2023–24 RC Celta de Vigo season

Celta Vigo
2023–24 season
President	Carlos Mouriño
Head coach	Rafael Benítez
Stadium	Balaídos
La Liga	16th
Copa del Rey	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Jørgen Strand Larsen (7); All: ; Anastasios Douvikas (9)
	All statistics correct as of 17 January 2024.

The 2023–24 season is RC Celta de Vigo's 101st season in existence and 12th consecutive season in La Liga. They are also competing in the Copa del Rey.

Players

First-team squad

As of 1 September 2023.^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ARG	Agustín Marchesín
2	DF	SWE	Carl Starfelt
3	DF	ESP	Óscar Mingueza
4	DF	ESP	Unai Núñez (on loan from Athletic Bilbao)
5	MF	PER	Renato Tapia
6	MF	ESP	Carlos Dotor
7	FW	ESP	Carles Pérez
8	MF	ESP	Fran Beltrán
9	FW	GRE	Tasos Douvikas
10	FW	ESP	Iago Aspas (captain)
11	FW	ARG	Franco Cervi


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
13	GK	ESP	Iván Villar
14	MF	USA	Luca de la Torre
15	DF	GHA	Joseph Aidoo
17	FW	CIV	Jonathan Bamba
18	FW	NOR	Jørgen Strand Larsen
19	MF	SWE	Williot Swedberg
20	DF	ESP	Kevin Vázquez
21	DF	SRB	Mihailo Ristić
23	DF	ESP	Manu Sánchez
25	GK	ESP	Vicente Guaita

Reserve team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
26	GK	ESP	Coke Carrillo
27	GK	ESP	Ruly García
28	DF	ESP	Carlos Domínguez


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
29	FW	ESP	Miguel Rodríguez
30	MF	ESP	Hugo Sotelo

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	ESP	Sergio Carreira (at Elche until 30 June 2024)
—	DF	ESP	José Fontán (at Cartagena until 30 June 2024)
—	MF	ESP	Miguel Baeza (at Mirandés until 30 June 2024)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	URU	Lautaro de León (at Cartagena until 30 June 2024)
—	FW	ESP	Julen Lobete (at Andorra until 30 June 2024)
—	FW	POR	Gonçalo Paciência (at VfL Bochum until 30 June 2024)

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Carles Pérez	Roma	€5,200,000	1 July 2023	^[2]
DF	Manu Sánchez	Atlético Madrid	Undisclosed	3 July 2023	^[3]
MF	Jonathan Bamba	Lille	Free	18 July 2023	^[4]
DF	Carl Starfelt	Celtic	€5,000,000	10 August 2023	^[5]
FW	Anastasios Douvikas	FC Utrecht	€12,000,000	28 August 2023	^[6]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
FW	Julen Lobete	Andorra	Loan	1 July 2023
MF	Augusto Solari	Released		1 July 2023
DF	Hugo Mallo	Released		1 July 2023
MF	Denis Suárez	Villarreal	Free	1 July 2023	^[7]
MF	Orbelín Pineda	AEK Athens	€6,500,000	1 July 2023	^[8]
FW	Gabriel Fernández	UNAM	€3,200,000	3 July 2023	^[9]
DF	Javi Galán	Atlético Madrid	Undisclosed	3 July 2023	^[10]
GK	Rubén Blanco	Marseille	€2,000,000	30 July 2023	^[11]
FW	Santi Mina	Released		4 August 2023	^[12]
DF	José Fontán	Cartagena	Loan	21 August 2023	^[13]
GK	Agustín Marchesín	Grêmio	Free	10 January 2024	^[14]

Pre-season and friendlies

On 29 June, the team was scheduled to travel to Portugal to play in the three-team Algarve Football Cup.^[15] On 3 July, Celta kicked off the pre-season.^[16]

17 July 2023 Troféu do Algarve	Celta Vigo	5–0	Al Nassr	Faro/Loulé, Portugal
20:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Alonso 57' Larsen 61', 72', 74' Rodríguez 70' Tapia 89'	Report	Al-Amri 51'	Stadium: Estádio Algarve Referee: António Nobre (Portugal)

21 July 2023 Troféu do Algarve	Benfica	2–0	Celta Vigo	Faro/Loulé, Portugal
20:30 WEST (UTC+1)	Di María 90' (pen.) Musa 90+1'	Report	Núñez 74' Baeza 80'	Stadium: Estádio Algarve Attendance: 14,822 Referee: Carlos Teixeira (Portugal)

29 July 2023 Trofeo Memorial Quinocho	Celta Vigo	1–0	Lyon	Vigo
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bamba 20' Pérez 72'	Report	Kumbedi 43' Mata 71'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 12,401 Referee: Miguel González Díaz (Spain)

