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| prevseason         = [[2011 in Japanese football|2011]]
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Japanese football in 2012

==Domestic leagues==

===Promotion and relegation===
'''Teams relegated from [[2011 J.League Division 1|J.League Division 1]]'''
*[[Avispa Fukuoka]]
*[[Montedio Yamagata]]
*[[Ventforet Kofu]]

'''Teams promoted to [[2012 J.League Division 1|J.League Division 1]]'''
*[[Sagan Tosu]]
*[[F.C. Tokyo]]
*[[Consadole Sapporo]]

'''Teams relegated from [[2011 J.League Division 2|J.League Division 2]]'''
:''No relegation to the [[2012 Japan Football League|Japan Football League]]''

'''Teams promoted to [[2012 J.League Division 2|J.League Division 2]]'''
*[[Matsumoto Yamaga F.C.]]
*[[F.C. Machida Zelvia]]

===J.League Division 1===
{{main|2012 J.League Division 1}}
[[Sanfrecce Hiroshima]] won the J. League title, their first in 42 years and first in the J. League era, marking their sixth time overall atop the Japanese football league system. [[Vegalta Sendai]], which led the table riding on the wave of their fourth-place finish the previous year, ended up in second place after [[Albirex Niigata]] defeated them in the round before last. [[Urawa Red Diamonds]] was able to pass four other teams, including newly promoted [[Sagan Tosu]], who surprisingly was in third place in the penultimate round.

[[Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo|Consadole Sapporo]] was relegated on September 30, the earliest a team has been relegated in the modern-day era. Niigata's victory enabled them to climb to safety while [[Vissel Kobe]] was relegated after six seasons. [[Gamba Osaka]], despite scoring more goals than anyone else, had a poor defense and allowed many goals in, causing them to be relegated after 26 seasons in the top division.
{{2012 J. League Division 1 table}}

===J.League Division 2===
{{main|2012 J.League Division 2}}
[[Ventforet Kofu]] returned to the top flight at the first attempt, but this time they did so as champions. [[Shonan Bellmare]] returned to the top division as well, after two seasons. [[Oita Trinita]], despite overwhelming odds due to its position and the playoff rules which favored the three higher-ranked teams, won the playoff and returned to the top flight after three seasons.

Newly promoted [[FC Machida Zelvia|Machida Zelvia]], despite hiring [[Osvaldo Ardiles]] as their manager, could not cope with professionalism and finished in bottom place, being relegated as [[V-Varen Nagasaki]] won the JFL championship.
{{:2012 J.League Division 2}}

===Japan Football League===
{{main|2012 Japan Football League}}
Although [[Arte Takasaki]] withdrew from the league due to economic problems, the JFL decided to go with a 17-team format. [[V-Varen Nagasaki]] won the tournament, joining the professional ranks automatically.

[[Sagawa Shiga FC|Sagawa Shiga]] withdrew after the league following parent company [[Sagawa Express]]'s decision to close the team, leaving [[Tochigi Uva FC|Tochigi Uva]] to playout against the [[Japanese Regional Football League Competition|Regional League promotion series]] third place.
{{:2012 Japan Football League}}

===Japanese Regional Leagues===
{{main|2012 Japanese Regional Leagues}}
Kantō champions [[SC Sagamihara]] and Tōhoku champions [[Fukushima United FC|Fukushima United]] won first and second place in the Regional League promotion series, thus being promoted automatically, while Hokkaidō champions [[Norbritz Hokkaido]] battled in the playout against [[Tochigi Uva FC|Tochigi Uva]] but lost.

