2012 Sagan Tosu season

Last updated
Sagan Tosu
2012 season
Chairman Yukihiro Igawa
Manager Yoon Jung-Hwan
J.League Division 1 5th
Emperor's Cup 2nd round vs Kamatamare Sanuki
J.League Cup Group Stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Yohei Toyoda (16)
All: Yohei Toyoda (17)
  2011
2013  

The 2012 Sagan Tosu season was Sagan Tosu's first season in J.League Division 1 after being promoted for J.League Division 2 in 2011. They finished the season in fifth position, narrowly missing out on an AFC Champions League spot by two points. They also participated in the J.League Cup, going out in the group stages, and the Emperor's Cup, where they reached the second round before defeat to Kamatamare Sanuki. It was their second season with Yoon Jung-hwan as their manager, and Yohei Toyoda was their top goalscorer with 16 league goals.

Contents

Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Taku Akahoshi
2 DF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Kosuke Kitani
3 DF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Keita Isozaki
4 DF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Teruaki Kobayashi
5 DF Flag of South Korea.svg  KOR Kim Kun-Hoan (loan from Yokohama F. Marinos)
6 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Tomotaka Okamoto
7 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Keisuke Funatani
8 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Kota Mizunuma (loan from Yokohama F. Marinos)
9 FW Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Tozin (loan from Corinthians Alagoano)
10 MF Flag of South Korea.svg  KOR Kim Min-Woo
11 FW Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Yohei Toyoda
12 GK Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Tatsuro Okuda
13 DF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Yusuke Inuzuka
14 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Naoyuki Fujita
No.Pos.NationPlayer
15 DF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Ryuhei Niwa
16 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Takahiro Kuniyoshi
18 FW Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Ryunosuke Noda
19 FW Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Shohei Okada
20 DF Flag of South Korea.svg  KOR Yeo Sung-Hye
21 GK Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Takuya Muro
22 FW Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Kei Ikeda
23 DF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN So Morita
24 DF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Kyohei Kuroki
25 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Ryota Hayasaka
26 DF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Tatsuya Sakai
28 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Yoshiki Takahashi (loan from Vegalta Sendai)
30 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Kohei Kuroki

Transfers

Competitions

J.League

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
34158114840 +85311332614 +124582226 −4

Last updated: 3 December 2012.
Source: World-Football.net

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundHAHHAHHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA
ResultDLWWLWWDDDDLWLDWLWDWWLDWLWLLLWWWWL
Position555555555588681091089667757558987535
Updated to match(es) played on 3 December 2012. Source: "World-Football.net". Archived from the original on 2013-05-27. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

