Vegalta Sendai
2018 season
ChairmanNishikawa Yoshihisa
ManagerJapanSusumu Watanabe
StadiumYurtec Stadium Sendai
J1 League11th
J.League Cupplay-offs
Emperor's Cuprunner up
Top goalscorerLeague: JapanNishimura
All: JapanNishimura
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In 2018, Vegalta Sendai competed in the J1 League, the top tier of Japanese football. It was the club's eighth consecutive season in this competition. They also competed in the J.League Cup and reached the semi-finals of the Emperor's Cup.

Squad

As of 14 January 2018.[1]

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 Daniel Schmidt
2 DF Japan JPN Katsuya Nagato
4 DF Japan JPN Koji Hachisuka
6 DF Japan JPN Ko Itakura (on loan from Kawasaki Frontale)
7 MF Japan JPN Hiroaki Okuno
8 MF Japan JPN Yoshihiro Shoji
9 FW Japan JPN Sota Hirayama
10 MF North Korea PRK Ryang Yong-gi
11 FW Japan JPN Naoki Ishihara
13 DF Japan JPN Yasuhiro Hiraoka
14 MF Japan JPN Jun Kanakubo
16 MF Japan JPN Gakuto Notsuda (on loan from Sanfrecce Hiroshima)
17 MF Japan JPN Shingo Tomita
19 FW Japan JPN Ryo Germain
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 FW Japan JPN Takuma Abe
21 GK Japan JPN Kentaro Seki
22 GK Japan JPN Goro Kawanami
23 MF Japan JPN Yoshihiro Nakano
25 MF Japan JPN Naoki Sugai
27 DF Japan JPN Kazuki Oiwa
29 MF Japan JPN Shota Kobayashi
30 FW Japan JPN Takuma Nishimura
31 MF Japan JPN Shunsuke Motegi
33 DF Japan JPN Masato Tokida
34 MF Japan JPN Keiya Shiihashi
35 GK South Korea KOR Lee Yu-noh
39 DF South Korea KOR Kim Jung-ya
40 MF Japan JPN Kunimitsu Sekiguchi

J1 League

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
9 Gamba Osaka 34 14 6 14 41 46 −5 48
10 Vissel Kobe 34 12 9 13 45 52 −7 45
11 Vegalta Sendai 34 13 6 15 44 54 −10 45
12 Yokohama F. Marinos 34 12 5 17 56 56 0 41
13 Shonan Bellmare 34 10 11 13 38 43 −5 41
Source: Meiji Yasuda J1 League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

