2012 in Japanese football
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| 2012 season | |
|---|---|
Japanese football in 2012
Promotion and relegation
Domestic cups
Emperor's Cup
J. League Cup
| Shimizu S-Pulse | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | Kashima Antlers |
|---|---|---|
Omae  77' (pen.) |
Report | Shibasaki 73' (pen.), 93' |
Japanese Super Cup
International club competitions
Suruga Bank Championship
Kashima Antlers  | 2–2 |  Universidad de Chile |
|---|---|---|
| Iwamasa 18' Renato 27' |
Summary | Iwamasa 40' (o.g.) Aránguiz 73' (pen.) |
| Penalties | ||
Juninho  Koroki Sogahata Endo Motoyama Araiba Nishi |
7–6 | Aránguiz Rodríguez Lorenzetti Cereceda Marino Herrera Castro |
FIFA Club World Cup
Will take place between 6 and 16 December 2012. Since the tournament is hosted in Japan the winners of the J. League will be invited to take part. If the AFC Champions League winner is from Japan, then the highest placed non-Japanese team of the AFC Champions League will be invited in place of the J. League winner.
National team (Men)
Results
| 23 February 2012 International Friendly (2012 Kirin Cup) | Japan | 3–1 |  Iceland | Osaka, Japan |
| 19:20 JST (UTC+9) | Maeda 2' Fujimoto 53' Makino 79' |
[ JFA] Summary |
Smárason 90+3' (pen.) |
Stadium: Nagai Stadium Attendance: 42,579 Referee: Chris Beath (Australia) |
| 29 February 2012 2014 World Cup Qualifier | Japan | 0–1 |  Uzbekistan | Aichi, Japan |
| 19:30 JST (UTC+9) | Report Summary |
Shadrin 54' |
Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 42,720 Referee: Abdullah Balideh (Qatar) |
| 23 May 2012 International Friendly (2012 Kirin Cup) | Japan | 2–0 |  Azerbaijan | Fukuroi, Japan |
| 19:15 JST (UTC+9) | Kagawa 43' Nabiyev 58' (o.g.) |
[ JFA] Summary |
Stadium: Shizuoka Stadium Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore) |
| 3 June 2012 2014 World Cup Qualifier | Japan | 3–0 |  Oman | Saitama, Japan |
| 19:30 JST (UTC+9) | Honda 11' Maeda 51' Okazaki 54' |
JFA Report | Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 63,551 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) |
| 8 June 2012 2014 World Cup Qualifier | Japan | 6–0 |  Jordan | Saitama, Japan |
| 19:30 JST (UTC+9) | Maeda 19' Honda 22', 31', 54' (pen.) Kagawa 34' Kurihara 90' |
Report | Deeb  25'  27' |
Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 60,874 Referee: Kim Dong Jin (Korea Republic) |
| 12 June 2012 2014 World Cup Qualifier | Australia  | 1–1 | Japan | Brisbane, Australia |
| 19:00 JST (UTC+9) | Milligan 25' 55' Wilkshire 69 pen' |
Report | Kurihara 64' Kurihara 23' 89' |
Stadium: Suncorp Stadium Attendance: 40,189 Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia) |
| 15 August 2012 International Friendly (2012 Kirin Cup) | Japan | 1–1 |  Venezuela | Hokkaidō, Japan |
| 19:30 JST (UTC+9) | Endō 15' |
Summary | Miku 62' |
Stadium: Sapporo Dome Attendance: 39,396 Referee: Min-Hu Lee (Korea Republic) |
| 7 September 2012 International Friendly (2012 Kirin Cup) | Japan | 1–0 |  United Arab Emirates | Niigata, Japan |
| 19:20 JST (UTC+9) | Havenaar 69' |
Summary | Stadium: Tohoku Denryoku Big Swan Stadium Attendance: 42,020 Referee: Mingyu Ma (China PR) |
| 11 September 2012 2014 World Cup Qualifier | Japan | 1–0 |  Iraq | Saitama, Japan |
| 19:34 JST (UTC+9) | Maeda 25' |
Report | Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Referee: Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore) |
| 13 October 2012 International Friendly | France  | 0–1 | Japan | Saint-Denis, France |
| 04:00 JST (UTC+9) | Summary | Hasebe 34' Kagawa 88' |
Stadium: Stade de France Attendance: 55,000 Referee: William Collum (Scotland) |
| 16 October 2012 International Friendly | Japan | 0–4 |  Brazil |  Wrocław, Poland |
| 21:10 JST (UTC+9) | Summary | Paulinho 12' Neymar 25' (pen.), 48' Kaká 76' |
Stadium: Municipal Stadium Referee: Marcin Borski (Poland) |
| 14 November 2012 2014 World Cup Qualifier | Oman | 1–2 | Japan | Muscat Oman |
| 20:30 JST (UTC+9) | Ahmed Mubarak 77' |
Summary | Kiyotake 20' Okazaki 89' |
Stadium: Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex Referee: Abdullah Balideh (Qatar) |
Players statistics
| Player | -2011 | 02.24 | 02.29 | 05.23 | 06.03 | 06.08 | 06.12 | 08.15 | 09.06 | 09.11 | 10.12 | 10.16 | 11.14 | 2012 | Total |
| Yasuhito Endo | 113(9) | O | O | - | O | O | O | O(1) | O | O | O | O | O | 11(1) | 124(10) |
