2013 Vegalta Sendai season

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Vegalta Sendai
2013 season
Chairman Shirahata Yoichi
Manager Makoto Teguramori
J.League Division 1 13th
Emperor's Cup Quarter-finals
J.League Cup Quarter-finals
Champions League Group stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Wilson
All: Wilson
  2012
2014  

The 2013 Vegalta Sendai season was Vegalta Sendai's fourth consecutive season and sixth season overall in J.League Division 1. As a result of their runner-up finish in the 2012 season, the team competed in the 2013 AFC Champions League. Sendai also competed in the 2013 Emperor's Cup and 2013 J.League Cup. It was manager Makoto Teguramori's last season with the club, having accepted a position as head coach of the Japan U-23 team. In mid-season Vegalta Sendai revealed that the A-League's Graham Arnold would manage the team beginning in 2014 season. [1]

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Players

As of 5 March 2013Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Shigeru Sakurai
2 DF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Jiro Kamata
3 DF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Kodai Watanabe
4 DF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Toshio Shimakawa
5 DF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Naoki Ishikawa
6 DF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Makoto Kakuda
7 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Hiroaki Okuno
8 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Toshihiro Matsushita
9 FW Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Takayuki Nakahara
10 MF Flag of North Korea.svg  PRK Ryang Yong-Gi
11 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Yoshiaki Ota
13 FW Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Atsushi Yanagisawa
14 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Hayato Sasaki
15 MF Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Heberty
16 GK Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Takuto Hayashi
No.Pos.NationPlayer
17 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Shingo Tomita
18 FW Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Wilson
19 FW Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Yuki Muto
20 DF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Takuya Wada
21 GK Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Yosuke Abe
22 GK Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Kei Ishikawa
23 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Naoya Tamura
24 FW Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Shingo Akamine
25 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Naoki Sugai
26 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Keita Fujimura
27 MF Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Diogo
28 DF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Koji Hachisuka
29 DF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Taikai Uemoto
30 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Yuta Echigo

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
GK Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Kentaro Seki (to Yokohama FC)
MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Yoshiki Takahashi (to Sagan Tosu)
FW Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Yuki Nakashima (to Montedio Yamagata)

2013 Season Transfers

Competitions

J.League

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
11 Nagoya Grampus 34138134748147
12 Sagan Tosu 34137145463946
13 Vegalta Sendai 341112114138+345
14 Omiya Ardija 34143174548345
15 Ventforet Kofu 348131330411137
Updated to match(es) played on 7 December 2013. Source: J.League Division 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Matches

