2012 Kawasaki Frontale season

Kawasaki Frontale
2012 season
ChairmanShimpei Takeda
ManagerNaoki Soma
J. League Division 1-
Emperor's Cup-
J. League Cup-
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The 2012 Kawasaki Frontale season is Kawasaki Frontale's eighth consecutive season in J. League Division 1 and 11th overall in the Japanese top flight. Kawasaki Frontale also competed in the 2012 Emperor's Cup and 2012 J. League Cup.

Players

Competitions

J. League

Main article: 2012 J. League Division 1

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima (C) 34 19 7 8 63 34 +29 64 Qualification to 2012 Club World Cup and 2013 Champions League
2 Vegalta Sendai 34 15 12 7 59 43 +16 57 Qualification to 2013 Champions League[a]
3 Urawa Red Diamonds 34 15 10 9 47 42 +5 55
4 Yokohama F. Marinos 34 13 14 7 44 33 +11 53
5 Sagan Tosu 34 15 8 11 48 39 +9 53
6 Kashiwa Reysol 34 15 7 12 57 52 +5 52 Qualification to 2013 Champions League[a]
7 Nagoya Grampus 34 15 7 12 46 47 −1 52
8 Kawasaki Frontale 34 14 8 12 51 50 +1 50
9 Shimizu S-Pulse 34 14 7 13 39 40 −1 49
10 FC Tokyo 34 14 6 14 47 44 +3 48
11 Kashima Antlers 34 12 10 12 50 43 +7 46
12 Júbilo Iwata 34 13 7 14 57 53 +4 46
13 Omiya Ardija 34 11 11 12 38 45 −7 44
14 Cerezo Osaka 34 11 9 14 47 53 −6 42
15 Albirex Niigata 34 10 10 14 29 34 −5 40
16 Vissel Kobe (R) 34 11 6 17 41 50 −9 39 Relegation to 2013 J.League Division 2
17 Gamba Osaka (R) 34 9 11 14 67 65 +2 38
18 Consadole Sapporo (R) 34 4 2 28 25 88 −63 14
Updated to match(es) played on 1 December 2012. Source: J.League Division 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b The winners of the 2012 Emperor's Cup qualified for the group stage of the 2013 AFC Champions League.

