2012 season | |||
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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 goalscorer | League: Yohei Toyoda (16) All: Yohei Toyoda (17) | ||
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.
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 48 | 40 | +8 | 53 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 14 | +12 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 26 | −4 |
Last updated: 3 December 2012.
Source: World-Football.net
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 27' Komano 34' | Report | 17' Toyoda | Attendance: 10,653 Referee: Takayama |
24 March 20123 | Sagan Tosu | 1 – 0 | Yokohama F. Marinos | Best Amenity Stadium |
Saturday 15:04 | Mizunuma 77' | Report | Attendance: 10,611 Referee: Maeda |
31 March 20124 | Sagan Tosu | 3 – 0 | Vissel Kobe | Best Amenity Stadium |
Saturday 19:04 | Noda 28' Toyoda 43' Ikeda 90+5' | Report | Attendance: 7,719 Referee: Matsumura |
7 April 20125 | Nagoya Grampus | 1 – 0 | Sagan Tosu | Toyota Stadium |
Nagai 27' | Summary | Attendance: 13,824 |
14 April 20126 | Sagan Tosu | 1 – 0 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Best Amenity Stadium |
Mizunuma 39' | Report | Attendance: 9,735 |
21 April 20127 | Sagan Tosu | 1 – 0 | Albirex Niigata | Best Amenity Stadium |
Tozin 81' | Report | Attendance: 5,432 |
28 April 20128 | Kashiwa Reysol | 1 – 1 | Sagan Tosu | Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium |
Kitajima 45+1' | Report | Kobayashi 70' | Attendance: 10,351 |
3 May 20129 | Sagan Tosu | 1 – 1 | Vegalta Sendai | Best Amenity Stadium |
Toyoda 57' | Report | Tomita 19' | 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 90' (o.g.) | Report | Aoki 82' | Attendance: 7,833 |
19 May 201212 | F.C. Tokyo | 3 – 2 | Sagan Tosu | Ajinomoto Stadium |
Watanabe 75', 81', 88' | Report | Mizunuma 42' Toyoda 60' | Attendance: 25,803 |
25 May 201213 | Gamba Osaka | 2 – 3 | Sagan Tosu | Osaka Expo '70 Stadium |
Futagawa 3' Sato 67' | Report | Toyoda 68' Fujita 86', 90+4' | Attendance: 8,218 |
16 June 201214 | Sagan Tosu | 0 – 1 | Kawasaki Frontale | Best Amenity Stadium |
Report | Tasaka 79' | Attendance: 9,603 |
23 June 201215 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 1 – 1 | Sagan Tosu | Outsourcing Stadium Nihondaira |
Omae 26' (pen.) | Report | Ikeda 57' | Attendance: 17,696 |
30 June 201216 | Sagan Tosu | 1 – 0 | Consadole Sapporo | Best Amenity Stadium |
Mizunuma 90+5' | Report | Attendance: 10,345 |
7 July 201217 | Urawa Red Diamonds | 4 – 3 | Sagan Tosu | Saitama Stadium 2002 |
Umesaki 7' Hirakawa 50' Haraguchi 52', 54' | Report | Tozin 67' Fujita 67', 71' | Attendance: 30,047 |
14 July 201218 | Sagan Tosu | 1 – 0 | Tokyo | Best Amenity Stadium |
Tozin 87' | Report | Attendance: 13,891 |
28 July 201219 | Vegalta Sendai | 1 – 1 | Sagan Tosu | Yurtec Stadium Sendai |
19:30 JST | Akamine 29' Wilson 67' Yanagisawa 90+2' | Report | Toyoda 14' Isozaki 62' Okamoto 81' Yeo Sung-Hye 90+8' | Attendance: 14,611 Referee: Masaaki Iemoto |
4 August 201220 | Sagan Tosu | 2 – 0 | Kashima Antlers | Best Amenity Stadium |
20:00 JST | Mizunuma 23' Toyoda 61' | Report | Attendance: 12,844 |
11 August 201221 | Kawasaki Frontale | 1 – 2 | Sagan Tosu | Todoroki Athletics Stadium |
20:00 JST | Nakamura 19' | Report | Saneto 55' (o.g.) Toyoda 57' | Attendance: 12,509 |
18 August 201222 | Sagan Tosu | 0 – 1 | Shimizu S-Pulse | Best Amenity Stadium |
19:00 JST | Report | Muramatsu 65' | 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 1' Toyoda 45', 52' Kuniyoshi 89' | Report | Myojin 74' | Attendance: 19,729 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura |
15 September 201225 | Omiya Ardija | 1 – 0 | Sagan Tosu | NACK5 Stadium Omiya |
19:30 | Kikuchi 65' | Summary | Attendance: 10,012 |
22 September 201226 | Sagan Tosu | 3 – 1 | Kashiwa Reysol | Best Amenity Stadium |
19:00 JST | Sung-Hye 43' Fujita 45+1' Min-Woo 53' | Summary | Leandro Domingues 66' | Attendance: 12,651 Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida |
29 September 201227 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 4 – 1 | Sagan Tosu | Hiroshima Big Arch |
13:30 JST | Shimizu 30' Satō 34' (pen.), 90+5' Kōji Morisaki 58' | Report | Toyoda 90+2' | Attendance: 15,463 Referee: Hajime Matsuo |
6 October 201228 | Cerezo Osaka | 3 – 2 | Sagan Tosu | Kincho Stadium |
