| 2012 season | ||||
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| Chairman | Shimpei Takeda | |||
| Manager | Naoki Soma | |||
| J. League Division 1 | – | |||
| Emperor's Cup | – | |||
| J. League Cup | – | |||
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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 also competed in the 2012 Emperor's Cup and 2012 J. League Cup.
Players
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Competitions
J. League
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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| 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 |
| 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 | FC 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 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.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ a b The winners of the 2012 Emperor's Cup qualified for the group stage of the 2013 AFC Champions League.
Matches
| 10 March 2012 1 | Kawasaki Frontale | 1–0 | Albirex Niigata | Todoroki Stadium |
| Saturday 17:05 | Saneto 11' | Report | Attendance: 18,920 Referee: Yamamoto |
| 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 |
| 24 March 2012 3 | Kawasaki Frontale | 0–1 | Cerezo Osaka | Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium |
| Saturday 14:04 | Report | 75' Kim | Attendance: 14,777 Referee: Matsuo |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 4 August 2012 20 | Júbilo Iwata | – | Kawasaki Frontale | Yamaha Stadium |
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| 11 August 2012 21 | Kawasaki Frontale | – | Sagan Tosu | Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium |
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| 18 August 2012 22 | Yokohama F. Marinos | – | Kawasaki Frontale | International Stadium Yokohama |
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| 25 August 2012 23 | Kawasaki Frontale | – | Nagoya Grampus | Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium |
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| 1 September 2012 24 | Vegalta Sendai | – | Kawasaki Frontale | Yurtec Stadium Sendai |
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| 14 September 2012 25 | Kawasaki Frontale | – | Kashima Antlers | Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium |
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| 21 September 2012 26 | F.C. Tokyo | – | Kawasaki Frontale | Ajinomoto Stadium |
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| 28 September 2012 27 | Kawasaki Frontale | – | Consadole Sapporo | Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium |
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| 5 October 2012 28 | Kashiwa Reysol | – | Kawasaki Frontale | Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium |
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| 19 October 2012 29 | Kawasaki Frontale | – | Gamba Osaka | Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium |
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| 26 October 2012 30 | Vissel Kobe | – | Kawasaki Frontale | Home's Stadium Kobe |
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| 6 November 2012 31 | Kawasaki Frontale | – | Urawa Red Diamonds | Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium |
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| 16 November 2012 32 | Albirex Niigata | – | Kawasaki Frontale | Tohoku Electric Power Big Swan Stadium |
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| 23 November 2012 33 | Kawasaki Frontale | – | Shimizu S-Pulse | Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium |
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| 30 November 2012 34 | Cerezo Osaka | – | Kawasaki Frontale | Kincho Stadium |
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J. League Cup
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |