Celta de Vigo

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)
Foondit	23 August 1923 (1923-08-23)
Ground	Balaídos Vigo, Spain
Ground Capacity	29,000
Preses	Carlos Mouriño
League	La Liga
Wabsteid	Club wabsteid
Hame colours Awey colours

Real Club Celta de Vigo (Galician pronunciation: [reˈal ˈkluβ ˈθelta ðe ˈβiɣo]), 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

• Segunda División

Winners (3): 1935–36, 1981–82, 1991–92

Runners-up (4): 1968–69, 1975–76, 2004–05, 2011–12

• Copa del Rey

Runners-up (3): 1947–48, 1993–94, 2000–01

European titles

• UEFA Intertoto Cup

Winners (1): 2000

Regional titles

• Galicie Championship

Winners (6): 1923–24, 1924–25, 1925–26, 1929–30, 1931–32, 1933–34

• Asturian-Galician Championship

Winners (1): 1934–35

• Galician Cup

Winners (2): 2007, 2008

Youth titles

• Champions' Cup

Runners-up (2): 2008–09, 2012–13

Friendly

• Trofeo Ciudad de Vigo

Winners (22): 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012

• Trofeo Memorial Quinocho

Winners (16): 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013

• Teresa Herrera Trophy

Winners (1): 1999

• Trofeo Xacobeo

Winners (1): 1999

Individual

• Pichichi (1)

1947–48 – Pahiño (23 goals)

• Zamora (3)

1992–93 – Santiago Cañizares (30 Goals/36 Games – Coef. 0.83)

2002–03 – Pablo Cavallero (27 Goals/34 Gemmes – Coef. 0.79)

2005–06 – 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.

Freemit airtins

• Offeecial wabsteid Archived 2012-10-26 at the Wayback Machine
• Real Club Celta's channel on YouTube
• Celta at La Liga Archived 2012-06-14 at the Wayback Machine
• Futbolme team profile (in Spaingie)
• BDFutbol team profile
• Estadios de Espana
• Soccerway team profile