==Domestic cups==

===Emperor's Cup===
{{main|2012 Emperor's Cup}}
{{footballbox
|date = 1 January 2013
|time = 14:05
|report = 
|team1 = [[Gamba Osaka]]
|team2 = [[Kashiwa Reysol]]
|score = 0–1 
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = [[Hirofumi Watanabe|Watanabe]] {{goal|35}}
|stadium = [[National Olympic Stadium (Tokyo)|National Olympic Stadium]], [[Shinjuku, Tokyo]]
|attendance = 46,480
|referee ={{flagicon|JPN}} [[Toshimitsu Yoshida]]
}}

===J. League Cup===
{{main|2012 J. League Cup}}
{{footballbox
|date=3 November 2012
|time=13:05 [[Japan Standard Time|JST]] ([[UTC+09:00|UTC+9]])
|team1=[[Shimizu S-Pulse]]
|score= 1–2
|aet=yes
|report=[http://www.j-league.or.jp/data/2/?league=ync&genre=result&s=07&y2=2012&file=jpn/cup/201200200605101_W0201_J Report]
|team2=[[Kashima Antlers]]
|goals1= [[Genki Omae|Omae]] {{goal|77|pen.}}
|goals2= [[Gaku Shibasaki|Shibasaki]] {{goal|73|pen.|93}}
|stadium=[[National Olympic Stadium (Tokyo)|National Olympic Stadium]], [[Shinjuku, Tokyo]]
|attendance= 45,228
|referee={{flagicon|JPN}} [[Masaaki Iemoto]]
}}

===Japanese Super Cup===
{{main|2012 Japanese Super Cup }}
{{Footballbox
|date=3 March 2012
|time=13:35 [[Japan Standard Time|JST]] ([[UTC+09:00|UTC+9]])
|team1=[[Kashiwa Reysol]]
|score=2–1
|report=[http://www.j-league.or.jp/SS/eng/other/201250300101101_W0201_E.html Report]
|team2=[[FC Tokyo]]
|goals1=[[Jorge Wagner|Wagner]] {{goal|27}}<br />[[Leandro Domingues Barbosa|Leandro]] {{goal|45|pen.}}
|goals2={{goal|64}} [[Aria Jasuru Hasegawa|Aria]]
|stadium=[[National Olympic Stadium (Tokyo)|National Olympic Stadium]], [[Tokyo]]
|attendance=35,453<ref>http://www.j-league.or.jp/SS/eng/other/201250300101101_W0201_E.html {{Dead link|date=March 2022}}</ref>
|referee={{flagicon|JPN}} [[Yuichi Nishimura]]
}}

==International club competitions==

===Suruga Bank Championship===
{{main|2012 Suruga Bank Championship}}
{{footballbox 
|date       = 1 August 2012
|time       = 19:00 [[Japan Standard Time|JST]] ([[UTC+09:00|UTC+9]])
|team1      = [[Kashima Antlers]] {{flagicon|JPN}}
|score      = 2–2
|report     = [https://archive.today/20130102134839/http://df1.conmebol.com/suruga/fichas/ficha130909.html Summary]
|team2      ={{flagicon|CHI}} [[Club Universidad de Chile|Universidad de Chile]]
|goals1     = [[Daiki Iwamasa|Iwamasa]] {{goal|18}}<br />[[Renato Cajá|Renato]] {{goal|27}}
|goals2     = [[Daiki Iwamasa|Iwamasa]] {{goal|40|o.g.}}<br />[[Charles Aránguiz|Aránguiz]] {{goal|73|pen.}}
|stadium    = [[Kashima Soccer Stadium]], [[Kashima, Ibaraki|Kashima]]
|attendance = 20,021
|referee    = [[Chris Beath]] ([[Football Federation Australia|Australia]])
|penalties1 = [[Carlos Alberto Carvalho dos Anjos Junior|Juninho]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Shinzo Koroki|Koroki]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Hitoshi Sogahata|Sogahata]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Yasushi Endo|Endo]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Masashi Motoyama|Motoyama]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Toru Araiba|Araiba]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Daigo Nishi|Nishi]] {{pengoal}}
|penaltyscore=7–6
|penalties2 = {{pengoal}} [[Charles Aránguiz|Aránguiz]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Matías Rodríguez (footballer, born 1986)|Rodríguez]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Gustavo Lorenzetti|Lorenzetti]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Roberto Cereceda|Cereceda]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Guillermo Marino|Marino]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Jhonny Herrera|Herrera]]<br />{{penmiss}} [[Francisco Castro Gamboa|Castro]]
}}

