RC Celta de Vigo

Celta Vigo

Full name	Real Club Celta de Vigo, S.A.D.
Nickname(s)	Los/Os Celestes (The Sky Blues) O Celtiña (DIM)
Short name	Celta
Founded	23 August 1923; 101 years ago (1923-08-23) (as Club Celta)[1]
Ground	Balaídos
Capacity	24,870[2]
Coordinates	42°12′42.6″N 8°44′22.9″W
Owner	Grupo Corporativo Ges, S.L.
President	Marián Mouriño
Head coach	Claudio Giráldez
League	La Liga
2023–24	La Liga, 13th of 20
Website	rccelta.es
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Real Club Celta de Vigo (Galician pronunciation: [reˈal ˈkluβ ˈθeltɐ ðɪ ˈβiɣʊ]; lit. 'Royal Celtic Club of Vigo'), commonly known as Celta Vigo, 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 24,870 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

Foundation

Campo de Coia (1908–1928)

Copa del Rey Alfonso XIII' trophy in 1927

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]

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 January 1927, Celta won the 'Copa del Rey Alfonso XIII' trophy after defeating the English sailors team 4–1.^[4]

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.^[5] Local striker Pahiño, who took the Pichichi Trophy for 21 goals in 22 games that season, subsequently moved to Real Madrid.^[6]

EuroCelta and subsequent decline

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.^[7] 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).^[8] Domestically, the team reached the 2001 Copa del Rey final, losing 3–1 to Real Zaragoza in Seville.^[9]

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.^[10] Domestically that year, the team came 19th and suffered relegation to the Segunda División.^[11] Although the squad was heavily dismantled following the demotion, Celta earned an immediate return to the top flight after finishing second in 2004–05.^[12]

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.^[13] 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.^[14]

Return to La Liga and Europe

Celta playing regional rivals Deportivo de La Coruña in 2012

On 3 June 2012, Celta returned to La Liga after a five-year absence.^[15] 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.^[16]

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.^[17] 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.^[18]

Identity

Crest

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.^[19][20][21] 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

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.^[22] 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.^[23] Their business deal with kit supplier, Umbro, was also one of the longest-running ones, from 1986 to 2010.^[24]

Years	Kit manufacturer	Sponsor
		Brand	Company
1980–1982	Meyba	None
1982–1986	Adidas
1986–2010	Umbro	Citroën	Citroën Automóviles España, S.A.
2010–2013	Li-Ning
2013–2016	Adidas
2016–2024		Estrella Galicia 0,0	Hijos de Rivera, S.A.U
2024–present	Hummel

Players

First-team squad

As of 29 August 2024^[25]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ESP Iván Villar (vice-captain) 2 DF  SWE Carl Starfelt 3 DF  ESP Óscar Mingueza 5 DF  ESP Sergio Carreira 6 MF  GUI Ilaix Moriba (on loan from RB Leipzig) 7 FW  ESP Borja Iglesias (on loan from Betis) 8 MF  ESP Fran Beltrán 9 FW  GRE Anastasios Douvikas 10 FW  ESP Iago Aspas (captain) 11 FW  ARG Franco Cervi 12 FW  ESP Alfon González 13 GK  ESP Vicente Guaita 14 MF  USA Luca de la Torre 15 DF  GHA Joseph Aidoo

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 MF  BRA Jailson 17 FW  CIV Jonathan Bamba 18 FW  ESP Pablo Durán 19 MF  SWE Williot Swedberg 20 DF  ESP Marcos Alonso 21 DF  SRB Mihailo Ristić 22 DF  ESP Javier Manquillo 23 FW  ARG Tadeo Allende 24 DF  ESP Carlos Domínguez 25 MF  ESP Damián Rodríguez 30 FW  ESP Hugo Álvarez 32 DF  ESP Javi Rodríguez 33 MF  ESP Hugo Sotelo

Reserve team

Main article: RC Celta Fortuna

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 26 GK  ESP Marc Vidal 27 GK  ESP César Fernández 28 FW  ESP Fer López

No. Pos. Nation Player 29 MF  ESP Yoel Lago 34 MF  ESP Miguel Román 35 GK  ESP Coke Carrillo

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  ESP Unai Núñez (at Athletic Bilbao until June 2025) — DF  ESP Javi Rueda (at Albacete until June 2025) — DF  ESP Manu Sánchez (at Alavés until June 2025) — MF  ESP Carlos Dotor (at Oviedo until June 2025)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  NOR Jørgen Strand Larsen (at Wolverhampton Wanderers until June 2025) — FW  ESP Carles Pérez (at Getafe until June 2025) — FW  ESP Miguel Rodríguez (at Utrecht until June 2025)

Records

Club

As of 14 December 2024^[26]

