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.
| 2012 season | |||
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| Manager | Toshiya Miura | ||
| J.League Division 2 | - | ||
| Emperor's Cup | - | ||
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After 36 seasons of tries, Ventforet Kofu won their first second-tier title.
Players edit
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Competitions edit
J.League edit
League table edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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| 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 |
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.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
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.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Matches edit
| 4 March 2012 1 | Ventforet Kofu | 2 – 1 | Tochigi SC | Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium |
| Sunday 15:04 | Davi  25', 73' |
Report | 60' Hirose |
Attendance: 10,169 Referee: Hayakawa |
| 11 March 2012 2 | Tokyo Verdy | 1 – 3 | Ventforet Kofu | Ajinomoto Stadium |
| Sunday 16:05 | Kobayashi 14' |
Report | 17' Davi 60' Sasaki 80' Katagiri |
Attendance: 7,020 Referee: Yoshida |
| 17 March 2012 3 | Ventforet Kofu | 2 – 1 | Ehime FC | Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium |
| Saturday 19:04 | Davi 45', 46' |
Report | 48' Oyama |
Attendance: 6,161 Referee: Kawai |
| 20 March 2012 4 | Montedio Yamagata | 2 – 1 | Ventforet Kofu | NDsoft Stadium Yamagata |
| Tuesday | Nakashima 59' Miyasaka 84' |
Report | 47' Kashiwa |
Attendance: 5,736 Referee: Inoue |
| 25 March 2012 5 | Yokohama FC | 0 – 2 | Ventforet Kofu | NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium |
| Sunday 14:03 | Report | 43' Takasaki 67' Davi |
Attendance: 6,071 Referee: Kimura |
| 1 April 2012 6 | Ventforet Kofu | 1 – 2 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium |
| Sunday 16:03 | Yamamoto 78' |
Report | 65' Noborio 86' Takeuchi |
Attendance: 9,486 Referee: Enomoto |
| 8 April 2012 7 | Ventforet Kofu | 1 – 0 | Oita Trinita | Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium |
| 17:00 | Davi 66'  90+4'Aoki 72' |
Report | Ishigami 24' Kim Chang-Hun 40'Miyazawa 79' |
Attendance: 9,651 Referee:  Minoru Tojo |
| 15 April 2012 8 | Gainare Tottori | 0 – 0 | Ventforet Kofu | Tottori Bank Bird Stadium |
| 17:00 | Miura 57'  85'Mizumoto 64'Koide 90' |
Report | Sasaki 53' 83' Yamamoto 56'Takasaki 63'Fukuda 70' |
Attendance: 2,526 Referee: Ryuji Sato |
| 22 April 2012 9 | Ventforet Kofu | 1 – 1 | Machida Zelvia | Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium |
| 14:00 | Ishihara 19' Davi 21' (pen.)Aoki 90' |
Report | Tashiro 9' Shimoda 11' 39' |
Attendance: 7,451 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto |
| 27 April 2012 10 | Tokushima Vortis | 0 – 2 | Ventforet Kofu | Pocarisweat Stadium |
| 20:00 | Report | Nagasato 33' Davi 45+1'Takasaki 83' |
Attendance: 2,710 Referee: Masaaki Iemoto |
| 30 April 2012 11 | Ventforet Kofu | 1 – 1 | Avispa Fukuoka | Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium |
| 17:00 | Choi Sung-Kuen 39' Davi 43' 47'Yamamoto 82' |
Report | Sakata 34' Kihara 85'Suzuki 88' |
Attendance: 10,070 Referee: Koichiro Fukushima |
| 3 May 2012 12 | Shonan Bellmare | 1 – 1 | Ventforet Kofu | Shonan BMW Stadium Hiratsuka |
| 19:30 | Ono 36' 67' Baba 39'Kobayashi 75' |
Report | Ito 27' Douglas Santos 36'Kashiwa 36'Takasaki 52' |
Attendance: 8,114 Referee: Tomoya Maeda |
| 6 May 2012 13 | Ventforet Kofu | 0 – 3 | Kyoto Sanga | Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium |
| 19:30 | Davi 19' Sasaki 75'Yamamoto 82' |
Report | Sanou 5' Mizutani 33'Miyayoshi 40' 68'Nakayama 49'Bajalica 66' |