5 August 2023 Friendly	VfL Wolfsburg	0–1	Celta Vigo	Wolfsburg, Germany
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Núñez 29'	Stadium: Volkswagen Arena

8 August 2023 Memorial Antonio Bermúdez	Compostela	0–3	Celta Vigo	Santiago de Compostela
20:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Aspas 30' Larsen 48' De la Torre 56'	Stadium: Verónica Boquete de San Lázaro Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Alejandro Muñiz Ruiz

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
La Liga	13 August 2023	26 May 2024	Matchday 1	20	3	8	9	21	30	−9	015.00
Copa del Rey	1 November 2023		First round	4	4	0	0	13	4	+9	100.00
Total				24	7	8	9	34	34	+0	029.17

Last updated: 17 January 2024
Source: Soccerway

La Liga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
14	Mallorca	20	3	10	7	18	24	−6	19
15	Villarreal	20	5	4	11	27	41	−14	19
16	Celta Vigo	20	3	8	9	21	30	−9	17
17	Sevilla	20	3	7	10	25	30	−5	16
18	Cádiz	20	2	9	9	15	30	−15	15	Relegation to Segunda División

Updated to match(es) played on 14 January 2024. Source: LaLiga EA Sports
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Fair-play points
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)^[17]

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
20	3	8	9	21	30	−9	17	2	4	4	8	13	−5	1	4	5	13	17	−4

Last updated: 13 January 2024.
Source: La Liga

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A
Result	L	D	L	W	L	L	D	L	D	L	L	D	L	D	D	D	W	L	W	D
Position	19	16	18	13	16	18	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	16

Updated to match(es) played on 13 January 2024. Source: La Liga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 22 June 2023.^[18]

13 August 2023 1	Celta Vigo	0–2	Osasuna	Vigo
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Núñez 30'	Report	R. García 24' Torró 50' Gómez 74'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 20,269 Referee: Pablo González Fuertes

19 August 2023 2	Real Sociedad	1–1	Celta Vigo	San Sebastián
17:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Barrenetxea 22' Zubimendi 40' Le Normand 69'	Report	Aspas 51' Mingueza 90+4'	Stadium: Reale Arena Attendance: 30,354 Referee: Miguel Ángel Ortiz Arias

25 August 2023 3	Celta Vigo	0–1	Real Madrid	Vigo
21:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Aspas 67' Tapia 90+4'	Report	Rodrygo 68' Kroos 71' Bellingham 81' Rüdiger 90+3' Nacho 90+6'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 23,057 Referee: Isidro Díaz de Mera Escuderos

1 September 2023 4	Almería	2–3	Celta Vigo	Almería
22:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pubill 28' Akieme 54' Arribas 68'	Report	Núñez 24' Larsen 33' Sánchez 55' Swedberg 87'	Stadium: Power Horse Stadium Attendance: 14,196 Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

16 September 2023 5	Celta Vigo	0–1	Mallorca	Vigo
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	De la Torre 9'	Report	Nastasić 14' Muriqi 85' Rodríguez 87' J. Costa 90+2'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 18,693 Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero

23 September 2023 6	Barcelona	3–2	Celta Vigo	Barcelona
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Christensen 36' Gavi 39' Lewandowski 81', 85' Cancelo 89'	Report	Larsen 19' Núñez 43' Douvikas 76'	Stadium: Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys Attendance: 43,272 Referee: Mario Melero López

28 September 2023 7	Celta Vigo	1–1	Alavés	Vigo
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	De la Torre 15' 68' Marín 35' (o.g.) Beltrán 52' Aspas 52' Larsen 69' Pérez 76'	Report	Omorodion 73' López 78' Marín 90+2' Rioja 90+5'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 16,852 Referee: César Soto Grado

2 October 2023 8	Las Palmas	2–1	Celta Vigo	Las Palmas
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Mármol 74' Viera 84' (pen.) M. Cardona 90+7', 90+8'	Report	Douvikas 67' Starfelt 83'	Stadium: Estadio Gran Canaria Attendance: 22,472 Referee: Javier Alberola Rojas

8 October 2023 9	Celta Vigo	2–2	Getafe	Vigo
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Aspas 14' Bamba 24' Larsen 42' Beltrán 53'	Report	Mayoral 2' Duarte 9' 30' Maksimović 13' Djené 27' Carmona 30' Mata 31' Greenwood 33' Aleñá 38' Rico 81' Arambarri 90+6'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 17,953 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez

21 October 2023 10	Celta Vigo	0–3	Atlético Madrid	Vigo
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Villar 25' Mingueza 30' Starfelt 51' Rodríguez 87'	Report	Griezmann 29' (pen.), 64', 70' Saúl 54' Riquelme 87'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 20,282 Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández

27 October 2023 11	Girona	1–0	Celta Vigo	Girona
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Couto 45+7' Stuani 77' Juanpe 82' Herrera 90+1'	Report	Vázquez 55' Núñez 77'	Stadium: Montilivi Attendance: 12,671 Referee: Isidro Díaz de Mera Escuderos

4 November 2023 12	Celta Vigo	1–1	Sevilla	Vigo
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Starfelt 22' Tapia 45' 65'	Report	Soumaré 28' Rakitić 45' Torres 65' Gudelj 80' En-Nesyri 84', 89'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 19,023 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

10 November 2023 13	Athletic Bilbao	4–3	Celta Vigo	Bilbao
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Sancet 37' Guruzeta 45+5', 52' Simón 56' R. García 90+2' Berenguer 90+8' (pen.)	Report	Aspas 25', 39', 72' Bamba 41' Larsen 66' Guaita 90+5'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 44,435 Referee: Juan Luis Pulido Santana

25 November 2023 14	Valencia	0–0	Celta Vigo	Valencia
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Amallah 77' Pepelu 87' Guillamón 90+2'	Report	Cervi 71' Núñez 79'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 43,375 Referee: César Soto Grado

4 December 2023 15	Celta Vigo	1–1	Cádiz	Vigo
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Larsen 57' Dotor 90+3'	Report	Carcelén 12' Ramos 16' Sobrino 21' Chust 33' Gil 45+2' Mbaye 59' Alejo 74' Alcaraz 90+3'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 17,302 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

11 December 2023 16	Rayo Vallecano	0–0	Celta Vigo	Madrid
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Valentín 68' López 73' Ciss 83'	Report		Stadium: Campo de Fútbol de Vallecas Attendance: 11,796 Referee: Víctor García Verdura

16 December 2023 17	Celta Vigo	1–0	Granada	Vigo
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Larsen 20', 22' Vázquez 29' Guaita 66' Dotor 70' Ristić 75' Aspas 80' Domínguez 84'	Report	Gumbau 90+3' Diédhiou 90+4'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 18,027 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez

20 December 2023 18	Villarreal	3–2	Celta Vigo	Villarreal
21:30 CET (UTC+1)	Pedraza 13' Mandi 40' Parejo 48' (pen.) Baena 75' Comesaña 76'	Report	Vázquez 46' Douvikas 52', 84' Larsen 57' Mingueza 72' Sánchez 82'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 14,687 Referee: César Soto Grado

3 January 2024 19	Celta Vigo	2–1	Real Betis	Vigo
19:15 CET (UTC+1)	Aspas 16' (pen.) Villar 87' Swedberg 90+6'	Report	Ruibal 6' Carvalho 33' Papastathopoulos 90+1'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 21,105 Referee: Miguel Ángel Ortiz Arias
Note: Villar was sent off for dissent as an unused substitute.

13 January 2024 20	Mallorca	1–1	Celta Vigo	Palma
16:15 CET (UTC+1)	Larin 37', 43' González 45+3' Abdón 88' Copete 89'	Report	Aspas 10' Larsen 82'	Stadium: Estadi Mallorca Son Moix Attendance: 21,130 Referee: Víctor García Verdura

20 January 2024 21	Celta Vigo	v	Real Sociedad	Vigo
21:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Balaídos

28 January 2024 22	Celta Vigo	v	Girona	Vigo
14:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Balaídos

Copa del Rey

1 November 2023 First round	Turégano	0–4	Celta Vigo	Segovia
15:30 CET (UTC+1)	Núñez 22' Arranz 29' Ad. González 64' Alcubilla 84'	Report	Bamba 12', 33' Pérez 61', 71'	Stadium: La Albuera Attendance: 2,200 Referee: Mario Melero López
Note: The match was played at the La Albuera in Segovia, instead of Turégano's regular stadium, the El Burgo in Turégano, which did not meet the broadcasting requirements.

