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More than 3,000 Celta fans travel to Glasgow for Celtic match
More than 3,000 Celta Vigo fans have travelled to Glasgow for their Europa League match against Celtic at Celtic Park.
The trip sets a new record for Celta supporters travelling to a European away game, surpassing earlier trips to Manchester and Lyon.
Celta’s growing connection with its supporters has been linked to club president Marián Mouriño, coach Claudio Giráldez’s focus on young players and the team’s results.
Both Celta and Celtic have lost their first two matches in the competition, leaving each side without a point.
Celta need to start earning points to reach the league’s top 24, after late defeats to Omonia Nicosia and Juventus.
Celtic’s Green Brigade plans to boycott the match in protest against main shareholder Dermot Desmond, whom the group blames for worsening conditions at the club.
More than 3,000 Celta Vigo supporters travelled to Glasgow for the Europa League match against Celtic at Celtic Park.
The trip set a new record for Celta fans travelling to a European away match, surpassing previous highs in Manchester and Lyon.
Celta and Celtic had both failed to earn points in their first two Europa League matches.
Celta needed at least a point to pursue its minimum target of finishing among the top 24 teams.
A planned Green Brigade protest against Celtic’s principal shareholder was expected to leave a section of the home end empty.
- Who
- More than 3,000 Celta Vigo supporters travelled to Glasgow to support their team against Celtic.
- What
- Celta played Celtic in a Europa League match. The Celta supporters set a record for the club’s European away travel.
- When
- The match was scheduled for the night of October 21, 2026.
- Where
- Celtic Park in Glasgow, Scotland.
- Why
- Celta needed points to pursue a place among the top 24 in the competition. The article attributes the strong turnout partly to a shared Celtic and Galician heritage and growing identification between Celta’s fans and the team.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Celta’s previous European away-travel record was set by 2,500 supporters in Manchester.
2,800 Celta fans travelled to Lyon, setting a new away-travel record at the time.
More than 3,000 Celta supporters travelled to Glasgow for the match against Celtic.
- Celta away support
- More than 3,000 fans travelled to Glasgow
- Match venue
- Celtic Park, Glasgow
- Previous record, Manchester
- 2,500 fans in 2017
- Previous record, Lyon
- 2,800 fans a few months earlier
- Europa League position target
- Celta aimed to finish among the top 24 teams
- Home supporters’ protest
- The Green Brigade planned a protest against principal shareholder Dermot Desmond
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