| 2012 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Manager | Toshiya Miura | ||
| J.League Division 2 | - | ||
| Emperor's Cup | - | ||
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.
After 36 seasons of tries, Ventforet Kofu won their first second-tier title.
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ventforet Kofu (C, P) | 42 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 63 | 35 | +28 | 86 | Promotion to 2013 J.League Division 1 |
| 2 | Shonan Bellmare (P) | 42 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 66 | 43 | +23 | 75 | |
| 3 | Kyoto Sanga | 42 | 23 | 5 | 14 | 61 | 45 | +16 | 74 | Qualification for promotion playoffs |
| 4 | Yokohama FC | 42 | 22 | 7 | 13 | 62 | 45 | +17 | 73 | |
| 5 | JEF United Chiba | 42 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 61 | 33 | +28 | 72 |
| 4 March 20121 | Ventforet Kofu | 2 – 1 | Tochigi SC | Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium |
| Sunday 15:04 | Davi  25', 73' | Report | 60' Hirose | Attendance: 10,169 Referee: Hayakawa |
| 11 March 20122 | Tokyo Verdy | 1 – 3 | Ventforet Kofu | Ajinomoto Stadium |
| Sunday 16:05 | Kobayashi 14' | Report | 17' Davi 60' Sasaki 80' Katagiri | Attendance: 7,020 Referee: Yoshida |
| 17 March 20123 | Ventforet Kofu | 2 – 1 | Ehime FC | Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium |
| Saturday 19:04 | Davi 45', 46' | Report | 48' Oyama | Attendance: 6,161 Referee: Kawai |
| 20 March 20124 | Montedio Yamagata | 2 – 1 | Ventforet Kofu | NDsoft Stadium Yamagata |
| Tuesday | Nakashima 59' Miyasaka 84' | Report | 47' Kashiwa | Attendance: 5,736 Referee: Inoue |
| 25 March 20125 | Yokohama FC | 0 – 2 | Ventforet Kofu | NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium |
| Sunday 14:03 | Report | 43' Takasaki 67' Davi | Attendance: 6,071 Referee: Kimura |
| 1 April 20126 | Ventforet Kofu | 1 – 2 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium |
| Sunday 16:03 | Yamamoto 78' | Report | 65' Noborio 86' Takeuchi | Attendance: 9,486 Referee: Enomoto |
| 8 April 20127 | Ventforet Kofu | 1 – 0 | Oita Trinita | Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium |
| 17:00 | Davi 66' 90+4'Aoki 72' | Report | Ishigami 24' Kim Chang-Hun 40'Miyazawa 79' | Attendance: 9,651 Referee:  Minoru Tojo |
| 15 April 20128 | Gainare Tottori | 0 – 0 | Ventforet Kofu | Tottori Bank Bird Stadium |
| 17:00 | Miura 57'  85'Mizumoto 64'Koide 90' | Report | Sasaki 53' 83' Yamamoto 56'Takasaki 63'Fukuda 70' | Attendance: 2,526 Referee: Ryuji Sato |
| 22 April 20129 | Ventforet Kofu | 1 – 1 | Machida Zelvia | Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium |
| 14:00 | Ishihara 19' Davi 21' (pen.)Aoki 90' | Report | Tashiro 9' Shimoda 11' 39' | Attendance: 7,451 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto |
| 27 April 201210 | Tokushima Vortis | 0 – 2 | Ventforet Kofu | Pocarisweat Stadium |
| 20:00 | Report | Nagasato 33' Davi 45+1'Takasaki 83' | Attendance: 2,710 Referee: Masaaki Iemoto |
| 30 April 201211 | Ventforet Kofu | 1 – 1 | Avispa Fukuoka | Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium |
| 17:00 | Choi Sung-Kuen 39' Davi 43'47'Yamamoto 82' | Report | Sakata 34' Kihara 85'Suzuki 88' | Attendance: 10,070 Referee: Koichiro Fukushima |
| 3 May 201212 | Shonan Bellmare | 1 – 1 | Ventforet Kofu | Shonan BMW Stadium Hiratsuka |
| 19:30 | Ono 36' 67' Baba 39'Kobayashi 75' | Report | Ito 27' Douglas Santos 36'Kashiwa 36'Takasaki 52' | Attendance: 8,114 Referee: Tomoya Maeda |
| 6 May 201213 | Ventforet Kofu | 0 – 3 | Kyoto Sanga | Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium |
| 19:30 | Davi 19' Sasaki 75'Yamamoto 82' | Report | Sanou 5' Mizutani 33'Miyayoshi 40'68'Nakayama 49'Bajalica 66' | Attendance: 9,563 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura |
