2012 Sagan Tosu season

Sagan Tosu

2012 season
Chairman	Yukihiro Igawa
Manager	Yoon Jung-Hwan
J.League Division 1	5th
Emperor's Cup	2nd Round vs Kamatamare Sanuki
J.League Cup	Group Stage
Top goalscorer	League: Yohei Toyoda (16) All: Yohei Toyoda (17)
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The 2012 Sagan Tosu season was Sagan Tosu's first season in J.League Division 1 after being promoted for J.League Division 2 in 2011. They finished the season in fifth position, narrowly missing out on a AFC Champions League spot by two points. They also participated in the J.League Cup, going out in the Group Stages, and the Emperor's Cup, where they reached the Second Round before defeat to Kamatamare Sanuki. It was their second season with Yoon Jung-hwan as their manager, and Yohei Toyoda was their top goalscorer with 16 league goals.

Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Taku Akahoshi 2 DF Kosuke Kitani 3 DF Keita Isozaki 4 DF Teruaki Kobayashi 5 DF Kim Kun-Hoan (loan from Yokohama F. Marinos) 6 MF Tomotaka Okamoto 7 MF Keisuke Funatani 8 MF Kota Mizunuma (loan from Yokohama F. Marinos) 9 FW Tozin (loan from Corinthians Alagoano) 10 MF Kim Min-Woo 11 FW Yohei Toyoda 12 GK Tatsuro Okuda 13 DF Yusuke Inuzuka 14 MF Naoyuki Fujita

No. Position Player 15 DF Ryuhei Niwa 16 MF Takahiro Kuniyoshi 18 FW Ryunosuke Noda 19 FW Shohei Okada 20 DF Yeo Sung-Hye 21 GK Takuya Muro 22 FW Kei Ikeda 23 DF So Morita 24 DF Kyohei Kuroki 25 MF Ryota Hayasaka 26 DF Tatsuya Sakai 28 MF Yoshiki Takahashi (loan from Vegalta Sendai) 30 MF Kohei Kuroki

Transfers

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Position Player 4 DF Teruaki Kobayashi (from Ventforet Kofu) 5 DF Kim Kun-Hoan (loan from Yokohama F. Marinos) 7 MF Keisuke Funatani (from Júbilo Iwata) 8 MF Kota Mizunuma (loan from Yokohama F. Marinos) 9 FW Tozin (loan from Corinthians Alagoano) 11 FW Yohei Toyoda (from Kyoto Sanga, previously on loan) 13 MF Yusuke Inuzuka (from Ventforet Kofu) 28 MF Yoshiki Takahashi (loan from Vegalta Sendai)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Position Player 4 MF Terukazu Tanaka (loan return to Yokohama FC) 5 DF Kim Myung-Hwi 7 MF Yukihiro Yamase (to Kataller Toyama) 8 MF Ryota Nagata (to Montedio Yamagata) 11 FW Tatsunori Arai 18 FW Hiroki Bandai (to Montedio Yamagata, previously on loan to Thespakusatsu Gunma) 24 DF Jun Yanagisawa

Competitions

J.League

Main article: 2012 J.League Division 1

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	15	8	11	48	40	+8	53	11	3	3	26	14	+12	4	5	8	22	26	−4

Last updated: 3 December 2012.
Source: World-Football.net

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	L	W	W	L	W	W	D	D	D	D	L	W	L	D	W	L	W	D	W	W	L	D	W	L	W	L	L	L	W	W	W	W	L
Position	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	8	8	6	8	10	9	10	8	9	6	6	7	7	5	7	5	5	8	9	8	7	5	3	5

Updated to match(es) played on 3 December 2012. Source: "World-Football.net". Archived from the original on 2013-05-27. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Sagan Tosu v Cerezo Osaka

10 March 2012 1	Sagan Tosu	0 – 0	Cerezo Osaka	Best Amenity Stadium
Saturday 14:05		Report		Attendance: 11,283[1] Referee: Inoue

