2014 Vegalta Sendai season

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Vegalta Sendai
2014 season
ChairmanShirahata Yoichi
ManagerGraham Arnold
Susumu Watanabe
StadiumYurtec Stadium
J.League Division 114th
Emperor's CupSecond round
J.League CupGroup stage
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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,[2] a former assistant coach, succeeded Arnold as manager.[3]

Current players[edit]

As of 15 March 2014.

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 Koji Hachisuka
5 DF Japan JPN Naoki Ishikawa
6 DF Japan JPN Makoto Kakuda
8 MF New Zealand NZL Michael McGlinchey (on loan from Central Coast Mariners)
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 (captain)
14 MF Japan JPN Hayato Sasaki
15 MF Japan JPN Norio Suzuki
16 GK United States USA Daniel Schmidt
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF Japan JPN Shingo Tomita
18 FW Brazil BRA Wilson
19 FW Japan JPN Yuki Muto
20 MF Japan JPN Kohei Hattanda
21 GK Japan JPN Kentaro Seki
22 GK Australia AUS Danny Vukovic (on loan from Perth Glory)
23 DF Japan JPN Hiroshi Futami
24 FW Japan JPN Shingo Akamine
25 MF Japan JPN Naoki Sugai
26 MF Japan JPN Keita Fujimura
27 MF Japan JPN Takuya Takei
28 FW Japan JPN Hiroki Yamamoto
29 DF Japan JPN Taikai Uemoto
33 DF Japan JPN Hironori Ishikawa

Out on loan[edit]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Japan JPN Hiroaki Okuno (at V-Varen Nagasaki)

Competitions[edit]

J.League[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
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
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.
(R) Relegated

Matches[edit]

1 March 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
8 March 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
15 March 2014 3 Vegalta Sendai 0 – 0 Gamba Osaka Sendai
17:04 JST Report Stadium: Yurtec Stadium
Attendance: 13,380
Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami
23 March 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
29 March 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
6 April 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
12 April 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
19 April 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
26 April 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
29 April 2014 10 Vegalta Sendai 0 – 0 Kawasaki Frontale Sendai
16:00 JST Kakuda Yellow card 43'
Ryang Yong-gi Yellow card 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 Yellow card 30'
Saito Yellow card 77'
Fukumoto Yellow card 87'
Summary Takei Yellow card 29'
Kamata Yellow card 37'
Akamine 40'
Stadium: Pocarisweat Stadium
Attendance: 9,686
Referee: Japan Hajime Matsuo
6 May 2014 12 Vegalta Sendai 4 – 3 Vissel Kobe Sendai
13:00 JST Kakuda Yellow card 1'
Watanabe Yellow card 20'
Wilson 55' (pen.) 57'
Kamata Yellow card 69'
Ota 74'
Muto 76'
Summary Marquinhos 8'
Pedro Júnior 26' Yellow card 59'
Ogawa 72'
Stadium: Yurtec Stadium
Attendance: 12,945
Referee: Japan Akihiko Ikeuchi
10 May 2014 13 Cerezo Osaka 0 – 1 Vegalta Sendai Osaka
16:00 JST Forlán Yellow card 30'
Kačar Yellow card 69'
Summary Kamata Yellow card 31'
Ryang Yong-gi 83'
Stadium: Kincho Stadium
Attendance: 15,479
Referee: Japan 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: Japan 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: Japan 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 Yellow card 65'
Yano 71'
Leandro Domingues 90+2'
Stadium: Yurtec Stadium
Attendance: 13,302
Referee: Japan Toshimitsu Yoshida
27 July 2014 17 FC Tokyo 3 – 0 Vegalta Sendai Chōfu, Tokyo
18:30 JST Hirayama 18'
Kawano 34'
Takahashi 43'
Summary Wilson Yellow card 20'
Ryang Yong-gi Yellow card 72'
Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium
Attendance: 15,491
Referee: Japan 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: Japan 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: Japan Nobutsugu Murakami
16 August 2014 20 Vegalta Sendai 3 – 2 Shimizu S-Pulse Sendai
19:00 JST Muto 12' 21'
Uemoto Yellow card 45+1'
Kakuda Yellow card 50'
Kamata 77'
Ishikawa Yellow card 90'
Summary Lee Ki-je Yellow card 35'
Novaković 45+2'
Omae 49' (pen.) Yellow card 87'
Sugiyama Yellow card 56'
Takagi Yellow card 82' Yellow-red card
Stadium: Yurtec Stadium
Attendance: 14,252
Referee: Japan Maasaki Iemoto
23 August 2014 21 Vissel Kobe 2 – 1 Vegalta Sendai Kobe
19:00 JST Pedro Júnior 52'
Iwanami 67'
Summary Kamata 36' Yellow card 88'
Uemoto Yellow card 55'
Stadium: Kobe City Misaki Park Stadium
Attendance: 13,329
Referee: Japan Yuichi Nishimura
30 August 2014 22 Vegalta Sendai 1 – 2 Yokohama F. Marinos Sendai
19:00 JST Sugai 31'
Wilson Yellow card 55'
Summary Kurihara 18'
Shimohira 90+3'
Stadium: Yurtec Stadium
Attendance: 17,468
Referee: Japan Ryuji Sato
13 September 2014 23 Albirex Niigata 1 – 0 Vegalta Sendai Niigata
19:00 Tanaka Yellow card 31'
Léo Silva 77' Yellow card 90'
Summary Takei Yellow card 34' Stadium: Denka Big Swan Stadium
Attendance: 23,981
Referee: Japan Yoshiro Imamura
20 September 2014 24 Sagan Tosu 2 – 1 Vegalta Sendai Tosu, Saga
19:00 Sakai Yellow card 48'
Niwa Yellow card 59'
Toyoda 71'
Mizunuma 84'
Summary Kamata Yellow card 6'
Akamine 89'
Stadium: Tosu Stadium
Attendance: 10,231
Referee: Japan Jumpei Iida
23 September 2014 25 Vegalta Sendai 0 – 1 Kashima Antlers Sendai
14:00 Ota Yellow card 28'
Wilson Yellow card 67'
Summary Davi Yellow card 35'
Ogasawara Yellow card 39'
Doi 44'
Stadium: Yurtec Stadium
Attendance: 17,006
Referee: Japan Takuto Okabe
27 September 2014 26 Kawasaki Frontale 1 – 1 Vegalta Sendai Kawasaki, Kanagawa
20:00 Paulinho Yellow card 24'
Nakamura Yellow card 68'
Tanaka Yellow card 84'
Morishima 90'
Summary Wilson 42' Stadium: Todoroki Athletics Stadium
Attendance: 18,127
Referee: Japan Kazuyoshi Enomoto
5 October 2014 27 Vegalta Sendai 1 – 0 FC Tokyo Sendai
15:30 Sugai Yellow card 50'
Akamine 75'
Ishikawa Yellow card 90'
Summary Morishige Yellow card 27'
Edu Yellow card 77' Yellow-red card
Stadium: Yurtec Stadium
Attendance: 13,699
Referee: Japan Yosuke Kubota

