2012 Cerezo Osaka season

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.

Cerezo Osaka
2012 season
Manager Sérgio Soares

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 Tatsuya Yamashita (Transferred from 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 Masaki Chugo (Loan return to 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
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[lower-alpha 1]
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[lower-alpha 1]
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) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. 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  9'
Watabe  52'		 Report Kiyotake  53' (pen.)
Kim Bo-Kyung  55', 67'  58'
Takahashi  60'		 Attendance: 8,180
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura
14 April 2012 6 Cerezo Osaka 0 – 1 Albirex Niigata KINCHO Stadium
20:00 Ogihara  39' Report Kim Jin-Su  26'
Michael  29'
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 Cerezo Osaka 3 – 2 Júbilo Iwata KINCHO Stadium
20:00 Kiyotake  20'
Ogihara  47'
Kim Bo-Kyung  83'		 Report Yamada  61'  87'
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
6 May 2012 10 Cerezo Osaka 1 – 2 Vissel Kobe KINCHO Stadium
14:00 Maruhashi  34'
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 Shimizu S-Pulse 1 – 1 Cerezo Osaka 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 Cerezo Osaka 1 – 2 Kashiwa Reysol KINCHO Stadium
20:00 Kempes  36'
Fujimoto  85'
Ogihara  90+3'		 Report Leandro Domingues  63'
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 Bando  43'  60'
Kempes  49'  80'
Kurogi  52'		 Attendance: 16,657
Referee: Minoru Tojo
16 June 2012 14 Cerezo Osaka 1 – 4 Sanfrecce Hiroshima KINCHO Stadium
20:00 Kim Jin-Hyeon  28'
Kakitani  40'
Yamaguchi  49'
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 Cerezo Osaka 1 – 1 Urawa Red Diamonds 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 Yokohama F. Marinos 1 – 1 Cerezo Osaka 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 Cerezo Osaka 0 – 1 Kashima Antlers 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 Kashiwa Reysol 4 – 1 Cerezo Osaka 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 Cerezo Osaka 4 – 0 Consadole Sapporo KINCHO Stadium
20:00 Murata  37'
Kurogi  45+1'
Kakitani  54'
Maruhashi  64'
Kempes  68', 90'		 Report Nara  31'
Hidaka  88'		 Attendance: 8,226
Referee: Futoshi Nakamura
11 August 2012 21 Gamba Osaka 2 – 2 Cerezo Osaka 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 Yamaguchi  13'
Ohgihara  26'  63'
Edamura  55'
Kempes  68'
Moniwa  87'		 Attendance: 10,939
Referee: Jumpei Iida
25 August 2012 23 Cerezo Osaka 2 – 0 Yokohama F. Marinos KINCHO Stadium
20:00 Yamaguchi  62'  65'
Maruhashi  75'
Kakitani  77'		 Report Dutra  8' Attendance: 14,336
Referee: Minoru Tojo
1 September 2012 24 Albirex Niigata 0 – 1 Cerezo Osaka Tohoku Electric Power Big Swan Stadium
20:00 Michael  62' Summary Kakitani  81' Attendance: 24,601
Referee: Futoshi Nakamura
15 September 2012 25 Cerezo Osaka 0 – 2 Nagoya Grampus KINCHO Stadium
20:15 Heberty  90' Summary Taguchi  38'
Kennedy  51'  68'
Nagai  54'		 Attendance: 24,544
Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida
22 September 2012 26 Cerezo Osaka 3 – 2 Shimizu S-Pulse KINCHO Stadium
19:00 Kempes  20'  50'
Kakitani  45+2'
Fábio Simplício  88'		 Summary Omae  9' (pen.)
Kim Hyun-Sung  45'
Muramatsu  47'
Brosque  70'		 Attendance: 15,302
Referee: 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  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 Cerezo Osaka 3 – 2 Sagan Tosu KINCHO Stadium
14:00 Kakitani  27', 86', 90'
Kim Jin-Hyeon  89'		 Summary Kim Min-Woo  20'
Fujita  63'
Toyoda  70'		 Attendance: 10,013
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura
20 October 2012 29 Cerezo Osaka 1 – 1 FC Tokyo 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
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7 November 2012 31 Vegalta Sendai – Cerezo Osaka Yurtec Stadium Sendai
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17 November 2012 32 Cerezo Osaka – Omiya Ardija KINCHO Stadium
Referee:
24 November 2012 33 Sanfrecce Hiroshima – Cerezo Osaka Hiroshima Big Arch
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1 December 2012 34 Cerezo Osaka – Kawasaki Frontale KINCHO Stadium
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J.League Cup
Main article: 2012 J.League Cup
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Cerezo Osaka 6402157+812
Vegalta Sendai 6402115+412
Júbilo Iwata 64021011−112
Urawa Red Diamonds 63031210+29
Sagan Tosu 6303816−89
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 6114811−34
Kawasaki Frontale 6114711−44
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  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 Cerezo Osaka 2 – 1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima Kincho Stadium
20:00 Branquinho  27'
Bando  45+2'
Ogihara  67'
Murata  81'
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 Cerezo Osaka 3 – 2 Kawasaki Frontale Kincho Stadium
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 Vegalta Sendai 1 – 0 Cerezo Osaka Yurtec Stadium Sendai
17:00 Tamura  53'
Ryang Yong-Gi  63'		 Report Kempes  10' Attendance: 8,638
Referee: 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  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
  1. http://www.j-league.or.jp/data/view.php?d=j1f&t=result&s=01&y=2012&l=E
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