2012 Vissel Kobe season

Vissel Kobe
2012 season
Chairman Koichi Kanaya
Manager Masahiro Wada
J. League Division 1 -
Emperor's Cup -
J. League Cup -
Home colours
Away colours
2011
2013 →

The 2012 Vissel Kobe season is Vissel Kobe's sixth consecutive season and 15th overall in J. League Division 1. Vissel Kobe are also competing in the 2012 Emperor's Cup and 2012 J. League Cup.

As of 2011, Kobe is the only top division club to never win any major honour (their promotions have always been as runners-up or below, and they have never won the Emperor's Cup, J. League Cup or Shakaijin Cup).

Competitions

J. League

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
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 1
7 Nagoya Grampus 34 15 7 12 46 471 52
8 Kawasaki Frontale 34 14 8 12 51 50+1 50
9 Shimizu S-Pulse 34 14 7 13 39 401 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 38 457 44
14 Cerezo Osaka 34 11 9 14 47 536 42
15 Albirex Niigata 34 10 10 14 29 345 40
16 Vissel Kobe (R) 34 11 6 17 41 509 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 8863 14

Updated to games played on 1 December 2012.
Source: J. League Division 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1The winners of the 2012 Emperor's Cup qualified for the group stage of the 2013 AFC Champions League.
(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

J. League Cup

Main article: 2012 J. League Cup

Emperor's Cup

References