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Vigo, Vigo · Spain · La Liga

Top-4 finishes
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Power-ranking history

Hover a season for its rank and score
Rank (1 = best)1486Score (per-season normalised)0.00.51.069/7074/7579/8084/8589/9094/9599/0004/0509/1014/1519/2024/25

Against expectation

Every Spanish top-flight match this club has played in the Primera División, scored against the odds an Elo rating gave it before kick-off. Over 59 seasons from 1939-40 to 2024-25 it has fallen short of them by 14.3 match points.

Celta Vigo: surplus against expectation, 1939-40 to 2024-251939-40: −0.9 league points vs expected (19 on 19.9, 2 for a win) · bar height −0.5 match points1940-41: −4.7 league points vs expected (15 on 19.7, 2 for a win) · bar height −2.3 match points1941-42: +3.8 league points vs expected (28 on 24.2, 2 for a win) · bar height +1.9 match points1942-43: +5.4 league points vs expected (30 on 24.6, 2 for a win) · bar height +2.7 match points1943-44: −13.6 league points vs expected (9 on 22.6, 2 for a win) · bar height −6.8 match points1945-46: +0.1 league points vs expected (21 on 20.9, 2 for a win) · bar height +0.1 match points1946-47: +2.9 league points vs expected (26 on 23.1, 2 for a win) · bar height +1.4 match points1947-48: +5.8 league points vs expected (31 on 25.2, 2 for a win) · bar height +2.9 match points1948-49: −3.6 league points vs expected (22 on 25.6, 2 for a win) · bar height −1.8 match points1949-50: +2.0 league points vs expected (28 on 26.0, 2 for a win) · bar height +1.0 match points1950-51: +2.9 league points vs expected (33 on 30.1, 2 for a win) · bar height +1.4 match points1951-52: −2.4 league points vs expected (27 on 29.4, 2 for a win) · bar height −1.2 match points1952-53: −3.0 league points vs expected (25 on 27.9, 2 for a win) · bar height −1.5 match points1953-54: +2.0 league points vs expected (29 on 27.0, 2 for a win) · bar height +1.0 match points1954-55: −1.8 league points vs expected (27 on 28.8, 2 for a win) · bar height −0.9 match points1955-56: −1.4 league points vs expected (27 on 28.4, 2 for a win) · bar height −0.7 match points1956-57: −3.5 league points vs expected (23 on 26.5, 2 for a win) · bar height −1.8 match points1957-58: +3.9 league points vs expected (32 on 28.1, 2 for a win) · bar height +1.9 match points1958-59: −12.8 league points vs expected (13 on 25.9, 2 for a win) · bar height −6.4 match points1969-70: −0.7 league points vs expected (27 on 27.7, 2 for a win) · bar height −0.3 match points1970-71: +6.4 league points vs expected (35 on 28.6, 2 for a win) · bar height +3.2 match points1971-72: −0.5 league points vs expected (33 on 33.5, 2 for a win) · bar height −0.3 match points1972-73: −3.4 league points vs expected (29 on 32.4, 2 for a win) · bar height −1.7 match points1973-74: −2.4 league points vs expected (30 on 32.4, 2 for a win) · bar height −1.2 match points1974-75: −1.0 league points vs expected (30 on 31.0, 2 for a win) · bar height −0.5 match points1976-77: −2.0 league points vs expected (29 on 31.1, 2 for a win) · bar height −1.0 match points1978-79: −1.5 league points vs expected (28 on 29.5, 2 for a win) · bar height −0.7 match points1982-83: −4.7 league points vs expected (24 on 28.7, 2 for a win) · bar height −2.3 match points1985-86: −11.8 league points vs expected (14 on 25.8, 2 for a win) · bar height −5.9 match points1987-88: +7.5 league points vs expected (39 on 31.5, 2 for a win) · bar height +3.7 match points1988-89: +3.7 league points vs expected (39 on 35.3, 2 for a win) · bar height +1.8 match points1989-90: −9.9 league points vs expected (22 on 31.9, 2 for a win) · bar height −5.0 match points1992-93: +1.7 league points vs expected (34 on 32.3, 2 for a win) · bar height +0.9 match points1993-94: +0.8 league points vs expected (33 on 32.2, 2 for a win) · bar height +0.4 match points1994-95: +2.9 league points vs expected (36 on 33.1, 2 for a win) · bar height +1.4 match points1995-96: +0.8 league points vs expected (52 on 51.2, 3 for a win) · bar height +0.9 match points1996-97: −4.5 league points vs expected (49 on 53.5, 3 for a win) · bar height −1.3 match points1997-98: +9.6 league points vs expected (60 on 50.4, 3 for a win) · bar height +2.9 match points1998-99: +7.8 league points vs expected (64 on 56.2, 3 for a win) · bar height +3.0 match points1999-00: −3.1 league points vs expected (53 on 56.1, 3 for a win) · bar height −1.5 match points2000-01: +6.0 league points vs expected (59 on 53.0, 3 for a win) · bar height +2.1 match points2001-02: +1.0 league points vs expected (60 on 59.0, 3 for a win) · bar height +0.6 match points2002-03: +2.4 league points vs expected (61 on 58.6, 3 for a win) · bar height +0.7 match points2003-04: −13.5 league points vs expected (39 on 52.5, 3 for a win) · bar height −4.2 match points2005-06: +13.4 league points vs expected (64 on 50.6, 3 for a win) · bar height +3.4 match points2006-07: −11.0 league points vs expected (39 on 50.0, 3 for a win) · bar height −3.9 match points2012-13: −8.1 league points vs expected (37 on 45.1, 3 for a win) · bar height −3.0 match points2013-14: +5.7 league points vs expected (49 on 43.3, 3 for a win) · bar height +1.6 match points2014-15: +2.9 league points vs expected (51 on 48.1, 3 for a win) · bar height +1.5 match points2015-16: +7.3 league points vs expected (60 on 52.7, 3 for a win) · bar height +2.5 match points2016-17: −6.2 league points vs expected (45 on 51.2, 3 for a win) · bar height −2.5 match points2017-18: +0.6 league points vs expected (49 on 48.5, 3 for a win) · bar height +0.4 match points2018-19: −6.1 league points vs expected (41 on 47.1, 3 for a win) · bar height −1.7 match points2019-20: −7.1 league points vs expected (37 on 44.1, 3 for a win) · bar height −1.3 match points2020-21: +8.5 league points vs expected (53 on 44.5, 3 for a win) · bar height +3.1 match points2021-22: −3.3 league points vs expected (46 on 49.3, 3 for a win) · bar height −1.1 match points2022-23: −4.3 league points vs expected (43 on 47.3, 3 for a win) · bar height −1.5 match points2023-24: −2.8 league points vs expected (41 on 43.8, 3 for a win) · bar height −0.8 match points2024-25: +8.8 league points vs expected (55 on 46.2, 3 for a win) · bar height +2.4 match points
1939-40one bar per season · height in match points · hover for that season2024-25
Best season against expectation
2005-06 +13.4 league pts
64 points on 50.6 expected as Celta Vigo
Worst season against expectation
1943-44 13.6 league pts
9 points on 22.6 expected as Celta Vigo

