Celta de Vigo

Celta de Vigo
Full nameReal Club Celta de Vigo, S.A.D.
Nickname(s)Os Célticos (The Celts/Celtics)
Os Celestes (The Sky Blues)
O Celtiña (The Little Celta)
Foondit23 August 1923 (1923-08-23)
GroundBalaídos
Vigo, Spain
Ground Capacity29,000
PresesCarlos Mouriño1
LeagueLa Liga
WabsteidClub wabsteid

Real Club Celta de Vigo (Galician pronunciation: ), or simply Celta Vigo, is a Spainyie profeesional fitbaw club based in Vigo, Galicie, currently playin in the Primera División. It wis foondit on 23 August 1923 follaein the merger o Real Vigo Sporting an Real Fortuna Foot-ball Club. Elk-namit Os Celestes (The Sky Blues), they play in sky blue shirts an white shorts. The club's hame stadium is Balaídos, which seats 29.000 spectators.

Celta Vigo hae played mony saisons in La Liga, but hae niver wan a league title or the Copa del Rey. Ane o their best saisons wis 1970–71, when they feenished unbeaten at hame an wur kent as the "giant-killers." Celta came saxt that saison an qualifeed for the UEFA Cup for the first time. Mair recently, the club feenished in their best-iver poseetion o fowert in 2002–03, qualifeein for the 2003–04 UEFA Champions League, whaur they wur eliminatit bi Arsenal.

Celta Vigo B

Celta de Vigo B is Celta's youth team. It wis foondit in 1996 an plays in the Tercera División.

Honours

Naitional titles

Winners (3): 1935–36, 1981–82, 1991–92
Runners-up (4): 1968–69, 1975–76, 2004–05, 2011–12
Runners-up (3): 1947–48, 1993–94, 2000–01

European titles

Winners (1): 2000

Regional titles

Winners (6): 1923–24, 1924–25, 1925–26, 1929–30, 1931–32, 1933–34
  • Asturian-Galician Championship
Winners (1): 1934–35
Winners (2): 2007, 2008

Youth titles

Runners-up (2): 2008–09, 2012–13

Friendly

Winners (22): 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012
Winners (16): 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013
Winners (1): 1999
  • Trofeo Xacobeo
Winners (1): 1999

Individual

1947–48 – Spain Pahiño (23 goals)
1992–93 – Spain Santiago Cañizares (30 Goals/36 Games – Coef. 0.83)
2002–03 – Argentinae Pablo Cavallero (27 Goals/34 Gemmes – Coef. 0.79)
2005–06 – Spain José Manuel Pinto (28 Goals/36 Gemmes – Coef. 0.78)

Notes

1.^ Carlos Mouriño is the plurality shareholder, with 35%, and as such is the club president.

References

  1. ↑ Gunther Lades. "Stadium profile at". Fussballtempel.net. Retrieved 24 Mairch 2012.
  2. ↑ "Spain – List of Champions of Galicia". Rsssf.com. 30 Julie 2004. Retrieved 24 Mairch 2012.

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