10 March 20121 Sagan Tosu 0 – 0 Cerezo Osaka Best Amenity Stadium
Saturday 14:05 Report Attendance: 11,283 [1]
Referee: Inoue
17 March 20122 Júbilo Iwata 2 – 1 Sagan Tosu Yamaha Stadium
Saturday 17:04 Yamada Soccerball shade.svg27'
Komano Soccerball shade.svg34'
Report Soccerball shade.svg17' Toyoda Attendance: 10,653
Referee: Takayama
24 March 20123 Sagan Tosu 1 – 0 Yokohama F. Marinos Best Amenity Stadium
Saturday 15:04 Mizunuma Soccerball shade.svg77' Report Attendance: 10,611
Referee: Maeda
31 March 20124 Sagan Tosu 3 – 0 Vissel Kobe Best Amenity Stadium
Saturday 19:04 Noda Soccerball shade.svg28'
Toyoda Soccerball shade.svg43'
Ikeda Soccerball shade.svg90+5'
Report Attendance: 7,719
Referee: Matsumura
7 April 20125 Nagoya Grampus 1 – 0 Sagan Tosu Toyota Stadium
Nagai Soccerball shade.svg27' Summary Attendance: 13,824
14 April 20126 Sagan Tosu 1 – 0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima Best Amenity Stadium
Mizunuma Soccerball shade.svg39' Report Attendance: 9,735
21 April 20127 Sagan Tosu 1 – 0 Albirex Niigata Best Amenity Stadium
Tozin Soccerball shade.svg81' Report Attendance: 5,432
28 April 20128 Kashiwa Reysol 1 – 1 Sagan Tosu Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium
Kitajima Soccerball shade.svg45+1' Report Kobayashi Soccerball shade.svg70'Attendance: 10,351
3 May 20129 Sagan Tosu 1 – 1 Vegalta Sendai Best Amenity Stadium
Toyoda Soccerball shade.svg57' Report Tomita Soccerball shade.svg19'Attendance: 18,113
6 May 201210 Kashima Antlers 0 – 0 Sagan Tosu Kashima Soccer Stadium
Report Attendance: 10,626
12 May 201211 Sagan Tosu 1 – 1 Omiya Ardija Best Amenity Stadium
Hasegawa Soccerball shade.svg90' (o.g.) Report Aoki Soccerball shade.svg82'Attendance: 7,833
19 May 201212 F.C. Tokyo 3 – 2 Sagan Tosu Ajinomoto Stadium
Watanabe Soccerball shade.svg75', 81', 88' Report Mizunuma Soccerball shade.svg42'
Toyoda Soccerball shade.svg60'
Attendance: 25,803
25 May 201213 Gamba Osaka 2 – 3 Sagan Tosu Osaka Expo '70 Stadium
Futagawa Soccerball shade.svg3'
Sato Soccerball shade.svg67'
Report Toyoda Soccerball shade.svg68'
Fujita Soccerball shade.svg86', 90+4'
Attendance: 8,218
16 June 201214 Sagan Tosu 0 – 1 Kawasaki Frontale Best Amenity Stadium
Report Tasaka Soccerball shade.svg79'Attendance: 9,603
23 June 201215 Shimizu S-Pulse 1 – 1 Sagan Tosu Outsourcing Stadium Nihondaira
Omae Soccerball shade.svg26' (pen.) Report Ikeda Soccerball shade.svg57'Attendance: 17,696
30 June 201216 Sagan Tosu 1 – 0 Consadole Sapporo Best Amenity Stadium
Mizunuma Soccerball shade.svg90+5' Report Attendance: 10,345
7 July 201217 Urawa Red Diamonds 4 – 3 Sagan Tosu Saitama Stadium 2002
Umesaki Soccerball shade.svg7'
Hirakawa Soccerball shade.svg50'
Haraguchi Soccerball shade.svg52', 54'
Report Tozin Soccerball shade.svg67'
Fujita Soccerball shade.svg67', 71'
Attendance: 30,047
14 July 201218 Sagan Tosu 1 – 0 Tokyo Best Amenity Stadium
Tozin Soccerball shade.svg87' Report Attendance: 13,891
28 July 201219 Vegalta Sendai 1 – 1 Sagan Tosu Yurtec Stadium Sendai
19:30 JST Akamine Soccerball shade.svg29'
Wilson Yellow card.svg 67'
Yanagisawa Yellow card.svg 90+2'
Report Toyoda Soccerball shade.svg14'
Isozaki Yellow card.svg 62'
Okamoto Yellow card.svg 81'
Yeo Sung-Hye Yellow card.svg 90+8'
Attendance: 14,611
Referee: Flag of Japan.svg Masaaki Iemoto
4 August 201220 Sagan Tosu 2 – 0 Kashima Antlers Best Amenity Stadium
20:00 JST Mizunuma Soccerball shade.svg23'
Toyoda Soccerball shade.svg61'
Report Attendance: 12,844
11 August 201221 Kawasaki Frontale 1 – 2 Sagan Tosu Todoroki Athletics Stadium
20:00 JST Nakamura Soccerball shade.svg19' Report Saneto Soccerball shade.svg55' (o.g.)
Toyoda Soccerball shade.svg57'
Attendance: 12,509
18 August 201222 Sagan Tosu 0 – 1 Shimizu S-Pulse Best Amenity Stadium
19:00 JST Report Muramatsu Soccerball shade.svg65'Attendance: 11,933
25 August 201223 Vissel Kobe 0 – 0 Sagan Tosu Home's Stadium Kobe
