2013 Vegalta Sendai season

J.League Division 1
Season	2013
Champions	Sanfrecce Hiroshima; 2nd J. League title; 7th Japanese title
Relegated	Oita Trinita; Júbilo Iwata; Shonan Bellmare
Champions League	Sanfrecce Hiroshima; Yokohama F. Marinos; Kawasaki Frontale; Cerezo Osaka
Matches played	306
Goals scored	879 (2.87 per match)
Top goalscorer	Yoshito Ōkubo; (26 goals)
Highest attendance	62,632; F. Marinos vs Albirex
Lowest attendance	5,698; Júbilo vs Albirex
Average attendance	17,226
	← 2012 2014 →

Vegalta Sendai
2013 season
Chairman
Manager	Makoto Teguramori
Emperor's Cup	Quarterfinals
J.League Cup	Quarterfinals
Champions League	Group Stage
Top goalscorer	League: Wilson; All: Wilson
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2012 2014 →

The 2013 Vegalta Sendai season was Vegalta Sendai's fourth consecutive season and sixth season overall in J.League Division 1. As a result of their runner-up finish in the 2012 season, the team competed in the 2013 AFC Champions League. Sendai also competed in the 2013 Emperor's Cup and 2013 J.League Cup. It was manager Makoto Teguramori's last season with the club, having accepted a position as head coach of the Japan U-23 team. In mid-season Vegalta Sendai revealed that the A-League's Graham Arnold would manage the team beginning in 2014 season.^[1]

Players[]

As of March 5, 2013 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	JPN	Shigeru Sakurai
2	DF	JPN	Jiro Kamata
3	DF	JPN	Kodai Watanabe
4	DF	JPN	Toshio Shimakawa
5	DF	JPN	Naoki Ishikawa
6	DF	JPN	Makoto Kakuda
7	MF	JPN	Hiroaki Okuno
8	MF	JPN	Toshihiro Matsushita
9	FW	JPN	Takayuki Nakahara
10	MF	PRK	Ryang Yong-Gi
11	MF	JPN	Yoshiaki Ota
13	FW	JPN	Atsushi Yanagisawa
14	MF	JPN	Hayato Sasaki
15	MF	BRA	Heberty
16	GK	JPN	Takuto Hayashi


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	MF	JPN	Shingo Tomita
18	FW	BRA	Wilson
19	FW	JPN	Yuki Muto
20	DF	JPN	Takuya Wada
21	GK	JPN	Yosuke Abe
22	GK	JPN	Kei Ishikawa
23	MF	JPN	Naoya Tamura
24	FW	JPN	Shingo Akamine
25	MF	JPN	Naoki Sugai
26	MF	JPN	Keita Fujimura
27	MF	BRA	Diogo
28	DF	JPN	Koji Hachisuka
29	DF	JPN	Taikai Uemoto
30	MF	JPN	Yuta Echigo

Out on loan[]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	JPN	Kentaro Seki (to Yokohama FC)
—	MF	JPN	Yoshiki Takahashi (to Sagan Tosu)
—	FW	JPN	Yuki Nakashima (to Montedio Yamagata)

2013 Season Transfers[]

Competitions[]

J.League[]

League table[]

The 2013 J.League Division 1 season was the 48th season of Japanese top-flight football and 21st since the establishment of the J.League. The season began on 2 March and finished on 7 December.^[2]

Sanfrecce Hiroshima are the defending champions.

Clubs[]

Vissel Kobe, Gamba Osaka and Consadole Sapporo were relegated at the end of the 2012 season after finishing in the bottom three places of the table. Consadole Sapporo returned to J2 after only one season in the top flight, while Vissel Kobe was relegated after six seasons in the top flight. Gamba Osaka, instead, was relegated for the first time since the creation of J. League in 1993 and first time since their forerunners, Matsushita Electric Soccer Club, were relegated to the second Division of Japan Soccer League after the 1986–87 season.

The three relegated teams were replaced by 2012 J.League Division 2 champions Ventforet Kofu, runners-up Shonan Bellmare and sixth-placed and play-off winner team Oita Trinita. Kofu made an immediate return to the top division, while Shonan after a two-year absence. In the end, Oita beat JEF United Chiba in the playoff final and returned in J1 after three seasons in the second division. Due to Oita's promotion, it will be the first time to have 2 clubs in the top-flight league competitions from Kyushu since 2006, and Kansai region will have only one club competing in the top flight first time since 1994 season due to Kobe and Gamba's relegations.

