2012 in Japanese football

2012 season
2012 season
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Japanese football in 2012

Domestic leagues

Promotion and relegation

Teams relegated from J.League Division 1

Teams promoted to J.League Division 1

Sagan Tosu
F.C. Tokyo
Consadole Sapporo

Teams relegated from J.League Division 2

No relegation to the Japan Football League

Teams promoted to J.League Division 2

Matsumoto Yamaga F.C.
F.C. Machida Zelvia

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Ventforet Kofu (C, P)	42	24	14	4	63	35	+28	86	Promotion to 2013 J.League Division 1
2	Shonan Bellmare (P)	42	20	15	7	66	43	+23	75	Promotion to 2013 J.League Division 1
3	Kyoto Sanga	42	23	5	14	61	45	+16	74	Qualification for promotion playoffs
4	Yokohama FC	42	22	7	13	62	45	+17	73
5	JEF United Chiba	42	21	9	12	61	33	+28	72
6	Oita Trinita (O, P)	42	21	8	13	59	40	+19	71
7	Tokyo Verdy	42	20	6	16	65	46	+19	66
8	Fagiano Okayama	42	17	14	11	41	34	+7	65
9	Giravanz Kitakyushu	42	19	7	16	53	47	+6	64
10	Montedio Yamagata	42	16	13	13	51	49	+2	61
11	Tochigi SC	42	17	9	16	50	49	+1	60
12	Matsumoto Yamaga	42	15	14	13	46	43	+3	59
13	Mito HollyHock	42	15	11	16	47	49	−2	56
14	Roasso Kumamoto	42	15	10	17	40	48	−8	55
15	Tokushima Vortis	42	13	12	17	45	49	−4	51
16	Ehime FC	42	12	14	16	47	46	+1	50
17	Thespa Kusatsu	42	12	11	19	31	45	−14	47
18	Avispa Fukuoka	42	9	14	19	53	68	−15	41
19	Kataller Toyama	42	9	11	22	38	59	−21	38
20	Gainare Tottori	42	11	5	26	33	78	−45	38
21	FC Gifu	42	7	14	21	27	55	−28	35
22	Machida Zelvia (R)	42	7	11	24	34	67	−33	32	Relegation to 2013 Japan Football League^[a]

Updated to match(es) played on 11 November 2012. Source: J.League Division 2
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal differential; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head results; 5th disciplinary points; 6th draw. If two clubs are tied for first place, both clubs will be declared champions.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

J.League Associate Membership) JFL team finished above second place and playoff will be played only if a eligible JFL team finished in second place(See the corresponding section for further details). As only 2012 Japan Football League Champion V-Varen Nagasaki has the Associate Membership among the top 2 teams. Machida Zelvia was relegated immediately but no relegation/playoff was taken place for FC Gifu
which finished 21st.

Japan Football League

Main article: 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.
Regional League promotion series
third place.

