title: 2014 Matsumoto Yamaga FC season
text: # 2014 Matsumoto Yamaga FC season
  
  The 2014 Matsumoto Yamaga FC 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 |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 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 | Teamvte | 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 for 2015 J1 League |
  | 2 | Matsumoto Yamaga (P) | 42 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 65 | 35 | +30 | 83 | Qualification for 2015 J1 League |
  | 3 | JEF United Chiba | 42 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 55 | 44 | +11 | 68 | Qualification for Promotion Playoffs |
  | 4 | Júbilo Iwata | 42 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 67 | 55 | +12 | 67 | Qualification for Promotion Playoffs |
  | 5 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 42 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 50 | 50 | 0 | 65 | Ineligible for promotion |
  
  * ↑ 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.
  