2012 Vegalta Sendai season

The 2012 Vegalta Sendai season was Vegalta Sendai's third consecutive season, and fifth overall, in J.League Division 1. They ended the season in second place, an all-time best finish for Sendai. Vegalta Sendai also competed in the 2012 Emperor's Cup and 2012 J.League Cup, finishing in the Third Round and the Quarterfinals respectively.

Vegalta Sendai
2012 season
ChairmanShirahata Yoichi
ManagerMakoto Teguramori
J.League Division 1Runners-up
Emperor's CupThird Round
J.League CupQuarterfinals
Top goalscorerLeague: Akamine
All: Akamine
Highest home attendance18,722
Lowest home attendance11,831
Average home league attendance17,638

Players

Competitions

J.League
Main article: 2012 J.League Division 1

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima (C) 34 19 7 8 63 34 +29 64 Qualification to 2012 Club World Cup and 2013 Champions League
2 Vegalta Sendai 34 15 12 7 59 43 +16 57 Qualification to 2013 Champions League[lower-alpha 1]
3 Urawa Red Diamonds 34 15 10 9 47 42 +5 55
4 Yokohama F. Marinos 34 13 14 7 44 33 +11 53
5 Sagan Tosu 34 15 8 11 48 39 +9 53
6 Kashiwa Reysol 34 15 7 12 57 52 +5 52 Qualification to 2013 Champions League[lower-alpha 1]
7 Nagoya Grampus 34 15 7 12 46 47 −1 52
8 Kawasaki Frontale 34 14 8 12 51 50 +1 50
9 Shimizu S-Pulse 34 14 7 13 39 40 −1 49
10 FC Tokyo 34 14 6 14 47 44 +3 48
11 Kashima Antlers 34 12 10 12 50 43 +7 46
12 Júbilo Iwata 34 13 7 14 57 53 +4 46
13 Omiya Ardija 34 11 11 12 38 45 −7 44
14 Cerezo Osaka 34 11 9 14 47 53 −6 42
15 Albirex Niigata 34 10 10 14 29 34 −5 40
16 Vissel Kobe (R) 34 11 6 17 41 50 −9 39 Relegation to 2013 J.League Division 2
17 Gamba Osaka (R) 34 9 11 14 67 65 +2 38
18 Consadole Sapporo (R) 34 4 2 28 25 88 −63 14
Updated to match(es) played on 1 December 2012. Source: J.League Division 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. The winners of the 2012 Emperor's Cup qualified for the group stage of the 2013 AFC Champions League.