13:00 JST | Kakitani 27', 86' 76' (o.g.) | Report | Kim Min-Woo 20' Toyoda 70' | Attendance: 10,013 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura |
20 October 201229 | Sagan Tosu | 1 – 3 | Nagoya Grampus | Tosu Stadium |
15:00 JST (UTC+9) | Noda 90+5' | Report | Nagai 45+3' Córdoba 67' Tulio 90' | 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 3', 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 41' Toyoda 41', 59' | Report | Yamada 77' Kanazono 89' | Attendance: 8,155 Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami |
17 November 201232 | Consadole Sapporo | 2 – 3 | Sagan Tosu | Sapporo Dome |
17:00 JST (UTC+9) | Uchimura 45+1' Haga 56' | Report | Toyoda 54' Ikeda 67' Noda 71' | Attendance: 10,266 Referee: Takuya Maeda |
24 November 201233 | Sagan Tosu | 3 – 1 | Urawa Red Diamonds | Tosu Stadium |
14:30 JST (UTC+9) | Toyoda 45', 78' Noda | Report | Umesaki 58' | Attendance: 22,116 Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida |
1 December 201234 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 1 – 0 | Sagan Tosu | Nissan Stadium |
15:30 JST (UTC+9) | Nakamura 53' | Report | Attendance: 26,642 Referee: Yoshiro Imamura |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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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 |
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 | Vegalta Sendai | 2 – 0 | Sagan Tosu | Yurtec Stadium Sendai |
Matsushita 51' Kakuda 62' | Report Summary | Attendance: 7,236 Referee: Yoshida |
16 May 2012Group A | Sagan Tosu | 3 – 2 | Júbilo Iwata | Best Amenity Stadium |
Wednesday 19:04 | Inuzuka 12', 65' Hayasaka 62' | Report Summary | Matsuoka 52' Yamada 88' | Attendance: 4,642 Referee: Sato |
6 June 2012Group A | Sagan Tosu | 2 – 1 | Urawa Red Diamonds | Best Amenity Stadium |
11:00 UTC+8 | Toyoda 52' Mizunuma 80' | [ Report] Summary | Marcio Richardes 77' | Attendance: 7,284 Referee: Kimura |
9 June 2012Group A | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 5 – 1 | Sagan Tosu | Hiroshima Big Arch |
08:00 UTC+8 | Koji Morisaki 45+3', 90' Satō 55' (pen.) Ishihara 78', 82' | [ Report] Summary | Mizunuma 63' | Attendance: 10,132 Referee: Murakami |
27 June 2012Group A | Cerezo Osaka | 5 – 0 | Sagan Tosu | Nagai Ball Gall Field |
11:00 UTC+8 | Ogihara 24' Kim Bo-Kyung 45+4' (pen.) Kakitani 55', 71' Fujimoto 90' | Summary | Noda 16' 30' Akahoshi 44' | Attendance: 7,280 |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Cerezo Osaka | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 | +8 | 12 |
Vegalta Sendai | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | +4 | 12 |
Júbilo 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 |
9 September 2012Second round | Sagan Tosu | 0 – 1 | Kamatamare Sanuki | Tosu, Saga |
13:00 JST (UTC+9) | Report | Nishino 90+2' | Stadium: Tosu Stadium |
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | J-League | J-League Cup | Emperor's Cup | ||||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||||
1 | GK | JPN | Taku Akahoshi | 33 | 0 | 27+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | ||
2 | DF | JPN | Kosuke Kitani | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
3 | DF | JPN | Keita Isozaki | 28 | 0 | 19+4 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | ||
4 | DF | JPN | Teruaki Kobayashi | 25 | 1 | 16+7 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
5 | DF | KOR | Kim Kun-Hoan | 34 | 1 | 27+1 | 1 | 4+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | ||
6 | MF | JPN | Tomotaka Okamoto | 28 | 0 | 22+1 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | ||
7 | MF | JPN | Keisuke Funatani | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
8 | MF | JPN | Kota Mizunuma | 36 | 8 | 26+5 | 5 | 2+2 | 3 | 1+0 | 0 | ||
9 | FW | BRA | Tozin | 28 | 3 | 4+18 | 3 | 5+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | ||
10 | MF | KOR | Kim Min-Woo | 33 | 1 | 28+0 | 1 | 2+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | ||
11 | FW | JPN | Yohei Toyoda | 33 | 17 | 30+0 | 16 | 1+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | ||
12 | GK | JPN | Tatsuro Okuda | 7 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
13 | DF | JPN | Yusuke Inuzuka | 10 | 2 | 1+4 | 0 | 5+0 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
14 | MF | JPN | Naoyuki Fujita | 35 | 5 | 30+0 | 5 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | ||
15 | DF | JPN | Ryuhei Niwa | 31 | 0 | 29+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | ||