Albirex Niigata

Cerezo Osaka

FC Tokyo

Kashima Antlers

Kashiwa Reysol

Kawasaki Frontale

Omiya Ardija

Shonan Bellmare

Urawa Red Diamonds

Ventforet Kofu

Yokohama F. Marinos

Júbilo Iwata

Nagoya Grampus

Oita Trinita

Sagan Tosu

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Shimizu S-Pulse

Vegalta Sendai

Locations of the 2013 J.League 1 teams

Club Name	Home Town(s)	Stadium	Capacity	Note(s)
Albirex Niigata	Niigata & Seirō, Niigata	Big Swan Stadium	42,300
Kashima Antlers	Kashima, Ibaraki	Kashima Soccer Stadium	40,728
Omiya Ardija	Omiya, Saitama	NACK5 Stadium	15,500
Cerezo Osaka	Osaka	Nagai Stadium	47,816
Yokohama F. Marinos	Yokohama & Yokosuka	Nissan Stadium	72,327
Kawasaki Frontale	Kawasaki, Kanagawa	Todoroki Athletics Stadium	26,232
Nagoya Grampus	Nagoya, Aichi	Mizuho Athletic Stadium	27,000
Júbilo Iwata	Iwata, Shizuoka	Yamaha Stadium	15,165
Oita Trinita	Ōita	Ōita Stadium	40,000	Promoted from J2 League (6th place/play-off winner in J2 2012)
Urawa Red Diamonds	Urawa, Saitama	Saitama Stadium	63,700	2013 ACL participant (3rd place in J1 2012)
Kashiwa Reysol	Kashiwa, Chiba	Kashiwa Soccer Stadium	15,900	2013 ACL Participant (2012 Emperor's Cup Winners)
Shimizu S-Pulse	Shizuoka	IAI Stadium Nihondaira	20,339
Sagan Tosu	Tosu, Saga	Tosu Stadium	24,490
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Hiroshima	Hiroshima Big Arch	50,000	2013 ACL participant (Champions in J1 2012)
Shonan Bellmare	Hiratsuka, Kanagawa	Shonan BMW Stadium	18,500	Promoted from J2 League (Runners-up in J2 2012)
FC Tokyo	Tokyo	Ajinomoto Stadium	49,970
Vegalta Sendai	Sendai, Miyagi	Yurtec Stadium	19,694	2013 ACL participant (Runners-up in J1 2012)
Ventforet Kofu	Kofu, Yamanashi	Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium	17,000	Promoted from J2 League (Champions in J2 2012)

Foreign players[]

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Asian Player	Non-Visa Foreign	Type-C Contract
Albirex Niigata	Léo Silva	Roger Gaúcho	Kim Kun-Hoan	Kim Jin-Su
Kashima Antlers	Davi	Juninho
Omiya Ardija	Lucas Neill	Milivoje Novaković	Zlatan Ljubijankič	Cho Young-Cheol
Shonan Bellmare	Alex Santana	Wellington	Stevica Ristić	Han Kook-Young
Cerezo Osaka	Branquinho	Edno	Fábio Simplício	Kim Jin-Hyeon		Gu Sung-Yun
Yokohama F. Marinos	Dutra	Fabio	Marquinhos	Jeong Dong-Ho
Kawasaki Frontale		Jeci	Renato
Nagoya Grampus	Daniel	Danilson Córdoba	Nikola Jakimovski	Joshua Kennedy
Júbilo Iwata	Carlinhos	Cho Byung-Kuk	Jung Woo-Young	Baek Sung-Dong
Urawa Red Diamonds	Márcio Richardes
Kashiwa Reysol	Cléo	Jorge Wagner	Leandro Domingues	Kim Chang-Soo
Shimizu S-Pulse	Calvin Jong-a-Pin	Dženan Radončić	Lee Min-Soo	Lee Ki-Je
Sagan Tosu	Nilson	Kim Min-Woo		Yeo Sung-Hye	Kim Jung-Ya	Jonathan
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Mihael Mikić	Park Hyung-Jin	Lee Dae-Heon	Hwang Seok-Ho		Kim Jeong-Seok
Oita Trinita	Rodrigo Mancha			Choi Jung-Han
FC Tokyo	Lucas	Nemanja Vučićević		Jang Hyun-Soo
Ventforet Kofu	Gilsinho	Marquinhos Paraná	Patric
Vegalta Sendai	Diogo	Wilson	Heberty		Ryang Yong-Gi

