2020–21 RC Celta de Vigo season

The 2020–21 season is the 97th season in the existence of RC Celta de Vigo and the club's ninth consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish football. In addition to the domestic league, Celta Vigo participated in this season's edition of the Copa del Rey. The season covers the period from 20 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Celta Vigo

2020–21 season
Owner	Carlos Mouriño
President	Carlos Mouriño
Head coach	Óscar García (until 9 November) Eduardo Coudet (from 12 November)
Stadium	Balaídos
La Liga	10th
Copa del Rey	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Iago Aspas (9) All: Iago Aspas (9)
Home colours Away colours
All statistics correct as of 31 January 2021.

Players

First-team squad

As of 23 January 2021[1]

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 Iván Villar 2 DF  ESP Hugo Mallo (captain) 3 DF  ESP David Costas 4 DF  MEX Néstor Araujo 5 MF  TUR Okay Yokuşlu 6 MF  ESP Denis Suárez 8 MF  ESP Fran Beltrán 9 FW  ESP Nolito 10 FW  ESP Iago Aspas (vice-captain) 11 FW  TUR Emre Mor 13 GK  ESP Rubén Blanco 14 MF  PER Renato Tapia

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 DF  URU Lucas Olaza (on loan from Boca Juniors) 16 DF  ESP Jorge Sáenz (on loan from Valencia) 17 DF  ESP David Juncà 18 DF  GHA Joseph Aidoo 19 DF  ESP Aarón Martín (on loan from Mainz 05) 20 DF  ESP Kevin 21 MF  ARG Augusto Solari 22 FW  ESP Santi Mina 23 MF  ESP Brais Méndez 24 DF  COL Jeison Murillo (on loan from Sampdoria) 25 GK  ESP Sergio (3rd captain) 27 MF  ESP Miguel Baeza

Reserve team

List of B-team players with senior squad numbers

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 26 GK  ESP Iago Domínguez 28 DF  ESP Diego Pampín 29 DF  ESP José Fontán 31 MF  ESP Gabri Veiga 32 FW  ESP Miguel Rodríguez 34 DF  ESP Sergio Carreira

No. Pos. Nation Player 35 MF  ESP Raúl Blanco 36 FW  ESP Alfon (on loan from Albacete) 39 MF  SCO Jordan Holsgrove 38 FW  URU Lautaro De León 40 DF  ESP Carlos Domínguez

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 Ruly (at Unionistas until 30 June 2021) — MF  ESP Jozabed (at Málaga until 30 June 2021) — FW  ESP Álvaro Vadillo (at Espanyol until 30 June 2021)

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  URU Gabriel Fernández (at Zaragoza until 30 June 2021) — FW  ESP Juan Hernández (at Sabadell until 30 June 2021)

Transfers

In

Date	Player	From	Type	Fee	Ref
21 July 2020	Róbert Mazáň	Tenerife	Loan return		[2]
4 August 2020	Renato Tapia	Feyenoord	Transfer	Free	[3]
4 August 2020	Álvaro Vadillo	Granada	Transfer	Free	[4]
7 August 2020	Emre Mor	Olympiacos	Loan return		[5]
15 August 2020	Miguel Baeza	Real Madrid B	Transfer	€2.5M	[6]
17 August 2020	David Costas	Almería	Loan return		[7]
24 August 2020	Jozabed	Girona	Loan return		[8]
16 September 2020	Jeison Murillo	Sampdoria	Loan		[9]

Out

Date	Player	To	Type	Fee	Ref
20 July 2020	Filip Bradarić	Cagliari	Loan return		[10]
20 July 2020	Pape Cheikh	Lyon	Loan return		[11]
20 July 2020	Jeison Murillo	Sampdoria	Loan return		[12]
20 July 2020	Rafinha	Barcelona	Loan return		[13]
20 July 2020	Fyodor Smolov	Lokomotiv Moscow	Loan return		[14]
27 August 2020	Juan Hernández	Sabadell	Loan		[15]
7 September 2020	Pione Sisto	Midtjylland	Transfer	€2.5M	[16]
11 September 2020	Gabriel Fernández	Zaragoza	Loan		[17]
11 September 2020	Róbert Mazáň	Mladá Boleslav	Transfer	Free	[18]
16 August 2020	Jozabed	Málaga	Loan		[19]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

26 August 2020 Friendly	Celta Vigo	2–2	Oviedo	Vigo, Spain
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Aspas  19' Mor  21'	Report	Obeng  12' Viti  77'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 0

2 September 2020 Friendly	Celta Vigo	2–0	Lugo	Vigo, Spain
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Mor  67' Aspas  82' (pen.)	Report	Rama  29' Seoane  57'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 0

