2012 Ventforet Kofu season

The 2012 Ventforet Kofu season sees Ventforet Kofu return to J.League Division 2 after being relegated from Division 1. This is their 36th non-consecutive season in the second tier of Japanese football, the longest number of seasons for a club in the division. Ventforet Kofu are also competing in the 2012 Emperor's Cup.

Ventforet Kofu
2012 season
ManagerToshiya Miura
J.League Division 2-
Emperor's Cup-

After 36 seasons of tries, Ventforet Kofu won their first second-tier title.

Players

Competitions

J.League
Main article: 2012 J.League Division 2

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Ventforet Kofu (C, P) 42 24 14 4 63 35 +28 86 Promotion to 2013 J.League Division 1
2 Shonan Bellmare (P) 42 20 15 7 66 43 +23 75
3 Kyoto Sanga 42 23 5 14 61 45 +16 74 Qualification for promotion playoffs
4 Yokohama FC 42 22 7 13 62 45 +17 73
5 JEF United Chiba 42 21 9 12 61 33 +28 72
Updated to match(es) played on 11 November 2012. Source: J.League Division 2
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal differential; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head results; 5th disciplinary points; 6th draw. If two clubs are tied for first place, both clubs will be declared champions.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted.

Matches
4 March 2012 1Ventforet Kofu2 – 1Tochigi SCYamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium
Sunday 15:04 Davi  25', 73' Report  60' Hirose Attendance: 10,169
Referee: Hayakawa
11 March 2012 2Tokyo Verdy1 – 3Ventforet KofuAjinomoto Stadium
Sunday 16:05 Kobayashi  14' Report  17' Davi
 60' Sasaki
 80' Katagiri		 Attendance: 7,020
Referee: Yoshida
17 March 2012 3Ventforet Kofu2 – 1Ehime FCYamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium
Saturday 19:04 Davi  45', 46' Report  48' Oyama Attendance: 6,161
Referee: Kawai
20 March 2012 4Montedio Yamagata2 – 1Ventforet KofuNDsoft Stadium Yamagata
Tuesday Nakashima  59'
Miyasaka  84'		 Report  47' Kashiwa Attendance: 5,736
Referee: Inoue
25 March 2012 5Yokohama FC0 – 2Ventforet KofuNHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium
Sunday 14:03 Report  43' Takasaki
 67' Davi		 Attendance: 6,071
Referee: Kimura
1 April 2012 6Ventforet Kofu1 – 2Giravanz KitakyushuYamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium
Sunday 16:03 Yamamoto  78' Report  65' Noborio
 86' Takeuchi		 Attendance: 9,486
Referee: Enomoto
8 April 2012 7Ventforet Kofu1 – 0Oita TrinitaYamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium
17:00 Davi  66'  90+4'
Aoki  72'		 Report Ishigami  24'
Kim Chang-Hun  40'
Miyazawa  79'		 Attendance: 9,651
Referee: Minoru Tojo
15 April 2012 8Gainare Tottori0 – 0Ventforet KofuTottori Bank Bird Stadium
17:00 Miura  57'  85'
Mizumoto  64'
Koide  90'		 Report Sasaki  53'  83'
Yamamoto  56'
Takasaki  63'
Fukuda  70'		 Attendance: 2,526
Referee: Ryuji Sato
22 April 2012 9Ventforet Kofu1 – 1Machida ZelviaYamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium
14:00 Ishihara  19'
Davi  21' (pen.)
Aoki  90'		 Report Tashiro  9'
Shimoda  11'  39'		 Attendance: 7,451
Referee: Yudai Yamamoto
27 April 2012 10Tokushima Vortis0 – 2Ventforet KofuPocarisweat Stadium
20:00 Report Nagasato  33'
Davi  45+1'
Takasaki  83'		 Attendance: 2,710
Referee: Masaaki Iemoto
30 April 2012 11Ventforet Kofu1 – 1Avispa FukuokaYamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium
17:00 Choi Sung-Kuen  39'
Davi  43'  47'
Yamamoto  82'		 Report Sakata  34'
Kihara  85'
Suzuki  88'		 Attendance: 10,070
Referee: Koichiro Fukushima
3 May 2012 12Shonan Bellmare1 – 1Ventforet KofuShonan BMW Stadium Hiratsuka
19:30 Ono  36'  67'
