| 2012 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Manager | Takahiro Kimura | ||
| J.League Division 2 | 21st | ||
| Emperor's Cup | Second round | ||
The 2012 FC Gifu season sees FC Gifu compete in J.League Division 2 for the fifth consecutive season. FC Gifu are also competing in the 2012 Emperor's Cup.
| 2012 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Manager | Takahiro Kimura | ||
| J.League Division 2 | 21st | ||
| Emperor's Cup | Second round | ||
The 2012 FC Gifu season sees FC Gifu compete in J.League Division 2 for the fifth consecutive season. FC Gifu are also competing in the 2012 Emperor's Cup.
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | Avispa Fukuoka | 42 | 9 | 14 | 19 | 53 | 68 | −15 | 41 | |
| 19 | Kataller Toyama | 42 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 38 | 59 | −21 | 38 | |
| 20 | Gainare Tottori | 42 | 11 | 5 | 26 | 33 | 78 | −45 | 38 | |
| 21 | FC Gifu | 42 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 27 | 55 | −28 | 35 | |
| 22 | Machida Zelvia (R) | 42 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 34 | 67 | −33 | 32 | Relegation to 2013 Japan Football League [lower-alpha 1] |
| 4 March 20121 | FC Gifu | 2 - 2 | Gainare Tottori | Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium |
| Sunday 15:04 | Satō  20'Someya 45' | Report | 9' Nagira 61' Own-goal | Attendance: 3,321 Referee: Sato |
| 11 March 20122 | Tokushima Vortis | 3 - 0 | FC Gifu | Pocarisweat Stadium |
| Sunday 13:06 | Kim 10' Tsuda 32'Elizeu 46' | Report | Attendance: 6,016 Referee: Okabe |
| 17 March 20123 | FC Gifu | 0 - 0 | Thespa Kusatsu | Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium |
| Saturday 16:04 | Report | Attendance: 1,836 Referee: Yamauchi |
| 20 March 20124 | Shonan Bellmare | 2 - 1 | FC Gifu | Shonan BMW Stadium Hiratsuka |
| Tuesday 16:04 | Baba 13' Ono 75' | Report | 90+3' Higuchi | Attendance: 6,065 Referee: Onishi |
| 25 March 20125 | FC Gifu | 0 - 2 | Oita Trinita | Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium |
| Sunday 18:04 | Report | 68', 84' Sakata | Attendance: 2,539 Referee: Oka |
| 1 April 20126 | Roasso Kumamoto | 3 - 0 | FC Gifu | Kumamoto Athletics Stadium |
| 13:00 | Choi Kun-Sik 33' 45+4'Junki Goryo 47', 54'Yabu 54' | Report | Attendance: 3,930 Referee: Naohito Ogawa |
| 8 April 20127 | FC Gifu | 0 - 1 | Kyoto Sanga | Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium |
| 16:00 | Jinushizono 17' | Summary | Mizutani 27' Someya 46'Miyayoshi 62'Hara 90+1' | Attendance: 3,408 Referee: Ryoichi Imamura |
| 15 April 20128 | FC Gifu | 1 - 0 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium |
| 16:00 | Ryuji Hirota 55' Kim Jung-Hyun 90+2' | Summary | Arai 39' Kimura 70'Miyamoto 77' | Attendance: 2,920 Referee: Kazuyucki Hayakawa |
| 22 April 20129 | Tochigi S.C. | 1 - 1 | FC Gifu | Tochigi Green Stadium |
| 13:00 | Paulinho 51'  90+1'Sabia 68' | Report | Ryuji Hirota 35' Inoue 44' 80'Ri Han-Jae 66' | Attendance: 2,607 Referee: Eiji Kawai |
| 27 April 201210 | FC Gifu | 0 - 2 | Yokohama F.C. | Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium |
| 19:00 | Report | Tahara 33', 65' 86' | Attendance: 3,540 Referee: Koei Koya |
| 30 April 201211 | Kataller Toyama | 1 - 0 | FC Gifu | Toyama Athletic Stadium |
| 16:00 | Kokeguchi 68' Yoshii 70' | Report | Noda 53' | Attendance: 3,466 Referee: Takuto Okabe |
| 3 May 201212 | FC Gifu | 0 - 1 | Mito HollyHock | Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium |
| 19:00 (UTC+09) | Kōichi Satō 42' Ri Han-Jae 73' | Report | Romero Berrocal Frank 16' Omoto 86' | Attendance: 5,232 Referee: Hiroshi Yamauchi |
| 6 May 201213 | Fagiano Okayama | 0 - 1 | FC Gifu | Kanko Stadium |
| 16:00 (UTC+09) | Takeda 65' | Report | Kohei Nakajima 57' Nogaito 68'Hiroki Higuchi 86' | Attendance: 9,534 Referee: Akihiko Ikeuchi |
| 13 May 201214 | FC Gifu | 0 - 1 | Matsumoto Yamaga F.C. | Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium |
| 19:00 (UTC+09) | Kohei Nakajima 76' | Report | Tsurumaki 40' Watanabe 69' | Attendance: 5,088 Referee: Yosuke Kubota |
| 20 May 201215 | Montedio Yamagata | 2 - 1 | FC Gifu | ND Soft Stadium Yamagata |
| 13:00 (UTC+09) | Ishii 39' Bandai 41' 56'Yamazaki 66' (pen.) | Report | Kōichi Satō 41' (pen.) Nogaito 64' | Attendance: 8,070 Referee: Eiji Kawai |
| 27 May 201216 | FC Gifu | 0 - 3 | Ventforet Kofu | Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium |
| 19:00 (UTC+09) | Someya 38' Nogaito 48' | Report | Takasaki 2' Davi 55' 59'Matsuhashi 66'Fukuda 76' | Attendance: 6,151 Referee: Haruki Hidaka |
| 2 June 201217 | JEF United Ichihara Chiba | 0 - 1 | FC Gifu | Fukuda Denshi Arena |
| 16:00 (UTC+09) | Ito 64' Yonekura 68' | Report | Kōichi Satō 35' | Attendance: 10,377 Referee:  Masuya Ueda |
| 9 June 201218 | FC Gifu | 1 - 1 | Ehime F.C. | Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium |
| 19:00 (UTC+09) | Noda 16' Inoue 69' | Report | Akai 18' (pen.) 29' Alair 52'Arita 70'Sonoda 75'Azuma 79' | Attendance: 3,205 Referee: Tomohiro Inoue |
| 13 June 201219 | Tokyo Verdy | 4 - 1 | FC Gifu | Ajinomoto Stadium |
| 19:00 (UTC+09) | Nishi 4' Kobayashi 75' (pen.)Takahashi 82'Abe 87' | Report | Hiroki Higuchi 12' Nogaito 85'Kohei Nakajima 90' | Attendance: 3,187 Referee: Akihiko Ikeuchi |
| 17 June 201220 | Avispa Fukuoka | 0 - 0 | FC Gifu | Level-5 Stadium |
| 18:00 (UTC+09) | Tsutsumi 51' Koga 63' | Report | Kohei Nakajima 90+2' | Attendance: 3,509 Referee: Yosuke Kubota |
| 24 June 201221 | FC Gifu | 1 - 0 | F.C. Machida Zelvia | Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium |
| 18:00 (UTC+09) | Kōichi Satō 54' | Report | Shoji 2' Kitai 47'Kohei Kato 71' | Attendance: 3,670 Referee: Hiromichi Oka |
| 1 July 201222 | Ventforet Kofu | 0 - 0 | FC Gifu | Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium |
| 18:00 (UTC+09) | 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 201223 | FC Gifu | 0 - 2 | Roasso Kumamoto | Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium |
| 19:00 (UTC+09) | Hiroshi Sekita 21' Hiroki Higuchi 40' | Report | Osako 26' Taketomi 37'Tsuyuki 90+3' | Attendance: 4,023 Referee: Kazuyuki Hayakawa |
| 15 July 201224 | FC Gifu | 2 - 2 | Kataller Toyama | Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium |
| 19:00 (UTC+09) | Kōichi Satō 45' 51' Nogaito 61'Hiroki Higuchi 63'Mita 65' | Report | Kimura 9' Seo Yong-Duk 48' | Attendance: 6,313 Referee: Naohito Ogawa |
| 22 July 201225 | Oita Trinita | 2 - 2 | FC Gifu | Ōita Bank Dome |
| 19:00 (UTC+09) | Murai 25' (pen.) Tameda 27'Tokita 28'Mitsuhira 82' | Report | Abuda 58' Hattori 75' | Attendance: 8,871 Referee: Haruki Hidaka |
| 29 July 201226 | Gainare Tottori | 1 - 0 | FC Gifu | Tottori Bank Bird Stadium |
| 19:00 (UTC+09) | Fujimoto 8' Mori 68'Miura 69' | Report | Hirota 43' Inoue 45+2' | Attendance: 5,125 Referee: Shoichiro Mikami |
| 5 August 201227 | FC Gifu | 0 - 3 | Avispa Fukuoka | Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium |
| 18:00 (UTC+09) | Someya 71' | Report | Nishida 28', 84' Koga 56'Suzuki 76' | Attendance: 8,492 Referee: Itaru Hirose |
| 12 August 201228 | Thespa Kusatsu | 1 - 1 | FC Gifu | Shoda Shoyu Stadium Gunma |
| 20:00 (UTC+09) | Satoru Hoshino 37' Alex Rafael 90' 90+2' | Report | Jinushizono 78' Someya 90' | Attendance: 2,272 Referee: Tomohiro Tsukada |
| 19 August 201229 | FC Gifu | 1 - 2 | Fagiano Okayama | Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium |
| 20:00 (UTC+09) | Ri Han-Jae 27' Jinushizono 62'Murakami 67' | Report | Kawamata 45+2', 71' Tadokoro 60'Goto 75' | Attendance: 2,434 Referee: Kazuyoshi Enomoto |
| 22 August 201230 | FC Gifu | 0 - 0 | JEF United Ichihara Chiba | Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium |
| 19:00 (UTC+09) | Nogaito 65' | Report | Sato 18' | Attendance: 3,932 Referee: Hiroshi Yamauchi |
| 26 August 201231 | Ehime F.C. | 0 - 0 | FC Gifu | Ningineer Stadium |
| 19:00 (UTC+09) | Tamori 35' | Summary | Someya 45+1' | Attendance: 3,109 Referee: Kazuyuki Hayakawa |
| 2 September 201232 | FC Gifu | 1 - 0 | Tokyo Verdy | Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium |
| 20:00 (UTC+09) | Danilo Pereira 55' 67' Tanaka 62' | Summary | Attendance: 4,849 Referee: Yuki Noda |
| 14 September 201233 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 2 - 1 | FC Gifu | Honjō Athletic Stadium |
| 20:00 | Ikemoto 6' Hanato 63'Yasuda 74'Arai 90+3' | Summary | Ri Han-Jae 44' Abuda 76'Hiroki Higuchi 78' | Attendance: 2,853 Referee: Hiromichi Oka |
| 17 September 201234 | FC Gifu | 1 - 0 | Tochigi S.C. | Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium |
| 20:00 | Hiromichi Higuchi 20' Danilo Pereira 43'Hiroshi Sekita 84' | Summary | Toma 8' Sugimoto 87' | Attendance: 1,791 Referee: Yosuke Kubota |
| 23 September 201235 | FC Gifu | 3 - 2 | Shonan Bellmare | Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium |
| 20:00 | Kōichi Satō 18' (pen.) Ri Han-Jae 41'Someya 43'Abuda 63' | Summary | Wataru Endo  16'Syuhei Otsuki 23'Kikuchi 53', 69'Ono 82'Shimamura 84' | Attendance: 3,016 Referee: Kazuyuki Hayakawa |
| 7 October 201237 | Mito HollyHock | 1 - 1 | FC Gifu | K's denki Stadium Mito |
| 20:00 | Frank 6' Kim Yong-Gi 24'Suzuki 45' | Summary | Kōichi Satō 36' Ri Han-Jae 42' | Attendance: 3,403 Referee: Hiroyuki Onishi |
| 14 October 201238 | FC Gifu | 0 - 0 | Montedio Yamagata | Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium |
| 20:00 | Hiroki Higuchi 90' Hattori 90+4' | Summary | Ryohei Hayashi 76' | Attendance: 2,797 Referee: Hajime Matsuo |
| 18 October 201236 | Matsumoto Yamaga F.C. | 1 - 0 | FC Gifu | Matsumotodaira Football Stadium |
| 20:00 | Tetsuto 79' Allisson Ricardo 87' | Summary | Attendance: 6,061 Referee: Kenta Tsukada |
| 21 October 201239 | Kyoto Sanga F.C. | 3 - 1 | FC Gifu | Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium |
| 14:00 | Komai 15', 28' Ando 41' | Summary | Hattori 30' Hiroki Higuchi 48'Nogaito 63' | Attendance: 10,275 Referee: Ryuji Sato |
| 28 October 201240 | F.C. Machida Zelvia | 1 - 0 | FC Gifu | Machida Athletic Stadium |
| 15:00 | Dimić 10' 46' Kohei Shimoda 26'Miki 43' 76'Shuto Kono 64'Tomohito Shugyo 87' | Summary | Kōichi Satō 33' Hiroki Higuchi 55'Hattori 90+2' | Attendance: 2,618 Referee: Kenji Ogiya |
| 4 November 201241 | FC Gifu | 0 - 0 | Tokushima Vortis | Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium |
| 15:00 | Nogaito 45' | Summary | Suzuki 31' Diogo 65'Hamada 72' | Attendance: 11,119 Referee: Hiromichi Oka |
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