2014–15 Celta de Vigo season

The 2014–15 Celta de Vigo season was the club's 91st season in its history and its 49th in the top-tier.

Celta de Vigo

2014–15 season
President	Carlos Mouriño
Head coach	Eduardo Berizzo
Stadium	Balaídos
La Liga	8th
Copa del Rey	Round of 16
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Squad

As 2014[1][2]

Current squad

As of 1 September 2014[3]

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  ESP Sergio Álvarez 2 DF  ESP Hugo Mallo 3 DF  ESP Andreu Fontàs 4 MF  ESP Borja Oubiña (captain) 5 MF  CHI Pablo Hernández 6 MF  SRB Nemanja Radoja 7 FW  ESP Santi Mina 8 MF  ESP Álex López 9 FW  BRA Charles 10 MF  ESP Nolito 11 FW  ARG Joaquín Larrivey

No. Pos. Nation Player 13 GK  ESP Rubén Blanco 14 MF  CHI Fabián Orellana 15 DF  ESP David Costas 17 MF  GAB Lévy Madinda 19 DF  ESP Jonny 20 DF  ESP Sergi Gómez 21 DF  ESP Carles Planas 22 DF  ARG Gustavo Cabral 23 MF  DEN Michael Krohn-Dehli 24 MF  ARG Augusto Fernández

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 — GK  ESP Yoel (at Valencia until 30 June 2015) — DF  ESP Samuel Llorca (at Valladolid until 30 June 2015)

Transfers

In: No. Pos. Nation Player 20 DF  ESP Sergi Gómez (from Barcelona B)[4] 5 MF  CHI Pablo Hernández (from O'Higgins)[5] 11 FW  ARG Joaquín Larrivey (from Rayo Vallecano)[6] 18 DF  ESP Carles Planas (from Barcelona B)[7] 6 MF  SRB Nemanja Radoja (from Vojvodina)[8]

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  BRA Rafinha (loan return to Barcelona)[9] — FW  ESP Mario Bermejo (retired)[10] — DF  ESP Íñigo López (loan return to PAOK, later signed by Córdoba)[11] — GK  ESP Yoel (on loan to Valencia)[12]

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
La Liga	—	8th	24 August 2014	23 May 2015
Copa del Rey	Round of 32	Round of 16	2 December 2014	14 January 2015

Updated to match played June 2014
Source: Competitions

La Liga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
6	Villarreal	38	16	12	10	48	37	+11	60	Qualification to UEFA Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
7	Athletic Bilbao	38	15	10	13	42	41	+1	55	Qualification to UEFA Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
8	Celta Vigo	38	13	12	13	47	44	+3	51
9	Málaga	38	14	8	16	42	48	−6	50
10	Espanyol	38	13	10	15	47	51	−4	49[lower-alpha 2]

Source: La Liga
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) fair-play points; 7) playoff match[13]
Notes:

1. Since the winners of the 2014–15 Copa del Rey, Barcelona, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the sixth-placed team, and the spot awarded to the sixth-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the seventh-placed team.
2. Espanyol ahead on head-to-head record; Rayo Vallecano–Espanyol 1–3, Espanyol–Rayo Vallecano 1–1.

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
38	13	12	13	47	44	+3	51	8	5	6	30	22	+8	5	7	7	17	22	−5

Last updated: 23 May 2015.
Source: Competitive matches

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	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	D	D	W	W	L	D	W	W	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	W	D	W	W	D	L	L	W	L	D	W	W	L	W	D	D	D	W
Position	2	3	5	8	6	6	6	7	6	6	7	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	11	11	10	10	8	8	9	10	10	10	11	11	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

Updated to match(es) played on 23 May 2015. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Kickoff times are in CET.   Win   Draw   Loss

24 August 2014 1	Celta Vigo	3–1	Getafe	Vigo
21:00	Nolito  20',  34' Jonny  31' Planas  43' Orellana  56',  68' Larrivey  70'	Report	Alexis  45+1' Sammir  62'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 20,416 Referee: Mario Melero López

30 August 2014 2	Córdoba	1–1	Celta Vigo	Córdoba
19:00	Cartabia  60' Ekeng  75'	Report	Jonny  22' Radoja  50' Orellana  52' Fernández  81'	Stadium: Nuevo Arcángel Attendance: 15,982 Referee: José Antonio Teixeira Vitienes

