# 2021–22 RC Celta de Vigo season

The 2021–22 season was the 98th season in the existence of RC Celta de Vigo and the club's 10th 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.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 26 January 2022
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 | ARG | Matías Dituro (on loan from Universidad Católica) |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Hugo Mallo (captain) |
| 4 | DF | MEX | Néstor Araujo |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Denis Suárez |
| 7 | FW | BRA | Thiago Galhardo (on loan from Internacional) |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Fran Beltrán |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Nolito |
| 10 | FW | ESP | Iago Aspas (vice-captain) |
| 11 | MF | ARG | Franco Cervi |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Rubén Blanco |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | MF | PER | Renato Tapia |
| 15 | DF | GHA | Joseph Aidoo |
| 17 | DF | ESP | Javi Galán |
| 18 | MF | MEX | Orbelín Pineda |
| 19 | DF | ESP | José Fontán |
| 20 | DF | ESP | Kevin |
| 21 | MF | ARG | Augusto Solari |
| 22 | FW | ESP | Santi Mina |
| 23 | MF | ESP | Brais Méndez (3rd captain) |
| 24 | DF | COL | Jeison Murillo (on loan from Sampdoria) |

### 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 |
| 26 | GK | ESP | Gaizka Campos |
| 28 | DF | ESP | Carlos Domínguez |
| 29 | MF | ESP | Gabri Veiga |
| 32 | FW | ESP | Alfon |
| 33 | MF | ESP | Hugo Sotelo |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 34 | DF | ESP | Fernando Medrano |
| 35 | MF | ESP | Hugo Álvarez |
| 37 | GK | ESP | Coke Carrillo (on loan from Barcelona) |
| 38 | DF | ESP | Javi Castro (on loan from Alcorcón) |
| 39 | DF | FRA | Thomas Carrique |

### 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 | Iván Villar (to Leganés until 30 June 2022) |
| — | DF | ESP | Sergio Carreira (to Mirandés until 30 June 2022) |
| — | MF | ESP | Miguel Baeza (to Ponferradina until 30 June 2022) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | TUR | Okay Yokuşlu (to Getafe until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | URU | Gabriel Fernández (to Juárez until 30 June 2022) |
| — | FW | TUR | Emre Mor (to Fatih Karagümrük until 30 June 2022) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Player | From | Type | Fee |
| 30 June 2021 | Gabriel Fernández | Zaragoza | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2021 | Juan Hernández | Sabadell | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2021 | Jozabed | Málaga | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2021 | Okay Yokuşlu | West Bromwich Albion | Loan return | Loan return |

### Out

| Date | Player | To | Type | Fee |
| 20 May 2021 | Sergio Álvarez | Retired | Retired | Retired |
| 30 June 2021 | Aarón Martín | Mainz 05 | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2021 | Jeison Murillo | Sampdoria | Loan return | Loan return |
| 30 June 2021 | Jorge Sáenz | Valencia | Loan return | Loan return |
| 1 July 2021 | Álvaro Vadillo | Espanyol | Buyout clause | €1.8M |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overall record

| 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 | 15 August 2021 | 21 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | 11th | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 43 | 43 | +0 | 031.58 |
| Copa del Rey | 30 November 2021 | 5 January 2022 | First round | Round of 32 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 41 | 14 | 10 | 17 | 51 | 46 | +5 | 034.15 |
Source: Soccerway

### La Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 9 | Valencia | 38 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 48 | 53 | −5 | 48 |
| 10 | Osasuna | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 37 | 51 | −14 | 47 |
| 11 | Celta Vigo | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 43 | 43 | 0 | 46 |
| 12 | Rayo Vallecano | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 39 | 50 | −11 | 42 |
| 13 | Elche | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 40 | 52 | −12 | 42 |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Rayo Vallecano 9, Elche 7, Espanyol 1.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | D | L | L | L | W | W | L | L | W | L | D | D | D | W | L | D | W | W | L | W | D | W | D | D | L | W | L | D | L | L | W | L | D | W | L | W | L |
| Position | 16 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 30 June 2021.

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

    Last updated on 21 May 2022.
| 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 | ARG | Matías Dituro | 39 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Rubén Blanco | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ESP | Hugo Mallo | 23 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | MEX | Néstor Araujo | 34 | 0 | 29+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | GHA | Joseph Aidoo | 32 | 0 | 30+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ESP | David Juncà | 39 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ESP | José Fontán | 12 | 2 | 3+6 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 20 | DF | ESP | Kevin Vázquez | 19 | 0 | 16+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | COL | Jeison Murillo | 22 | 0 | 12+7 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | ESP | Carlos Domínguez | 11 | 0 | 3+5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | ESP | Denis Suárez | 40 | 4 | 33+5 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Fran Beltrán | 39 | 1 | 31+6 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ARG | Franco Cervi | 36 | 6 | 21+12 | 4 | 2+1 | 2 |
| 14 | MF | PER | Renato Tapia | 32 | 0 | 13+16 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | MEX | Orbelín Pineda | 7 | 0 | 0+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ARG | Augusto Solari | 27 | 1 | 4+22 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | MF | ESP | Brais Méndez | 40 | 5 | 36+1 | 4 | 0+3 | 1 |
| 29 | MF | ESP | Gabri Veiga | 10 | 0 | 0+7 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | ESP | Hugo Sotelo | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | ESP | Hugo Álvarez | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | BRA | Thiago Galhardo | 34 | 2 | 9+22 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ESP | Nolito | 35 | 2 | 15+17 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ESP | Iago Aspas | 38 | 18 | 36+1 | 18 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | ESP | Santi Mina | 36 | 9 | 30+3 | 7 | 1+2 | 2 |
| 36 | FW | ESP | Alfon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club ||||||||||
| 5 | MF | TUR | Okay Yokuşlu | 9 | 0 | 1+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ESP | Miguel Baeza | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

    As of 27 November 2021
| Rank | Player | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Total |
| 1 | Iago Aspas | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Santi Mina | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | Brais Méndez | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Franco Cervi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Denis Suárez | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Nolito | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 16 | 0 | 16 |