| 2013 season | |||
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| Chairman | Yukihiro Igawa | ||
| Manager | Yoon Jung-Hwan | ||
| J.League Division 1 | 12th | ||
| Emperor's Cup | Semi-final vs Yokohama F. Marinos | ||
| J.League Cup | Group stage | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Yohei Toyoda (20) All: Yohei Toyoda (24) | ||
| Highest home attendance | 22,530 vs Omiya Ardija (17 August 2013) | ||
| Lowest home attendance | 6,292 vs Ventforet Kofu (10 July 2013) | ||
| Average home league attendance | 11,515 | ||
The 2013 Sagan Tosu season was Sagan Tosu's second season in J.League Division 1 after being promoted for J.League Division 2 in 2011. They finished the season in twelfth position, whilst participating in the J.League Cup group stages and reaching the Semifinal of the Emperor's Cup.
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| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 54 | 63 | −9 | 46 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 24 | +2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 39 | −11 |
Last updated: 20 March 2015.
Source: Matches
| 2 March 20131 | Sagan Tosu | 1–1 | Kashima Antlers | Tosu |
| 14:00 JST (UTC+9) | Kim Takahashi Toyoda Okada | Report | Osako Nishi | Stadium: Best Amenity Stadium Attendance: 12,728 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura |
| 9 March 20132 | Shonan Bellmare | 1–1 | Sagan Tosu | Hiratsuka |
| 19:00 JST (UTC+9) | Kajikawa | Report | Noda | Stadium: Shonan BMW Stadium Hiratsuka Attendance: 11,439 Referee: Futoshi Nakamura |
| 16 March 20133 | Sagan Tosu | 5–4 | Kawasaki Frontale | Tosu |
| 14:00 JST (UTC+9) | Ikeda Kim Mizunuma Toyoda Akahoshi | Report | Tanaka Ōkubo Kobayashi Renatinho Patric | Stadium: Best Amenity Stadium Attendance: 8,716 Referee: Jumpei Iida |
| 30 March 20134 | Júbilo Iwata | 3–3 | Sagan Tosu | Iwata |
| 14:00 JST (UTC+9) | Yamada Matsuura Kanazono Jung | Report | Toyoda Mizunuma Kobayashi | Stadium: Yamaha Stadium Attendance: 8,741 Referee: Ryuji Sato |
| 6 April 20135 | Sagan Tosu | 0–1 | Shimizu S-Pulse | Tosu |
| 14:00 JST (UTC+9) | Toyoda Sueyoshi | Report | Baré Hayashi | Stadium: Best Amenity Stadium Attendance: 6,707 Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama |
| 14 April 20136 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 2–0 | Sagan Tosu | Hiroshima |
| 13:00 JST (UTC+9) | Satō Morisaki | Report | Takahashi Niwa Yeo | Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 13,164 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto |
| 20 April 20137 | Sagan Tosu | 0–3 | Kashiwa Reysol | Tosu |
| 15:00 JST (UTC+9) | Noda Fujita | Report | Cléo Kurisawa Masushima Kudo | Stadium: Best Amenity Stadium Attendance: 7,287 Referee: Minoru Tojo |
| 28 April 20138 | Vegalta Sendai | 1–1 | Sagan Tosu | Sendai |
| 16:04 JST (UTC+9) | Kakuda Akamine Tamura Watanabe | Report | Fujita | Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Attendance: 14,359 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura |
| 3 May 20139 | Sagan Tosu | 2–3 | FC Tokyo | Tosu |
| 18:04 JST (UTC+9) | Kim Toyoda Mizunuma | Report | Higashi Watanabe Kaga | Stadium: Best Amenity Stadium Attendance: 14,024 Referee: Itaru Hirose |
| 6 May 201310 | Oita Trinita | 2–4 | Sagan Tosu | Ōita |
| 16:00 JST (UTC+9) | Murai Komatsu Morishima Fukaya | Report | Mizunuma Takahashi Toyoda Noda Kodama | Stadium: Ōita Bank Dome Attendance: 16,760 Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami |
| 11 May 201311 | Sagan Tosu | 1–3 | Albirex Niigata | Tosu |
| 14:00 JST (UTC+9) | Fujita Noda | Report | Kawamata | Stadium: Best Amenity Stadium Attendance: 7,376 Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida |
| 18 May 201312 | Urawa Red Diamonds | 6–2 | Sagan Tosu | Midori-ku |
| 19:00 JST (UTC+9) | Abe Makino Koroki Kato Haraguchi Nasu Yajima | Report | Yeo Okada Takahashi Ikeda Kanai | Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 31,175 Referee: Futoshi Nakamura |
