| 2012 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Manager | Naohiko Minobe | ||
| J.League Division 2 | 15th | ||
| Emperor's Cup | Third round | ||
The 2012 Tokushima Vortis season sees Tokushima Vortis compete in J.League Division 2 for the eighth consecutive season. This is their 17th season overall in the second tier. Tokushima Vortis are also competing in the 2012 Emperor's Cup.
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 4 March 20121 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 1–2 | Tokushima Vortis | Honjo Stadium |
| Sunday 17:34 | Hanato  70' | Report | 64' Kim 87' Tsuda | Attendance: 3,160 Referee: Ikeuchi |
| 11 March 20122 | Tokushima Vortis | 3–0 | FC Gifu | Pocarisweat Stadium |
| Sunday 13:06 | Kim 10' Tsuda 32'Elizeu 46' | Report | Attendance: 6,016 Referee: Okabe |
| 17 March 20123 | Tokushima Vortis | 0–1 | Tochigi SC | Pocarisweat Stadium |
| Saturday 13:04 | Report | 15' Takagi | Attendance: 3,572 Referee: Yamamoto |
| 20 March 20124 | Thespa Kusatsu | 0–0 | Tokushima Vortis | Shoda Shoyu Stadium Gumma |
| Tuesday 13:04 | Report | Attendance: 2,903 Referee: Noda |
| 25 March 20125 | JEF United Chiba | 3–0 | Tokushima Vortis | Fukuda Denshi Arena |
| Sunday 16:03 | Fukai 16' Oiwa 31', 85' | Report | Attendance: 8,337 Referee: Iida |
| 1 April 20126 | Tokushima Vortis | 1–2 | Fagiano Okayama | Pocarisweat Stadium |
| 17:00 (UTC+09) | Suzuki 21' (pen.) 76'  89'Hamada 44' 85'Hanai 58'Kim 70'Saito 90+2' | Report | Nakano 21' Kawamata 54'82'Kondo 55'Kim Min-Kyun 75' 76' | Attendance: 5,121 Referee:  Akihiko Ikeuchi |
| 8 April 20127 | Tokyo Verdy | 2–0 | Tokushima Vortis | Ajinomoto Stadium |
| 14:00 (UTC+09) | Sugimoto 61' Abe 81'Koike 88' | Report | Kim 90' | Attendance: 3,110 Referee: Koichiro Fukushima |
| 15 April 20128 | Oita Trinita | 0–0 | Tokushima Vortis | Ōita Bank Dome |
| 17:00 (UTC+09) | Kotegawa 73' | Report | Saito 4' Miki 31'Diogo 72' | Attendance: 7,607 Referee: Tetsuro Yoshida |
| 22 April 20129 | Tokushima Vortis | 0–4 | Avispa Fukuoka | Pocarisweat Stadium |
| 19:00 (UTC+09) | Report | Omata 31' Jogo 45'Naruoka 64', 66'Kihara 80' | Attendance: 2,103 Referee: Takuto Okabe |
| 27 April 201210 | Tokushima Vortis | 0–2 | Ventforet Kofu | Pocarisweat Stadium |
| 20:00 (UTC+09) | Report | Nagasato 33' Davi 45+1'Takasaki 83' | Attendance: 2,710 Referee: Masaaki Iemoto |
| 30 April 201211 | Mito HollyHock | 2–1 | Tokushima Vortis | K's denki Stadium Mito |
| 14:00 (UTC+09) | Kato 37' Suzuki 67'Wako 76'Nishioka 85'89'Homma 87'Ichikawa 90+1' | Report | Eto 34' Nishijima 36'Tokushige 90+2'Miki 90+5' | Attendance: 4,222 Referee: Jumpei Iida |
| 3 May 201212 | Tokushima Vortis | 1–0 | Matsumoto Yamaga | Pocarisweat Stadium |
| 16:00 (UTC+09) | Elizeu 71' | Report | Attendance: 5,272 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura |
| 6 May 201213 | Tokushima Vortis | 1–1 | Roasso Kumamoto | Pocarisweat Stadium |
| 14:00 (UTC+09) | Elizeu 77' Tsuda 80' | Report | Ichimura 55' Yoshii 90+2' | Attendance: 4,027 Referee: Koichiro Fukushima |
| 13 May 201214 | Kyoto Sanga | 2–1 | Tokushima Vortis | Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium |
| 16:00 (UTC+09) | Nakamura 56' Akimoto 71' | Report | Miyazaki 58' Douglas 77' | Attendance: 5,881 Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida |
| 20 May 201215 | Tokushima Vortis | 3–0 | Gainare Tottori | Pocarisweat Stadium |
