2012 Cerezo Osaka season

Cerezo Osaka
2012 season
Manager	Sérgio Soares
Home colours	Away colours
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The 2012 Cerezo Osaka season is

J.League Division 1 and 40th overall in the Japanese top flight. It also includes the 2012 J.League Cup and the 2011 Emperor's Cup. 2012 is Sérgio Soares's first season at Cerezo after Levir Culpi

left at the end of last season.

Players

Current squad

As of December 18, 2010 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	JPN	Kenya Matsui
2	DF	JPN	Takahiro Ogihara
3	DF	JPN	Teruyuki Moniwa
4	DF	JPN	Kota Fujimoto
6	MF	JPN	Hotaru Yamaguchi
8	FW	JPN	Hiroshi Kiyotake
9	FW	BRA	Kempes
11	FW	JPN	Ryūji Bando
13	MF	JPN	Yoichiro Kakitani
14	MF	JPN	Yusuke Maruhashi
16	MF	KOR	Kim Bo-Kyung
17	MF	JPN	Noriyuki Sakemoto
19	FW	JPN	Ryo Nagai
20	MF	JPN	Daisuke Takahashi


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	GK	KOR	Kim Jin-Hyeon
24	DF	PRK	Kim Song-Gi
25	MF	JPN	Masato Kurogi
26	MF	JPN	Kazuya Murata
27	GK	JPN	Kazuki Abe
30	GK	JPN	Kenjiro Ogino
31	FW	JPN	Kenyu Sugimoto
-	DF	JPN	Tatsuya Yamashita
-	DF	JPN	Tomonobu Yokoyama
-	DF	JPN	Arata Komada
-	MF	JPN	Tetsuya Funatsu
-	MF	JPN	Takamitsu Yoshino
-	MF	JPN	Shota Inoue

2011 season transfers

In Winter Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
-	DF	JPN	Consadole Sapporo )
-	DF	JPN	Tomonobu Yokoyama (Transferred from Kawasaki Frontale)
-	DF	JPN	Arata Komada (Transferred from Shimizu S-Pulse)
-	MF	JPN	Tetsuya Funatsu (Loan from Kataller Toyoma)
-	MF	JPN	Yoichiro Kakitani (Loan Return from Tokushima Vortis)
-	MF	JPN	Takamitsu Yoshino (Drafted from Kokushikan University)
-	MF	JPN	Shota Inoue (Free agent)
9	FW	BRA	Kempes (Loan from Portuguesa )

Out Winter Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
5	MF	JPN	JEF United Ichihara Chiba )
7	MF	JPN	Yohei Otake (Loan return to FC Tokyo)
9	MF	BRA	Fabio Lopes (Loan return to Icasa )
10	MF	BRA	Martinez (Contract Not Renewed)
15	FW	JPN	Rui Komatsu (Transferred to Kawasaki Frontale)
22	DF	JPN	Taikai Uemoto (Transferred to Vegalta Sendei)
23	MF	JPN	Shu Kurata (Loan return to Gamba Osaka)
28	MF	JPN	Naoto Noguchi (Loan to Oita Trinita)
29	DF	JPN	Ryosuke Tada (Loan to Oita Trinita)
32	DF	JPN	Hiroyuki Omata (Transferred to Avispa Fukuoka)
33	DF	JPN	Yutaro Takahashi (Transferred to Roassa Kumamoto)

Competitions

J.League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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^[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]
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:

^ ^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	Best Amenity Stadium
Saturday 14:05		Report		Attendance: 11,283^[1] Referee: Inoue

17 March 2012 2	Osaka Nagai Stadium
Saturday 14:04	Branquinho 19' Kempes 90+4'	Report	27' Paulinho	Attendance: 30,764 Referee: Yoshida

24 March 2012 3	Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
Saturday 14:04		Report	75' Kim	Attendance: 14,777 Referee: Matsuo

31 March 2012 4	KINCHO Stadium
Saturday 15:04	Bando 85'	Report	34' Wilson 51' Akamine	Attendance: 9,598 Referee: Murakami

7 April 2012 5	Omiya Ardija	0 – 3	Cerezo Osaka	NACK5 Stadium Omiya
17:00	Shimohira 9' Watabe 52'	Report	Kim Bo-Kyung 55', 67' 58' Takahashi 60'	Attendance: 8,180 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

14 April 2012 6	KINCHO Stadium
20:00	Ogihara 39'	Report	Bruno Lopes 33' Murakami 44' Ishikawa 56' Yano 86' 90+4'	Attendance: 9,154 Referee: Minoru Tojo