• Most league goals: 193, Iago Aspas (2008–2013, 2015–present)^[27]
• Most La Liga goals: 159, Iago Aspas (2012–2013, 2015–present)^[27]
• Most goals in a season: 69 (1998–99)
• Most league appearances: 462, Manolo (1966–1982)^[28]
• 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)^[29]
• Most away points in a season: 27 (2015–16)^[30]

Individual

As of 14 December 2024. All current players are in bold.^[26]

Most appearances Rank Player Matches Years 1 Manolo 533 1966–1982 2 Iago Aspas 509 2008–2013, 2015–present 3 Hugo Mallo 449 2009–2023 4 Atilano 392 1982–1994 5 Javier Maté 369 1981–1993 6 Vicente Álvarez 351 1979–1996 7 Juan Fernández 349 1969–1980 8 Santiago Castro 328 1970–1980 9 Gustavo López 295 1999–2007 10 Aleksandr Mostovoi 290 1996–2004

Most goals scored Rank Player Goals Years 1 Iago Aspas 210 2008–2013, 2015–present 2 Hermidita 113 1945–1956 Vladimir Gudelj 113 1991–1999 4 Nolete 102 1932–1943 5 Pichi Lucas 93 1981–1990 6 Abel Fernández 92 1965–1970 7 Pahiño 91 1943–1948 8 Ramón Polo 76 1923–1935 9 Francisco Roig 75 1940–1949 10 Mauro 72 1953–1958 Aleksandr Mostovoi 72 1996–2004

Internationals playing at Celta

The following past and present Celta players have been capped at full international level while playing for the club.^[31]

Kamel Ghilas Pablo Cavallero Augusto Fernández Gustavo López Facundo Roncaglia Nelson Vivas Juan Manuel Peña Vágner Petar Zanev Pablo Contreras Marcelo Díaz Pablo Hernández Fabián Orellana Mauricio Pinilla Jeison Murillo

Stjepan Andrijašević Ioannis Okkas Michael Krohn-Dehli Pione Sisto Daniel Wass Iván Kaviedes Mido Lévy Madinda Joseph Aidoo Quincy Owusu-Abeyie Anastasios Douvikas Zisis Vryzas Claudio Beauvue Ilaix Moriba Gilberto Yearwood

Haim Revivo Jonathan Bamba Māris Verpakovskis Néstor Araujo Orbelín Pineda Sofiane Boufal Dan Eggen Jørgen Strand Larsen Júnior Alonso Juan Jayo Renato Tapia Jorge Cadete Gabriel Tamaș Valery Karpin Aleksandr Mostovoi

Nemanja Radoja Saša Ilić Savo Milošević Stanislav Lobotka Róbert Mazáň Benni McCarthy Park Chu-young Gabriel Alonso Iago Aspas Fran Beltrán Santiago Cañizares Catanha Quique Costas Juanfran Ángel López

Sebastián Losada Brais Méndez Miguel Muñoz Nolito Jorge Otero Borja Oubiña Pahiño Luis Pasarín Ramón Polo José Fernando Rodilla Míchel Salgado Juan Sánchez José Vega Juan Velasco John Guidetti

Carl Starfelt Williot Swedberg Emre Mor Okay Yokuşlu Luca de la Torre Fabián Canobbio Pablo García Maxi Gómez Andrés Túñez Goran Đorović

Management

Ownership

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.^[32]

In October 2016, the club was the subject of a potential €100 million takeover by the Chinese CITS Group.^[33]

Board of directors

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

Dates Name 1923–27 Manuel de Barcena y Andrés 1927–28 Ramón Fernández Mato 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

Dates Name 1940–41 Manuel Núñez González 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

Dates Name 1961–63 Carlos Barreras Barret 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

Dates Name 1980 Elías Posada 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[34]

List of head coaches

List of Celta de Vigo head coaches since 1923.^[35][36]

Francis Cuggy (1923–1926) Andrés Balsa (1926–1927) W. H. Cowan (1927–1928) Ramón Encinas (1928–1931) José Planas (1931–1932) José María Peña (1932–1935) Ricardo Comesaña (1935–1940) Joaquín Cárdenes (1940–1941) Baltasar Albéniz (1941–1944) Károly Plattkó (1944–1945) Armando Ligorri (1945–1946) Ricardo Zamora (1946–1949) Luis Pasarín (1949–1951) Roberto Ozores (1951–1952) Odilio Bravo (1952–1953) Armando Ligorri (1953) José Iraragorri (1953) Ricardo Zamora (1953–1955) Luis Urquiri (1955–1956) Alejandro Scopelli (1956–1957) Luis Pasarín (1957–1959) Luis Miró (1959) Enrique Lúpiz (1959) Baltasar Albéniz (1959) Santiago Sanz Fraile (1959–1960) Ricardo Zamora (1960) Santiago Sanz Fraile (1960–1961) Louis Hon (1961) Juan Rodríguez Aretio (1961–1962) Ignacio Eizaguirre (1962–1963)