===FIFA Club World Cup===
{{main|2012 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===
{{main|Japan national football team in 2012}}
{{football box collapsible
|date=23 February 2012
|time = 19:20 [[Japan Standard Time|JST]] ([[UTC+09:00|UTC+9]])
|round = [[Exhibition game|International Friendly]] (2012 Kirin Cup)
|team1={{fb-rt|Japan}}
|score= 3–1 
|report=[ JFA] <br /> [https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2012/02/24/world/friendlies/japan/iceland/1239704/ Summary]
|team2={{fb|Iceland}}
|goals1=[[Ryoichi Maeda|Maeda]] {{goal|2}} <br /> [[Jungo Fujimoto|Fujimoto]] {{goal|53}} <br /> [[Tomoaki Makino|Makino]] {{goal|79}}
|goals2=[[Arnór Smárason|Smárason]] {{goal|90+3|pen.}}
|location= {{flagicon|Japan}} [[Osaka]], [[Japan]]
|stadium=[[Nagai Stadium]]
|attendance=42,579
|referee = [[Chris Beath]] ([[Football Federation Australia|Australia]])
}}
{{football box collapsible
|date = 29 February 2012
|time = 19:30 [[Japan Standard Time|JST]] ([[UTC+09:00|UTC+9]])
|round = [[2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC third round#Group C|2014 World Cup Qualifier]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|Japan}}
|score = 0–1 
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20120302202136/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/asia/matches/round=257791/match=300172560/index.html Report] <br /> [https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2012/02/29/asia/wc-qualifying-asia/japan/uzbekistan/1177925/ Summary]
|team2 = {{fb|Uzbekistan}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 = [[Aleksandr Shadrin|Shadrin]] {{goal|54}}
|stadium = [[Toyota Stadium (Japan)|Toyota Stadium]]
|location = {{flagicon|Japan}} [[Aichi Prefecture|Aichi]], [[Japan]]
|attendance = 42,720
|referee = Abdullah Balideh ([[Qatar Football Association|Qatar]])
}}
{{football box collapsible
|date=23 May 2012
|time = 19:15 [[Japan Standard Time|JST]] ([[UTC+09:00|UTC+9]])
|round = [[Exhibition game|International Friendly]] <br /> (2012 Kirin Cup)
|team1={{fb-rt|Japan}}
|score= 2–0  
|report=[ JFA] <br /> [https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2012/05/23/world/friendlies/japan/azerbaijan/1282029/ Summary]
|team2={{fb|AZE}}
|goals1=[[Shinji Kagawa|Kagawa]] {{goal|43}} <br /> [[Agil Nabiyev|Nabiyev]] {{goal|58|o.g.}}
|goals2=
|location= {{flagicon|Japan}} [[Fukuroi, Shizuoka|Fukuroi]], [[Japan]]
|stadium=[[Shizuoka Stadium]]
|attendance= 35,000
|referee = [[Malik Abdul Bashir]] ([[Football Association of Singapore|Singapore]])
}}
{{football box collapsible
|date = 3 June 2012
|round = [[2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC fourth round|2014 World Cup Qualifier]]
|time =  19:30 [[Japan Standard Time|JST]] ([[UTC+09:00|UTC+9]])
|team1 = {{fb-rt|JPN}}
|score = 3–0
|report = [http://samuraiblue.jp/timeline/2014fifawc_final_q/groupB/match_page/m2.html JFA Report]
|team2 = {{fb|OMA}}
|goals1 = [[Keisuke Honda|Honda]] {{goal|11}} <br />[[Ryoichi Maeda|Maeda]] {{goal|51}} <br />[[Shinji Okazaki|Okazaki]] {{goal|54}}
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Saitama Stadium 2002]]
|location = {{flagicon|Japan}} [[Saitama Prefecture|Saitama]], [[Japan]]