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima (C)	34	19	6	9	51	29	+22	63	Qualification for 2014 AFC Champions League Group stage^[a]
2	Yokohama F. Marinos	34	18	8	8	49	31	+18	62
3	Kawasaki Frontale	34	18	6	10	65	51	+14	60
4	Cerezo Osaka	34	16	11	7	53	32	+21	59
5	Kashima Antlers	34	18	5	11	60	52	+8	59
6	Urawa Red Diamonds	34	17	7	10	66	56	+10	58
7	Albirex Niigata	34	17	4	13	48	42	+6	55
8	FC Tokyo	34	16	6	12	61	47	+14	54
9	Shimizu S-Pulse	34	15	5	14	48	57	−9	50
10	Kashiwa Reysol	34	13	9	12	56	59	−3	48
11	Nagoya Grampus	34	13	8	13	47	48	−1	47
12	Sagan Tosu	34	13	7	14	54	63	−9	46
13	Vegalta Sendai	34	11	12	11	41	38	+3	45
14	Omiya Ardija	34	14	3	17	45	48	−3	45
15	Ventforet Kofu	34	8	13	13	30	41	−11	37
16	Shonan Bellmare (R)	34	6	7	21	34	62	−28	25	Relegation to 2014 J.League Division 2
17	Júbilo Iwata (R)	34	4	11	19	40	56	−16	23
18	Oita Trinita (R)	34	2	8	24	31	67	−36	14

Updated to match(es) played on 7 December 2013. Source: J.League Division 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ The winners of the 2013 Emperor's Cup qualify for the group stage of the 2014 AFC Champions League. As the Emperor's Cup winners were Yokohama F. Marinos, who had already qualified to ACL through the championship, the remaining spot was awarded to the fourth-placed team.

Results[]

v t Home \ Away	ALB	ANT	ARD	BEL	CER	FMA	FRO	GRA	JÚB	RED	REY	SAG	SFR	SSP	TOK	TRI	VEG	VEN
Albirex Niigata		2–3	1–0	3–2	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	4–2	0–2	3–2	3–1	1–2	3–1	0–3	2–3	1–0	1–1
Kashima Antlers	1–0		1–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	4–1	3–1	1–1	1–2	3–1	1–2	0–2	3–1	3–2	3–1	3–2	0–0
Omiya Ardija	1–1	3–1		2–1	0–3	1–0	2–3	2–1	3–0	1–0	2–3	1–1	2–1	2–2	2–5	0–1	0–2	1–2
Shonan Bellmare	0–2	1–2	0–1		0–3	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–2	2–1	3–2	1–2
Cerezo Osaka	1–0	1–2	1–2	2–1		2–1	0–0	2–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	4–1	1–0	4–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–1
Yokohama F. Marinos	0–2	1–1	2–1	4–2	1–1		2–1	1–2	2–1	3–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	3–2	1–1	0–0	1–1
Kawasaki Frontale	2–1	4–2	2–1	1–2	2–2	1–0		2–1	2–1	4–0	3–1	0–1	2–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	4–2	1–1
Nagoya Grampus	2–0	3–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–2	1–2		1–1	2–0	3–2	3–2	1–1	2–1	0–2	2–1	0–2	0–0
Júbilo Iwata	2–1	2–3	0–1	4–0	2–2	0–1	2–4	2–3		1–2	0–1	3–3	0–2	0–1	0–0	3–1	1–1	1–1
Urawa Red Diamonds	1–0	3–1	4–0	2–0	2–5	2–3	1–3	1–0	2–1		2–1	6–2	3–1	0–1	2–2	4–3	1–1	1–1
Kashiwa Reysol	1–1	2–1	0–4	5–2	1–3	2–1	3–1	3–3	1–3	2–6		2–1	1–1	2–2	4–1	3–1	0–0	2–0
Sagan Tosu	1–3	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	0–1	5–4	1–1	1–0	4–1	0–3		0–2	0–1	2–3	3–2	1–0	2–1
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2–0	0–0	3–1	1–0	1–0	1–3	4–2	1–1	2–1	1–2	0–0	2–0		3–1	1–2	1–0	1–0	5–1
Shimizu S-Pulse	1–2	4–3	1–0	3–1	1–1	0–5	1–2	2–1	1–0	0–2	1–2	6–4	0–4		0–0	3–1	2–0	2–1
FC Tokyo	2–0	1–4	0–1	2–1	1–2	0–2	2–0	3–1	2–2	3–2	3–0	2–3	0–1	2–0		2–0	2–0	4–1
Oita Trinita	1–3	2–3	0–2	1–2	0–2	0–1	0–1	1–2	1–1	2–2	0–0	2–4	1–1	2–3	1–2		0–1	0–1
Vegalta Sendai	0–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	3–3	2–1	1–1	0–2	1–2	2–1	6–0		1–1
Ventforet Kofu	1–1	3–0	0–3	0–1	1–2	0–0	1–3	0–1	2–1	0–1	3–1	0–0	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–0	0–1

