2012 Vegalta Sendai season

Vegalta Sendai
2012 season
Chairman	Shirahata Yoichi
Manager	Makoto Teguramori
Stadium	Yurtec Stadium Sendai
J1 League	Runners-up
J.League Cup	Quarterfinals
Emperor's Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Shingo Akamine ; All: Shingo Akamine
Home colours	Away colours
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Last updated April 11, 2025

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.

Competitions

J.League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima (C)	34	19	7	8	63	34	+29	64	Qualification to 2012 Club World Cup and 2013 Champions League
2	Vegalta Sendai	34	15	12	7	59	43	+16	57	Qualification to 2013 Champions League ^[a]
3	Urawa Red Diamonds	34	15	10	9	47	42	+5	55	Qualification to 2013 Champions League ^[a]
4	Yokohama F. Marinos	34	13	14	7	44	33	+11	53
5	Sagan Tosu	34	15	8	11	48	39	+9	53

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) Champions
Notes:

↑ 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 12' Kakuda 33' Uemoto 62'	(Report)	33' Alex 49' Araiba 58' Masuda	Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai Attendance: 18,250 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

17 March 20122	Yokohama F. Marinos	0–2	Vegalta Sendai	Yokohama
14:03 JST	Ogura 64' Iikura 90+7'	(Report)	18' Kakuda 43' Akamine 44' Sugai 90+8' Ota	Stadium: Nissan Stadium Attendance: 19,488 Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

24 March 20123	Vegalta Sendai	4–1	Omiya Ardija	Sendai
13:03 JST	Sekiguchi 53' Ota 54', 82' Own-Goal 60' Sugai 73' Watanabe 84'	(Report)	8' Cho 50' Ueda	Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai Attendance: 11,831 Referee: Minoru Tojo

31 March 20124	Cerezo Osaka	1–2	Vegalta Sendai	Osaka
15:04 JST	Kempes 12' Bando 85'	(Report)	15' Kakuda 34' Wilson 51' Akamine 57' Tomita	Stadium: KINCHO Stadium Attendance: 9,598 Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami

7 April 20125	Vegalta Sendai	2–2	Júbilo Iwata	Sendai
14:03 JST	Kakuda 43' Wilson 62', 90+5' Sekiguchi 75', 90+1'	(Report)	1' Maeda 58' Suganuma 61', 79' Yamamoto 86' Cho	Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai Attendance: 13,147 Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida

14 April 20126	Kashiwa Reysol	2–3	Vegalta Sendai	Kashiwa
13:03 JST	Fujita 36' Leandro 55', 66', 85' 88' Sakai 80'	(Report)	2' Sugai 15' Wilson 34' Uemoto 37' Ota 56' Sekiguchi 78' Akamine 90+3' Uchiyama	Stadium: Kashiwa Hitachi Stadium Attendance: 12,318 Referee: Kenji Ogiya

21 April 20127	Vegalta Sendai	4–0	FC Tokyo	Sendai
19:04 JST	Kakuda 20' Kamata 37' Akamine 45+3' Uemoto 53' Sekiguchi 58' Wilson 75' Ota 76' Kamata 87'	(Report)	45+2' Otake 50' Ota 72' Lucas 75' Ranko Popović (Manager)	Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai Attendance: 17,192 Referee: Minoru Tojo

28 April 20128	Albirex Niigata	0–1	Vegalta Sendai	Niigata
16:03 JST	Yano 45+1' Bruno Lopes 63' 90' Kikuchi 67' Suzuki 88' Homma 88' Higashiguchi 88'	(Report)	44' Park 89' Wilson	Stadium: Tohoku Denryoku Big Swan Stadium Attendance: 24,637 Referee: Futoshi Nakamura

3 May 20129	Sagan Tosu	1–1	Vegalta Sendai	Tosu
16:04 JST	Tozin 27' Toyoda 57' Kiyotake 70'	(Report)	19' Tomita	Stadium: Best Amenity Stadium Attendance: 18,113 Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

6 May 201210	Vegalta Sendai	0–1	Shimizu S-Pulse	Sendai
13:04 JST		(Report)	40', 53' Omae 57' 68' Calvin Jong-a-Pin 62' Takagi 62' Kobayashi	Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai Attendance: 18,525 Referee: Ryuji Sato

12 May 201211	Gamba Osaka	1–1	Vegalta Sendai	Osaka
19:04 JST	Paulinho 18' Kurata 62'	(Report)	16' Kamata 64' Uemoto 65' Tamura 78' Akamine	Stadium: Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium Attendance: 15,253 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

19 May 201212	Vegalta Sendai	4–0	Nagoya Grampus	Yurtec Stadium Sendai
18:33 JST	Ryang 38' Own Goal 45+4' Kakuda 58' Wilson 87' Sugai 90'	(Report)	37' Tanaka 90+5' Masukawa	Attendance: 16,317 Referee: Masaaki Iemoto

