Vegalta Sendai

Vegalta Sendai (ベガルタ仙台, Begaruta Sendai) is a Japanese professional football club, currently playing in J2 League. The team is located in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture. Their home stadium is Yurtec Stadium Sendai, in Izumi-ku, Sendai, although a few home games have also been played at nearby Miyagi Stadium.

Vegalta Sendai
Full nameVegalta Sendai
Founded1988 (1988)
GroundYurtec Stadium Sendai
Izumi-ku, Sendai
Capacity19,694
ChairmanTomohiro Sasaki
ManagerMasato Harasaki
LeagueJ2 League
2021J1 League, 19th of 20 (relegated)
WebsiteClub website

History

Founded in 1988 as Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc. Soccer Club, Vegalta joined the J-League in 1999 after playing a few years in the JFL, with the nickname Brummell Sendai, to which they had been promoted in 1995 from the Tohoku Regional League. When joining the J-League, the name Vegalta was chosen as a homage to the famous Tanabata festival in Sendai. The names of the two celestial stars of the Tanabata legend, Vega and Altair were combined to form Vegalta.

They were first promoted to the top flight in 2002 but in the following season the team went back down the following season. They were promoted again for the 2010 season.

In 2011, despite the earthquake and tsunami, they achieved their highest position up to that time, 4th place in the top division. In 2012, despite leading the table for most of the season, Sanfrecce Hiroshima's challenge proved too strong, and losing the penultimate week game to relegation battler Albirex Niigata cost them the title, rendering them second-place winners, their highest position in history.

In 2018, the Vegalta reached vice place in the Emperor's Cup, losing the cup to the Urawa Reds.[1]

Supporters and rivalries

Like most football clubs, Sendai's fans are to be heard singing and dancing throughout the match; but, most of the songs used by fans of other clubs are eschewed in favor of a more eclectic set. The club's theme, sung before every game, is Take Me Home, Country Roads, while during the game altered lyrics are sung to the tunes of The Lambrusco Kid by the Toy Dolls, Blitzkrieg Bop, and other songs by KISS and Twisted Sister.

Michinoku derby

Vegalta's traditional rivals are Montedio Yamagata from Yamagata Prefecture. The two have been rivals since meeting in the Tohoku Football League in 1991.

Record
Champions Runners-up Third place Promoted Relegated
SeasonLeagueTierTeamsPos.WDLPtsAttendance
1995 JFL21615th902127
1996 166th1801256
1997 168th1501540
1998 167th1801243
1999 J22109th1042231134,462
2000 115th1921955177,967
2001 122nd2751283308,243
2002 J111613th1111832327,925
2003 1615th5101524325,621
2004 J22126th15141559356,359
2005 124th19111468350,544
2006 135th21141377346,868
2007 134th24131183352,432
2008 153rd1881670295,679
2009 181st32109106336,719
2010 J111814th1015939294,644
2011 184th1414656266,144
2012 182nd1512757282,200
2013 1813th11111245252,725
2014 1814th9141138257,949
2015 1814th917835234,442
2016 1812th1317443262,937
2017 1812th1115841250,677
2018 1811th1315645242,791
2019 1811th1251741254,503
2020 † 1817th610182836,113
2021 2019th5132028116,884
2022 J2222TBA
Key
  • Pos. = Position in league
  • Pts = Total Points gained
  • † 2020 season attendance reduced by COVID-19 worldwide pandemic
  • Attendance = Total home league attendance

Honours

Current players
As of 7 April 2022[3]

