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2012 Vegalta Sendai season

The 2012 Vegalta Sendai season was Vegalta Sendai's third consecutive season, and fifth overall, in J.League Division 1. They ended the season in second place, an all-time best finish for Sendai. Vegalta Sendai also competed in the 2012 Emperor's Cup and 2012 J.League Cup, finishing in the Third Round and the Quarterfinals respectively.

Vegalta Sendai
2012 season
ChairmanShirahata Yoichi
ManagerMakoto Teguramori
StadiumYurtec Stadium Sendai
J1 LeagueRunners-up
J.League CupQuarterfinals
Emperor's CupThird round
Top goalscorerLeague: Shingo Akamine
All: Shingo Akamine
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Competitions

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J.League

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Main article: 2012 J.League Division 1

League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima (C) 34 19 7 8 63 34 +29 64 Qualification to 2012 Club World Cup and 2013 Champions League
2 Vegalta Sendai 34 15 12 7 59 43 +16 57 Qualification to 2013 Champions League[a]
3 Urawa Red Diamonds 34 15 10 9 47 42 +5 55
4 Yokohama F. Marinos 34 13 14 7 44 33 +11 53
5 Sagan Tosu 34 15 8 11 48 39 +9 53
Updated to match(es) played on 1 December 2012. Source: J.League Division 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ The winners of the 2012 Emperor's Cup qualified for the group stage of the 2013 AFC Champions League.