|attendance = 63,551
|referee = [[Ravshan Irmatov]]  ([[Uzbekistan Football Federation|Uzbekistan]])
}}
{{football box collapsible
|date = 8 June 2012
|round = [[2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC fourth round|2014 World Cup Qualifier]]
|time =  19:30 [[Japan Standard Time|JST]] ([[UTC+09:00|UTC+9]])
|team1 = {{fb-rt|JPN}}
|score = 6–0 
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20120606231635/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/asia/matches/round=257777/match=300191849/index.html Report]
|team2 =  {{fb|JOR}}
|goals1 =  [[Ryoichi Maeda|Maeda]] {{goal|19}} <br /> [[Keisuke Honda|Honda]] {{goal|22||31||54|pen.}} <br /> [[Shinji Kagawa|Kagawa]] {{goal|34}} <br /> [[Yuzo Kurihara|Kurihara]] {{goal|90}}
|goals2 = [[Abdallah Deeb|Deeb]] {{sent off|2|25|27}}
|stadium = [[Saitama Stadium 2002]]
|location = {{flagicon|Japan}} [[Saitama Prefecture|Saitama]], [[Japan]]
|attendance = 60,874
|referee = [[Kim Dong Jin]] ([[Korea Football Association|Korea&nbsp;Republic]])
}}
{{football box collapsible
|date = 12 June 2012
|round = [[2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC fourth round|2014 World Cup Qualifier]]
|time = 19:00 [[Japan Standard Time|JST]] ([[UTC+09:00|UTC+9]])
|team1 = {{fb-rt|AUS}}
|score = 1–1
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20120610041844/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/asia/matches/round=257777/match=300191848/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|JPN}}
|goals1 = [[Mark Milligan|Milligan]] {{sent off|2|25|55}} <br /> [[Luke Wilkshire|Wilkshire]] {{goal|69 pen}} 
|goals2 = [[Yuzo Kurihara|Kurihara]] {{goal|64}} <br /> [[Yuzo Kurihara|Kurihara]] {{sent off|2|23|89}}
|stadium = [[Lang Park|Suncorp Stadium]]
|location = {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Brisbane]], [[Australia]]
|attendance = 40,189
|referee = [[Khalil Al Ghamdi]] ([[Saudi Arabia Football Federation|Saudi&nbsp;Arabia]])
}}
{{football box collapsible
|date = 15 August 2012
|round = [[Exhibition game|International Friendly]] (2012 Kirin Cup)
|time =  19:30 [[Japan Standard Time|JST]] ([[UTC+09:00|UTC+9]])
|team1 = {{fb-rt|Japan}}
|score = 1–1 
|report = [https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2012/08/15/world/friendlies/japan/venezuela/1313655/ Summary]
|team2 = {{fb|VEN}}
|goals1 = [[Yasuhito Endō|Endō]] {{goal|15}}
|goals2 = [[Miku (footballer)|Miku]] {{goal|62}}
|stadium = [[Sapporo Dome]]
|location = {{flagicon|Japan}} [[Hokkaidō]], [[Japan]]
|attendance = 39,396
|referee = Min-Hu Lee ([[Korea Football Association|Korea Republic]])
}}
{{football box collapsible
|date = 7 September 2012
|round = [[Exhibition game|International Friendly]] (2012 Kirin Cup)
|time = 19:20 [[Japan Standard Time|JST]] ([[UTC+09:00|UTC+9]])
|team1 = {{fb-rt|Japan}}
|score = 1–0 
|report = [https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2012/09/06/world/friendlies/japan/united-arab-emirates/1384345/ Summary]
|team2 = {{fb|UAE}}
|goals1 = [[Mike Havenaar|Havenaar]] {{goal|69}}
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Tohoku Denryoku Big Swan Stadium]]
|location = {{flagicon|Japan}} [[Niigata Prefecture|Niigata]], [[Japan]]