Updated to match(es) played on 7 December 2013. Source: J. League Division 1
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers[]

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Yoshito Ōkubo	Kawasaki Frontale	26
2	Kengo Kawamata	Albirex Niigata	23
3	Yoichiro Kakitani	Cerezo Osaka	21
4	Yohei Toyoda	Sagan Tosu	20
5	Masato Kudo	Kashiwa Reysol	19
5	Yuya Osako	Kashima Antlers	19
7	Hisato Satō	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	17
7	Kazuma Watanabe	FC Tokyo	17
9	Marquinhos	Yokohama F. Marinos	16
10	Shinzo Koroki	Urawa Red Diamonds	13
10	Wilson	Vegalta Sendai	13

Updated to games played on 7 December 2013
Source: J. League

Awards[]

Player of the Month[]

Month	Player	Club
March	Shunsuke Nakamura^[3]	Yokohama F. Marinos
April	Zlatan Ljubijankič^[3]	Omiya Ardija
May	Yoichiro Kakitani	Cerezo Osaka
June	N/A^[4]
July	Shusaku Nishikawa	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
August	Yuya Osako	Kashima Antlers
September	Aria Jasuru Hasegawa	FC Tokyo
October	Tetsuya Enomoto	Yokohama F. Marinos
November	Yoshito Ōkubo	Kawasaki Frontale

Best XI[]

Position	Player	Club
GK	Shusaku Nishikawa	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
DF	Daisuke Nasu	Urawa Red Diamonds
DF	Masato Morishige	FC Tokyo
DF	Yuji Nakazawa	Yokohama F. Marinos
MF	Hotaru Yamaguchi	Cerezo Osaka
MF	Toshihiro Aoyama	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
MF	Shunsuke Nakamura	Yokohama F. Marinos
MF	Yoichiro Kakitani	Cerezo Osaka
FW	Yuya Osako	Kashima Antlers
FW	Yoshito Ōkubo	Kawasaki Frontale
FW	Kengo Kawamata	Albirex Niigata

Attendances[]

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Urawa Red Diamonds	630,701	54,905	23,295	37,100	+1.3%^†
2	Yokohama F. Marinos	467,425	62,632	12,537	27,496	+19.8%^†
3	Albirex Niigata	443,906	33,378	18,919	26,112	+4.4%^†
4	FC Tokyo	426,246	40,371	12,905	25,073	+4.7%^†
5	Cerezo Osaka	319,928	36,361	9,119	18,819	+11.3%^†
6	Kawasaki Frontale	282,952	21,657	12,345	16,644	−6.5%^†
7	Kashima Antlers	279,115	32,305	6,681	16,419	+6.7%^†
8	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	275,556	27,911	10,045	16,209	−8.5%^†
9	Nagoya Grampus	274,297	30,478	9,237	16,135	−5.9%^†
10	Vegalta Sendai	252,725	17,892	11,755	14,866	−10.4%^†
11	Shimizu S-Pulse	240,324	21,420	9,238	14,137	−6.5%^†
12	Ventforet Kofu	214,441	28,906	7,754	12,614	+21.2%^†
13	Kashiwa Reysol	213,406	34,021	7,013	12,553	−8.8%^†
14	Sagan Tosu	184,242	22,530	6,292	11,515	−4.0%^†
15	Oita Trinita	202,557	23,814	7,067	11,915	+22.6%^†
16	Omiya Ardija	189,342	13,365	7,412	11,138	+4.7%^†
17	Júbilo Iwata	185,207	20,049	5,698	10,895	−17.0%^†
18	Shonan Bellmare	168,481	13,786	6,080	9,911	+44.6%^†
	League total	5,271,047	62,632	5,698	17,226	−1.9%^†

Updated to games played on 7 December 2013
Source: J. League Division 1
Notes:
^† Team played previous season in J2.