7 December 2023 Second round	Sestao River	1–2	Celta Vigo	Sestao
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Gutiérrez 10' Núñez 73' (o.g.) Mateo 76' Joan 77'	Report	Douvikas 17', 78' (pen.) Rodríguez 42'	Stadium: Las Llanas Attendance: 3,365 Referee: Rubén Porras Rico

7 January 2024 Round of 32	Amorebieta	2–4	Celta Vigo	Lezama
12:00 CET (UTC+1)	Jauregi 30' Rayco 35'	Report	Rodríguez 6' Jailson 4', 49' Douvikas 52', 75' Núñez 70'	Stadium: Instalaciones de Lezama Campo 2 Attendance: 1,300 Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero

17 January 2024 Round of 16	Valencia	1–3	Celta Vigo	Valencia
20:00 CET (UTC+1)	Pepelu 29' (pen.) Gasiorowski 86'	Report	De la Torre 13' Douvikas 18' (pen.), 80' Vázquez 48' Swedberg 68'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 44,456 Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

Statistics

Goalscorers

Last updated 17 January 2024

Rank	No.	Player	La Liga	Copa del Rey	Total
1	9	Anastasios Douvikas	3	6	9
2	18	Jørgen Strand Larsen	7	0	7
3	17	Jonathan Bamba	2	2	4
3	10	Iago Aspas	3	0	3
5	7	Carles Pérez	0	2	2
5	19	Williot Swedberg	2	0	2
7	2	Carl Starfelt	1	0	1
	3	Óscar Mingueza	1	0	1
	4	Unai Núñez	1	0	1
	14	Luca de la Torre	0	1	1
	16	Jailson	0	1	1
	29	Miguel Rodríguez	0	1	1
Own goals			1	0	1
Totals			21	13	34

References

↑ "First team – Players". RC Celta de Vigo. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
↑ "Oficial: Carles Pérez firma con el Celta hasta 2027". MARCA. June 30, 2023.
↑ "Manu Sánchez, juventud, fiabilidad y talento para la defensa del RC Celta hasta el año 2028". July 3, 2023.
↑ "Jonathan Bamba signe au Celta Vigo !". 18 July 2023.
↑ "Defender Starfelt leaves Celtic to join Celta Vigo". BBC Sport.
↑ "Tasos Douvikas, máximo goleador de la Eredivisie, sexto fichaje del RC Celta". August 28, 2023.
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↑ "Mexico international Orbelín Pineda leaves Celta to join AEK Athens". Diario AS. July 1, 2023.
↑ "Pumas complete Gabriel Fernández signing". Diario AS. July 3, 2023.
↑ "Club Atlético de Madrid - Welcome, Javi Galán!". Club Atlético de Madrid. July 3, 2023.
↑ "Rubén blanco is Olympien. | OM". www.om.fr.
↑ "Comunicado oficial del RC Celta: Santi Mina". August 4, 2023.
↑ "José Fontán, polivalencia y seguridad para fortalecer la defensa del Efesé". www.fccartagena.es.
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↑ "El Celta de Benítez debutará en pretemporada ante el Al-Nassr de Cristiano". Marca (in Spanish). 29 June 2023.
↑ "El Celta da el pistoletazo de salida a la pretemporada de Primera División". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 3 July 2023.
↑ "Reglamento General – Art. 201" (PDF) (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 August 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
↑ "Calendario de Liga 2023-24: primera jornada, fechas clave, los Clásicos, los derbis." Marca (in Spanish). 22 June 2023.

External links

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[1] "First team – Players". RC Celta de Vigo. Retrieved 6 September 2023.

[2] "Oficial: Carles Pérez firma con el Celta hasta 2027". MARCA. June 30, 2023.

[3] "Manu Sánchez, juventud, fiabilidad y talento para la defensa del RC Celta hasta el año 2028". July 3, 2023.

[4] "Jonathan Bamba signe au Celta Vigo !". 18 July 2023.

[5] "Defender Starfelt leaves Celtic to join Celta Vigo". BBC Sport.

[6] "Tasos Douvikas, máximo goleador de la Eredivisie, sexto fichaje del RC Celta". August 28, 2023.

[7] ↑

[8] "Mexico international Orbelín Pineda leaves Celta to join AEK Athens". Diario AS. July 1, 2023.

[9] "Pumas complete Gabriel Fernández signing". Diario AS. July 3, 2023.

[10] "Club Atlético de Madrid - Welcome, Javi Galán!". Club Atlético de Madrid. July 3, 2023.

[11] "Rubén blanco is Olympien. | OM". www.om.fr.

[12] "Comunicado oficial del RC Celta: Santi Mina". August 4, 2023.

[13] "José Fontán, polivalencia y seguridad para fortalecer la defensa del Efesé". www.fccartagena.es.

[14] ↑

[15] "El Celta de Benítez debutará en pretemporada ante el Al-Nassr de Cristiano". Marca (in Spanish). 29 June 2023.

[16] "El Celta da el pistoletazo de salida a la pretemporada de Primera División". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 3 July 2023.

[17] "Reglamento General – Art. 201" (PDF) (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 August 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2021.

[18] "Calendario de Liga 2023-24: primera jornada, fechas clave, los Clásicos, los derbis." Marca (in Spanish). 22 June 2023.

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