| 14:00 (UTC+09) | Nasukawa 5' Uesato 11'Hanai 38'Tsuda 61'Douglas 87' (pen.) | Report | Nagira 23' Kato 55'Togawa 85' | Attendance: 3,933 Referee: Yoshiro Imamura |
| 27 May 201216 | Shonan Bellmare | 0–0 | Tokushima Vortis | Shonan BMW Stadium Hiratsuka |
| 16:00 (UTC+09) | Ono 55' 59' Abe 65' | Report | Attendance: 5,862 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura |
| 1 June 201217 | Tokushima Vortis | 1–0 | Machida Zelvia | Pocarisweat Stadium |
| 20:00 (UTC+09) | Uesato 66' Eto 73'81' | Report | Marshall 22' | Attendance: 2,960 Referee: Akihiko Ikeuchi |
| 9 June 201218 | Tokushima Vortis | 1–2 | Yokohama | Pocarisweat Stadium |
| 16:00 (UTC+09) | Miyazaki 10' Tsuda 25' | Report | Fujita 21' (pen.) Kaio 80' | Attendance: 4,858 Referee: Kazuyuki Hayakawa |
| 13 June 201219 | Kataller Toyama | 0–1 | Tokushima Vortis | Toyama Athletic Stadium |
| 20:00 (UTC+09) | Nishino 41' | Report | Eto 57' | Attendance: 2,344 Referee: Yuki Noda |
| 17 June 201220 | Tokushima Vortis | 3–0 | Ehime | Pocarisweat Stadium |
| 19:30 (UTC+09) | Tsuda 20' 59' Miyazaki 31'Eto 72' | Report | Attendance: 7,526 Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida |
| 24 June 201221 | Montedio Yamagata | 1–0 | Tokushima Vortis | ND Soft Stadium Yamagata |
| 20:00 (UTC+09) | Bandai 44' Nishikawa 53'Kobayashi 58' | Report | Attendance: 9,628 Referee: Minoru Tojo |
| 1 July 201222 | Tokushima Vortis | 0–0 | Thespa Kusatsu | Pocarisweat Stadium |
| 19:30 (UTC+09) | Report | Matsushita 50' | Attendance: 4,132 Referee: Akihiko Ikeuchi |
| 8 July 201223 | Avispa Fukuoka | 1–3 | Tokushima Vortis | Level-5 Stadium |
| 19:00 (UTC+09) | Sakata 35' (pen.) Kobara 73' | Report | Hashiuchi 15' Douglas 16'71'Nishijima 34'Diogo 52'Oh Seung-Hoon 55'Nasukawa 88' | Attendance: 5,061 Referee: Kenji Ogiya |
| 15 July 201224 | Fagiano Okayama | 0–0 | Tokushima Vortis | Kanko Stadium |
| 20:00 (UTC+09) | Tiago 28' Ueda 63' | Report | Attendance: 9,457 |
| 22 July 201225 | Tokushima Vortis | 1–1 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | Pocarisweat Stadium |
| 19:30 (UTC+09) | Diogo 85' | Report | Hanato 53' Miyamoto 90' | Attendance: 5,021 Referee: Masuya Ueda |
| 29 July 201226 | Roasso Kumamoto | 0–3 | Tokushima Vortis | Suizenji Stadium |
| 20:00 (UTC+09) | Hiroi 35' Ichimura 79' | Report | Aoyama 29' Tsuda 36' (pen.)Hamada 80'Eto 81' | Attendance: 6,940 Referee: Ryuji Sato |
| 5 August 201227 | Tokushima Vortis | 0–4 | Oita Trinita | Pocarisweat Stadium |
| 19:30 (UTC+09) | Aoyama  19'Diogo 37' | Summary | Murai 3', 73' Yu Yasukawa 16'Nishi 62'Mitsuhira 69' | Attendance: 4,101 Referee: Takuto Okabe |
| 12 August 201228 | Ehime | 1–2 | Tokushima Vortis | Ningineer Stadium |
| 20:00 (UTC+09) | Arita 67' (pen.) | Summary | Tsuda 40' Hamada 65'Hashiuchi 72'Uesato 88' | Attendance: 6,612 Referee: Akihiko Ikeuchi |
| 19 August 201229 | Machida Zelvia | 1–0 | Tokushima Vortis | Machida Athletic Stadium |
| 19:00 (UTC+09) | Suzuki 37' Tashiro 63'Ota 65'Tomohito Shugyo 80'Marshall 86' | Summary | Hashiuchi 89' | Attendance: 2,853 Referee: Eiji Kawai |
| 22 August 201230 | Tokushima Vortis | 0–0 | Shonan Bellmare | Pocarisweat Stadium |
| 20:00 (UTC+09) | Hamada 13' Fukumoto 90+1' | Summary | Kamata 80' | Attendance: 3,158 Referee: Yuki Noda |
| 26 August 201231 | Gainare Tottori | 0–3 | Tokushima Vortis | Tottori Bank Bird Stadium |
| 19:00 (UTC+09) | Mori 21' Mio 35' | Summary | Hirajima 12' Aoyama 15'Nishijima 45', 90+3'Diogo 87'Miyazaki 89' | Attendance: 2,842 Referee: Hiromichi Oka |