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
La Liga	12 September 2020	23 May 2021	Matchday 1		21	6	7	8	24	31	−7	028.57
Copa del Rey	17 December 2020	5 January 2021	First round	Second round	2	1	0	1	7	5	+2	050.00
Total					23	7	7	9	31	36	−5	030.43

Last updated: 31 January 2021

Source: Soccerway

La Liga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
8	Granada	22	8	6	8	26	36	−10	30
9	Levante	21	6	9	6	31	31	0	27
10	Celta Vigo	21	6	7	8	24	31	−7	25
11	Athletic Bilbao	20	7	3	10	27	25	+2	24
12	Getafe	21	6	6	9	17	26	−9	24

Updated to match(es) played on 6 February 2021. Source: La Liga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Fair-play points (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)[20]

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
21	6	7	8	24	31	−7	25	5	1	4	15	17	−2	1	6	4	9	14	−5

Last updated: 31 January 2021.
Source: La Liga

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
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	D	W	D	L	L	L	D	L	D	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	L	L	D	D
Position	9	4	4	11	13	17	17	17	17	20	18	16	9	8	8	8	8	8	11	10	10

Updated to match(es) played on 31 January 2021. Source: La Liga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 31 August 2020.[21][22]

12 September 2020 1	Eibar	0–0	Celta Vigo	Eibar
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Bigas  13' Álvarez  41' Diop  81'  87'	Report	Nolito  37' Olaza  73' Juncà  75' Yokuşlu  78'	Stadium: Ipurua Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Valentín Pizarro Gómez

19 September 2020 2	Celta Vigo	2–1	Valencia	Vigo
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Aspas  13', 57' Tapia  25' Yokuşlu  90+1' Villar  90+8'	Report	Gómez  46' Esquerdo  55'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

27 September 2020 3	Valladolid	1–1	Celta Vigo	Valladolid
18:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Guardiola  61',  66' (pen.) Bruno  80' Sánchez  86'	Report	Mor  25' Beltrán  41' Aspas  44',  90+2' Mallo  65'	Stadium: Estadio José Zorrilla Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez

1 October 2020 4	Celta Vigo	0–3	Barcelona	Vigo
21:30 CEST (UTC+2)	Aidoo  39' Araujo  48' Tapia  69' Murillo  75' Beltrán  90+3'	Report	Fati  11' Lenglet  23'  42' Piqué  42' Olaza  51' (o.g.) Alba  84' Busquets  87' Roberto  90+5'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

4 October 2020 5	Osasuna	2–0	Celta Vigo	Pamplona
12:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Roncaglia  23' D. García  55' Oier  60' Calleri  76' R. García  82'	Report	Tapia  26' Rodríguez  82' Murillo  90+1'	Stadium: El Sadar Stadium Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Ricardo De Burgos Bengoetxea

17 October 2020 6	Celta Vigo	0–2	Atlético Madrid	Vigo
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Beltrán  41' Nolito  63' Aspas  83'	Report	Suárez  6' Hermoso  17' Costa  37' Felipe  71' Herrera  86' Carrasco  90+5'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera

26 October 2020 7	Levante	1–1	Celta Vigo	Villarreal
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Duarte  31' Roger  48' (pen.) Toño  78'	Report	Murillo  26' Olaza  42' Carreira  52'	Stadium: Estadio de la Cerámica Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Mario Melero López

1 November 2020 8	Celta Vigo	1–4	Real Sociedad	Vigo
16:00 CET (UTC+1)	Fontán  47'  90+3' Aspas  77' (pen.)	Report	Silva  24',  56' Oyarzabal  34' Guridi  38' Willian José  54', 81' Zubimendi  59' Muñoz  64' Le Normand  76'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Adrián Cordero Vega

6 November 2020 9	Elche	1–1	Celta Vigo	Elche
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Fidel  4' (pen.) González  13' Boyé  58' Barragán  90+4'	Report	Suárez  5' Mina  41' Olaza  72' Aspas  81' Rodríguez  90+2'	Stadium: Estadio Manuel Martínez Valero Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

21 November 2020 10	Sevilla	4–2	Celta Vigo	Seville
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Navas  2' Koundé  5' En-Nesyri  45+3' Escudero  73',  85' Munir  87'	Report	Aspas  10' Nolito  36' Suárez  54' Mallo  72'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: César Soto Grado

29 November 2020 11	Celta Vigo	3–1	Granada	Vigo
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Murillo  21' Nolito  27' Tapia  45+1' Baeza  81' Beltrán  85' Olaza  90+2' Mallo  90+6' Yokuşlu  90+6',  90+8'	Report	Suárez  25' Foulquier  53' Puertas  90+2' Soldado  90+5'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Isidro Díaz de Mera

