2012 Cerezo Osaka season

Cerezo Osaka
2012 season
ManagerBrazil Sérgio Soares
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The 2012 Cerezo Osaka season is Cerezo Osaka's 3rd consecutive season, 14th season overall in 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; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Japan JPN Kenya Matsui
2 DF Japan JPN Takahiro Ogihara
3 DF Japan JPN Teruyuki Moniwa
4 DF Japan JPN Kota Fujimoto
6 MF Japan JPN Hotaru Yamaguchi
8 FW Japan JPN Hiroshi Kiyotake
9 FW Brazil BRA Kempes
11 FW Japan JPN Ryūji Bando
13 MF Japan JPN Yoichiro Kakitani
14 MF Japan JPN Yusuke Maruhashi
16 MF South Korea KOR Kim Bo-Kyung
17 MF Japan JPN Noriyuki Sakemoto
19 FW Japan JPN Ryo Nagai
20 MF Japan JPN Daisuke Takahashi
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 GK South Korea KOR Kim Jin-Hyeon
24 DF North Korea PRK Kim Song-Gi
25 MF Japan JPN Masato Kurogi
26 MF Japan JPN Kazuya Murata
27 GK Japan JPN Kazuki Abe
30 GK Japan JPN Kenjiro Ogino
31 FW Japan JPN Kenyu Sugimoto
- DF Japan JPN Tatsuya Yamashita
- DF Japan JPN Tomonobu Yokoyama
- DF Japan JPN Arata Komada
- MF Japan JPN Tetsuya Funatsu
- MF Japan JPN Takamitsu Yoshino
- MF Japan JPN Shota Inoue

