Real Club Celta de Vigo, commonly known as Celta de Vigo or simply Celta, is a Spanish professional football club based in Vigo, Galicia, that competes in La Liga, the top tier of Spanish football. Nicknamed Os Celestes, the club was founded in August 1923 as Club Celta, following the merger of Real Vigo Sporting and Real Fortuna. The club's home stadium is Balaídos, which seats 24,791 spectators.
Campo de Coia (1908–1928)
Real Club Celta de Vigo vs S.C. Braga in 1945
Celta supporters before a match
Celta playing regional rivals Deportivo de La Coruña in 2012
Vigo is a city and municipality in the province of Pontevedra, within the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. Located in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula, it sits on the southern shore of an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, the Ria de Vigo, the southernmost of the Rías Baixas. It is the capital of the comarca of Vigo.
Image: Vigo panoramico
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Image: ´El Sireno´ (male mermaid), sculpture by Francisco Leiro (foreground), El Moderno building, Rua Policarpo Sanz. Vigo, Galicia, Spain,Southwestern Europe edited
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