Season points use that season’s own scoring, two for a win before 1995-96 and three from it; the bars use match points so the whole series is comparable.The rating only starts telling you much after about 1960. Before that, knowing the era’s home-and-away split is almost as good as knowing the teams.

Vigo against expectation →How this is measured →

What the squad was worth

Total market value of the squad, EUR millions, by month; the player count beside it is the size of the priced squad.

How this is measured

Drawn as a step, not a curve: Transfermarkt reprices every squad in December and June (marked with a small tick on the axis) and revalues continuously between, so the line only moves when a real valuation changed, never by interpolation.

A month renders no value at all once the priced squad falls below 15 players, so a thin squad is never shown as a cheap one. The series is floored at July 2012on purpose: earlier Transfermarkt totals reflect which players happened to be priced yet rather than the squad’s real worth, and are excluded rather than shown misleadingly low.

Upstream (dcaribou/transfermarkt-datasets) has been paused since July 2026, so the series ends where the source ends rather than where the season does.

Player valuations from Transfermarkt via github.com/dcaribou/transfermarkt-datasets (CC0).

What the squad was worth€190m
Celta de Vigo: squad value by month, 2012-07 to 2026-06012424812-1314-1516-1718-1920-2122-2324-25
Peak
€230m in Jun 2019 · 25 players valued
Most recent
€190m in Jun 2026 · 28 players valued

Vigoon the rankings →

The money ledger

Fees paid and received each season, and what the squad was worth once the trading is netted out.

