2012 Kawasaki Frontale season

Kawasaki Frontale

2012 season
Chairman	Shimpei Takeda
Manager	Naoki Soma
J. League Division 1	–
Emperor's Cup	–
J. League Cup	–
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2012 Kawasaki Frontale season was 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.

Competitions

J. League

Main article: 2012 J. League Division 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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 [a]
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 [a]
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

Updated to match(es) played on 1 December 2012. Source: J.League Division 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. The winners of the 2012 Emperor's Cup qualified for the group stage of the 2013 AFC Champions League.

Matches

Kawasaki Frontale v Albirex Niigata

10 March 20121	Kawasaki Frontale	1–0	Albirex Niigata	Todoroki Stadium
Saturday 17:05	Saneto 11'	Report		Attendance: 18,920 Referee: Yamamoto

Kashima Antlers v Kawasaki Frontale

17 March 20122	Kashima Antlers	0–1	Kawasaki Frontale	Kashima Soccer Stadium
Saturday 14:04		Report	45+2' Renato	Attendance: 19,010 Referee: Nishimura

Kawasaki Frontale v Cerezo Osaka

24 March 20123	Kawasaki Frontale	0–1	Cerezo Osaka	Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
Saturday 14:04		Report	75' Kim	Attendance: 14,777 Referee: Matsuo

Urawa Red Diamonds v Kawasaki Frontale

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

Kawasaki Frontale v F.C. Tokyo

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

Gamba Osaka v Kawasaki Frontale

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

Consadole Sapporo v Kawasaki Frontale

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

Kawasaki Frontale v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

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

Kawasaki Frontale v Júbilo Iwata

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

Nagoya Grampus v Kawasaki Frontale

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

Kawasaki Frontale v Kashiwa Reysol

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

Omiya Ardija v Kawasaki Frontale

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

Kawasaki Frontale v Vegalta Sendai

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

Sagan Tosu v Kawasaki Frontale

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

Kawasaki Frontale v Yokohama F. Marinos

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

Kawasaki Frontale v Vissel Kobe

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

Shimizu S-Pulse v Kawasaki Frontale

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

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Kawasaki Frontale

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

Kawasaki Frontale v Omiya Ardija

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

Júbilo Iwata v Kawasaki Frontale

4 August 201220	Júbilo Iwata	–	Kawasaki Frontale	Yamaha Stadium
Saturday 20:00				Referee:

Kawasaki Frontale v Sagan Tosu

11 August 201221	Kawasaki Frontale	–	Sagan Tosu	Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
Saturday 20:00				Referee:

Yokohama F. Marinos v Kawasaki Frontale

18 August 201222	Yokohama F. Marinos	–	Kawasaki Frontale	International Stadium Yokohama
Saturday 20:00				Referee:

Kawasaki Frontale v Nagoya Grampus

25 August 201223	Kawasaki Frontale	–	Nagoya Grampus	Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
Saturday 20:00				Referee:

Vegalta Sendai v Kawasaki Frontale

1 September 201224	Vegalta Sendai	–	Kawasaki Frontale	Yurtec Stadium Sendai
Saturday 20:00				Referee:

Kawasaki Frontale v Kashima Antlers

14 September 201225	Kawasaki Frontale	–	Kashima Antlers	Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
Friday				Referee:

F.C. Tokyo v Kawasaki Frontale

21 September 201226	F.C. Tokyo	–	Kawasaki Frontale	Ajinomoto Stadium
Friday				Referee:

Kawasaki Frontale v Consadole Sapporo

28 September 201227	Kawasaki Frontale	–	Consadole Sapporo	Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
Friday				Referee:

Kashiwa Reysol v Kawasaki Frontale

5 October 201228	Kashiwa Reysol	–	Kawasaki Frontale	Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium
Friday				Referee:

Kawasaki Frontale v Gamba Osaka

19 October 201229	Kawasaki Frontale	–	Gamba Osaka	Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
Friday				Referee:

Vissel Kobe v Kawasaki Frontale

26 October 201230	Vissel Kobe	–	Kawasaki Frontale	Home's Stadium Kobe
Friday				Referee:

Kawasaki Frontale v Urawa Red Diamonds

6 November 201231	Kawasaki Frontale	–	Urawa Red Diamonds	Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
Friday				Referee:

Albirex Niigata v Kawasaki Frontale

16 November 201232	Albirex Niigata	–	Kawasaki Frontale	Tohoku Electric Power Big Swan Stadium
Friday				Referee:

Kawasaki Frontale v Shimizu S-Pulse

23 November 201233	Kawasaki Frontale	–	Shimizu S-Pulse	Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
Friday				Referee:

Cerezo Osaka v Kawasaki Frontale

30 November 201234	Cerezo Osaka	–	Kawasaki Frontale	Kincho Stadium
Friday				Referee:

J. League Cup

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

Sagan Tosu v Kawasaki Frontale

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

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Kawasaki Frontale

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

Kawasaki Frontale v Vegalta Sendai

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

Kawasaki Frontale v Urawa Red Diamonds

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

Cerezo Osaka v Kawasaki Frontale

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

Kawasaki Frontale v Júbilo Iwata

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

Emperor's Cup

Main article: 2012 Emperor's Cup