|
Quique Costas
Enrique "Quique" Álvarez Costas (; born 16 January 1947) is a Spanish retired football defender and coach. He played 229 La Liga matches over the course of 11 seasons (nine goals), in representation of Celta and Barcelona. Costas began a lengthy managerial career in the late 80s, mainly being in charge of Barcelona B. Club career Born in Vigo, Galicia, Costas began his professional career with local RC Celta de Vigo in 1965. He played 26 Segunda División games in his first season, including both legs of the La Liga playoff promotion against CE Sabadell FC. After solid performances in the 1970–71 campaign, Costas moved to league powerhouse FC Barcelona after 183 competitive appearances. Almost never an undisputed starter he was still used regularly, and helped the Catalans to the 1979 conquest of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in his penultimate year. Costas took up coaching afterwards, eventually managing Barcelona's B side on three occasions. On one of them he coincid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vigo
Vigo ( , , , ) is a city and municipality in the province of Pontevedra, within the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. Located in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula, it sits on the southern shore of an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, the Ria de Vigo, the southernmost of the Rías Baixas. The municipality, with an area of and a population of 299,321 on June 15, 2022 including rural parishes, is the most populous municipality in Galicia. The area of the municipality includes the Cíes Islands, part of the Atlantic Islands of Galicia National Park. Vigo is one of the region's primary economic agents, owing to the French Stellantis Vigo Plant and to its port. Close to the Portugal–Spain border, Vigo is part of the Galicia–North Portugal Euroregion. The European Fisheries Control Agency is headquartered in Vigo. History In the Early Middle Ages, the small village of Vigo was part of the territory of Galician-speaking neighbouring towns, particularly Tui, and suffer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1978–79 European Cup Winners' Cup
The 1978–79 season of the European Cup Winners' Cup was won by FC Barcelona in the final in Basel against Fortuna Düsseldorf. It was the first of four occasions that the Spanish club won the tournament. No club from Finland, Albania and Turkey joined this season. First round First leg ---- ---- Second leg ''Barcelona won 4–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Internazionale won 8–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Fortuna Düsseldorf won 5–4 on aggregate.'' Second round First leg Second leg ''Internazionale won 7–1 on aggregate.'' Quarter-finals First leg Second leg ''Barcelona 2–2 Ipswich Town on aggregate. Barcelona won on away goals'' ''K.S.K. Beveren won 1–0 on aggregate'' ''Fortuna Düsseldorf won 1–1 on away goals'' Semi-finals First leg Second leg ''Barcelona won 2–0 on aggregate.'' ''Fortuna Düsseldorf won 4–3 on aggregate.'' Final See also *1978–79 Europea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