2 March 20131 Vegalta Sendai 1–1 Ventforet Kofu Sendai
14:06 Wada Yellow card.svg 3'
Watanabe Soccerball shade.svg49'
Summary Sho Sasaki Yellow card.svg 55'
Hugo Soccerball shade.svg72'
Stadium: Yurtec Stadium
Attendance: 16,353
Referee: Flag of Japan.svg Kenji Ogiya
9 March 20132 Kashima Antlers 3–2 Vegalta Sendai Kashima
14:05 Davi Soccerball shade.svg29' (48)
Osako Soccerball shade.svg47'
Summary Ota Soccerball shade.svg46'
Wilson Soccerball shade.svg67'
Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 19,981
Referee: Flag of Japan.svg Yuichi Nishimura
16 March 20133 Vegalta Sendai 2–1 Kashiwa Reysol Sendai
14:04 Matsushita Soccerball shade.svg5'Yellow card.svg 28'
Hachisuka Yellow card.svg 25'
Wilson Soccerball shade.svg86'
Summary Kondo Yellow card.svg 43'
Domingues Soccerball shade.svg52'
Tanaguchi Yellow card.svg 89'
Stadium: Yurtec Stadium
Attendance: 13,232
Referee: Flag of Japan.svg Nobutsugu Murakami
30 March 20134 Cerezo Osaka 1–1 Vegalta Sendai Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka
13:04 Kakitani Soccerball shade.svg51'
Araiba Yellow card.svg 73'
Summary Soccerball shade.svg32' (o.g.)
Wilson Yellow card.svg 43'
Kamata Yellow card.svg 68'
Stadium: Osaka Nagai Stadium
Attendance: 13,721
Referee: Flag of Japan.svg Yudai Yamamoto
6 April 20135 Vegalta Sendai 0–1 Albirex Niigata Sendai
14:04 Tomita Yellow card.svg 25' Summary Naruoka Soccerball shade.svg16'
Tanaka Yellow card.svg 37'
Homma Red card.svg 90'
Stadium: Yurtec Stadium
Attendance: 12,883
Referee: Flag of Japan.svg Tomohiro Inoue
13 April 20136 Vegalta Sendai 2–1 FC Tokyo Sendai
14:04 Sugai Yellow card.svg 37'
Kakuda Soccerball shade.svg47'
Wilson Soccerball shade.svg60'
Kamata Yellow card.svg 60'
Summary Lee Soccerball shade.svg79'
Kaga Yellow card.svg 90+1'
Stadium: Yurtec Stadium
Attendance: 13,655
Referee: Flag of Japan.svg Minoru Tojo
20 April 20137 Kawasaki Frontale 4–2 Vegalta Sendai Kawasaki
13:03 Ōkubo Soccerball shade.svg25' (53)
Renato Soccerball shade.svg28' (40)
Saneto Yellow card.svg 62'
Summary Ryang Soccerball shade.svg49'
Ishikawa Soccerball shade.svg60'
Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
Attendance: 14,739
Referee: Flag of Japan.svg Kenji Ogiya
28 April 20138 Vegalta Sendai 1–1 Sagan Tosu Sendai
16:04 Kakuda Yellow card.svg 13'
Akamine Soccerball shade.svg54'
Tamura Yellow card.svg 72'
Watanabe Yellow card.svg 90'
Summary Fujita Soccerball shade.svg15'Yellow card.svg 90'Stadium: Yurtec Stadium
Attendance: 14,359
Referee: Flag of Japan.svg Yuichi Nishimura
29 May 20139 Urawa Reds 1–1 Vegalta Sendai Saitama
19:34 Abe Soccerball shade.svg80' Summary Kamata Yellow card.svg 58'
Ota Soccerball shade.svg88'
Stadium: Saitama Stadium
Attendance: 24,184
Referee: Flag of Japan.svg Hiroyoshi Takayama
6 May 201310 Nagoya Grampus 0–2 Vegalta Sendai Toyota
19:03 Summary Kakuda Soccerball shade.svg28'
Yanagisawa Soccerball shade.svg58'
Tomita Yellow card.svg 78'
Nakahara Yellow card.svg 90+3'
Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 12,075
Referee: Flag of Japan.svg Jumpei Iida
11 May 201311 Vegalta Sendai 2–1 Omiya Ardija Sendai
14,327 Akamine Soccerball shade.svg7'
Kakuda Yellow card.svg 15'
Kamata Yellow card.svg 30'
