2012 Vegalta Sendai season

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Vegalta Sendai
2012 season
ChairmanShirahata Yoichi
Manager Makoto Teguramori
Stadium Yurtec Stadium Sendai
J1 League Runners-up
J.League Cup Quarterfinals
Emperor's Cup Third round
Top goalscorerLeague: Shingo Akamine
All: Shingo Akamine
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The 2012 Vegalta Sendai season was Vegalta Sendai's third consecutive season, and fifth overall, in J.League Division 1. They ended the season in second place, an all-time best finish for Sendai. Vegalta Sendai also competed in the 2012 Emperor's Cup and 2012 J.League Cup, finishing in the Third Round and the Quarterfinals respectively.

Contents

Competitions

J.League

League table

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima (C)3419786334+2964Qualification to 2012 Club World Cup and 2013 Champions League
2 Vegalta Sendai 34151275943+1657Qualification to 2013 Champions League [lower-alpha 1]
3 Urawa Red Diamonds 34151094742+555
4 Yokohama F. Marinos 34131474433+1153
5 Sagan Tosu 34158114839+953
Updated to match(es) played on 1 December 2012. Source: J.League Division 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion
Notes:
  1. ↑ The winners of the 2012 Emperor's Cup qualified for the group stage of the 2013 AFC Champions League.

