| 2012 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Manager | Yasutoshi Miura | ||
| J.League Division 2 | - | ||
| Emperor's Cup | - | ||
The 2012 Giravanz Kitakyushu season sees Giravanz Kitakyushu compete in J.League Division 2 for the fourth consecutive season. Giravanz Kitakyushu are also competing in the 2012 Emperor's Cup.
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Tokyo Verdy | 42 | 20 | 6 | 16 | 65 | 46 | +19 | 66 |
| 8 | Fagiano Okayama | 42 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 41 | 34 | +7 | 65 |
| 9 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 42 | 19 | 7 | 16 | 53 | 47 | +6 | 64 |
| 10 | Montedio Yamagata | 42 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 51 | 49 | +2 | 61 |
| 11 | Tochigi SC | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 50 | 49 | +1 | 60 |
| 4 March 20121 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 1 - 2 | Tokushima Vortis | Honjo Stadium |
| Sunday 17:34 | Hanato  70' | Report | 64' Kim 87' Tsuda | Attendance: 3,160 Referee: Ikeuchi |
| 11 March 20122 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 0 - 0 | Fagiano Okayama | Honjo Stadium |
| Sunday 13:03 | Report | Attendance: 4,009 Referee: Ogawa |
| 17 March 20123 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 1 - 0 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | Matsumotodaira Park Stadium Alwin |
| Saturday 14:04 | Iida 19' | Report | Attendance: 4,471 Referee: Oka |
| 20 March 20124 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 1 - 0 | Mito HollyHock | Honjo Stadium |
| Tuesday 16:03 | Watari 51' | Report | Attendance: 2,558 Referee: Ueda |
| 25 March 20125 | Kataller Toyama | 2 - 3 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | Toyama Stadium |
| Sunday 13:04 | Nishikawa 45+2' Kurobe 50' | Report | 48' Ikemoto 66' Watari 85' Hanato | Attendance: 1,692 Referee: Koya |
| 1 April 20126 | Ventforet Kofu | 1 - 2 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium |
| Sunday 16:03 | Yamamoto 78' | Report | 65' Noborio 86' Takeuchi | Attendance: 9,486 Referee: Enomoto |
| 8 April 20127 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 1 - 0 | Gainare Tottori | Honjo Stadium |
| 14:00 JST | Watari 62' | Report | Kumazawa  26' | Attendance: 3,230 Referee:  Hiroyuki Onishi |
| 15 April 20128 | Gifu | 1 - 0 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium |
| 16:00 JST | Hirota 55' Kim Jung-Hyun 90+2' | Report | Arai 39' Kimura 70'Miyamoto 77' | Attendance: 2,920 Referee: Kazuyuki Hayakawa |
| 22 April 20129 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 0 - 1 | Montedio Yamagata | Honjo Stadium |
| 14:00 JST | Miyamoto 15' | Report | Miyasaka 20' Bandai 60'Higa 80' | Attendance: 3,286 Referee: Kenji Ogiya |
| 27 April 201210 | Thespa Kusatsu | 0 - 2 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | Shoda Shoyu Stadium Gunma |
| 20:00 JST | Nagata 52' | Report | Watari 16' Ikemoto 45+3'Kimura 64'Arai 71'Hanato 90+1' | Attendance: 1,447 Referee: Koji Murakami |
| 30 April 201211 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 1 - 2 | JEF United Ichihara Chiba | Honjo Stadium |
| 16:00 JST | Watari 9' | Report | Ito 34' Milligan 63' | Attendance: 2,112 Referee: Hiroshi Yamaguchi |
| 3 May 201212 | Machida Zelvia | 0 - 1 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | Machida Athletic Stadium |
| 20:00 JST | Tsuda 76' | Report | Fuji 11' Ikemoto 77' (pen.)Miyamoto 90+1' | Attendance: 3,021 Referee: Yosuke Kubota |
| 6 May 201213 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 1 - 2 | Yokohama | Honjo Stadium |
| 20:00 JST | Tada 6' Ikemoto 71' | Report | Nakazato 7' Fujita 19', 47'Abe 30'Schneider 44'Sugiyama 69' | Attendance: 3,702 Referee: Hiromichi Oka |
| 12 May 201214 | Ehime | 2 - 2 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | Ningineer Stadium |