19:00 JST Summary Attendance: 13,471
1 September 201224 Sagan Tosu 4 – 1 Gamba Osaka Best Amenity Stadium
19:00 JST Fujita Soccerball shade.svg1'
Toyoda Soccerball shade.svg45', 52'
Kuniyoshi Soccerball shade.svg89'
Report Myojin Soccerball shade.svg74'Attendance: 19,729
Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura
15 September 201225 Omiya Ardija 1 – 0 Sagan Tosu NACK5 Stadium Omiya
19:30 Kikuchi Soccerball shade.svg65' Summary Attendance: 10,012
22 September 201226 Sagan Tosu 3 – 1 Kashiwa Reysol Best Amenity Stadium
19:00 JST Sung-Hye Soccerball shade.svg43'
Fujita Soccerball shade.svg45+1'
Min-Woo Soccerball shade.svg53'
Summary Leandro Domingues Soccerball shade.svg66'Attendance: 12,651
Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida
29 September 201227 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 4 – 1 Sagan Tosu Hiroshima Big Arch
13:30 JST Shimizu Soccerball shade.svg30'
Satō Soccerball shade.svg34' (pen.), 90+5'
Kōji Morisaki Soccerball shade.svg58'
Report Toyoda Soccerball shade.svg90+2'Attendance: 15,463
Referee: Hajime Matsuo
6 October 201228 Cerezo Osaka 3 – 2 Sagan Tosu Kincho Stadium
13:00 JST Kakitani Soccerball shade.svg27', 86'
Soccerball shade.svg76' (o.g.)
Report Kim Min-Woo Soccerball shade.svg20'
Toyoda Soccerball shade.svg70'
Attendance: 10,013
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura
20 October 201229 Sagan Tosu 1 – 3 Nagoya Grampus Tosu Stadium
15:00 JST (UTC+9) Noda Soccerball shade.svg90+5' Report Nagai Soccerball shade.svg45+3'
Córdoba Soccerball shade.svg67'
Tulio Soccerball shade.svg90'
Attendance: 11,851
Referee: Masaaki Toma
27 October 201230 Albirex Niigata 0 – 2 Sagan Tosu Niigata Stadium Big Swan
18:00 JST (UTC+9) Report Toyoda Soccerball shade.svg3', 38'Attendance: 23,254
Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama
7 November 201231 Sagan Tosu 3 – 2 Júbilo Iwata Tosu Stadium
19:00 JST (UTC+9) Kun-Hoan Soccerball shade.svg41'
Toyoda Soccerball shade.svg41', 59'
Report Yamada Soccerball shade.svg77'
Kanazono Soccerball shade.svg89'
Attendance: 8,155
Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami
17 November 201232 Consadole Sapporo 2 – 3 Sagan Tosu Sapporo Dome
17:00 JST (UTC+9) Uchimura Soccerball shade.svg45+1'
Haga Soccerball shade.svg56'
Report Toyoda Soccerball shade.svg54'
Ikeda Soccerball shade.svg67'
Noda Soccerball shade.svg71'
Attendance: 10,266
Referee: Takuya Maeda
24 November 201233 Sagan Tosu 3 – 1 Urawa Red Diamonds Tosu Stadium
14:30 JST (UTC+9) Toyoda Soccerball shade.svg45', 78'
Noda
Report Umesaki Soccerball shade.svg58'Attendance: 22,116
Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida
1 December 201234 Yokohama F. Marinos 1 – 0 Sagan Tosu Nissan Stadium
15:30 JST (UTC+9) Nakamura Soccerball shade.svg53' Report Attendance: 26,642
Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima (C)3419786334+2964Qualification to 2012 Club World Cup and 2013 Champions League
2 Vegalta Sendai 34151275943+1657Qualification to 2013 Champions League [lower-alpha 1]
3 Urawa Red Diamonds 34151094742+555
4 Yokohama F. Marinos 34131474433+1153
5 Sagan Tosu 34158114839+953
6 Kashiwa Reysol 34157125752+552Qualification to 2013 Champions League [lower-alpha 1]
7 Nagoya Grampus 34157124647152
8 Kawasaki Frontale 34148125150+150
9 Shimizu S-Pulse 34147133940149
10 FC Tokyo 34146144744+348
11 Kashima Antlers 341210125043+746
12 Júbilo Iwata 34137145753+446
13 Omiya Ardija 341111123845744
14 Cerezo Osaka 34119144753642
15 Albirex Niigata 341010142934540
16 Vissel Kobe (R)34116174150939Relegation to 2013 J.League Division 2
17 Gamba Osaka (R)34911146765+238
18 Consadole Sapporo (R)34422825886314
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) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. 1 2 The winners of the 2012 Emperor's Cup qualified for the group stage of the 2013 AFC Champions League.

