# 2023–24 RC Celta de Vigo season

The 2023–24 season was RC Celta de Vigo's 101st season in existence and 12th consecutive season in La Liga. They also competed in the Copa del Rey.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 31 January 2024
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | SWE | Carl Starfelt |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Óscar Mingueza |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Unai Núñez (on loan from Athletic Bilbao) |
| 5 | MF | PER | Renato Tapia |
| 6 | MF | ESP | Carlos Dotor |
| 7 | FW | ESP | Carles Pérez |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Fran Beltrán |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Tadeo Allende |
| 10 | FW | ESP | Iago Aspas (captain) |
| 11 | FW | ARG | Franco Cervi |
| 12 | FW | GRE | Anastasios Douvikas |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Iván Villar |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | MF | USA | Luca de la Torre |
| 15 | DF | GHA | Joseph Aidoo |
| 16 | MF | BRA | Jailson |
| 17 | FW | CIV | Jonathan Bamba |
| 18 | FW | NOR | Jørgen Strand Larsen |
| 19 | MF | SWE | Williot Swedberg |
| 20 | DF | ESP | Kevin Vázquez |
| 21 | DF | SRB | Mihailo Ristić |
| 22 | DF | ESP | Javier Manquillo |
| 23 | DF | ESP | Manu Sánchez |
| 24 | FW | ESP | Miguel Rodríguez |
| 25 | GK | ESP | Vicente Guaita |

### 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 | Coke Carrillo |
| 27 | GK | ESP | Ruly García |
| 28 | DF | ESP | Carlos Domínguez |
| 30 | MF | ESP | Hugo Sotelo |
| 31 | DF | ESP | Javi Domínguez |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 32 | DF | ESP | Javi Rodríguez |
| 33 | FW | ESP | Hugo Álvarez |
| 34 | MF | ESP | Damián Rodríguez |
| 35 | DF | ESP | Joel López |

### 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 | ESP | Sergio Carreira (at Elche until 30 June 2024) |
| — | DF | ESP | José Fontán (at Cartagena until 30 June 2024) |
| — | MF | ESP | Miguel Baeza (at Mirandés until 30 June 2024) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | URU | Lautaro de León (at Mirandés until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | ESP | Julen Lobete (at Andorra until 30 June 2024) |
| — | FW | POR | Gonçalo Paciência (at VfL Bochum until 30 June 2024) |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| MF | Carles Pérez | Roma | €5,200,000 | 1 July 2023 |
| DF | Manu Sánchez | Atlético Madrid | Undisclosed | 3 July 2023 |
| MF | Jonathan Bamba | Lille | Free | 18 July 2023 |
| DF | Carl Starfelt | Celtic | €5,000,000 | 10 August 2023 |
| FW | Anastasios Douvikas | FC Utrecht | €12,000,000 | 28 August 2023 |
| DF | Mihailo Ristić | Benfica | €1,500,000 | 1 September 2023 |
| MF | Tadeo Allende | Godoy Cruz | €4,500,000 | 31 January 2024 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| FW | Julen Lobete | Andorra | Loan | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Augusto Solari | Released | Released | 1 July 2023 |
| DF | Hugo Mallo | Released | Released | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Denis Suárez | Villarreal | Free | 1 July 2023 |
| MF | Orbelín Pineda | AEK Athens | €6,500,000 | 1 July 2023 |
| FW | Gabriel Fernández | UNAM | €3,200,000 | 3 July 2023 |
| DF | Javi Galán | Atlético Madrid | Undisclosed | 3 July 2023 |
| GK | Rubén Blanco | Marseille | €2,000,000 | 30 July 2023 |
| FW | Santi Mina | Released | Released | 4 August 2023 |
| DF | José Fontán | Cartagena | Loan | 21 August 2023 |
| MF | Gabri Veiga | Al-Ahli | €40,000,000 | 26 August 2023 |
| GK | Agustín Marchesín | Grêmio | Free | 10 January 2024 |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures
On 29 June, the team was scheduled to travel to Portugal to play in the three-team Algarve Football Cup. On 3 July, Celta kicked off the pre-season.

## 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 | 13 August 2023 | 26 May 2024 | Matchday 1 | 13th | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 46 | 57 | −11 | 026.32 |
| Copa del Rey | 1 November 2023 | 23 January 2024 | First round | Quarter-finals | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 080.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 43 | 14 | 11 | 18 | 60 | 63 | −3 | 032.56 |
Source: Soccerway

### La Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 11 | Osasuna | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 45 | 56 | −11 | 45 |
| 12 | Getafe | 38 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 42 | 54 | −12 | 43 |
| 13 | Celta Vigo | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 46 | 57 | −11 | 41 |
| 14 | Sevilla | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 48 | 54 | −6 | 41 |
| 15 | Mallorca | 38 | 8 | 16 | 14 | 33 | 44 | −11 | 40 |
* 1 2 Celta Vigo finished ahead of Sevilla on head-to-head points: Celta Vigo 1–1 Sevilla, Sevilla 1–2 Celta Vigo.
* ↑ Mallorca finished ahead of Las Palmas on head-to-head points: Las Palmas 1–1 Mallorca, Mallorca 1–0 Las Palmas.

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | D | L | W | L | L | D | L | D | L | L | D | L | D | D | D | W | L | W | D | L | L | W | L | L | D | W | L | W | D | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | D |
| Position | 19 | 16 | 18 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 13 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 22 June 2023.

### Copa del Rey
## Statistics
### Goalscorers

    Last updated 01 March 2024
| Rank | No. | Nat. | Player | La Liga | Copa del Rey | Total |
| 1 | 18 | | Jørgen Strand Larsen | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| 2 | 12 | | Anastasios Douvikas | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 3 | 10 | | Iago Aspas | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | 17 | | Jonathan Bamba | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 7 | | Carles Pérez | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 14 | | Luca de la Torre | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 19 | | Williot Swedberg | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | 3 | | Óscar Mingueza | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 2 | | Carl Starfelt | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 4 | | Unai Núñez | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 9 | | Tadeo Allende | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 16 | | Jailson | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | 29 | | Miguel Rodríguez | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 33 | 14 | 47 |