2013 Vegalta Sendai season

Vegalta Sendai
2013 season
ChairmanShirahata Yoichi
ManagerMakoto Teguramori
J.League Division 113th
Emperor's CupQuarter-finals
J.League CupQuarter-finals
Champions LeagueGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Wilson
All: Wilson

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]

Players

As of 5 March 2013 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 Shigeru Sakurai
2 DF  JPN Jiro Kamata
3 DF  JPN Kodai Watanabe
4 DF  JPN Toshio Shimakawa
5 DF  JPN Naoki Ishikawa
6 DF  JPN Makoto Kakuda
7 MF  JPN Hiroaki Okuno
8 MF  JPN Toshihiro Matsushita
9 FW  JPN Takayuki Nakahara
10 MF  PRK Ryang Yong-Gi
11 MF  JPN Yoshiaki Ota
13 FW  JPN Atsushi Yanagisawa
14 MF  JPN Hayato Sasaki
15 MF  BRA Heberty
16 GK  JPN Takuto Hayashi
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF  JPN Shingo Tomita
18 FW  BRA Wilson
19 FW  JPN Yuki Muto
20 DF  JPN Takuya Wada
21 GK  JPN Yosuke Abe
22 GK  JPN Kei Ishikawa
23 MF  JPN Naoya Tamura
24 FW  JPN Shingo Akamine
25 MF  JPN Naoki Sugai
26 MF  JPN Keita Fujimura
27 MF  BRA Diogo
28 DF  JPN Koji Hachisuka
29 DF  JPN Taikai Uemoto
30 MF  JPN Yuta Echigo

Out on loan

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
GK  JPN Kentaro Seki (to Yokohama FC)
MF  JPN Yoshiki Takahashi (to Sagan Tosu)
FW  JPN Yuki Nakashima (to Montedio Yamagata)

