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

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. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Japan JPN Shigeru Sakurai
2 DF Japan JPN Jiro Kamata
3 DF Japan JPN Kodai Watanabe
4 DF Japan JPN Toshio Shimakawa
5 DF Japan JPN Naoki Ishikawa
6 DF Japan JPN Makoto Kakuda
7 MF Japan JPN Hiroaki Okuno
8 MF Japan JPN Toshihiro Matsushita
9 FW Japan JPN Takayuki Nakahara
10 MF North Korea PRK Ryang Yong-Gi
11 MF Japan JPN Yoshiaki Ota
13 FW Japan JPN Atsushi Yanagisawa
14 MF Japan JPN Hayato Sasaki
15 MF Brazil BRA Heberty
16 GK Japan JPN Takuto Hayashi
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF Japan JPN Shingo Tomita
18 FW Brazil BRA Wilson
19 FW Japan JPN Yuki Muto
20 DF Japan JPN Takuya Wada
21 GK Japan JPN Yosuke Abe
22 GK Japan JPN Kei Ishikawa
23 MF Japan JPN Naoya Tamura
24 FW Japan JPN Shingo Akamine
25 MF Japan JPN Naoki Sugai
26 MF Japan JPN Keita Fujimura
27 MF Brazil BRA Diogo
28 DF Japan JPN Koji Hachisuka
29 DF Japan JPN Taikai Uemoto
30 MF Japan JPN 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. Pos. Nation Player
— GK Japan JPN Kentaro Seki (to Yokohama FC)
— MF Japan JPN Yoshiki Takahashi (to Sagan Tosu)
— FW Japan JPN Yuki Nakashima (to Montedio Yamagata)

