2012 Thespa Kusatsu season

Thespa Kusatsu
2012 season
Chairman Yuichi Mototani
Manager Hiroshi Soejima
J. League Div. 2 -
Emperor's Cup -
Home colours
Away colours
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The 2012 Thespa Kusatsu season is Thespa Kusatsu's eighth season in J. League Division 2 since promotion from the Japan Football League in 2005.

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 to 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 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

References