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Celta Vigo fans plot Celtic invasion as staggering ticket requests smash Spanish club record

Fans of the La Liga side are set to jet out to Glasgow in record numbers

By Mark Walker · Daily Record

Published: Tuesday, 20 October 2026 at 9:12 AM

Key Things to Know

Celta Vigo fans have purchased 3,000 tickets for their Europa League away match against Celtic.
The 3,000-ticket figure represents Celta Vigo's largest travelling European support since facing Aberdeen in 1971.
Both Celtic and Celta Vigo enter the round three match having lost their opening two fixtures.

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Celta Vigo supporters have set a modern club record by purchasing 3,000 tickets for their Europa League league-phase fixture against Celtic in Glasgow. Both clubs enter the match looking for their first points of the campaign following two consecutive defeats, yet the Spanish side will be backed by their largest travelling European crowd in decades.

The 3,000-strong away support exceeds the 2,500 fans Celta Vigo took to Old Trafford in 2017 and 2,900 in Lyon last season. Club director of infrastructure Carlos Cao described the fixture as a very special match for the supporters, making it the club's largest away European contingent since facing Aberdeen in 1971.

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