|attendance = 42,020
|referee = Mingyu Ma ([[Chinese Football Association|China PR]])
}}
{{football box collapsible
|date = 11 September 2012
|round = [[2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC fourth round|2014 World Cup Qualifier]]
|time = 19:34 [[Japan Standard Time|JST]] ([[UTC+09:00|UTC+9]])
|team1 = {{fb-rt|JPN}}
|score = 1–0 
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20120910232139/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/asia/matches/round=257777/match=300191853/index.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|IRQ}}
|goals1 = [[Ryoichi Maeda|Maeda]] {{goal|25}}
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Saitama Stadium 2002]]
|location = {{flagicon|Japan}} [[Saitama Prefecture|Saitama]], [[Japan]]
|attendance = 
|referee = [[Malik Abdul Bashir]] ([[Football Association of Singapore|Singapore]])
}}
{{football box collapsible
|date = 13 October 2012
|round = [[Exhibition game|International Friendly]] 
|time =  04:00 [[Japan Standard Time|JST]] ([[UTC+09:00|UTC+9]])
|team1 = {{fb-rt|France}} 
|score = 0–1
|report = [https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2012/10/12/world/friendlies/france/japan/1395145/ Summary]
|team2 = {{fb|Japan}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 = [[Makoto Hasebe|Hasebe]] {{yel|34}}<br />[[Shinji Kagawa|Kagawa]] {{goal|88}}
|stadium = [[Stade de France]]
|location = {{flagicon|France}} [[Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis|Saint-Denis]], [[France]]
|attendance = 55,000
|referee = William Collum ([[Scottish Football Association|Scotland]])
}}
{{football box collapsible
|date =16 October 2012
|round = [[Exhibition game|International Friendly]] 
|time = 21:10 [[Japan Standard Time|JST]] ([[UTC+09:00|UTC+9]])
|team1 = {{fb-rt|Japan}} 
|score = 0–4
|report = [https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2012/10/16/world/friendlies/japan/brazil/1278059/ Summary]
|team2 = {{fb|BRA}}
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = [[José Paulo Bezerra Maciel Júnior|Paulinho]] {{goal|12}} <br /> [[Neymar]] {{goal|25|pen.|48}} <br /> [[Kaká]] {{goal|76}}
|stadium = [[Stadion Miejski (Wrocław)|Municipal Stadium]]
|location = {{flagicon|Poland}} [[Wrocław]], [[Poland]]
|attendance = 
|referee = [[Marcin Borski]] ([[Polish Football Association|Poland]])
}}
{{football box collapsible
|date = 14 November 2012
|round = [[2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC fourth round|2014 World Cup Qualifier]]
|time =  20:30 [[Japan Standard Time|JST]] ([[UTC+09:00|UTC+9]])
|team1 = {{fb-rt|OMA}}
|score = 1–2
|report = [https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2012/11/14/asia/wc-qualifying-asia/oman/japan/1269306/ Summary]
|team2 = {{fb|JPN}}
|goals1 = [[Ahmed Mubarak Al Mahaijri|Ahmed Mubarak]] {{goal|77}}
|goals2 = [[Hiroshi Kiyotake|Kiyotake]] {{goal|20}} <br /> [[Shinji Okazaki|Okazaki]] {{goal|89}}
|stadium = [[Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex]]
|location = {{flagicon|Oman}} [[Muscat, Oman|Muscat]] [[Oman]]
|attendance = 
|referee = [[Abdullah Balideh]] ([[Qatar Football Association|Qatar]])
}}