13 September 2014 3	Celta Vigo	2–2	Real Sociedad	Vigo
22:00	Orellana  28' Larrivey  48' Nolito  90+1'	Report	Canales  17' Zaldúa  31' Granero  57' Agirretxe  69',  77' Bergara  74' Jonny  90+2' (o.g.)	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 19,385 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

20 September 2014 4	Atlético Madrid	2–2	Celta Vigo	Madrid
20:00	Miranda  31' Godín  41'	Report	Hernández  19' Nolito  53' (pen.)	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera

23 September 2014 5	Celta Vigo	2 – 1	Deportivo La Coruña	Vigo
22:00	Nolito  3' Orellana  72'	Report	Cuenca  55'	Stadium: Balaídos Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

26 September 2014 6	Elche	0–1	Celta Vigo	Elche
21:00	Jonathas  18' Rodrigues  59' Lombán  61' Adrián  87'	Report	Radoja  52' Gómez  64' Nolito  90'	Stadium: Martínez Valero Attendance: 20,852 Referee: Pedro Pérez Montero

5 October 2014 7	Celta Vigo	1–3	Villarreal	Vigo
17:00	Fontàs  26'  86' Larrivey  44' Krohn-Dehli  70' Orellana  83' Madinda  89'	Report	Gómez  32', 33',  57' Marín  35' Gabriel  50' Cani  90' Mario  90+1'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Alfonso Álvarez Izquierdo

18 October 2014 8	Athletic Bilbao	1–1	Celta Vigo	Bilbao
17:00	Aduriz  6' (pen.) Muniain  56' Iraola  62' Iturraspe  88'	Report	Orellana  7' Planas  65' Nolito  73' Charles  78'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 35,600 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

24 October 2014 9	Celta Vigo	3–0	Levante	Vigo
20:00	Larrivey  27', 83' Á. López  90'	Report	Xumetra  59' Simão Mate  67' P. López  73'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 19,231 Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes

1 November 2014 10	Barcelona	0–1	Celta Vigo	Barcelona
20:00	July  90+3'	Report	Hernández  14' Larrivey  55' Gómez  72'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 71,468 Referee: Iñaki Vicandi Garrido

8 November 2014 11	Celta Vigo	0–0	Granada	Vigo
22:00	Orellana  16'	Report	Fernández  36' Iturra  36' Juan Carlos  58' Rico  60' Nyom  72'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

23 November 2014 12	Rayo Vallecano	1–0	Celta Vigo	Madrid
12:00 CET	Bueno  20' Nacho  27' Trashorras  42' Licá  44' Tito  51' Baena  77' Álvarez  90+2'	Summary	Orellana  24' Gabral  27' Nolito  45+2' Charles  88'	Stadium: Campo de Vallecas Attendance: 7,100 Referee: José González González

29 November 2014 13	Celta Vigo	0–1	Eibar	Vigo
22:00 CET	Larrivey  32' López  60' Fontàs  80' Fernández  82'	Summary	Saúl  10' Manu  30',  80' Capa  59' Lillo  69' Abraham  70'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Pedro Pérez Montero

6 December 2014 14	Real Madrid	3–0	Celta Vigo	Madrid
20:00	Ronaldo  36' (pen.), 65', 81' Rodríguez  38' Carvajal  75' Arbeloa  79' Ramos  87'	Report	Cabral  11' Jonny  35' Nolito  35' Hernández  77'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 80,300 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

13 December 2014 15	Málaga	1–0	Celta Vigo	Málaga
22:00 CET	Samu  21',  90' Rosales  24' Weligton  47' Camacho  52' Recio  86'	Report	Fontàs  30' Charles  42' Mallo  55' Fernández  64'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

19 December 2014 16	Celta Vigo	0–1	Almería	Vigo
20:45	Fernández  34' Charles  45+1' Mina  50' Fontàs  90' Orellana  90' Nolito  90'	Report	Hemed  17',  43' Navarro  38' Cuesta  88' Durbarbier  90+5'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 13,200 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

3 January 2015 17	Sevilla	1–0	Celta Vigo	Seville
18:00 CET	Vitolo  20' Pareja  32' Reyes  45' Carriço  45+1' Krcychowiak  45+1'	Report	Cabral  21' Planas  21' Mallo  31' Mina  58' Krohn-Dehli  75' Orellana  79'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 31,253 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo

10 January 2015 18	Celta Vigo	1–1	Valencia	Vigo
20:00 CET	Charles  29' Jonny  41' Orellana  61' Hernández  84'	Report	Rodrigo  35',  43' Parejo  67' Barragán  71'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 18,000 Referee: José González González

17 January 2015 19	Espanyol	1–0	Celta Vigo	Barcelona
22:00 CET	Arbilla  54' Cañas  58' Álvaro  73' Caicedo  90'	Summary	Fontàs  61' Hernández  82' Nolito  85'	Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Eduardo Prieto Iglesias

26 January 2015 20	Getafe	2 – 1	Celta Vigo	Getafe
20:45 CET	Vázquez  19' Alexis  23' Escudero  81' Sarabia  85'	Summary	Charles  15' Planas  49' Radoja  77' Jonny  84' Gómez  89'	Stadium: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz

31 January 2015 21	Celta Vigo	1–0	Córdoba	Vigo
22:00	Orellana  29' Mina  41' Nolito  56'	Summary	Héldon  42' Bebé  51' Gómez  84' Rossi  84' Bouzón  85' Crespo  90+6'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 16,200 Referee: José Antonio Teixeira Vitienes

8 February 2015 22	Real Sociedad	1–1	Celta Vigo	San Sebastián
22:00	Agirretxe  8',  60' González  12' Granero  51' Zaldúa  71' Pardo  80'	Summary	Fernández  53' López  55' Cabral  63' Jonny  83' Nolito  85'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 14,836 Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre

15 February 2015 23	Celta Vigo	2–0	Atlético Madrid	Vigo
21:00	Nolito  59' (pen.) Orellana  71'	Summary	Godín  57' Suárez  57' Cani  63'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 15,600 Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera

21 February 2015 24	Deportivo La Coruña	0–2	Celta Vigo	A Coruña
22:00	Lopo  6'  72' Luisinho  53' Lucas  65'	Summary	Charles  46',  59' Nolito  65' Larrivey  82' Sergio  86' Gómez  87'	Stadium: Riazor Attendance: 30,334 Referee: Pedro Pérez Montero

2 March 2015 25	Celta Vigo	1–1	Elche	Vigo
20:45 CET	Radoja  22' Mallo  41' Krohn-Dehli  61',  88' Fontàs  63' Cabral  69' López  83'	Summary	Alonso  22' Cisma  57' Lombán  88' (pen.) Herrera  90+4'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 14,500 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo

8 March 2015 26	Villarreal	4–1	Celta Vigo	Villarreal
19:00 CET	G. Dos Santos  41' Musacchio  45+1' Vietto  73' Gerard  84'	Summary	Fernández  50' Nolito  75' Fontàs  77'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 14,366 Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez

14 March 2015 27	Celta Vigo	1–2	Athletic Bilbao	Vigo
22:00 CET	Fernández  16' Krohn-Dehli  20' Orellana  23' Larrivey  64'	Summary	Beñat  15' Aduriz  17' (pen.) San José  27'  85',  32' De Marcos  43' Susaeta  90'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz

21 March 2015 28	Levante	0–1	Celta Vigo	Valencia
20:00 CET	García  28' Toño  38' Barral  39' Diop  45'	Summary	Larrivey  30' Mallo  83' Charles  86' Jonny  90+1'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 11,473 Referee: José Antonio Teixeira Vitienes

5 April 2015 29	Celta Vigo	0–1	Barcelona	Vigo
21:00 CET	Krohn-Dehli  24' Orellana  87' Nolito  90+4'	Summary	Suárez  45+1' Mathieu  73' Busquets  88'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 23,731 Referee: Iñaki Vicandi Garrido

8 April 2015 30	Granada	1 – 1	Celta Vigo	Granada
22:00 CET	Robert  3' Murillo  39'  42' Roberto  41' Nyom  74' Córdoba  84' Iturra  90+6'	Summary	Jonny  37' Cabral  39' López  59' Radoja  67' Hernández  74' Bongonda  90+3'	Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes Attendance: 14,338 Referee: Alfonso Álvarez Izquierdo

