RC Celta de Vigo

Foundation

RC Celta de Vigo was formed as a result of the ambition of Vigo's teams to achieve more at national level, where the Basque sides had been their bête noire in the Spanish Championship. The idea was to merge both Vigo-based teams, Real Vigo Sporting and Real Club Fortuna de Vigo, to create a more powerful team at national level. The standard-bearer of this movement was Manuel de Castro, known as "Handicap", a sports writer for the Faro de Vigo who, from 1915, began to write in his articles about the need for a unitarian movement. The slogan of his movement was "Todo por y para Vigo" ("All by and for Vigo"), which eventually found support among the managers of both clubs. It was backed unanimously when De Castro himself presented the motion at the assembly of the Royal Spanish Football Federation in Madrid on 22 June 1923. On 12 July 1923, the merger was approved at the annual general meetings of Vigo and Fortuna, held at the Cine Odeón and Hotel Moderno, respectively. At the last general meeting of Fortuna and Vigo, which approved the formation of the new club and was held on 10 August, the members decided on the name and colours of the team. Among the various names proposed were Club Galicia, Real Atlético FC, Real Club Olímpico, Breogán and Real Club Celta. The latter two names were the most liked and in the end they decided on Club Celta, an ethnic race linked to Galicia. The first president of Celta was Manuel Bárcena de Andrés, the Count of Torre…

National titles

Segunda División Winners: 1935–36, 1981–82, 1991–92 Segunda División B Winners: 1980–81 Tercera División Winners: 1930–31 Copa del Rey Runners-up: 1947–48, 1993–94, 2000–01

European titles

UEFA Intertoto Cup Winners: 2000

Regional titles

Galician Championship Winners (6): 1923–24, 1924–25, 1925–26, 1929–30, 1931–32, 1933–34 Asturian-Galician Championship (Galician Group) Winners: 1934–35 Regional Government of Galicia Cup Winners: 2006 Copa Galicia Winners: 2008

Friendly and unofficial tournaments

Trofeo Cidade de Vigo Winners (21): 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012 Trofeo Memorial Quinocho Winners (21): 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2022, 2023 Trofeo Luis Otero Winners (13): 1965, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1976, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1990, 1997, 2007, 2010, 2014 Trofeo Emma Cuervo Winners (9): 1954, 1961, 1968, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1997, 2010 TIM Trophy Winners: 2016 Teresa Herrera Trophy Winners: 1999 Trofeo Xacobeo Winners: 1999 Trofeo Federación Galega Winners: 2014 Copa Comunidad Gallega Winners: 2016