2012 J.League Division 2
| Season | 2012 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Ventforet Kofu 1st J2 title 1st D2 title |
| Promoted | Ventforet Kofu Shonan Bellmare Oita Trinita |
| Relegated | Machida Zelvia |
| Matches played | 462 |
| Goals scored | 1,073 (2.32 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Davi (29 goals) |
| Highest attendance | 23,617 Trinita vs Ventforet |
| Lowest attendance | 1,333 Thespa vs Roasso |
| Average attendance | 5,805 |
← 2011 2013 → | |
The 2012 J. League Division 2 season is the 41st season of the second-tier club football in Japan and the 14th season since the establishment of J2 League. The season started on March 4 and will finish on November 11, followed by the promotion playoffs among the 3rd to 6th placed clubs (see the article).
Ventforet Kofu became champions and returned to J1 immediately after one season at J2. Shonan Bellmare finished second and also won the automatic promotion along with Kofu, returning to the J1 after two years of absence. Oita Trinita finished sixth, but won the promotion playoffs by defeating 3rd-placed Kyoto Sanga at the semifinal and 5th-placed JEF United Chiba at the final thus returning to the J1 after three years of absence.
For the first time ever, relegation to the third-tier JFL was implemented, and Machida Zelvia became the unlucky first team to suffer that fate by finishing in bottom place only one season after entering the professional divisions.
Clubs
Template:J. League Div 2 map 2012 The expected participant clubs are as follows:
Promotions and relegations
Promotions to Division 1
Rather than 3 spots for automatic promotions to J. League Division 1 (J1) until the previous season, there are only 2 spots for automatic promotions from this season, and the 3rd promoting club will be determined by a play-off called Play-off for Promotion to J1[1] (J1昇格プレーオフ) held by 4 clubs (3rd - 6th placed clubs in the standings in the league matches). The regulation is:[1][2]
- First Round
- Two ties will be held: "3rd placed club - 6th placed club" and "4th placed club - 5th placed club". Each tie will be played as one match on the home stadium determined by the standings in the league matches (i.e. 3rd and 4th placed clubs' stadiums).
- Final Round
- A tie will be held by the two winners of the first round. The tie will be played as one match at a neutral venue, which is determined as Tokyo National Stadium on 23 July.[3]
- Tiebreakers
- If the score ties by 90 minutes, neither extra time nor penalty shoot-out will be held: the winner is determined by the standings in the league matches.
- Exceptional Cases
- In case one or more clubs of 3rd - 6th places cannot meet promotion criteria, remained clubs will participate the play-off: the spots cannot be replaced by 7th placed or lower clubs.
- In case only three of the four clubs meet the promotion criteria, the highest ranked club among them will receive a bye to the final round.
- In case only two of the four clubs meet the promotion criteria, only the final round will be held.
- In case only one of the four clubs meets the promotion criteria, it will automatically promote.
- In case none of the four clubs meets the promotion criteria, the number of promoting club will be decreased.
On 28 September, it was announced that the following clubs did not meet the criteria, mainly in regards to the stadiam's size, which are required to J1 clubs to maintain, thus will not be promoted to J1, or participating promotion playoffs even if finishing in the appropriate standing at the end of the regular season:
- Mito HollyHock
- Thespa Kusatsu
- Machida Zelvia
- FC Gifu
- Gainare Tottori
- Ehime FC
- Giravanz Kitakyushu
- Oita Trinita was granted a J1 license allowing promotion, but this will be revoked if the club cannot pay back 300 million yen debt to the JFA by 12 October.
Relegations to JFL
In 2008, J. League and Japan Football Association planned that at most 3 clubs in J2 are to relegate to Japan Football League (JFL) every season after the number of J2 clubs reached 22.[4]
In January 2012, since the number of J2 clubs reached 22 from this season, J. League determined the regulation of the relegations from J2 to JFL that at most 2 clubs in J2 will relegate to JFL every season. The regulation is:[5]
- 1st placed JFL club will replace a J2 club if it meets promotion criteria.
- 2nd placed JFL club will replace a J2 club if it meets promotion criteria and wins a home-and-away play-off against the J2 club.
- 3rd placed or lower JFL clubs cannot promote to J2 even if 1st or 2nd placed JFL clubs do not meet promotion criteria: the number of relegating clubs from J2 will be decreased.
- Thus, in the play-off, the second last (i.e. 21st placed) J2 club will meet the 2nd placed JFL club if 1st placed JFL club promotes to J2; otherwise the last (i.e. 22nd placed) J2 club will meet.