Matches

10 March 2012 1 Kawasaki Frontale 1 - 0 Albirex Niigata Todoroki Stadium
Saturday 17:05 Saneto 11' Report Attendance: 18,920
Referee: Yamamoto
17 March 2012 2 Kashima Antlers 0 - 1 Kawasaki Frontale Kashima Soccer Stadium
Saturday 14:04 Report 45+2' Renato Attendance: 19,010
Referee: Nishimura
24 March 2012 3 Kawasaki Frontale 0 - 1 Cerezo Osaka Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
Saturday 14:04 Report 75' Kim Attendance: 14,777
Referee: Matsuo
31 March 2012 4 Urawa Red Diamonds 1 - 1 Kawasaki Frontale Saitama Stadium 2002
Saturday 15:03 Popó 10' Report 59' Yajima Attendance: 25,743
Referee: Iemoto
8 April 2012 5 Kawasaki Frontale 0 - 1 F.C. Tokyo Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
Sunday 17:00 Renatinho Yellow card 50' Report Hasegawa Yellow card 43' Yellow-red card 48'
Takahashi Yellow card 45+2'
Morishige 87'		 Attendance: 20,996
Referee: Japan Kenji Ogiya
14 April 2012 6 Gamba Osaka 3 - 2 Kawasaki Frontale Osaka Expo '70 Stadium
Saturday 20:00 Endō Yellow card 32'
Nakazawa 45+1'
Sato 68'
Abe 85'
Kaji Yellow card 89'		 Report Tasaka 1' Yellow card 90+3'
Kobayashi 30'
Morishita Yellow card 36'
Komiyama Yellow card 45'
Jeci Yellow card 84'		 Attendance: 17,134
Referee: Japan Hiroyuki Kimura
21 April 2012 7 Consadole Sapporo 2 - 3 Kawasaki Frontale Sapporo Dome
Saturday 15:00 Maeda 9' Yellow card 75'
Takaki 32'		 Report Nakamura 57'
Renatinho 67' (pen.)
Yamase 88'		 Attendance: 11,119
Referee: Japan Nobutsugu Murakami
28 April 2012 8 Kawasaki Frontale 1 - 4 Sanfrecce Hiroshima Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
Saturday 16:00 Ito 33' Report Yamagishi 15'
Ishihara 38'
Satō 47', 78'
Morisaki Yellow card 90+3'		 Attendance: 19,895
Referee: Japan Kazuhiko Matsumura
3 May 2012 9 Kawasaki Frontale 4 - 3 Júbilo Iwata Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
Thursday 16:00 Oshima 30'
Yajima 53' (pen.) 62'
Tanaka 55'
Igawa Yellow card 84'		 Report Yamada Yellow card 13'
Yamamoto Yellow card 52' 59', 67'
Abe 90+1'		 Attendance: 15,671
Referee: Japan Tomohiro Inoue
6 May 2012 10 Nagoya Grampus 2 - 3 Kawasaki Frontale Toyota Stadium
Sunday 18:00 Kennedy 9'
Córdoba Yellow card 45+3'
Daniel Yellow card 54'
Fujimoto 71'
Ogawa Yellow card 90'		 Report Tasaka 1'
Yajima 14', 45+3'		 Attendance: 20,512
Referee: Japan Toshimitsy Yoshida
12 May 2012 11 Kawasaki Frontale 0 - 2 Kashiwa Reysol Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
Saturday 16:00 Report Hashimoto Yellow card 57'
Kudo 63'
Tanaka Yellow card 74'
Jorge Wagner 90+2'		 Attendance: 16,054
Referee: Japan Itaru Hirose
19 May 2012 12 Omiya Ardija 0 - 2 Kawasaki Frontale NACK5 Stadium Omiya
Saturday 17:00 Aoki Yellow card 35'
Carlinhos Paraíba Yellow card 52'
Kataoka Yellow card 83'		 Report Oshima 67'
Kusukami 72'		 Attendance: 9,304
Referee: Japan Futoshi Nakamura
26 May 2012 13 Kawasaki Frontale 3 - 2 Vegalta Sendai Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
Saturday 15:00 Kobayashi 21'
Noborizato 61'
Yajima 90+3'		 Report Tomita 24'
Wilson 54'
Akamine Yellow card 85'		 Attendance: 16,058
Referee: Japan Tomoya Maeda
16 June 2012 14 Sagan Tosu 0 - 1 Kawasaki Frontale Tosu Stadium
Saturday 20:00 Ikeda Yellow card 75' Report Inamoto Yellow card 27'
Ito Yellow card 76'
Tasaka 79'
Kurotsu Yellow card 90+5'		 Attendance: 9,603
Referee: Japan Yoshiro Imamura
23 June 2012 15 Kawasaki Frontale 0 - 0 Yokohama F. Marinos Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
Saturday 20:00 Tanaka Yellow card 82'
Kurotsu Yellow card 86'		 Report Ono Yellow card 64'
Taniguchi Yellow card 65'		 Attendance: 20,590
Referee: Japan Kenji Ogiya
30 June 2012 16 Kawasaki Frontale 0 - 1 Vissel Kobe Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
Saturday 20:00 Inamoto Yellow card 23'
Yajima Yellow card 74'		 Report Yoshida Yellow card 64'
Tanaka Yellow card 75'
Tokura 77' Yellow card 77'		 Attendance: 18,056
Referee: Japan Nobutsugu Murakami
7 July 2012 17 Shimizu S-Pulse 0 - 0 Kawasaki Frontale Outsourcing Stadium Nihondaira
Saturday 19:00 Kawai Yellow card 83' Report Attendance: 14,133
Referee: Paraguay Antonio Arias
14 July 2012 18 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3 - 0 Kawasaki Frontale Hiroshima Big Arch
Saturday 20:00 Shimizu 2'
Satō 15', 19'		 Report Kobayashi Yellow card 40' Attendance: 11,585
Referee: Japan Yudai Yamamoto
28 July 2012 19 Kawasaki Frontale 4 - 1 Omiya Ardija Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
Saturday 20:00 Nakamura 45+4'
Kobayashi 47' (pen.)
Kusukami Yellow card 51' 69'
Renatinho 71'		 Report Hasegawa 19'
Cho Young-Cheol Yellow card 33'
Kikuchi Yellow card 46'		 Attendance: 14,716
Referee: Japan Toshimitsu Yoshida
4 August 2012 20 Júbilo Iwata - Kawasaki Frontale Yamaha Stadium
Saturday 20:00 Referee: Japan
11 August 2012 21 Kawasaki Frontale - Sagan Tosu Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
Saturday 20:00 Referee: Japan
18 August 2012 22 Yokohama F. Marinos - Kawasaki Frontale International Stadium Yokohama
Saturday 20:00 Referee: Japan
25 August 2012 23 Kawasaki Frontale - Nagoya Grampus Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
Saturday 20:00 Referee: Japan
1 September 2012 24 Vegalta Sendai - Kawasaki Frontale Yurtec Stadium Sendai
Saturday 20:00 Referee: Japan
14 September 2012 25 Kawasaki Frontale - Kashima Antlers Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
Friday Referee: Japan
21 September 2012 26 F.C. Tokyo - Kawasaki Frontale Ajinomoto Stadium
Friday Referee: Japan
28 September 2012 27 Kawasaki Frontale - Consadole Sapporo Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
Friday Referee: Japan
5 October 2012 28 Kashiwa Reysol - Kawasaki Frontale Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium
Friday Referee: Japan
19 October 2012 29 Kawasaki Frontale - Gamba Osaka Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
Friday Referee: Japan
26 October 2012 30 Vissel Kobe - Kawasaki Frontale Home's Stadium Kobe
Friday Referee: Japan
6 November 2012 31 Kawasaki Frontale - Urawa Red Diamonds Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
Friday Referee: Japan
16 November 2012 32 Albirex Niigata - Kawasaki Frontale Tohoku Electric Power Big Swan Stadium
Friday Referee: Japan
23 November 2012 33 Kawasaki Frontale - Shimizu S-Pulse Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
Friday Referee: Japan
30 November 2012 34 Cerezo Osaka - Kawasaki Frontale Kincho Stadium
Friday Referee: Japan

