2012 Kawasaki Frontale season

Kawasaki Frontale

2012 season
Chairman	Shimpei Takeda
Manager	Naoki Soma
J. League Division 1	-
Emperor's Cup	-
J. League Cup	-
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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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 are also competing in the 2012 Emperor's Cup and 2012 J. League Cup.

Competitions

J. League

Main article: 2012 J. League Division 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
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
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 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	F.C. 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

Updated to games played on 1 December 2012.
Source: J.League Division 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹The winners of the 2012 Emperor's Cup qualified for the group stage of the 2013 AFC Champions League.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Matches

Kawasaki Frontale v Albirex Niigata

10 March 2012 1	Kawasaki Frontale	1 - 0	Albirex Niigata	Todoroki Stadium
Saturday 17:05	Saneto  11'	Report		Attendance: 18,920 Referee: Yamamoto

Kashima Antlers v Kawasaki Frontale

17 March 2012 2	Kashima Antlers	0 - 1	Kawasaki Frontale	Kashima Soccer Stadium
Saturday 14:04		Report	45+2' Renato	Attendance: 19,010 Referee: Nishimura

Kawasaki Frontale v Cerezo Osaka

24 March 2012 3	Kawasaki Frontale	0 - 1	Cerezo Osaka	Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
Saturday 14:04		Report	75' Kim	Attendance: 14,777 Referee: Matsuo

Urawa Red Diamonds v Kawasaki Frontale

31 March 2012 4	Urawa Red Diamonds	1 - 1	Kawasaki Frontale	Saitama Stadium 2002
Saturday 15:03	Popó  10'	Report	59' Yajima	Attendance: 25,743 Referee: Iemoto

Kawasaki Frontale v F.C. Tokyo

8 April 2012 5	Kawasaki Frontale	0 - 1	F.C. Tokyo	Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
Sunday 17:00	Renatinho  50'	Report	Hasegawa  43', 48' Takahashi  45+2' Morishige  87'	Attendance: 20,996 Referee: Kenji Ogiya

Gamba Osaka v Kawasaki Frontale

14 April 2012 6	Gamba Osaka	3 - 2	Kawasaki Frontale	Osaka Expo '70 Stadium
Saturday 20:00	Endō  32' Nakazawa  45+1' Sato  68' Abe  85' Kaji  89'	Report	Tasaka  1'  90+3' Kobayashi  30' Morishita  36' Komiyama  45' Jeci  84'	Attendance: 17,134 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

Consadole Sapporo v Kawasaki Frontale

21 April 2012 7	Consadole Sapporo	2 - 3	Kawasaki Frontale	Sapporo Dome
Saturday 15:00	Maeda  9'  75' Takaki  32'	Report	Nakamura  57' Renatinho  67' (pen.) Yamase  88'	Attendance: 11,119 Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami

Kawasaki Frontale v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

28 April 2012 8	Kawasaki Frontale	1 - 4	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
Saturday 16:00	Ito  33'	Report	Yamagishi  15' Ishihara  38' Satō  47', 78' Morisaki  90+3'	Attendance: 19,895 Referee: Kazuhiko Matsumura

Kawasaki Frontale v Júbilo Iwata

3 May 2012 9	Kawasaki Frontale	4 - 3	Júbilo Iwata	Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
Thursday 16:00	Oshima  30' Yajima  53' (pen.)  62' Tanaka  55' Igawa  84'	Report	Yamada  13' Yamamoto  52'  59', 67' Abe  90+1'	Attendance: 15,671 Referee: Tomohiro Inoue

Nagoya Grampus v Kawasaki Frontale

6 May 2012 10	Nagoya Grampus	2 - 3	Kawasaki Frontale	Toyota Stadium
Sunday 18:00	Kennedy  9' Córdoba  45+3' Daniel  54' Fujimoto  71' Ogawa  90'	Report	Tasaka  1' Yajima  14', 45+3'	Attendance: 20,512 Referee: Toshimitsy Yoshida

