2023 Vegalta Sendai season

Vegalta Sendai
2023 season
Chairman	Tomohiro Sasaki
Manager	Akira Ito
Stadium	Yurtec Stadium Sendai
J2 League	11th
Emperor's Cup	Second round
	← 2022 2024 →
	All statistics correct as of 18 May 2023.

Last updated March 11, 2025

The 2023 season was Vegalta Sendai's 35th season in existence and the club's second consecutive season in the second division of Japanese football. In addition to the domestic league, Vegalta Sendai participated in this season's edition of the Emperor's Cup.

Players

First-team squad

As of 13 March 2023.^[1]^[2]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	JPN	Yuma Obata
2	MF	JPN	Yosuke Akiyama
3	DF	JPN	Naoya Fukumori
4	DF	JPN	Koji Hachisuka
5	DF	JPN	Masashi Wakasa
6	MF	BRA	Ewerton (on loan from Portimonense)
7	FW	JPN	Motohiko Nakajima (on loan from Cerezo Osaka)
8	MF	JPN	Yoshiki Matsushita
9	FW	JPN	Masato Nakayama
10	MF	PRK	Ryang Yong-gi
11	MF	JPN	Yuta Goke
13	FW	JPN	Hiroto Yamada (on loan from Cerezo Osaka)
14	MF	JPN	Ryunosuke Sagara
15	DF	JPN	Masahiro Sugata
16	MF	JPN	Chihiro Kato
18	MF	JPN	Ryoma Kida


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	DF	KOR	Kim Tae-hyeon (on loan from Ulsan Hyundai)
21	GK	JPN	Riku Umeda
22	DF	JPN	Yuta Koide
25	DF	JPN	Takumi Mase
27	MF	JPN	George Onaiwu
28	FW	JPN	Ryunosuke Sugawara
29	MF	JPN	Aoi Kudo
32	MF	JPN	Hiromu Kamada
33	GK	JPN	Akihiro Hayashi
35	MF	BRA	Foguinho
41	DF	JPN	Yuto Uchida
45	GK	JPN	Koki Matsuzawa (on loan from Tokushima Vortis)
46	MF	JPN	Rikuto Ishio ^DSP
50	MF	JPN	Yasushi Endo
88	FW	KOR	Heo Yong-joon (on loan from Pohang Steelers)

Transfers

Transfers in^[3]
Join on	Pos.	Player	Moving from	Transfer type
10 Mar	MF	Rikuto Ishio	Sendai University	Loan transfer; 2023 DSP
9 Mar	GK	Koki Matsuzawa	Tokushima Vortis	Loan transfer
Pre-season	GK	Akihiro Hayashi	FC Tokyo	Full transfer
Pre-season	GK	Riku Umeda	Osaka Gakuin University	Free transfer
Pre-season	DF	Yuta Koide	Oita Trinita	Full transfer
Pre-season	DF	Masahiro Sugata	Roasso Kumamoto	Full transfer
Pre-season	MF	Yuta Goke	Vissel Kobe	Full transfer
Pre-season	MF	Aoi Kudo	Hannan University	Free transfer
Pre-season	MF	Ryunosuke Sagara	Sagan Tosu	Loan transfer
Pre-season	MF	Yosuke Akiyama	JEF United Chiba	Loan return
Pre-season	MF	Ewerton	Portimonense SC	Loan transfer
Pre-season	FW	Hiroto Yamada	Cerezo Osaka	Loan transfer
Pre-season	FW	Heo Yong-joon	Pohang Steelers	Loan transfer
Pre-season	FW	George Onaiwu	Niigata University UHW	Free transfer
Pre-season	FW	Ryunosuke Sugawara	Sanno University	Free transfer

