2014 Vegalta Sendai season

The 2014 Vegalta Sendai season was Vegalta Sendai's fifth consecutive season and seventh season overall in J.League Division 1. Graham Arnold managed the team to start the season, but he parted ways with the club after taking just two points from the first six games. Arnold identified the advanced age of the Vegalta roster, with 17 players over the age of 30, as a factor in the team's poor performance and his split with management.[1] Susumu Watanabe,[2] a former assistant coach, succeeded Arnold as manager.[3]

Vegalta Sendai
2014 season
ChairmanShirahata Yoichi
ManagerGraham Arnold
Susumu Watanabe
StadiumYurtec Stadium
J.League Division 114th
Emperor's CupSecond round
J.League CupGroup stage
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2015 →

Current players

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As of 15 March 2014.

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 Koji Hachisuka
5 DF   JPN Naoki Ishikawa
6 DF   JPN Makoto Kakuda
8 MF   NZL Michael McGlinchey (on loan from Central Coast Mariners)
9 FW   JPN Takayuki Nakahara
10 MF   PRK Ryang Yong-Gi
11 MF   JPN Yoshiaki Ota
13 FW   JPN Atsushi Yanagisawa (captain)
14 MF   JPN Hayato Sasaki
15 MF   JPN Norio Suzuki
16 GK   USA Daniel Schmidt
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF   JPN Shingo Tomita
18 FW   BRA Wilson
19 FW   JPN Yuki Muto
20 MF   JPN Kohei Hattanda
21 GK   JPN Kentaro Seki
22 GK   AUS Danny Vukovic (on loan from Perth Glory)
23 DF   JPN Hiroshi Futami
24 FW   JPN Shingo Akamine
25 MF   JPN Naoki Sugai
26 MF   JPN Keita Fujimura
27 MF   JPN Takuya Takei
28 FW   JPN Hiroki Yamamoto
29 DF   JPN Taikai Uemoto
33 DF   JPN Hironori Ishikawa

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
MF   JPN Hiroaki Okuno (at V-Varen Nagasaki)

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 Qualification or relegation
12 Albirex Niigata 34 12 8 14 30 36 −6 44
13 Ventforet Kofu 34 9 14 11 27 31 −4 41
14 Vegalta Sendai 34 9 11 14 35 50 −15 38
15 Shimizu S-Pulse 34 10 6 18 42 60 −18 36
16 Omiya Ardija (R) 34 9 8 17 44 60 −16 35 Relegation to 2015 J2 League
Updated to match(es) played on 8 December 2014. Source: J.League Data
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Matches