Matches

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10 March 2012 1 Vegalta Sendai 1–0 Kashima Antlers Sendai
14:04 JST Kamata   12'
Kakuda   33'
Uemoto   62'		 (Report)   33' Alex
  49' Araiba
  58' Masuda		 Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai
Attendance: 18,250
Referee:   Hiroyuki Kimura
17 March 2012 2 Yokohama F. Marinos 0–2 Vegalta Sendai Yokohama
14:03 JST Ogura   64'
Iikura   90+7'		 (Report)   18' Kakuda
  43' Akamine
  44' Sugai
  90+8' Ota		 Stadium: Nissan Stadium
Attendance: 19,488
Referee:   Yoshiro Imamura
24 March 2012 3 Vegalta Sendai 4–1 Omiya Ardija Sendai
13:03 JST Sekiguchi   53'
Ota   54',   82'
Own-Goal   60'
Sugai   73'
Watanabe   84'		 (Report)   8' Cho
  50' Ueda		 Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai
Attendance: 11,831
Referee:   Minoru Tojo
31 March 2012 4 Cerezo Osaka 1–2 Vegalta Sendai Osaka
15:04 JST Kempes   12'
Bando   85'		 (Report)   15' Kakuda
  34' Wilson
  51' Akamine
  57' Tomita		 Stadium: KINCHO Stadium
Attendance: 9,598
Referee:   Nobutsugu Murakami
7 April 2012 5 Vegalta Sendai 2–2 Júbilo Iwata Sendai
14:03 JST Kakuda   43'
Wilson   62',   90+5'
Sekiguchi   75',   90+1'		 (Report)   1' Maeda
  58' Suganuma
  61',   79' Yamamoto
  86' Cho		 Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai
Attendance: 13,147
Referee:   Toshimitsu Yoshida
14 April 2012 6 Kashiwa Reysol 2–3 Vegalta Sendai Kashiwa
13:03 JST Fujita   36'
Leandro   55',   66',   85'   88'
Sakai   80'		 (Report)   2' Sugai
  15' Wilson
  34' Uemoto
  37' Ota
  56' Sekiguchi
  78' Akamine
  90+3' Uchiyama		 Stadium: Kashiwa Hitachi Stadium
Attendance: 12,318
Referee:   Kenji Ogiya
21 April 2012 7 Vegalta Sendai 4–0 FC Tokyo Sendai
19:04 JST Kakuda   20'
Kamata   37'
Akamine   45+3'
Uemoto   53'
Sekiguchi   58'
Wilson   75'
Ota   76'
Kamata   87'		 (Report)   45+2' Otake
  50' Ota
  72' Lucas
  75' Ranko Popović (Manager)		 Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai
Attendance: 17,192
Referee:   Minoru Tojo
28 April 2012 8 Albirex Niigata 0–1 Vegalta Sendai Niigata
16:03 JST Yano   45+1'
Bruno Lopes   63'   90'
Kikuchi   67'
Suzuki   88'
Homma   88'
Higashiguchi   88'		 (Report)   44' Park
  89' Wilson		 Stadium: Tohoku Denryoku Big Swan Stadium
Attendance: 24,637
Referee:   Futoshi Nakamura
3 May 2012 9 Sagan Tosu 1–1 Vegalta Sendai Tosu
16:04 JST Tozin   27'
Toyoda   57'
Kiyotake   70'		 (Report)   19' Tomita Stadium: Best Amenity Stadium
Attendance: 18,113
Referee:   Koichiro Fukushima
6 May 2012 10 Vegalta Sendai 0–1 Shimizu S-Pulse Sendai
13:04 JST (Report)   40',   53' Omae
  57'   68' Calvin Jong-a-Pin
  62' Takagi
  62' Kobayashi		 Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai
Attendance: 18,525
Referee:   Ryuji Sato
12 May 2012 11 Gamba Osaka 1–1 Vegalta Sendai Osaka
19:04 JST Paulinho   18'
Kurata   62'		 (Report)   16' Kamata
  64' Uemoto
  65' Tamura
  78' Akamine		 Stadium: Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium
Attendance: 15,253
Referee:   Yudai Yamamoto
19 May 2012 12 Vegalta Sendai 4–0 Nagoya Grampus Yurtec Stadium Sendai
18:33 JST Ryang   38'
Own Goal   45+4'
Kakuda   58'
Wilson   87'
Sugai   90'		 (Report)   37' Tanaka
  90+5' Masukawa		 Attendance: 16,317
Referee:   Masaaki Iemoto
26 May 2012 13 Kawasaki Frontale 3–2 Vegalta Sendai Todoroki Athletics Stadium
14:04 JST Kobayashi   20'
Noborizato   61'
Yajima   90+2'		 (Report)   24' Tomita
  54' Wilson
  85' Akamine		 Attendance: 16,058
Referee:   Takuya Maeda
16 June 2012 14 Vegalta Sendai 4–1 Consadole Sapporo Yurtec Stadium Sendai
13:30 JST Yangisawa   45+1', 47'
Wilson   56'   75'
Nakahara   72'
Sugai   81'		 Report Kamata   49' (o.g.)
Okayama   51'		 Attendance: 13,554
Referee:   Koichiro Fukushima
23 June 2012 15 Urawa Red Diamonds 0–0 Vegalta Sendai Saitama Stadium 2002
19:00 JST Ugajin   39' Report Attendance: 39,545
Referee:   Yuichi Nishimura
30 June 2012 16 Vegalta Sendai 2–2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima Yurtec Stadium Sendai
18:30 JST Wilson   11', 79'
Kakuda   69'		 Report Satō   45+3'