Match details

J1 League match details[2]
Match Date Team Score Team Venue Attendance
1 2018.02.25 Vegalta Sendai 1–0 Kashiwa Reysol Yurtec Stadium Sendai 15,655
2 2018.03.03 FC Tokyo 0–1 Vegalta Sendai Ajinomoto Stadium 16,990
3 2018.03.10 Vegalta Sendai 1–1 Vissel Kobe Yurtec Stadium Sendai 14,270
4 2018.03.18 Shimizu S-Pulse 1–1 Vegalta Sendai IAI Stadium Nihondaira 13,965
5 2018.03.31 Vegalta Sendai 1–0 V-Varen Nagasaki Yurtec Stadium Sendai 13,158
6 2018.04.07 Urawa Reds 1–0 Vegalta Sendai Saitama Stadium 2002 28,984
7 2018.04.11 Nagoya Grampus 2–3 Vegalta Sendai Paloma Mizuho Stadium 9,297
8 2018.04.14 Vegalta Sendai 0–0 Kawasaki Frontale Yurtec Stadium Sendai 14,024
9 2018.04.21 Vegalta Sendai 0–3 Júbilo Iwata Yurtec Stadium Sendai 13,316
10 2018.04.25 Cerezo Osaka 2–1 Vegalta Sendai Kincho Stadium 8,165
11 2018.04.28 Vegalta Sendai 2–2 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo Yurtec Stadium Sendai 13,812
12 2018.05.02 Gamba Osaka 1–0 Vegalta Sendai Panasonic Stadium Suita 11,824
13 2018.05.06 Shonan Bellmare 1–3 Vegalta Sendai Shonan BMW Stadium Hiratsuka 11,805
14 2018.05.12 Vegalta Sendai 1–3 Sanfrecce Hiroshima Yurtec Stadium Sendai 15,115
15 2018.05.20 Kashima Antlers 1–2 Vegalta Sendai Kashima Soccer Stadium 23,942
16 2018.07.18 Vegalta Sendai 2–8 Yokohama F. Marinos Yurtec Stadium Sendai 13,081
17 2018.07.22 Sagan Tosu 0–1 Vegalta Sendai Best Amenity Stadium 17,537
18 2018.07.28 Vegalta Sendai 2–2 Cerezo Osaka Yurtec Stadium Sendai 14,911
19 2018.08.01 Vegalta Sendai 1–2 Nagoya Grampus Yurtec Stadium Sendai 13,968
20 2018.08.05 Júbilo Iwata 3–2 Vegalta Sendai Yamaha Stadium 12,496
21 2018.08.11 Kashiwa Reysol 0–2 Vegalta Sendai Sankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadium 12,666
22 2018.08.15 Vegalta Sendai 4–1 Shonan Bellmare Yurtec Stadium Sendai 16,892
23 2018.08.19 Vegalta Sendai 2–1 Gamba Osaka Yurtec Stadium Sendai 16,110
24 2018.08.25 Kawasaki Frontale 1–0 Vegalta Sendai Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium 23,816
25 2018.09.01 Vegalta Sendai 2–1 Shimizu S-Pulse Yurtec Stadium Sendai 14,293
26 2018.09.15 Vegalta Sendai 1–0 FC Tokyo Yurtec Stadium Sendai 17,887
27 2018.09.22 V-Varen Nagasaki 1–0 Vegalta Sendai Transcosmos Stadium Nagasaki 9,990
28 2018.09.29 Yokohama F. Marinos 5–2 Vegalta Sendai NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium 8,688
29 2018.10.07 Vegalta Sendai 1–1 Urawa Reds Yurtec Stadium Sendai 18,276
30 2018.10.20 Vegalta Sendai 2–3 Sagan Tosu Yurtec Stadium Sendai 18,023
31 2018.11.04 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo 1–0 Vegalta Sendai Sapporo Dome 24,065
32 2018.11.10 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0–1 Vegalta Sendai Edion Stadium Hiroshima 13,091
33 2018.11.24 Vegalta Sendai 0–3 Kashima Antlers Yurtec Stadium Sendai 19,152
34 2018.12.01 Vissel Kobe 3–2 Vegalta Sendai Noevir Stadium Kobe 24,517

Emperor's Cup

Match Date Team Score Team Venue Attendance
2nd round 2018.06.06 Vegalta Sendai 4-0 Thespakusatsu Gunma Yurtec Stadium Sendai 2,685
3rd round 2018.07.11 Omiya Ardija 0-1 Vegalta Sendai NACK5 Stadium Omiya 3,752
4th round 2018.08.22 Yokohama F. Marinos 2-3 Vegalta Sendai NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium 5,977
Quarterfinals 2018.10.24 Júbilo Iwata 1-1
(a.e.t.) 0-0
Penalties 3-4		 Vegalta Sendai Yamaha Stadium 4,068
Semi-finals 2018.12.05 Vegalta Sendai 3-2 Montedio Yamagata Yurtec Stadium Sendai 16,604
Final 2018.12.09 Urawa Red Diamonds 1-0 Vegalta Sendai Saitama Stadium 2002 50,978

J.League Cup

Match Date Team Score Team Venue Attendance
Group A-1 2018.03.07 Vegalta Sendai 1-1 Albirex Niigata Yurtec Stadium Sendai 6,508
Group A-2 2018.03.14 Yokohama F. Marinos 0-0 Vegalta Sendai NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium 6,391
Group A-3 2018.04.04 Vegalta Sendai 3-0 FC Tokyo Yurtec Stadium Sendai 7,068
Group A-4 2018.04.18 Albirex Niigata 3-1 Vegalta Sendai Denka Big Swan Stadium 2,681
Group A-5 2018.05.09 Vegalta Sendai 4-2 Yokohama F. Marinos Yurtec Stadium Sendai 7,187
Group A-6 2018.05.16 FC Tokyo 0-1 Vegalta Sendai Ajinomoto Stadium 6,016
Play-offs-1 2018.06.02 Shonan Bellmare 3-0 Vegalta Sendai Shonan BMW Stadium Hiratsuka 8,374
Play-offs-2 2018.06.09 Vegalta Sendai 3-1 Shonan Bellmare Yurtec Stadium Sendai 10,215

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Honours

TAG Heuer YOUNG GUNS AWARD

J1 Fair-Play award

References

  1. ^ "バックナンバー2018 | 選手 | ベガルタ仙台オフィシャルサイト". www.vegalta.co.jp.
  2. ^ "J. League Data Site". data.j-league.or.jp. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
  3. ^ "Backnumber 2018". 2022-11-13.

External links

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