League table
Template:2012 J. League Division 2 table
Results
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Top scorers
| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Davi
|
Ventforet Kofu | |
| 2 |  Takuma Abe
|
Tokyo Verdy | |
| Kengo Kawamata
|
Fagiano Okayama | ||
| 4 | Yoshihito Fujita
|
JEF United Chiba | |
| 5 | Koki Arita
|
Ehime FC | |
| Jin Hanato
|
Giravanz Kitakyushu | ||
| Kazushi Mitsuhira
|
Oita Trinita | ||
| Yasuhito Morishima
|
Oita Trinita | ||
| Atsutaka Nakamura
|
Kyoto Sanga | ||
| Kosuke Taketomi
|
Roasso Kumamoto | ||
| 11 | Takayuki Funayama
|
Matsumoto Yamaga | |
| Hisashi Jogo
|
Avispa Fukuoka | ||
| Tetsuya Ōkubo
|
Yokohama FC |
Updated to games played on 11 November 2012
Source: J. League
Attendances
| Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ventforet Kofu | 218,539 | 16,643 | 6,161 | 10,407 | −14.0%† |
| 2 | Oita Trinita | 204,134 | 23,617 | 6,459 | 9,721 | +10.7% |
| 3 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 200,143 | 13,098 | 4,471 | 9,531 | +27.7%‡ |
| 4 | JEF United Chiba | 194,893 | 14,487 | 6,235 | 9,281 | −4.1% |
| 5 | Fagiano Okayama | 167,691 | 12,618 | 3,946 | 7,985 | +10.0% |
| 6 | Montedio Yamagata | 154,459 | 11,275 | 5,036 | 7,355 | −21.1%† |
| 7 | Kyoto Sanga | 152,732 | 12,296 | 2,901 | 7,273 | +15.6% |
| 8 | Shonan Bellmare | 143,887 | 10,918 | 3,602 | 6,852 | −1.3% |
| 9 | Yokohama FC | 126,810 | 9,687 | 2,639 | 6,039 | +4.7% |
| 10 | Roasso Kumamoto | 122,956 | 10,530 | 3,127 | 5,855 | −15.5% |
| 11 | Avispa Fukuoka | 117,309 | 10,902 | 3,092 | 5,586 | −46.4%† |
| 12 | Tokyo Verdy | 112,158 | 13,093 | 2,875 | 5,341 | −6.5% |
| 13 | FC Gifu | 89,676 | 11,119 | 1,791 | 4,270 | +3.6% |
| 14 | Tokushima Vortis | 83,808 | 7,526 | 1,933 | 3,991 | −23.4% |
| 15 | Mito HollyHock | 83,431 | 6,920 | 2,241 | 3,973 | +18.6% |
| 16 | Tochigi SC | 80,859 | 5,156 | 1,901 | 3,850 | −22.0% |
| 17 | Ehime FC | 76,201 | 6,612 | 1,950 | 3,629 | +4.4% |
| 18 | Machida Zelvia | 76,169 | 7,139 | 1,860 | 3,627 | +3.2%‡ |
| 19 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 70,274 | 7,637 | 2,112 | 3,346 | −17.4% |
| 20 | Thespa Kusatsu | 70,159 | 6,891 | 1,333 | 3,341 | +4.0% |
| 21 | Kataller Toyama | 69,807 | 6,549 | 1,692 | 3,324 | +1.5% |
| 22 | Gainare Tottori | 65,786 | 6,629 | 1,363 | 3,133 | −15.1% |
| League total | 2,681,881 | 23,617 | 1,333 | 5,805 | −9.6% |
Updated to games played on 11 November 2012
Source: J. League Division 2
Notes:
† Team played previous season in J1.
‡ Team played previous season in JFL.
Promotion Playoffs to Division 1
The schedule was as follows. The format would be changed if one or more of the involved clubs could not meet the promotion criteria to Division 1.[6]
If the score tied by 90 minutes, the winner would be determined by the league standings.
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| 3 | Kyoto Sanga | 0 | |||||||
| 6 | Oita Trinita | 4 | |||||||
| 6 | Oita Trinita | 1 | |||||||
| 5 | JEF United Chiba | 0 | |||||||
| 4 | Yokohama FC | 0 | |||||||
| 5 | JEF United Chiba | 4 | |||||||
Semifinals
| Kyoto Sanga | 0–4 | Oita Trinita |
|---|---|---|
Morishima  17', 31', 66', 90' |
| Yokohama FC | 0–4 | JEF United Chiba |
|---|---|---|
| Fujita 35', 58' Yonekura 53' Sato 88' |
Final
References
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