Attendance: 9,563 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura |
| 13 May 2012 14 | Roasso Kumamoto | 0 – 0 | Ventforet Kofu | Kumamoto Athletics Stadium |
| 19:30 | Harada 26' 72' Fukuo 42'Saito 62' |
Report | Izawa 90' Matsuhashi 90+1'Takasaki 90+4'Douglas Santos 90+4' |
Attendance: 4,182 Referee: Tetsuro Yoshida |
| 20 May 2012 15 | Ventforet Kofu | 2 – 0 | Thespa Kusatsu | Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium |
| 15:00 | Douglas Santos 45' Davi 56'Morita 59' |
Report | Goto 49' |
Attendance: 8,739 Referee: Tomohiro Inoue |
| 27 May 2012 16 | FC Gifu | 0 – 3 | Ventforet Kofu | Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium |
| 20:00 | Someya 38' Nogaito 48' |
Report | Takasaki 2' Davi 55' 59'Matsuhashi 66'Fukuda 76' |
Attendance: 6,151 Referee: Haruki Hidaka |
| 2 June 2012 17 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 1 – 1 | Ventforet Kofu | Matsumotodaira Football Stadium |
| 15:00 | Tetsuto 22' Mutsumi Tamabayashi 80' |
Report | Sasaki 17' Davi 37'Douglas Santos 74'Yamamoto 90+3' |
Attendance: 12,341 Referee: Tomoya Maeda |
| 9 June 2012 18 | Ventforet Kofu | 0 – 2 | JEF United Ichihara Chiba | Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium |
| 17:00 | Douglas Santos 45' Davi 45+3' |
Report | Yonekura 30' Yamaguchi 34' |
Attendance: 10,773 Referee: Masaaki Iemoto |
| 13 June 2012 19 | Mito HollyHock | 1 – 3 | Ventforet Kofu | K's denki Stadium Mito |
| 20:00 | Omoto 4' 73' Shiotani 51'Hashimoto 72' |
Report | Choi Sung-Kuen 48' Homma 68' (o.g.)Tsuda 70'Davi 74' (pen.) 90'Horigome 82' |
Attendance: 2,241 Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida |
| 17 June 2012 20 | Ventforet Kofu | 4 – 1 | Kataller Toyama | Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium |
| 19:00 | Davi 18' Tsuda 67'Takasaki 70', 78'Sasaki 74' |
Report | Fukuda 39' 90' Kimura 57'Yoshikawa 66'Onishi 84' |
Attendance: 9,562 Referee: Kazuyoshi Enomoto |
| 24 June 2012 21 | Fagiano Okayama | 1 – 1 | Ventforet Kofu | Kanko Stadium |
| 19:00 | Goto 79' Kawamata 87' |
Report | Sasaki 79' |
Attendance: 7,623 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto |
| 1 July 2012 22 | Ventforet Kofu | 0 – 0 | FC Gifu | Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium |
| 19:00 | 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 | Machida Zelvia | 0 – 1 | Ventforet Kofu | Machida Athletic Stadium |
| 19:00 | Report | Davi 16' Yamamoto 38'Izawa 44' |
Attendance: 4,525 Referee: Masuya Ueda |
| 15 July 2012 24 | Ventforet Kofu | 2 – 1 | Matsumoto Yamaga | Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium |
| 19:00 | Kashiwa 23' 83' Davi 25'Hosaka 60' |
Report | Kiyama 24' Tetsuto 51'Kusunose 73' |
Attendance: 14,150 Referee: Yosuke Kubota |
| 22 July 2012 25 | JEF United Ichihara Chiba | 0 – 1 | Ventforet Kofu | Fukuda Denshi Arena |
| 20:00 | Report | Davi 18' 75' |
Attendance: 11,508 Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama |
| 29 July 2012 26 | Ventforet Kofu | 3 – 1 | Tokyo Verdy | Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium |
| 19:00 | Nagasato 1' Hosaka 40' 45+1'Tsuda 65'Kashiwa 71'Ishihara 88' 90+2' |
Report | Fukatsu 6' 26' Takahashi 52'Tone 58'Abe 72'Koike 90+5' |
Attendance: 12,105 Referee:  Darren Deadman |
| 5 August 2012 27 | Thespa Kusatsu | 1 – 2 | Ventforet Kofu | Shoda Shoyu Stadium Gunma |
| 20:00 | Matsushita 78' |
Report | Davi 45', 90' 45+2' |
Attendance: 3,622 Referee: Hiroyuki Onishi |
| 12 August 2012 28 | Ventforet Kofu | 1 – 0 | Mito HollyHock | Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium |
| 19:00 | Horigome 8' Gabriel Pimba 60'Sasaki 90+2' |
Report | Dai 3' |
Attendance: 11,342 |