How this is measured

Spent is the fees paid for players arriving, received the fees for players leaving, both in EUR millions by the July-to-June season of the move. A move with no fee on record (a free, a loan, an undisclosed sum) is counted, never priced: the small figure beside each total is the moves with a fee, plus those without (so 4+3 is four priced arrivals and three unpriced), and a quiet window is not mistaken for a cheap one. Wages are not here: they are estimates nobody licenses, and fees are documented.

Appreciationis the season’s change in squad value with the net spend taken out: buy 100m of players and finish 100m higher is zero; finish 120m higher and the club made 20m of players better, or the market repriced them. It needs a priced squad at both ends of the season (the same 15-player floor as the value chart), so it is blank rather than guessed for a season that lacks one.

The source has been paused since 6 July 2026, so the final row holds only the opening days of its window.

Transfer fees and player valuations from Transfermarkt via github.com/dcaribou/transfermarkt-datasets (CC0).

The money ledger+€40m
Spent
€184m
39 arrivals with a fee
Received
€224m
27 departures with a fee
Net
+€40m
178 moves with no fee
Appreciation
+€147m
14 seasons with a priced squad

Grown or bought: in 2026-27, trading €0m and appreciation . Over the last 5 seasons (2022-232026-27), trading +€57m and appreciation unpriced.

The director’s ledger: 75 arrivals graded since 2022-23, 89% EV-positive. €80m deployed for a 1.7× multiplier.

2026-27 spent received to 6 July 2026
1 moves, no fee on record
unpriced
2025-26 spent €14m received €57m
in: Ilaix Moriba €6m
+€122m
squad gain
2024-25 spent €11m received €18m
in: Unai Núñez €7m
−€1m
squad gain
2023-24 spent €31m received €46m
in: Anastasios Douvikas €12m
−€2m
squad gain
2022-23 spent €24m received €17m
in: Jørgen Strand Larsen €15m
+€1m
squad gain
2021-22 spent €9m received
in: Franco Cervi €5m
−€15m
squad gain
2020-21 spent €3m received €3m
in: Miguel Baeza €3m
−€13m
squad gain
2019-20 spent €21m received €43m
in: Denis Suárez €13m
−€61m
squad gain
Show all 15 seasons
2018-19 spent €30m received €30m
in: Fran Beltrán €8m
+€72m
squad gain
2017-18 spent €22m received
in: Emre Mor €13m
+€21m
squad gain
2016-17 spent €7m received
in: Pione Sisto €6m
−€10m
squad gain
2015-16 spent €10m received
in: Iago Aspas €5m
+€10m
squad gain
2014-15 spent €1m received
in: Théo Bongonda €1m
−€5m
squad gain
2013-14 spent received €11m
out: Iago Aspas €11m
−€2m
squad gain
2012-13 spent received
1 moves, no fee on record
+€29m
squad gain

Money against football

Every priced club-season in the six leagues: points against expectation across, squad value gained beyond the net spend up. This club’s seasons are joined.

Tap or drag on the plot: the nearest club-season, its points and its money.

the frontier: no other club-season beat it on both axes · this club, season by season, the largest dot the latest

Every club’s return on the transfer window →

Greatest games

Celta de Vigo's top matches by the club Game Score: closeness, stakes, quality and upset over one unified rating of league and European play.All-time board.

#DateStageResultScore
11950-03-12LA Liga · Galicia DerbyHL 2-3 v Deportivo de La Coruñagame score 82.6
21950-04-16LA LigaAL 1-2 v FC Barcelonagame score 75.4
32016-01-27Copa del Rey · Quarterfinals · 2nd leg, agg 3-2AW 3-2 v Atlético de Madridgame score 72.7
42017-01-18Copa del Rey · Quarterfinals · 1st legAW 2-1 v Real Madridgame score 72.0
52003-12-09Champions League · Group Stage · 2nd leg, agg 2-1AW 2-1 v AC Milangame score 66.9
62001-03-15UEFA Cup · Quarterfinals · 2nd leg, agg 4-4HW 3-2 v FC Barcelonagame score 66.7
71949-04-17LA LigaHL 3-4 v Atlético Bilbaogame score 66.4
82017-05-04Europa League · Semifinals · 1st legHL 0-1 v Manchester Unitedgame score 66.0
92017-05-11Europa League · Semifinals · 2nd leg, agg 1-2AD 1-1 v Manchester Unitedgame score 66.0
102017-02-23Europa League · Round of 32 · 2nd leg, agg 2-1AW 2-0 v FC Shakhtar Donetskgame score 64.7