J.League Cup

20 March 2012Group A Sagan Tosu 2 – 1 Kawasaki Frontale Best Amenity Stadium
Tuesday 16:04 Okada Soccerball shade.svg53'
Noda Soccerball shade.svg65'
Report Soccerball shade.svg78' Yajima Attendance: 4,613
Referee: Tojo
4 April 2012Group A Vegalta Sendai 2 – 0 Sagan Tosu Yurtec Stadium Sendai
Matsushita Soccerball shade.svg51'
Kakuda Soccerball shade.svg62'
Report
Summary
Attendance: 7,236
Referee: Yoshida
16 May 2012Group A Sagan Tosu 3 – 2 Júbilo Iwata Best Amenity Stadium
Wednesday 19:04 Inuzuka Soccerball shade.svg12', 65'
Hayasaka Soccerball shade.svg62'
Report
Summary
Matsuoka Soccerball shade.svg52'
Yamada Soccerball shade.svg88'
Attendance: 4,642
Referee: Sato
6 June 2012Group A Sagan Tosu 2 – 1 Urawa Red Diamonds Best Amenity Stadium
11:00 UTC+8 Toyoda Soccerball shade.svg52'
Mizunuma Soccerball shade.svg80'
[ Report]
Summary
Marcio Richardes Soccerball shade.svg77'Attendance: 7,284
Referee: Kimura
9 June 2012Group A Sanfrecce Hiroshima 5 – 1 Sagan Tosu Hiroshima Big Arch
08:00 UTC+8 Koji Morisaki Soccerball shade.svg45+3', 90'
Satō Soccerball shade.svg55' (pen.)
Ishihara Soccerball shade.svg78', 82'
[ Report]
Summary
Mizunuma Soccerball shade.svg63'Attendance: 10,132
Referee: Murakami
27 June 2012Group A Cerezo Osaka 5 – 0 Sagan Tosu Nagai Ball Gall Field
11:00 UTC+8 Ogihara Soccerball shade.svg24'
Kim Bo-Kyung Soccerball shade.svg45+4' (pen.)
Kakitani Soccerball shade.svg55', 71'
Fujimoto Soccerball shade.svg90'
Summary Noda Yellow card.svg 16' Yellow-red card.svg 30'
Akahoshi Red card.svg 44'
Attendance: 7,280

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Cerezo Osaka 6402157+812
Vegalta Sendai 6402115+412
Júbilo Iwata 64021011112
Urawa Red Diamonds 63031210+29
Sagan Tosu 630381689
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 611481134
Kawasaki Frontale 611471144

Emperor's Cup

9 September 2012Second round Sagan Tosu 0 – 1 Kamatamare Sanuki Tosu, Saga
13:00 JST (UTC+9) Report Nishino Soccerball shade.svg90+2'Stadium: Tosu Stadium