References[]

^ https://www.sbnation.com/2013/11/20/5128014/graham-arnold-vegalta-sendai
^ "J.League season dates (+others)". Japan Football Association. Archived from the original on 2013-09-23. Retrieved 2012-12-20.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b 「コカ・コーラＪリーグ月間ＭＶＰ」３月・４月の受賞選手決定！ Archived 2013-06-09 at the Wayback Machine. J-League. 16 May 2013.
^ No Division 1 league match scheduled due to 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup

Matches[]

March 2, 2013 1	Vegalta Sendai	1 – 1	Ventforet Kofu	showSendai
14:06	Wada 3' Watanabe 49'	Summary	Sho Sasaki 55' Hugo 72'	Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Attendance: 16,353 Referee: Kenji Ogiya

March 9, 2013 2	Kashima Antlers	3 – 2	Vegalta Sendai	showKashima
14:05	Davi 29' (48) Osako 47'	Summary	Ota 46' Wilson 67'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 19,981 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

March 16, 2013 3	Vegalta Sendai	2 – 1	Kashiwa Reysol	showSendai
14:04	Matsushita 5' 28' Hachisuka 25' Wilson 86'	Summary	Kondo 43' Domingues 52' 89'	Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Attendance: 13,232 Referee:

March 30, 2013 4	Cerezo Osaka	1 – 1	Vegalta Sendai	showHigashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka
13:04	Kakitani 51' Araiba 73'	Summary	(o.g.) Wilson 43' Kamata 68'	Stadium: Osaka Nagai Stadium Attendance: 13,721 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

April 6, 2013 5	Vegalta Sendai	0 – 1	Albirex Niigata	showSendai
14:04	Tomita 25'	Summary	Naruoka 16' Tanaka 37' Homma	Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Attendance: 12,883 Referee: Tomohiro Inoue

April 13, 2013 6	Vegalta Sendai	2 – 1	FC Tokyo	showSendai
14:04	Sugai 37' Kakuda 47' Wilson 60' Kamata 60'	Summary	Lee 79' Kaga 90+1'	Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Attendance: 13,655 Referee: Minoru Tojo

April 20, 2013 7	Kawasaki Frontale	4 – 2	Vegalta Sendai	showKawasaki
13:03	Ōkubo 25' (53) Renato 28' (40) Saneto 62'	Summary	Ryang 49' Ishikawa 60'	Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 14,739 Referee: Kenji Ogiya

April 28, 2013 8	Vegalta Sendai	1 – 1	Sagan Tosu	showSendai
16:04	Kakuda 13' Akamine 54' Tamura 72' Watanabe 90'	Summary	Fujita 15' 90'	Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Attendance: 14,359 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

May 29, 2013 9	Urawa Reds	1 – 1	Vegalta Sendai	showSaitama
19:34	Abe 80'	Summary	Kamata 58' Ota 88'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium Attendance: 24,184 Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama

May 6, 2013 10	Nagoya Grampus	0 – 2	Vegalta Sendai	showToyota
19:03		Summary	Kakuda 28' Yanagisawa 58' Tomita 78' Nakahara 90+3'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 12,075 Referee: Jumpei Iida

May 11, 2013 11	Vegalta Sendai	2 – 1	Omiya Ardija	showSendai
14,327	Akamine 7' Kakuda 15' Kamata 30' Wilson 44'	Summary	Novaković 33' Kanazawa 64' Ljubijankić 65' Aoki 90+1'	Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Attendance: 14,327 Referee:

May 18, 2013 12	Yokohama F. Marinos	0 – 0	Vegalta Sendai	showYokohama
23,083	Hyodo 44' Kobayashi 45' Dutra 58'	Summary	Kakuda 30' Tamura 45'	Stadium: Nissan Stadium Attendance: 23,083 Referee:

May 25, 2013 13	Shimizu S-Pulse	2 – 0	Vegalta Sendai	showShimizu-ku, Shizuoka
14:04	Kawai 49' Yoshida 51' Senuma 81' Takagi 87'	Summary	Watanabe 86' Makoto Kakuda 76'	Stadium: Outsourcing Stadium Nihondaira Attendance: 12,642 Referee: Minoru Tojo