Baba  39'
Kobayashi  75'		 Report Ito  27'
Douglas Santos  36'
Kashiwa  36'
Takasaki  52'		 Attendance: 8,114
Referee: Tomoya Maeda
6 May 2012 13Ventforet Kofu0 – 3Kyoto SangaYamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium
19:30 Davi  19'
Sasaki  75'
Yamamoto  82'		 Report Sanou  5'
Mizutani  33'
Miyayoshi  40'  68'
Nakayama  49'
Bajalica  66'		 Attendance: 9,563
Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura
13 May 2012 14Roasso Kumamoto0 – 0Ventforet KofuKumamoto Athletics Stadium
19:30 Harada  26'  72'
Fukuo  42'
Saito  62'		 Report Izawa  90'
Matsuhashi  90+1'
Takasaki  90+4'
Douglas Santos  90+4'		 Attendance: 4,182
Referee: Tetsuro Yoshida
20 May 2012 15Ventforet Kofu2 – 0Thespa KusatsuYamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium
15:00 Douglas Santos  45'
Davi  56'
Morita  59'		 Report Goto  49' Attendance: 8,739
Referee: Tomohiro Inoue
27 May 2012 16FC Gifu0 – 3Ventforet KofuGifu Nagaragawa Stadium
20:00 Someya  38'
Nogaito  48'		 Report Takasaki  2'
Davi  55'  59'
Matsuhashi  66'
Fukuda  76'		 Attendance: 6,151
Referee: Haruki Hidaka
2 June 2012 17Matsumoto Yamaga1 – 1Ventforet KofuMatsumotodaira Football Stadium
15:00 Tetsuto  22'
Mutsumi Tamabayashi  80'		 Report Sasaki  17'
Davi  37'
Douglas Santos  74'
Yamamoto  90+3'		 Attendance: 12,341
Referee: Tomoya Maeda
9 June 2012 18Ventforet Kofu0 – 2JEF United Ichihara ChibaYamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium
17:00 Douglas Santos  45'
Davi  45+3'		 Report Yonekura  30'
Yamaguchi  34'		 Attendance: 10,773
Referee: Masaaki Iemoto
13 June 2012 19Mito HollyHock1 – 3Ventforet KofuK's denki Stadium Mito
20:00 Omoto  4'  73'
Shiotani  51'
Hashimoto  72'		 Report Choi Sung-Kuen  48'
Homma  68' (o.g.)
Tsuda  70'
Davi  74' (pen.)  90'
Horigome  82'		 Attendance: 2,241
Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida
17 June 2012 20Ventforet Kofu4 – 1Kataller ToyamaYamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium
19:00 Davi  18'
Tsuda  67'
Takasaki  70', 78'
Sasaki  74'		 Report Fukuda  39'  90'
Kimura  57'
Yoshikawa  66'
Onishi  84'		 Attendance: 9,562
Referee: Kazuyoshi Enomoto
24 June 2012 21Fagiano Okayama1 – 1Ventforet KofuKanko Stadium
19:00 Goto  79'
Kawamata  87'		 Report Sasaki  79' Attendance: 7,623
Referee: Yudai Yamamoto
1 July 2012 22Ventforet Kofu0 – 0FC GifuYamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium
19:00 Choi Sung-Kuen  19'
Renato Luís de Sá Filho  90+1'		 Report Hashimoto  70'
Ri Han-Jae  84'		 Attendance: 7,630
Referee: Yuki Noda
8 July 2012 23Machida Zelvia0 – 1Ventforet KofuMachida Athletic Stadium
19:00 Report Davi  16'
Yamamoto  38'
Izawa  44'		 Attendance: 4,525
Referee: Masuya Ueda
15 July 2012 24Ventforet Kofu2 – 1Matsumoto YamagaYamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium
19:00 Kashiwa  23'  83'
Davi  25'
Hosaka  60'		 Report Kiyama  24'
Tetsuto  51'
Kusunose  73'		 Attendance: 14,150
Referee: Yosuke Kubota
22 July 2012 25JEF United Ichihara Chiba0 – 1Ventforet KofuFukuda Denshi Arena
20:00 Report Davi  18'  75' Attendance: 11,508
Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama
29 July 2012 26Ventforet Kofu3 – 1Tokyo VerdyYamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium
19:00 Nagasato  1'
Hosaka  40'  45+1'
Tsuda  65'
Kashiwa  71'
Ishihara  88'  90+2'		 Report Fukatsu  6'  26'
Takahashi  52'
Tone  58'
Abe  72'
Koike  90+5'		 Attendance: 12,105
Referee: Darren Deadman
5 August 2012 27Thespa Kusatsu1 – 2Ventforet KofuShoda Shoyu Stadium Gunma
20:00 Matsushita  78' Report Davi  45', 90'  45+2' Attendance: 3,622
Referee: Hiroyuki Onishi
