2012 Kawasaki Frontale season

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.

Kawasaki Frontale
2012 season
ChairmanShimpei Takeda
ManagerNaoki Soma
J. League Division 1
Emperor's Cup
J. League Cup
← 2011
2013 →

Players

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Competitions

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J. League

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League table

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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

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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   50' Report Hasegawa   43'   48'
Takahashi   45+2'
Morishige   87'
Attendance: 20,996
Referee:   Kenji Ogiya
14 April 2012 6 Gamba Osaka 3–2 Kawasaki Frontale Osaka Expo '70 Stadium
Saturday 20:00 Endō   32'
Nakazawa   45+1'
Sato   68'
Abe   85'
Kaji   89'
Report Tasaka   1'   90+3'
Kobayashi   30'
Morishita   36'
Komiyama   45'
Jeci   84'
Attendance: 17,134
Referee:   Hiroyuki Kimura
21 April 2012 7 Consadole Sapporo 2–3 Kawasaki Frontale Sapporo Dome
Saturday 15:00 Maeda   9'   75'
Takaki   32'
Report Nakamura   57'
Renatinho   67' (pen.)
Yamase   88'
Attendance: 11,119
Referee:   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   90+3'
Attendance: 19,895
Referee:   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   84'
Report Yamada   13'
Yamamoto   52'   59', 67'
Abe   90+1'
Attendance: 15,671
Referee:   Tomohiro Inoue
6 May 2012 10 Nagoya Grampus 2–3 Kawasaki Frontale Toyota Stadium
Sunday 18:00 Kennedy   9'
Córdoba   45+3'
Daniel   54'
Fujimoto   71'
Ogawa   90'
Report Tasaka   1'
Yajima   14', 45+3'
Attendance: 20,512
Referee:   Toshimitsy Yoshida
12 May 2012 11 Kawasaki Frontale 0–2 Kashiwa Reysol Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
Saturday 16:00 Report Hashimoto   57'
Kudo   63'
Tanaka   74'
Jorge Wagner   90+2'
Attendance: 16,054
Referee:   Itaru Hirose
19 May 2012 12 Omiya Ardija 0–2 Kawasaki Frontale NACK5 Stadium Omiya
Saturday 17:00 Aoki   35'
Carlinhos Paraíba   52'
Kataoka   83'
Report Oshima   67'
Kusukami   72'
Attendance: 9,304
Referee:   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   85'
Attendance: 16,058
Referee:   Tomoya Maeda
16 June 2012 14 Sagan Tosu 0–1 Kawasaki Frontale Tosu Stadium
Saturday 20:00 Ikeda   75' Report Inamoto   27'
Ito   76'
Tasaka   79'
Kurotsu   90+5'
Attendance: 9,603
Referee:   Yoshiro Imamura
23 June 2012 15 Kawasaki Frontale 0–0 Yokohama F. Marinos Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
Saturday 20:00 Tanaka   82'
Kurotsu   86'
Report Ono   64'
Taniguchi   65'
Attendance: 20,590
Referee:   Kenji Ogiya
30 June 2012 16 Kawasaki Frontale 0–1 Vissel Kobe Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
Saturday 20:00 Inamoto   23'
Yajima   74'
Report Yoshida   64'
Tanaka   75'
Tokura   77'   77'
Attendance: 18,056
Referee:   Nobutsugu Murakami
7 July 2012 17 Shimizu S-Pulse 0–0 Kawasaki Frontale Outsourcing Stadium Nihondaira
Saturday 19:00 Kawai   83' Report Attendance: 14,133
Referee:   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   40' Attendance: 11,585
Referee:   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   51'   69'
Renatinho   71'
Report Hasegawa   19'
Cho Young-Cheol   33'
Kikuchi   46'
Attendance: 14,716
Referee:   Toshimitsu Yoshida
4 August 2012 20 Júbilo Iwata Kawasaki Frontale Yamaha Stadium
Saturday 20:00 Referee:  

J. League Cup

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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   27'   54'
Tasaka   45+1'
Kobayashi   45+3', 57'
Report Tamura   48'
Muto   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   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   27'
Kempes   47'   59'
Sakemoto   57'
Kakitani   58', 86'
Takahashi   81'
Report Kusukami   30'
Renatinho   68'   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

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References

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