Matches

10 March 20121 Vegalta Sendai 1–0 Kashima Antlers Sendai
14:04 JST Kamata Yellow card.svg 12'
Kakuda Yellow card.svg 33'
Uemoto Soccerball shade.svg62'		 (Report) Yellow card.svg 33' Alex
Yellow card.svg 49' Araiba
Yellow card.svg 58' Masuda 		Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai
Attendance: 18,250
Referee: Flag of Japan.svg Hiroyuki Kimura
17 March 20122 Yokohama F. Marinos 0–2 Vegalta Sendai Yokohama
14:03 JST Ogura Yellow card.svg 64'
Iikura Yellow card.svg 90+7'		 (Report) Yellow card.svg 18' Kakuda
Soccerball shade.svg43' Akamine
Yellow card.svg 44' Sugai
Soccerball shade.svg90+8' Ota 		Stadium: Nissan Stadium
Attendance: 19,488
Referee: Flag of Japan.svg Yoshiro Imamura
24 March 20123 Vegalta Sendai 4–1 Omiya Ardija Sendai
13:03 JST Sekiguchi Yellow card.svg 53'
Ota Soccerball shade.svg54', Soccerball shade.svg82'
Own-Goal Soccerball shade.svg60'
Sugai Soccerball shade.svg73'
Watanabe Yellow card.svg 84'		 (Report) Soccerball shade.svg8' Cho
Yellow card.svg 50' Ueda 		Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai
Attendance: 11,831
Referee: Flag of Japan.svg Minoru Tojo
31 March 20124 Cerezo Osaka 1–2 Vegalta Sendai Osaka
15:04 JST Kempes Yellow card.svg 12'
Bando Soccerball shade.svg85'		 (Report) Yellow card.svg 15' Kakuda
Soccerball shade.svg34' Wilson
Soccerball shade.svg51' Akamine
Yellow card.svg 57' Tomita 		Stadium: KINCHO Stadium
Attendance: 9,598
Referee: Flag of Japan.svg Nobutsugu Murakami
7 April 20125 Vegalta Sendai 2–2 Júbilo Iwata Sendai
14:03 JST Kakuda Yellow card.svg 43'
Wilson Yellow card.svg 62', Soccerball shade.svg90+5'
Sekiguchi Soccerball shade.svg75', Yellow card.svg 90+1'		 (Report) Yellow card.svg 1' Maeda
Soccerball shade.svg58' Suganuma
Yellow card.svg 61', Soccerball shade.svg79' Yamamoto
Yellow card.svg 86' Cho 		Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai
Attendance: 13,147
Referee: Flag of Japan.svg Toshimitsu Yoshida
14 April 20126 Kashiwa Reysol 2–3 Vegalta Sendai Kashiwa
13:03 JST Fujita Yellow card.svg 36'
Leandro Soccerball shade.svg55', Soccerball shade.svg66', Yellow card.svg 85' Yellow-red card.svg 88'
Sakai Yellow card.svg 80'		 (Report) Soccerball shade.svg2' Sugai
Yellow card.svg 15' Wilson
Yellow card.svg 34' Uemoto
Yellow card.svg 37' Ota
Soccerball shade.svg56' Sekiguchi
Soccerball shade.svg78' Akamine
Yellow card.svg 90+3' Uchiyama 		Stadium: Kashiwa Hitachi Stadium
Attendance: 12,318
Referee: Flag of Japan.svg Kenji Ogiya
21 April 20127 Vegalta Sendai 4–0 FC Tokyo Sendai
19:04 JST Kakuda Yellow card.svg 20'
Kamata Yellow card.svg 37'
Akamine Soccerball shade.svg45+3'
Uemoto Yellow card.svg 53'
Sekiguchi Soccerball shade.svg58'
Wilson Yellow card.svg 75'
Ota Soccerball shade.svg76'
Kamata Soccerball shade.svg87'		 (Report) Yellow card.svg 45+2' Otake
Yellow card.svg 50' Ota
Yellow card.svg 72' Lucas
Red card.svg 75' Ranko Popović (Manager) 		Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai
Attendance: 17,192
Referee: Flag of Japan.svg Minoru Tojo
28 April 20128 Albirex Niigata 0–1 Vegalta Sendai Niigata
16:03 JST Yano Yellow card.svg 45+1'
Bruno Lopes Yellow card.svg 63' Yellow-red card.svg 90'
Kikuchi Yellow card.svg 67'
Suzuki Yellow card.svg 88'
Homma Yellow card.svg 88'
Higashiguchi Yellow card.svg 88'		 (Report) Yellow card.svg 44' Park
Soccerball shade.svg89' Wilson 		Stadium: Tohoku Denryoku Big Swan Stadium
Attendance: 24,637
Referee: Flag of Japan.svg Futoshi Nakamura
3 May 20129 Sagan Tosu 1–1 Vegalta Sendai Tosu
16:04 JST Tozin Yellow card.svg 27'
Toyoda Soccerball shade.svg57'
Kiyotake Yellow card.svg 70'		 (Report) Soccerball shade.svg19' Tomita Stadium: Best Amenity Stadium
Attendance: 18,113
Referee: Flag of Japan.svg Koichiro Fukushima
6 May 201210 Vegalta Sendai 0–1 Shimizu S-Pulse Sendai
13:04 JST (Report) Soccerball shade.svg40', Yellow card.svg 53' Omae