| 19 August 2012 29 | Kataller Toyama | 1 – 1 | Ventforet Kofu | Toyama Athletic Stadium |
| 20:30 | Kuniyoshi 4' 16' Ikehata 13' |
Summary | Yamamoto  27'Kashiwa 50' |
Attendance: 3,034 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto |
| 22 August 2012 30 | Ventforet Kofu | 0 – 0 | Montedio Yamagata | Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium |
| 20:00 | Summary | Attendance: 10,092 Referee: Ryuji Sato |
| 26 August 2012 31 | Ventforet Kofu | 2 – 1 | Yokohama FC | Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium |
| 19:00 | Davi 52', 73' 87' Izawa 57'Tsuda 58' |
Summary | Horinouchi 28' Sato 29' |
Attendance: 11,875 Referee: Jumpei Iida |
| 2 September 2012 32 | Oita Trinita | 1 – 2 | Ventforet Kofu | Ōita Bank Dome |
| 19:00 | Mitsuhira 89' |
Summary | Hosaka 22' Davi 28', 90+3' |
Attendance: 23,617 Referee: Masaaki Iemoto |
| 14 September 2012 33 | Ventforet Kofu | 1 – 0 | Fagiano Okayama | Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium |
| 20:00 | Davi 60' 82' Aoki 90+2' |
Summary | Attendance: 9,045 Referee: Ryoichi Imamura |
| 17 September 2012 34 | Ventforet Kofu | 1 – 1 | Gainare Tottori | Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium |
| 17:00 | Yamamoto 43' |
Summary | Koide 25' Mori 62' |
Attendance: 10,241 Referee: Akihiko Ikeuchi |
| 23 September 2012 35 | Giravanz Kitakyushu | 2 – 3 | Ventforet Kofu | Honjō Athletic Stadium |
| 14:00 | Arai 14' Kim Jong-pil 48' 65'Miyamoto 59'Yasuda 70'Tokiwa 77' |
Summary | Kashiwa 6' 36' Davi 82' 85'Hatada 90+3' |
Attendance: 3,254 Referee: Ryuji Sato |
| 30 September 2012 36 | Tochigi SC | 1 – 2 | Ventforet Kofu | Tochigi Green Stadium |
| 14:00 | Paulinho 39' Cha Young-Hwan 45'Owada 55'Toma 90' |
Summary | Davi 24', 90+2' Izawa 28'Yamamoto 45+1'Kashiwa 48'Hatada 72' |
Attendance: 5,156 Referee: Kenji Ogiya |
| 7 October 2012 37 | Ventforet Kofu | 3 – 2 | Tokushima Vortis | Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium |
| 15:00 | Nagasato 32' Fernandinho 39'Davi 50' |
Summary | Alex Santos 61' 88', 90' Miki 75'Hashiuchi 85'Douglas 90' 90+3' |
Attendance: 10,741 Referee: Eiji Kawai |
| 14 October 2012 38 | Ventforet Kofu | 2 – 2 | Shonan Bellmare | Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium |
| 16:00 | Fernandinho 37' Izawa 50'Davi 62' (pen.)Matsuhashi 85' |
Summary | Syuhei Otsuki 28' Macena 30' 51'Shimamura 90+3' |
Attendance: 16,643 Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami |
| 21 October 2012 39 | Avispa Fukuoka | 2 – 3 | Ventforet Kofu | Level-5 Stadium |
| 14:00 | Suzuki 12' Osmar 27'Sueyoshi 30'Koga 34'Morita 59' (o.g.)Kim Min-Je 67'Yamaguchi 71'Tsutsumi 86' |
Summary | Davi 22', 29' Nagasato 44'Fukuda 77'Fernandinho 87' |
Attendance: 6,144 Referee: Yoshiro Imamura |
| 28 October 2012 40 | Ehime FC | 0 – 0 | Ventforet Kofu | Ningineer Stadium |
| 19:00 | Arita 19' Maeno 38'Urata 55'Takumi Murakami 59'Watanabe 60'Ishii 77' |
Summary | Attendance: 3,380 Referee: Kazuyuki Hayakawa |
| 4 November 2012 41 | Ventforet Kofu | 2 – 0 | Roasso Kumamoto | Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium |
| 13:00 | Davi 40' Izawa 74', 90' |
Summary | Ichimura 24' Fukuo 52' Taketomi 77' |
Attendance: 13,050 Referee: Koei Koya |
| 11 November 2012 42 | Kyoto Sanga | 0 – 0 | Ventforet Kofu | Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium |
| 13:00 | Bajalica 7' |
Summary | Yamamoto 16' |
Attendance: 12,296 Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama |
Emperor's Cup edit
| 8 September 2012 Round 2 | Ventforet Kofu | 0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (3 – 4 p) | Fukushima United F.C. | Kōfu, Yamanashi |
| 13:00 | Report | Stadium: Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium Attendance: 2,004 Referee: Yuki Noda |