2013 Season Transfers

Competitions

J.League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
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
15 Ventforet Kofu 34 8 13 13 30 41 −11 37
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 2013 1 Vegalta Sendai 1–1 Ventforet Kofu Sendai
14:06 Wada 3'
Watanabe 49'
Summary Sho Sasaki 55'
Hugo 72'
Stadium: Yurtec Stadium
Attendance: 16,353
Referee: Kenji Ogiya
9 March 2013 2 Kashima Antlers 3–2 Vegalta Sendai Kashima
14:05 Davi 29' (48)
Osako 47'
Summary Ota 46'
Wilson 67'
Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 19,981
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura
16 March 2013 3 Vegalta Sendai 2–1 Kashiwa Reysol Sendai
14:04 Matsushita 5' 28'
Hachisuka 25'
Wilson 86'
Summary Kondo 43'
Domingues 52'
Tanaguchi 89'
Stadium: Yurtec Stadium
Attendance: 13,232
Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami
30 March 2013 4 Cerezo Osaka 1–1 Vegalta Sendai Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka
13:04 Kakitani 51'
Araiba 73'
Summary 32' (o.g.)
Wilson 43'
Kamata 68'
Stadium: Osaka Nagai Stadium
Attendance: 13,721
Referee: Yudai Yamamoto
6 April 2013 5 Vegalta Sendai 0–1 Albirex Niigata Sendai
14:04 Tomita 25' Summary Naruoka 16'
Tanaka 37'
Homma 90'
Stadium: Yurtec Stadium
Attendance: 12,883
Referee: Tomohiro Inoue
13 April 2013 6 Vegalta Sendai 2–1 FC Tokyo Sendai
14:04 Sugai 37'
Kakuda 47'
Wilson 60'
Kamata 60'
Summary Lee 79'
Kaga 90+1'
Stadium: Yurtec Stadium
Attendance: 13,655
Referee: Minoru Tojo
20 April 2013 7 Kawasaki Frontale 4–2 Vegalta Sendai Kawasaki
13:03 Ōkubo 25' (53)
Renato 28' (40)
Saneto 62'
Summary Ryang 49'
Ishikawa 60'
Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
Attendance: 14,739
Referee: Kenji Ogiya
28 April 2013 8 Vegalta Sendai 1–1 Sagan Tosu Sendai
16:04 Kakuda 13'
Akamine 54'
Tamura 72'
Watanabe 90'
Summary Fujita 15' 90' Stadium: Yurtec Stadium
Attendance: 14,359
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura
29 May 2013 9 Urawa Reds 1–1 Vegalta Sendai Saitama
19:34 Abe 80' Summary Kamata 58'
Ota 88'
Stadium: Saitama Stadium
Attendance: 24,184
Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama
6 May 2013 10 Nagoya Grampus 0–2 Vegalta Sendai Toyota
19:03 Summary Kakuda 28'
Yanagisawa 58'
Tomita 78'
Nakahara 90+3'
Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 12,075
Referee: Jumpei Iida
11 May 2013 11 Vegalta Sendai 2–1 Omiya Ardija Sendai
14,327 Akamine 7'
Kakuda 15'
Kamata 30'
Wilson 44'
Summary Novaković 33'
Kanazawa 64'
Ljubijankić 65'
Aoki 90+1'
Stadium: Yurtec Stadium
Attendance: 14,327
Referee: Futoshi Nakamura
18 May 2013 12 Yokohama F. Marinos 0–0 Vegalta Sendai Yokohama
23,083 Hyodo 44'
Kobayashi 45'
Dutra 58'
Summary Kakuda 30'
Tamura 45'
Stadium: Nissan Stadium
Attendance: 23,083
Referee: Koichiro Fukushima
6 July 2013 14 Vegalta Sendai 0–0 Shonan Bellmare Sendai
19:03 Tomita 78' Summary Otsuki 22'
Han 24'
Kamata 88'
Stadium: Yurtec Stadium
Attendance: 13,470
Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami
10 July 2013 15 Oita Trinita 0–1 Vegalta Sendai Ōita
19:05 Matsuda 24'
Choi 56'
Daiki 72'
Summary Sugai 43'
Muto 90+1'
Stadium: Ōita Bank Dome
Attendance: 7,067
Referee: Koichiro Fukushima
13 July 2013 16 Vegalta Sendai 1–1 Júbilo Iwata Sendai
19:04 Kakuda 89' Summary Maeda 51'
Komano 71'
Kawaguchi 86'
Stadium: Yurtec Stadium
Attendance: 14,318
Referee: Kenji Ogiya
17 July 2013 17 Vegalta Sendai 0–2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima Sendai
19:04 Kamata 70'
Kakuda 86'
Summary Ishihara 12' 18'
Sato 13'
Mizumoto 45+1'
Stadium: Yurtec Stadium
Attendance: 11,755
Referee: Jumpei Iida
31 July 2013 18 Ventforet Kofu 0–1 Vegalta Sendai Kōfu
8,773 Fukuda 17'
Aoyama 46'
Summary Wilson 22'
Kamata 60'
Hachisuka 89'
Stadium: Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium
Attendance: 8,773
Referee: Masaaki Iemoto
3 August 2013 19 Vegalta Sendai 2–1 Kawasaki Frontale Sendai
19:04 Wilson 14'
Ota 25'
Matsushita 78'
Muto 81'
Summary Renato 72'
Ōkubo 74'
Stadium: Yurtec Stadium
Attendance: 14,365
Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura
10 August 2013 20 Vegalta Sendai 2–1 Kashima Antlers Sendai
19:04 Yanagisawa 55'
Heberty 81'
Summary Nishi 18'
Nakamura 23'
Stadium: Yurtec Stadium
Attendance: 17,892
Referee: Minoru Tojo
17 August 2013 21 Kashiwa Reysol 0–0 Vegalta Sendai Kashiwa
19:03 Fujita 31'
Kudo 73'
Summary Heberty 63' Stadium: Hitachi Kashiwa Stadium
Attendance: 11,838
Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida
24 August 2013 22 Sagan Tosu 1–0 Vegalta Sendai Tosu
19:04 Mizunuma 26'
Nilson 90+5'
Summary Kamata 73' Stadium: Best Amenity Stadium
Attendance: 9,266
Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami
28 August 2013 23 Vegalta Sendai 1–1 Cerezo Osaka Sendai
19:04 Ryang 24' Summary Ogihara 45' Stadium: Yurtec Stadium
Attendance: 15,101
Referee: Koichiro Fukushima
31 August 2013 24 Shonan Bellmare 3–2 Vegalta Sendai Hiratsuka
19:04 Shimamura 32' (58)
Wellington 64'
Ono 82'
Nagaki 83'
Stevo 90'
Summary Wilson 37' (84) Stadium: Shonan BMW Stadium
Attendance: 11,188
Referee: Masaaki Iemoto
14 September 2013 25 Vegalta Sendai 6–0 Oita Trinita Sendai
19:04 Kakuda 5' (65)
Ryang 30'
Yanagisawa 53'
Ishikawa 61'
Wilson 82'
Summary Tokita 25'
Matsubara 48'
Sakata 64'
Stadium: Yurtec Stadium
Attendance: 13,411
Referee: Ryuji Sato
21 September 2013 26 Omiya Ardija 0–2 Vegalta Sendai Saitama
16:04 Wada 10' Summary Ishikawa 53'
Ryang 73' 90+1'
Stadium: NACK5 Stadium Omiya
Attendance: 11,185
Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura
28 September 2013 27 Vegalta Sendai 0–0 Yokohama F. Marinos Sendai
13:04 Summary Tomisawa 18'
Hanato 88'
Stadium: Yurtec Stadium
Attendance: 17,849
Referee: Jumpei Iida
5 October 2013 28 Júbilo Iwata 1–1 Vegalta Sendai Iwata
15:04 Abe 35'
Maeda 75'
Carlinhos 90+1'
Summary Sugai 63'
Kamata 72'
Stadium: Yamaha Stadium
Attendance: 8,218
Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida
19 October 2013 29 Vegalta Sendai 2–1 Nagoya Grampus Sendai
14:04 Wilson 48' 76' 90+3' Summary Tamada 56'
Isomura 90+3'
Stadium: Yurtec Stadium
Attendance: 15,178
Referee: Koichiro Fukushima
26 October 2013 30 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–0 Vegalta Sendai Hiroshima
16:04 Ishihara 84' Summary Matsushita 24' Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch
Attendance: 17,184
Referee: Futoshi Nakamura
10 November 2013 31 Vegalta Sendai 3–3 Urawa Red Diamonds Sendai
19:05 Wilson 2'
Watanabe 29'
Akamine 47' 54'
Ishikawa 90+2'
Summary Umesaki 6'
Makino 23'
Koroki 31' (59)
Koroki 90'
Stadium: Miyagi Stadium
Attendance: 17,183
Referee: Jumpei Iida
23 November 2013 32 Albirex Niigata 0–1 Vegalta Sendai Niigata
17:04 Okamoto 18' Summary Stadium: Tohoku Electric Power Big Swan Stadium
Attendance: 32,425
Referee: Hajime Matsuo
30 November 2013 33 Vegalta Sendai 1–2 Shimizu S-Pulse Sendai
17:04 Hachisuka 5'
Wilson 54'
Summary Ito 15'
Radoncic 34'
Sugiyama 75'
Omae 90+3'
Kushibiki 90+5'
Stadium: Yurtec Stadium
Attendance: 17,394
Referee: Yudai Yamamoto
7 December 2013 34 FC Tokyo 2–0 Vegalta Sendai Chofu
15:33 Vucicevic 39'
Lucas 53'
Takahashi 70'Hirayama 90+2'
Summary Watanabe 55'
Ryang 80'
Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium
Attendance: 27,583
Referee: Futoshi Nakamura

