 3–0 3–1
Third round Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 0–0 1–0 1–0
Fourth round Germany VfB Stuttgart 0–0 2–1 2–1
Quarter-finals Spain Barcelona 3–2 1–2 4–4 (a)
2001–02 UEFA Cup First round Czech Republic Sigma Olomouc 4–0 3–4 7–4
Second round Czech Republic Slovan Liberec 3–1 0–3 3–4
2002–03 UEFA Cup First round Denmark Odense 2–0 0–1 2–1
Second round Norway Viking 3–0 1–1 4–1
Third round Scotland Celtic 2–1 0–1 2–2 (a)
2003–04 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round Czech Republic Slavia Prague 3–0 0–2 3–2
Group H Netherlands Ajax 3–2 0–1 2nd
Belgium Club Brugge 1–1 1–1
Italy Milan 0–0 2–1
Round of 16 England Arsenal 2–3 0–2 2–5
2006–07 UEFA Cup First round Belgium Standard Liège 1–0 3–0 4–0
Group H Germany Eintracht Frankfurt 1–1 2nd
England Newcastle United 1–2
Turkey Fenerbahçe 1–0
Italy Palermo 1–1
Round of 32 Russia Spartak Moscow 1–1 2–1 3–2
Round of 16 Germany Werder Bremen 0–1 0–2 0–3
2016–17 UEFA Europa League Group G Netherlands Ajax 2–2 2–3 2nd
Belgium Standard Liège 1–1 1–1
Greece Panathinaikos 2–0 2–0
Round of 32 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 0–1 2–0 (a.e.t.) 2–1
Round of 16 Russia Krasnodar 2–1 2–0 4–1
Quarter-finals Belgium Genk 3–2 1–1 4–3
Semi-finals England Manchester United 0–1 1–1 1–2

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