Wilson Soccerball shade.svg44'
Summary Novaković Yellow card.svg 33'
Kanazawa Yellow card.svg 64'
Ljubijankić Soccerball shade.svg65'
Aoki Yellow card.svg 90+1'
Stadium: Yurtec Stadium
Attendance: 14,327
Referee: Flag of Japan.svg Futoshi Nakamura
18 May 201312 Yokohama F. Marinos 0–0 Vegalta Sendai Yokohama
23,083 Hyodo Yellow card.svg 44'
Kobayashi Yellow card.svg 45'
Dutra Yellow card.svg 58'
Summary Kakuda Yellow card.svg 30'
Tamura Yellow card.svg 45'
Stadium: Nissan Stadium
Attendance: 23,083
Referee: Flag of Japan.svg Koichiro Fukushima
6 July 201314 Vegalta Sendai 0–0 Shonan Bellmare Sendai
19:03 Tomita Yellow card.svg 78' Summary Otsuki Yellow card.svg 22'
Han Yellow card.svg 24'
Kamata Yellow card.svg 88'
Stadium: Yurtec Stadium
Attendance: 13,470
Referee: Flag of Japan.svg Nobutsugu Murakami
10 July 201315 Oita Trinita 0–1 Vegalta Sendai Ōita
19:05 Matsuda Yellow card.svg 24'
Choi Yellow card.svg 56'
Daiki Yellow card.svg 72'
Summary Sugai Soccerball shade.svg43'
Muto Yellow card.svg 90+1'
Stadium: Ōita Bank Dome
Attendance: 7,067
Referee: Flag of Japan.svg Koichiro Fukushima
13 July 201316 Vegalta Sendai 1–1 Júbilo Iwata Sendai
19:04 Kakuda Soccerball shade.svg89' Summary Maeda Soccerball shade.svg51'
Komano Yellow card.svg 71'
Kawaguchi Yellow card.svg 86'
Stadium: Yurtec Stadium
Attendance: 14,318
Referee: Flag of Japan.svg Kenji Ogiya
17 July 201317 Vegalta Sendai 0–2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima Sendai
19:04 Kamata Yellow card.svg 70'
Kakuda Yellow card.svg 86'
Summary Ishihara Soccerball shade.svg12'Yellow card.svg 18'
Sato Soccerball shade.svg13'
Mizumoto Yellow card.svg 45+1'
Stadium: Yurtec Stadium
Attendance: 11,755
Referee: Flag of Japan.svg Jumpei Iida
31 July 201318 Ventforet Kofu 0–1 Vegalta Sendai Kōfu
8,773 Fukuda Yellow card.svg 17'
Aoyama Yellow card.svg 46'
Summary Wilson Soccerball shade.svg22'
Kamata Yellow card.svg 60'
Hachisuka Yellow card.svg 89'
Stadium: Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium
Attendance: 8,773
Referee: Flag of Japan.svg Masaaki Iemoto
3 August 201319 Vegalta Sendai 2–1 Kawasaki Frontale Sendai
19:04 Wilson Soccerball shade.svg14'
Ota Yellow card.svg 25'
Matsushita Soccerball shade.svg78'
Muto Yellow card.svg 81'
Summary Renato Soccerball shade.svg72'
Ōkubo Yellow card.svg 74'
Stadium: Yurtec Stadium
Attendance: 14,365
Referee: Flag of Japan.svg Hiroyuki Kimura
10 August 201320 Vegalta Sendai 2–1 Kashima Antlers Sendai
19:04 Yanagisawa Soccerball shade.svg55'
Heberty Soccerball shade.svg81'
Summary Nishi Yellow card.svg 18'
Nakamura Soccerball shade.svg23'
Stadium: Yurtec Stadium
Attendance: 17,892
Referee: Flag of Japan.svg Minoru Tojo
17 August 201321 Kashiwa Reysol 0–0 Vegalta Sendai Kashiwa
19:03 Fujita Yellow card.svg 31'
Kudo Yellow card.svg 73'
Summary Heberty Yellow card.svg 63'Stadium: Hitachi Kashiwa Stadium
Attendance: 11,838
Referee: Flag of Japan.svg Toshimitsu Yoshida
24 August 201322 Sagan Tosu 1–0 Vegalta Sendai Tosu
19:04 Mizunuma Soccerball shade.svg26'
Nilson Yellow card.svg 90+5'
Summary Kamata Yellow card.svg 73'Stadium: Best Amenity Stadium
Attendance: 9,266
Referee: Flag of Japan.svg Nobutsugu Murakami