4 December 2020 12	Athletic Bilbao	0–2	Celta Vigo	Bilbao
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Núñez  26' Vesga  84'	Report	Murillo  53' Mallo  61' Aspas  78'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: José Juan Vázquez

14 December 2020 13	Celta Vigo	4–0	Cádiz	Vigo
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Nolito  6' Aspas  31' (pen.) Beltrán  43' Méndez  45+1' Suárez  54' Araujo  57'	Report	Mauro  59'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández

20 December 2020 14	Celta Vigo	2–0	Alavés	Vigo
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Méndez  19', 79' Araujo  55' Nolito  61'	Report	Battaglia  20' Pina  35'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Javier Alberola Rojas

23 December 2020 15	Getafe	1–1	Celta Vigo	Getafe
17:30 CET (UTC+1)	Suárez  7',  84' Nyom  55' Cabaco  90+3'	Report	Aspas  17' (pen.) Murillo  68' Araujo  86' Mor  90+1'	Stadium: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Pablo González Fuertes

30 December 2020 16	Celta Vigo	2–1	Huesca	Vigo
19:15 CET (UTC+1)	Nolito  33' Suárez  37' Aspas  61' Mallo  90+6'	Report	Seoane  84'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: José Luis Munuera Montero

2 January 2021 17	Real Madrid	2–0	Celta Vigo	Madrid
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Vázquez  6' Asensio  38',  53' Nacho  50' Carvajal  84' Casemiro  87'	Report	Méndez  10' Tapia  42'	Stadium: Alfredo Di Stéfano[24] Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

8 January 2021 18	Celta Vigo	0–4	Villarreal	Vigo
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Méndez  58'	Report	Gerard  5' Gómez  14' Parejo  19' Niño  31'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

20 January 2021 19	Real Betis	2–1	Celta Vigo	Seville
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ruiz  10' Canales  25', 44' Robles  69'	Report	Mina  15' Martín  35' Suárez  70' Tapia  90+1'	Stadium: Estadio Benito Villamarín Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera

24 January 2021 20	Celta Vigo	1–1	Eibar	Vigo
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Méndez  9',  66' Tapia  35' Yokuşlu  54' Mina  80'	Report	Rafa  2' Expósito  43' Gil  53' Recio  64'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Pablo González Fuertes

31 January 2021 21	Granada	0–0	Celta Vigo	Granada
18:30 CET (UTC+1)	Herrera  12' Foulquier  44'	Report	Méndez  24' Nolito  39' Aspas  69' Mina  90+2'	Stadium: Nuevo Los Cármenes Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

8 February 2021 22	Atlético Madrid	v	Celta Vigo	Madrid
21:00 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Wanda Metropolitano

13 February 2021 23	Celta Vigo	v	Elche	Vigo
18:30 CET (UTC+1)				Stadium: Balaídos

Copa del Rey

17 December 2020 First round	Llanera	0–5	Celta Vigo	Oviedo[25]
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Arguelles  47'	Report	De León  41' Nolito  54', 75' Mor  60' Mallo  83'	Stadium: Estadio Carlos Tartiere Referee: César Soto Grado

5 January 2021 Second round	UD Ibiza	5–2	Celta Vigo	Ibiza
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Castel  12', 27' Ja. Pérez  28' González  56' Molina  61' (pen.),  64' Pardo  79' Zenitagoia  87' Rodado  90+3'	Report	De León  33' Yokuşlu  52' Fontán  61' Mina  78',  79', 90' Holsgrove  87'	Stadium: Can Misses Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Last updated on 17 September 2020.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		La Liga		Copa del Rey
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Iván Villar	1	0	1	0	0	0
13	GK		Rubén Blanco	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	GK		Sergio	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF		Hugo Mallo	1	0	1	0	0	0
3	DF		David Costas	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF		Néstor Araujo	1	0	1	0	0	0
15	DF		Lucas Olaza	1	0	1	0	0	0
16	DF		Jorge Sáenz	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	DF		David Juncà	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	DF		Joseph Aidoo	1	0	1	0	0	0
20	DF		Kevin Vázquez	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	DF		Jeison Murillo	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	DF		José Fontán	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
5	MF		Okay Yokuşlu	1	0	1	0	0	0
6	MF		Denis Suárez	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF		Fran Beltrán	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	MF		Emre Mor	1	0	1	0	0	0
14	MF		Renato Tapia	1	0	1	0	0	0
23	MF		Brais Méndez	1	0	1	0	0	0
27	MF		Miguel Baeza	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW		Nolito	1	0	1	0	0	0
10	FW		Iago Aspas	1	0	1	0	0	0
22	FW		Santi Mina	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club

