2001 Vegalta Sendai season

Vegalta Sendai

2001 season
Chairman	Kyogoku Akira
Manager	Hidehiko Shimizu
Stadium	Sendai Stadium
J. League 2	2nd (promoted)
J.League Cup	First round
Emperor's Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	Marcos (34) (J2 top scorer)
Home colours Away colours

2001 Vegalta Sendai season

Competitions

Competitions	Position
J.League 2	2nd / 12 clubs
Emperor's Cup	3rd round
J.League Cup	1st round

J.League 2

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	D	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Kyoto Purple Sanga (C)	44	23	5	5	0	11	79	48	+31	84	Promoted to the 2002 J.League Division 1
2	Vegalta Sendai	44	24	3	5	3	9	78	56	+22	83	Promoted to the 2002 J.League Division 1
3	Montedio Yamagata	44	20	7	6	4	7	61	39	+22	80
4	Albirex Niigata	44	22	4	4	7	7	79	47	+32	78
5	Omiya Ardija	44	20	6	6	1	11	73	43	+30	78

Source:
(C) Champion
Notes:

Results

Mito HollyHock v Vegalta Sendai

10 March 2001 (2001-03-10) 1	Mito HollyHock	0–1 (g.g.)	Vegalta Sendai	Hitachinaka City Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Yokohama FC v Vegalta Sendai

17 March 2001 (2001-03-17) 2	Yokohama FC	2–1 (g.g.)	Vegalta Sendai	Yokohama Mitsuzawa Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Vegalta Sendai v Ventforet Kofu

25 March 2001 (2001-03-25) 3	Vegalta Sendai	3–0	Ventforet Kofu	Sendai Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Sagan Tosu v Vegalta Sendai

31 March 2001 (2001-03-31) 4	Sagan Tosu	1–4	Vegalta Sendai	Tosu Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Vegalta Sendai v Kyoto Purple Sanga

8 April 2001 (2001-04-08) 5	Vegalta Sendai	3–2	Kyoto Purple Sanga	Sendai Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Albirex Niigata v Vegalta Sendai

14 April 2001 (2001-04-14) 6	Albirex Niigata	0–1 (g.g.)	Vegalta Sendai	Niigata City Athletic Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Vegalta Sendai v Kawasaki Frontale

22 April 2001 (2001-04-22) 7	Vegalta Sendai	4–2	Kawasaki Frontale	Sendai Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Shonan Bellmare v Vegalta Sendai

28 April 2001 (2001-04-28) 8	Shonan Bellmare	2–3	Vegalta Sendai	Hiratsuka Athletics Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Vegalta Sendai v Montedio Yamagata

3 May 2001 (2001-05-03) 9	Vegalta Sendai	2–2 (g.g.)	Montedio Yamagata	Sendai Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Vegalta Sendai v Oita Trinita

6 May 2001 (2001-05-06) 10	Vegalta Sendai	2–1	Oita Trinita	Sendai Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Omiya Ardija v Vegalta Sendai

12 May 2001 (2001-05-12) 11	Omiya Ardija	2–0	Vegalta Sendai	Omiya Football Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Vegalta Sendai v Yokohama FC

19 May 2001 (2001-05-19) 12	Vegalta Sendai	3–0	Yokohama FC	Sendai Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Ventforet Kofu v Vegalta Sendai

23 May 2001 (2001-05-23) 13	Ventforet Kofu	1–2 (g.g.)	Vegalta Sendai	Kose Sports Park Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Vegalta Sendai v Albirex Niigata

27 May 2001 (2001-05-27) 14	Vegalta Sendai	0–2	Albirex Niigata	Sendai Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Kawasaki Frontale v Vegalta Sendai

17 June 2001 (2001-06-17) 15	Kawasaki Frontale	1–1 (g.g.)	Vegalta Sendai	Todoroki Athletics Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Oita Trinita v Vegalta Sendai

23 June 2001 (2001-06-23) 16	Oita Trinita	2–0	Vegalta Sendai	Oita Athletic Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Vegalta Sendai v Omiya Ardija

29 June 2001 (2001-06-29) 17	Vegalta Sendai	0–1 (g.g.)	Omiya Ardija	Sendai Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Vegalta Sendai v Shonan Bellmare

7 July 2001 (2001-07-07) 18	Vegalta Sendai	1–0	Shonan Bellmare	Sendai Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Montedio Yamagata v Vegalta Sendai

11 July 2001 (2001-07-11) 19	Montedio Yamagata	0–2	Vegalta Sendai	Yamagata Park Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Vegalta Sendai v Mito HollyHock

