2012 Ventforet Kofu season

Ventforet Kofu
2012 season
Manager Toshiya Miura
J. League Division 2 -
Emperor's Cup -
Home colours
Away colours

The 2012 Ventforet Kofu season sees Ventforet Kofu return to J. League Division 2 after being relegated from Division 1. This is their 36th non-consecutive season in the second tier of Japanese football, the longest number of seasons for a club in the division. Ventforet Kofu are also competing in the 2012 Emperor's Cup.

After 36 seasons of tries, Ventforet Kofu won their first second-tier title.

Competitions

J. League

League table

Pos
Team
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
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 47 492 56
14 Roasso Kumamoto 42 15 10 17 40 488 55
15 Tokushima Vortis 42 13 12 17 45 494 51
16 Ehime FC 42 12 14 16 47 46+1 50
17 Thespa Kusatsu 42 12 11 19 31 4514 47
18 Avispa Fukuoka 42 9 14 19 53 6815 41
19 Kataller Toyama 42 9 11 22 38 5921 38
20 Gainare Tottori 42 11 5 26 33 7845 38
21 FC Gifu 42 7 14 21 27 5528 35
22 Machida Zelvia (R) 42 7 11 24 34 6733 32 Relegation to 2013 Japan Football League 1

Updated to games 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.

1 The promotion and relegation between J2 and JFL will take place only if more than one promotion-eligible (i.e. having a 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.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Matches

Emperor's Cup

References

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