===Players statistics===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;"
|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===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align: center;"
|-
!width=60|Place
!width=60|Position
!width=150|Name
!width=80|Friendlies
!width=80|Kirin Cup
!width=80|WC Qualifying
!width=80|'''Total'''
|-
|rowspan="2"|1 || MF || [[Keisuke Honda]] || 0 || 0 || 4 || 4
|-
|| FW || [[Ryoichi Maeda]] || 0 || 1 || 3 || 4
|-
|rowspan="3"|3 || MF || [[Shinji Kagawa]] || 0 || 1 || 1 || 2
|-
|| DF || [[Yuzo Kurihara]] || 0 || 0 || 2 || 2
|-
|| FW || [[Shinji Okazaki]] || 0 || 0 || 2 || 2
|-
|rowspan="6"|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
|-
|colspan="2"|
|'''TOTALS'''
|1 || 6 || 13 || '''20'''
|}

==National team (Women)==
===Results===
{{football box collapsible
|date=2012.02.29
|team1=[[Japan women's national football team|Japan]]
|score=2–1
|report=
|team2=[[Norway women's national football team|Norway]]
|goals1=[[Yuki Nagasato|Nagasato]] {{goal|?|}}<br />[[Nahomi Kawasumi|Kawasumi]] {{goal|?|}}
|goals2=[[?]] {{goal|?|}}
|location=[[Portugal]]
|stadium=
|attendance=
|result=W
}}
{{football box collapsible
|date=2012.03.02
|team1=[[Japan women's national football team|Japan]]
|score=2–0
|report=
|team2=[[Denmark women's national football team|Denmark]]
|goals1=[[Yuika Sugasawa|Sugasawa]] {{goal|?|}}<br />[[Shinobu Ono|Ono]] {{goal|?|}}
|goals2=
|location=[[Portugal]]
|stadium=
|attendance=
|result=W
}}
{{football box collapsible
|date=2012.03.05
|team1=[[Japan women's national football team|Japan]]
|score=1–0
|report=
|team2=[[United States women's national soccer team|United States]]
|goals1=[[Megumi Takase|Takase]] {{goal|?|}}
|goals2=
|location=[[Portugal]]
|stadium=
|attendance=
|result=W
}}
{{football box collapsible
|date=2012.03.07
|team1=[[Japan women's national football team|Japan]]
|score=3–4
|report=
|team2=[[Germany women's national football team|Germany]]
|goals1=[[Nahomi Kawasumi|Kawasumi]] {{goal|?|}}<br />[[Asuna Tanaka|Tanaka]] {{goal|?|}}<br />[[Yuki Nagasato|Nagasato]] {{goal|?|}}
|goals2=[[?]] {{goal|?|}}<br />[[?]] {{goal|?|}}<br />[[?]] {{goal|?|}}<br />[[?]] {{goal|?|}}
|location=[[Portugal]]
|stadium=
|attendance=
|result=L
}}
{{football box collapsible
|date=2012.04.01
|team1=[[Japan women's national football team|Japan]]
|score=1–1
|report=
|team2=[[United States women's national soccer team|United States]]
|goals1=[[Yukari Kinga|Kinga]] {{goal|?|}}
|goals2=[[?]] {{goal|?|}}
|location=[[Miyagi Prefecture|Miyagi]], [[Japan]]
|stadium=[[Yurtec Stadium Sendai|Sendai Stadium]]
|attendance=
|result=D
}}
{{football box collapsible
|date=2012.04.05
|team1=[[Japan women's national football team|Japan]]
|score=4–1
|report=
|team2=[[Brazil women's national football team|Brazil]]
|goals1={{goal|?|o.g.}}<br />[[Yuki Nagasato|Nagasato]] {{goal|?|}}<br />[[Aya Miyama|Miyama]] {{goal|?|}}<br />[[Yuika Sugasawa|Sugasawa]] {{goal|?|}}
|goals2=[[?]] {{goal|?|}}
|location=[[Hyogo Prefecture|Hyogo]], [[Japan]]
|stadium=[[Noevir Stadium Kobe|Kobe Wing Stadium]]
|attendance=
|result=W
}}
{{football box collapsible
|date=2012.06.18
|team1=[[Japan women's national football team|Japan]]
