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Vegalta Sendai

Vegalta Sendai (ベガルタ仙台, Begaruta Sendai) is a Japanese professional football club based in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture. They currently play in J2 League, the Japanese second tier of professional football.

Vegalta Sendai
ベガルタ仙台
Full nameVegalta Sendai
Founded1988; 36 years ago (1988)
GroundYurtec Stadium Sendai
Izumi-ku, Sendai
Capacity19,694
ChairmanHideki Itabashi
ManagerYoshiro Moriyama[1]
LeagueJ2 League
2023J2 League, 16th of 22
WebsiteClub website
Current season

History edit

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.[2]

They were first promoted to the top flight in 2002, but 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.[3]

After twelve years spent at the J1 League, Vegalta returned to the J2 on 2022, after being relegated from the J1 on 2021. After finishing on 7th place at the 2022 J2 League, the club was not able to even play the promotion play-offs. Vegalta will play then, their 2nd consecutive season in the J2 on 2023. Ryang Yong-gi, a symbol of Sendai, retired at the end of the 2023 season.

From 2024, Yoshiro Moriyama, who has a track record of developing players in Sanfrecce Hiroshima's training age group and the U17 Japan National Team, will be appointed as Manager.

Stadium edit

Yurtec Stadium Sendai
Miyagi Stadium

Their home stadium is Yurtec Stadium Sendai, in Izumi-ku, Sendai, although a few home games have also been played at nearby Miyagi Stadium.

Sendai Stadium ranks among the top stadiums in Japan for its presence, comfort, and accessibility, and was once ranked second in an evaluation by a famous Japanese football media. It was also used by Italy national team as their basecamp during the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

Miyagi Stadium is famous for the Japan national team, and for hosting matches of the Argentina national team in the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

Supporters and rivalries edit

As with most football clubs, fans in Sendai sing and dance during matches. However, most of the songs used by fans from other clubs are avoided due to the more eclectic set. Club themes sung before each game are Take Me Home, Country Roads, and during the game. Toy Dolls, Blitzkrieg Bop and other KISS and Twisted Sister.

Since Sendai is the hometown of Hirohiko Araki, who wrote JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, fans often wave flags with the same motifs of characters portrayed in Araki's manga.

Michinoku Derby edit

Vegalta's traditional rivals are Montedio Yamagata from Yamagata Prefecture. The two have been rivals since meeting in the Tohoku Football League in 1991. Among the Tohoku derbies, this match is famous as the Michinoku derby.

Tohoku Derby edit

This is the derby played by the Tohoku region teams, currently the most important match is that of Vegalta Sendai and Montedio Yamagata. Other teams included in this classic include Blaublitz Akita, Iwate Grulla Morioka, Iwaki FC.

League & cup record edit

ChampionsRunners-upThird placePromotedRelegated
LeagueJ.League CupEmperor's Cup
SeasonLeagueTierTeamsPos.PW (OTW / PKW)DL (OTL)FAGDPtsAttendance
Brummell Sendai
1995Former JFL21615th309-214079-3927
1996166th3018-1267521556
1997168th3012 (1 / 2)-153743-640Group stage2nd round
1998167th301 (5 / 3)-125553243Group stage4th round
Vegalta Sendai
1999J22109th367 (3)418 (4)3058-2831134,4621st round2nd round
2000115th4015 (4)215 (4)6069-955177,9671st round1st round
2001122nd4424 (3)59 (3)78562283308,2431st round3rd round
2002J111613th309 (2)1184057-1732327,925Group stage4th round
20031615th3059163156-2524325,621Group stage3rd round
2004J22126th441514156266-459356,359Not eligible4th round
2005124th4419111466471968350,5444th round
2006135th4821141375433277346,8684th round
2007134th4824131172541883352,4323rd round
2008153rd421816862471570295,6794th round
2009181st5132109873948106336,719Semi final
2010J111814th34109154046-639294,644Quarter final2nd round
2011184th341414639251456266,1442nd round4th round
2012182nd341512759431657282,200Quarter final3rd round
20131813th341112114138345252,725Quarter finalQuarter final
20141814th34911143550-1538257,949Group stage2nd round
20151814th3498174448-435234,442Group stageQuarter final
20161812th34134173948-943262,937Group stage2nd round
20171812th34118154453-941250,677Semi final2nd round
20181811th34136154454-1045242,791Round of 16Runners up
20191811th34125173845-741254,503Play-off stage4th round
2020 †1817th34610183661-252836,113Group stageNot eligible
20212019th38513203162-3128116,884Group stage2nd round
2022J22227th42189156759863188,810Not eligible3rd round
20232216th421212184861-1348235,5213rd round
202420TBD381st round
  • Pos. = Position in league; P = Games played; W = Games won; D = Games drawn; L = Games lost; F = Goals scored; A = Goals conceded; GD = Goals difference; Pts = Points gained
  • Attendance = Total home league attendance
  • † 2020 & 2021 seasons attendances reduced by COVID-19 worldwide pandemic
  • Source: J.League Data Site

