Celta Vigo has played 33 seasons in the divisions covered here since 1993/94: 27 in LaLiga and 6 in the Segunda División. It has been in LaLiga since 2012/13 (14 seasons), after 5 seasons in the Segunda División. Its best finish was 4th in LaLiga, in 2002/03. Its biggest climb took five seasons: from 17th in the Segunda División in 2008/09 to 9th in LaLiga in 2013/14. It has been promoted twice and relegated twice.
Celta Vigo
2025/26: 6th in LaLiga · 2026/27: LaLiga
How high can Celta Vigo realistically go?
Based on finishing 6th in LaLiga in 2025/26
About 6 in 10
Of the 36 times a club finished 5th to 7th in LaLiga between 2004/05 and 2015/16, 23 reached the top four within ten seasons.
23 of 36 (64%); likely range 29%–83%, 17 different clubs.
| Won the league within ten seasons | about 1 in 12 3 of 36; range 0%–27% |
Celta Vigo itself: 10 of the last 10 seasons in LaLiga.
How do we know?
We took every season since 2004/05 in which a club finished in the same part of the same league, and followed each club forward. The figure is the share that reached each goal. Ten-year goals use finishes from 2004/05 to 2015/16, five-year goals from 2004/05 to 2020/21, so every case has had the full time to play out; results run to the end of 2025/26.
It describes what happened to clubs in this position, not a forecast for one club. A club with much more money or history than is usual for its position has better chances than the figure suggests, which is why the club's own record is shown underneath.
The likely range is a 95% interval worked out by resampling clubs rather than seasons, because the same club often appears several times. It is wide where only a few clubs have been in a position, and two leagues whose ranges overlap may not really differ. Reserve teams such as Barcelona B or Real Madrid Castilla are left out of these counts, because they cannot be promoted into their first team's division.
Counts: reached the top four within ten seasons: 23 of 36; won the league within ten seasons: 3 of 36.
The story so far
Final position each seasonRinged dots are titles
How to read this chart
Every club in the divisions covered is placed on one ladder each season: the champions are 1st, and the top club of the second division comes straight after the bottom club of the first. Shaded bands are the divisions. Hover over or tap a dot for the season.
33seasons since 1993/94
27seasons in LaLiga
0league titles
1top-four finishes
2promotions
2relegations
Against the money
Not available for Spain: wage bills are not published club by club in one place there, so this is shown for England and France only.
Clubs with a similar path
Clubs whose finishing positions over the last 15 seasons were closest to Celta Vigo's, with recent seasons counting more.
In Spain
VillarrealSpain · 3rd in LaLiga, 2025/26Athletic BilbaoSpain · 12th in LaLiga, 2025/26Real BetisSpain · 5th in LaLiga, 2025/26ValenciaSpain · 9th in LaLiga, 2025/26
Elsewhere in Europe
Mainz 05Germany · 10th in the Bundesliga, 2025/26FC AugsburgGermany · 9th in the Bundesliga, 2025/26TorinoItaly · 12th in Serie A, 2025/26
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Sources
- Final tables to 2025/26. Top-flight positions follow the official classification, including head-to-head tie-breaks and point deductions. Second-division positions before 2025/26 are worked out from match results.
- Relegations include dropping out of the divisions covered.
- All figures can be downloaded on the data page. Spotted a mistake? Report it with a source.