Goalscorers

As of 5 January 2021

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	La Liga	Copa del Rey	Total
1	10	FW		Iago Aspas	9	0	9
2	9	FW		Nolito	4	2	6
3	23	MF		Brais Méndez	3	0	3
4	2	DF		Hugo Mallo	1	1	2
	8	MF		Fran Beltrán	2	0	2
	22	FW		Santi Mina	1	1	2
7	34	DF		Sergio Carreira	1	0	1
	27	MF		Miguel Baeza	1	0	1
	11	FW		Emre Mor	0	1	1
	38	FW		Lautaro De León	0	1	1
	8	MF		Jordan Holsgrove	0	1	1
Totals					22	7	29

Notes

1. The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain.[23]

References

1. "PLANTILLA" (in Spanish). Celta de Vigo. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
2. "Róbert Mazáň jugará cedido en el CD Tenerife" [Róbert Mazáň will play on loan at CD Tenerife] (in Spanish). Celta Vigo. 24 July 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
3. "Renato Tapia, el primer en llegar" (in Spanish). Cadena SER. 21 July 2020.
4. "Oficial: Álvaro Vadillo es nuevo jugador del Celta de Vigo" (in Spanish). El Desmarque. 22 July 2020.
5. Ολυμπιακός: Ανακοίνωσε Καφού και Μορ
6. "Official Announcement: Miguel Baeza". Real Madrid. 15 August 2020.
7. "David Costas to play on loan for Almeria". Celta Vigo. 25 January 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
8. "Jozabed jugará cedido en el Girona" [Jozabed will play on loan at Girona] (in Spanish). Celta Vigo. 26 August 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
9. "Jeison Murillo's energy and leadership are back: he is sky-blue this season". Celta Vigo. 16 September 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
10. "Official: Bradaric arrives at Celta to strengthen the core". Sportsfinding. 25 January 2020.
11. "Pape redondea la 'alineación' de canteranos del RC Celta: 11 jugadores de casa" [Pape round up the 'line-up' of RC Celta youth graduates: 11 home-grown players] (in Spanish). Celta Vigo. 14 August 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
12. "Murillo ceduto al Celta Vigo a titolo temporaneo con diritto di opzione" [Murillo loaned to Celta Vigo on a temporary deal with option to buy] (Press release) (in Italian). U.C. Sampdoria. 15 January 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
13. "'Un dos nosos' para cerrar una ilusionante plantilla: Rafinha llega al RC Celta" [‘Un dos nosos’ (‘One of ours’ in Galician) to complete an exciting squad: Rafinha arrives at RC Celta] (in Spanish). Celta Vigo. 2 September 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
14. "El RC Celta enriquece su ataque con los goles y el talento de Fedor Smolov" (Press release) (in Spanish). Celta Vigo. 30 January 2020.
15. "Juan Hernández es nuevo jugador del CE Sabadell 20/21" [Juan Hernández is a new CE Sabell's 20/21 player] (Press release) (in Spanish). CE Sabadell FC. 27 August 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
16. "Pione Sisto: "Volver al Midtjylland era mi mayor deseo"". El Desmarque. 7 September 2020.
17. "'El Toro' Fernández jugará cedido en el Real Zaragoza" ['El Toro' Fernández will play on loan at Real Zaragoza] (in Spanish). Celta Vigo. 11 September 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
18. Odmítl Benfiku i Atalantu, teď je v Mladé Boleslavi. České kluby se zásobují ve španělské lize 11.09.2020, sport.cz
19. "Jozabed renueva con el RC Celta hasta 2022 y se marcha cedido al Málaga hasta final de temporada" [Jozabed renews with RC Celta until 2022 and moves out on loan to Málaga until the end of the season] (in Spanish). Celta Vigo. 16 September 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
20. "Reglamento General – Art. 201" (PDF) (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
21. "El sorteo del calendario de Primera División, mañana lunes a las 18:30 en la sede de la RFEF". rfef.es (in Spanish). 30 August 2020.
22. "El calendario oficial de LaLiga Santander 2020/21, a un clic". laliga.com (in Spanish). 31 August 2020.
23. "La Liga pins hopes on the unpredictable as Spanish football returns without heavyweights". Yahoo Sports. 11 September 2020.
24. Due to the on-going renovations of the Santiago Bernabéu, Real Madrid played their home matches at the Alfredo di Stéfano.
25. Llanera did not play its game in its main stadium Pepe Quimarán, in Llanera, as it does not meet the requirements to broadcast the match.

External links

• Official website