| 13 May 201214 | Roasso Kumamoto | 0 – 0 | Ventforet Kofu | Kumamoto Athletics Stadium |
| 19:30 | Harada 26' 72' Fukuo 42'Saito 62' | Report | Izawa 90' Matsuhashi 90+1'Takasaki 90+4'Douglas Santos 90+4' | Attendance: 4,182 Referee: Tetsuro Yoshida |
| 20 May 201215 | Ventforet Kofu | 2 – 0 | Thespa Kusatsu | Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium |
| 15:00 | Douglas Santos 45' Davi 56'Morita 59' | Report | Goto 49' | Attendance: 8,739 Referee: Tomohiro Inoue |
| 27 May 201216 | FC Gifu | 0 – 3 | Ventforet Kofu | Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium |
| 20:00 | Someya 38' Nogaito 48' | Report | Takasaki 2' Davi 55'59'Matsuhashi 66'Fukuda 76' | Attendance: 6,151 Referee: Haruki Hidaka |
| 2 June 201217 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 1 – 1 | Ventforet Kofu | Matsumotodaira Football Stadium |
| 15:00 | Tetsuto 22' Mutsumi Tamabayashi 80' | Report | Sasaki 17' Davi 37'Douglas Santos 74'Yamamoto 90+3' | Attendance: 12,341 Referee: Tomoya Maeda |
| 9 June 201218 | Ventforet Kofu | 0 – 2 | JEF United Ichihara Chiba | Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium |
| 17:00 | Douglas Santos 45' Davi 45+3' | Report | Yonekura 30' Yamaguchi 34' | Attendance: 10,773 Referee: Masaaki Iemoto |
| 13 June 201219 | Mito HollyHock | 1 – 3 | Ventforet Kofu | K's denki Stadium Mito |
| 20:00 | Omoto 4' 73' Shiotani 51'Hashimoto 72' | Report | Choi Sung-Kuen 48' Homma 68' (o.g.)Tsuda 70'Davi 74' (pen.)90'Horigome 82' | Attendance: 2,241 Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida |
| 17 June 201220 | Ventforet Kofu | 4 – 1 | Kataller Toyama | Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium |
| 19:00 | Davi 18' Tsuda 67'Takasaki 70', 78'Sasaki 74' | Report | Fukuda 39' 90' Kimura 57'Yoshikawa 66'Onishi 84' | Attendance: 9,562 Referee: Kazuyoshi Enomoto |
| 24 June 201221 | Fagiano Okayama | 1 – 1 | Ventforet Kofu | Kanko Stadium |
| 19:00 | Goto 79' Kawamata 87' | Report | Sasaki 79' | Attendance: 7,623 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto |
| 1 July 201222 | Ventforet Kofu | 0 – 0 | FC Gifu | Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium |
| 19:00 | Choi Sung-Kuen 19' Renato Luís de Sá Filho 90+1' | Report | Hashimoto 70' Ri Han-Jae 84' | Attendance: 7,630 Referee: Yuki Noda |
| 8 July 201223 | Machida Zelvia | 0 – 1 | Ventforet Kofu | Machida Athletic Stadium |
| 19:00 | Report | Davi 16' Yamamoto 38'Izawa 44' | Attendance: 4,525 Referee: Masuya Ueda |
| 15 July 201224 | Ventforet Kofu | 2 – 1 | Matsumoto Yamaga | Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium |
| 19:00 | Kashiwa 23' 83' Davi 25'Hosaka 60' | Report | Kiyama 24' Tetsuto 51'Kusunose 73' | Attendance: 14,150 Referee: Yosuke Kubota |
| 22 July 201225 | JEF United Ichihara Chiba | 0 – 1 | Ventforet Kofu | Fukuda Denshi Arena |
| 20:00 | Report | Davi 18' 75' | Attendance: 11,508 Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama |
| 29 July 201226 | Ventforet Kofu | 3 – 1 | Tokyo Verdy | Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium |
| 19:00 | Nagasato 1' Hosaka 40' 45+1'Tsuda 65'Kashiwa 71'Ishihara 88' 90+2' | Report | Fukatsu 6' 26' Takahashi 52'Tone 58'Abe 72'Koike 90+5' | Attendance: 12,105 Referee:  Darren Deadman |
| 5 August 201227 | Thespa Kusatsu | 1 – 2 | Ventforet Kofu | Shoda Shoyu Stadium Gunma |
| 20:00 | Matsushita 78' | Report | Davi 45', 90' 45+2' | Attendance: 3,622 Referee: Hiroyuki Onishi |
| 12 August 201228 | Ventforet Kofu | 1 – 0 | Mito HollyHock | Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium |
| 19:00 | Horigome 8' Gabriel Pimba 60'Sasaki 90+2' | Report | Dai 3' | Attendance: 11,342 |
| 19 August 201229 | Kataller Toyama | 1 – 1 | Ventforet Kofu | Toyama Athletic Stadium |
