R.C. Celta de Vigo
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| Full name | Real Club Celta de Vigo S.A.D | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Celtiñas (Little Celts) Celtistas Celestes (Sky Blues) |
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| Founded | 1923 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Estadio Balaidos | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Capacity | 31,800 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman |  Carlos Mouriño |
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| Manager | Fernando Vazquez |
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| League | La Liga | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005-06 | La Liga 6th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Real Club Celta de Vigo is a Spanish football team from Vigo in Galicia. Founded on March 28, 1923, from the union of Real Vigo Sporting and Real Club Fortuna de Vigo.
Nicknamed Celtiñas (Galician for little celts), they play in light blue shirts and white shorts. The club's home stadium is the Balaídos that seats 31,800 spectators.
[edit] History
[edit] Foundation
R.C Celta de Vigo was formed as a result of the aspiration of Vigo's teams to achieve more at the national level, where the Basque sides were their "bete noire" in the Campeonato de España (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" the sports writer for Faro de Vigo who from 1915 started to write in his articles of the need for a unitarian movement. The slogan of his movement was "Todo por y para Vigo" which eventually found support amongst the directors of Real Vigo Sporting and Real Club Fortuna de Vigo. It was backed unanimously when Manuel De Castro himself presented the motion at the assembly of the National Federation in Madrid on the 22 June, 1923.
On the 12 July, 1923 at the AGM's of Vigo and Fortuna held at the Odeon Theatre and in the Hotel Moderno, repectively, the merger was approved. Thus the "Team of Galicia" was born, as it was dubbed. In the last AGM of Fortuna and Vigo to approve the formation of a new club held on the 10 August, 1923 the members set about on deciding the team's name. There were various names 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 a 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 which included some notable players from both Fortuna and Vigo:
- Goalkeepers: Isidro, 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, not being able to recover from a 2-0 loss at home.
[edit] Club Colours & Badge
Celta Vigo's original team strip consisted of a red shirt with black shorts, this was later changed at an unknown date to the traditional sky blue and white strip - representative of the Galician flag.
Like many Galician clubs the badge is based on the red cross of Santiago (St. James) - such as Racing de Ferrol. It also has the royal crown hence the name Real Club Celta de Vigo.
[edit] EuroCelta
The late 90's (1997-2001) saw the best result's in the Vigo side's history in which they managed to consolidate themselves as a top six side in La Liga , culminating in 2000-01 when they did not go below sixth place 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 Benfica (7-0) and Juventus (4-0).
Celta had a dramatic reversal of fortune in the 2003-04 season. The previous season, they finished fourth in La Liga, putting them in the third qualifying round of the Champions League. Celta entered the group phase, and eventually reached the round of 16 before being knocked out by Arsenal. However, their domestic form was disastrous, and they finished penultimate in La Liga, consigning them to the Segunda División. Celta earned a return to La Liga at the first attempt, finishing second in the Segunda in 2004-05.
Last season (2005-06) they finished sixth earning a return once more to the UEFA Cup.
[edit] Club Anthem
- Download in mp3 format:
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 | 58 | 20 | 16 | 23 | 77 | 88 |
[edit] Trophies
- King's Cup: Runner-up: 3
- 1 UEFA Intertoto Cup (winner, 2000) defeating FC Zenit St. Petersburg 4-3 on aggregate.
- 13 Trofeo Ciudad de Vigo
- 8 Trofeo Memorial Quinocho
- 1 Trofeo Teresa Herrera
- 1 Participation in Champions League
- 6 Participations in UEFA Cup
- 1 Participation in Intertoto Cup
- 44 seasons in La Liga
- 27 seasons in Segunda División
- 1 season in Segunda División B
- 1 season in Tercera División
[edit] Pichichi & Zamora Trofies
Pichichi
- 1947-1948 - Pahiño (23)
Zamora
- 1992-1993 - Santiago Cañizares (30 Goals/36 Games - Coefficient 0.83)
2002-2003 - Pablo Oscar Cavallero (27 Goals/34 Games - Coefficient 0.79)- 2005-2006 - José Manuel Pinto Colorado(28 Goals/36 Games - Coefficient 0.78)
[edit] Top Goalscorers in Primera División
- Hermidita 104
- Mauro 69
Vlado Gudelj 68- Pahiño 61
Mostovoi 55- Roig 50
- Atienza 49
- Del Pino 48
- Olmedo 46
- Torres 39
[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] Current squad 2006/07
The numbers are established according to the official website:www.celtavigo.net and www.lfp.es
As of September 14, 2006
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[edit] Captains
[edit] Out on loan
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[edit] Foreigners 2006/2007
Only three non-EU nationals can be on the pitch at anytime. Those with European ancestry can claim a passport from the nation their ancestors came from. e.g Diego Placente can claim an Italian passport as he has Italian ancestry. If a player does not have European ancestry he can claim a Spanish passport by playing in Spain for 5 years.
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Placente - Lequi
- Gustavo López
Fernando Baiano (In February, 2007 [3])- George Lucas
- Iriney
- Nené (In January, 2007 [4])
Pablo Contreras
Yago
De Ridder
Gabriel Tamaş
Nestor Canobbio- Pablo García
[edit] Statistics 2005/06
| La Liga | Position | Pts | P | W | D | L | F | A |
| Celta de Vigo | 6 | 64 | 38 | 20 | 4 | 14 | 45 | 33 |
- Top Scorers:
- Baiano - 14 goals
- Cannobio - 8 goals
- Perera - 4 goals
- Top Goalkeepers
- Pinto - 28 goals In 37 Matches
- Esteban - 5 goals In 2 Matches
[edit] Famous players
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see also Cat:Celta de Vigo footballers
[edit] Famous coaches
see also Cat:Celta de Vigo managers
[edit] Celta B
Celta de Vigo B is Celta's youth team. It was founded in 1989 and plays in Group I of the Segunda División B
[edit] Kit Provider
[edit] Sponsor
[edit] Other statistics
- Associates Members: 25,000
- Fan Groups: 107
[edit] Contact details
[edit] Club Office
Rúa Conde de Gondomar, 1
36203 Vigo
Tel.: (+34) 986110900
Fax: (+34) 986292040
Post Office Box
Apartado 6143
36200 Vigo
E-mail address
Celta de Vigo Official E-mail
[edit] Cidade Deportiva da Madroa
A Madroa-Candeán s/n 36217 Vigo
Tel.: (+34) 986281862
Fax: (+34) 986281898
[edit] Club's Museum
Rúa Olímpicos s/n 36210 Vigo
Tel.: (+34) 986213676
Fax: (+34) 986244119
[edit] External links
- (Spanish) Celta de Vigo Official Website
- http://www.todocelta.com
- http://www.siareiros.net
- http://www.celestes.org
- http://www.delcelta.com
- http://www.celtacampion.com
- http://www.mundoceleste.ch
- http://www.videoscelestes.com
- http://www.cromosceltavigo.tk
