2012 Yokohama F. Marinos season

Yokohama F. Marinos
2012 season
Chairman	Akira Kaetsu
Manager	Yasuhiro Higuchi
J.League Division 1	4th
Emperor's Cup	Semi-final
J.League Cup	Group stage
Home colours	Away colours
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Last updated September 11, 2025

The 2012 Yokohama F. Marinos season was Yokohama F. Marinos's 20th season in J.League Division 1 and 33rd season overall in the top flight (counting the Japan Soccer League and participation in the inaugural J.League Cup). It also includes the 2012 J.League Cup and 2012 Emperor's Cup.

Players

Competitions

J.League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
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	Qualification to 2013 Champions League ^[a]
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]

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.
Notes:

1 2 The winners of the 2012 Emperor's Cup qualified for the group stage of the 2013 AFC Champions League.

Matches

11 March 20121	Kashiwa Reysol	3–3	Yokohama F. Marinos	Kashiwa Hitachi Stadium
Sunday 14:04	Sakai 3' Tanaka 12' Domingues 64'	Report	7' Oguro 60' Saitō 90+1' Taniguchi	Attendance: 13,082^[1] Referee: Murakami

17 March 20122	Yokohama F. Marinos	0–2	Vegalta Sendai	Nissan Stadium
Saturday 14:03		Report	43' Akamine 90+8' Ota	Attendance: 19,488 Referee: Imamura

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	Yokohama F. Marinos	0–0	Kashima Antlers	Nissan Stadium
Saturday 19:03		Report		Attendance: 22,126 Referee: Iida

7 April 20125	Albirex Niigata	0–0	Yokohama F. Marinos	Tohoku Electric Power Big Swan Stadium
16:00 JST		Report	Yuzo Kobayashi 62'	Attendance: 15,854 Referee: Ryuji Sato

14 April 20126	Yokohama F. Marinos	1–1	Omiya Ardija	Nissan Stadium
15:00 JST	Ono 53' Nakamura 78' Dutra 81'	Report	Carlinhos Paraíba 44' Hasegawa 82'	Attendance: 7,101 Referee: Masaaki Iemoto

21 April 20127	Júbilo Iwata	1–0	Yokohama F. Marinos	Yamaha Stadium
15:00 JST	Yamada 35'	Report		Attendance: 11,965 Referee: Itaru Hirose

28 April 20128	Yokohama F. Marinos	3–1	Vissel Kobe	Nissan Stadium
17:00 JST	Tomisawa 41' 90+1' Ono 71' Taniguchi 73' Nakazawa 76'	Report	Tashiro 24' Oya 57'	Attendance: 21,054 Referee: Hajime Matsuo

3 May 20129	Urawa Red Diamonds	1–2	Yokohama F. Marinos	Saitama Stadium 2002
20:00 JST	Kojima 58' Makino 78'	Report	Saitō 12' Andrew Kumagai 17' Nakazawa 67' Ono 73' Hyodo 76' Marquinhos 88'	Attendance: 44,422 Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida

6 May 201210	Yokohama F. Marinos	2–1	Consadole Sapporo	Nissan Stadium
14:00 JST	Nakamura 22' Taniguchi 78'	Report	Lee Ho-Seung 22' Furuta 26' Kushibiki 85'	Attendance: 24,183 Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

12 May 201211	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1–3	Yokohama F. Marinos	Hiroshima Big Arch
16:00 JST	Aoyama 6'	Report	Marquinhos 39' Ono 43' Saitō 67'79' Tomisawa 83'	Attendance: 12,073 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

19 May 201212	Yokohama F. Marinos	0–0	Gamba Osaka	Nissan Stadium
15:00 JST	Ono 89'	Report	Paulinho 45+2' Niwa 60'	Attendance: 25,241 Referee: Jumpei Lida

26 May 201213	Shimizu S-Pulse	0–0	Yokohama F. Marinos	Outsourcing Stadium Nihondaira
15:00 JST	Kang Song-Ho 31'	Report	Dutra 28'	Attendance: 16,556 Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami

16 June 201214	Yokohama F. Marinos	1–0	FC Tokyo	Nissan Stadium
20:00 JST	Hyodo 32' Nakamura 39' Saitō 77'	Report		Attendance: 23,273 Referee: Masaaki Iemoto

23 June 201215	Kawasaki Frontale	0–0	Yokohama F. Marinos	Todoroki Athletics Stadium
20:00 JST	Tanaka 82' Kurotsu 86'	Report	Ono 64' Taniguchi 65'	Attendance: 20,590 Referee: Kenji Ogiya

30 June 201216	Yokohama F. Marinos	1–1	Nagoya Grampus	Nissan Stadium
19:00 JST	Tomisawa 44' Marquinhos 53'	Report	Nagai 83' Tanaka 87'	Attendance: 26,133 Referee: Kazuhiko Matsumura

7 July 201217	Yokohama F. Marinos	1–1	Cerezo Osaka	Nissan Stadium
20:00 JST	Tomisawa 31' Kobayashi 87'	Report	Ogihara 28' Kakitani 80' Sakemoto 89'	Attendance: 9,751 Referee: Tomohiro Inoue

