Celta Vigo

RC Celta de Vigo.

R.C. Celta de Vigo was formed in response to the determination of the Vigo teams to do better on a national scale, and the Basque teams were their rivals in this year's Spanish Championship. The goal was to unite the two teams in order to form an even more formidable team on a national level. The main figurehead of that group is Manuel de Castro, known as "Handicap", a soccer writer for Faro de Vigo who, in 1915, began to write articles on why there was a need to create a unity movement. The slogan of his group included "Todo por y para Vigo" ("All for and to Vigo") that ultimately gained support from the directors from Real Vigo Sporting and Real Club Fortuna de Vigo. The motion was supported by all by the managers when De Castro himself presented the motion at the meeting of the Royal Spanish Football Federation in Madrid on the 22nd of June 1923.

On July 12, 1923, during the annual general meeting (AGMs) in Vigo and Fortuna which were held on the Odeon Theatre and in the Hotel Moderno, respectively, the merger was accepted. The "Team of Galicia" was formed, so it was known. At the final AGM of Fortuna and Vigo to decide on the creation of a new club on August 10, 1923, the members voted to name the team. The names that were suggested included "Real Union of Vigo", "Club Galicia", "Real Atlantic", "Breogan" and "Real Club Olimpico". The latter name was very popular but eventually they settled to go with "Real Club Celta" which is an ethnic race associated with Galicia. One of the first Presidents of Celta was Manuel Barcena de Andres, the count of Torre Cedeira. In this AGM the team was also decided. It comprised 64 players and included prominent athletes from Fortuna and Vigo and was directed by Francis Cuggy.

The 1947-1948 season, Celta ranked a joint-best 4th (with 2003) and made it to the Copa del Generalisimo Final, which they lost 4-1 , to Sevilla FC. Local striker Pahino won the Pichichi Trophy for 21 goals in 22 games during the season, later transferred into Real Madrid.

In the latter part of the 1990s and into the early 2000s, Celta were nicknamed "EuroCelta" in the Spanish media as a result of their European successes . It included an aggregate score of 4-1 over Liverpool in the run-up through to the quarterfinals of the 1998-1999 UEFA Cup. The following season, they reached the final eight with a 4-0 second-leg win against Juventus and 7-0 victory at home over Benfica (8-1 in aggregate). In the domestic arena, the team made it to their 2001 Copa del Rey Final, losing 3-1 to Real Zaragoza in Seville.

The key players of the time were Alexander Mostovoi, Valery Karpin and Haim Revivo. However, the team also relied on international players too including goalkeeper Pablo Cavallero; defender and the future manager Eduardo Berizzo, midfielders Claude Makelele and Mazinho; the winger Gustavo Lopez; and strikers Catanha and Lyuboslav Penev, to name a few.

From 2002 to 2003, Celta came 4th under Miguel Angel Lotina (joint best with 1948) and was selected to play in the 2003-04 UEFA Champions League. They lost in the final 16 against Arsenal with a score of 5-2 the aggregate. In the domestic league the team finished 19th and then was sent into the Segunda Division. Although the team was removed following the demotion Celta received an immediate back to top league having finished second the 2004-05 season.

From 2006 to 2007, Celta finished in 18th and was then moved into the Segunda Division. The team then fought back against the possibility of being relegated to the third tier and the possibility of bankruptcy. The trend was reversed during the 2010-11 season with the addition of forward David Rodriguez, winger Enrique de Lucas and manager Paco Herrera helped them place in sixth place. They were knocked out in the knockout phase by Granada in a penalty shootout. The game ending at 1-1 after 90 minutes.

3 June 2012 was the day that Celta made their return to La Liga after a five-year absence. In their debut season they avoided being relegated to the Segunda Division on the final day, after beating RCD Espanyol 1-0 to ensure 17th place.

under "EuroCelta" the veteran Eduardo Berizzo in 2015-16, Celta finished 6th in their highest finish in a decade , and they qualified for the 2016-17 UEFA Europa League. As they returned into European events, Celta got to semi-finals for the 2016-17 UEFA Europa League, where they were knocked out by the eventual Champions Manchester United.

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Celta's initial crest was quite simple, with the red shield, with two stylised letters Cs (Club Celta) and the crown royal of Spain In the year of its founding the club was among many Spanish football clubs given support by Alfonso XIII and thus entitled to use the honorific (Royal) on their official names as well as an image of the crown in their badges. The following year, the shield's color was changed to its traditional sky blue color. As with others Galician clubs, including Compostela or Racing Ferrol, the crest also has an red cross representing Saint James that has been added to the crest in 1928. In the Spanish Second Republic (1931-1936) the honorific title and crown were taken off of its name as well as the crest however, they were to be reinstated under the rule of the Spanish State.