| 15:00 JST | Oyama 2' Takumi Murakami 9'Ogasawara 79'Arita 87' 90+2' | Report | Shuto Nakahara 6' Yasuda 31'Hanato 32'Ikemoto 34'Komorida 54'57'Miyamoto 60' | Attendance: 3,724 Referee: Minoru Tojo |
| 20 May 201215 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 1 - 5 | Tokyo Verdy | Honjo Stadium |
| 14:00 JST | Takano 17' Kim Jong-pil 47'Komorida 52' 58' | Report | Fukatsu 5'50' Abe 19' (pen.)Nishi 25'Takahashi 60'Maki 82' | Attendance: 3,491 Referee: Masuya Ueda |
| 26 May 201216 | Kyoto Sanga | 1 - 0 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium |
| 14:00 JST | Nakamura 37' Nakayama 81'  86' | Report | Kim Jong-pil 65' Komorida 72' | Attendance: 6,540 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura |
| 2 June 201217 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 3 - 2 | Shonan Bellmare | Honjo Stadium |
| 14:00 JST | Miyamoto 8' Yasuda 42'81'Tokiwa 46'Abe 60' (o.g.) | Report | Alex 24' Kikuchi 53'Han Kook-Young 63'Yamaguchi 73'Kamata 79'Yoshihama 87'Furuhashi 90+4' | Attendance: 2,677 Referee: Tetsuro Yoshida |
| 9 June 201218 | Avispa Fukuoka | 1 - 0 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | Level-5 Stadium |
| 14:00 JST | Omata 26' Jogo 41'Koga 57'Suzuki 83'Naruoka 90+3' | Report | Kimura 16' | Attendance: 8,741 Referee: Shoichiro Mikami |
| 13 June 201219 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 1 - 1 | Tochigi S.C. | Honjo Stadium |
| 20:00 JST | Komorida 15' Morimura 16'Killoran 24'Seki 45'Tokiwa 68'Kimura 78'Leonardo 88' | Report | Onodera 11' Takagi 39'Usami  78' | Attendance: 2,391 Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami |
| 17 June 201220 | Roasso Kumamoto | 2 - 2 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | Kumamoto Athletics Stadium |
| 20:00 JST | Saito 3' 27' Taketomi 22'79' | Report | Nagano 6' Hanato 23', 29' 78'Fuji 90+1' | Attendance: 4,572 Referee: Akihiko Ikeuchi |
| 24 June 201221 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 0 - 2 | Oita Trinita | Honjo Stadium |
| 19:00 JST | Ikemoto 42' Tokiwa 52'Komorida 82' | Report | Mitsuhira 11' Morishima 35' 74' | Attendance: 2,129 Referee: Hiroshi Yamauchi |
| 1 July 201222 | Gainare Tottori | 1 - 2 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | Tottori Bank Bird Stadium |
| 19:00 JST | Togawa 4' Fukui 6' 29' | Report | Leonardo 33', 43' 68' Fuji 36' 68'Ikemoto 49'Tada 80'Oshima 88'Seki 90' | Attendance: 2,313 Referee: Hiromichi Oka |
| 8 July 201223 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 2 - 0 | Ehime | Honjo Stadium |
| 19:00 JST | Hanato 15' (pen.) 41' Killoran 27'51' | Report | Alair 11' Akimoto 15'Tomić 19' 25' | Attendance: 2,389 Referee: Hiroyuki Onishi |
| 15 July 201224 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 0 - 1 | Thespa Kusatsu | Honjo Stadium |
| 19:00 JST | Report | Tatsushi Koyanagi 19' Matsushita 26'Nakamura 90+5' | Attendance: 2,894 Referee: Kazuyuki Hayakawa |
| 22 July 201225 | Tokushima Vortis | 1 - 1 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | Pocarisweat Stadium |
| 19:30 JST | Diogo 85' | Report | Hanato 53' Miyamoto 90' | Attendance: 5,021 Referee: Masuya Ueda |
| 29 July 201226 | Shonan Bellmare | 1 - 0 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | Shonan BMW Stadium Hiratsuka |
| 19:30 JST | Furuhashi 47' Kaoru Takayama 53'Abe 67'Macena 90+3' | Report | Arai 87' | Attendance: 6,334 Referee: Tomohiro Tsukada |
| 5 August 201227 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 1 - 1 | Machida Zelvia | Honjo Stadium |
| 19:00 JST | Komorida 29' 64' Tada 83' | Report | Suzuki 2' Fujita 90+2' | Attendance: 2,384 Referee: Koichiro Fukushima |
| 12 August 201228 | Oita Trinita | 0 - 1 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | Ōita Bank Dome |
| 19:00 JST | Summary | Tada 18' Morimura 23' 41'Kawanabe 64'Ikemoto 83'Satō 90+2' | Attendance: 8,941 Referee: Tetsuro Yoshida |