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

No.PosNatPlayerTotal J-League J-League Cup Emperor's Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Taku Akahoshi 33027+005+001+00
2 DF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Kosuke Kitani 402+200+000+00
3 DF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Keita Isozaki 28019+404+001+00
4 DF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Teruaki Kobayashi 25116+712+000+00
5 DF Flag of South Korea.svg  KOR Kim Kun-Hoan 34127+114+101+00
6 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Tomotaka Okamoto 28022+104+001+00
7 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Keisuke Funatani 200+200+000+00
8 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Kota Mizunuma 36826+552+231+00
9 FW Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Tozin 2834+1835+000+10
10 MF Flag of South Korea.svg  KOR Kim Min-Woo 33128+012+201+00
11 FW Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Yohei Toyoda 331730+0161+111+00
12 GK Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Tatsuro Okuda 704+101+100+00
13 DF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Yusuke Inuzuka 1021+405+020+00
14 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Naoyuki Fujita 35530+054+001+00
15 DF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Ryuhei Niwa 31029+001+001+00
16 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Takahiro Kuniyoshi 600+004+200+00
18 FW Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Ryunosuke Noda 2259+745+010+10
19 FW Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Shohei Okada 2010+1702+110+00
20 DF Flag of South Korea.svg  KOR Yeo Sung-Hye 30124+014+101+00
21 GK Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Takuya Muro 000+000+000+00
22 FW Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Kei Ikeda 25323+131+000+00
23 DF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN So Morita 100+001+000+00
24 DF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Kyohei Kuroki 300+001+200+00
25 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Ryota Hayasaka 2219+902+111+00
26 DF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Tatsuya Sakai601+104+000+00
27 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Koki Kiyotake300+201+000+00
28 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Yoshiki Takahashi 16010+400+100+10
29 DF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Shohei Kishida101+000+000+00
30 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Kohei Kuroki 500+302+000+00
Players who appeared for Sagan Tosu no longer at the club:

Top scorers

PlacePositionNationNumberNameJ-LeagueJ-League CupEmperor's CupTotal
1FW Flag of Japan.svg 11 Yohei Toyoda 161017
2MF Flag of Japan.svg 8 Kota Mizunuma 5308
3MF Flag of Japan.svg 14 Naoyuki Fujita 5005
FW Flag of Japan.svg 18 Ryunosuke Noda 4105
5FW Flag of Brazil.svg 9 Tozin 3003
FW Flag of Japan.svg 22 Kei Ikeda 3003
7DF Flag of Japan.svg 13 Yusuke Inuzuka 0202
8DF Flag of Japan.svg 4 Teruaki Kobayashi 1001
MF Flag of South Korea.svg 10 Kim Min-Woo 1001
DF Flag of South Korea.svg 20 Yeo Sung-Hye 1001
DF Flag of South Korea.svg 5 Kim Kun-Hoan 1001
Own Goal 0101
FW Flag of Japan.svg 19 Shohei Okada 0101
MF Flag of Japan.svg 25 Ryota Hayasaka 0101
TOTALS405045

Disciplinary record

NumberNationPositionNameJ-LeagueJ.League CupEmperor's CupTotal
Yellow card.svgRed card.svgYellow card.svgRed card.svgYellow card.svgRed card.svgYellow card.svgRed card.svg
1 Flag of Japan.svg GK Taku Akahoshi 10110021
2 Flag of Japan.svg DF Kosuke Kitani 10000010
3 Flag of Japan.svg DF Keita Isozaki 20100030
4 Flag of Japan.svg DF Teruaki Kobayashi 40000040
5 Flag of South Korea.svg DF Kim Kun-Hoan 20000020
6 Flag of Japan.svg MF Tomotaka Okamoto 40000040
8 Flag of Japan.svg MF Kota Mizunuma 10000010
9 Flag of Brazil.svg FW Tozim 20300050
10 Flag of South Korea.svg MF Kim Min-Woo 70000070
11 Flag of Japan.svg FW Yohei Toyoda 60100070
12 Flag of Japan.svg GK Tatsuro Okuda 10000010
14 Flag of Japan.svg MF Naoyuki Fujita 30100040
15 Flag of Japan.svg DF Ryuhei Niwa 50000050
16 Flag of Japan.svg MF Takahiro Kuniyoshi 00100010
18 Flag of Japan.svg FW Ryunosuke Noda 30411081
19 Flag of Japan.svg FW Shohei Okada 20000020
20 Flag of South Korea.svg DF Yeo Sung-Hye 70100080
22 Flag of Japan.svg FW Kei Ikeda 20000020
27 Flag of Japan.svg MFKoki Kiyotake20000020
28 Flag of Japan.svg MF Yoshiki Takahashi 10000010
TOTALS56013210702

Related Research Articles

Statistics of Emperor's Cup in the 1999 season.

