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Celta de Vigo are a Spanish football team from Vigo in Galicia.
Founded on March 28, 1923, they are currently playing in the
Segunda División after being relegated from the Primera División
in 2004.
Nicknamed the Celtiqas (celtics), they play in light blue shirts
and white shorts. Home stadium is the Balaídos that seats 31,800
spectators.
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.
In recent years (1997-2001), the fortunes of the team had
improved greatly and Celta de Vigo became real challengers for
the Primera División title, 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.
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