14 July 201218	Gamba Osaka	1–2	Yokohama F. Marinos	Osaka Expo '70 Stadium
20:00 JST	Endō 56' Niwa 74' Paulinho 88'	Report	Kurihara 22' Tomisawa 44' Nakazawa 47' Nakamura 60' Saitō 90+4'	Attendance: 14,966 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

28 July 201219	Yokohama F. Marinos	3–0	Shimizu S-Pulse	Nissan Stadium
20:00 JST	Nakamachi 6' Kurihara 34' Tomisawa 44' Marquinhos 66' 66' Oguro 75' 76' Hyodo 85' (pen.)	Report	Kawai 28'	Attendance: 24,187 Referee: Kevin Friend

4 August 201220	Vegalta Sendai	2–2	Yokohama F. Marinos	Yurtec Stadium Sendai
19:30 JST	Uchiyama 7'60' Kamata 30' Wilson 87' (pen.)	Report	Nakamura 66' Kanai 71' Ono 74' Tomisawa 82' Kurihara 86'	Attendance: 17,935 Referee: Hajime Matsuo

11 August 201221	Yokohama F. Marinos	3–2	Albirex Niigata	Nissan Stadium
20:00 JST	Nakazawa 62', 87' Marquinhos 69' Taniguchi 85'	Report	Tanaka 18', 65' Michael 73'	Attendance: 11,992 Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

18 August 201222	Yokohama F. Marinos	2–2	Kawasaki Frontale	Nissan Stadium
20:00 JST	Marquinhos 11', 34'	Summary	Saneto 16' Tanaka 62', 85' 88' Koki Kazama 90'	Attendance: 33,584 Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida

25 August 201223	Cerezo Osaka	2–0	Yokohama F. Marinos	Kincho Stadium
20:00 JST	Yamaguchi 62'65' Maruhashi 75' Kakitani 77'	Summary	Dutra 8'	Attendance: 14,336 Referee: Minoru Tojo

1 September 201224	FC Tokyo	3–1	Yokohama F. Marinos	Ajinomoto Stadium
19:30 JST	Tanabe 36' Lucas Severino 42', 71' Hasegawa 90+2'	Summary	Nakazawa 14' Nakamachi 27' Hyodo 66' 70'	Attendance: 26,950 Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami

15 September 201225	Yokohama F. Marinos	1–2	Urawa Red Diamonds	Nissan Stadium
Saturday 20:00	Marquinhos 5'	Summary	Kashiwagi 23' Makino 64'	Attendance: 34,954 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

22 September 201226	Kashima Antlers	1–2	Yokohama F. Marinos	Kashima Soccer Stadium
Saturday 15:00	Renato Cajá 45+3' Juninho 90+4'	Summary	Andrew Kumagai 11' 72' Marquinhos 45+3' Nakamura 55' 83'	Attendance: 16,845 Referee: Itaru Hirose

29 September 201227	Omiya Ardija	0–0	Yokohama F. Marinos	NACK5 Stadium Omiya
Saturday 17:00	Ljubijankič 45' 63'	Summary	Kurihara 38' Tomisawa 90+2'	Attendance: 11,316 Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

6 October 201228	Yokohama F. Marinos	0–0	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Nissan Stadium
Saturday 15:00	Kobayashi 39'	Summary	Mikić 75'	Attendance: 36,412 Referee: Ryuji Sato

20 October 201229	Yokohama F. Marinos	4–0	Júbilo Iwata	Nissan Stadium
Saturday 15:00	Marquinhos 14' Hyodo 35' Nakamura 71' Nakamachi 84'	Summary	Yamazaki 59'	Attendance: 21,310 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

27 October 201230	Nagoya Grampus	1–1	Yokohama F. Marinos	Mizuho Athletic Stadium
Saturday 15:00	Daniel 27' Tamada 87' Ogawa 90+1' Taguchi 90+3'	Summary	Saitō 60' Nakamura 90+5'	Attendance: 22,332 Referee: Minoru Tojo

7 November 201231	Vissel Kobe	1–2	Yokohama F. Marinos	Home's Stadium Kobe
Wednesday 19:00	Ogawa 42' Tokura 89'	Summary	Tomisawa 37' 45' Hyodo 50' Marquinhos 66'	Attendance: 8,775 Referee: Takuto Okabe

17 November 201232	Yokohama F. Marinos	1–2	Kashiwa Reysol	Nissan Stadium
Saturday 14:00	Kondo 13' (o.g.) Kumagai 56' Marquinhos 84'	Summary	Jorge Wagner 13' Kurisawa 16' Leandro Domingues 48'	Attendance: 22,647 Referee: Futoshi Nakamura

24 November 201233	Consadole Sapporo	0–2	Yokohama F. Marinos	Sapporo Dome
Saturday 17:30	Haga 52'	Summary	Saitō 33', 50' Nakamachi 57' Nakamura 68'	Attendance: 19,587 Referee: Tomohiro Inoue

