Vegalta Sendai (ベガルタ仙台 , Begaruta Sendai) is a Japanese professional football club, currently playing in J1 League. The team 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.
Founded in 1988 as Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc. Soccer Club, Vegalta and joined the J-League in 1999 after playing a few years in the JFL, with the nickname Brummell Sendai, to which they had been promoted in 1995 from the Tohoku Regional League. 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.
They were first promoted to the top flight in 2002, but they went back down the following season. They were promoted again for the 2010 season.
In 2011, despite the earthquake and tsunami, they achieved their highest position up to that time, 4th place in the top division. In 2012, despite leading the table for most of the season, Sanfrecce Hiroshima ! Sanfrecce Hiroshima 's challenge proved too strong, and losing the penultimate week game to relegation battler Albirex Niigata ! Albirex Niigata cost them the title, rendering them second-place winners, their highest position in history.
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