Chiba   55'
Morisaki   65'		 Attendance: 18,722
Referee:   Toshimitsu Yoshida
7 July 2012 17 Vissel Kobe 0–1 Vegalta Sendai Home's Stadium Kobe
19:00 JST Ogawa   48' Report Akamine   19'
Kamata   51'
Tomita   63'		 Attendance: 15,062
Referee:   Minoru Tojo
14 July 2012 18 Nagoya Grampus 0–0 Vegalta Sendai Mizuho Athletic Stadium
20:00 JST Fujimoto   32' Report Tamura   65' Attendance: 24,397
Referee:   Jumpei IIda
28 July 2012 19 Vegalta Sendai 1–1 Sagan Tosu Yurtec Stadium Sendai
19:30 JST Akamine   29'
Wilson   67'
Yanagisawa   90+2'		 Report Toyoda   14'
Isozaki   62'
Okamoto   81'
Yeo Sung-Hye   90+8'		 Attendance: 14,611
Referee:   Masaaki Iemoto
4 August 2012 20 Vegalta Sendai 2–2 Yokohama F. Marinos Yurtec Stadium Sendai
19:30 JST Uchiyama   7'   60'
Kamata   30'
Wilson   87' (pen.)		 Report Nakamura   66'
Kanai   71'
Ono   74'
Tomisawa   82'
Kurihara   86'		 Attendance: 17,935
Referee:   Hajime Matsuo
11 August 2012 21 Consadole Sapporo 2–1 Vegalta Sendai Sapporo Dome
15:00 JST Hidaka   79'
Watanabe   90+4' (o.g.)		 Report Watanabe   12' Attendance: 945
Referee:   Nobutsugu Murakami
18 August 2012 22 Vegalta Sendai 0–0 Kashiwa Reysol Yurtec Stadium Sendai
20:00 JST Matsushita   37' Summary Kudo   12' Attendance: 17,715
Referee:   Hiroyoshi Takayama
25 August 2012 23 Omiya Ardija 1–3 Vegalta Sendai NACK5 Stadium Omiya
20:00 JST Kataoka  
Hasegawa   25'  		 Summary Wilson   45'
Kamata   57'
Matsushita   90+3'		 Attendance: 11,993
Referee:   Masaaki Iemoto
1 September 2012 24 Vegalta Sendai 2–1 Kawasaki Frontale Yurtec Stadium Sendai
20:00 JST Akamine   45+1'
Tomita   50'
Tamura   56'
Ryang Yong-Gi   63'		 Summary Igawa   30'
Noborizato   32'
Renê Ferreira dos Santos   45'
Koya Kazama   52'
Tanaka   54'
Jeci   89'		 Attendance: 17,159
Referee:   Yoshiro Imamura
15 September 2012 25 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2–1 Vegalta Sendai Hiroshima Big Arch
19:00 Morisaki   48'
Chiba   65'
Takahagi   78'		 Kamata   27'
Tomita   45+3'
Sakurai   46'
Akamine   70'
Sugai   81'		 Attendance: 25,352
Referee:   Kenji Ogiya
22 September 2012 26 Vegalta Sendai 2–1 Vissel Kobe Yurtec Stadium Sendai
15:30 Akamine   42'
Kamata   90'		 Tashiro   19' Attendance: 15,509
Referee:   Nobutsugu Murakami
29 September 2012 27 Shimizu S-Pulse 3–1 Vegalta Sendai Outsourcing Stadium Nihondaira
14:00 Kim Hyun-Sung   56'   70', 90+2'
Lee Ki-Je   75'
Senuma   84'		 Summary Sugai   14'
Kamata   56'   60'
Akamine   63'
Matsushita   87'		 Attendance: 12,131
Referee:   Minoru Tojo
6 October 2012 28 Vegalta Sendai 2–1 Gamba Osaka Yurtec Stadium Sendai
20:00 Wilson   18'
Sugai   51'
Ryang Yong-Gi   76'
Nakahara   82'		 Summary Sato   62'
Paulinho   90'		 Attendance: 18,003
Referee:   Hiroyuki Kimura
20 October 2012 29 Vegalta Sendai 3–2 Urawa Red Diamonds Yurtec Stadium Sendai
14:00 Akamine   2'
Kakuda   35'
Tamura   47'
Wilson   62', 79'   88'		 Summary Marcio Richardes   33'   82'
Popó   39'
Makino   64'		 Attendance: 17,711
Referee:   Yudai Yamamoto
27 October 2012 30 Júbilo Iwata 1–1 Vegalta Sendai Yamaha Stadium
15:00 Fujita
Yamamoto   84'		 Summary Sugai   75'
Akamine   77'		 Attendance: 10,753
Referee:   Maasaki Toma
7 November 2012 31 Vegalta Sendai 1–1 Cerezo Osaka Yurtec Stadium Sendai
19:00 Sugai   90'
Watanabe   72'
Park   90+4'		 Summary Kakitani   55'
Kim   61'
Bando   88'		 Attendance: 17,493
Referee:   Kenji Ogiya
17 November 2012 32 Kashima Antlers 3–3 Vegalta Sendai Kashima Soccer Stadium
14:00 Koroki   30' (76)
Osako   47'
Nishi   21'
Ogasawara   39'		 Summary Akamine   12' (39)
Wilson   22'
Tamura   61'
Sugai   90+3'		 Attendance: 15,035
Referee:   Toshimitsu Yoshida
24 November 2012 33 Vegalta Sendai 0–1 Albirex Niigata Yurtec Stadium Sendai
14:30 Summary Kim   17'
Shubouchi   30'
Fitzgerald   66'
Homma   66'		 Attendance: 18,526
Referee:   Nobutsugu Murakami
1 December 2012 34 F.C. Tokyo 6–2 Vegalta Sendai Ajinomoto Stadium
15:30 Lucas Severino  8' (17)
Jang  49'
Watanabe  56'
Vucicevic  82' (90+2)		 Summary Akamine  35'
Muto  90+5'		 Attendance: 30,944
Referee:  Hajime Matsuo