Transfers out
Leave on	Pos.	Player	Moving to	Transfer type
12 Mar	GK	Daichi Sugimoto	Nagoya Grampus	Full transfer
Pre-season	GK	Nedeljko Stojišić	Machida Zelvia	Full transfer
Pre-season	GK	Kaito Ioka	Gainare Tottori	Full transfer
Pre-season	DF	Wataru Tanaka	Montedio Yamagata	Full transfer
Pre-season	DF	Kyohei Yoshino	Yokohama FC	Full transfer
Pre-season	DF	Yasuhiro Hiraoka	Ehime FC	Full transfer
Pre-season	DF	Hayato Teruyama	FC Imabari	Full transfer; Loan made permanent
Pre-season	DF	Yota Sato	Gamba Osaka	Loan expiration
Pre-season	MF	Takayoshi Ishihara	Zweigen Kanazawa	Full transfer
Pre-season	MF	Kota Osone	Fujieda MYFC	Loan transfer
Pre-season	MF	Takumi Nagura	V-Varen Nagasaki	Loan transfer
Pre-season	MF	Leandro Desábato	–	Contract expiration
Pre-season	MF	Shingo Tomita	–	Retirement
Pre-season	FW	Cayman Togashi	Sagan Tosu	Full transfer
Pre-season	FW	Yusuke Minagawa	Renofa Yamaguchi	Full transfer
Pre-season	FW	Felippe Cardoso	Santos FC	Loan expiration

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
J2 League	19 February 2023	12 November 2023	Matchday 1	20	8	6	6	26	21	+5	040.00
Emperor's Cup	7 June 2023		Second round	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Total				21	9	6	6	27	21	+6	042.86

Last updated: 7 June 2023
Source: Soccerway

J2 League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
14	Roasso Kumamoto	42	13	10	19	52	53	−1	49
15	Tokushima Vortis	42	10	19	13	43	53	−10	49
16	Vegalta Sendai	42	12	12	18	48	61	−13	48
17	Mito HollyHock	42	11	14	17	49	66	−17	47
18	Iwaki FC	42	12	11	19	45	69	−24	47

Source: Meiji Yasuda J2 League, J.League Data Site
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goal scored; 7) Fair-play points.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
16	6	5	5	19	16	+3	23	3	2	3	9	9	0	3	3	2	10	7	+3

Last updated: 18 May 2023.
Source: Worldfootball

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	D	L	W	L	L	W	D	D	L	W	D	L	W	W
Position	10	7	8	12	7	11	16	10	11	12	14	13	14	13	12	11

Updated to match(es) played on 18 May 2023. Source: Worldfootball
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 20 January 2023.^[4]

19 February 20231	Machida Zelvia	0–0	Vegalta Sendai	Machida
14:00		Report		Stadium: Machida Gion Stadium Attendance: 8,055 Referee: Yosuke Kubota

26 February 20232	Vegalta Sendai	1–0	Tochigi SC	Sendai
13:05	Yamada 90'	Report		Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai Attendance: 13,073 Referee: Shu Kawamata

4 March 20233	Tokushima Vortis	1–1	Vegalta Sendai	Naruto
14:00	Tsuboi 90'	Report	Sugata 54'	Stadium: Pocarisweat Stadium Attendance: 5,553 Referee: Dai Matsumoto

12 March 20234	Vegalta Sendai	0–1	Iwaki FC	Sendai
14:00		Report	Egawa 20'	Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai Attendance: 12,269 Referee: Atsushi Kamimura

19 March 20235	Thespakusatsu Gunma	1–2	Vegalta Sendai	Maebashi
14:00	Uchida 57'	Report	Goke 34' Kim Tae-hyeon 73'	Stadium: Shoda Shoyu Stadium Gunma Attendance: 3,917 Referee: Tetsuro Yoshida

25 March 20236	Vegalta Sendai	2–3	Zweigen Kanazawa	Sendai
14:00	Kida 41', 90+5'	Report	Ishihara 9' Hayashi 18' Fujimura 23'	Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai Attendance: 9,481 Referee: Toru Kakinuma

1 April 20237	Vegalta Sendai	0–1	V-Varen Nagasaki	Sendai
14:00		Report	Juanma 50'	Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai Attendance: 9,085 Referee: Tom Neild (England)

8 April 20238	Ventforet Kofu	0–3	Vegalta Sendai	Kofu
13:00		Report	Nakajima 25' Yamada 45+2' Goke 51'	Stadium: JIT Recycle Ink Stadium Attendance: 6,804 Referee: Kazuyoshi Enomoto

12 April 20239	Shimizu S-Pulse	1–1	Vegalta Sendai	Shimizu
19:00	Shirasaki 45'	Report	Goke 78'	Stadium: IAI Stadium Nihondaira Attendance: 6,104 Referee: Ryo Tanimoto

16 April 202310	Vegalta Sendai	1–1	Fagiano Okayama	Sendai
14:00	Nakajima 11'	Report	Sano 48'	Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai Attendance: 9,857 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