| 19 August 201229 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 4 - 2 | Avispa Fukuoka | Honjo Stadium |
| 19:00 JST | Ikemoto 8' Hanato 15', 56' 90+4'Tokiwa 90+4' | Summary | Jogo 7'45+1' Wada 85'Suzuki 90+2' | Attendance: 7,637 Referee: Ryuji Sato |
| 22 August 201230 | Fagiano Okayama | 1 - 1 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | Kanko Stadium |
| 20:00 JST | Sengoku 42' Ueda 57' | Summary | Arai 19' Oshima 40'Satō 62'Kimura 84'Kim Jong-pil 90+2' | Attendance: 8,172 Referee: Koei Koya |
| 26 August 201231 | Tokyo Verdy | 0 - 2 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | Ajinomoto Stadium |
| 19:00 JST | Shibasaki 75' | Summary | Tokiwa 40' Tada 58'Hayashi 89' | Attendance: 3,088 Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama |
| 2 September 201232 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 2 - 0 | Roasso Kumamoto | Honjo Stadium |
| 19:00 JST | Ikemoto 35' Killoran 58'Hanato 79' | Summary | Fujimoto 8' Hiroi 58'Yano 90+2' | Attendance: 4,794 Referee: Hiroyuki Onishi |
| 14 September 201233 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 2 - 1 | Gifu | Honjo Stadium |
| 20:00 JST | Ikemoto 6' Hanato 63'Yasuda 74'Arai 90+3' | Summary | Ri Han-Jae 44' Abuda 76'Hiroki Higuchi | Attendance: 2,853 Referee: Hiromichi Oka |
| 17 September 201234 | JEF United Ichihara Chiba | 0 - 3 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | Fukuda Denshi Arena |
| 14:00 JST | Aoki 6' Yazawa 51' | Summary | Hanato 3', 35' Killoran 8'Shingo Suzuki 59'Kim Jong-pil 67' | Attendance: 7,845 Referee: Kazuyoshi Enomoto |
| 23 September 201235 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 2 - 3 | Ventforet Kofu | Honjo Stadium |
| 14:00 JST | 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 201236 | Mito HollyHock | 3 - 1 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | K's denki Stadium Mito |
| 14:00 JST | Okamoto 3', 35' Shimada 16'Omoto 58' | Summary | Tokiwa 7' Killoran 20'Kim Jong-pil 77' | Attendance: 6,023 Referee: Koji Morikawa |
| 7 October 201237 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 0 - 1 | Matsumoto Yamaga | Honjo Stadium |
| 14:00 JST | Kim Jong-pil 49' Killoran 86' | Summary | Tamabayashi 42' Kusunose 62'Shirai 90+4' | Attendance: 3,292 Referee: Naohito Ogawa |
| 14 October 201238 | Yokohama | 1 - 2 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | Nippatsu Mitsuzawa Stadium |
| 14:00 | Takachi 37' Morimoto 53' | Summary | Arai 63' Satō 66'Fuji 66'Hayashi 71'Hanato 81' | Attendance: 5,543 Referee: Minoru Tojo |
| 21 October 201239 | Montedio Yamagata | 1 - 0 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | ND Soft Stadium Yamagata |
| 14:00 JST | Nakashima 7' Yamazaki 90+4' | Summary | Kimura 45+1' Hanato 45+1' | Attendance: 5,408 Referee: Yuki Noda |
| 28 October 201240 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 2 - 0 | Kyoto Sanga | Honjo Stadium |
| 16:00 JST | Kimura 16' Takeuchi 75', 90' | Summary | Hwang Te-Song 14' | Attendance: 3,916 Referee: Takuto Okabe |
| 4 November 201241 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | - | Kataller Toyama | Honjo Stadium |
| 13:00 JST | Referee: |
| 11 November 201242 | Tochigi S.C. | - | Giravanz Kitakyushu | Tochigi Green Stadium |
| 13:00 JST | Referee: |
| 9 September 2012Round 2 | F.C. Machida Zelvia | 1 - 1 (a.e.t.) (5 - 4 p) | Giravanz Kitakyushu | Setagaya, Tokyo |
| 13:00 JST | Kitai 22' | Report | Tokiwa 51' | Stadium: Komazawa Olympic Park Stadium Attendance: 1,653 Referee: Shoichiro Mikami |
The 2012 Montedio Yamagata season sees Montedio Yamagata return to J.League Division 2 after being relegated in the 2011 J.League Division 1. This will be their 16th season overall in the second tier. Montedio Yamagata are also competing in the 2012 Emperor's Cup.