| 20:30 | Kuniyoshi 4'16' Ikehata 13' | Summary | Yamamoto  27'Kashiwa 50' | Attendance: 3,034 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto |
| 22 August 201230 | Ventforet Kofu | 0 – 0 | Montedio Yamagata | Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium |
| 20:00 | Summary | Attendance: 10,092 Referee: Ryuji Sato |
| 26 August 201231 | Ventforet Kofu | 2 – 1 | Yokohama FC | Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium |
| 19:00 | Davi 52', 73' 87' Izawa 57'Tsuda 58' | Summary | Horinouchi 28' Sato 29' | Attendance: 11,875 Referee: Jumpei Iida |
| 2 September 201232 | Oita Trinita | 1 – 2 | Ventforet Kofu | Ōita Bank Dome |
| 19:00 | Mitsuhira 89' | Summary | Hosaka 22' Davi 28', 90+3' | Attendance: 23,617 Referee: Masaaki Iemoto |
| 14 September 201233 | Ventforet Kofu | 1 – 0 | Fagiano Okayama | Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium |
| 20:00 | Davi 60' 82' Aoki 90+2' | Summary | Attendance: 9,045 Referee: Ryoichi Imamura |
| 17 September 201234 | Ventforet Kofu | 1 – 1 | Gainare Tottori | Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium |
| 17:00 | Yamamoto 43' | Summary | Koide 25' Mori 62' | Attendance: 10,241 Referee: Akihiko Ikeuchi |
| 23 September 201235 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 2 – 3 | Ventforet Kofu | Honjō Athletic Stadium |
| 14:00 | Arai 14' Kim Jong-pil 48' 65'Miyamoto 59'Yasuda 70'Tokiwa 77' | Summary | Kashiwa 6' 36' Davi 82'85'Hatada 90+3' | Attendance: 3,254 Referee: Ryuji Sato |
| 30 September 201236 | Tochigi SC | 1 – 2 | Ventforet Kofu | Tochigi Green Stadium |
| 14:00 | Paulinho 39' Cha Young-Hwan 45'Owada 55'Toma 90' | Summary | Davi 24', 90+2' Izawa 28'Yamamoto 45+1'Kashiwa 48'Hatada 72' | Attendance: 5,156 Referee: Kenji Ogiya |
| 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 | Ventforet Kofu | 2 – 2 | Shonan Bellmare | Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium |
| 16:00 | Fernandinho 37' Izawa 50'Davi 62' (pen.)Matsuhashi 85' | Summary | Syuhei Otsuki 28' Macena 30'51'Shimamura 90+3' | Attendance: 16,643 Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami |
| 21 October 201239 | Avispa Fukuoka | 2 – 3 | Ventforet Kofu | Level-5 Stadium |
| 14:00 | Suzuki 12' Osmar 27'Sueyoshi 30'Koga 34'Morita 59' (o.g.)Kim Min-Je 67'Yamaguchi 71'Tsutsumi 86' | Summary | Davi 22', 29' Nagasato 44'Fukuda 77'Fernandinho 87' | Attendance: 6,144 Referee: Yoshiro Imamura |
| 28 October 201240 | Ehime FC | 0 – 0 | Ventforet Kofu | Ningineer Stadium |
| 19:00 | Arita 19' Maeno 38'Urata 55'Takumi Murakami 59'Watanabe 60'Ishii 77' | Summary | Attendance: 3,380 Referee: Kazuyuki Hayakawa |
| 4 November 201241 | Ventforet Kofu | 2 – 0 | Roasso Kumamoto | Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium |
| 13:00 | Davi 40' Izawa 74', 90' | Summary | Ichimura 24' Fukuo 52' Taketomi 77' | Attendance: 13,050 Referee: Koei Koya |
| 11 November 201242 | Kyoto Sanga | 0 – 0 | Ventforet Kofu | Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium |
| 13:00 | Bajalica 7' | Summary | Yamamoto 16' | Attendance: 12,296 Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama |
| 8 September 2012Round 2 | Ventforet Kofu | 0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (3 – 4 p) | Fukushima United F.C. | Kōfu, Yamanashi |
| 13:00 | Report | Stadium: Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium Attendance: 2,004 Referee: Yuki Noda |
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 sees Roasso Kumamoto compete in J.League Division 2 for the fifth consecutive season. Roasso Kumamoto 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 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.
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.
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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.
