2014 Vegalta Sendai season

Vegalta Sendai
2014 season
Chairman	Shirahata Yoichi
Manager	Susumu Watanabe
Stadium	Yurtec Stadium
J. League Division 1	17th
J. League Cup	Group stage
Home colours	Away colours

The 2014 Vegalta Sendai season is 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, a former assistant coach, succeeded Arnold as manager.^[2]

Current players

As of March 15, 2014.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Shigeru Sakurai
2	DF	Jiro Kamata
3	DF	Kodai Watanabe
4	DF	Koji Hachisuka
5	DF	Naoki Ishikawa
6	DF	Makoto Kakuda
8	MF	Michael McGlinchey (on loan from Central Coast Mariners)
9	FW	Takayuki Nakahara
10	MF	Ryang Yong-Gi
11	MF	Yoshiaki Ota
13	FW	Atsushi Yanagisawa (captain)
14	MF	Hayato Sasaki
15	MF	Norio Suzuki
16	GK	Daniel Schmidt

No.	Position	Player
17	MF	Shingo Tomita
18	FW	Wilson
19	FW	Yuki Muto
20	MF	Kohei Hattanda
21	GK	Kentaro Seki
22	GK	Danny Vukovic (on loan from Perth Glory)
23	DF	Hiroshi Futami
24	FW	Shingo Akamine
25	MF	Naoki Sugai
26	MF	Keita Fujimura
27	MF	Takuya Takei
28	FW	Hiroki Yamamoto
29	DF	Taikai Uemoto
33	DF	Hironori Ishikawa

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Hiroaki Okuno (at V-Varen Nagasaki)

Competitions

J. League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Gamba Osaka (C)	34	19	6	9	59	31	+28	63	Qualification for 2015 AFC Champions League Group stage^{[lower-alpha 1]}
2	Urawa Red Diamonds	34	18	8	8	52	32	+20	62
3	Kashima Antlers	34	18	6	10	64	39	+25	60
4	Kashiwa Reysol	34	17	9	8	48	40	+8	60	Qualification for 2015 AFC Champions League Third qualifying round^{[lower-alpha 1]}
5	Sagan Tosu	34	19	3	12	41	33	+8	60
6	Kawasaki Frontale	34	16	7	11	56	43	+13	55
7	Yokohama F. Marinos	34	14	9	11	37	29	+8	51
8	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	34	13	11	10	44	37	+7	50
9	FC Tokyo	34	12	12	10	47	33	+14	48
10	Nagoya Grampus	34	13	9	12	47	48	−1	48
11	Vissel Kobe	34	11	12	11	49	50	−1	45
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
17	Cerezo Osaka (R)	34	7	10	17	36	48	−12	31
18	Tokushima Vortis (R)	34	3	5	26	16	74	−58	14

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.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

1 2 Because Gamba Osaka won the 2014 Emperor's Cup, the group stage spot has been given to third-placed Kashima Antlers, while ACL qualification spot has been awarded to the fourth-placed Kashiwa Reysol.

Matches

March 1, 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

March 8, 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

March 15, 2014 3	Vegalta Sendai	0 – 0	Gamba Osaka	Sendai
17:04 JST		Report		Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Attendance: 13,380 Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami

March 23, 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

March 29, 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

April 6, 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

April 12, 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

April 19, 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

April 26, 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

April 29, 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	F.C. 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', 87'	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, 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	F.C. Tokyo	Sendai
15:30	Sugai 50' Akamine 75' Ishikawa 90'	Summary	Morishige 27' Edu 77', 80'	Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Attendance: 13,699 Referee: Yosuke Kubota

18 October 2014 28	Vegalta Sendai	v	Urawa Red Diamonds	Sendai
14:00				Stadium: Yurtec Stadium

J. League Cup

March 19, 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

April 2, 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

April 16, 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

Emperor's Cup

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

Appearances and goals

As of match played April 29, 2014.

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

References

↑ "Arnold sets the record straight". theworldgame.sbs.com.au. Retrieved 2014-05-09.
↑ "Arnie was on a hiding to nothing". theworldgame.sbs.com.au. Retrieved 2014-05-09.

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[table_note_res_GS0.61311720107362-3] 1 2 Because Gamba Osaka won the 2014 Emperor's Cup, the group stage spot has been given to third-placed Kashima Antlers, while ACL qualification spot has been awarded to the fourth-placed Kashiwa Reysol.

[1] "Arnold sets the record straight". theworldgame.sbs.com.au. Retrieved 2014-05-09.

[2] "Arnie was on a hiding to nothing". theworldgame.sbs.com.au. Retrieved 2014-05-09.

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