J. League Cup

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Cerezo Osaka 6 4 0 2 15 7 +8 12
Vegalta Sendai 6 4 0 2 11 5 +4 12
Jubilo Iwata 6 4 0 2 10 11 −1 12
Urawa Red Diamonds 6 3 0 3 12 10 +2 9
Sagan Tosu 6 3 0 3 8 16 −8 9
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 6 1 1 4 8 11 −3 4
Kawasaki Frontale 6 1 1 4 7 11 −4 4
20 March 2012 Group A Sagan Tosu 2 - 1 Kawasaki Frontale Best Amenity Stadium
Tuesday 16:04 Okada 53'
Noda 65'		 Report 78' Yajima Attendance: 4,613
Referee: Tojo
4 April 2012 Group A Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1 - 1 Kawasaki Frontale Hiroshima Big Arch
Wednesday 19:04 Sato 85' Report 58' Jeci Attendance: 6,413
Referee: Iida
18 April 2012 Group A Kawasaki Frontale 3 - 1 Vegalta Sendai Todoroki Athletics Stadium
Wednesday 20:00 Saneto Yellow card 27' Yellow-red card 54'
Tasaka 45+1'
Kobayashi 45+3', 57'		 Report Tamura Yellow card 48'
Muto Yellow card 72' 90'		 Attendance: 8,186
Referee: Hajime Matsuo
16 May 2012 Group A Kawasaki Frontale 0 - 3 Urawa Red Diamonds Todoroki Athletics Stadium
Wednesday 20:00 Report Kashiwagi 32'
Ugajin Yellow card 42' 57', 83'		 Attendance: 13,608
Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami
6 June 2012 Group A Cerezo Osaka 3 - 2 Kawasaki Frontale Kincho Stadium
Wednesday 20:00 Ogihara Yellow card 27'
Kempes 47' 59'
Sakemoto Yellow card 57'
Kakitani 58', 86'
Takahashi Yellow card 81'		 Report Kusukami 30'
Renatinho 68' Yellow card 85'		 Attendance: 6,855
Referee: Koichiro Fukushima
9 June 2012 Group A Kawasaki Frontale 0 - 1 Júbilo Iwata Todoroki Athletics Stadium
Saturday 20:00 Report Yamazaki 25' Attendance: 7,970
Referee: Jumpei Iida

Emperor's Cup

Main article: 2012 Emperor's Cup

References