| 25 May 201313 | Sagan Tosu | 0–1 | Yokohama F. Marinos | Tosu |
| 15:00 JST (UTC+9) | Okada Fujita Noda | Report | Tomisawa | Stadium: Best Amenity Stadium Attendance: 13,197 Referee: Hajime Matsuo |
| 6 July 201314 | Omiya Ardija | 1–1 | Sagan Tosu | Saitama |
| 19:00 JST (UTC+9) | Aoki Shimohira | Report | Yeo Ikeda | Stadium: NACK5 Stadium Omiya Attendance: 12,449 Referee: Toma Iemoto |
| 10 July 201315 | Sagan Tosu | 2–1 | Ventforet Kofu | Tosu |
| 19:00 JST (UTC+9) | Toyoda | Report | Kawata Hugo Sasaki | Stadium: Best Amenity Stadium Attendance: 6,292 Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida |
| 13 July 201316 | Nagoya Grampus | 3–2 | Sagan Tosu | Nagoya |
| 19:00 JST (UTC+9) | Kennedy Tamada Tulio Nakamura Fujimoto | Report | Noda Toyoda | Stadium: Mizuho Athletic Stadium Attendance: 9,237 Referee: Minoru Tojo |
| 17 July 201317 | Cerezo Osaka | 4–1 | Sagan Tosu | Osaka |
| 19:00 JST (UTC+9) | Yamaguchi Fujimoto Sakemoto Yokoyama Yamashita | Report | Fujita Noda Toyoda Kim Ikeda | Stadium: Nagai Stadium Attendance: 9,119 Referee: Tomohiro Inoue |
| 31 July 201318 | Sagan Tosu | 3–2 | Oita Trinita | Tosu |
| 19:00 JST (UTC+9) | Ikeda Toyoda Nilson | Report | Sakata Takamatsu Takagi | Stadium: Best Amenity Stadium Attendance: 10,304 Referee: Itaru Hirose |
| 3 August 201319 | Kashiwa Reysol | 2–1 | Sagan Tosu | Kashiwa |
| 19:00 JST (UTC+9) | Barada Kudo | Report | Mizunuma Noda Nilson | Stadium: Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium Attendance: 8,815 Referee: Futoshi Nakamura |
| 10 August 201320 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 2–1 | Sagan Tosu | Yokohama |
| 19:00 JST (UTC+9) | Kurihara Nakamura Kobayashi Marquinhos | Report | Toyoda Hayasaka | Stadium: International Stadium Yokohama Attendance: 13,427 Referee: Masaaki Toma |
| 17 August 201321 | Sagan Tosu | 2–1 | Omiya Ardija | Tosu |
| 19:00 JST (UTC+9) | Ikeda Toyoda | Report | Cho Imai | Stadium: Best Amenity Stadium Attendance: 22,530 Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama |
| 24 August 201322 | Sagan Tosu | 1–0 | Vegalta Sendai | Tosu |
| 19:04 JST (UTC+9) | Mizunuma Nilson | Summary | Kamata | Stadium: Best Amenity Stadium Attendance: 9,266 Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami |
| 28 August 201323 | FC Tokyo | 2–3 | Sagan Tosu | Tokyo |
| 19:04 JST (UTC+9) | Tokunaga Hirayama Watanabe | Report | Toyoda Ikeda Hayashi | Stadium: National Olympic Stadium Attendance: 19,666 Referee: Hajime Matsuo |
| 31 August 201324 | Sagan Tosu | 1–1 | Nagoya Grampus | Tosu |
| 19:00 JST (UTC+9) | Nilson Mizunuma | Report | Daniel Masukawa | Stadium: Best Amenity Stadium Attendance: 15,569 Referee: Koichiro Fukushima |
| 14 201325 | Sagan Tosu | 1–0 | Shonan Bellmare | Tosu |
| 19:00 JST (UTC+9) | Toyoda Shimomura | Report | Kikuchi Han | Stadium: Best Amenity Stadium Attendance: 9,391 Referee: Takuya Maeda |
| 21 September 201326 | Kawasaki Frontale | 0–1 | Sagan Tosu | Kawasaki |
| 19:00 JST (UTC+9) | Renatinho Jeci Igawa | Report | Kanai | Stadium: Todoroki Athletics Stadium Attendance: 18,090 Referee: Yoshiro Imamura |
| 28 September 201327 | Sagan Tosu | 0–2 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Tosu |
| 15:00 JST (UTC+9) | Kim Kikuchi | Report | Satō Ishihara Yamagishi Notsuda | Stadium: Best Amenity Stadium Attendance: 12,355 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura |
| 5 October 201328 | Albirex Niigata | 3–1 | Sagan Tosu | Niigata |
| 15:30 JST (UTC+9) | Tanaka Mikado Naruoka Higashiguchi Kawaguchi Okamoto Fitzgerald Kawamata | Report | Niwa Fujita Ikeda Isozaki Kobayashi | Stadium: Denka Big Swan Stadium Attendance: 26,514 Referee: Ryuji Sato |
| 19 October 201329 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 6–4 | Sagan Tosu | Shizuoka |
| 15:00 JST (UTC+9) | Ito Jong-a-Pin Sugiyama Omae Kawai Hiraoka | Report | Kim Toyoda Hayasaka Sakai | Stadium: IAI Stadium Nihondaira Attendance: 11,846 Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami |
| 27 October 201330 | Sagan Tosu | 2–0 | Cerezo Osaka | Tosu |
| 19:00 JST (UTC+9) | Fujita Kanai | Report | Sugimoto | Stadium: Best Amenity Stadium Attendance: 17,382 Referee: Jumpei Iida |
| 10 November 201331 | Sagan Tosu | 1–0 | Júbilo Iwata | Tosu |
| 16:00 JST (UTC+9) | Niwa | Report | Yamada Yasuda Kanazono | Stadium: Best Amenity Stadium Attendance: 11,118 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura |
| 23 November 201332 | Kashima Antlers | 1–2 | Sagan Tosu | Kashima |
| 14:00 JST (UTC+9) | Yamamura Aoki Ogasawara Davi | Report | Kim Kobayashi Isozaki | Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 17,030 Referee: Itaru Hirose |
| 30 November 201333 | Sagan Tosu | 4–1 | Urawa Red Diamonds | Tosu |
| 14:00 JST (UTC+9) | Hayasaka Toyoda | Report | Nasu Moriwaki Suzuki | Stadium: Best Amenity Stadium Attendance: 20,196 Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama |
| 7 December 201334 | Ventforet Kofu | 0–0 | Sagan Tosu | Kōfu |
| 15:30 JST (UTC+9) | Patric | Report | Isozaki Niwa Fujita | Stadium: Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium Attendance: 11,742 Referee: Kenji Ogiya |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Kashiwa Reysol | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 56 | 59 | −3 | 48 |
| 11 | Nagoya Grampus | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 47 | 48 | −1 | 47 |
| 12 | Sagan Tosu | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 54 | 63 | −9 | 46 |
| 13 | Vegalta Sendai | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 41 | 38 | +3 | 45 |
| 14 | Omiya Ardija | 34 | 14 | 3 | 17 | 45 | 48 | −3 | 45 |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cerezo Osaka | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 13 |
| Kashima Antlers | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 12 |
| FC Tokyo | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 9 |
| Nagoya Grampus | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 9 |
| Oita Trinita | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 6 |
| Sagan Tosu | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 4 |
| Albirex Niigata | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 4 |
| 20 March 20131 | FC Tokyo | 0–0 | Sagan Tosu | Setagaya |
| 14:00 JST (UTC+9) | Report | Kanai Sueyoshi | Stadium: Komazawa Park Stadium Attendance: 11,039 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura |
| 23 March 20132 | Sagan Tosu | 1–2 | Nagoya Grampus | Tosu |
| 16:00 JST (UTC+9) | Ikeda Kiyotake | Report | Jakimovski Taguchi Kisho Yano | Stadium: Best Amenity Stadium Attendance: 5,926 Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida |
| 3 April 20133 | Kashima Antlers | 1–0 | Sagan Tosu | Kashima |
| 19:00 JST (UTC+9) | Ogasawara Motoyama | Report | Kishida Hira | Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 5,070 Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami |
| 24 April 20134 | Sagan Tosu | 2–0 | Albirex Niigata | Tosu |
| 19:00 JST (UTC+9) | Kim Toyoda Hayasaka | Report | Tsubouchi Silva | Stadium: Best Amenity Stadium Attendance: 3,640 Referee: Kenji Ogiya |
| 15 May 20135 | Cerezo Osaka | 2–1 | Sagan Tosu | Osaka |
| 19:05 JST (UTC+9) | Maruhashi Minamino | Report | Kanai Roni Sakai Isozaki Kiyotake | Stadium: Kincho Stadium Attendance: 6,941 Referee: Yosuke Kubota |
| 8 September 2013Second Round | Sagan Tosu | 10–0 | Saga University | Tosu |
| 13:00 JST (UTC+9) | Noda Okada Kanai Yeo Ikeda Kiyotake Bando | Report | Stadium: Best Amenity Stadium Attendance: 2,827 Referee: Kenji Ogiya |
| 13 October 2013Third Round | Matsumoto Yamaga | 1–3 (a.e.t.) | Sagan Tosu | Matsumoto |
| 13:00 JST (UTC+9) | Shiozawa | Report | Takahashi Yeo Toyoda | Stadium: Matsumotodaira Football Stadium Attendance: 8,789 Referee: Takehiro Yamamoto |
| 16 November 2013Fourth Round | Cerezo Osaka | 1–2 | Sagan Tosu | Higashisumiyoshi-ku |