The 2012 FC Machida Zelvia season saw FC Machida Zelvia compete in J.League Division 2 for the first time after being promoted from the 2011 Japan Football League. Machida Zelvia were relegated back to the Japan Football League on the last day of the season after a 0-3 defeat to Shonan Bellmare. They are also competing in the 2012 Emperor's Cup.
The 2012 Matsumoto Yamaga FC season sees Matsumoto Yamaga compete in J.League Division 2 for the first time after being promoted from the 2011 Japan Football League. Matsumoto Yamaga are also competing in the 2012 Emperor's Cup.
The 2012 Avispa Fukuoka season sees Avispa Fukuoka return to J.League Division 2 after spending 2011 in J1. This is their non-consecutive 13th season in the second tier since 1991. Avispa Fukuoka are also competing in the 2012 Emperor's Cup.
The 2012 Fagiano Okayama season saw Fagiano Okayama compete in J.League Division 2 for the fourth consecutive season. Fagiano Okayama also competed in the 2012 Emperor's Cup.
The 2012 Shonan Bellmare season sees Shonan Bellmare compete in J.League Division 2 for the second consecutive season after being relegated from J1 in 2010, and 16th season overall in the second tier. Shonan Bellmare are also competing in the 2012 Emperor's Cup.
The 2012 Yokohama FC season sees Yokohama FC compete in J.League Division 2 for the fifth consecutive season. Yokohama FC are also competing in the 2012 Emperor's Cup.
The 2012 Tokyo Verdy season sees Tokyo Verdy compete in J.League Division 2 for the fourth consecutive season and 12th second-tier season overall since 1972. Tokyo Verdy are also competing in the 2012 Emperor's Cup.
The 2012 Roasso Kumamoto season saw Roasso Kumamoto compete in J.League Division 2 for the fifth consecutive season, where they finished 14th. Roasso Kumamoto also competed in the 2012 Emperor's Cup, where they were eliminated in the fourth round.
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.
The 2012 Ehime FC season sees Ehime FC compete in J.League Division 2 for the seventh consecutive season. Ehime FC are also competing in the 2012 Emperor's Cup.
The 2012 Gainare Tottori season sees Gainare Tottori compete in J.League Division 2 for the second consecutive season. Gainare Tottori are also competing in the 2012 Emperor's Cup.
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.
The 2012 Tokushima Vortis season sees Tokushima Vortis compete in J.League Division 2 for the eighth consecutive season. This is their 17th season overall in the second tier. Tokushima Vortis are also competing in the 2012 Emperor's Cup.
The 2012 Mito HollyHock season sees Mito HollyHock compete in J.League Division 2 for the 13th consecutive season and 15th second-tier season overall. Mito HollyHock are also competing in the 2012 Emperor's Cup.
The 2012 Kataller Toyama season saw Kataller Toyama compete in the J.League Division 2 for the fourth consecutive year. Kataller Toyama also competed in the 2012 Emperor's Cup.
The 2013 J.League Division 2 season is the 42nd season of the second-tier club football in Japan and the 15th season since the establishment of J2 League. The regular season began on 3 March and ended on 24 November, followed by the promotion play-offs among four clubs ranked between 3rd and 6th at the end of regular season. Gamba Osaka became champions, and Vissel Kobe became runners-up, both returned to J1 immediately after one season at J2. The other promoted team is third runners-up Tokushima Vortis, who won the promotion playoff final, defeating Kyoto Sanga FC. With the win, Vortis are making their J1 debut, becoming the first professional Shikoku football club to compete in the top division of their national league.
The 95th Emperor's Cup (第95回天皇杯全日本サッカー選手権大会) was the regular edition of the annual Japanese national cup tournament, which was held from 29 August 2015 to its final on 1 January 2016.
The 96th Emperor's Cup (第96回天皇杯全日本サッカー選手権大会) was the 2016 edition of the annual Japanese national cup tournament, which was held from 27 August 2016 to its final on 1 January 2017.