Júbilo Iwata v Sagan Tosu

17 March 2012 2	Júbilo Iwata	2 – 1	Sagan Tosu	Yamaha Stadium
Saturday 17:04	Yamada  27' Komano  34'	Report	17' Toyoda	Attendance: 10,653 Referee: Takayama

Sagan Tosu v Yokohama F. Marinos

24 March 2012 3	Sagan Tosu	1 – 0	Yokohama F. Marinos	Best Amenity Stadium
Saturday 15:04	Mizunuma  77'	Report		Attendance: 10,611 Referee: Maeda

Sagan Tosu v Vissel Kobe

31 March 2012 4	Sagan Tosu	3 – 0	Vissel Kobe	Best Amenity Stadium
Saturday 19:04	Noda  28' Toyoda  43' Ikeda  90+5'	Report		Attendance: 7,719 Referee: Matsumura

Nagoya Grampus v Sagan Tosu

7 April 2012 5	Nagoya Grampus	1 – 0	Sagan Tosu	Toyota Stadium
	Nagai  27'	Summary		Attendance: 13,824

Sagan Tosu v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

14 April 2012 6	Sagan Tosu	1 – 0	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Best Amenity Stadium
	Mizunuma  39'	Report		Attendance: 9,735

Sagan Tosu v Albirex Niigata

21 April 2012 7	Sagan Tosu	1 – 0	Albirex Niigata	Best Amenity Stadium
	Tozin  81'	Report		Attendance: 5,432

Kashiwa Reysol v Sagan Tosu

28 April 2012 8	Kashiwa Reysol	1 – 1	Sagan Tosu	Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium
	Kitajima  45+1'	Report	Kobayashi  70'	Attendance: 10,351

Sagan Tosu v Vegalta Sendai

3 May 2012 9	Sagan Tosu	1 – 1	Vegalta Sendai	Best Amenity Stadium
	Toyoda  57'	Report	Tomita  19'	Attendance: 18,113

Kashima Antlers v Sagan Tosu

6 May 2012 10	Kashima Antlers	0 – 0	Sagan Tosu	Kashima Soccer Stadium
		Report		Attendance: 10,626

Sagan Tosu v Omiya Ardija

12 May 2012 11	Sagan Tosu	1 – 1	Omiya Ardija	Best Amenity Stadium
	Hasegawa  90' (o.g.)	Report	Aoki  82'	Attendance: 7,833

F.C. Tokyo v Sagan Tosu

19 May 2012 12	F.C. Tokyo	3 – 2	Sagan Tosu	Ajinomoto Stadium
	Watanabe  75', 81', 88'	Report	Mizunuma  42' Toyoda  60'	Attendance: 25,803

Gamba Osaka v Sagan Tosu

25 May 2012 13	Gamba Osaka	2 – 3	Sagan Tosu	Osaka Expo '70 Stadium
	Futagawa  3' Sato  67'	Report	Toyoda  68' Fujita  86', 90+4'	Attendance: 8,218

Sagan Tosu v Kawasaki Frontale

16 June 2012 14	Sagan Tosu	0 – 1	Kawasaki Frontale	Best Amenity Stadium
		Report	Tasaka  79'	Attendance: 9,603

Shimizu S-Pulse v Sagan Tosu

23 June 2012 15	Shimizu S-Pulse	1 – 1	Sagan Tosu	Outsourcing Stadium Nihondaira
	Omae  26' (pen.)	Report	Ikeda  57'	Attendance: 17,696

Sagan Tosu v Consadole Sapporo

30 June 2012 16	Sagan Tosu	1 – 0	Consadole Sapporo	Best Amenity Stadium
	Mizunuma  90+5'	Report		Attendance: 10,345

Urawa Red Diamonds v Sagan Tosu

7 July 2012 17	Urawa Red Diamonds	4 – 3	Sagan Tosu	Saitama Stadium 2002
	Umesaki  7' Hirakawa  50' Haraguchi  52', 54'	Report	Tozin  67' Fujita  67', 71'	Attendance: 30,047

Sagan Tosu v Tokyo

14 July 2012 18	Sagan Tosu	1 – 0	Tokyo	Best Amenity Stadium
	Tozin  87'	Report		Attendance: 13,891

Vegalta Sendai v Sagan Tosu

28 July 2012 19	Vegalta Sendai	1 – 1	Sagan Tosu	Yurtec Stadium Sendai
19:30 JST	Akamine  29' Wilson  67' Yanagisawa  90+2'	Report	Toyoda  14' Isozaki  62' Okamoto  81' Yeo Sung-Hye  90+8'	Attendance: 14,611 Referee: Masaaki Iemoto

Sagan Tosu v Kashima Antlers

4 August 2012 20	Sagan Tosu	2 – 0	Kashima Antlers	Best Amenity Stadium
20:00 JST	Mizunuma  23' Toyoda  61'	Report		Attendance: 12,844

Kawasaki Frontale v Sagan Tosu

11 August 2012 21	Kawasaki Frontale	1 – 2	Sagan Tosu	Todoroki Athletics Stadium
20:00 JST	Nakamura  19'	Report	Saneto  55' (o.g.) Toyoda  57'	Attendance: 12,509

Sagan Tosu v Shimizu S-Pulse

18 August 2012 22	Sagan Tosu	0 – 1	Shimizu S-Pulse	Best Amenity Stadium
19:00 JST		Report	Muramatsu  65'	Attendance: 11,933

Vissel Kobe v Sagan Tosu

25 August 2012 23	Vissel Kobe	0 – 0	Sagan Tosu	Home's Stadium Kobe
19:00 JST		Summary		Attendance: 13,471

Sagan Tosu v Gamba Osaka

1 September 2012 24	Sagan Tosu	4 – 1	Gamba Osaka	Best Amenity Stadium
19:00 JST	Fujita  1' Toyoda  45', 52' Kuniyoshi  89'	Report	Myojin  74'	Attendance: 19,729 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

Omiya Ardija v Sagan Tosu

15 September 2012 25	Omiya Ardija	1 – 0	Sagan Tosu	NACK5 Stadium Omiya
19:30	Kikuchi  65'	Summary		Attendance: 10,012

Sagan Tosu v Kashiwa Reysol

22 September 2012 26	Sagan Tosu	3 – 1	Kashiwa Reysol	Best Amenity Stadium
19:00 JST	Sung-Hye  43' Fujita  45+1' Min-Woo  53'	Summary	Leandro Domingues  66'	Attendance: 12,651 Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Sagan Tosu

29 September 2012 27	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	4 – 1	Sagan Tosu	Hiroshima Big Arch
13:30 JST	Shimizu  30' Satō  34' (pen.), 90+5' Kōji Morisaki  58'	Report	Toyoda  90+2'	Attendance: 15,463 Referee: Hajime Matsuo

Cerezo Osaka v Sagan Tosu

6 October 2012 28	Cerezo Osaka	3 – 2	Sagan Tosu	Kincho Stadium
13:00 JST	Kakitani  27', 86'  76' (o.g.)	Report	Kim Min-Woo  20' Toyoda  70'	Attendance: 10,013 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

Sagan Tosu v Nagoya Grampus

20 October 2012 29	Sagan Tosu	1 – 3	Nagoya Grampus	Tosu Stadium
15:00 JST (UTC+9)	Noda  90+5'	Report	Nagai  45+3' Córdoba  67' Tulio  90'	Attendance: 11,851 Referee: Masaaki Toma

Albirex Niigata v Sagan Tosu

27 October 2012 30	Albirex Niigata	0 – 2	Sagan Tosu	Niigata Stadium Big Swan
18:00 JST (UTC+9)		Report	Toyoda  3', 38'	Attendance: 23,254 Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama

Sagan Tosu v Júbilo Iwata

7 November 2012 31	Sagan Tosu	3 – 2	Júbilo Iwata	Tosu Stadium
19:00 JST (UTC+9)	Kun-Hoan  41' Toyoda  41', 59'	Report	Yamada  77' Kanazono  89'	Attendance: 8,155 Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami

Consadole Sapporo v Sagan Tosu

17 November 2012 32	Consadole Sapporo	2 – 3	Sagan Tosu	Sapporo Dome
17:00 JST (UTC+9)	Uchimura  45+1' Haga  56'	Report	Toyoda  54' Ikeda  67' Noda  71'	Attendance: 10,266 Referee: Takuya Maeda

Sagan Tosu v Urawa Red Diamonds

24 November 2012 33	Sagan Tosu	3 – 1	Urawa Red Diamonds	Tosu Stadium
14:30 JST (UTC+9)	Toyoda  45', 78' Noda	Report	Umesaki  58'	Attendance: 22,116 Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida

Yokohama F. Marinos v Sagan Tosu

1 December 2012 34	Yokohama F. Marinos	1 – 0	Sagan Tosu	Nissan Stadium
15:30 JST (UTC+9)	Nakamura  53'	Report		Attendance: 26,642 Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

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[lower-alpha 1]
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[lower-alpha 1]
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) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. 1 2 The winners of the 2012 Emperor's Cup qualified for the group stage of the 2013 AFC Champions League.

J.League Cup

Main article: 2012 J.League Cup

Sagan Tosu v Kawasaki Frontale

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

Vegalta Sendai v Sagan Tosu

4 April 2012 Group A	Vegalta Sendai	2 – 0	Sagan Tosu	Yurtec Stadium Sendai
	Matsushita  51' Kakuda  62'	Report Summary		Attendance: 7,236 Referee: Yoshida

Sagan Tosu v Júbilo Iwata

16 May 2012 Group A	Sagan Tosu	3 – 2	Júbilo Iwata	Best Amenity Stadium
Wednesday 19:04	Inuzuka  12', 65' Hayasaka  62'	Report Summary	Matsuoka  52' Yamada  88'	Attendance: 4,642 Referee: Sato

Sagan Tosu v Urawa Red Diamonds

6 June 2012 Group A	Sagan Tosu	2 – 1	Urawa Red Diamonds	Best Amenity Stadium
11:00 UTC+8	Toyoda  52' Mizunuma  80'	[ Report] Summary	Marcio Richardes  77'	Attendance: 7,284 Referee: Kimura

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Sagan Tosu

9 June 2012 Group A	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	5 – 1	Sagan Tosu	Hiroshima Big Arch
08:00 UTC+8	Koji Morisaki  45+3', 90' Satō  55' (pen.) Ishihara  78', 82'	[ Report] Summary	Mizunuma  63'	Attendance: 10,132 Referee: Murakami

Cerezo Osaka v Sagan Tosu

27 June 2012 Group A	Cerezo Osaka	5 – 0	Sagan Tosu	Nagai Ball Gall Field
11:00 UTC+8	Ogihara  24' Kim Bo-Kyung  45+4' (pen.) Kakitani  55', 71' Fujimoto  90'	Summary	Noda  16', 30' Akahoshi  44'	Attendance: 7,280

Group A

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
Júbilo 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

Emperor's Cup

Sagan Tosu v Kamatamare Sanuki

9 September 2012 Second Round	Sagan Tosu	0 – 1	Kamatamare Sanuki	Tosu, Saga
13:00 JST (UTC+9)		Report	Nishino  90+2'	Stadium: Tosu Stadium