| Yuichi Komano | 67(1) | O | O | - | - | - | - | O | O | O | - | - | - | 5(0) | 72(1) |
| Kengo Nakamura | 56(6) | O | - | O | - | O | - | O | O | - | O | O | - | 7(0) | 63(6) |
| Yasuyuki Konno | 55(1) | O | O | - | O | O | O | - | - | - | O | O | O | 8(0) | 63(1) |
| Yoshito Okubo | 53(5) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 54(5) |
| Makoto Hasebe | 52(2) | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | 11(0) | 63(2) |
| Shinji Okazaki | 49(26) | - | O | O(1) | O(1) | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | O(1) | 9(3) | 58(29) |
| Atsuto Uchida | 45(1) | - | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | O | O | - | 7(0) | 52(1) |
| Yuto Nagatomo | 44(3) | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | - | O | O | O | O | 10(0) | 54(3) |
| Keisuke Honda | 31(8) | - | - | O | O(1) | O(3) | O | O | O | O | - | O | O | 9(4) | 40(12) |
| Shinji Kagawa | 28(9) | - | O | O(1) | O | O(1) | O | O | O | - | O(1) | O | - | 9(3) | 37(12) |
| Eiji Kawashima | 28(0) | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | O | 11(0) | 39(0) |
| Ryoichi Maeda | 16(6) | O(1) | - | O | O(1) | O(1) | O | O | - | O(1) | - | - | O | 8(4) | 24(10) |
| Maya Yoshida | 13(2) | - | O | - | O | O | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | 9(0) | 22(2) |
| Tadanari Lee | 10(2) | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 11(2) |
| Hajime Hosogai | 10(1) | - | - | O | O | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | O | 8(0) | 18(1) |
| Jungo Fujimoto | 10(0) | O(1) | O | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | 3(1) | 13(1) |
| Takayuki Morimoto | 9(3) | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 10(3) |
| Masahiko Inoha | 9(1) | O | - | O | - | O | O | O | O | O | - | - | - | 7(0) | 16(1) |
| Yuzo Kurihara | 8(0) | O | - | O | - | O(1) | O(1) | - | - | - | - | O | - | 5(2) | 13(2) |
| Tomoaki Makino | 8(0) | O(1) | - | O | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | 3(1) | 11(1) |
| Shusaku Nishikawa | 7(0) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 8(0) |
| Mike Havenaar | 5(2) | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | O(1) | O | O | - | - | 4(1) | 9(3) |
| Hiroshi Kiyotake | 5(0) | - | - | - | O | - | O | - | O | O | O | O | O(1) | 7(1) | 12(1) |
| Naohiro Ishikawa | 5(0) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 6(0) |
| Takashi Inui | 3(0) | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | 3(0) | 6(0) |
| Hiroki Mizumoto | 3(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | O | - | - | - | - | 2(0) | 5(0) |
| Yosuke Kashiwagi | 3(0) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 4(0) |
| Ryota Moriwaki | 1(0) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 2(0) |
| Hiroki Sakai | 0(0) | - | - | O | O | - | O | - | O | - | O | O | O | 7(0) | 7(0) |
| Hideto Takahashi | 0(0) | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | O | - | O | - | O | 4(0) | 4(0) |
| Ryo Miyaichi | 0(0) | - | - | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | 2(0) | 2(0) |
| Gotoku Sakai | 0(0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | O | - | - | - | O | 2(0) | 2(0) |
| Chikashi Masuda | 0(0) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Junya Tanaka | 0(0) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
| Naoya Kondo | 0(0) | O | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1(0) | 1(0) |
Goal scorers
| Place | Position | Name | Friendlies | Kirin Cup | WC Qualifying | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MF | Keisuke Honda | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| FW | Ryoichi Maeda | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 3 | MF | Shinji Kagawa | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| DF | Yuzo Kurihara | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| FW | Shinji Okazaki | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 6 | MF | Jungo Fujimoto | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| DF | Tomoaki Makino | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| MF | Yasuhito Endō | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Own goal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| FW | Mike Havenaar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| FW | Hiroshi Kiyotake | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| TOTALS | 1 | 6 | 13 | 20 | ||