2015–16 Celta de Vigo season

Celta de Vigo
2015–16 season
President	Carlos Mouriño
Head coach	Eduardo Berizzo
Stadium	Balaídos
La Liga	6th
Copa del Rey	Semi-final
Top goalscorer	League: Iago Aspas (14); All: Iago Aspas (18)
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 season was the 92nd season in Celta de Vigo’s history and the 50th in the top-tier.^[1]

Current squad edit

As of 31 August 2015^[2]

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 Álvarez
2	DF	ESP	Hugo Mallo
3	DF	ESP	Andreu Fontàs
6	MF	SRB	Nemanja Radoja
7	FW	BEL	Theo Bongonda
8	MF	CHI	Pablo Hernández
9	FW	ESP	Iago Aspas
10	MF	ESP	Nolito
11	FW	SWE	John Guidetti
13	GK	ESP	Rubén Blanco


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	MF	CHI	Fabián Orellana
16	MF	SRB	Dejan Dražić
17	MF	GAB	Lévy Madinda
18	MF	DEN	Daniel Wass
19	DF	ESP	Jonny
20	DF	ESP	Sergi Gómez
21	DF	ESP	Carles Planas
22	DF	ARG	Gustavo Cabral
23	MF	ESP	Josep Señé

Out on loan edit

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	David Costas (on loan at Mallorca)
—	MF	ESP	Álex López (on loan at Sheffield Wednesday)
—	MF	ESP	Yelko Pino (on loan at Swindon Town)

Competitions edit

Overall edit

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
La Liga	Matchday 1	6th	23 August 2015	14 May 2016
Copa del Rey	Round of 32	Semi-finals	2 December 2015	11 February 2016

Updated to match played 14 May 2016
Source: Competitions

Overview edit

Competition	Record
Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
La Liga	38	17	9	12	52	59	−7	044.74
Copa del Rey	6	4	1	1	11	7	+4	066.67
Total	44	21	10	13	63	66	−3	047.73

Last updated: 14 May 2016
Source: Competitions

La Liga edit

League table edit

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Villarreal	38	18	10	10	44	35	+9	64	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
5	Athletic Bilbao	38	18	8	12	58	45	+13	62	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[a]
6	Celta Vigo	38	17	9	12	51	59	−8	60	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[a]
7	Sevilla	38	14	10	14	51	50	+1	52	Qualification for the Champions League group stage^[b]
8	Málaga	38	12	12	14	38	35	+3	48^[c]

Source: La Liga, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Fair-play points; 7) Play-off.
Notes:

^ Since the winners of the 2015–16 Copa del Rey, Barcelona, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the sixth-placed team and the spot awarded to the sixth-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the seventh-placed team.
^ Sevilla qualified for the Champions League group stage by winning the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League. Based on their league position (7th), they would have received the spot above to enter the Europa League third qualifying round. This spot was vacated without replacement as per UEFA regulations.
^ Málaga finished ahead of Real Sociedad on head-to-head record; Málaga 3–1 Real Sociedad, Real Sociedad 1–1 Málaga.

Results summary edit


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	17	9	12	51	58	−7	60	9	6	4	29	25	+4	8	3	8	22	33	−11

Last updated: 14 May 2016.
Source: LaLiga.es

Result round by round edit

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	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	D	W	W	D	D	W	L	W	L	L	W	D	W	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	D	L	W	W	D	L	W	W	D	W	D	D	W	L	W	L
Position	2	1	3	4	2	4	4	2	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	7	7	7	8	6	6	6	7	7	5	5	5	6	6	5	6	5	6

Updated to match(es) played on 14 May 2016. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

Win Draw Loss

23 August 2015 (2015-08-23) 1	Levante	1–2	Celta de Vigo	Valencia
22:00 (UTC+2)	Simão Mate 5' Verza 55'	Report	Orellana 41' Aspas 77'	Stadium: Ciutat de València Attendance: 10,346 Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

29 August 2015 (2015-08-29) 2	Celta Vigo	3–0	Rayo Vallecano	Vigo
22:00 (UTC+2)	Nolito 11' (pen.), 50' Fontàs 88'	Report	Toño 9'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 16,344 Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera

13 September 2015 (2015-09-13) 3	Celta Vigo	3–3	Las Palmas	Vigo
18:15 (UTC+2)	Orellana 13' (pen.) Wass 18' Nolito 48'	Report	Varas 11' Araujo 23' Hernández 61' (o.g.) David Simón 74'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 19,044 Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

20 September 2015 (2015-09-20) 4	Sevilla	1–2	Celta Vigo	Seville
12:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Llorente 54'	Report	Nolito 15' Wass 26' Jonny 45+2' 90+1'	Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Attendance: 35,771 Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre

23 September 2015 (2015-09-23) 5	Celta Vigo	4–1	Barcelona	Vigo
20:00 CEST	Nolito 26' Aspas 30', 56' Mallo 79' Guidetti 83' Gómez 90'	Report	Busquets 23' Neymar 80', 89'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 23,311 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

26 September 2015 (2015-09-26) 6	Eibar	1–1	Celta Vigo	Eibar
22:05 CEST	Borja 3' Capa 23' Enrich 41' García 56' Adrián 66' Mauro 80'	Report	Hernández 27' Radoja 43' Orellana 54' Fernández 71' Aspas 76'	Stadium: Ipurua Attendance: 4,862 Referee: Pedro Pérez Montero

2 October 2015 (2015-10-02) 7	Celta Vigo	0–0	Getafe	Vigo
20:30 CEST	Nolito 44'	Report	Vergini 43' Vigaray 52' Emi 89' J. Rodríguez 90' Šćepović 90+4'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 18,154 Referee: Eduardo Prieto Iglesias

18 October 2015 (2015-10-18) 8	Villarreal	1–2	Celta Vigo	Villarreal
12:00 CEST	Bailly 36' 47' Suárez 67' Soldado 51'	Report	Fernández 36' Gómez 37' Orellana 41' Wass 43' Nolito 90'	Stadium: El Madrigal Attendance: 17,436 Referee: José González González

24 October 2015 (2015-10-24) 9	Celta Vigo	1–3	Real Madrid	Vigo
16:00 CET (UTC+02:00)	Cabral 37' 57' Fernández 57' Hernández 57' Aspas 57' Nolito 61', 85'	Report	Ronaldo 8' Danilo 23' Vázquez 52' Marcelo 90+5'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 25,494 Referee: Carlos Clos Gómez

31 October 2015 (2015-10-31) 10	Real Sociedad	2–3	Celta Vigo	San Sebastián
22:05 CET (UTC+01:00)	Agirretxe 11', 37' Zaldúa 71' Illarramendi 86'	Report	Aspas 17', 56', 72' Radoja 45' Hernández 68', 89' Mallo 87' Jonny 88'	Stadium: Anoeta Attendance: 19,270 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

7 November 2015 (2015-11-07) 11	Celta Vigo	1–5	Valencia	Vigo
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Fernández 24', 73'	Report	Alcácer 13', 46' Fuego 27' Gayà 37' Parejo 45', 64' Mustafi 50', 79'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 22,131 Referee: Iñaki Vicandi Garrido

21 November 2015 (2015-11-21) 12	Deportivo La Coruña	2–0	Celta Vigo	A Coruña
22:05 CET (UTC+01:00)	Lucas 23', 23' Lux 25' Mosquera 53' Rodríguez 53' Luisinho 70' Juanfran 78'	Report	Hernández 40' Jonny 78' Nolito 84'	Stadium: Estadio Riazor Attendance: 29,666 Referee: Alfonso Álvarez Izquierdo

28 November 2015 (2015-11-28) 13	Celta Vigo	2–1	Sporting Gijón	Vigo
22:05 CET (UTC+01:00)	Orellana 15' Gómez 23' Cabral 54' Nolito 84' Hernández 90+1'	Report	Castro 65'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 18,039 Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre

5 December 2015 (2015-12-05) 14	Real Betis	1–1	Celta Vigo	Seville
22:05 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bruno 16' N'Diaye 34' Petros 38' Molina 68', 82' Ceballos 87'	Report	Bongonda 22', 25' Planas 29' Mallo 35' Jonny 48' Nolito 77' Sergio 89'	Stadium: Benito Villamarín Attendance: 33,762 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

12 December 2015 (2015-12-12) 15	Celta Vigo	1–0	Espanyol	Vigo
18:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Fernández 35' Hernández 40' Aspas 42' Orellana 76' Nolito 87'	Report	Pérez 15' Sánchez 26'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 16,498 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