1 December 201234	Yokohama F. Marinos	1–0	Sagan Tosu	Nissan Stadium
Saturday 15:30	Nakamura 53' Dutra 90+2'	Summary	Takahashi 29' Kobayashi 38'	Attendance: 26,642 Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

J.League Cup

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Shimizu S-Pulse	6	5	0	1	12	4	+8	15
Kashima Antlers	6	5	0	1	10	5	+5	15
Albirex Niigata	6	3	1	2	6	5	+1	10
Yokohama F. Marinos	6	1	2	3	7	9	−2	5
Omiya Ardija	6	1	2	3	7	10	−3	5
Consadole Sapporo	6	1	2	3	6	11	−5	5
Vissel Kobe	6	1	1	4	6	10	−4	4

20 March 2012Group B	Omiya Ardija	1–1	Yokohama F. Marinos	NACK5 Stadium Omiya
Tuesday 16:00	Carlinhos 15'	Report	84' Saitō	Attendance: 7,845 Referee: Yoshida

4 April 2012Group B	Yokohama F. Marinos	1–2	Consadole Sapporo	NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium
Wednesday 19:33	Matsumoto 68'	Report	6' Oshima 45+2' Sakaki	Attendance: 7,148 Referee: Fukushima

18 April 2012Group B	Shimizu S-Pulse	1–0	Yokohama F. Marinos	Outsourcing Stadium Nihondaira
20:00	Kawai 42' Kang Song-Ho 69' Brosque 76'	Report	Andrew Kumagai 23' Aoyama 36' Nakamachi 90+2'	Attendance: 8,753 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

16 May 2012Group B	Yokohama F. Marinos	3–2	Kashima Antlers	NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium
20:30	Hyodo 38' (pen.) Saitō 84' Oguro 86'	Report	Endo 58' Juninho 69'	Attendance: 9,693 Referee: Masaaki Iemoto

9 June 2012Group B	Yokohama F. Marinos	0–0	Albirex Niigata	NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium
14:00	Nakazawa 69'	Report	Mikado 36' Murakami 45+1' Suzuki 85'	Attendance: 5,345 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

27 June 2012Group B	Vissel Kobe	3–2	Yokohama F. Marinos	Home's Stadium Kobe
20:00	Komoto 9' 76' 87' Morioka 41' Jun Kamita 90+2'	Report	Saitō 32' Ono 37' Kanai 80'	Attendance: 5,029 Referee: Antonio Arias

Emperor's Cup

8 September 2012Round 2	Yokohama F. Marinos	4–2	Yokohama Sports and Culture Club	Yokohama
13:00	Ono 33' Nakamachi 52' Marquinhos 69' Matsumoto 86'	Report	Akio Yoshida 66' Masao Tsuji 90+3'	Stadium: Nippatsu Mitsuzawa Stadium Attendance: 4,201 Referee: Takuto Okabe

10 October 2012Round 3	Yokohama F. Marinos	2–1	Yokohama FC	Yokohama
19:00	Nakamura 25', 48'	Report	Watanabe 58'	Stadium: Nissan Stadium Attendance: 8,862 Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami

15 December 2012Round 4	Urawa Red Diamonds	0–2	Yokohama F. Marinos	Kumagaya, Saitama
16:00		Report	Hyodo 28' Kano 49'	Stadium: Kumagaya Athletic Stadium Attendance: 12,634 Referee: Ryuji Sato

23 December 2012Quarterfinal	Nagoya Grampus	0–0 (a.e.t.) (6–7 p)	Yokohama F. Marinos	Mizuho Athletic Stadium, Nagoya
13:00		Report		Attendance: 10,043 Referee: Toma
	Penalties
	Fujimoto Isomura Taguchi Tulio Tamada Nagai Abe H. Tanaka		Nakamura Hyodo Marquinhos Nakamachi Ono Kurihara Tomisawa Nakazawa

29 December 2012Semi Final	Yokohama F. Marinos	0–1	Kashiwa Reysol	National Olympic Stadium, Shinjuku, Tokyo
15:00			Kudo 23'	Attendance: 21,267 Referee: Kenji Ogiya

Kits

Home

Away

Special

Type	Shirt	Shorts	Socks	First appearance / Info
Home	Blue	White	Red
Away	White	White	White
Special^[2]	Blue	White	Red	J-League, Match 4, March 31 against Kashima Antlers

References

↑ "2012 J.LEAGUE Division 1 1st Sec". Archived from the original on 2012-06-06. Retrieved 2012-03-13.
↑ "20th Anniversary Jersey". March 31, 2012. Archived from the original on May 29, 2012.

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[table_note_res_CL0.68942511067233-1] 1 2 The winners of the 2012 Emperor's Cup qualified for the group stage of the 2013 AFC Champions League.

[2] "2012 J.LEAGUE Division 1 1st Sec". Archived from the original on 2012-06-06. Retrieved 2012-03-13.

[3] "20th Anniversary Jersey". March 31, 2012. Archived from the original on May 29, 2012.

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