# Mynavi Sendai

Mynavi Sendai Ladies (マイナビ仙台レディース) is a women's professional football club playing in Japan's WE League. Its hometown is Sendai.

## Kits
### Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors

| Period | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor (chest) | Shirt sponsor (sleeve) |
| 2021–2022 | X-girl | Mynavi | The 77 Bank |
| 2022–2023 | X-girl | Mynavi | The 77 Bank |
| 2023–2024 | X-girl | Mynavi | The 77 Bank |

## Stadium

Their home stadium is Yurtec Stadium Sendai, in Izumi-ku, Sendai, although a few home games have also been played at nearby Miyagi Stadium.
Sendai Stadium ranks among the top stadiums in Japan for its presence, comfort, and accessibility, and was once ranked second in an evaluation by a famous Japanese football media.It was also used by Azzurri as a camp site during the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
Miyagi Stadium is famous not only for the Japanese national team, but also for hosting matches of the Argentine national team in the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
In 2022–23, it became the third place in the number of WE-League spectators.

## Mascot
### Myviy

* First appearance at the Tokyo Girls Collection in February 2021.
* A girl from Deneb and raised in Sendai. LTAANA and VEGATTA are friends.
* By combining "MY" from My Navi and "V" from Victory, the club named it "Myviy" as an easy-to-call name that will be familiar to many people, including supporters.
* Not a specific animal. A character inspired by the star Deneb, one of the summer triangles. The motif is Mynavi Wave, a moon helmet that is associated with the stars and the city of Sendai.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 17 November 2024.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | JPN | Ayaka Saito |
| 2 | DF | JPN | Kana Osafune |
| 4 | DF | JPN | Miyu Takahira |
| 5 | DF | JPN | Aimi Kunitake |
| 6 | MF | JPN | Ibuki Hara |
| 7 | MF | JPN | Rin Sumida |
| 8 | FW | JPN | Wakana Onishi [ja] |
| 9 | FW | JPN | Maho Hirosawa [ja] |
| 10 | MF | JPN | Emi Nakajima |
| 11 | FW | JPN | Michi Goto |
| 13 | FW | JPN | Nanako Takeda |
| 14 | MF | JPN | Mitsuba Ibaraki |
| 15 | GK | JPN | Shiori Shimizu |
| 17 | DF | JPN | Rio Sasaki [ja] |
| 19 | DF | JPN | Kaede Sato |
| 22 | DF | JPN | Kokoro Yoshioka [ja] |
| 24 | MF | JPN | Yume Endo |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 25 | MF | JPN | Moe Ohta [ja] |
| 26 | MF | JPN | Akane Nishino |
| 27 | MF | JPN | Niina Sato [ja] $^{Type2}$ |
| 28 | DF | JPN | Miina Matsunaga |
| 30 | MF | JPN | Miwa Sasaki |
| 31 | FW | JPN | Anon Tsuda [ja] $^{Type2}$ |
| 32 | DF | JPN | Kotomi Iwaki [ja] $^{Type2}$ |
| 33 | GK | JPN | Kisara Seto $^{Type2}$ |
| 34 | MF | JPN | Hana Kikuchi [ja] $^{Type2}$ |
| 36 | MF | JPN | Yuko Inose |
| 37 | MF | JPN | Saki Ishizaka [ja] |
| 38 | DF | KOR | Park Jeah |

### Notable players

* Aya Sameshima (2012–2014)
* Nana Ichise (2016–2023)
* Caitlin Foord (2017)
* Katrina Gorry (2017)
* Mamiko Matsumoto (2020–2024)
* Fūka Nagano (2021)
* Hinata Miyazawa (2021–2023, 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup Golden Boot)
* Emi Nakajima (2022–present)

## Club staff

| Position | Name |
| Manager | Shigemitsu Sudo |
| Assistant managers | Hayato Sasaki |
| First-Team Coach | Yuri Saito |
| Goalkeeper Coach | Mitsuhiko Moromachi |
| Physical coach | Anna Yamamori |
| Chief trainer | Keisuke Niiyama |
| Trainer | Aoi Sekine |
| Interpreter | Maho Oono |
| Competent | Ayano Masubuchi |
| Registered Dietitian | Ryu Umetsu |
| Conditioning Advisor | Yu Suzuki |

### Managerial history

| Dates | Name |
| 2012–2016 | Yasunobu Chiba |
| 2017–2018.6 | Kazuo Echigo |
| 2018.6–2018.12 | Yasunobu Chiba |
| 2019–2020 | Keiju Karashima |
| 2021–2023.5 | Takeo Matsuda |
| 2023.5–present | Shigemitsu Sudo |

## Honours
### Team awards

* Nadeshiko League Division 1
** Runners-up (1): 2015
* Nadeshiko League Division 2
** Winners (1): 2012
* WE League
** Special prize (1) : 2022–23
* Empress's Cup
** Fair-play award (3) : 2015,2016,2020

### Individual awards

* Valuable Player Award
** Fūka Nagano Hinata Miyazawa: 2021–22
** Hinata Miyazawa Manaka Matsukubo: 2022–23

## Season-by-season records

Seasons of MyNavi Sendai Ladies :
| Season | Domestic League | Domestic League | Domestic League | Domestic League | Empress's Cup | WE League Cup |
| Season | League | Level | Place | Tms. | Empress's Cup | WE League Cup |
| 2012 | Challenge League | 2 | Champions | 12 | Third round | — |
| 2013 | Nadeshiko League | 1 | 5th | 10 | Quarter-finals | Group stage |
| 2014 | Nadeshiko League | 1 | 7th | 10 | Semi-finals | — |
| 2015 | Nadeshiko League Division 1 | 1 | 2nd | 10 | Semi-finals | — |
| 2016 | Nadeshiko League Division 1 | 1 | 4th | 10 | Semi-finals | Semi-finals |
| 2017 | Nadeshiko League Division 1 | 1 | 4th | 10 | Quarter-finals | Group stage |
| 2018 | Nadeshiko League Division 1 | 1 | 8th | 10 | Quarter-finals | Group stage |
| 2019 | Nadeshiko League Division 1 | 1 | 8th | 10 | Quarter-finals | Group stage |
| 2020 | Nadeshiko League Division 1 | 1 | 7th | 10 | Semi-finals | — |
| 2021–22 | WE League | 1 | 5th | 11 | Fourth round | — |
| 2022–23 | WE League | 1 | 4th | 11 | Fourth round | Group stage |
| 2023–24 | WE League | 1 | | 12 | Quarter-finals | Group stage |

## Parent company

Mynavi Corporation

## Transition of team name

* Vegalta Sendai Ladies: (2012–2016)
* Mynavi Vegalta Sendai Ladies: (2017–2020)
* Mynavi Sendai Ladies: (2021–present)