28 August 201323 Vegalta Sendai 1–1 Cerezo Osaka Sendai
19:04 Ryang Soccerball shade.svg24' Summary Ogihara Soccerball shade.svg45'Stadium: Yurtec Stadium
Attendance: 15,101
Referee: Flag of Japan.svg Koichiro Fukushima
31 August 201324 Shonan Bellmare 3–2 Vegalta Sendai Hiratsuka
19:04 Shimamura Soccerball shade.svg32' (58)
Wellington Soccerball shade.svg64'
Ono Yellow card.svg 82'
Nagaki Yellow card.svg 83'
StevoYellow card.svg 90'
Summary Wilson Soccerball shade.svg37' (84)Stadium: Shonan BMW Stadium
Attendance: 11,188
Referee: Flag of Japan.svg Masaaki Iemoto
14 September 201325 Vegalta Sendai 6–0 Oita Trinita Sendai
19:04 Kakuda Soccerball shade.svg5' (65)
Ryang Soccerball shade.svg30'
Yanagisawa Soccerball shade.svg53'
Ishikawa Soccerball shade.svg61'
Wilson Soccerball shade.svg82'
Summary Tokita Yellow card.svg 25'
Matsubara Yellow card.svg 48'
Sakata Yellow card.svg 64'
Stadium: Yurtec Stadium
Attendance: 13,411
Referee: Flag of Japan.svg Ryuji Sato
21 September 201326 Omiya Ardija 0–2 Vegalta Sendai Saitama
16:04 Wada Yellow card.svg 10' Summary Ishikawa Soccerball shade.svg53'
Ryang Soccerball shade.svg73'Yellow card.svg 90+1'
Stadium: NACK5 Stadium Omiya
Attendance: 11,185
Referee: Flag of Japan.svg Hiroyuki Kimura
28 September 201327 Vegalta Sendai 0–0 Yokohama F. Marinos Sendai
13:04 Summary Tomisawa Yellow card.svg 18'
Hanato Yellow card.svg 88'
Stadium: Yurtec Stadium
Attendance: 17,849
Referee: Flag of Japan.svg Jumpei Iida
5 October 201328 Júbilo Iwata 1–1 Vegalta Sendai Iwata
15:04 Abe Yellow card.svg 35'
Maeda Soccerball shade.svg75'
Carlinhos Yellow card.svg 90+1'
Summary Sugai Soccerball shade.svg63'
Kamata Yellow card.svg 72'
Stadium: Yamaha Stadium
Attendance: 8,218
Referee: Flag of Japan.svg Toshimitsu Yoshida
19 October 201329 Vegalta Sendai 2–1 Nagoya Grampus Sendai
14:04 Wilson Soccerball shade.svg48'Yellow card.svg 76'Soccerball shade.svg90+3' Summary Tamada Soccerball shade.svg56'
Isomura Yellow card.svg 90+3'
Stadium: Yurtec Stadium
Attendance: 15,178
Referee: Flag of Japan.svg Koichiro Fukushima
10 November 201331 Vegalta Sendai 3–3 Urawa Red Diamonds Sendai
19:05 Wilson Soccerball shade.svg2'
Watanabe Yellow card.svg 29'
Akamine Soccerball shade.svg47'Yellow card.svg 54'
Ishikawa Soccerball shade.svg90+2'
Summary Umesaki Soccerball shade.svg6'
Makino Yellow card.svg 23'
Koroki Soccerball shade.svg31' (59)
Koroki Yellow card.svg 90'
Stadium: Miyagi Stadium
Attendance: 17,183
Referee: Flag of Japan.svg Jumpei Iida
30 November 201333 Vegalta Sendai 1–2 Shimizu S-Pulse Sendai
17:04 Hachisuka Yellow card.svg 5'
Wilson Soccerball shade.svg54'
Summary Ito Soccerball shade.svg15'
Radoncic Soccerball shade.svg34'
Sugiyama Yellow card.svg 75'
Omae Yellow card.svg 90+3'
Kushibiki Yellow card.svg 90+5'
Stadium: Yurtec Stadium
Attendance: 17,394
Referee: Flag of Japan.svg Yudai Yamamoto
7 December 201334 FC Tokyo 2–0 Vegalta Sendai Chofu
15:33 Vucicevic Yellow card.svg 39'
Lucas Soccerball shade.svg53'
Takahashi Yellow card.svg 70' Hirayama Soccerball shade.svg90+2'
Summary Watanabe Yellow card.svg 55'
Ryang Yellow card.svg 80'
Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium
Attendance: 27,583
Referee: Flag of Japan.svg Futoshi Nakamura