Pos Team
v
t
e
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation

1 V-Varen Nagasaki^[a] (C, P) 32 20 7 5 57 24 +33 67 Promotion to 2013 J.League Division 2

2 Nagano Parceiro 32 17 7 8 57 34 +23 58

3 Sagawa Shiga (R) 32 16 9 7 61 37 +24 57 Withdrawn^[b]

4 Kamatamare Sanuki 32 15 8 9 49 29 +20 53

5 Honda FC 32 16 5 11 55 39 +16 53

6 YSCC Yokohama 32 15 4 13 58 50 +8 49

7 SP Kyoto 32 12 9 11 43 43 0 45

8
MIO Biwako Shiga
32 11 10 11 53 52 +1 43

9 FC Ryukyu 32 12 7 13 58 62 −4 43

10
Yokogawa Musashino
32 11 8 13 35 50 −15 41

11 Fujieda MYFC 32 11 7 14 39 48 −9 40

12 Sony Sendai 32 9 12 11 27 29 −2 39

13 Blaublitz Akita 32 9 10 13 33 41 −8 37

14 Zweigen Kanazawa 32 8 12 12 33 41 −8 36

15 Hoyo Oita 32 9 8 15 40 57 −17 35

16
Honda Lock
32 7 7 18 28 56 −28 28

17
Tochigi Uva
32 4 10 18 36 70 −34 22 Qualification for pro/rel playoffs
Updated to match(es) played on 18 November 2012. Source: Japan Football League
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal differential; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head results; 5th disciplinary points; 6th draw.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ V-Varen Nagasaki topped the table at the end of the 17th round and thus were awarded JFL seed for 2012 Emperor's Cup.^[1]

^ On 21 October Sagawa Express Co., the owner and operator of Sagawa Shiga FC, have announced that after the season the club will withdraw from JFL and cease its operations.^[2]

Japanese Regional Leagues

Main article: 2012 Japanese Regional Leagues

Kantō champions
Tochigi Uva
but lost.

Domestic cups

Emperor's Cup

Main article: 2012 Emperor's Cup

1 January 2013
14:05
Gamba Osaka 0–1 Kashiwa Reysol
Watanabe 35'
Shinjuku, Tokyo
Attendance: 46,480
Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida

J. League Cup

Main article:
2012 J. League Cup

3 November 2012
13:05 JST (UTC+9)
Shimizu S-Pulse 1–2 (a.e.t.) Kashima Antlers
Omae 77' (pen.) Report Shibasaki 73' (pen.), 93'
Masaaki Iemoto

Japanese Super Cup

Main article: 2012 Japanese Super Cup

3 March 2012
13:35 JST (UTC+9)
Kashiwa Reysol 2–1 FC Tokyo

Leandro 45' (pen.
) Report 64'
Aria

National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo
Attendance: 35,453^[3]
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

International club competitions

Suruga Bank Championship

Main article: 2012 Suruga Bank Championship

1 August 2012
19:00 JST (UTC+9)
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
Castro

Australia
)

FIFA Club World Cup

Main article: 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 article:
Japan national football team in 2012

Japan v Iceland
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:
Australia
)

Japan v Uzbekistan
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)

Japan v Azerbaijan
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:
Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore
)

Japan v Oman
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:
Uzbekistan
)

Japan v Jordan
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)

Australia v Japan
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:
Saudi Arabia
)

Japan v Venezuela
15 August 2012
Hokkaidō, Japan
19:30 JST (UTC+9) Endō 15' Summary Miku 62' Stadium: Sapporo Dome
Attendance: 39,396
Referee: Min-Hu Lee (Korea Republic)

Japan v United Arab Emirates
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
)

Japan v Iraq
11 September 2012 2014 World Cup Qualifier Japan 1–0 Iraq Saitama, Japan
19:34 JST (UTC+9) Maeda 25' Report Stadium:
Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore
)

France v Japan
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)

Japan v Brazil
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
)

Oman v Japan
14 November 2012
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

National team (Women)

Results

Japan v Norway
2012.02.29 Japan 2–1 Norway Portugal

Nagasato ?'
Kawasumi
?' ? ?'

Japan v Denmark
2012.03.02 Japan 2–0 Denmark Portugal

Ono
?'

Japan v United States
2012.03.05 Japan 1–0 United States Portugal
Takase ?'

Japan v Germany
2012.03.07 Japan 3–4 Germany Portugal

Nagasato
?' ? ?'
? ?'
? ?'
? ?'

Japan v United States
2012.04.01 Japan 1–1 United States Miyagi, Japan
Kinga ?' ? ?' Stadium: Sendai Stadium

Japan v Brazil
2012.04.05
Hyogo, Japan
?' (
Nagasato ?'
Miyama ?'
Sugasawa
?' ? ?' Stadium: Kobe Wing Stadium

Japan v United States
2012.06.18 Japan 1–4 United States Sweden

Nagasato
?' ? ?'
? ?'
? ?'
? ?'