20 December 2015 (2015-12-20) 16	Granada	0–2	Celta Vigo	Granada
18:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Rochina 44' Success 54' Pérez 56' Uche 90+1'	Summary	Aspas 18', 45' Orellana 21' Planas 54'	Stadium: Los Cármenes Attendance: 14,537 Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera

30 December 2015 (2015-12-30) 17	Celta Vigo	0–1	Athletic Bilbao	Vigo
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Cabral 65' Bongonda 84' Radoja 87'	Report	San José 24' Laporte 52' Beñat 69' García 71' Iraizoz 80'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 19,157 Referee: Pedro Pérez Montero

2 January 2016 (2016-01-02) 18	Málaga	2–0	Celta Vigo	Málaga
22:05 CET (UTC+01:00)	Charles 8', 88' Albentosa 26' Amrabat 30' Recio 67' Camacho 83'	Report	Cabral 25' Hernández 38' Blanco 64'	Stadium: La Rosaleda Attendance: 17,635 Referee: Iñaki Vicandi Garrido

10 January 2016 (2016-01-10) 19	Celta Vigo	0–2	Atlético Madrid	Vigo
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Hernández 63' Radoja 67'	Report	Filipe Luís 36' Griezmann 47' Carrasco 80'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 13,550 Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

16 January 2016 (2016-01-16) 20	Celta Vigo	4–3	Levante	Vigo
18:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Bongonda 32' Guidetti 35', 40' Aspas 57' Orellana 84'	Report	Toño 31' Simão Mate 40' Deyverson 63' López 65' Camarasa 67' Jefferson 68' Morales 89'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 17,080 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

23 January 2016 (2016-01-23) 21	Rayo Vallecano	3–0	Celta Vigo	Madrid
22:05 CET (UTC+01:00)	Miku 21' Tito 26' Jozabed 36' Dorado 80' Quini 88' Trashorras 90+2'	Report	Beauvue 19' Goldar 35' Orellana 39' Dražić 45+1'	Stadium: Campo de Vallecas Attendance: 10,780 Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre

30 January 2016 (2016-01-30) 22	Las Palmas	2–1	Celta Vigo	Las Palmas
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	David Simón 16' Viera 33' (pen.) Aythami 42' Willian José 45+1', 90' Wakaso 56' Mesa 66' Momo 81'	Report	Bongonda 5', 90+2' Mallo 29' Orellana 32' 74'	Stadium: Gran Canaria Attendance: 18,473 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez

7 February 2016 (2016-02-07) 23	Celta Vigo	1–1	Sevilla	Vigo
18:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Gómez 8' Bongonda 30' Aspas 41' Beauvue 64'	Report	Fazio 3' 25' Konoplyanka 34' Carriço 43' Escudero 72' Rico 74'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 16,420 Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo

14 February 2016 (2016-02-14) 24	Barcelona	6–1	Celta Vigo	Barcelona
	Messi 28' Suárez 59', 75' Rakitić 84' Neymar 90+2'	Report	Cabral 11' Planas 26' Guidetti 39' (pen.) Mallo 42' Señé 74'	Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 72,850 Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández

21 February 2016 (2016-02-21) 25	Celta Vigo	3–2	Eibar	Vigo
22:05 CET (UTC+01:00)	Hernández 26' Guidetti 31' Otto 39'	Report	Lillo 20' Capa 51' Saúl 84' (pen.) Inui 87'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 14,724 Referee: Mario Melero López

28 February 2016 (2016-02-28) 26	Getafe	0–1	Celta Vigo	Getafe
18:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Velázquez 18' Yoda 42' Buendía 52'	Report	Guidetti 42' Hernández 58' Nolito 71' Aspas 78' Mallo 81'	Stadium: Coliseum Alfonso Pérez Attendance: 5,652 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

2 March 2016 (2016-03-02) 27	Celta Vigo	0–0	Villarreal	Vigo
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Díaz 51' Cabral 73'	Report	Matías Nahuel 54' Suárez 72' Bailly 73' Mario 77' Rukavina 86'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 15,376 Referee: Santiago Jaime Latre

5 March 2016 28	Real Madrid	7–1	Celta Vigo	Madrid
16:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Pepe 41' Ronaldo 50', 58', 64', 76' Jesé 77' Bale 81'	Report	Aspas 62'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 68,467 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