12 August 2012 28Ventforet Kofu1 – 0Mito HollyHockYamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium
19:00 Horigome  8'
Gabriel Pimba  60'
Sasaki  90+2'		 Report Dai  3' Attendance: 11,342
19 August 2012 29Kataller Toyama1 – 1Ventforet KofuToyama Athletic Stadium
20:30 Kuniyoshi  4'  16'
Ikehata  13'		 Summary Yamamoto  27'
Kashiwa  50'		 Attendance: 3,034
Referee: Yudai Yamamoto
22 August 2012 30Ventforet Kofu0 – 0Montedio YamagataYamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium
20:00 Summary Attendance: 10,092
Referee: Ryuji Sato
26 August 2012 31Ventforet Kofu2 – 1Yokohama FCYamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium
19:00 Davi  52', 73'  87'
Izawa  57'
Tsuda  58'		 Summary Horinouchi  28'
Sato  29'		 Attendance: 11,875
Referee: Jumpei Iida
2 September 2012 32Oita Trinita1 – 2Ventforet KofuŌita Bank Dome
19:00 Mitsuhira  89' Summary Hosaka  22'
Davi  28', 90+3'		 Attendance: 23,617
Referee: Masaaki Iemoto
14 September 2012 33Ventforet Kofu1 – 0Fagiano OkayamaYamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium
20:00 Davi  60'  82'
Aoki  90+2'		 Summary Attendance: 9,045
Referee: Ryoichi Imamura
17 September 2012 34Ventforet Kofu1 – 1Gainare TottoriYamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium
17:00 Yamamoto  43' Summary Koide  25'
Mori  62'		 Attendance: 10,241
Referee: Akihiko Ikeuchi
23 September 2012 35Giravanz Kitakyushu2 – 3Ventforet KofuHonjō Athletic Stadium
14:00 Arai  14'
Kim Jong-pil  48'  65'
Miyamoto  59'
Yasuda  70'
Tokiwa  77'		 Summary Kashiwa  6'  36'
Davi  82'  85'
Hatada  90+3'		 Attendance: 3,254
Referee: Ryuji Sato
30 September 2012 36Tochigi SC1 – 2Ventforet KofuTochigi Green Stadium
14:00 Paulinho  39'
Cha Young-Hwan  45'
Owada  55'
Toma  90'		 Summary Davi  24', 90+2'
Izawa  28'
Yamamoto  45+1'
Kashiwa  48'
Hatada  72'		 Attendance: 5,156
Referee: Kenji Ogiya
7 October 2012 37Ventforet Kofu3 – 2Tokushima VortisYamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium
15:00 Nagasato  32'
Fernandinho  39'
Davi  50'		 Summary Alex Santos  61'  88', 90'
Miki  75'
Hashiuchi  85'
Douglas  90'  90+3'		 Attendance: 10,741
Referee: Eiji Kawai
14 October 2012 38Ventforet Kofu2 – 2Shonan BellmareYamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium
16:00 Fernandinho  37'
Izawa  50'
Davi  62' (pen.)
Matsuhashi  85'		 Summary Syuhei Otsuki  28'
Macena  30'  51'
Shimamura  90+3'		 Attendance: 16,643
Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami
21 October 2012 39Avispa Fukuoka2 – 3Ventforet KofuLevel-5 Stadium
14:00 Suzuki  12'
Osmar  27'
Sueyoshi  30'
Koga  34'
Morita  59' (o.g.)
Kim Min-Je  67'
Yamaguchi  71'
Tsutsumi  86'		 Summary Davi  22', 29'
Nagasato  44'
Fukuda  77'
Fernandinho  87'		 Attendance: 6,144
Referee: Yoshiro Imamura
28 October 2012 40Ehime FC0 – 0Ventforet KofuNingineer Stadium
19:00 Arita  19'
Maeno  38'
Urata  55'
Takumi Murakami  59'
Watanabe  60'
Ishii  77'		 Summary Attendance: 3,380
Referee: Kazuyuki Hayakawa
4 November 2012 41Ventforet Kofu2 – 0Roasso KumamotoYamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium
13:00 Davi  40'
Izawa  74', 90'		 Summary Ichimura  24'
Fukuo  52' 
Taketomi  77'		 Attendance: 13,050
Referee: Koei Koya
11 November 2012 42Kyoto Sanga0 – 0Ventforet KofuNishikyogoku Athletic Stadium
13:00 Bajalica  7' Summary Yamamoto  16' Attendance: 12,296
Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama

Emperor's Cup
8 September 2012 Round 2Ventforet Kofu0 – 0 (a.e.t.)
(3 – 4 p)		Fukushima United F.C.Kōfu, Yamanashi
13:00 Report Stadium: Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium
Attendance: 2,004
Referee: Yuki Noda

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