# 2019–20 RC Celta de Vigo season

The 2019–20 season was Real Club Celta de Vigo's 96th season in existence and the club's 8th 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 was slated to cover a period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020. It was extended extraordinarily beyond 30 June due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain. In the end, the Galicians managed to stay in the La Liga by one point, after it was threatened with a humiliating relegation to the LaLiga SmartBank.

## Players
### Squad

    As of 18 June 2020
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 (3rd captain) |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Hugo Mallo (captain) |
| 3 | FW | ESP | Nolito |
| 4 | DF | MEX | Néstor Araujo |
| 5 | MF | TUR | Okay Yokuşlu |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Denis Suárez |
| 7 | FW | ESP | Juan Hernández |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Fran Beltrán |
| 9 | FW | RUS | Fyodor Smolov (on loan from Lokomotiv Moscow) |
| 10 | FW | ESP | Iago Aspas (vice-captain) |
| 11 | MF | DEN | Pione Sisto |
| 12 | MF | BRA | Rafinha (on loan from Barcelona) |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Rubén Blanco |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | MF | CRO | Filip Bradarić (on loan from Cagliari) |
| 15 | DF | URU | Lucas Olaza (on loan from Boca Juniors) |
| 16 | DF | ESP | Jorge (on loan from Valencia) |
| 17 | DF | ESP | David Juncà |
| 18 | DF | GHA | Joseph Aidoo |
| 19 | FW | URU | Gabriel Fernández |
| 20 | DF | ESP | Kevin |
| 21 | DF | COL | Jeison Murillo (on loan from Sampdoria) |
| 22 | FW | ESP | Santi Mina |
| 23 | MF | ESP | Brais Méndez |
| 24 | MF | ESP | Pape Cheikh (on loan from Lyon) |
| 25 | GK | ESP | Iván Villar |

### Reserve team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 28 | MF | ESP | Sergio Bermejo |
| 31 | DF | ESP | José Fontán |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 32 | DF | ESP | Sergio Carreira |
| 36 | FW | ESP | Iker Losada |

### 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 |
| — | DF | SVK | Róbert Mazáň (at Tenerife until 30 June 2020) |
| — | MF | ESP | Jozabed (at Girona until 30 June 2020) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | ESP | David Costas (at Almería until 30 June 2020) |
| — | FW | TUR | Emre Mor (at Olympiacos until 30 June 2020) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Player | From | Type | Fee |
| 30 June 2019 | Claudio Beauvue | Caen | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2019 | Dennis Eckert | Excelsior | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2019 | Róbert Mazáň | Venezia | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2019 | Facundo Roncaglia | Valencia | Loan return | Loan return |
| 1 July 2019 | Gabriel Fernández | Peñarol | Transfer | €3.5M |
| 1 July 2019 | Denis Suárez | Barcelona | Transfer | €12.9M |
| 11 July 2019 | Joseph Aidoo | Genk | Transfer | €8M |
| 14 July 2019 | Santi Mina | Valencia | Trade | Maxi Gómez |
| 14 July 2019 | Jorge Sáenz | Valencia | Trade | Maxi Gómez |
| 14 August 2019 | Pape Cheikh Diop | Lyon | Loan | €500K |
| 2 September 2019 | Rafinha | Barcelona | Loan | €1.5M |
| 18 June 2020 | Nolito | Sevilla | Transfer | Free |

### Out

| Date | Player | To | Type | Fee |
| 30 June 2019 | Ryad Boudebouz | Real Betis | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2019 | Sofiane Boufal | Southampton | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2019 | Wesley Hoedt | Southampton | Loan return | Loan return |
| 1 July 2019 | Gustavo Cabral | Pachuca | Transfer | Free |
| 10 July 2019 | Mathias Jensen | Brentford | Transfer | €3.8M |
| 12 July 2019 | Andrew Hjulsager | Oostende | Transfer | €500K |
| 14 July 2019 | Maxi Gómez | Valencia | Trade | €14.5M + Santi Mina + Jorge Sáenz |
| 24 July 2019 | Róbert Mazáň | Tenerife | Loan | Loan |
| 31 July 2019 | Emre Mor | Galatasaray | Loan | €300K |
| 8 August 2019 | Facundo Roncaglia | Osasuna | Transfer | €250K |
| 21 August 2019 | Nemanja Radoja | Levante | Transfer | Free |
| 27 August 2019 | Jozabed | Girona | Loan | Loan |
| 2 September 2019 | Dennis Eckert | FC Ingolstadt | Transfer | Free |
* 1 2 Permanent transfer
* 1 2 On loan until 30 June 2020