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1 March 2014 1 Vegalta Sendai 1–2 Albirex Niigata Sendai
14:05 JST Tomita   52' Report Léo Silva   39' (pen.)
Roger Gaucho   89'
Stadium: Yurtec Stadium
Attendance: 15,852
Referee: Yudai Yamamoto
8 March 2014 2 Kashima Antlers 2–0 Vegalta Sendai Kashima
19:04 JST Endo   31', 90' Report Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 15,033
Referee: Minoru Tōjō
15 March 2014 3 Vegalta Sendai 0–0 Gamba Osaka Sendai
17:04 JST Report Stadium: Yurtec Stadium
Attendance: 13,380
Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami
23 March 2014 4 Omiya Ardija 4–0 Vegalta Sendai Ōmiya-ku
15:03 JST Watanabe   1'
Imai   45+1'
Ienaga   57' (pen.), 60'
Report Stadium: NACK5 Stadium Omiya
Attendance: 10,465
Referee: Ryuji Sato
29 March 2014 5 Vegalta Sendai 1–1 Ventforet Kofu Sendai
14:04 JST Kakuda   37' Report Aoyama   77' Stadium: Yurtec Stadium
Attendance: 11,144
Referee: Kazuyoshi Enomoto
6 April 2014 6 Urawa Red Diamonds 4–0 Vegalta Sendai Saitama
19:04 JST Lee   40', 66'
Ugajin   71'
Suzuki   80'
Report Stadium: Saitama Stadium
Attendance: 26,762
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura
12 April 2014 7 Yokohama F. Marinos 0–2 Vegalta Sendai Yokohama
14:04 JST Report Akamine   66', 81' Stadium: International Stadium Yokohama
Attendance: 19,181
Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura
19 April 2014 8 Vegalta Sendai 0–3 Sagan Tosu Sendai
14:04 JST Report Niwa   45'
Watanabe   59' (o.g.)
Hayasaka   90'
Stadium: Yurtec Stadium
Attendance: 11,413
Referee: Kenji Ogiya
26 April 2014 9 Shimizu S-Pulse 1–0 Vegalta Sendai Shizuoka
14:03 JST Kawai   63' Report Stadium: Outsourcing Stadium Nihondaira
Attendance: 11,188
Referee: Yudai Yamamoto
29 April 2014 10 Vegalta Sendai 0–0 Kawasaki Frontale Sendai
16:00 JST Kakuda   43'
Ryang Yong-gi   90+3'
Report Stadium: Yurtec Stadium
Attendance: 13,040
Referee: Ryuji Sato
3 May 2014 11 Tokushima Vortis 0–1 Vegalta Sendai Naruto, Tokushima
14:00 JST Tsuda   30'
Saito   77'
Fukumoto   87'
Summary Takei   29'
Kamata   37'
Akamine   40'
Stadium: Pocarisweat Stadium
Attendance: 9,686
Referee:   Hajime Matsuo
6 May 2014 12 Vegalta Sendai 4–3 Vissel Kobe Sendai
13:00 JST Kakuda   1'
Watanabe   20'
Wilson   55' (pen.)   57'
Kamata   69'
Ota   74'
Muto   76'
Summary Marquinhos   8'
Pedro Júnior   26'   59'
Ogawa   72'
Stadium: Yurtec Stadium
Attendance: 12,945
Referee:   Akihiko Ikeuchi
10 May 2014 13 Cerezo Osaka 0–1 Vegalta Sendai Osaka
16:00 JST Forlán   30'
Kačar   69'
Summary Kamata   31'
Ryang Yong-gi   83'
Stadium: Kincho Stadium
Attendance: 15,479
Referee:   Kenji Ogiya
18 May 2014 14 Vegalta Sendai 1–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima Sendai
13:00 JST Akamine   16' Summary Stadium: Yurtec Stadium
Attendance: 18,863
Referee:   Yuichi Nishimura
19 July 2014 15 Kashiwa Reysol 0–0 Vegalta Sendai Kashiwa, Chiba
20:00 JST Summary Stadium: Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 8,982
Referee:   Ryuji Sato
23 July 2014 16 Vegalta Sendai 3–3 Nagoya Grampus Sendai
19:00 JST Akamine   19'
Sugai   66'
Futami   82'
Summary Taguchi   58'
Córdoba   65'
Yano   71'
Leandro Domingues   90+2'
Stadium: Yurtec Stadium
Attendance: 13,302
Referee:   Toshimitsu Yoshida
27 July 2014 17 FC Tokyo 3–0 Vegalta Sendai Chōfu, Tokyo
18:30 JST Hirayama   18'
Kawano   34'
Takahashi   43'
Summary Wilson   20'
Ryang Yong-gi   72'
Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium
Attendance: 15,491
Referee:   Takuya Maeda
2 August 2014 18 Vegalta Sendai 2–2 Omiya Ardija Sendai
19:00 JST Ryang Yong-gi   5'
Ishikawa   66'
Summary Mrđa   14'
Kamata   72' (o.g.)
Stadium: Yurtec Stadium
Attendance: 14,931
Referee:   Futoshi Nakamura
9 August 2014 19 Ventforet Kofu 0–0 Vegalta Sendai Kōfu, Yamanashi
18:30 JST Summary Stadium: Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium
Attendance: 8,523
Referee:   Nobutsugu Murakami
16 August 2014 20 Vegalta Sendai 3–2 Shimizu S-Pulse Sendai
19:00 JST Muto   12'   21'
Uemoto   45+1'
Kakuda   50'
Kamata   77'
Ishikawa   90'
Summary Lee Ki-je   35'
Novaković   45+2'
Omae   49' (pen.)   87'
Sugiyama   56'
Takagi   82'  
Stadium: Yurtec Stadium
Attendance: 14,252
Referee:   Maasaki Iemoto
23 August 2014 21 Vissel Kobe 2–1 Vegalta Sendai Kobe
19:00 JST Pedro Júnior   52'
Iwanami   67'
Summary Kamata   36'   88'
Uemoto   55'
Stadium: Kobe City Misaki Park Stadium
Attendance: 13,329
Referee:   Yuichi Nishimura
30 August 2014 22 Vegalta Sendai 1–2 Yokohama F. Marinos Sendai
19:00 JST Sugai   31'
Wilson   55'
Summary Kurihara   18'
Shimohira   90+3'
Stadium: Yurtec Stadium
Attendance: 17,468
Referee:   Ryuji Sato
13 September 2014 23 Albirex Niigata 1–0 Vegalta Sendai Niigata
19:00 Tanaka   31'
Léo Silva   77'   90'
Summary Takei   34' Stadium: Denka Big Swan Stadium
Attendance: 23,981
Referee:   Yoshiro Imamura
20 September 2014 24 Sagan Tosu 2–1 Vegalta Sendai Tosu, Saga
19:00 Sakai   48'
Niwa   59'
Toyoda   71'
Mizunuma   84'
Summary Kamata   6'
Akamine   89'
Stadium: Tosu Stadium
Attendance: 10,231
Referee:   Jumpei Iida
23 September 2014 25 Vegalta Sendai 0–1 Kashima Antlers Sendai
14:00 Ota   28'
Wilson   67'
Summary Davi   35'
Ogasawara   39'
Doi   44'
Stadium: Yurtec Stadium
Attendance: 17,006
Referee:   Takuto Okabe
27 September 2014 26 Kawasaki Frontale 1–1 Vegalta Sendai Kawasaki, Kanagawa
20:00 Paulinho   24'
Nakamura   68'
Tanaka   84'
Morishima   90'
Summary Wilson   42' Stadium: Todoroki Athletics Stadium
Attendance: 18,127
Referee:   Kazuyoshi Enomoto
5 October 2014 27 Vegalta Sendai 1–0 FC Tokyo Sendai
15:30 Sugai   50'
Akamine   75'
Ishikawa   90'
Summary Morishige   27'
Edu   77'  
Stadium: Yurtec Stadium
Attendance: 13,699
Referee:   Yosuke Kubota