Honours edit

Vegalta Sendai honours
HonourNo.YearsNotes
Tohoku Soccer League11994Tohoku Electric Power
Japanese Regional Football League Competition11994Tohoku Electric Power
J.League Division 212009

Individual awards edit

Players edit

Current squad edit

As of 12 March 2024.[4]

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

No.Pos. NationPlayer
1GK  JPNYuma Obata
2DF  JPNRyota Takada
5DF  JPNMasahiro Sugata
6MF  JPNRenji Matsui (on loan from Kawasaki Frontale)
7FW  JPNMotohiko Nakajima (on loan from Cerezo Osaka)
8MF  JPNYoshiki Matsushita
9FW  JPNMasato Nakayama
10MF  JPNHiromu Kamada
11MF  JPNYuta Goke
14MF  JPNRyunosuke Sagara
17MF  JPNAoi Kudo
19DF  BRAMateus Moraes
20DF  JPNTetsuya Chinen
21GK  JPNRiku Umeda
22DF  JPNYuta Koide
23MF  JPNKeito Arita
No.Pos. NationPlayer
24MF  JPNToya Myogan (on loan from Kawasaki Frontale)
25DF  JPNTakumi Mase
27MF  JPNGeorge Onaiwu
28FW  JPNRyunosuke Sugawara
29GK  JPNKoki Matsuzawa
30FW  JPNMinto Nishimaru
31MF  JPNManato Kudo
33GK  JPNAkihiro Hayashi
37MF  JPNKazuki Nagasawa
39DF  JPNRikuto Ishio
41DF  JPNYuto Uchida
43MF  JPNSota Yokoyama Type 2
47DF  JPNRyuji Isshiki Type 2
48DF  JPNSorato Yoshida Type 2
50MF  JPNYasushi Endo (captain)
98FW  BRAEron

Notable players and coaches edit

International convention edit

National Team
FIFA Confederations Cup
EAFF E-1 Football Championship
Under National Team
AFC U-23 Asian Cup
  • 2016
    • Makoto Teguramori
      ※Winner
  • 2020
    • Graham Arnold
      ※3rd place
Toulon Tournament (U-22)
FIFA U-20 World Cup (Manager)

Club staff edit

For the 2024 season.[5]

PositionStaff
Manager Yoshiro Moriyama
First-team coach Koichiro Katafuchi
Akira Konno
Yōsuke Nishi
Goalkeeper coach Motoki Ueda
Physical coach Makoto Muraoka
Analyst & coach Takuma Deguchi
Chief trainer Yakuya Matsuda
Trainer Tomoki Takeda
Taisuke Ikoma
Physiotherapist Masaaki Taira
Interpreter Rodrigo Simões
Competent Shinya Naganuma
Deputy officer Yutaro Miura
Hiroki Ito

Managerial history edit

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 20215 September 2022
Akira Ito  Japan6 September 202212 July 2023
Takafumi Hori  Japan13 July 202313 November 2023
Yoshiro Moriyama  Japan1 January 2024Current

Mascot and cheerleaders edit

Mascot edit

  • VEGATTA (Brother)
    • He has won "the J League mascot general election" many times and is quite popular.
    • The eagle, which is also used in the club emblem as a symbol of victory in Greek mythology, is associated with the Aquila constellation, to which Hikoboshi (Altair) belongs, which is the origin of the club's name. The name was decided by public submission. Vegatta's SNS (BLOG, Twitter), which is updated daily, is loved and popular among soccer fans in Japan, as the mascot loves mischief, and is by some fans, hard to believe it is a mascot.
  • LTAANA (Sister)
    • From the Sendai summer tradition "Sendai Tanabata", which is the origin of the team name, "Luta" for Vega (Orihime) and Altair (Hikoboshi), and "Tana" for Tanabata, it was named as a girlish name by combining "na", on a 7 August, which is the date of the event and the birthday. Sometimes she tweet with [#ルターナ] (LTAANA written phonetically on Katakana) on Sendai's official Twitter.
    • When Vegalta wins any match, she expresses her joy on Twitter.