Celta's colors of choice are white and sky blue. Their original home strip was comprised of an orange shirt with black shorts, black shirts as well blue socks. It was later changed at an undetermined date to the current colors that are that of their flag. Galician flag.

Celta was the club with the longest-running sponsorship agreement in Spanish football and also is among the longest-running deals in the world, with French auto manufacturer Citroen between 1985 and 2016. The plant was established by the company close to Balaidos in 1958. It initially sponsored the team's women's basketball squad in the year 1980. In 2016 the sponsor was changed to the Galician beer company, Estrella Galicia, which was advertising in the backs of shirt since 2011. Their relationship with kit maker, Umbro, was also one of the longest-running between 1986 and the year 2010.

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As of 8 August 2022

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ESP	Iván Villar
2	DF	ESP	Hugo Mallo (captain)
3	DF	ESP	Óscar Mingueza
4	DF	ESP	Unai Núñez (on loan from Athletic Bilbao)
5	MF	ESP	Óscar Rodríguez (on loan from Sevilla)
6	MF	ESP	Denis Suárez
8	MF	ESP	Fran Beltrán
9	FW	POR	Gonçalo Paciência
10	FW	ESP	Iago Aspas (vice-captain)
11	MF	ARG	Franco Cervi
13	GK	ARG	Agustín Marchesín
14	MF	PER	Renato Tapia
15	DF	GHA	Joseph Aidoo
16	MF	ESP	Miguel Baeza
17	DF	ESP	Javi Galán
19	MF	SWE	Williot Swedberg
20	DF	ESP	Kevin
21	MF	ARG	Augusto Solari
22	FW	ESP	Santi Mina
23	MF	USA	Luca de la Torre
—	FW	ESP	Carles Pérez (on loan from Roma)

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As of 22 May 2022

• Most league goals: 167, Iago Aspas (2008–2013, 2015–present)
• Most La Liga goals: 133, Iago Aspas (2012–2013, 2015–present)
• Most goals in a season: 69 (1998–99)
• Most league appearances: 432, Manolo (1966–1982)
• 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)
• Most away points in a season: 27 (2015–16)

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Appearances

Rank	Player	Matches	Years
1	Manolo	484	1966–1982
2	Hugo Mallo	421	2009–
3	Iago Aspas	418	2008–2013 2015–
4	Atilano	347	1982–1994
5	Juan	331	1969–1980
	Maté		1981–1993
7	Vicente Álvarez	320	1979–1996
8	Castro	303	1970–1980
9	Gustavo López	295	1999–2007
10	Alexander Mostovoi	290	1996–2004

Goals

Rank	Player	Goals	Years
1	Iago Aspas	184	2008–2013 2015–
2	Hermidita	113	1945–1956
3	Vladimir Gudelj	105	1991–1999
4	Abel Fernández	92	1965–1970
5	Pahiño	91	1943–1948
6	Pichi Lucas	73	1981–1990
7	Mauro	72	1953–1958
	Alexander Mostovoi		1996–2004
9	Francisco Roig	66	1940–1949
10	Juan Aretio	62	1943–1954

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Real Club Celta de Vigo, S.A.D. is an association anonima deportiva that is a publicly limited company in sports which is owned by the Mexican investor Carlos Mourino, who has been the largest shareholder since the beginning of May 2006 when he purchased Horacio Gomez's 39.84 percent stake within the organization. He owns 67.9 percent of the club via its holding corporation Grupo Corporativo Ges, S.L.

In October of 2016 the club was the target of a possible 100 million euro acquisition from Chinese CITS Group. Chinese CITS Group.

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Segunda División

• Winners: 1935–36, 1981–82, 1991–92

Segunda División B

• Winners: 1980–81

Tercera División

• Winners: 1930–31

UEFA Intertoto Cup

• Winners: 2000

Galician Championship

• Winners : 1923–24, 1924–25, 1925–26, 1929–30, 1931–32, 1933–34

Asturian-Galician Championship (Galician Group)

• Winners: 1934–35

Galician Cup

• Winners: 2006–07, 2007–08

Trofeo Federación Galega

• Winners: 2014

Copa Comunidad Gallega

• Winners: 2016

Trofeo Cidade de Vigo

• Winners : 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012

Trofeo Memorial Quinocho

• Winners : 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016

Trofeo Luis Otero

• Winners : 1965, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1976, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1990, 1997, 2007, 2010, 2014

Trofeo Emma Cuervo

• Winners : 1954, 1961, 1968, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1997, 2010

TIM Trophy

• Winners: 2016

Teresa Herrera Trophy

• Winners: 1999

Trofeo Xacobeo

• Winners: 1999