2013 Season Transfers
Main article: List of Japanese football transfers winter 2012–13

Competitions

J.League
Main article: 2013 J.League Division 1

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
March 2, 2013 1 Vegalta Sendai 1 – 1 Ventforet Kofu Sendai
14:06 WadaYellow card 3'
Watanabe 49'		 Summary Sho SasakiYellow card 55'
Hugo 72'		 Stadium: Yurtec Stadium
Attendance: 16,353
Referee: JapanKenji 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: JapanYuichi Nishimura
March 16, 2013 3 Vegalta Sendai 2 – 1 Kashiwa Reysol Sendai
14:04 Matsushita 5'Yellow card 28'
HachisukaYellow card 25'
Wilson 86'		 Summary KondoYellow card 43'
Domingues 52'
TanaguchiYellow card 89'		 Stadium: Yurtec Stadium
Attendance: 13,232
Referee: JapanNobutsugu Murakami
March 30, 2013 4 Cerezo Osaka 1 – 1 Vegalta Sendai Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka
13:04 Kakitani 51'
AraibaYellow card 73'		 Summary (o.g.)
WilsonYellow card 43'
KamataYellow card 68'		 Stadium: Osaka Nagai Stadium
Attendance: 13,721
Referee: JapanYudai Yamamoto
April 6, 2013 5 Vegalta Sendai 0 – 1 Albirex Niigata Sendai
14:04 TomitaYellow card 25' Summary Naruoka 16'
TanakaYellow card 37'
Homma		 Stadium: Yurtec Stadium
Attendance: 12,883
Referee: JapanTomohiro Inoue
April 13, 2013 6 Vegalta Sendai 2 – 1 FC Tokyo Sendai
14:04 SugaiYellow card 37'
Kakuda 47'
Wilson 60'
KamataYellow card 60'		 Summary Lee 79'
KagaYellow card 90+1'		 Stadium: Yurtec Stadium
Attendance: 13,655
Referee: JapanMinoru Tojo
April 20, 2013 7 Kawasaki Frontale 4 – 2 Vegalta Sendai Kawasaki
13:03 Ōkubo 25' (53)
Renato 28' (40)
SanetoYellow card 62'		 Summary Ryang 49'
Ishikawa 60'		 Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
Attendance: 14,739
Referee: JapanKenji Ogiya
April 28, 2013 8 Vegalta Sendai 1 – 1 Sagan Tosu Sendai
16:04 KakudaYellow card 13'
Akamine 54'
TamuraYellow card 72'
WatanabeYellow card 90'		 Summary Fujita 15'Yellow card 90' Stadium: Yurtec Stadium
Attendance: 14,359
Referee: JapanYuichi Nishimura
May 29, 2013 9 Urawa Reds 1 – 1 Vegalta Sendai Saitama
19:34 Abe 80' Summary KamataYellow card 58'
Ota 88'		 Stadium: Saitama Stadium
Attendance: 24,184
Referee: JapanHiroyoshi Takayama
May 6, 2013 10 Nagoya Grampus 0 – 2 Vegalta Sendai Toyota
19:03 Summary Kakuda 28'
Yanagisawa 58'
TomitaYellow card 78'
NakaharaYellow card 90+3'		 Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 12,075
Referee: JapanJumpei Iida
May 11, 2013 11 Vegalta Sendai 2 – 1 Omiya Ardija Sendai
14,327 Akamine 7'
KakudaYellow card 15'
KamataYellow card 30'
Wilson 44'		 Summary NovakovićYellow card 33'
KanazawaYellow card 64'
Ljubijankić 65'
AokiYellow card 90+1'		 Stadium: Yurtec Stadium
Attendance: 14,327
Referee: JapanFutoshi Nakamura
May 18, 2013 12 Yokohama F. Marinos 0 – 0 Vegalta Sendai Yokohama
23,083 HyodoYellow card 44'
KobayashiYellow card 45'
DutraYellow card 58'		 Summary KakudaYellow card 30'
TamuraYellow card 45'		 Stadium: Nissan Stadium
Attendance: 23,083
Referee: JapanKoichiro Fukushima
May 25, 2013 13 Shimizu S-Pulse 2 – 0 Vegalta Sendai Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka
14:04 Kawai 49'
YoshidaYellow card 51'
SenumaYellow card 81'
Takagi 87'		 Summary WatanabeYellow card 86'
Makoto KakudaYellow card 76'		 Stadium: Outsourcing Stadium Nihondaira
Attendance: 12,642
Referee: JapanMinoru Tojo
July 6, 2013 14 Vegalta Sendai 0 – 0 Shonan Bellmare Sendai
19:03 TomitaYellow card 78' Summary OtsukiYellow card 22'
HanYellow card 24'
KamataYellow card 88'		 Stadium: Yurtec Stadium
Attendance: 13,470
Referee: JapanNobutsugu Murakami
July 10, 2013 15 Oita Trinita 0 – 1 Vegalta Sendai Ōita
19:05 MatsudaYellow card 24'
ChoiYellow card 56'
DaikiYellow card 72'		 Summary Sugai 43'
MutoYellow card 90+1'		 Stadium: Ōita Bank Dome
Attendance: 7,067
Referee: JapanKoichiro Fukushima
July 13, 2013 16 Vegalta Sendai 1 – 1 Júbilo Iwata Sendai
19:04 Kakuda 89' Summary Maeda 51'
KomanoYellow card 71'
KawaguchiYellow card 86'		 Stadium: Yurtec Stadium
Attendance: 14,318
Referee: JapanKenji Ogiya
July 17, 2013 17 Vegalta Sendai 0 – 2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima Sendai
19:04 KamataYellow card 70'
KakudaYellow card 86'		 Summary Ishihara 12'Yellow card 18'
Sato 13'
MizumotoYellow card 45+1'		 Stadium: Yurtec Stadium
Attendance: 11,755
Referee: JapanJumpei Iida
July 31, 2013 18 Ventforet Kofu 0 – 1 Vegalta Sendai Kōfu
8,773 FukudaYellow card 17'
AoyamaYellow card 46'		 Summary Wilson 22'
KamataYellow card 60'
HachisukaYellow card 89'		 Stadium: Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium
Attendance: 8,773
Referee: JapanMasaaki Iemoto
August 3, 2013 19 Vegalta Sendai 2 – 1 Kawasaki Frontale Sendai
19:04 Wilson 14'
OtaYellow card 25'
Matsushita 78'
MutoYellow card 81'		 Summary Renato 72'
ŌkuboYellow card 74'		 Stadium: Yurtec Stadium
Attendance: 14,365
Referee: JapanHiroyuki Kimura
August 10, 2013 20 Vegalta Sendai 2 – 1 Kashima Antlers Sendai
19:04 Yanagisawa 55'
Heberty 81'		 Summary NishiYellow card 18'
Nakamura 23'		 Stadium: Yurtec Stadium
Attendance: 17,892
Referee: JapanMinoru Tojo
August 17, 2013 21 Kashiwa Reysol 0 – 0 Vegalta Sendai Kashiwa
19:03 FujitaYellow card 31'
KudoYellow card 73'		 Summary HebertyYellow card 63' Stadium: Hitachi Kashiwa Stadium
Attendance: 11,838
Referee: JapanToshimitsu Yoshida
August 24, 2013 22 Sagan Tosu 1 – 0 Vegalta Sendai Tosu
19:04 Mizunuma 26'
NilsonYellow card 90+5'		 Summary KamataYellow card 73' Stadium: Best Amenity Stadium
Attendance: 9,266
Referee: JapanNobutsugu 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: JapanKoichiro Fukushima
August 31, 2013 24 Shonan Bellmare 3 – 2 Vegalta Sendai Hiratsuka
19:04 Shimamura 32' (58)
Wellington 64'
OnoYellow card 82'
NagakiYellow card 83'
StevoYellow card 90'		 Summary Wilson 37' (84) Stadium: Shonan BMW Stadium
Attendance: 11,188
Referee: JapanMasaaki Iemoto
September 14, 2013 25 Vegalta Sendai 6 – 0 Oita Trinita Sendai
19:04 Kakuda 5' (65)
Ryang 30'
Yanagisawa 53'
Ishikawa 61'
Wilson 82'		 Summary TokitaYellow card 25'
MatsubaraYellow card 48'
SakataYellow card 64'		 Stadium: Yurtec Stadium
Attendance: 13,411
Referee: JapanRyuji Sato
September 21, 2013 26 Omiya Ardija 0 – 2 Vegalta Sendai Saitama
16:04 WadaYellow card 10' Summary Ishikawa 53'
Ryang 73'Yellow card 90+1'		 Stadium: NACK5 Stadium Omiya
Attendance: 11,185
Referee: JapanHiroyuki Kimura
September 28, 2013 27 Vegalta Sendai 0 – 0 Yokohama F. Marinos Sendai
13:04 Summary TomisawaYellow card 18'
HanatoYellow card 88'		 Stadium: Yurtec Stadium
Attendance: 17,849
Referee: JapanJumpei Iida
October 5, 2013 28 Júbilo Iwata 1 – 1 Vegalta Sendai Iwata
15:04 AbeYellow card 35'
Maeda 75'
CarlinhosYellow card 90+1'		 Summary Sugai 63'
KamataYellow card 72'		 Stadium: Yamaha Stadium
Attendance: 8,218
Referee: JapanToshimitsu Yoshida
October 19, 2013 29 Vegalta Sendai 2 – 1 Nagoya Grampus Sendai
14:04 Wilson 48'Yellow card 76' 90+3' Summary Tamada 56'
IsomuraYellow card 90+3'		 Stadium: Yurtec Stadium
Attendance: 15,178
Referee: JapanKoichiro Fukushima
October 26, 2013 30 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1 – 0 Vegalta Sendai Hiroshima
16:04 Ishihara 84' Summary MatsushitaYellow card 24' Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch
Attendance: 17,184
Referee: JapanFutoshi Nakamura
November 10, 2013 31 Vegalta Sendai 3 – 3 Urawa Red Diamonds Sendai
19:05 Wilson 2'
WatanabeYellow card 29'
Akamine 47'Yellow card 54'
Ishikawa 90+2'		 Summary Umesaki 6'
MakinoYellow card 23'
Koroki 31' (59)
KorokiYellow card 90'		 Stadium: Miyagi Stadium
Attendance: 17,183
Referee: JapanJumpei 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: JapanHajime Matsuo
November 30, 2013 33 Vegalta Sendai 1 – 2 Shimizu S-Pulse Sendai
17:04 HachisukaYellow card 5'
Wilson 54'		 Summary Ito 15'
Radoncic 34'
SugiyamaYellow card 75'
OmaeYellow card 90+3'
KushibikiYellow card 90+5'		 Stadium: Yurtec Stadium
Attendance: 17,394
Referee: JapanYudai Yamamoto
December 7, 2013 34 FC Tokyo 2 – 0 Vegalta Sendai Chofu
15:33 VucicevicYellow card 39'
Lucas 53'
TakahashiYellow card 70'Hirayama 90+2'		 Summary WatanabeYellow card 55'
RyangYellow card 80'		 Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium
Attendance: 27,583
Referee: JapanFutoshi Nakamura