|score=1–4
|report=
|team2=[[United States women's national soccer team|United States]]
|goals1=[[Yuki Nagasato|Nagasato]] {{goal|?|}}
|goals2=[[?]] {{goal|?|}}<br />[[?]] {{goal|?|}}<br />[[?]] {{goal|?|}}<br />[[?]] {{goal|?|}}
|location=[[Sweden]]
|stadium=
|attendance=
|result=L
}}
{{football box collapsible
|date=2012.06.20
|team1=[[Japan women's national football team|Japan]]
|score=1–0
|report=
|team2=[[Sweden women's national football team|Sweden]]
|goals1=[[Yuki Nagasato|Nagasato]] {{goal|?|}}
|goals2=
|location=[[Sweden]]
|stadium=
|attendance=
|result=W
}}
{{football box collapsible
|date=2012.07.11
|team1=[[Japan women's national football team|Japan]]
|score=3–0
|report=
|team2=[[Australia women's national soccer team|Australia]]
|goals1=[[Aya Miyama|Miyama]] {{goal|?|}}<br />[[Yuki Nagasato|Ogimi]] {{goal|?|}}<br />[[Homare Sawa|Sawa]] {{goal|?|}}
|goals2=
|location=[[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]
|stadium=[[National Stadium (Tokyo)|National Stadium]]
|attendance=
|result=W
}}
{{football box collapsible
|date=2012.07.19
|team1=[[Japan women's national football team|Japan]]
|score=0–2
|report=
|team2=[[France women's national football team|France]]
|goals1=
|goals2=[[?]] {{goal|?|}}<br />[[?]] {{goal|?|}}
|location=[[France]]
|stadium=
|attendance=
|result=L
}}
{{football box collapsible
|date=2012.07.25
|team1=[[Japan women's national football team|Japan]]
|score=2–1
|report=
|team2=[[Canada women's national soccer team|Canada]]
|goals1=[[Nahomi Kawasumi|Kawasumi]] {{goal|?|}}<br />[[Aya Miyama|Miyama]] {{goal|?|}}
|goals2=[[?]] {{goal|?|}}
|location=[[England]]
|stadium=
|attendance=
|result=W
}}
{{football box collapsible
|date=2012.07.28
|team1=[[Japan women's national football team|Japan]]
|score=0–0
|report=
|team2=[[Sweden women's national football team|Sweden]]
|goals1=
|goals2=
|location=[[England]]
|stadium=
|attendance=
|result=D
}}
{{football box collapsible
|date=2012.07.31
|team1=[[Japan women's national football team|Japan]]
|score=0–0
|report=
|team2=[[South Africa women's national football team|South Africa]]
|goals1=
|goals2=
|location=[[Wales]]
|stadium=
|attendance=
|result=D
}}
{{football box collapsible
|date=2012.08.03
|team1=[[Japan women's national football team|Japan]]
|score=2–0
|report=
|team2=[[Brazil women's national football team|Brazil]]
|goals1=[[Yuki Nagasato|Ogimi]] {{goal|?|}}<br />[[Shinobu Ono|Ono]] {{goal|?|}}
|goals2=
|location=[[Wales]]
|stadium=
|attendance=
|result=W
}}
{{football box collapsible
|date=2012.08.06
|team1=[[Japan women's national football team|Japan]]
|score=2–1
|report=
|team2=[[France women's national football team|France]]
|goals1=[[Yuki Nagasato|Ogimi]] {{goal|?|}}<br />[[Mizuho Sakaguchi|Sakaguchi]] {{goal|?|}}
|goals2=[[?]] {{goal|?|}}
|location=[[England]]
|stadium=
|attendance=
|result=W
}}
{{football box collapsible
|date=2012.08.09
|team1=[[Japan women's national football team|Japan]]
|score=1–2
|report=
|team2=[[United States women's national soccer team|United States]]
|goals1=[[Yuki Nagasato|Ogimi]] {{goal|?|}}
|goals2=[[?]] {{goal|?|}}<br />[[?]] {{goal|?|}}
|location=[[England]]
|stadium=
|attendance=
|result=L
}}