J.League Cup[edit]

19 March 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
2 April 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
16 April 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[edit]

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: Japan Hajime Matsuo

Statistics[edit]

Appearances and goals[edit]

As of match played 29 April 2014.
No. Pos Nat Player Total J-League J-League Cup Emperor's Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Japan JPN Shigeru Sakurai 1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF Japan JPN Jiro Kamata 11 1 8+0 0 3+0 1 0+0 0
3 DF Japan JPN Kodai Watanabe 12 0 9+0 0 3+0 0 0+0 0
4 DF Japan JPN Koji Hachisuka 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
5 DF Japan JPN Naoki Ishikawa 12 0 10+0 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
6 DF Japan JPN Makoto Kakuda 7 1 6+0 1 1+0 0 0+0 0
8 MF New Zealand NZL Michael McGlinchey 9 0 2+4 0 2+1 0 0+0 0
9 FW Japan JPN Takayuki Nakahara 2 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
10 MF North Korea PRK Ryang Yong-Gi 12 0 10+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
11 MF Japan JPN Yoshiaki Ota 12 0 9+1 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
13 FW Japan JPN Atsushi Yanagisawa 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
14 MF Japan JPN Hayato Sasaki 5 0 1+2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
15 DF Japan JPN Norio Suzuki 4 0 0+2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
16 GK United States USA Daniel Schmidt 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
17 MF Japan JPN Shingo Tomita 13 1 10+0 1 2+1 0 0+0 0
18 FW Brazil BRA Wilson 9 0 8+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
19 FW Japan JPN Yuki Muto 12 1 4+5 0 3+0 1 0+0 0
20 MF Japan JPN Kohei Hattanda 1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
21 GK Japan JPN Kentaro Seki 10 0 10+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
22 GK Australia AUS Danny Vukovic 2 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
23 DF Japan JPN Hiroshi Futami 7 0 5+0 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
24 FW Japan JPN Shingo Akamine 11 2 5+4 2 2+0 0 0+0 0
25 MF Japan JPN Naoki Sugai 8 0 8+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
26 MF Japan JPN Keita Fujimura 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
27 MF Japan JPN Takuya Takei 8 0 2+3 0 2+1 0 0+0 0
28 FW Japan JPN Hiroki Yamamoto 4 0 0+2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0
29 DF Japan JPN Taikai Uemoto 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
33 DF Japan JPN Hironori Ishikawa 3 0 1+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0

Honours[edit]

J.League Monthly MVP[edit]

Month J1
Player Source
May Shingo Akamine [4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Arnold sets the record straight". theworldgame.sbs.com.au. Archived from the original on 11 April 2014. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  2. ^ "Susumu Watanabe", Wikipedia, 31 October 2021, retrieved 19 April 2022
  3. ^ "Arnie was on a hiding to nothing". theworldgame.sbs.com.au. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  4. ^ "J1受賞者 ベガルタ仙台 赤嶺 真吾:Jリーグ 5月度MVP". 13 November 2022.