2014 Matsumoto Yamaga F.C. season

Matsumoto Yamaga

2014 season
Chairman	Hiroshi Otsuki
Manager	Yasuharu Sorimachi
J. League Division 2	2nd
Emperor's Cup	3rd round
Top goalscorer	League: Takayuki Funayama (19 goals) All: Takayuki Funayama (19 goals)
Highest home attendance	18,496 vs Mito HollyHock (23 November 2014)
Lowest home attendance	8,608 vs Tochigi SC (10 August 2014)
Average home league attendance	12,733
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The 2014 Matsumoto Yamaga F.C. season sees Matsumoto Yamaga compete in J. League Division 2. Matsumoto Yamaga are also competing in the 2014 Emperor's Cup.

When they made a 2–1 victory at Fukuoka on 1 November 2014, they secured a second place in J2 and promotion to J1 for the first time in their history.

Players

Pre-season Transfers

In No. Pos. Player From Notes 2 DF Yuki Okubo Tokushima Vortis 3 DF Hayuma Tanaka Nagoya Grampus 15 MF Yudai Iwama V-Varen Nagasaki 26 MF Hayato Michiue Momoyama Gakuin University 29 MF Junto Matsushita Keio University 34 MF Nobuyuki Shiina Ryutsu Keizai University 41 MF Daiki Yagishita Teikyo Senior High School 9 FW Sabiá Tochigi SC 18 FW Yuki Natsume Kawasaki Frontale

Out No. Pos. Player To Notes (loan return from FC Ryūkyū) DF Ryuji Ito Fujieda MYFC 15 DF Ryosuke Kawanabe AC Nagano Parceiro (loan return from Fukushima United FC) DF Shusaku Tokita Grulla Morioka on loan 41 DF Yuki Miyazawa Sriracha F.C. 49 DF Takumi Abe Avispa Fukuoka (loan return from Fujieda MYFC) MF Yuta Murase ReinMeer Aomori F.C. (loan return from Fujieda MYFC) MF Kosei Arita Matsue City F.C. 8 MF Kento Tsurumaki Ayutthaya F.C. 18 MF Akihito Kusunose 30 MF Ryota Iwabuchi Renofa Yamaguchi FC on loan 34 MF Makito Yoshida Nagoya Grampus loan return 9 FW Rodrigo Cabeça Desportivo Brasil loan return 20 FW Shun Nagasawa Shimizu S-Pulse loan return 33 FW Ryota Nakamura FC Osaka on loan 48 FW Felipe Alves Avaí Futebol Clube loan return

Mid-season Transfers

In No. Pos. Player From Notes 20 FW Hiroki Yamamoto Vegalta Sendai on loan 22 FW Lee JunHyeob Eintracht Braunschweig II

Out No. Pos. Player To Notes 5 MF Kenta Komatsu Ayutthaya F.C. 24 MF Park Kwang-il FC Pune City on loan 29 MF Junto Matsushita FC Machida Zelvia on loan 32 MF Kohei Kurata Azulclaro Numazu on loan 36 MF Shuho Miyashita Saurcos Fukui on loan 37 MF Mitsuo Yamada retired 39 FW Miran Kibe retired

Competitions

J. League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Shonan Bellmare (C) (P)	42	31	8	3	86	25	+61	101	Qualification to 2015 J1 League
2	Matsumoto Yamaga (P)	42	24	11	7	65	35	+30	83
3	JEF United Chiba	42	18	14	10	55	44	+11	68	Qualification to Promotion Playoffs ^1
4	Júbilo Iwata	42	18	13	11	67	55	+12	67
5	Giravanz Kitakyushu	42	18	11	13	50	50	0	65	Ineligible for promotion
6	Montedio Yamagata (P)	42	18	10	14	57	44	+13	64	Qualification to Promotion Playoffs ^1
7	Oita Trinita	42	17	12	13	52	55	−3	63
8	Fagiano Okayama	42	15	16	11	52	48	+4	61
9	Kyoto Sanga	42	14	18	10	57	52	+5	60
10	Consadole Sapporo	42	15	14	13	48	44	+4	59
11	Yokohama FC	42	14	13	15	49	47	+2	55
12	Tochigi SC	42	15	10	17	52	58	−6	55
13	Roasso Kumamoto	42	13	15	14	45	53	−8	54
14	V-Varen Nagasaki	42	12	16	14	45	42	+3	52
15	Mito HollyHock	42	12	14	16	46	46	0	50	Ineligible for promotion
16	Avispa Fukuoka	42	13	11	18	52	60	−8	50
17	FC Gifu	42	13	10	19	54	61	−7	49	Ineligible for promotion
18	Thespakusatsu Gunma	42	14	7	21	45	54	−9	49
19	Ehime FC	42	12	12	18	54	58	−4	48
20	Tokyo Verdy	42	9	15	18	31	48	−17	42
21	Kamatamare Sanuki	42	7	12	23	34	71	−37	33	Qualification to Relegation Playoffs ^2
22	Kataller Toyama (R)	42	5	8	29	28	74	−46	23	Relegation to 2015 J3 League ^2

Updated to games played on 23 November 2014.
Source: J.League data
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹ Only teams that meet J1 license criteria can participate in promotion playoffs. If one or more teams fail to meet the criteria, only eligible teams that finished 3rd to 6th will participate and no replacement teams will be added.
² The playoffs and direct exchange between J2 and J3 are subject to eligibility of J2-licensed teams in top 2 of 2014 J3 League
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Emperor's Cup

References

• 2014 J.League Division 2 Fixture