23 April 202311	Fujieda MYFC	3–2	Vegalta Sendai	Fujieda
14:00	Watanabe 45' Kubo 86' Yamura 90+3'	Report	Nakayama 63' Goke 65'	Stadium: Fujieda Soccer Stadium Attendance: 2,816 Referee: Dai Matsumoto

29 April 202312	Vegalta Sendai	1–0	Oita Trinita	Sendai
14:03	Sagara 15', 18' Kamada 56'	Report	Kagawa 34' Matheus 52' 90+7' Nagasawa 80'	Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai Attendance: 10,840 Referee: Keigo Sendachi

3 May 202313	Vegalta Sendai	2–2	Blaublitz Akita	Sendai
14:03	Wakasa 10' Sagara 39' Sugata 90+3'	Report	Saito 8', 82'	Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai Attendance: 15,026 Referee: Shuhei Shimizu

7 May 202314	Mito HollyHock	1–0	Vegalta Sendai	Mito
15:03	Kusano 50'	Report	Akiyama 60'	Stadium: K's denki Stadium Mito Attendance: 2,886 Referee: Hajime Matsuo

13 May 202315	Vegalta Sendai	2–1	Montedio Yamagata	Sendai
14:00	Kida 32' Nakajima 90+2'	Report	Nishimura 58' Fujimoto 85' Kokubu 87'	Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai Attendance: 15,163 Referee: Kazuyoshi Enomoto

17 May 202316	Roasso Kumamoto	0–1	Vegalta Sendai	Kumamoto
19:00	Matsuoka 15' Tashiro 90+3'	Report	Sagara 47' Heo Yong-joon 90+4'	Stadium: Egao Kenko Stadium Attendance: 2,884 Referee: Koji Takasaki

21 May 202317	Omiya Ardija	v	Vegalta Sendai	Saitama
14:00		Report		Stadium: NACK5 Stadium Omiya

28 May 202318	Vegalta Sendai	v	JEF United Chiba	Sendai
14:00		Report		Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai

4 June 202319	Tokyo Verdy	v	Vegalta Sendai	Tokyo
14:00		Report		Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium

11 June 202320	Vegalta Sendai	v	Júbilo Iwata	Sendai
13:05		Report		Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai

18 June 202321	Renofa Yamaguchi	v	Vegalta Sendai	Yamaguchi
14:00		Report		Stadium: Ishin Me-Life Stadium

25 June 202322	Vegalta Sendai	v	Tokushima Vortis	Sendai
18:00		Report		Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai

Emperor's Cup

7 June 2023 Second round	Vegalta Sendai	1–0	Fujieda MYFC	Sendai
19:00	Nakayama 45'	Report		Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai Referee: Koei Koya

References

↑ "Team" (in Japanese). Vegalta Sendai. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
↑ "2023シーズンチーム体制のお知らせ" (in Japanese). Vegalta Sendai. 25 December 2022. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
↑ "NEWS". Vegalta Sendai (in Japanese). Retrieved 2 December 2022.
↑ FromOne co., Ltd. "【日程一覧】2023明治安田生命J2リーグ". サッカーキング.

External links

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[1] "Team" (in Japanese). Vegalta Sendai. Retrieved 3 February 2022.

[2] "2023シーズンチーム体制のお知らせ" (in Japanese). Vegalta Sendai. 25 December 2022. Retrieved 25 December 2022.

[3] "NEWS". Vegalta Sendai (in Japanese). Retrieved 2 December 2022.

[4] FromOne co., Ltd. "【日程一覧】2023明治安田生命J2リーグ". サッカーキング.

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Club	History Players All articles Ladies
Stadium	Yurtec Stadium Sendai (Izumi-Chūō Station)
Seasons	1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Honours	J.League (Runner up,2012) Emperor's Cup (Runner up,2018) J30 BEST AWARDS (Best match,2023)
Former Stadium	Sendai Athletic Stadium Miyagi Prefecture Soccer Field Iwate Morioka Stadium
Training ground	IRIS TRAINING FIELD Izumi Soccer Field Seihoku Park
Mega Sponsors	IRIS OHYAMA Kinoshita Group
Rivalries	Tohoku derby Michinoku derby

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
16	6	5	5	19	16	+3	23	3	2	3	9	9	0	3	3	2	10	7	+3

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
16	6	5	5	19	16	+3	23	3	2	3	9	9	0	3	3	2	10	7	+3