===Players statistics===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;"
|Player||-2011||02.29||03.02||03.05||03.07||04.01||04.05||06.18||06.20||07.11||07.19||07.25||07.28||07.31||08.03||08.06||08.09||2012||Total
|-
|[[Homare Sawa]]||177(80)||O||-||-||-||-||-||O||O||O(1)||O||O||O||-||O||O||O||10(1)||187(81)
|-
|[[Aya Miyama]]||104(26)||O||O||O||O||O||O(1)||O||O||O(1)||O||O(1)||O||O||O||O||O||16(3)||120(29)
|-
|[[Shinobu Ono]]||97(36)||O||O(1)||O||O||O||O||O||O||O||O||O||O||-||O(1)||O||O||15(2)||112(38)
|-
|[[Kozue Ando]]||97(17)||-||-||O||O||O||O||O||O||O||O||O||O||O||O||O||-||13(0)||110(17)
|-
|[[Yuki Nagasato|Yuki Ogimi]]||75(32)||O(1)||O||O||O(1)||O||O(1)||O(1)||O(1)||O(1)||O||O||O||O||O(1)||O(1)||O(1)||16(9)||91(41)
|-
|[[Azusa Iwashimizu]]||74(8)||-||O||O||O||-||-||-||-||O||O||O||O||O||O||O||O||11(0)||85(8)
|-
|[[Yukari Kinga]]||72(4)||O||O||O||O||O(1)||O||O||-||O||O||O||O||O||O||O||O||15(1)||87(5)
|-
|[[Kyoko Yano]]||69(1)||-||-||-||-||O||O||O||-||O||-||-||-||O||-||-||-||5(0)||74(1)
|-
|[[Karina Maruyama]]||68(14)||-||-||-||-||-||-||O||O||O||-||-||-||O||-||-||O||5(0)||73(14)
|-
|[[Miho Fukumoto]]||56(0)||-||O||O||-||-||O||-||O||O||O||O||O||-||O||O||O||11(0)||67(0)
|-
|[[Mizuho Sakaguchi]]||47(16)||O||-||O||O||O||-||O||O||O||O||O||O||O||O||O(1)||O||14(1)||61(17)
|-
|[[Rumi Utsugi]]||47(5)||O||O||O||O||O||O||O||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||7(0)||54(5)
|-
|[[Aya Sameshima]]||38(2)||O||-||O||O||O||O||O||O||O||O||O||O||-||O||O||O||14(0)||52(2)
|-
|[[Saki Kumagai]]||33(0)||O||O||O||O||O||O||O||O||O||O||O||O||O||O||O||O||16(0)||49(0)
|-
|[[Ayumi Kaihori]]||27(0)||O||-||-||O||O||-||O||-||O||O||-||-||O||-||-||-||7(0)||34(0)
|-
|[[Nahomi Kawasumi]]||23(6)||O(1)||O||O||O(1)||O||O||O||O||O||O||O(1)||O||O||O||O||O||16(3)||39(9)
|-
|[[Megumi Takase]]||19(4)||O||O||O(1)||O||-||O||O||O||O||-||-||-||O||O||-||-||10(1)||29(5)
|-
|[[Megumi Kamionobe]]||17(2)||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||O||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||1(0)||18(2)
|-
|[[Mana Iwabuchi]]||11(2)||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||O||-||O||O||-||-||O||4(0)||15(2)
|-
|[[Kanako Ito (footballer)|Kanako Ito]]||10(3)||O||O||O||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||3(0)||13(3)
|-
|[[Manami Nakano]]||10(2)||-||-||-||-||-||O||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||1(0)||11(2)
|-
|[[Asuna Tanaka]]||6(2)||O||O||O||O(1)||O||O||O||O||O||-||-||O||O||-||O||O||13(1)||19(3)
|-
|[[Yuika Sugasawa]]||6(0)||-||O(1)||O||-||O||O(1)||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||4(2)||10(2)
|-
|[[Nanase Kiryu]]||3(0)||-||O||-||O||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||2(0)||5(0)
|-
|[[Kana Osafune]]||3(0)||-||-||-||-||-||O||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||1(0)||4(0)
|-
|[[Saori Ariyoshi]]||0(0)||O||O||-||O||O||-||-||O||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||5(0)||5(0)
|-
|[[Mai Kyokawa]]||0(0)||O||O||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||2(0)||2(0)
|-
|[[Yumi Uetsuji]]||0(0)||-||-||-||-||-||O||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||1(0)||1(0)
|-
|[[Ami Otaki]]||0(0)||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||O||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||1(0)||1(0)
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==

{{Japanese football seasons}}
{{2012 in Japanese football}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:2012 In Japanese Football}}
[[Category:2012 in Japanese football| ]]
[[Category:Seasons in Japanese football]]