J.League Cup

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19 March 2014 Group stage Shimizu S-Pulse 4–0 Vegalta Sendai Shizuoka
19:04 JST Nagasawa   21'
Omae   32'
Novaković   68', 74'
Report Stadium: Outsourcing Stadium Nihondaira
Attendance: 5,291
Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida
2 April 2014 Group stage Vegalta Sendai 1–1 FC Tokyo Sendai
19:03 JST Kamata   62' Report Edu   77' (pen.) Stadium: Yurtec Stadium
Attendance: 7,094
Referee: David Coote
16 April 2014 Group stage Vegalta Sendai 1–2 Kashima Antlers Sendai
19:00 JST Muto   60' Report Nozawa   41'
Akasaki   83'
Stadium: Yurtec Stadium
Attendance: 7,583
Referee: Takuya Maeda
24 May 2014 Group stage Sagan Tosu 2–0 Vegalta Sendai Saga Athletic Stadium, Saga
15:00 Taniguchi   32' (pen.)
Kiyotake   57'
Attendance: 4,097
Referee: Futoshi Nakamura
28 May 2014 Group stage Vegalta Sendai 1–0 Gamba Osaka Yurtec Stadium Sendai, Sendai
19:03 Akamine   66' Attendance: 7,965
Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura
1 June 2014 Group stage Vissel Kobe 2–1 Vegalta Sendai Noevir Stadium Kobe, Hyōgo-ku, Kobe
Sunday 15:00 Morioka   1'
Pedro Jùnior   90+3'
Fujimura   37' Attendance: 11,044
Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami

Emperor's Cup

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12 July 2014 Round 2 Vegalta Sendai 1–2 Nara Club Izumi-ku, Sendai
21:00 Yangisawa   33' Report Yusuke Ono   75'
Okayama   88'
Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai
Attendance: 3,672
Referee:   Hajime Matsuo

Statistics

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Appearances and goals

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As of match played 29 April 2014.
No. Pos Nat Player Total J-League J-League Cup Emperor's Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   JPN Shigeru Sakurai 1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF   JPN Jiro Kamata 11 1 8+0 0 3+0 1 0+0 0
3 DF   JPN Kodai Watanabe 12 0 9+0 0 3+0 0 0+0 0
4 DF   JPN Koji Hachisuka 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
5 DF   JPN Naoki Ishikawa 12 0 10+0 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
6 DF   JPN Makoto Kakuda 7 1 6+0 1 1+0 0 0+0 0
8 MF   NZL Michael McGlinchey 9 0 2+4 0 2+1 0 0+0 0
9 FW   JPN Takayuki Nakahara 2 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
10 MF   PRK Ryang Yong-Gi 12 0 10+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
11 MF   JPN Yoshiaki Ota 12 0 9+1 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
13 FW   JPN Atsushi Yanagisawa 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
14 MF   JPN Hayato Sasaki 5 0 1+2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
15 DF   JPN Norio Suzuki 4 0 0+2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
16 GK   USA Daniel Schmidt 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
17 MF   JPN Shingo Tomita 13 1 10+0 1 2+1 0 0+0 0
18 FW   BRA Wilson 9 0 8+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
19 FW   JPN Yuki Muto 12 1 4+5 0 3+0 1 0+0 0
20 MF   JPN Kohei Hattanda 1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
21 GK   JPN Kentaro Seki 10 0 10+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
22 GK   AUS Danny Vukovic 2 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
23 DF   JPN Hiroshi Futami 7 0 5+0 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
24 FW   JPN Shingo Akamine 11 2 5+4 2 2+0 0 0+0 0
25 MF   JPN Naoki Sugai 8 0 8+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
26 MF   JPN Keita Fujimura 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
27 MF   JPN Takuya Takei 8 0 2+3 0 2+1 0 0+0 0
28 FW   JPN Hiroki Yamamoto 4 0 0+2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0
29 DF   JPN Taikai Uemoto 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
33 DF   JPN Hironori Ishikawa 3 0 1+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0

Honours

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J.League Monthly MVP

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Month J1
Player Source
May Shingo Akamine [4]

References

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  1. ^ "Arnold sets the record straight". theworldgame.sbs.com.au. Archived from the original on 11 April 2014. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  2. ^ "Susumu Watanabe", Wikipedia, 31 October 2021, retrieved 19 April 2022
  3. ^ "Arnie was on a hiding to nothing". theworldgame.sbs.com.au. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  4. ^ "J1受賞者 ベガルタ仙台 赤嶺 真吾:Jリーグ 5月度MVP". 13 November 2022.