14 July 2001 (2001-07-14) 20	Vegalta Sendai	4–3	Mito HollyHock	Sendai Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Vegalta Sendai v Sagan Tosu

21 July 2001 (2001-07-21) 21	Vegalta Sendai	3–1	Sagan Tosu	Sendai Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Kyoto Purple Sanga v Vegalta Sendai

25 July 2001 (2001-07-25) 22	Kyoto Purple Sanga	2–1	Vegalta Sendai	Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Omiya Ardija v Vegalta Sendai

28 July 2001 (2001-07-28) 23	Omiya Ardija	1–1 (g.g.)	Vegalta Sendai	Konosu Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Vegalta Sendai v Ventforet Kofu

3 August 2001 (2001-08-03) 24	Vegalta Sendai	4–1	Ventforet Kofu	Sendai Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Shonan Bellmare v Vegalta Sendai

11 August 2001 (2001-08-11) 25	Shonan Bellmare	0–1	Vegalta Sendai	Hiratsuka Athletics Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Vegalta Sendai v Montedio Yamagata

14 August 2001 (2001-08-14) 26	Vegalta Sendai	2–1	Montedio Yamagata	Sendai Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Albirex Niigata v Vegalta Sendai

18 August 2001 (2001-08-18) 27	Albirex Niigata	1–0	Vegalta Sendai	Niigata Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Vegalta Sendai v Kawasaki Frontale

25 August 2001 (2001-08-25) 28	Vegalta Sendai	1–2	Kawasaki Frontale	Sendai Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Sagan Tosu v Vegalta Sendai

1 September 2001 (2001-09-01) 29	Sagan Tosu	1–2	Vegalta Sendai	Tosu Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Vegalta Sendai v Kyoto Purple Sanga

5 September 2001 (2001-09-05) 30	Vegalta Sendai	0–0 (g.g.)	Kyoto Purple Sanga	Sendai Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Vegalta Sendai v Oita Trinita

8 September 2001 (2001-09-08) 31	Vegalta Sendai	0–2	Oita Trinita	Sendai Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Yokohama FC v Vegalta Sendai

14 September 2001 (2001-09-14) 32	Yokohama FC	3–4	Vegalta Sendai	Yumenoshima Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Vegalta Sendai v Mito HollyHock

19 September 2001 (2001-09-19) 33	Vegalta Sendai	2–1	Mito HollyHock	Sendai Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Vegalta Sendai v Shonan Bellmare

23 September 2001 (2001-09-23) 34	Vegalta Sendai	3–2	Shonan Bellmare	Sendai Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Kawasaki Frontale v Vegalta Sendai

30 September 2001 (2001-09-30) 35	Kawasaki Frontale	2–0	Vegalta Sendai	Todoroki Athletics Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Vegalta Sendai v Albirex Niigata

6 October 2001 (2001-10-06) 36	Vegalta Sendai	4–2	Albirex Niigata	Sendai Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Montedio Yamagata v Vegalta Sendai

13 October 2001 (2001-10-13) 37	Montedio Yamagata	0–2	Vegalta Sendai	Yamagata Park Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Oita Trinita v Vegalta Sendai

17 October 2001 (2001-10-17) 38	Oita Trinita	0–2	Vegalta Sendai	Kumamoto Athletics Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Vegalta Sendai v Omiya Ardija

21 October 2001 (2001-10-21) 39	Vegalta Sendai	1–1 (g.g.)	Omiya Ardija	Sendai Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Mito HollyHock v Vegalta Sendai

28 October 2001 (2001-10-28) 40	Mito HollyHock	2–3	Vegalta Sendai	Kasamatsu Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Vegalta Sendai v Yokohama FC

3 November 2001 (2001-11-03) 41	Vegalta Sendai	2–1	Yokohama FC	Sendai Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Ventforet Kofu v Vegalta Sendai

6 November 2001 (2001-11-06) 42	Ventforet Kofu	3–0	Vegalta Sendai	Kose Sports Park Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Vegalta Sendai v Sagan Tosu

11 November 2001 (2001-11-11) 43	Vegalta Sendai	2–3 (g.g.)	Sagan Tosu	Sendai Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Kyoto Purple Sanga v Vegalta Sendai

18 November 2001 (2001-11-18) 44	Kyoto Purple Sanga	0–1	Vegalta Sendai	Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Emperor's Cup

F.C. Primeiro v Vegalta Sendai

25 November 2001 (2001-11-25) First round	F.C. Primeiro	0–4	Vegalta Sendai	Fukushima Azuma Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Vegalta Sendai v FC Kyoken Kyoto