Footprint

Tiers played
L1
Top-flight (L1) seasons
61
First season
1940
Most recent season
2026
RivalriesGalicia Derbyvs Deportivo de La Coruñatwo-way

The Heartbreak Index14.4 · #98

The Tortured · Never won it, waiting since 1940

14.4
Heartbreak
#98
of 1,139 clubs
#45
in Football
14.4
agony
The clocks
  • First major trophy since 194012.6
  • Major final appearance since 20015.0
Heaviest wounds

relegated from the top flight, 2007 · relegated from the top flight, 2004 · lost the national cup final, 2001 · lost the national cup final, 1994

One formula, every club the site covers. See the whole board →

Season-by-season

Most recent season first. Covers La Liga only. Rows tagged "national playoff" are pre-modern formats where the workbook records only playoff participants, not round-robin standings.

2027
La Liga (1) · P16● live
6 P · 0-4-2 · 3:6 · -3
4
pts
2026
La Liga (1) · P6
38 P · 14-12-12 · 53:48 · +5
54
pts
ELEL
2025
La Liga (1) · P7
38 P · 16-7-15 · 59:57 · +2
55
pts
EL
2024
La Liga (1) · P13
38 P · 10-11-17 · 46:57 · -11
41
pts
2023
La Liga (1) · P13
38 P · 11-10-17 · 43:53 · -10
43
pts
2022
La Liga (1) · P11
38 P · 12-10-16 · 43:43 · 0
46
pts
2021
La Liga (1) · P8
38 P · 14-11-13 · 55:57 · -2
53
pts
2020
La Liga (1) · P17
38 P · 7-16-15 · 37:49 · -12
37
pts
2019
La Liga (1) · P17
38 P · 10-11-17 · 53:62 · -9
41
pts
2018
La Liga (1) · P12
38 P · 13-10-15 · 59:60 · -1
49
pts
2017
La Liga (1) · P13
38 P · 13-6-19 · 53:69 · -16
45
pts
EL
2016
La Liga (1) · P6
38 P · 17-9-12 · 51:59 · -8
60
pts
EL
Show all 61 seasons
2015
La Liga (1) · P8
38 P · 13-12-13 · 47:44 · +3
51
pts
2014
La Liga (1) · P9
38 P · 14-7-17 · 49:54 · -5
49
pts
2013
La Liga (1) · P17
38 P · 10-7-21 · 37:52 · -15
37
pts
2007
La Liga (1) · P18
38 P · 10-9-19 · 40:59 · -19
39
pts
UC
2006
La Liga (1) · P6
38 P · 20-4-14 · 45:33 · +12
64
pts
UC
2004
La Liga (1) · P19
38 P · 9-12-17 · 48:68 · -20
39
pts
CL
2003
La Liga (1) · P4
38 P · 17-10-11 · 45:35 · +10
61
pts
UCCL
2002
La Liga (1) · P5
38 P · 16-12-10 · 64:46 · +18
60
pts
UCUC
2001
La Liga (1) · P6
38 P · 16-11-11 · 51:49 · +2
59
pts
CopaUCUC
2000
La Liga (1) · P7
38 P · 15-8-15 · 45:43 · +2
53
pts
UCUC
1999
La Liga (1) · P5
38 P · 17-13-8 · 69:41 · +28
64
pts
UCUC
1998
La Liga (1) · P6
38 P · 17-9-12 · 54:47 · +7
60
pts
UC
1997
La Liga (1) · P16
42 P · 12-13-17 · 51:54 · -3
49
pts
1996
La Liga (1) · P11
42 P · 12-16-14 · 49:51 · -2
52
pts
1995
La Liga (1) · P13
38 P · 11-14-13 · 36:48 · -12
36
pts
1994
La Liga (1) · P15
38 P · 11-11-16 · 41:51 · -10
33
pts
Copa
1993
La Liga (1) · P11
38 P · 9-16-13 · 25:32 · -7
34
pts
1990
La Liga (1) · P19
38 P · 5-12-21 · 24:51 · -27
22
pts
1989
La Liga (1) · P8
