Season | 2012 |
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Champions | Ventforet Kofu 1st J2 title 1st D2 title |
Promoted | Ventforet Kofu Shonan Bellmare Oita Trinita |
Relegated | Machida Zelvia |
Matches played | 462 |
Goals scored | 1,073 (2.32 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Davi (29 goals) |
Highest attendance | 23,617 Trinita vs Ventforet |
Lowest attendance | 1,333 Thespa vs Roasso |
Average attendance | 5,805 |
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The 2012 J.League Division 2 season is the 41st season of the second-tier club football in Japan and the 14th season since the establishment of J2 League. The season started on March 4 and will finish on November 11, followed by the promotion playoffs among the 3rd to 6th placed clubs (see the article).
Ventforet Kofu became champions and returned to J1 immediately after one season at J2. Shonan Bellmare finished second and also won the automatic promotion along with Kofu, returning to the J1 after two years of absence. Oita Trinita finished sixth, but won the promotion playoffs by defeating 3rd-placed Kyoto Sanga at the semifinal and 5th-placed JEF United Chiba at the final thus returning to the J1 after three years of absence.
For the first time ever, relegation to the third-tier JFL was implemented, and Machida Zelvia became the unlucky first team to suffer that fate by finishing in bottom place only one season after entering the professional divisions.
The expected participant clubs are as follows:
Rather than 3 spots for automatic promotions to J.League Division 1 (J1) until the previous season, there are only 2 spots for automatic promotions from this season, and the 3rd promoting club will be determined by a play-off called Play-off for Promotion to J1 [1] (J1昇格プレーオフ) held by 4 clubs (3rd – 6th placed clubs in the standings in the league matches). The regulation is: [1] [2]
On 28 September, it was announced that the following clubs did not meet the criteria, mainly in regard to the stadium's size, which are required to J1 clubs to maintain, thus will not be promoted to J1, or participating promotion playoffs even if finishing in the appropriate standing at the end of the regular season:
In 2008, J.League and Japan Football Association planned that at most 3 clubs in J2 are to relegate to Japan Football League (JFL) every season after the number of J2 clubs reached 22. [4]
In January 2012, since the number of J2 clubs reached 22 from this season, J.League determined the regulation of the relegations from J2 to JFL that at most 2 clubs in J2 will relegate to JFL every season. The regulation is: [5]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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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 | |
6 | Oita Trinita (O, P) | 42 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 59 | 40 | +19 | 71 | |
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 | |
12 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 42 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 46 | 43 | +3 | 59 | |
13 | Mito HollyHock | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 47 | 49 | −2 | 56 | |
14 | Roasso Kumamoto | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 40 | 48 | −8 | 55 | |
15 | Tokushima Vortis | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 45 | 49 | −4 | 51 | |
16 | Ehime FC | 42 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 47 | 46 | +1 | 50 | |
17 | Thespa Kusatsu | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 31 | 45 | −14 | 47 | |
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] |
Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
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1 | ![]() | Ventforet Kofu | 32 |
2 | ![]() | Tokyo Verdy | 18 |
![]() | Fagiano Okayama | 18 | |
4 | ![]() | JEF United Chiba | 15 |
5 | ![]() | Ehime FC | 14 |
![]() | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 14 | |
![]() | Oita Trinita | 14 | |
![]() | Oita Trinita | 14 | |
![]() | Kyoto Sanga | 14 | |
![]() | Roasso Kumamoto | 14 | |
11 | ![]() | Matsumoto Yamaga | 12 |
![]() | Avispa Fukuoka | 12 | |
![]() | Yokohama FC | 12 |
Updated to games played on 11 November 2012
Source: J. League
Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ventforet Kofu | 218,539 | 16,643 | 6,161 | 10,407 | −14.0%† |
2 | Oita Trinita | 204,134 | 23,617 | 6,459 | 9,721 | +10.7% |
3 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 200,143 | 13,098 | 4,471 | 9,531 | +27.7%‡ |
4 | JEF United Chiba | 194,893 | 14,487 | 6,235 | 9,281 | −4.1% |
5 | Fagiano Okayama | 167,691 | 12,618 | 3,946 | 7,985 | +10.0% |
6 | Montedio Yamagata | 154,459 | 11,275 | 5,036 | 7,355 | −21.1%† |
7 | Kyoto Sanga | 152,732 | 12,296 | 2,901 | 7,273 | +15.6% |
8 | Shonan Bellmare | 143,887 | 10,918 | 3,602 | 6,852 | −1.3% |
9 | Yokohama FC | 126,810 | 9,687 | 2,639 | 6,039 | +4.7% |
10 | Roasso Kumamoto | 122,956 | 10,530 | 3,127 | 5,855 | −15.5% |
11 | Avispa Fukuoka | 117,309 | 10,902 | 3,092 | 5,586 | −46.4%† |
12 | Tokyo Verdy | 112,158 | 13,093 | 2,875 | 5,341 | −6.5% |
13 | FC Gifu | 89,676 | 11,119 | 1,791 | 4,270 | +3.6% |
14 | Tokushima Vortis | 83,808 | 7,526 | 1,933 | 3,991 | −23.4% |
15 | Mito HollyHock | 83,431 | 6,920 | 2,241 | 3,973 | +18.6% |
16 | Tochigi SC | 80,859 | 5,156 | 1,901 | 3,850 | −22.0% |
17 | Ehime FC | 76,201 | 6,612 | 1,950 | 3,629 | +4.4% |
18 | Machida Zelvia | 76,169 | 7,139 | 1,860 | 3,627 | +3.2%‡ |
19 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 70,274 | 7,637 | 2,112 | 3,346 | −17.4% |
20 | Thespa Kusatsu | 70,159 | 6,891 | 1,333 | 3,341 | +4.0% |
21 | Kataller Toyama | 69,807 | 6,549 | 1,692 | 3,324 | +1.5% |
22 | Gainare Tottori | 65,786 | 6,629 | 1,363 | 3,133 | −15.1% |
League total | 2,681,881 | 23,617 | 1,333 | 5,805 | −9.6% |
Updated to games played on 11 November 2012
Source: J. League Division 2
Notes:
† Team played previous season in J1.
‡ Team played previous season in JFL.
2012 J.League Road To J1 Play-Offs (2012 J1昇格プレーオフ)
The schedule was as follows. The format would be changed if one or more of the involved clubs could not meet the promotion criteria to Division 1. [9]
If the score tied by 90 minutes, the winner would be determined by the league standings.
Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
3 | Kyoto Sanga | 0 | |||||||
6 | Oita Trinita | 4 | |||||||
6 | Oita Trinita | 1 | |||||||
5 | JEF United Chiba | 0 | |||||||
4 | Yokohama FC | 0 | |||||||
5 | JEF United Chiba | 4 |
Kyoto Sanga | 0–4 | Oita Trinita |
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Morishima ![]() |
Yokohama FC | 0–4 | JEF United Chiba |
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Fujita ![]() Yonekura ![]() Sato ![]() |
Oita Trinita | 1–0 | JEF United Chiba |
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Hayashi ![]() |
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