football club
Vegalta Sendai ( ベガルタ仙台, Begaruta Sendai ) is a japanese professional football club, presently playing in J1 League. The team is located in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture. Their home stadium is Yurtec Stadium Sendai, in Izumi-ku, Sendai, although a few home games have besides been played at nearby Miyagi Stadium .
history [edit ]
Founded in 1988 as Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc. Soccer Club, Vegalta joined the J-League in 1999 after playing a few years in the JFL, with the dub Brummell Sendai, to which they had been promoted in 1995 from the Tohoku Regional League. When joining the J-League, the list Vegalta was chosen as a court to the celebrated Tanabata festival in Sendai. The names of the two celestial stars of the Tanabata legend, Vega and Altair were combined to form Vegalta.
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They were first promoted to the lead flight in 2002 but in the be temper the team went back down the be season. They were promoted again for the 2010 season. In 2011, despite the earthquake and tsunami, they achieved their highest status up to that time, 4th position in the clear part. In 2012, despite leading the table for most of the season, Sanfrecce Hiroshima ‘s challenge proved besides firm, and losing the penultimate week game to relegation combatant Albirex Niigata cost them the title, rendering them second-place winners, their highest position in history. In 2018, the Vegalta reached frailty place in the Emperor ‘s Cup, losing the cup to the Urawa Reds. [ 1 ]
Supporters and rivalries [edit ]
Like most football clubs, Sendai ‘s fans are to be heard scorch and dancing throughout the match ; but, most of the songs used by fans of other clubs are eschewed in prefer of a more eclectic set. The club ‘s root, whistle before every game, is Take Me Home, Country Roads, while during the plot altered lyrics are sung to the tunes of The Lambrusco Kid by the Toy Dolls, Blitzkrieg Bop, and early songs by KISS and Twisted Sister .
Vegalta ‘s traditional rivals are Montedio Yamagata from Yamagata Prefecture. The two have been rivals since meet in the Tohoku Football League in 1991 .
Uniforms [edit ]
HOME
1999-2001
2002-2003
2004-2006
2007-2008
2009-2010
2011-2012
2013-2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
AWAY
1999-2001
2002-2003
2004-2006
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2007-2008
2009-2010
2011-2012
2013-2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
OTHER
2009
15周年記念
2014
20周年記念
2016 summer
2017 summer
2018 summer
current players [edit ]
- As of 11 August 2021[2]
note : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .
record [edit ]
Champions
Runners-up
Third place
Promoted
Relegated
Season
League
Tier
Teams
Pos.
W
D
L
Pts
Attendance
1995
JFL
2
16
15th
9
0
21
27
1996
16
6th
18
0
12
56
1997
16
8th
15
0
15
40
1998
16
7th
18
0
12
43
1999
J2
2
10
9th
10
4
22
31
134,462
2000
11
5th
19
2
19
55
177,967
2001
12
2nd
27
5
12
83
308,243
2002
J1
1
16
13th
11
1
18
32
327,925
2003
16
15th
5
10
15
24
325,621
2004
J2
2
12
6th
15
14
15
59
356,359
2005
12
4th
19
11
14
68
350,544
2006
13
5th
21
14
13
77
346,868
2007
13
4th
24
13
11
83
352,432
2008
15
3rd
18
8
16
70
295,679
2009
18
1st
32
10
9
106
336,719
2010
J1
1
18
14th
10
15
9
39
294,644
2011
18
4th
14
14
6
56
266,144
2012
18
2nd
15
12
7
57
282,200
2013
18
13th
11
11
12
45
252,725
2014
18
14th
9
14
11
38
257,949
2015
18
14th
9
17
8
35
234,442
2016
18
12th
13
17
4
43
262,937
2017
18
12th
11
15
8
41
250,677
2018
18
11th
13
15
6
45
242,791
2019
18
11th
12
5
17
41
254,503
2020 †
18
17th
6
10
18
28
36,113
2021
20
19th
5
13
20
28
116,884
- Key
- Pos. = Position in league
- Pts = Total Points gained
- † 2020 season attendance reduced by COVID-19 worldwide pandemic
- Attendance = Total home league attendance
Honours [edit ]
Managers [edit ]
Continental record [edit ]
Finances [edit ]
Despite leading J2 in attendance for the past three years, the club has struggled financially since being relegated from J1. In 2005, the team ran a deficit of 163 million yen, the lone year since joining the J.League that they failed to turn a net income. [ 4 ] Up until the close date of the 2006 season ( January 31, 2007 ), the team was projecting a 150 million yen deficit. [ 5 ] however, the transfer tip for Borges was enough to drive them into the black for the season. The sum profit in 2006 was 27 million yen. [ 6 ]
Season
Income
Expenses
1999
599
578
2000
763
751
2001
1021
998
2002
2152
1950
2003
2348
2211
2004
2110
2103
2005
1787
1950
2006
TBD
TBD
in million yen
asian clubs ranking [edit ]
- As of 14 October 2018.[7]
References [edit ]
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