# 2009 Vegalta Sendai season

During the 2009 season, Vegalta Sendai competed in the J.League Division 2, the second tier of the Japanese football league system. Sendai finished 1st with a total of 106 points, the most points amassed by any team in J2 league history. The club also competed in the Emperor's Cup, being eliminated by Gamba Osaka at the semi-final stage.

## J.League Division 2.
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Vegalta Sendai (C, P) | 51 | 32 | 10 | 9 | 87 | 39 | +48 | 106 | Promotion to 2010 J. League Division 1 |
| 2 | Cerezo Osaka (P) | 51 | 31 | 11 | 9 | 100 | 53 | +47 | 104 | Promotion to 2010 J. League Division 1 |
| 3 | Shonan Bellmare (P) | 51 | 29 | 11 | 11 | 84 | 52 | +32 | 98 | Promotion to 2010 J. League Division 1 |
| 4 | Ventforet Kofu | 51 | 28 | 13 | 10 | 76 | 46 | +30 | 97 | |
| 5 | Sagan Tosu | 51 | 25 | 13 | 13 | 71 | 51 | +20 | 88 | |

## Player statistics

| No. | Pos. | Player | D.o.B. (Age) | Height / Weight | J. League 2 | J. League 2 | Emperor's Cup | Emperor's Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Player | D.o.B. (Age) | Height / Weight | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | Tatsuro Hagihara | (1982-08-06)August 6, 1982 (aged 26) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| 2 | DF | Kosuke Kitani | (1978-10-09)October 9, 1978 (aged 30) | cm / kg | 2 | 0 | | | | |
| 3 | DF | Kodai Watanabe | (1986-12-04)December 4, 1986 (aged 22) | cm / kg | 50 | 3 | | | | |
| 4 | DF | Junya Hosokawa | (1984-06-24)June 24, 1984 (aged 24) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| 5 | DF | Yugo Ichiyanagi | (1985-04-02)April 2, 1985 (aged 23) | cm / kg | 18 | 2 | | | | |
| 6 | DF | Elizeu | (1979-10-21)October 21, 1979 (aged 29) | cm / kg | 51 | 7 | | | | |
| 7 | MF | Naoki Chiba | (1977-07-24)July 24, 1977 (aged 31) | cm / kg | 40 | 5 | | | | |
| 8 | MF | Atsushi Nagai | (1974-12-23)December 23, 1974 (aged 34) | cm / kg | 40 | 0 | | | | |
| 9 | FW | Takayuki Nakahara | (1984-11-18)November 18, 1984 (aged 24) | cm / kg | 36 | 10 | | | | |
| 10 | MF | Ryang Yong-Gi | (1982-01-07)January 7, 1982 (aged 27) | cm / kg | 51 | 14 | | | | |
| 11 | MF | Kunimitsu Sekiguchi | (1985-12-26)December 26, 1985 (aged 23) | cm / kg | 50 | 4 | | | | |
| 13 | FW | Yuki Nakashima | (1984-06-16)June 16, 1984 (aged 24) | cm / kg | 38 | 8 | | | | |
| 14 | FW | Tomoyuki Hirase | (1977-05-23)May 23, 1977 (aged 31) | cm / kg | 40 | 8 | | | | |
| 15 | FW | Kohei Tanaka | (1985-12-11)December 11, 1985 (aged 23) | cm / kg | 16 | 1 | | | | |
| 16 | GK | Takuto Hayashi | (1982-08-09)August 9, 1982 (aged 26) | cm / kg | 51 | 0 | | | | |
| 17 | MF | Shingo Tomita | (1986-06-20)June 20, 1986 (aged 22) | cm / kg | 34 | 0 | | | | |
| 18 | FW | Marcelo Soares | (1982-03-09)March 9, 1982 (aged 26) | cm / kg | 34 | 16 | | | | |
| 19 | FW | Dan Suzuki | (1989-03-09)March 9, 1989 (aged 19) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| 19 | FW | Sales | (1986-06-09)June 9, 1986 (aged 22) | cm / kg | 12 | 2 | | | | |
| 20 | MF | Takahisa Nishiyama | (1985-07-11)July 11, 1985 (aged 23) | cm / kg | 5 | 0 | | | | |
| 21 | GK | Kentaro Seki | (1986-03-09)March 9, 1986 (aged 22) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| 22 | GK | Shigeru Sakurai | (1979-06-29)June 29, 1979 (aged 29) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| 23 | MF | Naoya Tamura | (1984-11-20)November 20, 1984 (aged 24) | cm / kg | 23 | 1 | | | | |
| 25 | MF | Naoki Sugai | (1984-09-21)September 21, 1984 (aged 24) | cm / kg | 49 | 3 | | | | |
| 26 | MF | Keita Sogabe | (1988-07-02)July 2, 1988 (aged 20) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| 27 | DF | Park Joo-Sung | (1984-02-20)February 20, 1984 (aged 25) | cm / kg | 34 | 2 | | | | |
| 28 | MF | Junichi Misawa | (1985-05-21)May 21, 1985 (aged 23) | cm / kg | 2 | 0 | | | | |
| 29 | DF | Toshio Shimakawa | (1990-05-28)May 28, 1990 (aged 18) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| 30 | MF | Satoshi Hida | (1984-04-18)April 18, 1984 (aged 24) | cm / kg | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| 31 | MF | Daisuke Saito | (1980-08-29)August 29, 1980 (aged 28) | cm / kg | 36 | 0 | | | | |