Celta de Vigo
Full name | Real Club Celta de Vigo, S.A.D. | ||
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Nickname(s) | Os Célticos (The Celts/Celtics) Os Celestes (The Sky Blues) O Celtiña (The Little Celta) | ||
Foondit | 23 August 1923 | ||
Ground | Balaídos Vigo, Spain | ||
Capacity | 29,000 | ||
Preses | Carlos Mouriño1 | ||
League | La Liga | ||
Wabsteid | Club wabsteid | ||
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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.[1]
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
[eedit | eedit soorce]Celta de Vigo B is Celta's youth team. It wis foondit in 1996 an plays in the Tercera División.
Honours
[eedit | eedit soorce]Naitional titles
[eedit | eedit soorce]European titles
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Winners (1): 2000
Regional titles
[eedit | eedit soorce]- 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
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Runners-up (2): 2008–09, 2012–13
Friendly
[eedit | eedit soorce]- 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
[eedit | eedit soorce]- 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
[eedit | eedit soorce]- 1.^ Carlos Mouriño is the plurality shareholder, with 35%, and as such is the club president.
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ Gunther Lades. "Stadium profile at". Fussballtempel.net. Retrieved 24 Mairch 2012.
- ↑ "Spain – List of Champions of Galicia". Rsssf.com. 30 Julie 2004. Retrieved 24 Mairch 2012.
Freemit airtins
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- Celta at La Liga Archived 2012-06-14 at the Wayback Machine
- Futbolme team profile (in Spaingie)
- BDFutbol team profile
- Estadios de Espana
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