2013 Vegalta Sendai season

Vegalta Sendai

2013 season

Chairman

Shirahata Yoichi

Manager

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinals

Group Stage

Top goalscorer

League: Wilson
All: Wilson

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Shigeru Sakurai
2	DF	Jiro Kamata
3	DF	Kodai Watanabe
4	DF	Toshio Shimakawa
5	DF	Naoki Ishikawa
6	DF	Makoto Kakuda
7	MF	Hiroaki Okuno
8	MF	Toshihiro Matsushita
9	FW	Takayuki Nakahara
10	MF	Ryang Yong-Gi
11	MF	Yoshiaki Ota
13	FW	Atsushi Yanagisawa
14	MF	Hayato Sasaki
15	MF	Heberty
16	GK	Takuto Hayashi

No.	Position	Player
17	MF	Shingo Tomita
18	FW	Wilson
19	FW	Yuki Muto
20	DF	Takuya Wada
21	GK	Yosuke Abe
22	GK	Kei Ishikawa
23	MF	Naoya Tamura
24	FW	Shingo Akamine
25	MF	Naoki Sugai
26	MF	Keita Fujimura
27	MF	Diogo
28	DF	Koji Hachisuka
29	DF	Taikai Uemoto
30	MF	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.		Position	Player
		GK	Kentaro Seki (to Yokohama F.C.)
		MF	Yoshiki Takahashi (to Sagan Tosu)
		FW	Yuki Nakashima (to Montedio Yamagata)

2013 Season Transfers

Competitions

J.League

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima !Sanfrecce Hiroshima (C)	34	19	6	9	51	29	+22	63	Qualification to 2014 AFC Champions League Group stage ¹
2	Yokohama F. Marinos !Yokohama F. Marinos	34	18	8	8	49	31	+18	62
3	Kawasaki Frontale !Kawasaki Frontale	34	18	6	10	65	51	+14	60
4	Cerezo Osaka !Cerezo Osaka	34	16	11	7	53	32	+21	59
5	Kashima Antlers !Kashima Antlers	34	18	5	11	60	52	+8	59
6	Urawa Red Diamonds !Urawa Red Diamonds	34	17	7	10	66	56	+10	58
7	Albirex Niigata !Albirex Niigata	34	17	4	13	48	42	+6	55
8	FC Tokyo !FC Tokyo	34	16	6	12	61	47	+14	54
9	Shimizu S-Pulse !Shimizu S-Pulse	34	15	5	14	48	57	−9	50
10	Kashiwa Reysol !Kashiwa Reysol	34	13	9	12	56	59	−3	48
11	Nagoya Grampus !Nagoya Grampus	34	13	8	13	47	48	−1	47
12	Sagan Tosu !Sagan Tosu	34	13	7	14	54	63	−9	46
13	Vegalta Sendai !Vegalta Sendai	34	11	12	11	41	38	+3	45
14	Omiya Ardija !Omiya Ardija	34	14	3	17	45	48	−3	45
15	Ventforet Kofu !Ventforet Kofu	34	8	13	13	30	41	−11	37
16	Shonan Bellmare !Shonan Bellmare (R)	34	6	7	21	34	62	−28	25	Relegation to 2014 J.League Division 2
17	Júbilo Iwata !Júbilo Iwata (R)	34	4	11	19	40	56	−16	23
18	Oita Trinita !Oita Trinita (R)	34	2	8	24	31	67	−36	14

Updated to games played on 7 December 2013.
Source: J.League Division 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹ The winners of the 2013 Emperor's Cup qualify for the group stage of the 2014 AFC Champions League. As the Emperor's Cup winners were Yokohama F. Marinos, who had already qualified to ACL through the championship, the remaining spot was awarded to the fourth-placed team.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Matches

March 2, 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

March 9, 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

March 16, 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

March 30, 2013 4	Cerezo Osaka	1 – 1	Vegalta Sendai	Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka
13:04	Kakitani 51' Araiba 73'	Summary	(o.g.) Wilson 43' Kamata 68'	Stadium: Osaka Nagai Stadium Attendance: 13,721 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

April 6, 2013 5	Vegalta Sendai	0 – 1	Albirex Niigata	Sendai
14:04	Tomita 25'	Summary	Naruoka 16' Tanaka 37' Homma 90', 90'	Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Attendance: 12,883 Referee: Tomohiro Inoue

April 13, 2013 6	Vegalta Sendai	2 – 1	F.C. 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

April 20, 2013 7	Kawasaki Frontale	4 – 2	Vegalta Sendai	Kawasaki
13:03	Okubo 25' (53) Renato 28' (40) Saneto 62'	Summary	Ryang 49' Ishikawa 60'	Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 14,739 Referee: Kenji Ogiya

April 28, 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

May 29, 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

May 6, 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

May 11, 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

May 18, 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

May 25, 2013 13	Shimizu S-Pulse	2 – 0	Vegalta Sendai	Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka
14:04	Kawai 49' Yoshida 51' Senuma 81' Takagi 87'	Summary	Watanabe 86' Makoto Kakuda 76'	Stadium: Outsourcing Stadium Nihondaira Attendance: 12,642 Referee: Minoru Tojo

July 6, 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

July 10, 2013 15	Ōita 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

July 13, 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

July 17, 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

July 31, 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

August 3, 2013 19	Vegalta Sendai	2 – 1	Kawasaki Frontale	Sendai
19:04	Wilson 14' Ota 25' Matsushita 78' Muto 81'	Summary	Renato 72' Okubo 74'	Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Attendance: 14,365 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

August 10, 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

August 17, 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

August 24, 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

August 28, 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

August 31, 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

September 14, 2013 25	Vegalta Sendai	6 – 0	Ōita 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

September 21, 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

September 28, 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

October 5, 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

October 19, 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

October 26, 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

November 10, 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

November 23, 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

November 30, 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

December 7, 2013 34	F.C. 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

June 23, 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

June 30, 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

September 7, 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

October 13, 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
	Ota Ryang Kamata		Suzuki Hashimoto Yamamura Ishigami

November 16, 2013 Fourth Round	Shimizu S-Pulse	0 – 1	Vegalta Sendai	Shizuoka
13:00	Kawai 54'	Summary	Ryang 82'	Stadium: IAI Stadium

Quarterfinal

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

AFC Champions League

Group Stage


Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
FC Seoul	6	3	2	1	11	5	+6	11
Buriram United	6	1	4	1	6	6	0	7
Jiangsu Sainty	6	2	1	3	5	10	−5	7
Vegalta Sendai	6	1	3	2	5	6	−1	6

	BUR	SEO	JIA	SEN
Buriram United	—	0–0	2–0	1–1
FC Seoul	2–2	—	5–1	2–1
Jiangsu Sainty	2–0	0–2	—	0–0
Vegalta Sendai	1–1	1–0	1–2	—

Tiebreakers

Buriram United and Jiangsu Sainty are tied on head-to-head record, and so are ranked by overall goal difference.

References

↑ http://www.sbnation.com/2013/11/20/5128014/graham-arnold-vegalta-sendai

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