July 6, 2013 14	Vegalta Sendai	0 – 0	Shonan Bellmare	showSendai
19:03	Tomita 78'	Summary	Otsuki 22' 24' Kamata 88'	Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Attendance: 13,470 Referee:

July 10, 2013 15	Oita Trinita	0 – 1	Vegalta Sendai	showŌita
19:05	Matsuda 24' 56' Daiki 72'	Summary	Sugai 43' Muto 90+1'	Stadium: Ōita Bank Dome Attendance: 7,067 Referee:

July 13, 2013 16	Vegalta Sendai	1 – 1	Júbilo Iwata	showSendai
19:04	Kakuda 89'	Summary	Maeda 51' Komano 71' Kawaguchi 86'	Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Attendance: 14,318 Referee: Kenji Ogiya

July 17, 2013 17	Vegalta Sendai	0 – 2	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	showSendai
19:04	Kamata 70' Kakuda 86'	Summary	Ishihara 12' 18' Sato 13' Mizumoto 45+1'	Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Attendance: 11,755 Referee: Jumpei Iida

July 31, 2013 18	Ventforet Kofu	0 – 1	Vegalta Sendai	showKōfu
8,773	Fukuda 17' Aoyama 46'	Summary	Wilson 22' Kamata 60' Hachisuka 89'	Stadium: Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium Attendance: 8,773 Referee: Masaaki Iemoto

August 3, 2013 19	Vegalta Sendai	2 – 1	Kawasaki Frontale	showSendai
19:04	Wilson 14' Ota 25' Matsushita 78' Muto 81'	Summary	Renato 72' Ōkubo 74'	Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Attendance: 14,365 Referee:

August 10, 2013 20	Vegalta Sendai	2 – 1	Kashima Antlers	showSendai
19:04	Yanagisawa 55' Heberty 81'	Summary	Nishi 18' Nakamura 23'	Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Attendance: 17,892 Referee: Minoru Tojo

August 17, 2013 21	Kashiwa Reysol	0 – 0	Vegalta Sendai	showKashiwa
19:03	Fujita 31' Kudo 73'	Summary	Heberty 63'	Stadium: Hitachi Kashiwa Stadium Attendance: 11,838 Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida

August 24, 2013 22	Sagan Tosu	1 – 0	Vegalta Sendai	showTosu
19:04	Mizunuma 26' Nilson 90+5'	Summary	Kamata 73'	Stadium: Best Amenity Stadium Attendance: 9,266 Referee:

August 28, 2013 23	Vegalta Sendai	1 – 1	Cerezo Osaka	showSendai
19:04	Ryang 24'	Summary	Ogihara 45'	Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Attendance: 15,101 Referee:

August 31, 2013 24	Shonan Bellmare	3 – 2	Vegalta Sendai	showHiratsuka
19:04	Shimamura 32' (58) Wellington 64' Ono 82' Nagaki 83' Stevo 90'	Summary	Wilson 37' (84)	Stadium: Shonan BMW Stadium Attendance: 11,188 Referee: Masaaki Iemoto

September 14, 2013 25	Vegalta Sendai	6 – 0	Oita Trinita	showSendai
19:04	Kakuda 5' (65) Ryang 30' Yanagisawa 53' Ishikawa 61' Wilson 82'	Summary	Tokita 25' Matsubara 48' Sakata 64'	Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Attendance: 13,411 Referee: Ryuji Sato

September 21, 2013 26	Omiya Ardija	0 – 2	Vegalta Sendai	showSaitama
16:04	Wada 10'	Summary	Ishikawa 53' Ryang 73' 90+1'	Stadium: NACK5 Stadium Omiya Attendance: 11,185 Referee:

September 28, 2013 27	Vegalta Sendai	0 – 0	Yokohama F. Marinos	showSendai
13:04		Summary	Tomisawa 18' Hanato 88'	Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Attendance: 17,849 Referee: Jumpei Iida

October 5, 2013 28	Júbilo Iwata	1 – 1	Vegalta Sendai	showIwata
15:04	Abe 35' Maeda 75' Carlinhos 90+1'	Summary	Sugai 63' Kamata 72'	Stadium: Yamaha Stadium Attendance: 8,218 Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida

October 19, 2013 29	Vegalta Sendai	2 – 1	Nagoya Grampus	showSendai
14:04	Wilson 48' 76' 90+3'	Summary	Tamada 56' Isomura 90+3'	Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Attendance: 15,178 Referee:

October 26, 2013 30	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1 – 0	Vegalta Sendai	showHiroshima
16:04	Ishihara 84'	Summary	Matsushita 24'	Stadium: Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 17,184 Referee:

November 10, 2013 31	Vegalta Sendai	3 – 3	Urawa Red Diamonds	showSendai
19:05	Wilson 2' Watanabe 29' Akamine 47' 54' Ishikawa 90+2'	Summary	Umesaki 6' Makino 23' Koroki 31' (59) Koroki 90'	Stadium: Miyagi Stadium Attendance: 17,183 Referee: Jumpei Iida

November 23, 2013 32	Albirex Niigata	0 – 1	Vegalta Sendai	showNiigata
17:04	Okamoto 18'	Summary		Stadium: Tohoku Electric Power Big Swan Stadium Attendance: 32,425 Referee:

November 30, 2013 33	Vegalta Sendai	1 – 2	Shimizu S-Pulse	showSendai
17:04	Hachisuka 5' Wilson 54'	Summary	Ito 15' Radoncic 34' Sugiyama 75' Omae 90+3' Kushibiki 90+5'	Stadium: Attendance: 17,394 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

December 7, 2013 34	FC Tokyo	2 – 0	Vegalta Sendai	showChofu
15:33	Vucicevic 39' Lucas 53' Takahashi 70'Hirayama 90+2'	Summary	Watanabe 55' Ryang 80'	Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium Attendance: 27,583 Referee:

J.League Cup[]

Quarterfinal[]

June 23, 2013 First Leg	Kawasaki Frontale	2 – 1	Vegalta Sendai	showKawasaki
18:00 JST	Kobayashi 36' Tanaka 38' Renato 77' 78'	Summary	Sugai 21' Hachisuka 60'Matsushita 90+3'	Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 10,711 Referee:

June 30, 2013 Second Leg	Vegalta Sendai	2 – 3 (3-5 agg.)	Kawasaki Frontale	showSendai
18:04 JST	Wilson 4' (68)	Summary	Kengo Nakamura 10' (41) Moriya 50'	Stadium: Attendance: 11,176 Referee: Ryuji Sato

Emperor's Cup[]

September 7, 2013 Second Round	Vegalta Sendai	3 – 0	Blaublitz Akita	showSendai
15:00	Sasaki 1' Akamine 63' Matsushita 82'	Summary	Kumabayashi 29' 49' Handa 71'	Stadium: Attendance: 3,377 Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

October 13, 2013 Third Round	Vegalta Sendai	1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (3–1 p)	Mito HollyHock	showSendai
13:00	Akamine 15' 86'	Summary	Hosokawa 9' 45+1' Suzuki 90+4'	Stadium: Attendance: 6,053 Referee: Takuto Okabe
	Penalties
	Ota Ryang Kamata		Suzuki Hashimoto Yamamura Ishigami

November 16, 2013 Fourth Round	Shimizu S-Pulse	0 – 1	Vegalta Sendai	showShizuoka
13:00	Kawai 54'	Summary	Ryang 82'	Stadium: IAI Stadium

Quarterfinal[]

December 22, 2013 Quarterfinal	Vegalta Sendai	1 – 2	FC Tokyo	showSendai
13:00	Wilson 3'	Summary	Ota 90+3' Hayashi 120'	Stadium:

AFC Champions League[]

Group stage[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	FC Seoul	6	3	2	1	11	5	+6	11	Advance to knockout stage
2	Buriram United	6	1	4	1	6	6	0	7	Advance to knockout stage
3	Jiangsu Sainty	6	2	1	3	5	10	−5	7
4	Vegalta Sendai	6	1	3	2	5	6	−1	6

Source:^{[citation needed]}

References[]

[table_note_res_GS0.44591902310304-3] The winners of the 2013 Emperor's Cup qualify for the group stage of the 2014 AFC Champions League. As the Emperor's Cup winners were Yokohama F. Marinos, who had already qualified to ACL through the championship, the remaining spot was awarded to the fourth-placed team.

[1] ttps://www.sbnation.com/2013/11/20/5128014/graham-arnold-vegalta-sendai

[2] "J.League season dates (+others)". Japan Football Association. Archived from the original on 2013-09-23. Retrieved 2012-12-20.

[marapr-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b 「コカ・コーラＪリーグ月間ＭＶＰ」３月・４月の受賞選手決定！ Archived 2013-06-09 at the Wayback Machine. J-League. 16 May 2013.

[5] No Division 1 league match scheduled due to 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup

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