Joseíto (1963–1965) Rafa Yunta (1965–1966) César (1966–1967) Pepe Villar (1967) Ignacio Eizaguirre (1967–1969) Roque Olsen (1969–1970) Juan Arza (1970–1972) Pedro Dellacha (1972–1973) Juan Rodríguez Aretio (1973) Juan Arza (1973–1974) Mariano Moreno (1974–1975) Pepe Villar (1975) Carmelo Cedrún (1975–1977) Antonio Cuervo (1977) Pepe Villar (1977) José María Maguregui (1977–1978) Laureano Ruiz (1978–1979) Pedro González Carnero (1979) Carmelo Cedrún (1979–80) Juan Arza (1980) Milorad Pavić (1980–1983) Carriega (1983) Félix Carnero (1984–85) José Luis García Traid (1985–1986) Pepe Villar (1986) Colin Addison (1986–1987) José María Maguregui (1987–1988) Pepe Villar (1988) José Manuel Díaz Novoa (1988–1990) José María Maguregui (1990–1991)

Txetxu Rojo (1991–1994) Carlos Aimar (1994–1995) Fernando Castro Santos (1995–1997) Javier Irureta (1997–1998) Víctor Fernández (1998–2002) Miguel Ángel Lotina (2002–2004) Radomir Antić (2004) Ramón Carnero (2004) Fernando Vázquez (2004–2007) Hristo Stoichkov (2007) Juan Ramón López Caro (2007–2008) Antonio López (2008) Alejandro Menéndez (2008) Pepe Murcia (2008–2009) Eusebio Sacristán (2009–2010) Paco Herrera (2010–2013) Abel Resino (2013) Luis Enrique (2013–2014) Eduardo Berizzo (2014–2017) Juan Carlos Unzué (2017–2018) Antonio Mohamed (2018) Miguel Cardoso (2018–2019) Fran Escribá (2019) Óscar García Junyent (2019–2020)[37] Eduardo Coudet (2020–2022)[38] Carlos Carvalhal (2022–2023)[39] Rafael Benítez (2023–2024)[40][41] Claudio Giráldez (2024–present)[42]

Honours

2000 Intertoto Cup

National titles

• Segunda División
  • Winners: 1935–36, 1981–82, 1991–92
• Segunda División B
  • Winners: 1980–81
• Tercera División
  • Winners: 1930–31
• Copa del Rey
  • Runners-up: 1947–48, 1993–94, 2000–01

European titles

• UEFA Intertoto Cup
  • Winners: 2000

Regional titles

• Galician Championship^[43]
  • Winners (6): 1923–24, 1924–25, 1925–26, 1929–30, 1931–32, 1933–34
• Asturian-Galician Championship (Galician Group)
  • Winners: 1934–35^[44]
• Regional Government of Galicia Cup
  • Winners: 2006^[45]
• Copa Galicia
  • Winners: 2008^[46]

Friendly and unofficial tournaments

• Trofeo Cidade de Vigo^[47]
  • Winners (21): 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012
• Trofeo Memorial Quinocho^[48]
  • Winners (21): 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2022, 2023
• Trofeo Luis Otero^[49]
  • Winners (13): 1965, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1976, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1990, 1997, 2007, 2010, 2014
• Trofeo Emma Cuervo^[50]
  • Winners (9): 1954, 1961, 1968, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1997, 2010
• TIM Trophy
  • Winners: 2016^[51]
• Teresa Herrera Trophy
  • Winners: 1999^[52]
• Trofeo Xacobeo
  • Winners: 1999^[53]
• Trofeo Federación Galega
  • Winners: 2014^[54]
• Copa Comunidad Gallega
  • Winners: 2016^[55]

Seasons

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 2ª 9th Round of 32 1930–31 3 3ª 1st Round of 32 1931–32 2 2ª 9th Semi-finals 1932–33 2 2ª 7th Round of 32 1933–34 2 2ª 4th Round of 16 1934–35 2 2ª 1st Round of 16 1935–36 2 2ª 1st Round of 16 1939–40 1 1ª 10th Round of 16 1940–41 1 1ª 10th Semi-finals 1941–42 1 1ª 5th First round 1942–43 1 1ª 5th Round of 16 1943–44 1 1ª 14th Round of 16 1944–45 2 2ª 3rd First round 1945–46 1 1ª 10th Round of 16 1946–47 1 1ª 9th Quarter-finals