21 April 2012 7	Kashima Antlers	3 – 2	Cerezo Osaka	Kashima Soccer Stadium
16:00	Dutra 57' 88' Koroki 62' Endo 85'	Report	Kim Bo-Kyung 20', 44' 72' Yamaguchi 36' Ogihara 41' Moniwa 82' Kurogi 89'	Attendance: 12,110 Referee: Hajime Matsuro

28 April 2012 8	KINCHO Stadium
20:00	Kim Bo-Kyung 83'	Report	Cho Byung-Kuk 75' 90+2'	Attendance: 12,183 Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

3 May 2012 9	Consadole Sapporo	1 – 0	Cerezo Osaka	Sapporo Dome
15:00	Kondo 25' Kawai 28' Miyazawa 78' Kushibiki 88'	Report	Sakemoto 15' Branquinho 39' Fujimoto 44' Ogihara 76'	Attendance: 9,596 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

Cerezo Osaka v Vissel Kobe

6 May 2012 10	KINCHO Stadium
14:00	Kim Bo-Kyung 40' (pen. )	Report	Lee Kwang-Seon 5' Yoshida 35' (pen.) Soma 39' Kitamoto 61' Nozawa 69'	Attendance: 16,446 Referee: Kenji Ogiya

12 May 2012 11	Outsourcing Stadium Nihondaira
16:30	Iwashita 74' Brosque 90+6'	Report	Kakitani 15' Kurogi 69'	Attendance: 15,891 Referee: Jumpei IIda

19 May 2012 12	KINCHO Stadium
20:00	Kempes 36' Fujimoto 85' Ogihara 90+3'	Report	Tanaka 66'	Attendance: 19,643 Referee: Yuchi Nishimura

25 May 2012 13	Nagoya Grampus	0 – 1	Cerezo Osaka	Toyota Stadium
20:30	Kennedy 44'	Report	Kempes 49' 80' Kurogi 52'	Attendance: 16,657 Referee: Minoru Tojo

16 June 2012 14	KINCHO Stadium
20:00	Kempes 78'	Report	Takahagi 8' Satō 64' Aoyama 71' Ishihara 76', 90'	Attendance: 11,538 Referee: Futoshi Nakamura

23 June 2012 15	FC Tokyo	2 – 0	Cerezo Osaka	Ajinomoto Stadium
19:00	Hasegawa 60' Lucas Severino 76'	Report		Attendance: 22,685 Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama

30 June 2012 16	KINCHO Stadium
20:00	Kakitani 90+1'	Report	Suzuki 20' Márcio Richardes 80' Kato 83' Despotović 89'	Attendance: 36,723 Referee: Masaaki Iemoto

7 July 2012 17	International Stadium Yokohama
20:00	Tomisawa 31' Kobayashi 87'	Report	Ogihara 28' Kakitani 80' Sakemoto 89'	Attendance: 9,751 Referee: Tomohiro Inoue

14 July 2012 18	KINCHO Stadium
20:00	Kempes 42' Fujimoto 56' Yamaguchi 86' Ogihara 90+1'	Report	Ogasawara 38' Koroki 45'	Attendance: 26,534 Referee: Ryuji Sato

28 July 2012 19	Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium
20:00	Kudo 28', 41', 50' Sawa 68'	Report	Fujimoto 21' Kakitani 35' Bando 39' Funatsu 73'	Attendance: 11,844 Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

4 August 2012 20	KINCHO Stadium
20:00	Kempes 68', 90'	Report	Nara 31' Hidaka 88'	Attendance: 8,226 Referee: Futoshi Nakamura

11 August 2012 21	Osaka Expo '70 Stadium
20:00	Sato 53', 62'	Report	Kempes 13' Edamura 28', 50' Fábio Simplício 38' Sakemoto 45' Yokoyama 82'	Attendance: 18,578 Referee: Tomoya Maeda

18 August 2012 22	Júbilo Iwata	4 – 3	Cerezo Osaka	Yamaha Stadium
20:00	Fujita 9' Suganuma 16' 77' Maeda 82', 85'	Report	Kempes 68' Moniwa 87'	Attendance: 10,939 Referee: Jumpei Iida

25 August 2012 23	KINCHO Stadium
20:00	Yamaguchi 62' 65' Maruhashi 75' Kakitani 77'	Report	Dutra 8'	Attendance: 14,336 Referee: Minoru Tojo

1 September 2012 24	Tohoku Electric Power Big Swan Stadium
20:00	Michael 62'	Summary	Kakitani 81'	Attendance: 24,601 Referee: Futoshi Nakamura

15 September 2012 25	KINCHO Stadium
20:15	Heberty 90'	Summary	Taguchi 38' Kennedy 51' 68' Nagai 54'	Attendance: 24,544 Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida

22 September 2012 26	KINCHO Stadium
19:00	Kempes 20' 50' Kakitani 45+2' Fábio Simplício 88'	Summary	Kim Hyun-Sung 45' Muramatsu 47' Brosque 70'	Attendance: 15,302 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

29 September 2012 27	Home's Stadium Kobe
15:00 JST	Lee Kwang-Seon 33'	Summary	Heberty 13' Fábio Simplício 22', 73' Maruhashi 60' Edamura 81' Bando 90+5'	Attendance: 12,868 Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama

6 October 2012 28	KINCHO Stadium
14:00	Kim Jin-Hyeon 89'	Summary	Kim Min-Woo 20' Fujita 63' Toyoda 70'	Attendance: 10,013 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

20 October 2012 29	KINCHO Stadium
19:00	Maruhashi 50'	Summary	Hasegawa 54' 90+3' Yonemoto 70' Vučićević 74'	Attendance: 14,268 Referee: Tomoya Maeda

27 October 2012 30	Urawa Red Diamonds	–	Cerezo Osaka	Saitama Stadium 2002
				Referee:

7 November 2012 31	Vegalta Sendai	–	Cerezo Osaka	Yurtec Stadium Sendai
				Referee:

17 November 2012 32	KINCHO Stadium
				Referee:

24 November 2012 33	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	–	Cerezo Osaka	Hiroshima Big Arch
				Referee:

1 December 2012 34	KINCHO Stadium
				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
Júbilo 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	Yamaha Stadium
Tuesday 19:04	Matsuura 59' Maeda 88'	Report	38' Branquinho	Attendance: 8,036 Referee: Kimura

18 April 2012 Group A	Urawa Red Diamonds	1 – 4	Cerezo Osaka	Saitama Stadium 2002
20:30	Kojima 7' Yajima 42' Kashiwagi 85'	Report	Kiyotake 11' Fujimoto 45' Branquinho 49' Sakemoto 65' Bando 81' 83'	Attendance: 16,533 Referee: Ryuji Sato

16 May 2012 Group A	Kincho Stadium
20:00	Kim Bo-Kyung 90+5' (pen. )	Report	Satō 30' Aoyama 76' Moriwaki 90+4'	Attendance: 6,397 Referee: Takuto Okabe

6 June 2012 Group A	Kincho Stadium
20:00	Kempes 47' 59' Sakemoto 57' Kakitani 58', 86' Takahashi 81'	Report	Renatinho 68' 85'	Attendance: 6,855 Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

9 June 2012 Group A	Vegalta Sendai	1 – 0	Cerezo Osaka	Yurtec Stadium Sendai
17:00	Ryang Yong-Gi 63'	Report	Kempes 10'	Attendance: 8,638 Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

27 June 2012 Group A	Kincho Stadium
20:00	Kim Bo-Kyung 45+4' (pen.) Kakitani 46' 55', 71' Yamaguchi 83' Fujimoto 90'	Report	Noda 16' 30' Akahoshi 44'	Attendance: 7,280 Referee: Minoru Tojo

Quarter-final

25 July 2012 First leg	Kashima Antlers	2 – 1	Cerezo Osaka	Kashima
20:00	Iwamasa 22' Koroki 25' Nishi 62'	Report	Kakitani 33' Yoshino 83' Kurogi 90+4'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 6,203 Referee: Kevin Friend

8 August 2012 Second leg	Cerezo Osaka	0 – 3 (1 – 5 agg.)	Kashima Antlers	Osaka
20:00	Yoshino 71'	Report	Sergio Dutra Junior 28' Koroki 63' (pen.) Shibasaki 70' Ogasawara 76'	Stadium: Kincho Stadium Attendance: 9,555 Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami

Emperor's Cup

8 September 2012 Round 2	Cerezo Osaka	4 – 0	Nara Club	Osaka
13:00	Kempes 25' Yamaguchi 59' Sugimoto 83', 86'	Report		Stadium: Kincho Stadium Attendance: 3,123 Referee: Ryuji Sato

10 October 2012 Round 3	Cerezo Osaka	2 – 1	Montedio Yamagata	Osaka
19:00	Sugimoto 59' Fujimoto 89'	Report	Maeda 50'	Stadium: Kincho Stadium Attendance: 3,804 Referee: Masaaki Iemoto

References

^ http://www.j-league.or.jp/data/view.php?d=j1f&t=result&s=01&y=2012&l=E ^{[dead link]}

[table_note_res_CL0.35438887139521-1] The winners of the 2012 Emperor's Cup qualified for the group stage of the 2013 AFC Champions League.

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