26 May 201213	Kawasaki Frontale	3–2	Vegalta Sendai	Todoroki Athletics Stadium
14:04 JST	Kobayashi 20' Noborizato 61' Yajima 90+2'	(Report)	24' Tomita 54' Wilson 85' Akamine	Attendance: 16,058 Referee: Takuya Maeda

16 June 201214	Vegalta Sendai	4–1	Consadole Sapporo	Yurtec Stadium Sendai
13:30 JST	Yangisawa 45+1', 47' Wilson 56' 75' Nakahara 72' Sugai 81'	Report	Kamata 49' (o.g.) Okayama 51'	Attendance: 13,554 Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

23 June 201215	Urawa Red Diamonds	0–0	Vegalta Sendai	Saitama Stadium 2002
19:00 JST	Ugajin 39'	Report		Attendance: 39,545 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

30 June 201216	Vegalta Sendai	2–2	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Yurtec Stadium Sendai
18:30 JST	Wilson 11', 79' Kakuda 69'	Report	Satō 45+3' Chiba 55' Morisaki 65'	Attendance: 18,722 Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida

7 July 201217	Vissel Kobe	0–1	Vegalta Sendai	Home's Stadium Kobe
19:00 JST	Ogawa 48'	Report	Akamine 19' Kamata 51' Tomita 63'	Attendance: 15,062 Referee: Minoru Tojo

14 July 201218	Nagoya Grampus	0–0	Vegalta Sendai	Mizuho Athletic Stadium
20:00 JST	Fujimoto 32'	Report	Tamura 65'	Attendance: 24,397 Referee: Jumpei IIda

28 July 201219	Vegalta Sendai	1–1	Sagan Tosu	Yurtec Stadium Sendai
19:30 JST	Akamine 29' Wilson 67' Yanagisawa 90+2'	Report	Toyoda 14' Isozaki 62' Okamoto 81' Yeo Sung-Hye 90+8'	Attendance: 14,611 Referee: Masaaki Iemoto

4 August 201220	Vegalta Sendai	2–2	Yokohama F. Marinos	Yurtec Stadium Sendai
19:30 JST	Uchiyama 7'60' Kamata 30' Wilson 87' (pen.)	Report	Nakamura 66' Kanai 71' Ono 74' Tomisawa 82' Kurihara 86'	Attendance: 17,935 Referee: Hajime Matsuo

11 August 201221	Consadole Sapporo	2–1	Vegalta Sendai	Sapporo Dome
15:00 JST	Hidaka 79' Watanabe 90+4' (o.g.)	Report	Watanabe 12'	Attendance: 945 Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami

18 August 201222	Vegalta Sendai	0–0	Kashiwa Reysol	Yurtec Stadium Sendai
20:00 JST	Matsushita 37'	Summary	Kudo 12'	Attendance: 17,715 Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama

25 August 201223	Omiya Ardija	1–3	Vegalta Sendai	NACK5 Stadium Omiya
20:00 JST	Kataoka Hasegawa 25'	[[[Category:All articles with unsourced statements]]^{[ citation needed ]} Summary]	Wilson 45' Kamata 57' Matsushita 90+3'	Attendance: 11,993 Referee: Masaaki Iemoto

1 September 201224	Vegalta Sendai	2–1	Kawasaki Frontale	Yurtec Stadium Sendai
20:00 JST	Akamine 45+1' Tomita 50' Tamura 56' Ryang Yong-Gi 63'	Summary	Igawa 30' Noborizato 32' Renê Ferreira dos Santos 45' Koya Kazama 52' Tanaka 54' Jeci 89'	Attendance: 17,159 Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

15 September 201225	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2–1	Vegalta Sendai	Hiroshima Big Arch
19:00	Morisaki 48' Chiba 65' Takahagi 78'		Kamata 27' Tomita 45+3' Sakurai 46' Akamine 70' Sugai 81'	Attendance: 25,352 Referee: Kenji Ogiya

22 September 201226	Vegalta Sendai	2–1	Vissel Kobe	Yurtec Stadium Sendai
15:30	Akamine 42' Kamata 90'		Tashiro 19'	Attendance: 15,509 Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami

29 September 201227	Shimizu S-Pulse	3–1	Vegalta Sendai	Outsourcing Stadium Nihondaira
14:00	Kim Hyun-Sung 56'70', 90+2' Lee Ki-Je 75' Senuma 84'	Summary	Sugai 14' Kamata 56' 60' Akamine 63' Matsushita 87'	Attendance: 12,131 Referee: Minoru Tojo

6 October 201228	Vegalta Sendai	2–1	Gamba Osaka	Yurtec Stadium Sendai
20:00	Wilson 18' Sugai 51' Ryang Yong-Gi 76' Nakahara 82'	Summary	Sato 62' Paulinho 90'	Attendance: 18,003 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

20 October 201229	Vegalta Sendai	3–2	Urawa Red Diamonds	Yurtec Stadium Sendai
14:00	Akamine 2' Kakuda 35' Tamura 47' Wilson 62', 79' 88'	Summary	Marcio Richardes 33'82' Popó 39' Makino 64'	Attendance: 17,711 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

