Celta de Vigo
Full name
Real Club Celta de Vigo, S.A.D.
Nickname(s)
Os Célticos (The Celts/Celtics)Os Celestes (The Sky Blues)O Celtiña (The Little Celta)
Founded
23 August 1923
Ground
Estadio Balaídos Spain
Owner
Peugeot Citroën Automóviles España, S.A.
Chairman
Carlos Mouriño
Head Coach
Claudio Giráldez
Current League
La Liga
2023–24
La Liga , 13th
Website
Club home page
Current season
Real Club Celta de Vigo (reˈal ˈkluβ ˈθelta ðe ˈβiɣo), or simply Celta Vigo , is a Spanish professional football club based in Vigo, Galicia, currently playing in the Primera División . It was founded on 23 August 1923 following the merger of Real Vigo Sporting and Real Fortuna Foot-ball Club . Nicknamed Os Celestes (The Sky Blues), they play in sky blue shirts and white shorts. The club's home stadium is Balaídos, which seats 31,800 spectators.
Celta Vigo have played many seasons in La Liga , but they have never won it, they also never won any Copa del Rey . One of their best seasons was 1970–71, when they finished unbeaten at home and were known as the "giant-killers." Celta came sixth that season and qualified for the UEFA Cup for the first time. More recently, 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 .
Players [ ] First-team squad [ ] As of 17 March 2024 External links [ ]
Celta de Vigo squad - 2024–25
1 Villar ·
2 Starfelt ·
3 Mingueza ·
4 Nuñez ·
5 Carreira ·
6 Moriba ·
7 Iglesias ·
8 Beltrán ·
9 Douvikas ·
10 Aspas ·
11 Cervi ·
12 Alfon ·
13 Guaita ·
14 de la Torre ·
15 Aidoo ·
16 Jailson ·
17 Bamba ·
18 Durán ·
19 Swedberg ·
20 Kevin ·
21 Ristić ·
22 Manquillo ·
23 Allende ·
24 Domínguez ·
25 Paciência ·
28 Damián ·
30 Álvarez ·
33 Sotelo ·
Manager: Claudio Giráldez
Celta de Vigo - Managers
Cuggy (1923–26) ·
Balsa (1926–27) ·
Cowan (1927–28) ·
Encinas (1928–31) ·
Planas (1931–32) ·
Peña (1932–35) ·
Comesaña (1935–36) ·
Plattkó (1938–39) ·
Comesaña (1939–40) ·
Cárdenes (1940–41) ·
Albéniz (1941–1944) ·
Plattkó (1944–46) ·
Armando (1946) ·
Zamora (1946–49) ·
Pasarín (1949–51) ·
Ozores (1951–52) ·
Bravo (1952–53) ·
Armando (1953) ·
Iraragorri (1953) ·
Zamora (1953–55) ·
Urquiri (1955–56) ·
Scopelli (1956–57) ·
Pasarín (1957–59) ·
Miró (1959) ·
Lúpiz (1959) ·
Albéniz (1959–60) ·
Yayo (1960) ·
Zamora (1960) ·
Yayo (1960–61) ·
Hon (1961) ·
Aretio (1961–62) ·
Eizaguirre (1962–63) ·
Joseíto (1963–65) ·
Rafa (1965–66) ·
César (1966–67) ·
Villar (1967) ·
Eizaguirre (1967–69) ·
Olsen (1969–70) ·
Arza (1970–72) ·
Dellacha (1972–73) ·
Aretio (1973) ·
Arza (1973–74) ·
Moreno (1974–75) ·
Villar (1975) ·
Cedrún (1975–77) ·
Cuervo (1977) ·
Villar (1977) ·
Maguregui (1977–78) ·
Ruiz (1978–79) ·
Pedrito (1979) ·
Cedrún (1979–80) ·
Arza (1980) ·
Pavić (1980–83) ·
Carriega (1983) ·
Carnero (1984–85) ·
Traid (1985–86) ·
Villar (1986) ·
Addison (1986–87) ·
Maguregui (1987–88) ·
Villar (1988) ·
Novoa (1988–89) ·
Álvarez (1989–90) ·
Maguregui (1990–91) ·
Rojo (1991–94) ·
Aimar (1994–95) ·
Castro Santos (1995–97) ·
Irureta (1997–98) ·
Fernández (1998–2002) ·
Lotina (2002–04) ·
Antić (2004) ·
Carnero (2004) ·
Vázquez (2004–07) ·
Stoichkov (2007) ·
López Caro (2007–08) ·
López Habas (2008) ·
Menéndez (2008) ·
Murcia (2008–09) ·
Sacristán (2009–10) ·
Herrera (2010–13) ·
Resino (2013) ·
Luis Enrique (2013–14) ·
Berizzo (2014–17) ·
Unzué (2017–18) ·
Mohamed (2018) ·
Cardoso (2018–19) ·
Escribá (2019) ·
García (2019–20) ·
Coudet (2020–22) ·
Carvalhal (2022–23) ·
Benítez (2023–24)
UEFA Intertoto Cup winners
1995 :Bordeaux , Strasbourg • 1996 :Karlsruhe , Silkeborg , Guingamp • 1997 :Auxerre , Bastia , Lyon • 1998 :Bologna , Valencia , Werder • 1999 :Juventus , West Ham United , Montpellier • 2000 :Celta , Stuttgart , Udinese • 2001 :Paris Saint-Germain , Troyes , Aston Villa • 2002 :Málaga , Stuttgart , Fulham • 2003 :Villarreal , Perugia , Schalke 04 • 2004 :Villarreal , Lille , Schalke 04 • 2005 :Hamburg ,Marseille , Lens • 2006 :Newcastle United • 2007 :Hamburg • 2008 :Braga
Claudio Giráldez
Current season
Bordeaux, 
Karlsruhe, 
Silkeborg, 
Bologna, 
Valencia, 
West Ham United, 
Braga