2011 season transfers

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

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

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

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

Competitions

J.League

Main article: 2012 J.League Division 1

League table

Pos Team
 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
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:
  1. ^ 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 Sagan Tosu 0 – 0 Cerezo Osaka Best Amenity Stadium
Saturday 14:05 Report Attendance: 11,283[1]
Referee: Inoue
17 March 2012 2 Cerezo Osaka 2 – 1 Gamba Osaka Osaka Nagai Stadium
Saturday 14:04 Branquinho 19'
Kempes 90+4'		 Report 27' Paulinho Attendance: 30,764
Referee: Yoshida
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 Cerezo Osaka 1 – 2 Vegalta Sendai 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 Yellow card 9'
Watabe Yellow card 52'		 Report Kiyotake 53' (pen.)
Kim Bo-Kyung 55', 67' Yellow card 58'
Takahashi Yellow card 60'		 Attendance: 8,180
Referee: Japan Yuichi Nishimura
14 April 2012 6 Cerezo Osaka 0 – 1 Albirex Niigata KINCHO Stadium
20:00 Ogihara Yellow card 39' Report Kim Jin-Su Yellow card 26'
Michael Yellow card 29'
Bruno Lopes Yellow card 33'
Murakami Yellow card 44'
Ishikawa Yellow card 56'
Yano 86' Yellow card 90+4'		 Attendance: 9,154
Referee: Japan Minoru Tojo
21 April 2012 7 Kashima Antlers 3 – 2 Cerezo Osaka Kashima Soccer Stadium
16:00 Dutra 57' Yellow card 88'
Koroki 62'
Endo 85'		 Report Kim Bo-Kyung 20', 44' Yellow card 72'
Yamaguchi Yellow card 36'
Ogihara Yellow card 41'
Moniwa Yellow card 82'
Kurogi Yellow card 89'		 Attendance: 12,110
Referee: Japan Hajime Matsuro
28 April 2012 8 Cerezo Osaka 3 – 2 Júbilo Iwata KINCHO Stadium
20:00 Kiyotake 20'
Ogihara 47'
Kim Bo-Kyung 83'		 Report Yamada Yellow card 61' 87'
Cho Byung-Kuk Yellow card 75' 90+2'		 Attendance: 12,183
Referee: Japan Yoshiro Imamura
3 May 2012 9 Consadole Sapporo 1 – 0 Cerezo Osaka Sapporo Dome
15:00 Kondo 25'
Kawai Yellow card 28'
Miyazawa Yellow card 78'
Kushibiki Yellow card 88'		 Report Sakemoto Yellow card 15'
Branquinho Yellow card 39'
Fujimoto Yellow card 44'
Ogihara Yellow card 76'		 Attendance: 9,596
Referee: Japan Hiroyuki Kimura
6 May 2012 10 Cerezo Osaka 1 – 2 Vissel Kobe KINCHO Stadium
14:00 Maruhashi Yellow card 34'
Kim Bo-Kyung 40' (pen.)		 Report Lee Kwang-Seon Yellow card 5'
Yoshida 35' (pen.)
Soma Yellow card 39'
Kitamoto Yellow card 61'
Nozawa 69'		 Attendance: 16,446
Referee: Japan Kenji Ogiya
12 May 2012 11 Shimizu S-Pulse 1 – 1 Cerezo Osaka Outsourcing Stadium Nihondaira
16:30 Iwashita Yellow card 74'
Brosque 90+6'		 Report Kakitani 15'
Kurogi Yellow card 69'		 Attendance: 15,891
Referee: Japan Jumpei IIda
19 May 2012 12 Cerezo Osaka 1 – 2 Kashiwa Reysol KINCHO Stadium
20:00 Kempes 36'
Fujimoto Yellow card 85'
Ogihara Yellow card 90+3'		 Report Leandro Domingues 63'
Tanaka 66'		 Attendance: 19,643
Referee: Japan Yuchi Nishimura
25 May 2012 13 Nagoya Grampus 0 – 1 Cerezo Osaka Toyota Stadium
20:30 Kennedy Yellow card 44' Report Bando Yellow card 43' Yellow-red card 60'
Kempes 49' Yellow card 80'
Kurogi Yellow card 52'		 Attendance: 16,657
Referee: Japan Minoru Tojo
16 June 2012 14 Cerezo Osaka 1 – 4 Sanfrecce Hiroshima KINCHO Stadium
20:00 Kim Jin-Hyeon Yellow card 28'
Kakitani 40'
Yamaguchi Yellow card 49'
Kempes Yellow card 78'		 Report Takahagi 8'
Satō 64'
Aoyama Yellow card 71'
Ishihara 76', 90'		 Attendance: 11,538
Referee: Japan 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: Japan Hiroyoshi Takayama
30 June 2012 16 Cerezo Osaka 1 – 1 Urawa Red Diamonds KINCHO Stadium
20:00 Kakitani 90+1' Report Suzuki 20'
Márcio Richardes Yellow card 80'
Kato Yellow card 83'
Despotović Yellow card 89'		 Attendance: 36,723
Referee: Japan Masaaki Iemoto
7 July 2012 17 Yokohama F. Marinos 1 – 1 Cerezo Osaka International Stadium Yokohama
20:00 Tomisawa 31'
Kobayashi Yellow card 87'		 Report Ogihara Yellow card 28'
Kakitani 80'
Sakemoto Yellow card 89'		 Attendance: 9,751
Referee: Japan Tomohiro Inoue
14 July 2012 18 Cerezo Osaka 0 – 1 Kashima Antlers KINCHO Stadium
20:00 Kempes Yellow card 42'
Fujimoto Yellow card 56'
Yamaguchi Yellow card 86'
Ogihara Yellow card 90+1'		 Report Ogasawara 38'
Koroki Yellow card 45'		 Attendance: 26,534
Referee: Japan Ryuji Sato
28 July 2012 19 Kashiwa Reysol 4 – 1 Cerezo Osaka Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium
20:00 Kudo 28', 41', 50'
Sawa 68'		 Report Fujimoto Yellow card 21'
Kakitani Yellow card 35'
Bando 39'
Funatsu Yellow card 73'		 Attendance: 11,844
Referee: Japan Yoshiro Imamura
4 August 2012 20 Cerezo Osaka 4 – 0 Consadole Sapporo KINCHO Stadium
20:00 Murata 37'
Kurogi Yellow card 45+1'
Kakitani 54'
Maruhashi Yellow card 64'
Kempes 68', 90'		 Report Nara Yellow card 31'
Hidaka Yellow card 88'		 Attendance: 8,226
Referee: Japan Futoshi Nakamura
11 August 2012 21 Gamba Osaka 2 – 2 Cerezo Osaka Osaka Expo '70 Stadium
20:00 Sato 53', 62' Report Kempes Yellow card 13'
Edamura 28', 50'
Fábio Simplício Yellow card 38'
Sakemoto Yellow card 45'
Yokoyama Yellow card 82'		 Attendance: 18,578
Referee: Japan Tomoya Maeda
18 August 2012 22 Júbilo Iwata 4 – 3 Cerezo Osaka Yamaha Stadium
20:00 Fujita 9'
Suganuma 16' Yellow card 77'
Maeda 82', 85'		 Report Yamaguchi 13'
Ohgihara 26' Yellow card 63'
Edamura Yellow card 55'
Kempes 68'
Moniwa Yellow card 87'		 Attendance: 10,939
Referee: Japan Jumpei Iida
25 August 2012 23 Cerezo Osaka 2 – 0 Yokohama F. Marinos KINCHO Stadium
20:00 Yamaguchi Yellow card 62' 65'
Maruhashi Yellow card 75'
Kakitani 77'		 Report Dutra Yellow card 8' Attendance: 14,336
Referee: Japan Minoru Tojo
1 September 2012 24 Albirex Niigata 0 – 1 Cerezo Osaka Tohoku Electric Power Big Swan Stadium
20:00 Michael Yellow card 62' Summary Kakitani 81' Attendance: 24,601
Referee: Japan Futoshi Nakamura
15 September 2012 25 Cerezo Osaka 0 – 2 Nagoya Grampus KINCHO Stadium
20:15 Heberty Yellow card 90' Summary Taguchi 38'
Kennedy Yellow card 51' 68'
Nagai Yellow card 54'		 Attendance: 24,544
Referee: Japan Toshimitsu Yoshida
22 September 2012 26 Cerezo Osaka 3 – 2 Shimizu S-Pulse KINCHO Stadium
19:00 Kempes 20' Yellow card 50'
Kakitani 45+2'
Fábio Simplício 88'		 Summary Omae 9' (pen.)
Kim Hyun-Sung Yellow card 45'
Muramatsu Yellow card 47'
Brosque 70'		 Attendance: 15,302
Referee: Japan Hiroyuki Kimura
29 September 2012 27 Vissel Kobe 2 – 3 Cerezo Osaka Home's Stadium Kobe
15:00 JST Ogawa 7'
Soma 17'
Lee Kwang-Seon Yellow card 33'		 Summary Heberty Yellow card 13'
Fábio Simplício 22', 73'
Maruhashi Red card 60'
Edamura 81'
Bando Yellow card 90+5'		 Attendance: 12,868
Referee: Japan Hiroyoshi Takayama
6 October 2012 28 Cerezo Osaka 3 – 2 Sagan Tosu KINCHO Stadium
14:00 Kakitani 27', 86', 90'
Kim Jin-Hyeon Yellow card 89'		 Summary Kim Min-Woo 20'
Fujita Yellow card 63'
Toyoda 70'		 Attendance: 10,013
Referee: Japan Yuichi Nishimura
20 October 2012 29 Cerezo Osaka 1 – 1 FC Tokyo KINCHO Stadium
19:00 Maruhashi 50' Summary Hasegawa Yellow card 54' Yellow-red card 90+3'
Yonemoto Yellow card 70'
Vučićević 74'		 Attendance: 14,268
Referee: Japan Tomoya Maeda
27 October 2012 30 Urawa Red Diamonds – Cerezo Osaka Saitama Stadium 2002
Referee: Japan
7 November 2012 31 Vegalta Sendai – Cerezo Osaka Yurtec Stadium Sendai
Referee: Japan
17 November 2012 32 Cerezo Osaka – Omiya Ardija KINCHO Stadium
Referee: Japan
24 November 2012 33 Sanfrecce Hiroshima – Cerezo Osaka Hiroshima Big Arch
Referee: Japan
1 December 2012 34 Cerezo Osaka – Kawasaki Frontale KINCHO Stadium
Referee: Japan

