Celta de Vigo
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| Full name | Real Club Celta de Vigo S.A.D | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname(s) | Celtiñas (Little Celts) Celtistas Celestes (Sky Blues) |
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| Founded | 1923 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Estadio Balaídos (Capacity: 32,500) |
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| Chairman |  Carlos Mouriño |
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| Manager | Pepe Murcia |
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| League | Segunda División | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007-08 | Segunda División, 16th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Real Club Celta de Vigo Sociedad Anonima Deportiva is a Spanish football team from Vigo in Galicia. It was founded on March 28, 1923 by merging Real Vigo Sporting and Real Club Fortuna de Vigo. They currently play in Spain's Second Division.
Nicknamed Celtiñas (Galician for little celts), they play in sky-blue shirts and white shorts. The club's home stadium is Balaídos, which seats 32,500 spectators.[1]
[edit] History
[edit] Foundation
R.C. 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 were their "bête-noire" in the Spanish Championship. The idea was to merge both teams to create a more powerful team at national level. The standard-bearer of this movement was Manuel De Castro "Handicap", sports writer for Faro de Vigo who, from 1915, started to write in his articles about the need for a unitarian movement. The slogan of his movement was "Todo por y para Vigo" (All for and to Vigo), which eventually found support amongst the managers of Real Vigo Sporting and Real Club Fortuna de Vigo. It was backed unanimously when De Castro himself presented the motion at the assembly of the National Federation in Madrid, on 22 June 1923.
On 12 July 1923, at the AGM's of Vigo and Fortuna held at the Odeon Theatre and in the Hotel Moderno, respectively, the merger was approved. Thus the "Galicia Team " was born, as it was dubbed. In the last AGM of Fortuna and Vigo to approve the formation of a new club held on 10 August 1923, the members decided upon the team's name. Various names were suggested:
- Real Unión de Vigo
- Club Galicia
- Real Atlántic
- Breogán
- Real Club Olimpico
The last name was popular but they eventually decided on Real Club Celta, an ethnic race linked to Galicia (see Celts). The first president of Celta was Manuel Bárcena de Andrés, the Count of Torrecedeira. At this AGM, the squad was also decided, which numbered 64 players in total, that included some notable players from both Fortuna and Vigo:
- Goalkeepers: Isidro, Jim, Lilo and Rubido.
- Defenders: Otero, Pasarín, Juanito Clemente, Daniel and Kaíto.
- Midfielders: Jacobo Torres, Balbino, Queralt, Hermida, Pombo, Cruces, Córdoba, Máximo and Bienvenido.
- Forwards: Reigosa, Chiarrioni, Posada, Polo, Correa, Gerardito, Ramón González and Caride.
Celta de Vigo have played for many years in the Spanish first division, but have never been champions of the league or cup, despite having come close. Their best season was 1970-71, when they were not beaten at home and were known as the "giant-killers." They finished the season in sixth place (with the same number of points as Athletic Bilbao in fifth). This meant that the team qualified for the UEFA Cup for the next season. Unfortunately for them, they were knocked out by Aberdeen in the first round, and were unable to recover from a 2-0 loss at home.
[edit] EuroCelta
The late 1990s (1997-2001) saw the best results in Celta's history, in which they managed to consolidate themselves as a top-six league side, culminating in 2000-01, when they did not fall below sixth the whole season. They were dubbed EuroCelta by the Spanish press.
During this period they achieved a number of famous results in the UEFA Cup, beating Liverpool in home and away games (3-1 and 1-0) and thrashing S.L. Benfica (7-0) and Juventus F.C. (4-0).
[edit] Fall from grace
Celta had a dramatic reversal of fortune in 2003-04. The previous season, they finished fourth in the league, putting them in the third qualifying round of the Champions League. Celta entered the group phase, and eventually reached the last 16 before being knocked out by Arsenal. However, their domestic form was disastrous, and they finished penultimate in La Liga, so they were relegated to the second level. They earned a return to the top flight at the first attempt, after finishing second in in 2004-05's Segunda.
In the 2005-06 season, they finished sixth earning a return once more to the UEFA Cup. They made it to the last 16 in that competition as well, before losing to SV Werder Bremen.
In the 2006-07 season, Celta finished in 18th position and were relegated to Segunda División. At the end of June 2007, Celta avoided going into administration. However, if an agreement was not put in place between the club and its creditors within three months, then courts would declare the liquidation of the club’s assets.
[edit] Colours & badge
Celta's original team strip consisted of a red shirt, white shorts and blue socks - the colours of the flag of Vigo. This was later changed at an unknown date to the traditional sky blue and white strip - representative of the Galician flag.
Like many other Galician clubs, such as Racing de Ferrol, the badge is based on the red cross of Santiago (St. James). It also has the royal crown, hence the name Real Club Celta de Vigo.