13 March 2016 (2016-03-13) 29	Celta Vigo	1–0	Real Sociedad	Vigo
18:15 CET (UTC+01:00)	Aspas 16' Cabral 46' Radoja 83' Díaz 88'	Report	Berchiche 28' Elustondo 90+1'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 17,767 Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera

20 March 2016 (2016-03-20) 30	Valencia	0–2	Celta Vigo	Valencia
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Alcácer 74'	Report	Guidetti 80' Mallo 84'	Stadium: Mestalla Attendance: 32,909 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco

3 April 2016 (2016-04-03) 31	Celta Vigo	1–1	Deportivo La Coruña	Vigo
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Jonny 15' Wass 18' Nolito 30' Cabral 78' Mallo 90+4'	Report	Borges 21' Arribas 61' 68' Luisinho 87' Fernández 90+2'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 21,253 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

10 April 2016 (2016-04-10) 32	Sporting Gijón	0–1	Celta Vigo	Gijón
12:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Vranješ 35' Cases 71'	Report	Jonny 19' Orellana 35' Nolito 64' Wass 67' Guidetti 79' Blanco 85'	Stadium: El Molinón Attendance: 24,163 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz

17 April 2016 (2016-04-17) 33	Celta Vigo	1–1	Real Betis	Vigo
22:05 CET (UTC+01:00)	Cabral 59' Jonny 72' Hernández 78', 78' Orellana 89'	Report	N'Diaye 24' Castro 32' Ceballos 56' Cejudo 82'	Stadium: Balaídos Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea

20 April 2016 (2016-04-20) 34	Espanyol	1–1	Celta Vigo	Barcelona
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00)	Sánchez 10' Asensio 39'	Report	Aspas 28' Hernández 89'	Stadium: Cornellà-El Prat Attendance: 14,227 Referee: Eduardo Prieto Iglesias

24 April 2016 (2016-04-24) 35	Celta Vigo	2–1	Granada	Vigo
20:30 CET (UTC+01:00)	Aspas 16' (pen.), 76', 77' Planas 70'	Report	Lopes 29' El-Arabi 69' Robert 79'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 18,241 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano

1 May 2016 36	Athletic Bilbao	2–1	Celta Vigo	Bilbao
12:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Aduriz 38' (pen.) García 45+1' 72'	Report	Orellana 13', 42' Díaz 28' Cabral 37' 40' Nolito 82' Hernández 90'	Stadium: San Mamés Attendance: 42,654 Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández

8 May 2016 (2016-05-08) 37	Celta Vigo	1–0	Málaga	Vigo
17:00 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Nolito 31'	Report	Ricca 27' Recio 45'	Stadium: Balaídos Attendance: 20,040 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande

14 May 2016 38	Atlético Madrid	2–1	Celta Vigo	Madrid
19:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Gabi 36' Griezmann 47', 54' Torres 51' Savić 79' Koke 81'	Report	Orellana 67' Nolito 81' Mallo 82' Hernández 83' Aspas 84'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 42,139 Referee: David Fernández Borbalán

References edit

^ "Real Club Celta de Vigo SAD". Liga BBVA. Archived from the original on 11 July 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
^ "Primer equipo" [First team] (in Spanish). Celta de Vigo. Archived from the original on 20 January 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2014.

External links edit

Club's official website

[table_note_res_ELGS0.92078923895992-3] Since the winners of the 2015–16 Copa del Rey, Barcelona, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the sixth-placed team and the spot awarded to the sixth-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the seventh-placed team.

[table_note_res_ELTH0.92078923895992-4] Sevilla qualified for the Champions League group stage by winning the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League. Based on their league position (7th), they would have received the spot above to enter the Europa League third qualifying round. This spot was vacated without replacement as per UEFA regulations.

[table_hth_MLG0.92078923895992-5] Málaga finished ahead of Real Sociedad on head-to-head record; Málaga 3–1 Real Sociedad, Real Sociedad 1–1 Málaga.

[1] "Real Club Celta de Vigo SAD". Liga BBVA. Archived from the original on 11 July 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2015.

[2] "Primer equipo" [First team] (in Spanish). Celta de Vigo. Archived from the original on 20 January 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2014.

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