Yellow card.svg 57' Yellow-red card.svg 68' Calvin Jong-a-Pin
Yellow card.svg 62' Takagi
Yellow card.svg 62' Kobayashi 		Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai
Attendance: 18,525
Referee: Flag of Japan.svg Ryuji Sato
12 May 201211 Gamba Osaka 1–1 Vegalta Sendai Osaka
19:04 JST Paulinho Yellow card.svg 18'
Kurata Soccerball shade.svg62'		 (Report) Yellow card.svg 16' Kamata
Yellow card.svg 64' Uemoto
Yellow card.svg 65' Tamura
Soccerball shade.svg78' Akamine 		Stadium: Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium
Attendance: 15,253
Referee: Flag of Japan.svg Yudai Yamamoto
19 May 201212 Vegalta Sendai 4–0 Nagoya Grampus Yurtec Stadium Sendai
18:33 JST Ryang Soccerball shade.svg38'
Own Goal Soccerball shade.svg45+4'
Kakuda Yellow card.svg 58'
Wilson Soccerball shade.svg87'
Sugai Soccerball shade.svg90'		 (Report) Yellow card.svg 37' Tanaka
Yellow card.svg 90+5' Masukawa 		Attendance: 16,317
Referee: Flag of Japan.svg Masaaki Iemoto
16 June 201214 Vegalta Sendai 4–1 Consadole Sapporo Yurtec Stadium Sendai
13:30 JST Yangisawa Soccerball shade.svg45+1', 47'
Wilson Soccerball shade.svg56'Yellow card.svg 75'
Nakahara Soccerball shade.svg72'
Sugai Yellow card.svg 81'		 Report Kamata Soccerball shade.svg49' (o.g.)
Okayama Yellow card.svg 51'		Attendance: 13,554
Referee: Flag of Japan.svg Koichiro Fukushima
23 June 201215 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–0 Vegalta Sendai Saitama Stadium 2002
19:00 JST Ugajin Yellow card.svg 39' Report Attendance: 39,545
Referee: Flag of Japan.svg Yuichi Nishimura
30 June 201216 Vegalta Sendai 2–2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima Yurtec Stadium Sendai
18:30 JST Wilson Soccerball shade.svg11', 79'
Kakuda Yellow card.svg 69'		 Report Satō Soccerball shade.svg45+3'
Chiba Yellow card.svg 55'
Morisaki Soccerball shade.svg65'		Attendance: 18,722
Referee: Flag of Japan.svg Toshimitsu Yoshida
7 July 201217 Vissel Kobe 0–1 Vegalta Sendai Home's Stadium Kobe
19:00 JST Ogawa Yellow card.svg 48' Report Akamine Soccerball shade.svg19'
Kamata Yellow card.svg 51'
Tomita Yellow card.svg 63'		Attendance: 15,062
Referee: Flag of Japan.svg Minoru Tojo
14 July 201218 Nagoya Grampus 0–0 Vegalta Sendai Mizuho Athletic Stadium
20:00 JST Fujimoto Yellow card.svg 32' Report Tamura Yellow card.svg 65'Attendance: 24,397
Referee: Flag of Japan.svg Jumpei IIda
28 July 201219 Vegalta Sendai 1–1 Sagan Tosu Yurtec Stadium Sendai
19:30 JST Akamine Soccerball shade.svg29'
Wilson Yellow card.svg 67'
Yanagisawa Yellow card.svg 90+2'		 Report Toyoda Soccerball shade.svg14'
Isozaki Yellow card.svg 62'
Okamoto Yellow card.svg 81'
Yeo Sung-Hye Yellow card.svg 90+8'		Attendance: 14,611
Referee: Flag of Japan.svg Masaaki Iemoto
4 August 201220 Vegalta Sendai 2–2 Yokohama F. Marinos Yurtec Stadium Sendai
19:30 JST Uchiyama Yellow card.svg 7'Soccerball shade.svg60'
Kamata Yellow card.svg 30'
Wilson Soccerball shade.svg87' (pen.)		 Report Nakamura Soccerball shade.svg66'
Kanai Soccerball shade.svg71'
Ono Yellow card.svg 74'
Tomisawa Yellow card.svg 82'
Kurihara Yellow card.svg 86'		Attendance: 17,935
Referee: Flag of Japan.svg Hajime Matsuo
11 August 201221 Consadole Sapporo 2–1 Vegalta Sendai Sapporo Dome
15:00 JST Hidaka Soccerball shade.svg79'
Watanabe Soccerball shade.svg90+4' (o.g.)		 Report Watanabe Soccerball shade.svg12'Attendance: 945
Referee: Flag of Japan.svg Nobutsugu Murakami
18 August 201222 Vegalta Sendai 0–0 Kashiwa Reysol Yurtec Stadium Sendai
20:00 JST Matsushita Yellow card.svg 37' Summary Kudo Yellow card.svg 12'Attendance: 17,715
Referee: Flag of Japan.svg Hiroyoshi Takayama
25 August 201223 Omiya Ardija 1–3 Vegalta Sendai NACK5 Stadium Omiya
20:00 JST Kataoka Yellow card.svg
Hasegawa Soccerball shade.svg25'Yellow card.svg		 Summary Wilson Soccerball shade.svg45'
Kamata Soccerball shade.svg57'
Matsushita Soccerball shade.svg90+3'		Attendance: 11,993