| 17:00 JST (UTC+9) | Edno Simplício | Report | Kanai Fujita Kanai Toyoda | Stadium: Kincho Stadium Attendance: 6,456 Referee: Hajime Matsuo |
| 22 December 2013Quarterfinal | Sagan Tosu | 2–0 (a.e.t.) | Kawasaki Frontale | Tosu |
| 15:04 JST (UTC+9) | Isozaki Niwa Mizunuma | Report | Pinheiro Jeci | Stadium: Best Amenity Stadium Attendance: 11,123 Referee: Minoru Tōjō |
| 29 December 2013Semifinal | Yokohama F. Marinos | 2–0 | Sagan Tosu | Yokohama |
| 13:06 JST (UTC+9) | Hyodo Fujita Nakamura | Report | Niwa | Stadium: Nissan Stadium Attendance: 22,630 Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama |
| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | J-League | J-League Cup | Emperor's Cup | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FW | | 11 | Yohei Toyoda | 20 | 1 | 3 | 24 |
| 2 | FW | | 22 | Kei Ikeda | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 3 | FW | | 18 | Ryunosuke Noda | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | MF | | 10 | Kim Min-woo | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| MF | | 8 | Kota Mizunuma | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 6 | MF | | 25 | Ryota Hayasaka | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| DF | | 24 | Takashi Kanai | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 8 | MF | | 28 | Yoshiki Takahashi | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| FW | | 19 | Shohei Okada | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 10 | MF | | 14 | Naoyuki Fujita | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| MF | | 16 | Nilson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Own goal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| MF | | 27 | Koki Kiyotake | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| MF | | 15 | Ryuhei Niwa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 15 | DF | | 20 | Yeo Sung-hye | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| FW | | 9 | Ryūji Bando | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| TOTALS | 54 | 6 | 17 | 77 | ||||
| Number | Nation | Position | Name | J-League | J.League Cup | Emperor's Cup | Total | ||||
| 1 | | GK | Taku Akahoshi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | | DF | Keita Isozaki | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | | DF | Teruaki Kobayashi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | | MF | Kota Mizunuma | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | | DF | Tatsuya Sakai | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | | FW | Roni | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | | MF | Kim Min-woo | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 11 | | FW | Yohei Toyoda | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | | MF | Naoyuki Fujita | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 15 | | MF | Ryuhei Niwa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | | MF | Nilson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | | FW | Ryunosuke Noda | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | | FW | Shohei Okada | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | | DF | Yeo Sung-hye | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | | FW | Kei Ikeda | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 23 | | MF | Toshiya Sueyoshi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | | DF | Takashi Kanai | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 26 | | FW | Shūto Hira | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | | MF | Koki Kiyotake | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | | MF | Yoshiki Takahashi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | | DF | Shohei Kishida | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | | GK | Akihiro Hayashi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | | MF | Naoya Kikuchi | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | 50 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 67 | 2 | |||
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