Real Club Celta de Vigo, known as RC Celta or simply Celta, is a Spanish professional football club based in Vigo, Galicia, competing in La Liga. The team's home is the iconic Abanca-Balaídos stadium. Founded in 1923, the club's colors are sky blue and white. Celta's history is that of a proud club with a strong regional identity, often featuring in the top flight. Their peak era is widely considered to be the early 2000s under coach Miguel Ángel Lotina, when they achieved a historic fourth-place finish in La Liga in 2002/03 and subsequently reached the UEFA Cup quarter-finals, with a talented squad known as "Celta de Lotina." The modern era has seen Celta solidify its status as a stable La Liga entity, known for attractive, possession-based football and for developing exciting attackers, though they often find themselves in mid-table or battling relegation.