J.League Cup

Quarterfinal

23 June 2013 First Leg Kawasaki Frontale 2–1 Vegalta Sendai Kawasaki
18:00 JST Kobayashi 36'
Tanaka 38'
Renato 77' 78'
Summary Sugai 21'
Hachisuka 60'Matsushita 90+3'
Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
Attendance: 10,711
Referee: Hajime Matsuo
30 June 2013 Second Leg Vegalta Sendai 2–3
(3–5 agg.)
Kawasaki Frontale Sendai
18:04 JST Wilson 4' (68) Summary Kengo Nakamura 10' (41)
Moriya 50'
Stadium: Yurtec
Attendance: 11,176
Referee: Ryuji Sato

Emperor's Cup

7 September 2013 Second Round Vegalta Sendai 3–0 Blaublitz Akita Sendai
15:00 Sasaki 1'
Akamine 63'
Matsushita 82'
Summary Kumabayashi 29'
Shinzato 49'
Handa 71'
Stadium: Yurtec
Attendance: 3,377
Referee: Yoshiro Imamura
13 October 2013 Third Round Vegalta Sendai 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(3–1 p)
Mito HollyHock Sendai
13:00 Akamine 15' 86' Summary Hosokawa 9' 45+1'
Suzuki 90+4'
Stadium: Yurtec
Attendance: 6,053
Referee: Takuto Okabe
Penalties
16 November 2013 Fourth Round Shimizu S-Pulse 0–1 Vegalta Sendai Shizuoka
13:00 Kawai 54' Summary Ryang 82' Stadium: IAI Stadium

Quarterfinal

22 December 2013 Quarterfinal Vegalta Sendai 1–2 FC Tokyo Sendai
13:00 Wilson 3' Summary Ota 90+3'
Hayashi 120'
Stadium: Yurtec Stadium

AFC Champions League

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 FC Seoul 6 3 2 1 11 5 +6 11 Advance to knockout stage
2 Buriram United 6 1 4 1 6 6 0 7
3 Jiangsu Sainty 6 2 1 3 5 10 −5 7
4 Vegalta Sendai 6 1 3 2 5 6 −1 6
Source:
26 February 2013 Vegalta Sendai 1–1 Buriram United Yurtec Stadium Sendai, Sendai
19:00 UTC+9 Ryang Yong-Gi 53' (pen.) Report Osmar 76' 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 6'
Kim Jin-Kyu 22'
Report Wilson 87' (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 16' 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 53' Report Nakahara 90+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 24' Report Liu Jianye 38'
Salihi 62'
Attendance: 11,241
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

References

  1. ^ "Arnold speaks about decision to leave Mariners". 20 November 2013.