38 P · 14-11-13 · 42:48 · -6
39
pts
1988
La Liga (1) · P7
38 P · 14-11-13 · 43:40 · +3
39
pts
1986
La Liga (1) · P18
34 P · 5-4-25 · 32:72 · -40
14
pts
1983
La Liga (1) · P17
34 P · 9-6-19 · 27:56 · -29
24
pts
1979
La Liga (1) · P16
34 P · 9-10-15 · 35:55 · -20
28
pts
1977
La Liga (1) · P17
34 P · 9-11-14 · 22:40 · -18
29
pts
1975
La Liga (1) · P17
34 P · 10-10-14 · 30:41 · -11
30
pts
1974
La Liga (1) · P12
34 P · 12-6-16 · 43:49 · -6
30
pts
1973
La Liga (1) · P15
34 P · 10-9-15 · 30:37 · -7
29
pts
1972
La Liga (1) · P10
34 P · 10-13-11 · 37:42 · -5
33
pts
UC
1971
La Liga (1) · P6
30 P · 15-5-10 · 37:32 · +5
35
pts
UC
1970
La Liga (1) · P10
30 P · 10-7-13 · 31:39 · -8
27
pts
1959
La Liga (1) · P16
30 P · 4-5-21 · 21:59 · -38
13
pts
1958
La Liga (1) · P7
30 P · 13-6-11 · 50:51 · -1
32
pts
1957
La Liga (1) · P13
30 P · 8-7-15 · 39:47 · -8
23
pts
1956
La Liga (1) · P10
30 P · 12-3-15 · 52:75 · -23
27
pts
1955
La Liga (1) · P11
30 P · 10-7-13 · 55:60 · -5
27
pts
1954
La Liga (1) · P10
30 P · 12-5-13 · 47:54 · -7
29
pts
1953
La Liga (1) · P13PO
30 P · 10-5-15 · 54:69 · -15
25
pts
1952
La Liga (1) · P9
30 P · 12-3-15 · 64:66 · -2
27
pts
1951
La Liga (1) · P8
30 P · 15-3-12 · 62:56 · +6
33
pts
1950
La Liga (1) · P7
26 P · 13-2-11 · 63:50 · +13
28
pts
1949
La Liga (1) · P11
26 P · 9-4-13 · 51:64 · -13
22
pts
1948
La Liga (1) · P4
26 P · 14-3-9 · 59:48 · +11
31
pts
Copa
1947
La Liga (1) · P9
26 P · 11-4-11 · 53:48 · +5
26
pts
1946
La Liga (1) · P10
26 P · 9-3-14 · 57:56 · +1
21
pts
1944
La Liga (1) · P14
26 P · 2-5-19 · 23:75 · -52
9
pts
1943
La Liga (1) · P5
26 P · 14-2-10 · 52:50 · +2
30
pts
1942
La Liga (1) · P5
26 P · 11-6-9 · 53:58 · -5
28
pts
1941
La Liga (1) · P10
22 P · 7-1-14 · 45:51 · -6
15
pts
1940
La Liga (1) · P10PO
22 P · 9-1-12 · 45:50 · -5
19
pts
Domestic Cup Finals

Most recent first. Every domestic cup final the club has played, including losses. Scheduled finals (date not yet passed) are flagged.

2001
Copa del Rey
Runner-up
1994
Copa del Rey
Runner-up
1948
Copa del Rey
Runner-up
European competition appearances

Most recent first. One row per entry showing the deepest round reached. A Cup Winner badge marks tournaments the club won: gold for the European Cup / Champions League, silver for every other UEFA or Intercontinental trophy.

2025-26
Europa League(EL)
Quarter-final
2016-17
Europa League(EL)
Semi-final
2006-07
UEFA Cup(UC)
Round of 16
2003-04
Champions League(CL)
Round of 16
2002-03
UEFA Cup(UC)
Group stage
2001-02
UEFA Cup(UC)
Round of 32 / qualifying
2000-01
UEFA Cup(UC)
Quarter-final
1999-00
UEFA Cup(UC)
Quarter-final
1998-99
UEFA Cup(UC)
Quarter-final
1971-72
UEFA Cup(UC)
Round of 32 / qualifying