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.

The 2023 season is 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 will participate 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. 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
				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

Main article: 2023 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	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42
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]

Machida Zelvia v Vegalta Sendai

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

Vegalta Sendai v Tochigi SC

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

Tokushima Vortis v Vegalta Sendai

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

Vegalta Sendai v Iwaki FC

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

Thespakusatsu Gunma v Vegalta Sendai

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

Vegalta Sendai v Zweigen Kanazawa

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

Vegalta Sendai v V-Varen Nagasaki

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)

Ventforet Kofu v Vegalta Sendai

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

Shimizu S-Pulse v Vegalta Sendai

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

Vegalta Sendai v Fagiano Okayama

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

Fujieda MYFC v Vegalta Sendai

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

Vegalta Sendai v Oita Trinita

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

Vegalta Sendai v Blaublitz Akita

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

Mito HollyHock v Vegalta Sendai

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

Vegalta Sendai v Montedio Yamagata

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

Roasso Kumamoto v Vegalta Sendai

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

Omiya Ardija v Vegalta Sendai

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

Vegalta Sendai v JEF United Chiba

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

Tokyo Verdy v Vegalta Sendai

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

Vegalta Sendai v Júbilo Iwata

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

Renofa Yamaguchi v Vegalta Sendai

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

Vegalta Sendai v Tokushima Vortis

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

Emperor's Cup

Main article: 2023 Emperor's Cup

Vegalta Sendai v Fujieda MYFC

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

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.

External links

• Official website