Japan v Sweden
2012.06.20 Japan 1–0 Sweden Sweden

Nagasato
?'

Japan v Australia
2012.07.11 Japan 3–0 Australia Tokyo, Japan

Ogimi ?'
Sawa
?' Stadium: National Stadium

Japan v France
2012.07.19 Japan 0–2 France France
? ?'
? ?'

Japan v Canada
2012.07.25 Japan 2–1 Canada England
Kawasumi ?'
Miyama ?' ? ?'

Japan v Sweden
2012.07.28 Japan 0–0 Sweden England

South Africa

2012.07.31
South Africa
Wales

Japan v Brazil
2012.08.03 Japan 2–0 Brazil Wales

Ono
?'

Japan v France
2012.08.06 Japan 2–1 France England

Ogimi ?'
Sakaguchi
?' ? ?'

Japan v United States
2012.08.09 Japan 1–2 United States England

Ogimi
?' ? ?'
? ?'

Players statistics

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 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 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

^ "第92回天皇杯ＪＦＬシードはＶ･ファーレン長崎に決定！" [V-Varen Nagasaki as the JFL-seeded for the 92nd Emperor's Cup]. Japan Football League. 2012-06-24. Retrieved 2012-06-24.

^ "SAGAWA SHIGA FC 活動停止に関するお知らせ" [Note on cessation of activity of Sagawa Shiga FC] (in Japanese). Sagawa Express Co. 2012-10-22. Archived from the original on 2012-10-23. Retrieved 2012-10-22.

^ http://www.j-league.or.jp/SS/eng/other/201250300101101_W0201_E.html ^{[dead link]}

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Mito HollyHock

Tochigi SC

Thespa Kusatsu

JEF United Chiba

Tokyo Verdy

FC Machida Zelvia

Yokohama FC

Shonan Bellmare

Ventforet Kofu

Matsumoto Yamaga FC

Kataller Toyama

FC Gifu

Kyoto Sanga FC

Gainare Tottori

Fagiano Okayama

Tokushima Vortis

Ehime FC

Avispa Fukuoka

Giravanz Kitakyushu

Roasso Kumamoto

Oita Trinita

Winter transfers

Summer transfers

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[table_note_res_CL0.70979870469766-1] The winners of the 2012 Emperor's Cup qualified for the group stage of the 2013 AFC Champions League.

[table_note_res_REL0.25714885921085-2] J.League Associate Membership) JFL team finished above second place and playoff will be played only if a eligible JFL team finished in second place(See the corresponding section for further details). As only 2012 Japan Football League Champion V-Varen Nagasaki has the Associate Membership among the top 2 teams. Machida Zelvia was relegated immediately but no relegation/playoff was taken place for FC Gifu
which finished 21st.

[table_note_VVN0.48526460420585-4] V-Varen Nagasaki topped the table at the end of the 17th round and thus were awarded JFL seed for 2012 Emperor's Cup.^[1]

[table_note_res_W0.48526460420585-6] On 21 October Sagawa Express Co., the owner and operator of Sagawa Shiga FC, have announced that after the season the club will withdraw from JFL and cease its operations.^[2]

[3] "第92回天皇杯ＪＦＬシードはＶ･ファーレン長崎に決定！" [V-Varen Nagasaki as the JFL-seeded for the 92nd Emperor's Cup]. Japan Football League. 2012-06-24. Retrieved 2012-06-24.

[5] "SAGAWA SHIGA FC 活動停止に関するお知らせ" [Note on cessation of activity of Sagawa Shiga FC] (in Japanese). Sagawa Express Co. 2012-10-22. Archived from the original on 2012-10-23. Retrieved 2012-10-22.

[7] ttp://www.j-league.or.jp/SS/eng/other/201250300101101_W0201_E.html ^{[dead link]}

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