2013 Vegalta Sendai season

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]

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
← 2012
2014 →

Players

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As of 5 March 2013 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 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

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. 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

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Competitions

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J.League

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League table

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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

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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
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
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

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Quarterfinal

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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

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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

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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

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Group stage

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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: [citation needed]
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

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