11 April 2015 31	Celta Vigo	6–1	Rayo Vallecano	Vigo
22:00 CET	Larrivey  6', 37' Mina  21', 40', 51', 56' Fernández  23'	Report	Manucho  1' Trashorras  38'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez

19 April 2015 32	Eibar	0–1	Celta Vigo	Eibar
21:00 CET	Lillo  45+3' Arruabarrena  61'	Report	Larrivey  23' Nolito  40' (pen.) Orellana  45+3'	Stadium: Ipurua Attendance: 4,520 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo

26 April 2015 33	Celta Vigo	2–4	Real Madrid	Vigo
21:00 CET	Nolito  9' Mina  28' Orellana  51' Jonny  53' Krohn-Dehli  53'	Report	Kroos  16' Hernández  24', 69' Rodríguez  43' Ramos  84' Carvajal  90'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 25,077 Referee: Pedro Pérez Montero

29 April 2015 34	Celta Vigo	1–0	Málaga	Vigo
20:00 CET	Nolito  89',  90' Fernández  90+2' López  90+2'	Report	Darder  40' Juanmi  77' Tissone  85' Weligton  90+2' Recio  90+2'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 17,205 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

4 May 2015 35	Almería	2–2	Celta Vigo	Almería
20:45 CET	Bifouma  47',  50' Mauro  59'  74' Zongo  68' Thomas  90+2'	Report	Nolito  17' Mina  39',  68' Mallo  51' Larrivey  54' Cabral  54'	Stadium: Juegos Mediterráneos Attendance: 10,898 Referee: José Antonio Teixeira Vitienes

10 May 2015 36	Celta Vigo	1–1	Sevilla	Vigo
21:00 CET	Fernández  45+1' Mina  45+2',  58' (pen.) Costas  90+1'	Report	Gameiro  8' Coke  36' Aspas  40' Rico  41' Arribas  57' Krychowiak  59'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 18,957 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo

17 May 2015 37	Valencia	1–1	Celta Vigo	Valencia
19:00 CET	Mustafi  38' Otamendi  71'	Report	Hernández  8' Cabral  27' Nolito  62' Krohn-Dehli  78' Borja  86' Mallo  90+4'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 44,498 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

23 May 2015 38	Celta Vigo	3–2	Espanyol	Vigo
18:30 CET	Sergio  20' Fernández  28' Mallo  38' Mina  45+3' Cabral  58' Nolito  76'	Report	García  23' (pen.) Stuani  48' Álvaro  89'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

Copa del Rey

Round of 32

2 December 2014 First leg	Las Palmas	2 – 1	Celta Vigo	Las Palmas
22:00 CET	Hernán  23',  74' Castellano  59' Silva  79'	Report	Costas  35' Iglesias  56' Planas  65' Gómez  73' Orellana  73' Mina  83' (pen.) Krohn-Dehli  83'	Stadium: Gran Canaria Attendance: 10,679 Referee: Carlos Velasco

16 December 2014 Second leg	Celta de Vigo	3 – 1 (4 – 3 agg.)	Las Palmas	Vigo
20:00	Larrivey  19' Mina  35',  50' Nolito  60' Orellana  89'	Report	López  28' Nauzet  38',  53' Aythami  62'  Silva  77'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 11,320 Referee: Fernando Teixeira Vitienes

Round of 16

6 January 2015 first leg	Celta de Vigo	2 – 4	Athletic Bilbao	Vigo
17:00 CET	López  11' Costas  36'  Charles  54',  82' Gabral  86'	Summary	San José  5',  77' Aduriz  15', 87' (pen.) Rico  31' Etxeita  39' Sussaeta  61' Muniain  66'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 14,929 Referee: Pedro Pérez

14 January 2015 second leg	Athletic Bilbao	0 – 2 (4 – 4 agg.)	Celta de Vigo	Bilbao
20:00 CET	Beñat  38' Rico  60' Gurpegui  80'	Summary	Samu  21' Etxeita  48' (o.g.) Orellana  61' (pen.) Hernández  72' Charles  75'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Juan Martínez

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