# 2022–23 RC Celta de Vigo season

The 2022–23 season was the 99th season in the existence of RC Celta de Vigo and the club's 11th 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 31 January 2023
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 | Agustín Marchesín |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Hugo Mallo (captain) |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Óscar Mingueza |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Unai Núñez (on loan from Athletic Bilbao) |
| 5 | MF | ESP | Óscar Rodríguez (on loan from Sevilla) |
| 7 | FW | ESP | Carles Pérez (on loan from Roma) |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Fran Beltrán |
| 9 | FW | POR | Gonçalo Paciência |
| 10 | FW | ESP | Iago Aspas (vice-captain) |
| 11 | MF | ARG | Franco Cervi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Iván Villar |
| 14 | MF | PER | Renato Tapia |
| 15 | DF | GHA | Joseph Aidoo |
| 17 | DF | ESP | Javi Galán |
| 18 | FW | NOR | Jørgen Strand Larsen |
| 19 | MF | SWE | Williot Swedberg |
| 20 | DF | ESP | Kevin Vázquez |
| 21 | MF | ARG | Augusto Solari |
| 23 | MF | USA | Luca de la Torre |
| 24 | MF | ESP | Gabri Veiga |

### 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 | DF | ESP | Carlos Domínguez |
| 27 | GK | ESP | Raúl García |
| 29 | FW | ESP | Miguel Rodríguez |
| 30 | MF | ESP | Hugo Álvarez |
| 31 | GK | ESP | Coke Carrillo |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 32 | FW | ESP | Fran López |
| 33 | DF | ESP | Martín Conde |
| 34 | GK | CUB | Christian Joel (on loan from Sporting Gijón) |
| 35 | FW | ESP | Pablo Durán |
| 36 | DF | ESP | Fernando Medrano |

### 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 | Rubén Blanco (at Marseille until 30 June 2023) |
| — | DF | ESP | Sergio Carreira (at Villarreal B until 30 June 2023) |
| — | DF | ESP | José Fontán (at Go Ahead Eagles until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | ESP | Denis Suárez (at Espanyol until 30 June 2023) |
| — | MF | ESP | Miguel Baeza (at Rio Ave until 30 June 2023) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | MEX | Orbelín Pineda (at AEK Athens until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | ESP | Alfon (at Murcia until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | URU | Gabriel Fernández (at Juárez until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | ESP | Julen Lobete (at RKC Waalwijk until 30 June 2023) |
| — | FW | ESP | Santi Mina (at Al Shabab until 30 June 2023) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Player | From | Type | Fee |
| 1 July 2022 | Williot Swedberg | Hammarby IF | Transfer | €4.7M |
| 8 July 2022 | Luca de la Torre | Heracles Almelo | Transfer | €1.9M |
| 8 July 2022 | Óscar Rodríguez | Sevilla | Loan | Free |
| 16 July 2022 | Unai Núñez | Athletic Bilbao | Loan | Loan |
| 26 July 2022 | Julen Lobete | Real Sociedad | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 6 August 2022 | Gonçalo Paciência | Eintracht Frankfurt | Transfer | Undisclosed |
| 8 August 2022 | Carles Pérez | Roma | Loan | Loan |

### Out

| Date | Player | To | Type | Fee |
| 1 July 2022 | Néstor Araujo | América | Transfer | Undisclosed fee |
| 1 July 2022 | José Fontán | Go Ahead Eagles | Loan | Loan |
| 6 July 2022 | Brais Méndez | Real Sociedad | Transfer | €14M |
| 15 July 2022 | Orbelín Pineda | AEK Athens | Loan | Loan |
| 18 July 2022 | Okay Yokuşlu | West Bromwich Albion | Transfer | Free |
| 20 July 2022 | Rubén Blanco | Marseille | Loan | Loan |
| 28 July 2022 | Julen Lobete | RKC Waalwijk | Loan | Loan |
| 5 September 2022 | Nolito | UD Ibiza | Transfer | Free |

## 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 | 13 August 2022 | 4 June 2023 | Matchday 1 | 13th | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 43 | 53 | −10 | 028.95 |
| Copa del Rey | 13 November 2022 | 3 January 2023 | First round | Round of 32 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 066.67 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 41 | 13 | 10 | 18 | 53 | 57 | −4 | 031.71 |
Source: Soccerway

### La Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 11 | Rayo Vallecano | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 45 | 53 | −8 | 49 | |
| 12 | Sevilla | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 47 | 54 | −7 | 49 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 13 | Celta Vigo | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 43 | 53 | −10 | 43 | |
| 14 | Cádiz | 38 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 30 | 53 | −23 | 42 | |
| 15 | Getafe | 38 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 34 | 45 | −11 | 42 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Girona 8, Rayo Vallecano 6, Sevilla 1.
* ↑ Sevilla qualified for the 2023–24 UEFA Champions League by winning the 2022–23 UEFA Europa League.
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Cádiz 8, Getafe 5, Valencia 3.

#### 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 | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | W | W | L | L | W | L | L | L | D | L | L | D | D | W | D | L | W | W | L | D | W | D | W | W | D | D | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | D | L | W |
| Position | 9 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 13 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 23 June 2022.

### Copa del Rey
## Statistics
### Squad statistics

    Last updated on 4 June 2023
| 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 | Agustín Marchesín | 20 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ESP | Iván Villar | 21 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ESP | Hugo Mallo | 28 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ESP | Óscar Mingueza | 23 | 0 | 13+8 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Unai Núñez | 39 | 0 | 35+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | GHA | Joseph Aidoo | 37 | 4 | 35 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 17 | DF | ESP | Javi Galán | 40 | 1 | 36+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 20 | DF | ESP | Kevin Vázquez | 12 | 1 | 6+4 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 26 | DF | ESP | Carlos Domínguez | 4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | ESP | Fernando Medrano | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 5 | MF | ESP | Óscar Rodríguez | 36 | 3 | 19+14 | 2 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Fran Beltrán | 39 | 0 | 33+3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ARG | Franco Cervi | 39 | 1 | 21+15 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | PER | Renato Tapia | 29 | 0 | 16+12 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | SWE | Williot Swedberg | 7 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ARG | Augusto Solari | 12 | 0 | 3+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | USA | Luca de la Torre | 30 | 1 | 16+12 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 24 | MF | ESP | Gabri Veiga | 39 | 11 | 28+8 | 11 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | ESP | Hugo Sotelo | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | ESP | Carles Pérez | 38 | 5 | 23+12 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | POR | Gonçalo Paciência | 28 | 3 | 5+20 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | ESP | Iago Aspas | 39 | 12 | 31+6 | 12 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | NOR | Jørgen Strand Larsen | 35 | 5 | 20+12 | 4 | 1+2 | 1 |
| 22 | FW | SUI | Haris Seferovic | 18 | 3 | 10+8 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | ESP | Miguel Rodríguez | 8 | 1 | 3+4 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | ESP | Pablo Durán | 5 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who have made an appearance this season but have left the club ||||||||||