Kawasaki Frontale v Kashiwa Reysol

12 May 2012 11	Kawasaki Frontale	0 - 2	Kashiwa Reysol	Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
Saturday 16:00		Report	Hashimoto  57' Kudo  63' Tanaka  74' Jorge Wagner  90+2'	Attendance: 16,054 Referee: Itaru Hirose

Omiya Ardija v Kawasaki Frontale

19 May 2012 12	Omiya Ardija	0 - 2	Kawasaki Frontale	NACK5 Stadium Omiya
Saturday 17:00	Aoki  35' Carlinhos Paraíba  52' Kataoka  83'	Report	Oshima  67' Kusukami  72'	Attendance: 9,304 Referee: Futoshi Nakamura

Kawasaki Frontale v Vegalta Sendai

26 May 2012 13	Kawasaki Frontale	3 - 2	Vegalta Sendai	Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
Saturday 15:00	Kobayashi  21' Noborizato  61' Yajima  90+3'	Report	Tomita  24' Wilson  54' Akamine  85'	Attendance: 16,058 Referee: Tomoya Maeda

Sagan Tosu v Kawasaki Frontale

16 June 2012 14	Sagan Tosu	0 - 1	Kawasaki Frontale	Tosu Stadium
Saturday 20:00	Ikeda  75'	Report	Inamoto  27' Ito  76' Tasaka  79' Kurotsu  90+5'	Attendance: 9,603 Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

Kawasaki Frontale v Yokohama F. Marinos

23 June 2012 15	Kawasaki Frontale	0 - 0	Yokohama F. Marinos	Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
Saturday 20:00	Tanaka  82' Kurotsu  86'	Report	Ono  64' Taniguchi  65'	Attendance: 20,590 Referee: Kenji Ogiya

Kawasaki Frontale v Vissel Kobe

30 June 2012 16	Kawasaki Frontale	0 - 1	Vissel Kobe	Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
Saturday 20:00	Inamoto  23' Yajima  74'	Report	Yoshida  64' Tanaka  75' Tokura  77'  77'	Attendance: 18,056 Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami

Shimizu S-Pulse v Kawasaki Frontale

7 July 2012 17	Shimizu S-Pulse	0 - 0	Kawasaki Frontale	Outsourcing Stadium Nihondaira
Saturday 19:00	Kawai  83'	Report		Attendance: 14,133 Referee: Antonio Arias

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Kawasaki Frontale

14 July 2012 18	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	3 - 0	Kawasaki Frontale	Hiroshima Big Arch
Saturday 20:00	Shimizu  2' Satō  15', 19'	Report	Kobayashi  40'	Attendance: 11,585 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

Kawasaki Frontale v Omiya Ardija

28 July 2012 19	Kawasaki Frontale	4 - 1	Omiya Ardija	Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
Saturday 20:00	Nakamura  45+4' Kobayashi  47' (pen.) Kusukami  51'  69' Renatinho  71'	Report	Hasegawa  19' Cho Young-Cheol  33' Kikuchi  46'	Attendance: 14,716 Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida

Júbilo Iwata v Kawasaki Frontale

4 August 2012 20	Júbilo Iwata	-	Kawasaki Frontale	Yamaha Stadium
Saturday 20:00				Referee:

Kawasaki Frontale v Sagan Tosu

11 August 2012 21	Kawasaki Frontale	-	Sagan Tosu	Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
Saturday 20:00				Referee:

Yokohama F. Marinos v Kawasaki Frontale

18 August 2012 22	Yokohama F. Marinos	-	Kawasaki Frontale	International Stadium Yokohama
Saturday 20:00				Referee:

Kawasaki Frontale v Nagoya Grampus

25 August 2012 23	Kawasaki Frontale	-	Nagoya Grampus	Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
Saturday 20:00				Referee:

Vegalta Sendai v Kawasaki Frontale

1 September 2012 24	Vegalta Sendai	-	Kawasaki Frontale	Yurtec Stadium Sendai
Saturday 20:00				Referee:

Kawasaki Frontale v Kashima Antlers

14 September 2012 25	Kawasaki Frontale	-	Kashima Antlers	Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
Friday				Referee:

F.C. Tokyo v Kawasaki Frontale

21 September 2012 26	F.C. Tokyo	-	Kawasaki Frontale	Ajinomoto Stadium
Friday				Referee:

Kawasaki Frontale v Consadole Sapporo

28 September 2012 27	Kawasaki Frontale	-	Consadole Sapporo	Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
Friday				Referee:

Kashiwa Reysol v Kawasaki Frontale

5 October 2012 28	Kashiwa Reysol	-	Kawasaki Frontale	Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium
Friday				Referee:

Kawasaki Frontale v Gamba Osaka

19 October 2012 29	Kawasaki Frontale	-	Gamba Osaka	Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
Friday				Referee:

Vissel Kobe v Kawasaki Frontale

26 October 2012 30	Vissel Kobe	-	Kawasaki Frontale	Home's Stadium Kobe
Friday				Referee:

Kawasaki Frontale v Urawa Red Diamonds

6 November 2012 31	Kawasaki Frontale	-	Urawa Red Diamonds	Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
Friday				Referee:

Albirex Niigata v Kawasaki Frontale

16 November 2012 32	Albirex Niigata	-	Kawasaki Frontale	Tohoku Electric Power Big Swan Stadium
Friday				Referee:

Kawasaki Frontale v Shimizu S-Pulse

23 November 2012 33	Kawasaki Frontale	-	Shimizu S-Pulse	Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
Friday				Referee:

Cerezo Osaka v Kawasaki Frontale

30 November 2012 34	Cerezo Osaka	-	Kawasaki Frontale	Kincho Stadium
Friday				Referee:

J. League Cup

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Cerezo Osaka	6	4	0	2	15	7	+8	12
Vegalta Sendai	6	4	0	2	11	5	+4	12
Jubilo 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

Sagan Tosu v Kawasaki Frontale

20 March 2012 Group 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

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Kawasaki Frontale

4 April 2012 Group A	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1 - 1	Kawasaki Frontale	Hiroshima Big Arch
Wednesday 19:04	Sato  85'	Report	58' Jeci	Attendance: 6,413 Referee: Iida

Kawasaki Frontale v Vegalta Sendai

18 April 2012 Group A	Kawasaki Frontale	3 - 1	Vegalta Sendai	Todoroki Athletics Stadium
Wednesday 20:00	Saneto  27', 54' Tasaka  45+1' Kobayashi  45+3', 57'	Report	Tamura  48' Muto  72'  90'	Attendance: 8,186 Referee: Hajime Matsuo

Kawasaki Frontale v Urawa Red Diamonds

16 May 2012 Group A	Kawasaki Frontale	0 - 3	Urawa Red Diamonds	Todoroki Athletics Stadium
Wednesday 20:00		Report	Kashiwagi  32' Ugajin  42'  57', 83'	Attendance: 13,608 Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami

Cerezo Osaka v Kawasaki Frontale

6 June 2012 Group A	Cerezo Osaka	3 - 2	Kawasaki Frontale	Kincho Stadium
Wednesday 20:00	Ogihara  27' Kempes  47'  59' Sakemoto  57' Kakitani  58', 86' Takahashi  81'	Report	Kusukami  30' Renatinho  68'  85'	Attendance: 6,855 Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

Kawasaki Frontale v Júbilo Iwata

9 June 2012 Group A	Kawasaki Frontale	0 - 1	Júbilo Iwata	Todoroki Athletics Stadium
Saturday 20:00		Report	Yamazaki  25'	Attendance: 7,970 Referee: Jumpei Iida

Emperor's Cup

Main article: 2012 Emperor's Cup