J.League Cup

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Main article: 2012 J.League Cup
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Cerezo Osaka 6 4 0 2 15 7 +8 12
Vegalta Sendai 6 4 0 2 11 5 +6 12
Júbilo Iwata 6 4 0 2 10 11 −1 12
Urawa Red Diamonds 6 3 0 3 12 10 +2 9
Sagan Tosu 6 3 0 3 8 16 −8 9
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 6 1 1 4 8 11 −3 4
Kawasaki Frontale 6 1 1 4 7 11 −4 4
20 March 2012 Group A Urawa Red Diamonds 1–0 Vegalta Sendai Saitama
15:01 JST Nagata   49'
Špiranović   45+2'   81'
Takahashi   56'		 (Report)   42' Tamura
  65' Nakahara		 Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 23,076
Referee:   Takuto Okabe
4 April 2012 Group A Vegalta Sendai 2–0 Sagan Tosu Sendai
19:03 JST Matsushita   51'
Kakuda   62'
Akamine   90+1'		 (Report)   35' Tozin
  65' Yoon (Manager)		 Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai
Attendance: 7,236
Referee:   Tetsuro Yoshida
18 April 2012 Group A Kawasaki Frontale 3–1 Vegalta Sendai Kawasaki
19:00 JST Saneto   27'   54'
Tasaka   45+1'
Kobayashi   45+3',   57'		 (Report)   48' Tamura
  72' Muto
  90' Muto		 Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
Attendance: 8,186
Referee:   Hajime Matsuo
6 June 2012 Group A Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–3 Vegalta Sendai Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima
19:00 JST Shimizu   24' Report Nakahara   56', 76'
Wilson   65'		 Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch
Attendance: 7,234
Referee:   Minoru Tojo
9 June 2012 Group A Vegalta Sendai 1–0 Cerezo Osaka Sendai
17:00 JST Tamura   53'
Ryang Yong-Gi   63'		 Report Kempes   10' Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai
Attendance: 8,638
Referee:   Yoshiro Imamura
27 June 2012 Group A Vegalta Sendai 4–0 Júbilo Iwata Sendai
20:00 JST Ota   23'
Kakuda   40'
Wilson   56'
Akamine   69'
Watanabe   78'		 Report Yamamoto   53'
Fujita   90+5'		 Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai
Attendance: 9,865
Referee:   Hiroyuki Kimura

Quarter-finals

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25 July 2012 First leg Vegalta Sendai 2–2 F.C. Tokyo Sendai
19:04 JST Tamura   32',   42'
Kamata   44'
Wilson   50'
Watanabe   59'		 (Report)   16' Watanabe
  30' Ishikawa
  90+1' Kaga		 Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai
Attendance: 8,873
Referee:   Darren Deadman
8 August 2012 Second leg F.C. Tokyo 2–0
(4–2 agg.)		 Vegalta Sendai Tokyo
20:00 JST Tanabe   30'
Yazawa   42'
Ishikawa   81'
Watanabe   90+3'		 Report Wilson   37'
Uchiyama   51'
Kamata   62'
Park Ju-Sung   73'		 Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium
Attendance: 10,573
Referee:   Kenji Ogiya

Emperor's Cup

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8 September 2012 Round 2 Vegalta Sendai 1–0 Sony Sendai F.C. Sendai
13:00 Okuno   39' Summary Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai
10 October 2012 Round 3 Vegalta Sendai 1–2 (a.e.t.) Roasso Kumamoto Sendai
19:00 Watanabe   64' Report Saito   48'
Yabu   119'		 Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai
Attendance: 4,269
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

References

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