The 2012 FC Gifu season sees FC Gifu compete in J.League Division 2 for the fifth consecutive season. FC Gifu are also competing in the 2012 Emperor's Cup.

FC Gifu
2012 season
ManagerTakahiro Kimura
J.League Division 221st
Emperor's CupSecond round
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Players edit

Competitions edit

J. League edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
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[a]
Updated to match(es) 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.
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  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.

Matches edit

4 March 2012 1 FC Gifu 2 - 2 Gainare Tottori Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium
Sunday 15:04 Satō   20'
Someya   45'
Report   9' Nagira
  61' Own-goal
Attendance: 3,321
Referee: Sato
11 March 2012 2 Tokushima Vortis 3 - 0 FC Gifu Pocarisweat Stadium
Sunday 13:06 Kim   10'
Tsuda   32'
Elizeu   46'
Report Attendance: 6,016
Referee: Okabe
17 March 2012 3 FC Gifu 0 - 0 Thespa Kusatsu Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium
Saturday 16:04 Report Attendance: 1,836
Referee: Yamauchi
20 March 2012 4 Shonan Bellmare 2 - 1 FC Gifu Shonan BMW Stadium Hiratsuka
Tuesday 16:04 Baba   13'
Ono   75'
Report   90+3' Higuchi Attendance: 6,065
Referee: Onishi
25 March 2012 5 FC Gifu 0 - 2 Oita Trinita Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium
Sunday 18:04 Report   68', 84' Sakata Attendance: 2,539
Referee: Oka
1 April 2012 6 Roasso Kumamoto 3 - 0 FC Gifu Kumamoto Athletics Stadium
13:00 Choi Kun-Sik   33'   45+4'
Junki Goryo   47', 54'
Yabu   54'
Report Attendance: 3,930
Referee: Naohito Ogawa
8 April 2012 7 FC Gifu 0 - 1 Kyoto Sanga Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium
16:00 Jinushizono   17' Summary Mizutani   27'
Someya   46'
Miyayoshi   62'
Hara   90+1'
Attendance: 3,408
Referee: Ryoichi Imamura
15 April 2012 8 FC Gifu 1 - 0 Giravanz Kitakyushu Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium
16:00 Ryuji Hirota   55'
Kim Jung-Hyun   90+2'
Summary Arai   39'
Kimura   70'
Miyamoto   77'
Attendance: 2,920
Referee: Kazuyucki Hayakawa
22 April 2012 9 Tochigi S.C. 1 - 1 FC Gifu Tochigi Green Stadium
13:00 Paulinho   51'   90+1'
Sabia   68'
Report Ryuji Hirota   35'
Inoue   44'   80'
Ri Han-Jae   66'
Attendance: 2,607
Referee: Eiji Kawai
27 April 2012 10 FC Gifu 0 - 2 Yokohama F.C. Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium
19:00 Report Tahara   33', 65'   86' Attendance: 3,540
Referee: Koei Koya
30 April 2012 11 Kataller Toyama 1 - 0 FC Gifu Toyama Athletic Stadium
16:00 Kokeguchi   68'
Yoshii   70'
Report Noda   53' Attendance: 3,466
Referee: Takuto Okabe
3 May 2012 12 FC Gifu 0 - 1 Mito HollyHock Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium
19:00 (UTC+09) Kōichi Satō   42'
Ri Han-Jae   73'
Report Romero Berrocal Frank   16'
Omoto   86'
Attendance: 5,232
Referee: Hiroshi Yamauchi
6 May 2012 13 Fagiano Okayama 0 - 1 FC Gifu Kanko Stadium
16:00 (UTC+09) Takeda   65' Report Kohei Nakajima   57'
Nogaito   68'
Hiroki Higuchi   86'
Attendance: 9,534
Referee: Akihiko Ikeuchi
13 May 2012 14 FC Gifu 0 - 1 Matsumoto Yamaga F.C. Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium
19:00 (UTC+09) Kohei Nakajima   76' Report Tsurumaki   40'
Watanabe   69'
Attendance: 5,088
