# 2003–04 Celta de Vigo season

Celta de Vigo contested La Liga, Copa del Rey and UEFA Champions League in the 2003–04 season. The side reached the last 16 of the Champions League in their competition debut, going out to Arsenal, but at the same time the league form suffered and Celta dropped beneath the relegation zone, from which the team could not recover, and having finished in the top half of the standings for the better part of a decade, Celta found themselves in Segunda División, which rendered several key players leaving.

## Squad

    Squad at end of season
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 | Pablo Cavallero |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Juan Velasco |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Sylvinho |
| 4 | DF | ARG | Fernando Cáceres |
| 5 | MF | BRA | Everton Giovanella |
| 6 | DF | ARG | Eduardo Berizzo |
| 7 | MF | BRA | Vágner |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Ángel |
| 9 | FW | SCG | Savo Milosevic (on loan from Parma) |
| 10 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Mostovoi |
| 11 | MF | ARG | Gustavo López |
| 13 | GK | ESP | José Manuel Pinto |
| 14 | DF | ESP | Juanfran |
| 15 | DF | CHI | Pablo Contreras |
| 16 | MF | ESP | José Ignacio |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | DF | ARG | Sebastián Méndez |
| 18 | FW | CHI | Mauricio Pinilla (on loan from Internazionale) |
| 19 | MF | BRA | Edu |
| 20 | MF | ESP | Jesuli |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Jandro |
| 22 | MF | FRA | Peter Luccin |
| 23 | DF | ESP | Sergio |
| 25 | MF | SCG | Saša Ilić (on loan from Partizan Belgrade) |
| 26 | GK | ESP | José Juan |
| 27 | DF | ESP | Jorge Eugenio Rodríguez |
| 28 | MF | ESP | Borja Oubiña |
| 29 | MF | ESP | Jonathan Aspas |
| 30 | FW | ESP | Nacho Franco |
| 31 | DF | ESP | Iago Bouzón |
| 36 | DF | ESP | Israel |

### Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 12 | MF | ESP | Manolo (on loan to Tenerife) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 24 | FW | ESP | Catanha (on loan to Krylia Sovetov) |

## Results summary
### La Liga

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |

## Competitions
### La Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 16 | Espanyol | 38 | 13 | 4 | 21 | 48 | 64 | −16 | 43 | |
| 17 | Racing Santander | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 48 | 63 | −15 | 42 | |
| 18 | Valladolid (R) | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 46 | 56 | −10 | 41 | Relegation to the Segunda División |
| 19 | Celta Vigo (R) | 38 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 48 | 68 | −20 | 39 | Relegation to the Segunda División |
| 20 | Murcia (R) | 38 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 29 | 57 | −28 | 26 | Relegation to the Segunda División |
* ↑ Racing Santander were give a one-point deduction due to using foreign players exceeds the quota during a match against Osasuna on 14 December 2003.

#### Matches
### Round of 16
## Top scorers
### La Liga

* Savo Milošević 14
* Alexandr Mostovoi 6
* Jesuli 6
* Peter Luccin 5

### Copa del Rey

* Vagner 3
* Jandro 2
* Jesuli 2

### Champions League

* Alexandr Mostovoi 2
* Jandro 2
* Edu 2
* José Ignacio 2