27 October 201230	Júbilo Iwata	1–1	Vegalta Sendai	Yamaha Stadium
15:00	Fujita Yamamoto 84'	Summary	Sugai 75' Akamine 77'	Attendance: 10,753 Referee: Maasaki Toma

7 November 201231	Vegalta Sendai	1–1	Cerezo Osaka	Yurtec Stadium Sendai
19:00	Sugai 90' Watanabe 72' Park 90+4'	Summary	Kakitani 55' Kim 61' Bando 88'	Attendance: 17,493 Referee: Kenji Ogiya

17 November 201232	Kashima Antlers	3–3	Vegalta Sendai	Kashima Soccer Stadium
14:00	Koroki 30' (76) Osako 47' Nishi 21' Ogasawara 39'	Summary	Akamine 12' (39) Wilson 22' Tamura 61' Sugai 90+3'	Attendance: 15,035 Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida

24 November 201233	Vegalta Sendai	0–1	Albirex Niigata	Yurtec Stadium Sendai
14:30		Summary	Kim 17' Shubouchi 30' Fitzgerald 66' Homma 66'	Attendance: 18,526 Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami

1 December 201234	F.C. Tokyo	6–2	Vegalta Sendai	Ajinomoto Stadium
15:30	Lucas Severino 8' (17) Jang 49' Watanabe 56' Vucicevic 82' (90+2)	Summary	Akamine 35' Muto 90+5'	Attendance: 30,944 Referee: Hajime Matsuo

J.League Cup

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Cerezo Osaka	6	4	0	2	15	7	+8	12
Vegalta Sendai	6	4	0	2	11	5	+6	12
Júbilo Iwata	6	4	0	2	10	11	−1	12
Urawa Red Diamonds	6	3	0	3	12	10	+2	9
Sagan Tosu	6	3	0	3	8	16	−8	9
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	6	1	1	4	8	11	−3	4
Kawasaki Frontale	6	1	1	4	7	11	−4	4

20 March 2012Group A	Urawa Red Diamonds	1–0	Vegalta Sendai	Saitama
15:01 JST	Nagata 49' Špiranović 45+2' 81' Takahashi 56'	(Report)	42' Tamura 65' Nakahara	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 23,076 Referee: Takuto Okabe

4 April 2012Group A	Vegalta Sendai	2–0	Sagan Tosu	Sendai
19:03 JST	Matsushita 51' Kakuda 62' Akamine 90+1'	(Report)	35' Tozin 65' Yoon (Manager)	Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai Attendance: 7,236 Referee: Tetsuro Yoshida

18 April 2012Group A	Kawasaki Frontale	3–1	Vegalta Sendai	Kawasaki
19:00 JST	Saneto 27' 54' Tasaka 45+1' Kobayashi 45+3', 57'	(Report)	48' Tamura 72' Muto 90' Muto	Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 8,186 Referee: Hajime Matsuo

6 June 2012Group A	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1–3	Vegalta Sendai	Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima
19:00 JST	Shimizu 24'	Report	Nakahara 56', 76' Wilson 65'	Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 7,234 Referee: Minoru Tojo

9 June 2012Group A	Vegalta Sendai	1–0	Cerezo Osaka	Sendai
17:00 JST	Tamura 53' Ryang Yong-Gi 63'	Report	Kempes 10'	Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai Attendance: 8,638 Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

27 June 2012Group A	Vegalta Sendai	4–0	Júbilo Iwata	Sendai
20:00 JST	Ota 23' Kakuda 40' Wilson 56' Akamine 69' Watanabe 78'	Report	Yamamoto 53' Fujita 90+5'	Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai Attendance: 9,865 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

Quarter-finals

25 July 2012First leg	Vegalta Sendai	2–2	F.C. Tokyo	Sendai
19:04 JST	Tamura 32', 42' Kamata 44' Wilson 50' Watanabe 59'	(Report)	16' Watanabe 30' Ishikawa 90+1' Kaga	Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai Attendance: 8,873 Referee: Darren Deadman

8 August 2012Second leg	F.C. Tokyo	2–0 (4–2 agg.)	Vegalta Sendai	Tokyo
20:00 JST	Tanabe 30' Yazawa 42' Ishikawa 81' Watanabe 90+3'	Report	Wilson 37' Uchiyama 51' Kamata 62' Park Ju-Sung 73'	Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium Attendance: 10,573 Referee: Kenji Ogiya

Emperor's Cup

8 September 2012Round 2	Vegalta Sendai	1–0	Sony Sendai F.C.	Sendai
13:00	Okuno 39'	Summary		Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai

10 October 2012Round 3	Vegalta Sendai	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Roasso Kumamoto	Sendai
19:00	Watanabe 64'	Report	Saito 48' Yabu 119'	Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai Attendance: 4,269 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

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[table_note_res_CL0.026796407078764-1] The winners of the 2012 Emperor's Cup qualified for the group stage of the 2013 AFC Champions League.

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