| 2 September 201232 | Tokushima Vortis | 2–2 | Montedio Yamagata | Pocarisweat Stadium |
| 19:30 (UTC+09) | Tsuda 21' Eto 32'Kim 84' | Summary | Branquinho 68'85' (pen.) Hirose 75' | Attendance: 4,207 Referee: Ryoichi Imamura |
| 14 September 201233 | Tochigi SC | 1–1 | Tokushima Vortis | Tochigi Green Stadium |
| 20:00 | Sugimoto 65' Usami 86' | Summary | Nishijima 25' Eto 47'Fukimoto 71' | Attendance: 2,633 Referee: Kazuyuki Hayakawa |
| 17 September 201234 | Tokushima Vortis | 1–2 | Mito HollyHock | Pocarisweat Stadium |
| 19:30 | Hamada 17' Douglas 49' | Summary | Dai 4' Okamoto 27'Yoshihara 82' | Attendance: 1,933 Referee: Haruki Hidaka |
| 23 September 201235 | Yokohama | 1–0 | Tokushima Vortis | Nippatsu Mitsuzawa Stadium |
| 15:00 | Kaio 41' Horinouchi 42' | Summary | Fukumoto 77' Nasukawa 86' | Attendance: 5,173 Referee: Taku Nagaya |
| 7 October 201237 | Ventforet Kofu | 3–2 | Tokushima Vortis | Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium |
| 15:00 | Nagasato 32' Fernandinho 39'Davi 50' | Summary | Alex Santos 61'88', 90' Miki 75'Hashiuchi 85'Douglas 90' 90+3' | Attendance: 10,741 Referee: Eiji Kawai |
| 14 October 201238 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 1–1 | Tokushima Vortis | Matsumotodaira Football Stadium |
| 17:00 | Iio 22' Tamabayashi 30' | Summary | Hamada 13' Alex Santos 54' | Attendance: 9,361 Referee: Akihiko Ikeuchi |
| 21 October 201239 | Tokushima Vortis | 3–0 | Kataller Toyama | Pocarisweat Stadium |
| 19:00 | Nasukawa 22' Alex Santos 63'Kim 90+2' | Summary | Kato 53' Asahi 89' | Attendance: 3,173 Referee: Tetsuro Yoshida |
| 25 October 201236 | Tokushima Vortis | 2–4 | Kyoto Sanga | Pocarisweat Stadium |
| 20:00 | Fukumoto 39' Douglas 67'Hashiuchi 84' | Summary | Jung Woo-Young 11' Nakamura 29' (pen.)Bajalica 73' | Attendance: 2,372 Referee: Kazuyoshi Enomoto |
| 28 October 201240 | Tokushima Vortis | 2–1 | Tokyo Verdy | Pocarisweat Stadium |
| 15:00 | Kota Fukatsu 14' (o.g.) Tsuda 38'Nishijima 90+1' | Summary | Kota Fukatsu 66' Mori 76' | Attendance: 4,152 Referee: Tomohiro Inoue |
| 4 November 201241 | Gifu | 0–0 | Tokushima Vortis | Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium |
| 15:00 | Nogaito 45' | Summary | Suzuki 31' Diogo 65'Hamada 72' | Attendance: 11,119 Referee: Hiromichi Oka |
| 11 November 201242 | Tokushima Vortis | 0–3 | JEF United Ichihara Chiba | Pocarisweat Stadium |
| 13:00 | Hamada 34' Alex Santos 38' | Summary | Yonekura 25' Satō 29' 42'Fujita 57' | Attendance: 3,461 Referee: Ryuji Sato |
| 8 September 2012Second round | Tokushima Vortis | 5–1 | Fagiano Okayama Next | Naruto, Tokushima |
| 13:00 | Douglas 33' Tsuda 50'Hamada 63'Nasukawa 80'Ota 90+1' | Report | Nakano 88' | Stadium: Pocarisweat Stadium Attendance: 948 Referee: Tomohiro Tsukada |
| 10 October 2012Third round | Kawasaki Frontale | 3–2 (a.e.t.) | Tokushima Vortis | Kawasaki, Kanagawa |
| 19:00 | Renatinho 26', 120+1' Kusukami 78' | Report | Alex Santos 24' Tsuda 90+1' | Stadium: Todoroki Athletics Stadium Attendance: 3,710 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto |
The 2012 Montedio Yamagata season sees Montedio Yamagata return to J.League Division 2 after being relegated in the 2011 J.League Division 1. This will be their 16th season overall in the second tier. Montedio Yamagata are also competing in the 2012 Emperor's Cup.
