Vegalta Sendai

is a Japanese professional football (soccer) club, currently playing in Division 2 of the J-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 also been played at nearby Miyagi Stadium.

History

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 nickname Brummell Sendai. When joining the J-League, the name Vegalta was chosen as a homage to the famous Tanabata festival in Sendai. The names of the two celestial stars of the Tanabata legend, Vega and Altair were combined to form Vegalta.

Current players

As of July 25, 2008

Former players

• Kenji Fukuda
• Shohei Ikeda
• Teruo Iwamoto
• Pierre Littbarski
• Shigeyoshi Mochizuki
• Hajime Moriyasu
• Kazuhiro Murakami
• Jun Muramatsu
• Norio Omura
• Katsutomo Oshiba
• Hisato Satō
• Goce Sedloski
• Koya Shimizu
• Daijiro Takakuwa
• Thiago Neves
• Takahiro Yamada
• Yoshiteru Yamashita
• Borges

Managers

Manager	Nat.	Tenure
Takekazu Suzuki		1995
Choei Sato		1996
Branko Elsner		1997
Milos Rus		1997
Toshiya Miura		1997
Takekazu Suzuki		1998-1999
Hidehiko Shimizu		1999-2003
Hajime Ishii		2003
Zdenko Verdenik		2003-2004
Satoshi Tsunami		2005
Joel Santana		2006
Tatsuya Mochizuki		2007
Makoto Teguramori		2008-

Season results

Season	League	Standing	Points	Wins	Losses	Ties	Attendance
1995	JFL	15(16)	27	9	21	0
1996	JFL	6(16)	56	18	12	0
1997	JFL	8(16)	40	15	15	0
1998	JFL	7(16)	43	18	12	0
1999	J2	9(10)	31	10	22	4	134,462
2000	J2	5(11)	55	19	19	2	177,967
2001	J2	2(12)	83	27	12	5	308,243
2002	J1 (stage1)	9(16)	20	7	8	0
	J1 (stage2)	15(16)	12	4	10	1
	J1 (season)	13(16)	32	11	18	1	327,925
2003	J1 (stage1)	15(16)	12	3	9	3
	J1 (stage2)	15(16)	12	2	6	7
	J1 (season)	15(16)	24	5	15	10	325,621
2004	J2	6(12)	59	15	15	14	356,359
2005	J2	4(12)	68	19	14	11	350,544
2006	J2	5(13)	77	21	13	14	346,868
2007	J2	4(13)	83	24	11	13	352,432

Finances

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 only year since joining the J. League that they failed to turn a profit. Up until the closing date of the 2006 season (January 31, 2007), the team was projecting a 150 million yen deficit. However, the transfer fee for Borges was enough to drive them into the black for the season. The total profit in 2006 was 27 million yen.

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

References

External links

• Vegalta Sendai Official Web Site

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