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 Yuma Obata
3 DF  JPN Naoya Fukumori
4 DF  JPN Koji Hachisuka
5 DF  JPN Masashi Wakasa
6 MF  ARG Leandro Desábato
8 MF  JPN Yoshiki Matsushita
9 FW  JPN Masato Nakayama
10 MF  PRK Ryang Yong-gi
13 DF  JPN Yasuhiro Hiraoka
14 MF  JPN Takayoshi Ishihara
15 FW  BRA Felippe Cardoso (on loan from Santos FC)
16 DF  JPN Kyohei Yoshino
17 MF  JPN Shingo Tomita
18 MF  JPN Ryoma Kida
19 FW  JPN Yusuke Minagawa
20 DF  KOR Kim Tae-hyeon (on loan from Ulsan Hyundai)
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 GK  JPN Kaito Ioka
22 GK  SRB Nedeljko Stojisic
23 GK  JPN Daichi Sugimoto
24 MF  JPN Kota Osone
25 DF  JPN Takumi Mase
26 MF  JPN Chihiro Kato
28 MF  JPN Takumi Nagura (on loan from V-Varen Nagasaki)
32 MF  JPN Hiromu Kamada
35 MF  BRA Foguinho
40 MF  JPN Ryota Kobayashi Type 2
41 DF  JPN Yuto Uchida
42 FW  JPN Cayman Togashi
43 DF  JPN Taiki Yamada Type 2
44 FW  JPN Motohiko Nakajima (on loan from Cerezo Osaka)
50 MF  JPN Yasushi Endo

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
31 DF  JPN Hayato Teruyama (on loan at FC Imabari)
— MF  JPN Yosuke Akiyama (on loan at JEF United Chiba)

Club staff
Position Staff
Head coach Masato Harasaki
Assistant coach Kentaro Yoshida
Kazuhiro Murakami
Keisuke Kaizaki
First Team coach Makoto Kakuda
Goalkeeper coach Tomoaki Ōgami
Physical coach Junichi Matsumoto
Athletic trainer Tomoki Okabe
Trainer Hiroaki Shibata
Physio Takuya Matsuda
Competent Shinya Naganuma
Side affairs Motoki Kanayama
Interpreter Asuka Takekoshi
Cha Geo-nin
Rodrigo Simões
Andrés Nakandakari Ferreyra

Manager history
ManagerNationalityTenure
Start dateFinish date
Takekazu Suzuki Japan1 July 199031 December 1995
Choei Sato Japan1996
Branko Elsner Slovenia1 February 199731 December 1997
Toshiya Miura Japan1 January 199831 January 1998
Takekazu Suzuki Japan1 February 199824 July 1999
Hidehiko Shimizu Japan27 July 199914 September 2003
Hajime Ishii Japan15 September 200320 September 2003
Zdenko Verdenik Slovenia21 September 200331 December 2004
Satoshi Tsunami Japan1 January 200530 November 2005
Joel Santana Brazil1 December 200531 December 2006
Tatsuya Mochizuki Japan1 January 200731 December 2007
Makoto Teguramori Japan1 February 200814 November 2013
Graham Arnold Australia14 November 20139 April 2014
Susumu Watanabe Japan10 April 201431 January 2020
Takashi Kiyama Japan1 February 202031 January 2021
Makoto Teguramori Japan1 February 202122 November 2021
Masato Harasaki Japan23 November 2021Current

Continental record
SeasonCompetitionRoundClubHomeAwayAggregate
2013 AFC Champions LeagueGroup E Buriram United1–11–14th
Jiangsu Sainty1–20–0
FC Seoul1–02–1

Kit evolution

Asian clubs ranking
As of 14 October 2018.[4]
Current RankCountryTeamPoints
66Al-Ahed SC1379
67Al-Nasr Dubai SC1377
68Vegalta Sendai1375
69Salgaocar FC1372
70Sagan Tosu1372

References
  1. "仙台、天皇杯準優勝は新時代の幕開け。渡邉体制6年目はサポーターの望むタイトル獲得へ". フットボールチャンネル (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2021-03-15. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
  2. "2009 J. League Division 2 League table[51st Sec]". Archived from the original on 2021-03-15. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
  3. "Team" (in Japanese). Vegalta Sendai. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  4. "Asia Football / Soccer Clubs Ranking". FootballDatabase.
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