The 2012 FC Machida Zelvia season saw FC Machida Zelvia compete in J.League Division 2 for the first time after being promoted from the 2011 Japan Football League. Machida Zelvia were relegated back to the Japan Football League on the last day of the season after a 0-3 defeat to Shonan Bellmare. They are also competing in the 2012 Emperor's Cup.
The 2012 Matsumoto Yamaga FC season sees Matsumoto Yamaga compete in J.League Division 2 for the first time after being promoted from the 2011 Japan Football League. Matsumoto Yamaga are also competing in the 2012 Emperor's Cup.
The 2012 Avispa Fukuoka season sees Avispa Fukuoka return to J.League Division 2 after spending 2011 in J1. This is their non-consecutive 13th season in the second tier since 1991. Avispa Fukuoka are also competing in the 2012 Emperor's Cup.
The 2012 Fagiano Okayama season saw Fagiano Okayama compete in J.League Division 2 for the fourth consecutive season. Fagiano Okayama also competed in the 2012 Emperor's Cup.
The 2012 Shonan Bellmare season sees Shonan Bellmare compete in J.League Division 2 for the second consecutive season after being relegated from J1 in 2010, and 16th season overall in the second tier. Shonan Bellmare are also competing in the 2012 Emperor's Cup.
The 2012 Yokohama FC season sees Yokohama FC compete in J.League Division 2 for the fifth consecutive season. Yokohama FC are also competing in the 2012 Emperor's Cup.
The 2012 Tokyo Verdy season sees Tokyo Verdy compete in J.League Division 2 for the fourth consecutive season and 12th second-tier season overall since 1972. Tokyo Verdy are also competing in the 2012 Emperor's Cup.
The 2012 Roasso Kumamoto season saw Roasso Kumamoto compete in J.League Division 2 for the fifth consecutive season, where they finished 14th. Roasso Kumamoto also competed in the 2012 Emperor's Cup, where they were eliminated in the fourth round.
The 2012 Ventforet Kofu season sees Ventforet Kofu return to J.League Division 2 after being relegated from Division 1. This is their 36th non-consecutive season in the second tier of Japanese football, the longest number of seasons for a club in the division. Ventforet Kofu are also competing in the 2012 Emperor's Cup.
The 2012 Ehime FC season sees Ehime FC compete in J.League Division 2 for the seventh consecutive season. Ehime FC are also competing in the 2012 Emperor's Cup.
The 2012 Gainare Tottori season sees Gainare Tottori compete in J.League Division 2 for the second consecutive season. Gainare Tottori are also competing in the 2012 Emperor's Cup.
The 2012 FC Gifu season sees FC Gifu compete in J.League Division 2 for the fifth consecutive season. FC Gifu are also competing in the 2012 Emperor's Cup.
The 2012 Mito HollyHock season sees Mito HollyHock compete in J.League Division 2 for the 13th consecutive season and 15th second-tier season overall. Mito HollyHock are also competing in the 2012 Emperor's Cup.
The 2012 Giravanz Kitakyushu season sees Giravanz Kitakyushu compete in J.League Division 2 for the fourth consecutive season. Giravanz Kitakyushu are also competing in the 2012 Emperor's Cup.
The 2012 Kataller Toyama season saw Kataller Toyama compete in the J.League Division 2 for the fourth consecutive year. Kataller Toyama also competed in the 2012 Emperor's Cup.
The 2013 J.League Division 2 season was the 42nd season of the second-tier club football in Japan and the 15th season since the establishment of J2 League. The regular season began on 3 March and ended on 24 November, followed by the promotion play-offs among four clubs ranked between 3rd and 6th at the end of regular season. Gamba Osaka became champions, and Vissel Kobe became runners-up, both returned to J1 immediately after one season at J2. The other promoted team was third runners-up Tokushima Vortis, who won the promotion playoff final, defeating Kyoto Sanga FC. With the win, Vortis made their J1 debut, becoming the first professional Shikoku football club to compete in the top division of their national league.
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.