Cheerleaders edit

  • The Vegalta Cheerleaders mainly support "Vegalta Sendai", participate in many events, and continue to work as a cheering group for people who are doing their best in the area. She has the longest history as a cheerleader for a professional sports team in Sendai, and has been active since 2003.

Best Match edit

① and ② were selected as "that game I want to see again" on the J League official YouTube channel, and 2 was also selected as "10 Best Matches" by J Chronicle Best. ② was also selected as the "Best Match" of the J30 Best Awards.

J Chronicle Best edit

This is a project to select the J.League "Best Eleven", "Best Goal" and "Best Match" over the past 20 years. A project held in 2013 to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Japan Professional Soccer League. The mentioned two game is often featured as a legendary game in each media.

J30 BEST AWARDS edit

A project to select the "MVP", "Best Eleven", "Best Goal", "Best Match", and "Best Scene" of the J League over the past 30 years. An award hosted by the J.League to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the J.League in 2023.

Even in "Soccer Digest" (Japan's famous football media),the two were selected as "the best 3 selected J.League matches" by the reporter in charge of Sendai. Sendai's Yoshiaki Ota, who scored the equalizing goal against Kawasaki, said, "I think it was a goal that everyone worked together, including the thoughts of my teammates."

*The notation of the match card and the stadium where the match was held is at the time of the match.

GameDate/StadiumOverviewMatch data
①2001 J League Division 2 Round 44

Kyoto Purple Sanga FC 0-1 Vegalta Sendai

November 18, 2001

Takebishi Stadium Kyoto

The long-awaited J1 first promotion match.

Head-to-head competition between leader Kyoto and 3rd place Sendai in the final round.

The first promotion to J1 as a club in the Tohoku region is decided.

Official record
②2011 J League Division 1 Round 7

Kawasaki Frontale 1-2 Vegalta Sendai

April 23, 2011

Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium

The first match after the suspension of the league match due to the Great East Japan Earthquake.

Sendai, who suffered severe damage to the club itself, came from behind to win. Recorded the club's first victory with Todoroki Stadium.

Official record

Continental record edit

ACL

Sendai also participated in the ACL for the first time in 2013.

It was a tournament with many challenges other than matches, such as long-distance travel, overcrowded schedule with the J League, and local climate, but they did not lose in the extreme cold of Nanjing and the intense heat of Thailand, and the final match was a draw or better in the qualifying.

It was a good point to leave the possibility of breaking through.

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

Kit evolution edit

Asian clubs ranking edit

As of 16 May 2024.[6]
Current RankCountryTeamPoints
175 Nantong Zhiyun FC1290
176 Qingdao Jonoon1290
177 Kitchee1290
178 Pas Hamedan1288
179 Vegalta Sendai1288
180 V-Varen Nagasaki1288

Vegalta House edit

"Shichigashuku Town’ｓ Empty House Revitalization Project: Let's Build a Vegalta House" will start in July 2021 with the support of 143 crowdfunding people and a total of 78 local workers.[7] It is involved in a social collaboration activity, in line with Goal 11 "Sustainable cities and communities" and Goal 17 "Partnership for the goals" of the SDGs basic guidelines.[8][9][10]

References edit

  1. ^ "森山佳郎監督就任のお知らせ". www.vegalta.co.jp (in Japanese). Vegalta Sendai. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  2. ^ "GET TO KNOW J.LEAGUE: Vegalta Sendai". YouTube.
  3. ^ "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). 10 December 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-12-10. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
  4. ^ "Team" (in Japanese). Vegalta Sendai. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Team staff for 2024". vegalta.co.jp. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
  6. ^ "Asia Football / Soccer Clubs Ranking 2024". footballdatabase.com. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  7. ^ "Vegalta House Recent Report". 2022-11-07.
  8. ^ "みなさん、おばんです。" (in Japanese). 3 November 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  9. ^ "Introducing clubs that received a lot of RT response". 2022-11-07.
  10. ^ "You can stay at Vegalta House!". 2022-11-07.

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