R.C. Celta de Vigo

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R.C. Celta de Vigo

Full name

Real Club Celta de Vigo S.A.D

Nickname(s)

Celtiñas (Little Celts)
Celtistas
Celestes (Sky Blues)

Founded

1923

Ground

Estadio Balaidos

Capacity

31,800

Chairman

Carlos Mouriño

Manager

Fernando Vazquez

League

La Liga

2005-06

La Liga, 6th





Home colours





Away colours

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] The 1990's to the Modern Day

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.

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 next-to-last in La Liga, consigning them to the Segunda División. Celta earned a return to La Liga at the first opportunity, finishing second in the Segunda in 2004-05.

[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] Club Anthem

Download in mp3 format:

Galician: [1] Castillian: [2]

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
CELTA VIGO vs Deportivo	58	19	16	23	76	88

[edit] Trophies

King's Cup: Runner-up: 3
- 1948, 1994 and 2001.
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) - 17

First Capped Player - Pasarín
- Debut Match -Italy 1-0 Spain (Paris, 25/05/1924)

Last Capped Player - Borja Oubiña
- Debut Match - Spain 4-0 Liechtenstein (Estadio Nuevo Vivero, Badajoz, 02/09/2006)

[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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Esteban
3	DF	George Lucas
4	MF	Borja Oubiña
5	DF	Lequi
6	MF	Roberto
7	MF	Antonio Núñez
8	DF	Ángel
9	FW	Fernando Baiano
10	FW	Javi Guerrero
11	MF	Gustavo López
12	DF	Diego Placente
13	GK	José Pinto
14	FW	Jesús Perera
15	DF	Pablo Contreras
16	MF	Pablo García

No.	Position	Player
17	DF	Gabriel Tamaş
18	FW	Antonio Guayre
19	DF	Yago
20	MF	Jonathan
21	MF	Jorge Larena
22	FW	Daniel de Ridder
23	MF	Nené
24	FW	Nestor Canobbio
25	MF	Iriney
26	GK	Sergio Alvarez
27	GK	Yoel
28	DF	Richi
29	DF	Roberto Lago
30	MF	Jonathan Vila

[edit] Captains

[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] 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.

[edit] Famous players

Gustavo López
Pablo Oscar Cavallero
Juán Sebastián Méndez
Fernando Cáceres
Vlado Gudelj
Mazinho
Luboslav Penev
Ahmed Hossam "Mido"
Claude Makélélé
Daniel Dutuel
Richard Dutruel
Haim Revivo

[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

UEFA Cup 2006/07

La Liga 2006/07 clubs
Athletic de Bilbao \| Atlético de Madrid \| FC Barcelona \| Real Betis \| Celta de Vigo \| Deportivo \| RCD Espanyol \| Getafe \| Gimnàstic \| Levante \| Real Madrid \| RCD Mallorca \| Osasuna \| Racing \| Sevilla \| Real Sociedad \| Recreativo \| Valencia \| Villarreal \| Real Zaragoza edit

Segunda División B - Grupo 1 2006/07 clubs
Gimnástica \| Racing de Ferrol \| Rayo Vallecano \| Racing B \| Leganés \| Pontevedra \| Talavera \| Puertollano \| Ourense \| Lugo \| Orient. Marítima \| Cobeña \| Atletico B \| Lanzarote \| Alcorcón \| S.S. Reyes \| Fuenlabrada \| Celta Vigo B \| Universidad de Las Palmas \| Pájara Playas edit

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