2 December 2001 (2001-12-02) Second round	Vegalta Sendai	4–1	FC Kyoken Kyoto	Sendai Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Vegalta Sendai

9 December 2001 (2001-12-09) Third round	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1–0	Vegalta Sendai	Hiroshima Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

J.League Cup

Vegalta Sendai v Avispa Fukuoka

4 April 2001 (2001-04-04) First round-1	Vegalta Sendai	1–2	Avispa Fukuoka	Sendai Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Avispa Fukuoka v Vegalta Sendai

18 April 2001 (2001-04-18) First round-2	Avispa Fukuoka	2–2 (4–3 agg.)	Vegalta Sendai	Hakatanomori Football Stadium
JST (UTC+09)

Player statistics

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	D.o.B. (Age)	Height / Weight	J.League 2		Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup		Total
						Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Norio Takahashi	(1971-03-15)March 15, 1971 (aged 29)	cm / kg	44	0
2	DF		Susumu Watanabe	(1973-10-10)October 10, 1973 (aged 27)	cm / kg	36	3
3	DF		Katsuyuki Saito	(1973-04-07)April 7, 1973 (aged 27)	cm / kg	0	0
4	DF		Eiji Gaya	(1969-02-08)February 8, 1969 (aged 32)	cm / kg	26	0
5	MF		Celso Vieira	(1974-09-25)September 25, 1974 (aged 26)	cm / kg	31	0
6	DF		Ricardo	(1977-02-23)February 23, 1977 (aged 24)	cm / kg	33	1
7	MF		Naoki Chiba	(1977-07-24)July 24, 1977 (aged 23)	cm / kg	38	1
8	MF		Koji Nakajima	(1977-08-20)August 20, 1977 (aged 23)	cm / kg	0	0
9	FW		Marcos	(1974-03-21)March 21, 1974 (aged 26)	cm / kg	40	34
10	MF		Nobuyuki Zaizen	(1976-10-19)October 19, 1976 (aged 24)	cm / kg	39	7
11	FW		Shinji Fujiyoshi	(1970-04-03)April 3, 1970 (aged 30)	cm / kg	31	8
13	MF		Tomohiro Hasumi	(1972-06-06)June 6, 1972 (aged 28)	cm / kg	31	2
14	MF		Teruo Iwamoto	(1972-05-02)May 2, 1972 (aged 28)	cm / kg	34	5
15	MF		Manabu Nakamura	(1977-06-26)June 26, 1977 (aged 23)	cm / kg	7	0
16	FW		Makoto Segawa	(1974-11-26)November 26, 1974 (aged 26)	cm / kg	0	0
17	DF		Kazuya Iio	(1980-04-10)April 10, 1980 (aged 20)	cm / kg	25	0
18	DF		Yusuke Mori	(1980-07-24)July 24, 1980 (aged 20)	cm / kg	29	1
19	FW		Shinya Mitsuoka	(1976-04-22)April 22, 1976 (aged 24)	cm / kg	21	3
20	DF		Hiroyuki Tazawa	(1978-04-29)April 29, 1978 (aged 22)	cm / kg	0	0
21	GK		Tatsuro Hagihara	(1982-08-06)August 6, 1982 (aged 18)	cm / kg	0	0
22	GK		Taiki Maekawa	(1979-07-22)July 22, 1979 (aged 21)	cm / kg	0	0
23	MF		Shin Nakamura	(1974-05-06)May 6, 1974 (aged 26)	cm / kg	42	2
24	MF		Taichiro Saito	(1982-06-19)June 19, 1982 (aged 18)	cm / kg	0	0
25	FW		Nozomu Kamma	(1978-04-27)April 27, 1978 (aged 22)	cm / kg	0	0
26	MF		Kazuhiro Murakami	(1981-01-20)January 20, 1981 (aged 20)	cm / kg	4	0
27	MF		Yasushi Kido	(1982-06-14)June 14, 1982 (aged 18)	cm / kg	0	0
28	DF		Toshihiro Yahata	(1980-05-29)May 29, 1980 (aged 20)	cm / kg	2	0
29	FW		Satoshi Ōtomo	(1981-10-01)October 1, 1981 (aged 19)	cm / kg	41	5
30	DF		Tatsuya Murata	(1972-08-08)August 8, 1972 (aged 28)	cm / kg	27	0
31	MF		Shuhei Hanabuchi	(1978-12-01)December 1, 1978 (aged 22)	cm / kg	0	0
32	MF		Takahiro Yamada	(1972-04-29)April 29, 1972 (aged 28)	cm / kg	28	3

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