Matches
10 March 2012 1Vegalta Sendai1 – 0Kashima AntlersSendai
14:04 JST Kamata  12'
Kakuda  33'
Uemoto  62'		 (Report)  33' Alex
 49' Araiba
 58' Masuda		 Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai
Attendance: 18,250
Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura
17 March 2012 2Yokohama F. Marinos0 – 2Vegalta SendaiYokohama
14:03 JST Ogura  64'
Iikura  90+7'		 (Report)  18' Kakuda
 43' Akamine
 44' Sugai
 90+8' Ota		 Stadium: Nissan Stadium
Attendance: 19,488
Referee: Yoshiro Imamura
24 March 2012 3Vegalta Sendai4 – 1Omiya ArdijaSendai
13:03 JST Sekiguchi  53'
Ota  54',  82'
Own-Goal  60'
Sugai  73'
Watanabe  84'		 (Report)  8' Cho
 50' Ueda		 Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai
Attendance: 11,831
Referee: Minoru Tojo
31 March 2012 4Cerezo Osaka1 – 2Vegalta SendaiOsaka
15:04 JST Kempes  12'
Bando  85'		 (Report)  15' Kakuda
 34' Wilson
 51' Akamine
 57' Tomita		 Stadium: KINCHO Stadium
Attendance: 9,598
Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami
7 April 2012 5Vegalta Sendai2 – 2Júbilo IwataSendai
14:03 JST Kakuda  43'
Wilson  62',  90+5'
Sekiguchi  75',  90+1'		 (Report)  1' Maeda
 58' Suganuma
 61',  79' Yamamoto
 86' Cho		 Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai
Attendance: 13,147
Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida
14 April 2012 6Kashiwa Reysol2 – 3Vegalta SendaiKashiwa
13:03 JST Fujita  36'
Leandro  55',  66',  85'  88'
Sakai  80'		 (Report)  2' Sugai
 15' Wilson
 34' Uemoto
 37' Ota
 56' Sekiguchi
 78' Akamine
 90+3' Uchiyama		 Stadium: Kashiwa Hitachi Stadium
Attendance: 12,318
Referee: Kenji Ogiya
21 April 2012 7Vegalta Sendai4 – 0FC TokyoSendai
19:04 JST Kakuda  20'
Kamata  37'
Akamine  45+3'
Uemoto  53'
Sekiguchi  58'
Wilson  75'
Ota  76'
Kamata  87'		 (Report)  45+2' Otake
 50' Ota
 72' Lucas
 75' Ranko Popović (Manager)		 Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai
Attendance: 17,192
Referee: Minoru Tojo
28 April 2012 8Albirex Niigata0 – 1Vegalta SendaiNiigata
16:03 JST Yano  45+1'
Bruno Lopes  63'  90'
Kikuchi  67'
Suzuki  88'
Homma  88'
Higashiguchi  88'		 (Report)  44' Park
 89' Wilson		 Stadium: Tohoku Denryoku Big Swan Stadium
Attendance: 24,637
Referee: Futoshi Nakamura
3 May 2012 9Sagan Tosu1 – 1Vegalta SendaiTosu
16:04 JST Tozin  27'
Toyoda  57'
Kiyotake  70'		 (Report)  19' Tomita Stadium: Best Amenity Stadium
Attendance: 18,113
Referee: Koichiro Fukushima
6 May 2012 10Vegalta Sendai0 – 1Shimizu S-PulseSendai
13:04 JST (Report)  40',  53' Omae
 57'  68' Calvin Jong-a-Pin
 62' Takagi
 62' Kobayashi		 Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai
Attendance: 18,525
Referee: Ryuji Sato
12 May 2012 11Gamba Osaka1 – 1Vegalta SendaiOsaka
19:04 JST Paulinho  18'
Kurata  62'		 (Report)  16' Kamata
 64' Uemoto
 65' Tamura
 78' Akamine		 Stadium: Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium
Attendance: 15,253
Referee: Yudai Yamamoto
19 May 2012 12Vegalta Sendai4 – 0Nagoya GrampusYurtec Stadium Sendai
18:33 JST Ryang  38'
Own Goal  45+4'
Kakuda  58'
Wilson  87'
Sugai  90'		 (Report)  37' Tanaka
 90+5' Masukawa		 Attendance: 16,317
Referee: Masaaki Iemoto
26 May 2012 13Kawasaki Frontale3 – 2Vegalta SendaiTodoroki Athletics Stadium
14:04 JST Kobayashi  20'
Noborizato  61'
Yajima  90+2'		 (Report)  24' Tomita
 54' Wilson
 85' Akamine		 Attendance: 16,058
Referee: Takuya Maeda
16 June 2012 14Vegalta Sendai4 – 1Consadole SapporoYurtec Stadium Sendai
13:30 JST Yangisawa  45+1', 47'
Wilson  56'  75'
Nakahara  72'
Sugai  81'		 Report Kamata  49' (o.g.)
Okayama  51'		 Attendance: 13,554
Referee: Koichiro Fukushima
23 June 2012 15Urawa Red Diamonds0 – 0Vegalta SendaiSaitama Stadium 2002
19:00 JST Ugajin  39' Report Attendance: 39,545
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura
30 June 2012 16Vegalta Sendai2 – 2Sanfrecce HiroshimaYurtec Stadium Sendai
18:30 JST Wilson  11', 79'
Kakuda  69'		 Report Satō  45+3'
Chiba  55'
Morisaki  65'		 Attendance: 18,722
Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida
7 July 2012 17Vissel Kobe0 – 1Vegalta SendaiHome's Stadium Kobe
19:00 JST Ogawa  48' Report Akamine  19'
Kamata  51'
Tomita  63'		 Attendance: 15,062
Referee: Minoru Tojo
14 July 2012 18Nagoya Grampus0 – 0Vegalta SendaiMizuho Athletic Stadium
20:00 JST Fujimoto  32' Report Tamura  65' Attendance: 24,397
Referee: Jumpei IIda
28 July 2012 19Vegalta Sendai1 – 1Sagan TosuYurtec Stadium Sendai
19:30 JST Akamine  29'
Wilson  67'
Yanagisawa  90+2'		 Report Toyoda  14'
Isozaki  62'
Okamoto  81'
Yeo Sung-Hye  90+8'		 Attendance: 14,611
Referee: Masaaki Iemoto
4 August 2012 20Vegalta Sendai2 – 2Yokohama F. MarinosYurtec Stadium Sendai
19:30 JST Uchiyama  7'  60'
Kamata  30'
Wilson  87' (pen.)		 Report Nakamura  66'
Kanai  71'
Ono  74'
Tomisawa  82'
Kurihara  86'		 Attendance: 17,935
Referee: Hajime Matsuo
11 August 2012 21Consadole Sapporo2 – 1Vegalta SendaiSapporo Dome
15:00 JST Hidaka  79'
Watanabe  90+4' (o.g.)		 Report Watanabe  12' Attendance: 945
Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami
18 August 2012 22Vegalta Sendai0 – 0Kashiwa ReysolYurtec Stadium Sendai
20:00 JST Matsushita  37' Summary Kudo  12' Attendance: 17,715
Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama
25 August 2012 23Omiya Ardija1 – 3Vegalta SendaiNACK5 Stadium Omiya
20:00 JST Kataoka
Hasegawa  25' 		Summary Wilson  45'
Kamata  57'
Matsushita  90+3'		 Attendance: 11,993
Referee: Masaaki Iemoto
1 September 2012 24Vegalta Sendai2 – 1Kawasaki FrontaleYurtec Stadium Sendai
20:00 JST Akamine  45+1'
Tomita  50'
Tamura  56'
Ryang Yong-Gi  63'		 Summary Igawa  30'
Noborizato  32'
Renê Ferreira dos Santos  45'
Koya Kazama  52'
Tanaka  54'
Jeci  89'		 Attendance: 17,159
Referee: Yoshiro Imamura
15 September 2012 25Sanfrecce Hiroshima2 – 1Vegalta SendaiHiroshima Big Arch
19:00 Morisaki  48'
Chiba  65'
Takahagi  78'		 Kamata  27'
Tomita  45+3'
Sakurai  46'
Akamine  70'
Sugai  81'		 Attendance: 25,352
Referee: Kenji Ogiya
22 September 2012 26Vegalta Sendai2 – 1Vissel KobeYurtec Stadium Sendai
15:30 Akamine  42'
Kamata  90'		 Tashiro  19' Attendance: 15,509
Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami
29 September 2012 27Shimizu S-Pulse3 – 1Vegalta SendaiOutsourcing Stadium Nihondaira
14:00 Kim Hyun-Sung  56'  70', 90+2'
Lee Ki-Je  75'
Senuma  84'		 Summary Sugai  14'
Kamata  56'  60'
Akamine  63'
Matsushita  87'		 Attendance: 12,131
Referee: Minoru Tojo
6 October 2012 28Vegalta Sendai2 – 1Gamba OsakaYurtec Stadium Sendai
20:00 Wilson  18'
Sugai  51'
Ryang Yong-Gi  76'
Nakahara  82'		 Summary Sato  62'
Paulinho  90'		 Attendance: 18,003
Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura
20 October 2012 29Vegalta Sendai3 – 2Urawa Red DiamondsYurtec Stadium Sendai
14:00 Akamine  2'
Kakuda  35'
Tamura  47'
Wilson  62', 79'  88'		 Summary Marcio Richardes  33'  82'
Popó  39'
Makino  64'		 Attendance: 17,711
Referee: Yudai Yamamoto
27 October 2012 30Júbilo Iwata1 – 1Vegalta SendaiYamaha Stadium
15:00 Fujita
Yamamoto  84'		 Summary Sugai  75'
Akamine  77'		 Attendance: 10,753
Referee: Maasaki Toma
7 November 2012 31Vegalta Sendai1 – 1Cerezo OsakaYurtec Stadium Sendai
19:00 Sugai  90'
Watanabe  72'
Park  90+4'		 Summary Kakitani  55'
Kim  61'
Bando 		Attendance: 17,493
Referee: Kenji Ogiya
17 November 2012 32Kashima Antlers3 – 3Vegalta SendaiKashima Soccer Stadium
14:00 Koroki  30' (76)
Osako  47'
Nishi  21'
Ogasawara  39'		 Summary Akamine  12' (39)
Wilson  22'
Tamura  61'
Sugai  90+3'		 Attendance: 15,035
Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida
24 November 2012 33Vegalta Sendai0 – 1Albirex NiigataYurtec Stadium Sendai
14:30 Summary Kim  17'
Shubouchi  30'
Fitzgerald  66'
Homma  66'		 Attendance: 18,526
Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami
1 December 2012 34F.C. Tokyo6 – 2Vegalta SendaiAjinomoto Stadium
15:30 Lucas Severino 8' (17)
Jang 49'
Watanabe 56'
Vucicevic 82' (90+2)		 Summary Akamine 35'
Muto 90+5'		 Attendance: 30,944
Referee: Hajime Matsuo