Referee: Yosuke Kubota
20 May 2012 15 Montedio Yamagata 2 - 1 FC Gifu ND Soft Stadium Yamagata
13:00 (UTC+09) Ishii   39'
Bandai   41'   56'
Yamazaki   66' (pen.)
Report Kōichi Satō   41' (pen.)
Nogaito   64'
Attendance: 8,070
Referee: Eiji Kawai
27 May 2012 16 FC Gifu 0 - 3 Ventforet Kofu Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium
19:00 (UTC+09) Someya   38'
Nogaito   48'
Report Takasaki   2'
Davi   55'   59'
Matsuhashi   66'
Fukuda   76'
Attendance: 6,151
Referee: Haruki Hidaka
2 June 2012 17 JEF United Ichihara Chiba 0 - 1 FC Gifu Fukuda Denshi Arena
16:00 (UTC+09) Ito   64'
Yonekura   68'
Report Kōichi Satō   35' Attendance: 10,377
Referee:   Masuya Ueda
9 June 2012 18 FC Gifu 1 - 1 Ehime F.C. Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium
19:00 (UTC+09) Noda   16'
Inoue   69'
Report Akai   18' (pen.)   29'
Alair   52'
Arita   70'
Sonoda   75'
Azuma   79'
Attendance: 3,205
Referee:   Tomohiro Inoue
13 June 2012 19 Tokyo Verdy 4 - 1 FC Gifu Ajinomoto Stadium
19:00 (UTC+09) Nishi   4'
Kobayashi   75' (pen.)
Takahashi   82'
Abe   87'
Report Hiroki Higuchi   12'
Nogaito   85'
Kohei Nakajima   90'
Attendance: 3,187
Referee:   Akihiko Ikeuchi
17 June 2012 20 Avispa Fukuoka 0 - 0 FC Gifu Level-5 Stadium
18:00 (UTC+09) Tsutsumi   51'
Koga   63'
Report Kohei Nakajima   90+2' Attendance: 3,509
Referee:   Yosuke Kubota
24 June 2012 21 FC Gifu 1 - 0 F.C. Machida Zelvia Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium
18:00 (UTC+09) Kōichi Satō   54' Report Shoji   2'
Kitai   47'
Kohei Kato   71'
Attendance: 3,670
Referee:   Hiromichi Oka
1 July 2012 22 Ventforet Kofu 0 - 0 FC Gifu Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium
18:00 (UTC+09) Choi Sung-Kuen   19'
Renato Luís de Sá Filho   90+1'
Report Hashimoto   70'
Ri Han-Jae   84'
Attendance: 7,630
Referee:   Yuki Noda
8 July 2012 23 FC Gifu 0 - 2 Roasso Kumamoto Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium
19:00 (UTC+09) Hiroshi Sekita   21'
Hiroki Higuchi   40'
Report Osako   26'
Taketomi   37'
Tsuyuki   90+3'
Attendance: 4,023
Referee:   Kazuyuki Hayakawa
15 July 2012 24 FC Gifu 2 - 2 Kataller Toyama Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium
19:00 (UTC+09) Kōichi Satō   45'   51'
Nogaito   61'
Hiroki Higuchi   63'
Mita   65'
Report Kimura   9'
Seo Yong-Duk   48'
Attendance: 6,313
Referee:   Naohito Ogawa
22 July 2012 25 Oita Trinita 2 - 2 FC Gifu Ōita Bank Dome
19:00 (UTC+09) Murai   25' (pen.)
Tameda   27'
Tokita   28'
Mitsuhira   82'
Report Abuda   58'
Hattori   75'
Attendance: 8,871
Referee:   Haruki Hidaka
29 July 2012 26 Gainare Tottori 1 - 0 FC Gifu Tottori Bank Bird Stadium
19:00 (UTC+09) Fujimoto   8'
Mori   68'
Miura   69'
Report Hirota   43'
Inoue   45+2'
Attendance: 5,125
Referee:   Shoichiro Mikami
5 August 2012 27 FC Gifu 0 - 3 Avispa Fukuoka Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium
18:00 (UTC+09) Someya   71' Report Nishida   28', 84'
Koga   56'
Suzuki   76'
Attendance: 8,492
Referee:   Itaru Hirose
12 August 2012 28 Thespa Kusatsu 1 - 1 FC Gifu Shoda Shoyu Stadium Gunma
20:00 (UTC+09) Satoru Hoshino   37'
Alex Rafael   90'   90+2'
Report Jinushizono   78'
Someya   90'
Attendance: 2,272
Referee:   Tomohiro Tsukada
19 August 2012 29 FC Gifu 1 - 2 Fagiano Okayama Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium
20:00 (UTC+09) Ri Han-Jae   27'
Jinushizono   62'