Referee: Flag of Japan.svg Masaaki Iemoto
1 September 201224 Vegalta Sendai 2–1 Kawasaki Frontale Yurtec Stadium Sendai
20:00 JST Akamine Yellow card.svg 45+1'
Tomita Yellow card.svg 50'
Tamura Soccerball shade.svg56'
Ryang Yong-Gi Soccerball shade.svg63'		 Summary Igawa Yellow card.svg 30'
Noborizato Soccerball shade.svg32'
Renê Ferreira dos Santos Yellow card.svg 45'
Koya Kazama Yellow card.svg 52'
Tanaka Yellow card.svg 54'
Jeci Yellow card.svg 89'		Attendance: 17,159
Referee: Flag of Japan.svg Yoshiro Imamura
15 September 201225 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2–1 Vegalta Sendai Hiroshima Big Arch
19:00 Morisaki Soccerball shade.svg48'
Chiba Yellow card.svg 65'
Takahagi Soccerball shade.svg78'		 Kamata Yellow card.svg 27'
Tomita Yellow card.svg 45+3'
Sakurai Yellow card.svg 46'
Akamine Soccerball shade.svg70'
Sugai Yellow card.svg 81'		Attendance: 25,352
Referee: Flag of Japan.svg Kenji Ogiya
22 September 201226 Vegalta Sendai 2–1 Vissel Kobe Yurtec Stadium Sendai
15:30 Akamine Soccerball shade.svg42'
Kamata Soccerball shade.svg90'		 Tashiro Soccerball shade.svg19'Attendance: 15,509
Referee: Flag of Japan.svg Nobutsugu Murakami
29 September 201227 Shimizu S-Pulse 3–1 Vegalta Sendai Outsourcing Stadium Nihondaira
14:00 Kim Hyun-Sung Yellow card.svg 56'Soccerball shade.svg70', 90+2'
Lee Ki-Je Yellow card.svg 75'
Senuma Soccerball shade.svg84'		 Summary Sugai Soccerball shade.svg14'
Kamata Yellow card.svg 56' Yellow-red card.svg 60'
Akamine Yellow card.svg 63'
Matsushita Yellow card.svg 87'		Attendance: 12,131
Referee: Flag of Japan.svg Minoru Tojo
6 October 201228 Vegalta Sendai 2–1 Gamba Osaka Yurtec Stadium Sendai
20:00 Wilson Yellow card.svg 18'
Sugai Yellow card.svg 51'
Ryang Yong-Gi Soccerball shade.svg76'
Nakahara Soccerball shade.svg82'		 Summary Sato Yellow card.svg 62'
Paulinho Soccerball shade.svg90'		Attendance: 18,003
Referee: Flag of Japan.svg Hiroyuki Kimura
20 October 201229 Vegalta Sendai 3–2 Urawa Red Diamonds Yurtec Stadium Sendai
14:00 Akamine Soccerball shade.svg2'
Kakuda Yellow card.svg 35'
Tamura Yellow card.svg 47'
Wilson Soccerball shade.svg62', 79'Yellow card.svg 88'		 Summary Marcio Richardes Yellow card.svg 33'Soccerball shade.svg82'
Popó Yellow card.svg 39'
Makino Soccerball shade.svg64'		Attendance: 17,711
Referee: Flag of Japan.svg Yudai Yamamoto
27 October 201230 Júbilo Iwata 1–1 Vegalta Sendai Yamaha Stadium
15:00 Fujita
Yamamoto Soccerball shade.svg84'		 Summary Sugai Yellow card.svg 75'
Akamine Soccerball shade.svg77'		Attendance: 10,753
Referee: Flag of Japan.svg Maasaki Toma
7 November 201231 Vegalta Sendai 1–1 Cerezo Osaka Yurtec Stadium Sendai
19:00 Sugai Soccerball shade.svg90'
Watanabe Yellow card.svg 72'
Park Yellow card.svg 90+4'		 Summary Kakitani Soccerball shade.svg55'
Kim Yellow card.svg 61'
Bando 		Attendance: 17,493
Referee: Flag of Japan.svg Kenji Ogiya
17 November 201232 Kashima Antlers 3–3 Vegalta Sendai Kashima Soccer Stadium
14:00 Koroki Soccerball shade.svg30' (76)
Osako Soccerball shade.svg47'
Nishi Yellow card.svg 21'
Ogasawara Yellow card.svg 39'		 Summary Akamine Soccerball shade.svg12' (39)
Wilson Soccerball shade.svg22'
Tamura Yellow card.svg 61'
Sugai Yellow card.svg 90+3'		Attendance: 15,035
Referee: Flag of Japan.svg Toshimitsu Yoshida
24 November 201233 Vegalta Sendai 0–1 Albirex Niigata Yurtec Stadium Sendai
14:30 Summary Kim Soccerball shade.svg17'
Shubouchi Yellow card.svg 30'
Fitzgerald Yellow card.svg 66'
Homma Yellow card.svg 66'		Attendance: 18,526
Referee: Flag of Japan.svg Nobutsugu Murakami
1 December 201234 F.C. Tokyo 6–2 Vegalta Sendai Ajinomoto Stadium
15:30 Lucas Severino Soccerball shade.svg8' (17)
Jang Soccerball shade.svg49'
Watanabe Soccerball shade.svg56'
Vucicevic Soccerball shade.svg82' (90+2)		 Summary Akamine Soccerball shade.svg35'
Muto Soccerball shade.svg90+5'		Attendance: 30,944
Referee: Flag of Japan.svg Hajime Matsuo