Statistics of J. League Cup, officially the 2001 J.League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup, in the 2001 season.

The 2012 Cerezo Osaka season is Cerezo Osaka's 3rd consecutive season, 14th season overall in J.League Division 1 and 40th overall in the Japanese top flight. It also includes the 2012 J.League Cup and the 2011 Emperor's Cup. 2012 is Sérgio Soares's first season at Cerezo after Levir Culpi left at the end of last season.

The 2012 Gamba Osaka season is Gamba Osaka's 20th season in the J. League Division 1 and 26th overall in the Japanese top flight. It also includes the 2012 J. League Cup, 2012 Emperor's Cup, and the 2012 AFC Champions League.

The 2012 Kashiwa Reysol season is Kashiwa Reysol's second season in J. League Division 1 since 2009 and 40th overall in the Japanese top flight. It also includes the 2011 J. League Cup, and the 2011 Emperor's Cup.

The 2012 Yokohama F. Marinos season is Yokohama F. Marinos's 20th season in J.League Division 1 and 33rd season overall in the top flight. It also includes the 2012 J.League Cup and 2012 Emperor's Cup.

The 2012 Consadole Sapporo season is Consadole Sapporo's 1st season in J. League Division 1 since 2008, hence the club's 8th overall in the top flight. Consadole Sapporo are also competing in the 2012 Emperor's Cup and 2012 J. League Cup.

The 2012 Júbilo Iwata season is Júbilo Iwata's 19th consecutive season in J. League Division 1 and 30th overall in the Japanese top flight. Júbilo Iwata are also competing in the 2012 Emperor's Cup and 2012 J. League Cup.

The 2012 Kashima Antlers season is Kashima Antlers's 20th season in J.League Division 1 and 24th overall in the Japanese top flight. Kashima Antlers are also competing in the 2012 Emperor's Cup and 2012 J.League Cup.

The 2012 Vegalta Sendai season was Vegalta Sendai's third consecutive season, and fifth overall, in J.League Division 1. They ended the season in second place, an all-time best finish for Sendai. Vegalta Sendai also competed in the 2012 Emperor's Cup and 2012 J.League Cup, finishing in the Third Round and the Quarterfinals respectively.

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.

The 2012 Omiya Ardija season is Omiya Ardija's eighth consecutive season in J. League Division 1. Omiya Ardija are also competing in the 2012 Emperor's Cup and 2012 J. League Cup.

The 2012 Sanfrecce Hiroshima season is Sanfrecce Hiroshima's fourth consecutive season in J. League Division 1, and 42nd overall in the Japanese top flight. Sanfrecce Hiroshima are also competing in the 2012 Emperor's Cup and 2012 J. League Cup.

The 2012 Urawa Red Diamonds season is Urawa Red Diamonds' 12th consecutive season in J. League Division 1, and 46th overall in the Japanese top flight. Urawa Red Diamonds are also competing in the 2012 Emperor's Cup and 2012 J. League Cup.

The 93rd Emperor's Cup (第93回天皇杯全日本サッカー選手権大会) is the regular edition of the annual Japanese national cup tournament. It started on 31 August 2013 and ended on 1 January 2014 with the final at National Stadium in Tokyo.

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.

The 97th Emperor's Cup (第97回天皇杯全日本サッカー選手権大会) was the 2017 edition of the annual Japanese national cup tournament, which began on 22 April 2017 and ended with the finals on 1 January 2018.

References