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1947–48 1 1ª 4th Runners-up 1948–49 1 1ª 11th Round of 16 1949–50 1 1ª 7th Round of 16 1950–51 1 1ª 8th First round 1951–52 1 1ª 9th First round 1952–53 1 1ª 13th DNP 1953–54 1 1ª 10th Round of 16 1954–55 1 1ª 11th Round of 16 1955–56 1 1ª 10th Round of 16 1956–57 1 1ª 13th Quarter-finals 1957–58 1 1ª 7th Round of 16 1958–59 1 1ª 16th Round of 16 1959–60 2 2ª 2nd First round 1960–61 2 2ª 2nd Round of 32 1961–62 2 2ª 6th Round of 32 1962–63 2 2ª 6th First round 1963–64 2 2ª 9th Round of 16 1964–65 2 2ª 5th Round of 32 1965–66 2 2ª 2nd Round of 32 1966–67 2 2ª 3rd First round

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1967–68 2 2ª 3rd Semi-finals 1968–69 2 2ª 2nd DNP 1969–70 1 1ª 10th Round of 16 1970–71 1 1ª 6th Round of 16 1971–72 1 1ª 10th Quarter-finals 1972–73 1 1ª 15th Round of 16 1973–74 1 1ª 12th Round of 32 1974–75 1 1ª 17th Round of 16 1975–76 2 2ª 2nd Round of 16 1976–77 1 1ª 17th Quarter-finals 1977–78 2 2ª 3rd Third round 1978–79 1 1ª 16th Round of 16 1979–80 2 2ª 17th Round of 16 1980–81 3 2ª B 1st Third round 1981–82 2 2ª 1st Third round 1982–83 1 1ª 17th Round of 16 1983–84 2 2ª 6th First round 1984–85 2 2ª 3rd Third round 1985–86 1 1ª 18th Quarter-finals 1986–87 2 2ª 1st Third round

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 1987–88 1 1ª 7th Round of 16 1988–89 1 1ª 8th Quarter-finals 1989–90 1 1ª 19th Round of 16 1990–91 2 2ª 14th Fifth round 1991–92 2 2ª 1st Third round 1992–93 1 1ª 11th Third round 1993–94 1 1ª 15th Runners-up 1994–95 1 1ª 13th Fourth round 1995–96 1 1ª 11th Round of 16 1996–97 1 1ª 16th Semi-finals 1997–98 1 1ª 6th Round of 16 1998–99 1 1ª 5th Round of 16 1999–00 1 1ª 7th Round of 16 2000–01 1 1ª 6th Runners-up 2001–02 1 1ª 5th Round of 32 2002–03 1 1ª 4th Round of 32 2003–04 1 1ª 19th Quarter-finals 2004–05 2 2ª 2nd Round of 64 2005–06 1 1ª 6th Round of 16 2006–07 1 1ª 18th Round of 32

Season Tier Division Place Copa del Rey 2007–08 2 2ª 16th Second round 2008–09 2 2ª 17th Round of 32 2009–10 2 2ª 12th Quarter-finals 2010–11 2 2ª 6th Second round 2011–12 2 2ª 2nd Round of 32 2012–13 1 1ª 17th Round of 16 2013–14 1 1ª 9th Round of 32 2014–15 1 1ª 8th Round of 16 2015–16 1 1ª 6th Semi-finals 2016–17 1 1ª 13th Semi-finals 2017–18 1 1ª 13th Round of 16 2018–19 1 1ª 17th Round of 32 2019–20 1 1ª 17th Round of 32 2020–21 1 1ª 8th Second round 2021–22 1 1ª 11th Round of 32 2022–23 1 1ª 13th Round of 32 2023–24 1 1ª 13th Quarter-finals 2024–25 1 1ª

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• 59 seasons in La Liga
• 32 seasons in Segunda División
• 1 season in Segunda División B
• 1 season in Tercera División

European competitions

Celta score listed first.

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

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Further reading

• González Villar, Celso. Albores do fútbol Vigues (in Galician).
• Cros, Jaime (1973). El Celta y la Liga (in Spanish). Murcia: APANDA de Artes Gráficas, S.A. ISBN 84-605-5851-7.
• Cros, Jaime (1974). Celta 74 (in Spanish).
• Álvarez, Eugenio (2004). A historia do Celta (1992–2004) (in Spanish). Vigo. p. 272.
• Ball, Phil (2001). "Raining Champions". Morbo: The Story of Spanish Football. Kings Lynn, England: WSC Books. pp. 165–181. ISBN 0-9540134-6-8.

External links

• Official website (in Spanish, Galician, and English)
• Celta de Vigo at La Liga (in English and Spanish)
• Celta de Vigo at UEFA (in English and Spanish)