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.
| 2012 season | |||
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| Chairman | Shirahata Yoichi | ||
| Manager | Makoto Teguramori | ||
| J.League Division 1 | Runners-up | ||
| Emperor's Cup | Third Round | ||
| J.League Cup | Quarterfinals | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Akamine All: Akamine | ||
| Highest home attendance | 18,722 | ||
| Lowest home attendance | 11,831 | ||
| Average home league attendance | 17,638 | ||
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Competitions
J.League
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:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
- The winners of the 2012 Emperor's Cup qualified for the group stage of the 2013 AFC Champions League.
Matches
| 10 March 2012 1 | Vegalta Sendai | 1 – 0 | Kashima Antlers | Sendai |
| 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 2 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 0 – 2 | Vegalta Sendai | Yokohama |
| 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 3 | Vegalta Sendai | 4 – 1 | Omiya Ardija | Sendai |
| 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 4 | Cerezo Osaka | 1 – 2 | Vegalta Sendai | Osaka |
| 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 5 | Vegalta Sendai | 2 – 2 | Júbilo Iwata | Sendai |
| 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 6 | Kashiwa Reysol | 2 – 3 | Vegalta Sendai | Kashiwa |
| 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 7 | Vegalta Sendai | 4 – 0 | FC Tokyo | Sendai |
| 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 8 | Albirex Niigata | 0 – 1 | Vegalta Sendai | Niigata |
| 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 9 | Sagan Tosu | 1 – 1 | Vegalta Sendai | Tosu |
| 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 10 | Vegalta Sendai | 0 – 1 | Shimizu S-Pulse | Sendai |
| 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 11 | Gamba Osaka | 1 – 1 | Vegalta Sendai | Osaka |
| 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 12 | Vegalta Sendai | 4 – 0 | Nagoya Grampus | Yurtec 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 13 | Kawasaki Frontale | 3 – 2 | Vegalta Sendai | Todoroki 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 14 | Vegalta Sendai | 4 – 1 | Consadole Sapporo | Yurtec 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 15 | Urawa Red Diamonds | 0 – 0 | Vegalta Sendai | Saitama Stadium 2002 |
| 19:00 JST | Ugajin 39' |
Report | Attendance: 39,545 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura |
| 30 June 2012 16 | Vegalta Sendai | 2 – 2 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Yurtec 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 17 | Vissel Kobe | 0 – 1 | Vegalta Sendai | Home's Stadium Kobe |
| 19:00 JST | Ogawa 48' |
Report | Akamine 19' Kamata 51'Tomita 63' |
Attendance: 15,062 Referee: Minoru Tojo |
| 14 July 2012 18 | Nagoya Grampus | 0 – 0 | Vegalta Sendai | Mizuho Athletic Stadium |
| 20:00 JST | Fujimoto 32' |
Report | Tamura 65' |
Attendance: 24,397 Referee: Jumpei IIda |
| 28 July 2012 19 | Vegalta Sendai | 1 – 1 | Sagan Tosu | Yurtec 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 20 | Vegalta Sendai | 2 – 2 | Yokohama F. Marinos | Yurtec 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 21 | Consadole Sapporo | 2 – 1 | Vegalta Sendai | Sapporo Dome |
| 15:00 JST | Hidaka 79' Watanabe 90+4' (o.g.) |
Report | Watanabe 12' |
Attendance: 945 Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami |
| 18 August 2012 22 | Vegalta Sendai | 0 – 0 | Kashiwa Reysol | Yurtec Stadium Sendai |
| 20:00 JST | Matsushita 37' |
Summary | Kudo 12' |
Attendance: 17,715 Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama |
| 25 August 2012 23 | Omiya Ardija | 1 – 3 | Vegalta Sendai | NACK5 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 24 | Vegalta Sendai | 2 – 1 | Kawasaki Frontale | Yurtec 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 25 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 2 – 1 | Vegalta Sendai | Hiroshima 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 26 | Vegalta Sendai | 2 – 1 | Vissel Kobe | Yurtec Stadium Sendai |
| 15:30 | Akamine 42' Kamata 90' |
Tashiro 19' |
Attendance: 15,509 Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami |
| 29 September 2012 27 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 3 – 1 | Vegalta Sendai | Outsourcing 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 28 | Vegalta Sendai | 2 – 1 | Gamba Osaka | Yurtec 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 29 | Vegalta Sendai | 3 – 2 | Urawa Red Diamonds | Yurtec 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 30 | Júbilo Iwata | 1 – 1 | Vegalta Sendai | Yamaha Stadium |
| 15:00 | Fujita Yamamoto 84' |
Summary | Sugai 75' Akamine 77' |
Attendance: 10,753 Referee: Maasaki Toma |
| 7 November 2012 31 | Vegalta Sendai | 1 – 1 | Cerezo Osaka | Yurtec 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 32 | Kashima Antlers | 3 – 3 | Vegalta Sendai | Kashima 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 33 | Vegalta Sendai | 0 – 1 | Albirex Niigata | Yurtec Stadium Sendai |
| 14:30 | Summary | Kim 17' Shubouchi 30'Fitzgerald 66'Homma 66' |
Attendance: 18,526 Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami |
| 1 December 2012 34 | F.C. Tokyo | 6 – 2 | Vegalta Sendai | Ajinomoto 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
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cerezo Osaka | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 | +8 | 12 |
| Vegalta Sendai | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 12 |
| Júbilo Iwata | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 11 | -1 | 12 |
| Urawa Red Diamonds | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 9 |
| Sagan Tosu | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 16 | −8 | 9 |
| Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -3 | 4 |
| Kawasaki Frontale | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 4 |
| 20 March 2012 Group A | Urawa Red Diamonds | 1 – 0 | Vegalta Sendai | Saitama |
| 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 A | Vegalta Sendai | 2 – 0 | Sagan Tosu | Sendai |
| 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 A | Kawasaki Frontale | 3 – 1 | Vegalta Sendai | Kawasaki |
| 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 A | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 1 – 3 | Vegalta Sendai | Asaminami-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 A | Vegalta Sendai | 1 – 0 | Cerezo Osaka | Sendai |
| 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 A | Vegalta Sendai | 4 – 0 | Júbilo Iwata | Sendai |
| 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 Leg | Vegalta Sendai | 2 – 2 | F.C. Tokyo | Sendai |
| 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 Leg | F.C. Tokyo | 2 – 0 (4 – 2 agg.) | Vegalta Sendai | Tokyo |
| 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 2 | Vegalta Sendai | 1 – 0 | Sony Sendai F.C. | Sendai |
| 13:00 | Okuno 39' |
Summary | Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai |
| 10 October 2012 Round 3 | Vegalta Sendai | 1 – 2 (a.e.t.) | Roasso Kumamoto | Sendai |
| 19:00 | Watanabe 64' |
Report | Saito 48' Yabu 119' |
Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai Attendance: 4,269 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura |
References
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