J.League Cup

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Cerezo Osaka 6402157+812
Vegalta Sendai 6402115+612
Júbilo Iwata 64021011−112
Urawa Red Diamonds 63031210+29
Sagan Tosu 6303816−89
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 6114811−34
Kawasaki Frontale 6114711−44
20 March 2012Group A Urawa Red Diamonds 1–0 Vegalta Sendai Saitama
15:01 JST Nagata Soccerball shade.svg49'
Špiranović Yellow card.svg 45+2' Yellow-red card.svg 81'
Takahashi Yellow card.svg 56'		 (Report) Yellow card.svg 42' Tamura
Yellow card.svg 65' Nakahara 		Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 23,076
Referee: Flag of Japan.svg Takuto Okabe
4 April 2012Group A Vegalta Sendai 2–0 Sagan Tosu Sendai
19:03 JST Matsushita Soccerball shade.svg51'
Kakuda Soccerball shade.svg62'
Akamine Yellow card.svg 90+1'		 (Report) Yellow card.svg 35' Tozin
Red card.svg 65' Yoon (Manager) 		Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai
Attendance: 7,236
Referee: Flag of Japan.svg Tetsuro Yoshida
18 April 2012Group A Kawasaki Frontale 3–1 Vegalta Sendai Kawasaki
19:00 JST Saneto Yellow card.svg 27' Yellow-red card.svg 54'
Tasaka Soccerball shade.svg45+1'
Kobayashi Soccerball shade.svg45+3', Soccerball shade.svg57'		 (Report) Yellow card.svg 48' Tamura
Yellow card.svg 72' Muto
Soccerball shade.svg90' Muto 		Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
Attendance: 8,186
Referee: Flag of Japan.svg Hajime Matsuo
6 June 2012Group A Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–3 Vegalta Sendai Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima
19:00 JST Shimizu Soccerball shade.svg24' Report Nakahara Soccerball shade.svg56', 76'
Wilson Soccerball shade.svg65'		Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch
Attendance: 7,234
Referee: Flag of Japan.svg Minoru Tojo
9 June 2012Group A Vegalta Sendai 1–0 Cerezo Osaka Sendai
17:00 JST Tamura Yellow card.svg 53'
Ryang Yong-Gi Soccerball shade.svg63'		 Report Kempes Yellow card.svg 10'Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai
Attendance: 8,638
Referee: Flag of Japan.svg Yoshiro Imamura
27 June 2012Group A Vegalta Sendai 4–0 Júbilo Iwata Sendai
20:00 JST Ota Soccerball shade.svg23'
Kakuda Yellow card.svg 40'
Wilson Soccerball shade.svg56'
Akamine Soccerball shade.svg69'
Watanabe Soccerball shade.svg78'		 Report Yamamoto Yellow card.svg 53'
Fujita Yellow card.svg 90+5'		Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai
Attendance: 9,865
Referee: Flag of Japan.svg Hiroyuki Kimura

Quarter-finals

25 July 2012First leg Vegalta Sendai 2–2 F.C. Tokyo Sendai
19:04 JST Tamura Soccerball shade.svg32', Yellow card.svg 42'
Kamata Yellow card.svg 44'
Wilson Soccerball shade.svg50'
Watanabe Yellow card.svg 59'		 (Report) Soccerball shade.svg16' Watanabe
Soccerball shade.svg30' Ishikawa
Yellow card.svg 90+1' Kaga 		Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai
Attendance: 8,873
Referee: Flag of England.svg Darren Deadman
8 August 2012Second leg F.C. Tokyo 2–0
(4–2 agg.)		 Vegalta Sendai Tokyo
20:00 JST Tanabe Yellow card.svg 30'
Yazawa Yellow card.svg 42'
Ishikawa Soccerball shade.svg81'
Watanabe Soccerball shade.svg90+3'		 Report Wilson Yellow card.svg 37'
Uchiyama Yellow card.svg 51'
Kamata Yellow card.svg 62'
Park Ju-Sung Yellow card.svg 73'		Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium
Attendance: 10,573
Referee: Flag of Japan.svg Kenji Ogiya

Emperor's Cup

10 October 2012Round 3 Vegalta Sendai 1–2 (a.e.t.) Roasso Kumamoto Sendai
19:00 Watanabe Soccerball shade.svg64' Report Saito Soccerball shade.svg48'
Yabu Soccerball shade.svg119'		Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai
Attendance: 4,269
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

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