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		J-League		J-League Cup		Emperor's Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Taku Akahoshi	33	0	27+0	0	5+0	0	1+0	0
2	DF		Kosuke Kitani	4	0	2+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
3	DF		Keita Isozaki	28	0	19+4	0	4+0	0	1+0	0
4	DF		Teruaki Kobayashi	25	1	16+7	1	2+0	0	0+0	0
5	DF		Kim Kun-Hoan	34	1	27+1	1	4+1	0	1+0	0
6	MF		Tomotaka Okamoto	28	0	22+1	0	4+0	0	1+0	0
7	MF		Keisuke Funatani	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
8	MF		Kota Mizunuma	36	8	26+5	5	2+2	3	1+0	0
9	FW		Tozin	28	3	4+18	3	5+0	0	0+1	0
10	MF		Kim Min-Woo	33	1	28+0	1	2+2	0	1+0	0
11	FW		Yohei Toyoda	33	17	30+0	16	1+1	1	1+0	0
12	GK		Tatsuro Okuda	7	0	4+1	0	1+1	0	0+0	0
13	DF		Yusuke Inuzuka	10	2	1+4	0	5+0	2	0+0	0
14	MF		Naoyuki Fujita	35	5	30+0	5	4+0	0	1+0	0
15	DF		Ryuhei Niwa	31	0	29+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
16	MF		Takahiro Kuniyoshi	6	0	0+0	0	4+2	0	0+0	0
18	FW		Ryunosuke Noda	22	5	9+7	4	5+0	1	0+1	0
19	FW		Shohei Okada	20	1	0+17	0	2+1	1	0+0	0
20	DF		Yeo Sung-Hye	30	1	24+0	1	4+1	0	1+0	0
21	GK		Takuya Muro	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
22	FW		Kei Ikeda	25	3	23+1	3	1+0	0	0+0	0
23	DF		So Morita	1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
24	DF		Kyohei Kuroki	3	0	0+0	0	1+2	0	0+0	0
25	MF		Ryota Hayasaka	22	1	9+9	0	2+1	1	1+0	0
26	DF		Tatsuya Sakai	6	0	1+1	0	4+0	0	0+0	0
27	MF		Koki Kiyotake	3	0	0+2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
28	MF		Yoshiki Takahashi	16	0	10+4	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
29	DF		Shohei Kishida	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
30	MF		Kohei Kuroki	5	0	0+3	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
Players who appeared for Sagan Tosu no longer at the club:

Top scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	J-League	J-League Cup	Emperor's Cup	Total
1	FW		11	Yohei Toyoda	16	1	0	17
2	MF		8	Kota Mizunuma	5	3	0	8
3	MF		14	Naoyuki Fujita	5	0	0	5
	FW		18	Ryunosuke Noda	4	1	0	5
5	FW		9	Tozin	3	0	0	3
	FW		22	Kei Ikeda	3	0	0	3
7	DF		13	Yusuke Inuzuka	0	2	0	2
8	DF		4	Teruaki Kobayashi	1	0	0	1
	MF		10	Kim Min-Woo	1	0	0	1
	DF		20	Yeo Sung-Hye	1	0	0	1
	DF		5	Kim Kun-Hoan	1	0	0	1
				Own Goal	0	1	0	1
	FW		19	Shohei Okada	0	1	0	1
	MF		25	Ryota Hayasaka	0	1	0	1
				TOTALS	40	5	0	45

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	J-League		J.League Cup		Emperor's Cup		Total
1		GK	Taku Akahoshi	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	1
2		DF	Kosuke Kitani	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
3		DF	Keita Isozaki	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
4		DF	Teruaki Kobayashi	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
5		DF	Kim Kun-Hoan	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
6		MF	Tomotaka Okamoto	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
8		MF	Kota Mizunuma	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
9		FW	Tozim	2	0	3	0	0	0	5	0
10		MF	Kim Min-Woo	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
11		FW	Yohei Toyoda	6	0	1	0	0	0	7	0
12		GK	Tatsuro Okuda	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
14		MF	Naoyuki Fujita	3	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
15		DF	Ryuhei Niwa	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
16		MF	Takahiro Kuniyoshi	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
18		FW	Ryunosuke Noda	3	0	4	1	1	0	8	1
19		FW	Shohei Okada	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
20		DF	Yeo Sung-Hye	7	0	1	0	0	0	8	0
22		FW	Kei Ikeda	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
27		MF	Koki Kiyotake	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
28		MF	Yoshiki Takahashi	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	56	0	13	2	1	0	70	2

References