Murakami   67'
Report Kawamata   45+2', 71'
Tadokoro   60'
Goto   75'
Attendance: 2,434
Referee:   Kazuyoshi Enomoto
22 August 2012 30 FC Gifu 0 - 0 JEF United Ichihara Chiba Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium
19:00 (UTC+09) Nogaito   65' Report Sato   18' Attendance: 3,932
Referee:   Hiroshi Yamauchi
26 August 2012 31 Ehime F.C. 0 - 0 FC Gifu Ningineer Stadium
19:00 (UTC+09) Tamori   35' Summary Someya   45+1' Attendance: 3,109
Referee:   Kazuyuki Hayakawa
2 September 2012 32 FC Gifu 1 - 0 Tokyo Verdy Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium
20:00 (UTC+09) Danilo Pereira   55'   67'
Tanaka   62'
Summary Attendance: 4,849
Referee:   Yuki Noda
14 September 2012 33 Giravanz Kitakyushu 2 - 1 FC Gifu Honjō Athletic Stadium
20:00 Ikemoto   6'
Hanato   63'
Yasuda   74'
Arai   90+3'
Summary Ri Han-Jae   44'
Abuda   76'
Hiroki Higuchi   78'
Attendance: 2,853
Referee:   Hiromichi Oka
17 September 2012 34 FC Gifu 1 - 0 Tochigi S.C. Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium
20:00 Hiromichi Higuchi   20'
Danilo Pereira   43'
Hiroshi Sekita   84'
Summary Toma   8'
Sugimoto   87'
Attendance: 1,791
Referee:   Yosuke Kubota
23 September 2012 35 FC Gifu 3 - 2 Shonan Bellmare Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium
20:00 Kōichi Satō   18' (pen.)
Ri Han-Jae   41'
Someya   43'
Abuda   63'
Summary Wataru Endo   16'
Syuhei Otsuki   23'
Kikuchi   53', 69'
Ono   82'
Shimamura   84'
Attendance: 3,016
Referee:   Kazuyuki Hayakawa
7 October 2012 37 Mito HollyHock 1 - 1 FC Gifu K's denki Stadium Mito
20:00 Frank   6'
Kim Yong-Gi   24'
Suzuki   45'
Summary Kōichi Satō   36'
Ri Han-Jae   42'
Attendance: 3,403
Referee:   Hiroyuki Onishi
14 October 2012 38 FC Gifu 0 - 0 Montedio Yamagata Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium
20:00 Hiroki Higuchi   90'
Hattori   90+4'
Summary Ryohei Hayashi   76' Attendance: 2,797
Referee:   Hajime Matsuo
18 October 2012 36 Matsumoto Yamaga F.C. 1 - 0 FC Gifu Matsumotodaira Football Stadium
20:00 Tetsuto   79'
Allisson Ricardo   87'
Summary Attendance: 6,061
Referee:   Kenta Tsukada
21 October 2012 39 Kyoto Sanga F.C. 3 - 1 FC Gifu Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium
14:00 Komai   15', 28'
Ando   41'
Summary Hattori   30'
Hiroki Higuchi   48'
Nogaito   63'
Attendance: 10,275
Referee:   Ryuji Sato
28 October 2012 40 F.C. Machida Zelvia 1 - 0 FC Gifu Machida Athletic Stadium
15:00 Dimić   10'   46'
Kohei Shimoda   26'
Miki   43'   76'
Shuto Kono   64'
Tomohito Shugyo   87'
Summary Kōichi Satō   33'
Hiroki Higuchi   55'
Hattori   90+2'
Attendance: 2,618
Referee:   Kenji Ogiya
4 November 2012 41 FC Gifu 0 - 0 Tokushima Vortis Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium
15:00 Nogaito   45' Summary Suzuki   31'
Diogo   65'
Hamada   72'
Attendance: 11,119
Referee:   Hiromichi Oka
11 November 2012 42 Yokohama F.C. 3 - 2 FC Gifu Nippatsu Mitsuzawa Stadium
13:00 Terada   21'
Kaio   43'
Morimoto   64'
K. Sato   68'
Nagai   84'
Summary K. Satō   18'   82'
Someya   55'
Inoue   73'
Attendance: 8,034
Referee:   Yuki Noda

Emperor's Cup edit

8 September 2012 Round 2 Roasso Kumamoto 4 – 3 (a.e.t.) FC Gifu Kumamoto
13:00 Taketomi   11', 93'
Nakama   74'
Osako   112'
Report Higuchi   48', 64'
Danilo   95'
Stadium: Kumamoto Athletics Stadium
Attendance: 1,823
Referee: Haruki Hidaka

References edit