J.League Cup
Main article: 2012 J.League Cup
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Cerezo Osaka 6402157+812
Vegalta Sendai 6402115+612
Júbilo Iwata 64021011-112
Urawa Red Diamonds 63031210+29
Sagan Tosu 6303816−89
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 6114811-34
Kawasaki Frontale 6114711−44
20 March 2012 Group AUrawa Red Diamonds1 – 0Vegalta SendaiSaitama
15:01 JST Nagata  49'
Špiranović  45+2'  81'
Takahashi  56'		 (Report)  42' Tamura
 65' Nakahara		 Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 23,076
Referee: Takuto Okabe
4 April 2012 Group AVegalta Sendai2 – 0Sagan TosuSendai
19:03 JST Matsushita  51'
Kakuda  62'
Akamine  90+1'		 (Report)  35' Tozin
 65' Yoon (Manager)		 Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai
Attendance: 7,236
Referee: Tetsuro Yoshida
18 April 2012 Group AKawasaki Frontale3 – 1Vegalta SendaiKawasaki
19:00 JST Saneto  27'  54'
Tasaka  45+1'
Kobayashi  45+3',  57'		 (Report)  48' Tamura
 72' Muto
 90' Muto		 Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
Attendance: 8,186
Referee: Hajime Matsuo
6 June 2012 Group ASanfrecce Hiroshima1 – 3Vegalta SendaiAsaminami-ku, Hiroshima
19:00 JST Shimizu  24' Report Nakahara  56', 76'
Wilson  65'		 Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch
Attendance: 7,234
Referee: Minoru Tojo
9 June 2012 Group AVegalta Sendai1 – 0Cerezo OsakaSendai
17:00 JST Tamura  53'
Ryang Yong-Gi  63'		 Report Kempes  10' Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai
Attendance: 8,638
Referee: Yoshiro Imamura
27 June 2012 Group AVegalta Sendai4 – 0Júbilo IwataSendai
20:00 JST Ota  23'
Kakuda  40'
Wilson  56'
Akamine  69'
Watanabe  78'		 Report Yamamoto  53'
Fujita  90+5'		 Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai
Attendance: 9,865
Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

Quarter Finals
25 July 2012 First LegVegalta Sendai2 – 2F.C. TokyoSendai
19:04 JST Tamura  32',  42'
Kamata  44'
Wilson  50'
Watanabe  59'		 (Report)  16' Watanabe
 30' Ishikawa
 90+1' Kaga		 Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai
Attendance: 8,873
Referee: Darren Deadman
8 August 2012 Second LegF.C. Tokyo2 – 0
(4 – 2 agg.)		Vegalta SendaiTokyo
20:00 JST Tanabe  30'
Yazawa  42'
Ishikawa  81'
Watanabe  90+3'		 Report Wilson  37'
Uchiyama  51'
Kamata  62'
Park Ju-Sung  73'		 Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium
Attendance: 10,573
Referee: Kenji Ogiya

Emperor's Cup
8 September 2012 Round 2Vegalta Sendai1 – 0Sony Sendai F.C.Sendai
13:00 Okuno  39' Summary Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai
10 October 2012 Round 3Vegalta Sendai1 – 2 (a.e.t.)Roasso KumamotoSendai
19:00 Watanabe  64' Report Saito  48'
Yabu  119'		 Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai
Attendance: 4,269
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

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