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| La Liga | 17 August 2019 | 19 July 2020 | Matchday 1 | 17th | 38 | 7 | 16 | 15 | 37 | 49 | −12 | 018.42 |
| Copa del Rey | 19 December 2019 | 23 January 2020 | First round | Round of 32 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 41 | 9 | 16 | 16 | 44 | 52 | −8 | 021.95 |
Last updated: 19 July 2020 Source: Soccerway

### La Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 15 | Real Betis | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 48 | 60 | −12 | 41 | |
| 16 | Alavés | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 34 | 59 | −25 | 39 | |
| 17 | Celta Vigo | 38 | 7 | 16 | 15 | 37 | 49 | −12 | 37 | |
| 18 | Leganés (R) | 38 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 30 | 51 | −21 | 36 | Relegation to Segunda División |
| 19 | Mallorca (R) | 38 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 40 | 65 | −25 | 33 | Relegation to Segunda División |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 19 July 2020. 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 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | D | L | D | D | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | W | D | L | D | L | D | D | D | L | W | D | W | D | D | L | D | W | W | D | L | D | D | L | L | D |
| Position | 19 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 |

#### Matches

The La Liga schedule was announced on 4 July 2019.

### Copa del Rey
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    Last updated on the end of the season.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | La Liga | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Copa del Rey |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ESP | Sergio | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Rubén Blanco | 34 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | ESP | Iván Villar | 4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ESP | Hugo Mallo | 29 | 0 | 22+5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | MEX | Néstor Araujo | 36 | 1 | 32+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | URU | Lucas Olaza | 37 | 1 | 35 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | ESP | Jorge Sáenz | 9 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ESP | David Juncà | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | GHA | Joseph Aidoo | 33 | 0 | 27+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ESP | Kevin Vázquez | 20 | 0 | 16+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | COL | Jeison Murillo | 18 | 1 | 17+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | ESP | José Fontán | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | ESP | Sergio Carreira | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 5 | MF | TUR | Okay Yokuşlu | 25 | 0 | 24+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Denis Suárez | 28 | 1 | 20+6 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Fran Beltrán | 30 | 1 | 22+6 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | DEN | Pione Sisto | 23 | 4 | 8+13 | 2 | 1+1 | 2 |
| 12 | MF | BRA | Rafinha | 30 | 4 | 25+4 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | CRO | Filip Bradarić | 14 | 0 | 7+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ESP | Brais Méndez | 34 | 1 | 15+16 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 24 | MF | ESP | Pape Cheikh | 18 | 0 | 6+9 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ESP | Sergio Bermejo | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | ESP | Jacobo González | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 3 | FW | ESP | Nolito | 7 | 2 | 1+6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | ESP | Juan Hernández | 8 | 2 | 1+4 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | RUS | Fyodor Smolov | 14 | 2 | 10+4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ESP | Iago Aspas | 38 | 14 | 37 | 14 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | URU | Gabriel Fernández | 21 | 1 | 5+14 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | ESP | Santi Mina | 36 | 8 | 21+13 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| 36 | FW | ESP | Iker Losada | 4 | 1 | 0+2 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 |
| Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | ESP | David Costas | 8 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | GLP | Claudio Beauvue | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | SVK | Stanislav Lobotka | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

    As of matches played until 30 June 2020
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Player | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Total |
| 1 | 10 | FW | Iago Aspas | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| 2 | 22 | FW | Santi Mina | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 11 | MF | Pione Sisto | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 12 | MF | Rafinha | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | 7 | FW | Juan Hernández | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | 9 | FW | Fyodor Smolov | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 4 | DF | Néstor Araujo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 19 | FW | Gabriel Fernández | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 36 | FW | Iker Losada | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 23 | MF | Brais Méndez | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 21 | DF | Jeison Murillo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 3 | FW | Nolito | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 15 | DF | Lucas Olaza | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 6 | MF | Denis Suárez | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | 32 | 7 | 39 |

### Clean sheets

    As of 22 February 2020
| Rank | Name | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Total |
| 1 | Rubén Blanco | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | Sergio Álvarez | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 6 | 1 | 7 |