2012 Vegalta Sendai season

Vegalta Sendai
2012 season
Chairman	Shirahata Yoichi
Manager	Makoto Teguramori
Stadium	Yurtec Stadium Sendai
J1 League	Runners-up
J.League Cup	Quarterfinals
Emperor's Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Shingo Akamine; All: Shingo Akamine
Home colours	Away colours
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ChairmanShirahata Yoichi

ManagerMakoto Teguramori

StadiumYurtec Stadium Sendai

J1 LeagueRunners-up

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.

Pos	Team v t e	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^[a]
3	Urawa Red Diamonds	34	15	10	9	47	42	+5	55	Qualification to 2013 Champions League^[a]
4	Yokohama F. Marinos	34	13	14	7	44	33	+11	53
5	Sagan Tosu	34	15	8	11	48	39	+9	53

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

2012 Vegalta Sendai season

J.League

League table

Matches

J.League Cup

Quarter-finals

Emperor's Cup

References

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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

25 August 2012 23	Omiya Ardija	1–3	Vegalta Sendai	NACK5 Stadium Omiya
20:00 JST	Kataoka Hasegawa 25'	[[[Category:All articles with unsourced statements]]^{[citation needed]} Summary]	Wilson 45' Kamata 57' Matsushita 90+3'	Attendance: 11,993 Referee: Masaaki Iemoto

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

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

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 88'	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

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