[edit] Club anthem
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Other popular songs sung by the celtistas are A Rianxeira, O Miudiño , and the Foliada Celeste.
[edit] The Galician derby
The Galician derby is between Celta Vigo from the south and their northern rivals Deportivo La Coruña
| Teams | P | W | D | L | F | A |
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| CELTA VIGO vs Deportivo | 64 | 24 | 16 | 24 | 82 | 91 |
[edit] Trophies
[edit] Official competitions
- Spanish Cup: Runner-up 1948, 1994 and 2001.
- UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2000
[edit] Friendly tournaments
- 13 Trofeo Ciudad de Vigo
- 8 Trofeo Memorial Quinocho
- 1 Trofeo Teresa Herrera
- 1 Copa Xunta de Galicia (winner, 2007 defeating CD Lugo 3-2).
- 1 participation in Champions League
- 6 participations in UEFA Cup
- 1 participation in Intertoto Cup
- 46 seasons in La Liga
- 27 seasons in Segunda División
- 1 season in Segunda División B
- 1 season in Tercera División
- 1 season in Ligue Un
[edit] Recent history
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Season Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Cup Europe Notes 1997/1998 1D 6 38 17 9 12 54 47 60 1998/1999 1D 5 38 17 13 8 69 41 64 UC quarter-final 1999/2000 1D 7 38 15 8 15 45 43 53 UC quarter-final 2000/2001 1D 6 38 16 11 11 51 49 59 final UC quarter-final 2001/2002 1D 5 38 16 12 10 64 46 60 UC 2nd round 2002/2003 1D 4 38 17 10 11 45 36 61 UC 3rd round 2003/2004 1D 19 38 9 12 17 48 68 39 ECL last 16 relegated 2004/2005 2D 2 42 22 10 10 55 38 76 promoted 2005/2006 1D 6 38 20 4 14 45 33 64 last 16 2006/2007 1D 18 38 10 9 19 40 59 39 UC last 16 Relegated to 2ª División 2007/2008 2D 16 42 13 13 16 56 55 52
[edit] Pichichi & Zamora trophies
Pichichi
1947-1948 - Pahiño (23)
Zamora
- 1992-1993 - Santiago Cañizares (30 Goals/36 Games - Coefficient 0.83)
2002-2003 - Pablo Cavallero (27 Goals/34 Games - Coefficient 0.79)- 2005-2006 - José Manuel Pinto(28 Goals/36 Games - Coefficient 0.78)
[edit] Top goalscorers in La Liga
- Hermidita 105
- Mauro 69
Gudelj 68- Pahiño 61
Mostovoi 55- Roig 50
- Atienza 49
- Del Pino 48
- Olmedo 46
- Torres 39
[edit] Current squad
The numbers are established according to the official website:www.celtavigo.net and www.lfp.es
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[edit] Transfers Out 2008-09
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[edit] Foreigners 2007-08
Only three non-EU nationals can be registered (and be given a number) for the first team. Those with European ancestry can claim a passport from the nation their ancestors came from. e.g. Gustavo López can claim a Spanish passport as he has Spanish ancestry. If a player does not have European ancestry he can claim a Spanish passport by playing in Spain for 5 years.
[edit] Internationals
Number of capped players (with Spain) - 18
- First Capped Player - Pasarín
- Debut Match -Italy 1-0 Spain (París, 25/05/1924)
- Last Capped Player - Ángel
- Debut Match - Spain 0-1 Romania (Estadio Ramón de Carranza, Cádiz, 15/11/2006)
[edit] Statistics 2007-08
| Segunda División | Position | Pts | P | W | D | L | F | A |
| Celta de Vigo | 16 | 52 | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 56 | 55 |
- Top Scorers:
- Perera - 15 goals
- Canobbio - 7 goals
- Diego Costa - 6 goals
- Top Goalkeepers:
- Esteban - 37 goals in 26 Matches
- Pinto - 17 goals in 16 Matches
[edit] Notable former players
see also Cat:Celta de Vigo footballers
[edit] Famous coaches
- Fernando Vázquez
- Víctor Fernández
- Luis Casas
- Ricardo Zamora
- Javier Irureta
Milorad "Michel" Pavić
Hristo Stoichkov
see also Cat:Celta de Vigo managers
[edit] Records
- Most league goals – 107, Hermidita (1945-1955)
- Most Primera Division league goals –
- Most goals in a season –
- Most league appearances – 235, Mostovoi (1996-2004)
- Current player with most league appearances –
- Biggest win and biggest home win – 10-1 (v. Gimnastic Tarragona, October 23, 1949)
- Biggest away win – 0-5 (v. Hercules, March 2, 1941)
- Biggest defeat and biggest away defeat – 10-0 (v. Athletic Bilbao, January 11, 1944)
- Biggest home defeat – 0-5 (v.