16 | MF | JPN | Takahiro Kuniyoshi | 6 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
18 | FW | JPN | Ryunosuke Noda | 22 | 5 | 9+7 | 4 | 5+0 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | ||
19 | FW | JPN | Shohei Okada | 20 | 1 | 0+17 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
20 | DF | KOR | Yeo Sung-Hye | 30 | 1 | 24+0 | 1 | 4+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | ||
21 | GK | JPN | Takuya Muro | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
22 | FW | JPN | Kei Ikeda | 25 | 3 | 23+1 | 3 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
23 | DF | JPN | So Morita | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
24 | DF | JPN | Kyohei Kuroki | 3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
25 | MF | JPN | Ryota Hayasaka | 22 | 1 | 9+9 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | ||
26 | DF | JPN | Tatsuya Sakai | 6 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
27 | MF | JPN | Koki Kiyotake | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
28 | MF | JPN | Yoshiki Takahashi | 16 | 0 | 10+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | ||
29 | DF | JPN | Shohei Kishida | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
30 | MF | JPN | Kohei Kuroki | 5 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
Players who appeared for Sagan Tosu no longer at the club: |
Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | J-League | J-League Cup | Emperor's Cup | Total |
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1 | FW | 11 | Yohei Toyoda | 16 | 1 | 0 | 17 | |
2 | MF | 8 | Kota Mizunuma | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8 | |
3 | MF | 14 | Naoyuki Fujita | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
FW | 18 | Ryunosuke Noda | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
5 | FW | 9 | Tozin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
FW | 22 | Kei Ikeda | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
7 | DF | 13 | Yusuke Inuzuka | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
8 | DF | 4 | Teruaki Kobayashi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
MF | 10 | Kim Min-Woo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
DF | 20 | Yeo Sung-Hye | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
DF | 5 | Kim Kun-Hoan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Own Goal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
FW | 19 | Shohei Okada | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
MF | 25 | Ryota Hayasaka | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
TOTALS | 40 | 5 | 0 | 45 |
Number | Nation | Position | Name | J-League | J.League Cup | Emperor's Cup | Total | ||||
1 | GK | Taku Akahoshi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
2 | DF | Kosuke Kitani | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
3 | DF | Keita Isozaki | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
4 | DF | Teruaki Kobayashi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
5 | DF | Kim Kun-Hoan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
6 | MF | Tomotaka Okamoto | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
8 | MF | Kota Mizunuma | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
9 | FW | Tozim | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
10 | MF | Kim Min-Woo | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
11 | FW | Yohei Toyoda | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
12 | GK | Tatsuro Okuda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
14 | MF | Naoyuki Fujita | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
15 | DF | Ryuhei Niwa | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
16 | MF | Takahiro Kuniyoshi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
18 | FW | Ryunosuke Noda | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | |
19 | FW | Shohei Okada | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
20 | DF | Yeo Sung-Hye | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
22 | FW | Kei Ikeda | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
27 | MF | Koki Kiyotake | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
28 | MF | Yoshiki Takahashi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
TOTALS | 56 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 70 | 2 |
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