J.League Cup

Quarterfinal

23 June 2013First Leg Kawasaki Frontale 2–1 Vegalta Sendai Kawasaki
18:00 JST Kobayashi Soccerball shade.svg36'
Tanaka Yellow card.svg 38'
Renato Soccerball shade.svg77'Yellow card.svg 78'
Summary Sugai Yellow card.svg 21'
Hachisuka Yellow card.svg 60' Matsushita Soccerball shade.svg90+3'
Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
Attendance: 10,711
Referee: Flag of Japan.svg Hajime Matsuo
30 June 2013Second Leg Vegalta Sendai 2–3
(3–5 agg.)
Kawasaki Frontale Sendai
18:04 JST Wilson Soccerball shade.svg4' (68) Summary Kengo Nakamura Soccerball shade.svg10' (41)
Moriya Soccerball shade.svg50'
Stadium: Yurtec
Attendance: 11,176
Referee: Flag of Japan.svg Ryuji Sato

Emperor's Cup

7 September 2013Second Round Vegalta Sendai 3–0 Blaublitz Akita Sendai
15:00 Sasaki Soccerball shade.svg1'
Akamine Soccerball shade.svg63'
Matsushita Soccerball shade.svg82'
Summary Kumabayashi Yellow card.svg 29'
Shinzato Yellow card.svg 49'
Handa Yellow card.svg 71'
Stadium: Yurtec
Attendance: 3,377
Referee: Flag of Japan.svg Yoshiro Imamura
13 October 2013Third Round Vegalta Sendai 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(3–1 p)
Mito HollyHock Sendai
13:00 Akamine Soccerball shade.svg15'Yellow card.svg 86' Summary Hosokawa Soccerball shade.svg9'Yellow card.svg 45+1'
Suzuki Yellow card.svg 90+4'
Stadium: Yurtec
Attendance: 6,053
Referee: Flag of Japan.svg Takuto Okabe
Penalties
16 November 2013Fourth Round Shimizu S-Pulse 0–1 Vegalta Sendai Shizuoka
13:00 Kawai Yellow card.svg 54' Summary Ryang Soccerball shade.svg82'Stadium: IAI Stadium

Quarterfinal

22 December 2013Quarterfinal Vegalta Sendai 1–2 FC Tokyo Sendai
13:00 Wilson Soccerball shade.svg3' Summary Ota Soccerball shade.svg90+3'
Hayashi Soccerball shade.svg120'
Stadium: Yurtec Stadium

AFC Champions League

Group stage

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Flag of South Korea.svg FC Seoul 6321115+611Advance to knockout stage
2 Flag of Thailand.svg Buriram United 61416607
3 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Jiangsu Sainty 621351057
4 Flag of Japan.svg Vegalta Sendai 61325616
Source: [ citation needed ]
26 February 2013 Vegalta Sendai 1–1 Buriram United Yurtec Stadium Sendai, Sendai
19:00 UTC+9 Ryang Yong-Gi Soccerball shade.svg53' (pen.) Report Osmar Soccerball shade.svg76'Attendance: 10,206
Referee: Liu Kwok Man (Hong Kong)
12 March 2013 Jiangsu Sainty 0–0 Vegalta Sendai Nanjing Olympic Sports Center, Nanjing
19:40 UTC+8 Report Attendance: 44,785
Referee: Abdullah Balideh (Qatar)
2 April 2013 FC Seoul 2–1 Vegalta Sendai Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul
19:30 UTC+9 Escudero Soccerball shade.svg6'
Kim Jin-Kyu Soccerball shade.svg22'
Report Wilson Soccerball shade.svg87' (pen.)Attendance: 9,762
Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)
10 April 2013 Vegalta Sendai 1–0 FC Seoul Yurtec Stadium Sendai, Sendai
19:00 UTC+9 Yanagisawa Soccerball shade.svg16' Report Attendance: 8,874
Referee: Mohamed Al Zarouni (United Arab Emirates)
24 April 2013 Buriram United 1–1 Vegalta Sendai New I-Mobile Stadium, Buriram
18:00 UTC+7 Osmar Soccerball shade.svg53' Report Nakahara Soccerball shade.svg90+3'Attendance: 19,237
Referee: Ali Abdulnabi (Bahrain)
1 May 2013 Vegalta Sendai 1–2 Jiangsu Sainty Yurtec Stadium Sendai, Sendai
19:30 UTC+9 Sugai Soccerball shade.svg24' Report Liu Jianye Soccerball shade.svg38'
Salihi Soccerball shade.svg62'
Attendance: 11,241
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

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