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 are also competing 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-

Players

Competitions

J. League

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

Matches
10 March 2012 1Kawasaki Frontale1 - 0Albirex NiigataTodoroki Stadium
Saturday 17:05 Saneto  11' Report Attendance: 18,920
Referee: Yamamoto
17 March 2012 2Kashima Antlers0 - 1Kawasaki FrontaleKashima Soccer Stadium
Saturday 14:04 Report  45+2' Renato Attendance: 19,010
Referee: Nishimura
24 March 2012 3Kawasaki Frontale0 - 1Cerezo OsakaKawasaki Todoroki Stadium
Saturday 14:04 Report  75' Kim Attendance: 14,777
Referee: Matsuo
31 March 2012 4Urawa Red Diamonds1 - 1Kawasaki FrontaleSaitama Stadium 2002
Saturday 15:03 Popó  10' Report  59' Yajima Attendance: 25,743
Referee: Iemoto
8 April 2012 5Kawasaki Frontale0 - 1F.C. TokyoKawasaki 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 6Gamba Osaka3 - 2Kawasaki FrontaleOsaka 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 7Consadole Sapporo2 - 3Kawasaki FrontaleSapporo 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 8Kawasaki Frontale1 - 4Sanfrecce HiroshimaKawasaki 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 9Kawasaki Frontale4 - 3Júbilo IwataKawasaki 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 10Nagoya Grampus2 - 3Kawasaki FrontaleToyota 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 11Kawasaki Frontale0 - 2Kashiwa ReysolKawasaki 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 12Omiya Ardija0 - 2Kawasaki FrontaleNACK5 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 13Kawasaki Frontale3 - 2Vegalta SendaiKawasaki 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 14Sagan Tosu0 - 1Kawasaki FrontaleTosu 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 15Kawasaki Frontale0 - 0Yokohama F. MarinosKawasaki Todoroki Stadium
Saturday 20:00 Tanaka  82'
Kurotsu  86'		 Report Ono  64'
Taniguchi  65'		 Attendance: 20,590
Referee: Kenji Ogiya
30 June 2012 16Kawasaki Frontale0 - 1Vissel KobeKawasaki 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 17Shimizu S-Pulse0 - 0Kawasaki FrontaleOutsourcing Stadium Nihondaira
Saturday 19:00 Kawai  83' Report Attendance: 14,133
Referee: Antonio Arias
14 July 2012 18Sanfrecce Hiroshima3 - 0Kawasaki FrontaleHiroshima Big Arch
Saturday 20:00 Shimizu  2'
Satō  15', 19'		 Report Kobayashi  40' Attendance: 11,585
Referee: Yudai Yamamoto
28 July 2012 19Kawasaki Frontale4 - 1Omiya ArdijaKawasaki 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 20Júbilo Iwata-Kawasaki FrontaleYamaha Stadium
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11 August 2012 21Kawasaki Frontale-Sagan TosuKawasaki Todoroki Stadium
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18 August 2012 22Yokohama F. Marinos-Kawasaki FrontaleInternational Stadium Yokohama
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25 August 2012 23Kawasaki Frontale-Nagoya GrampusKawasaki Todoroki Stadium
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1 September 2012 24Vegalta Sendai-Kawasaki FrontaleYurtec Stadium Sendai
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14 September 2012 25Kawasaki Frontale-Kashima AntlersKawasaki Todoroki Stadium
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21 September 2012 26F.C. Tokyo-Kawasaki FrontaleAjinomoto Stadium
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28 September 2012 27Kawasaki Frontale-Consadole SapporoKawasaki Todoroki Stadium
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5 October 2012 28Kashiwa Reysol-Kawasaki FrontaleHitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium
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19 October 2012 29Kawasaki Frontale-Gamba OsakaKawasaki Todoroki Stadium
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26 October 2012 30Vissel Kobe-Kawasaki FrontaleHome's Stadium Kobe
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6 November 2012 31Kawasaki Frontale-Urawa Red DiamondsKawasaki Todoroki Stadium
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16 November 2012 32Albirex Niigata-Kawasaki FrontaleTohoku Electric Power Big Swan Stadium
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23 November 2012 33Kawasaki Frontale-Shimizu S-PulseKawasaki Todoroki Stadium
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30 November 2012 34Cerezo Osaka-Kawasaki FrontaleKincho Stadium
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J. League Cup
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Cerezo Osaka 6402157+812
Vegalta Sendai 6402115+412
Jubilo Iwata 64021011−112
Urawa Red Diamonds 63031210+29
Sagan Tosu 6303816−89
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 6114811−34
Kawasaki Frontale 6114711−44
20 March 2012 Group ASagan Tosu2 - 1Kawasaki FrontaleBest Amenity Stadium
Tuesday 16:04 Okada  53'
Noda  65'		 Report  78' Yajima Attendance: 4,613
Referee: Tojo
4 April 2012 Group ASanfrecce Hiroshima1 - 1Kawasaki FrontaleHiroshima Big Arch
Wednesday 19:04 Sato  85' Report  58' Jeci Attendance: 6,413
Referee: Iida
18 April 2012 Group AKawasaki Frontale3 - 1Vegalta SendaiTodoroki 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 AKawasaki Frontale0 - 3Urawa Red DiamondsTodoroki Athletics Stadium
Wednesday 20:00 Report Kashiwagi  32'
Ugajin  42'  57', 83'		 Attendance: 13,608
Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami
6 June 2012 Group ACerezo Osaka3 - 2Kawasaki FrontaleKincho 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 AKawasaki Frontale0 - 1Júbilo IwataTodoroki Athletics Stadium
Saturday 20:00 Report Yamazaki  25' Attendance: 7,970
Referee: Jumpei Iida

Emperor's Cup
Main article: 2012 Emperor's Cup

References
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