| 2012 season | ||||
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| Chairman | Shimpei Takeda | |||
| Manager | Naoki Soma | |||
| J. League Division 1 | – | |||
| Emperor's Cup | – | |||
| J. League Cup | – | |||
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 also competed in the 2012 Emperor's Cup and 2012 J. League Cup.
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| 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 |
| 10 March 20121 | Kawasaki Frontale | 1–0 | Albirex Niigata | Todoroki Stadium |
| Saturday 17:05 | Saneto  11' | Report | Attendance: 18,920 Referee: Yamamoto |
| 17 March 20122 | Kashima Antlers | 0–1 | Kawasaki Frontale | Kashima Soccer Stadium |
| Saturday 14:04 | Report | 45+2' Renato | Attendance: 19,010 Referee: Nishimura |
| 24 March 20123 | Kawasaki Frontale | 0–1 | Cerezo Osaka | Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium |
| Saturday 14:04 | Report | 75' Kim | Attendance: 14,777 Referee: Matsuo |
| 31 March 20124 | Urawa Red Diamonds | 1–1 | Kawasaki Frontale | Saitama Stadium 2002 |
| Saturday 15:03 | Popó 10' | Report | 59' Yajima | Attendance: 25,743 Referee: Iemoto |
| 8 April 20125 | Kawasaki Frontale | 0–1 | F.C. Tokyo | Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium |
| Sunday 17:00 | Renatinho  50' | Report | Hasegawa 43'  48'Takahashi 45+2'Morishige 87' | Attendance: 20,996 Referee:  Kenji Ogiya |
| 14 April 20126 | Gamba Osaka | 3–2 | Kawasaki Frontale | Osaka 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 20127 | Consadole Sapporo | 2–3 | Kawasaki Frontale | Sapporo 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 20128 | Kawasaki Frontale | 1–4 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Kawasaki 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 20129 | Kawasaki Frontale | 4–3 | Júbilo Iwata | Kawasaki 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 201210 | Nagoya Grampus | 2–3 | Kawasaki Frontale | Toyota 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 201211 | Kawasaki Frontale | 0–2 | Kashiwa Reysol | Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium |
| Saturday 16:00 | Report | Hashimoto 57' Kudo 63'Tanaka 74'Jorge Wagner 90+2' | Attendance: 16,054 Referee: Itaru Hirose |
| 19 May 201212 | Omiya Ardija | 0–2 | Kawasaki Frontale | NACK5 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 201213 | Kawasaki Frontale | 3–2 | Vegalta Sendai | Kawasaki 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 201214 | Sagan Tosu | 0–1 | Kawasaki Frontale | Tosu Stadium |
| Saturday 20:00 | Ikeda 75' | Report | Inamoto 27' Ito 76'Tasaka 79'Kurotsu 90+5' | Attendance: 9,603 Referee: Yoshiro Imamura |
| 23 June 201215 | Kawasaki Frontale | 0–0 | Yokohama F. Marinos | Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium |
| Saturday 20:00 | Tanaka 82' Kurotsu 86' | Report | Ono 64' Taniguchi 65' | Attendance: 20,590 Referee: Kenji Ogiya |
| 30 June 201216 | Kawasaki Frontale | 0–1 | Vissel Kobe | Kawasaki 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 201217 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 0–0 | Kawasaki Frontale | Outsourcing Stadium Nihondaira |
| Saturday 19:00 | Kawai 83' | Report | Attendance: 14,133 Referee:  Antonio Arias |
| 14 July 201218 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 3–0 | Kawasaki Frontale | Hiroshima Big Arch |
| Saturday 20:00 | Shimizu 2' Satō 15', 19' | Report | Kobayashi 40' | Attendance: 11,585 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto |
| 28 July 201219 | Kawasaki Frontale | 4–1 | Omiya Ardija | Kawasaki 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 201220 | Júbilo Iwata | – | Kawasaki Frontale | Yamaha Stadium |
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| 11 August 201221 | Kawasaki Frontale | – | Sagan Tosu | Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium |
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| 18 August 201222 | Yokohama F. Marinos | – | Kawasaki Frontale | International Stadium Yokohama |
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| 25 August 201223 | Kawasaki Frontale | – | Nagoya Grampus | Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium |
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| 1 September 201224 | Vegalta Sendai | – | Kawasaki Frontale | Yurtec Stadium Sendai |
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| 14 September 201225 | Kawasaki Frontale | – | Kashima Antlers | Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium |
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| 21 September 201226 | F.C. Tokyo | – | Kawasaki Frontale | Ajinomoto Stadium |
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| 28 September 201227 | Kawasaki Frontale | – | Consadole Sapporo | Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium |
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| 5 October 201228 | Kashiwa Reysol | – | Kawasaki Frontale | Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium |
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| 19 October 201229 | Kawasaki Frontale | – | Gamba Osaka | Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium |
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| 26 October 201230 | Vissel Kobe | – | Kawasaki Frontale | Home's Stadium Kobe |
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| 6 November 201231 | Kawasaki Frontale | – | Urawa Red Diamonds | Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium |
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| 16 November 201232 | Albirex Niigata | – | Kawasaki Frontale | Tohoku Electric Power Big Swan Stadium |
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| 23 November 201233 | Kawasaki Frontale | – | Shimizu S-Pulse | Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium |
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| 30 November 201234 | Cerezo Osaka | – | Kawasaki Frontale | Kincho Stadium |
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| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cerezo Osaka | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 | +8 | 12 |
| Vegalta Sendai | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | +4 | 12 |
| Jubilo Iwata | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 12 |
| Urawa Red Diamonds | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 9 |
| Sagan Tosu | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 16 | −8 | 9 |
| Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 4 |
| Kawasaki Frontale | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 4 |
| 20 March 2012Group A | Sagan Tosu | 2–1 | Kawasaki Frontale | Best Amenity Stadium |
| Tuesday 16:04 | Okada 53' Noda 65' | Report | 78' Yajima | Attendance: 4,613 Referee: Tojo |
| 4 April 2012Group A | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 1–1 | Kawasaki Frontale | Hiroshima Big Arch |
| Wednesday 19:04 | Sato 85' | Report | 58' Jeci | Attendance: 6,413 Referee: Iida |
| 18 April 2012Group A | Kawasaki Frontale | 3–1 | Vegalta Sendai | Todoroki 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 2012Group A | Kawasaki Frontale | 0–3 | Urawa Red Diamonds | Todoroki Athletics Stadium |
| Wednesday 20:00 | Report | Kashiwagi 32' Ugajin 42'57', 83' | Attendance: 13,608 Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami |
| 6 June 2012Group A | Cerezo Osaka | 3–2 | Kawasaki Frontale | Kincho 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 2012Group A | Kawasaki Frontale | 0–1 | Júbilo Iwata | Todoroki Athletics Stadium |
| Saturday 20:00 | Report | Yamazaki 25' | Attendance: 7,970 Referee: Jumpei Iida |
Statistics of Emperor's Cup in the 1999 season.
Statistics of J. League Cup, officially the '99 J.League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup, in the 1999 season.
Statistics of J. League Cup, officially the 2000 J.League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup, in the 2000 season.
Statistics of J. League Cup, officially the 2001 J.League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup, in the 2001 season.
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