J.League Cup
Main article: 2013 J.League Cup

Quarterfinal
June 23, 2013 First Leg Kawasaki Frontale 2 – 1 Vegalta Sendai Kawasaki
18:00 JST Kobayashi 36'
TanakaYellow card 38'
Renato 77'Yellow card 78'		 Summary SugaiYellow card 21'
HachisukaYellow card 60'Matsushita 90+3'		 Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
Attendance: 10,711
Referee: Japan 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: JapanRyuji Sato

Emperor's Cup
Main article: 2013 Emperor's Cup
September 7, 2013 Second Round Vegalta Sendai 3 – 0 Blaublitz Akita Sendai
15:00 Sasaki 1'
Akamine 63'
Matsushita 82'		 Summary KumabayashiYellow card 29'
ShinzatoYellow card 49'
HandaYellow card 71'		 Stadium: Yurtec
Attendance: 3,377
Referee: JapanYoshiro Imamura
October 13, 2013 Third Round Vegalta Sendai 1 – 1 (a.e.t.)
(3–1 p)		 Mito HollyHock Sendai
13:00 Akamine 15'Yellow card 86' Summary Hosokawa 9'Yellow card 45+1'
SuzukiYellow card 90+4'		 Stadium: Yurtec
Attendance: 6,053
Referee: JapanTakuto Okabe
Penalties
November 16, 2013 Fourth Round Shimizu S-Pulse 0 – 1 Vegalta Sendai Shizuoka
13:00 KawaiYellow card 54' Summary Ryang 82' Stadium: IAI Stadium

Quarterfinal
December 22, 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
Main article: 2013 AFC Champions League

Group stage
Main article: 2013 AFC Champions League group stage § Group E

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 South Korea FC Seoul 6 3 2 1 11 5 +6 11 Advance to knockout stage
2 Thailand Buriram United 6 1 4 1 6 6 0 7
3 China Jiangsu Sainty 6 2 1 3 5 10 −5 7
4 Japan Vegalta Sendai 6 1 3 2 5 6 −1 6
Source:

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