J.League Cup

Main article: 2012 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 Júbilo Iwata 2 – 1 Cerezo Osaka 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 Yellow card 7'
Yajima 42'
Kashiwagi Yellow card 85'		 Report Kiyotake 11'
Fujimoto 45'
Branquinho 49'
Sakemoto Yellow card 65'
Bando 81' Yellow card 83'		 Attendance: 16,533
Referee: Japan Ryuji Sato
16 May 2012 Group A Cerezo Osaka 2 – 1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima Kincho Stadium
20:00 Branquinho 27'
Bando Yellow card 45+2'
Ogihara Yellow card 67'
Murata Yellow card 81'
Kim Bo-Kyung 90+5' (pen.)		 Report Satō 30'
Aoyama Yellow card 76'
Moriwaki Yellow card 90+4'		 Attendance: 6,397
Referee: Japan Takuto Okabe
6 June 2012 Group A Cerezo Osaka 3 – 2 Kawasaki Frontale Kincho Stadium
20:00 Ogihara Yellow card 27'
Kempes 47' Yellow card 59'
Sakemoto Yellow card 57'
Kakitani 58', 86'
Takahashi Yellow card 81'		 Report Kusukami 30'
Renatinho 68' Yellow card 85'		 Attendance: 6,855
Referee: Japan Koichiro Fukushima
9 June 2012 Group A Vegalta Sendai 1 – 0 Cerezo Osaka Yurtec Stadium Sendai
17:00 Tamura Yellow card 53'
Ryang Yong-Gi 63'		 Report Kempes Yellow card 10' Attendance: 8,638
Referee: Japan Yoshiro Imamura
27 June 2012 Group A Cerezo Osaka 5 – 0 Sagan Tosu Kincho Stadium
20:00 Ogihara 24'
Kim Bo-Kyung 45+4' (pen.)
Kakitani Yellow card 46' 55', 71'
Yamaguchi Yellow card 83'
Fujimoto 90'		 Report Noda Yellow card 16' Yellow-red card 30'
Akahoshi Red card 44'		 Attendance: 7,280
Referee: Japan Minoru Tojo

Quarter-final

25 July 2012 First leg Kashima Antlers 2 – 1 Cerezo Osaka Kashima
20:00 Iwamasa 22'
Koroki 25'
Nishi Yellow card 62'		 Report Kakitani 33'
Yoshino Yellow card 83'
Kurogi Yellow card 90+4'		 Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 6,203
Referee: England Kevin Friend
8 August 2012 Second leg Cerezo Osaka 0 – 3
(1 – 5 agg.)		 Kashima Antlers Osaka
20:00 Yoshino Yellow card 71' Report Sergio Dutra Junior 28'
Koroki 63' (pen.)
Shibasaki 70'
Ogasawara Yellow card 76'		 Stadium: Kincho Stadium
Attendance: 9,555
Referee: Japan 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

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