2009 Vegalta Sendai season

Vegalta Sendai
2009 season
Chairman	Shirahata Yoichi
Manager	Makoto Teguramori
Stadium	Yurtec Stadium Sendai
J.League Division 2	1st (promoted)
Emperor's Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Marcelo Soares (16); All: Marcelo Soares
Home colours	Away colours
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ChairmanShirahata Yoichi

ManagerMakoto Teguramori

StadiumYurtec Stadium Sendai

J.League Division 21st (promoted)

During the 2009 season, Vegalta Sendai competed in the J.League Division 2, the second tier of the Japanese football league system. Sendai finished 1st with a total of 106 points, the most points amassed by any team in J2 league history.^[1] The club also competed in the Emperor's Cup, being eliminated by Gamba Osaka at the semi-final stage.

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Vegalta Sendai (C, P)	51	32	10	9	87	39	+48	106	Promotion to 2010 J. League Division 1
2	Cerezo Osaka (P)	51	31	11	9	100	53	+47	104
3	Shonan Bellmare (P)	51	29	11	11	84	52	+32	98
4	Ventforet Kofu	51	28	13	10	76	46	+30	97
5	Sagan Tosu	51	25	13	13	71	51	+20	88

No.	Pos.	Player	D.o.B. (Age)	Height / Weight	J. League 2		Emperor's Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Player	D.o.B. (Age)	Height / Weight	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Tatsuro Hagihara	(1982-08-06)August 6, 1982 (aged 26)	cm / kg	0	0
2	DF	Kosuke Kitani	(1978-10-09)October 9, 1978 (aged 30)	cm / kg	2	0
3	DF	Kodai Watanabe	(1986-12-04)December 4, 1986 (aged 22)	cm / kg	50	3
4	DF	Junya Hosokawa	(1984-06-24)June 24, 1984 (aged 24)	cm / kg	0	0
5	DF	Yugo Ichiyanagi	(1985-04-02)April 2, 1985 (aged 23)	cm / kg	18	2
6	DF	Elizeu	(1979-10-21)October 21, 1979 (aged 29)	cm / kg	51	7
7	MF	Naoki Chiba	(1977-07-24)July 24, 1977 (aged 31)	cm / kg	40	5
8	MF	Atsushi Nagai	(1974-12-23)December 23, 1974 (aged 34)	cm / kg	40	0
9	FW	Takayuki Nakahara	(1984-11-18)November 18, 1984 (aged 24)	cm / kg	36	10
10	MF	Ryang Yong-Gi	(1982-01-07)January 7, 1982 (aged 27)	cm / kg	51	14
11	MF	Kunimitsu Sekiguchi	(1985-12-26)December 26, 1985 (aged 23)	cm / kg	50	4
13	FW	Yuki Nakashima	(1984-06-16)June 16, 1984 (aged 24)	cm / kg	38	8
14	FW	Tomoyuki Hirase	(1977-05-23)May 23, 1977 (aged 31)	cm / kg	40	8
15	FW	Kohei Tanaka	(1985-12-11)December 11, 1985 (aged 23)	cm / kg	16	1
16	GK	Takuto Hayashi	(1982-08-09)August 9, 1982 (aged 26)	cm / kg	51	0
17	MF	Shingo Tomita	(1986-06-20)June 20, 1986 (aged 22)	cm / kg	34	0
18	FW	Marcelo Soares	(1982-03-09)March 9, 1982 (aged 26)	cm / kg	34	16
19	FW	Dan Suzuki	(1989-03-09)March 9, 1989 (aged 19)	cm / kg	0	0
19	FW	Sales	(1986-06-09)June 9, 1986 (aged 22)	cm / kg	12	2
20	MF	Takahisa Nishiyama	(1985-07-11)July 11, 1985 (aged 23)	cm / kg	5	0
21	GK	Kentaro Seki	(1986-03-09)March 9, 1986 (aged 22)	cm / kg	0	0
22	GK	Shigeru Sakurai	(1979-06-29)June 29, 1979 (aged 29)	cm / kg	0	0
23	MF	Naoya Tamura	(1984-11-20)November 20, 1984 (aged 24)	cm / kg	23	1
25	MF	Naoki Sugai	(1984-09-21)September 21, 1984 (aged 24)	cm / kg	49	3
26	MF	Keita Sogabe	(1988-07-02)July 2, 1988 (aged 20)	cm / kg	0	0
27	DF	Park Joo-Sung	(1984-02-20)February 20, 1984 (aged 25)	cm / kg	34	2
28	MF	Junichi Misawa	(1985-05-21)May 21, 1985 (aged 23)	cm / kg	2	0
29	DF	Toshio Shimakawa	(1990-05-28)May 28, 1990 (aged 18)	cm / kg	0	0
30	MF	Satoshi Hida	(1984-04-18)April 18, 1984 (aged 24)	cm / kg	0	0
31	MF	Daisuke Saito	(1980-08-29)August 29, 1980 (aged 28)	cm / kg	36	0

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Stadium	Yurtec Stadium Sendai (Izumi-Chūō Station)
Seasons	1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Honours	J.League (Runner up,2012) Emperor's Cup (Runner up,2018) J30 BEST AWARDS (Best match,2023)
Former Stadium	Sendai Athletic Stadium Miyagi Prefecture Soccer Field Iwate Morioka Stadium
Training ground	IRIS TRAINING FIELD Izumi Soccer Field Seihoku Park
Mega Sponsors	IRIS OHYAMA Kinoshita Group
Rivalries	Tohoku derby Michinoku derby

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