The 2012 F.C. Tokyo season was the season in which F.C. Tokyo return to the J.League after their unexpected relegation following the 2010 season, making this their 12th top flight season overall. In addition, after winning the first Emperor's Cup in the club's history on January 1, F.C. Tokyo will also play the AFC Champions League, accompanied by the top 3 of the last J-League campaign at the highest club tournament in Asia. Kiyoshi Okuma and the club reached an agreement to end the contractual relationship that bound them together at the end of the 2011 season. With this, Ranko Popović became the new coach for this season.
Trophies balance TrophyStarted roundFirst matchResultLast match J.League — 10 March 20126th 2 December 2012 Fuji Xerox Super Cup Final 3 March 2012 Runners-up 3 March 2012 Emperor's Cup Round of 64 9 September 2012 Round of 64 2012 J.League Cup Quarterfinals September 2012 Quarterfinals 2012 AFC Champions League Group Stage 6 March 2012 Round of 16 30 May 2012
Competitive Balance Biggest win Home AwayJ.League17 March 2012Matchday 2v. Yokohama F. Marinos3 – 124 March 2012Matchday 3v. Vissel Kobe0 – 26 May 2012Matchday 10v. Albirex NiigataEmperor's CupDateMatchdayYokogawa Musashino 0–19 September 2012Matchday 2RivalResultJ.League CupDateMatchdayRivalResultDateMatchdayRivalResultAFC Champions League17 April 2012Group Stage, Matchday 4v. Beijing Guoan3 – 06 March 2012Group Stage, Matchday 1v. Brisbane Roar0 – 2Biggest lossJ.League31 March 2012Matchday 4v. Sanfrecce Hiroshima0 – 121 April 2012Matchday 7v. Vegalta Sendai4 – 028 April 2012Matchday 8v. Shimizu S-Pulse14 April 2012Matchday 6v. Kashima Antlers1 – 2Emperor's CupDateMatchdayRivalResultDateMatchdayRivalResultJ.League CupDateMatchdayRivalResultDateMatchdayRivalResultAFC Champions LeagueNone registered16 May 2012Group Stage, Matchday 6v. Ulsan Horang1 – 030 May 2012Round of 16v. Guangzhou Evergrande
Winter transfers
In
In (9 players)PlayerFromFee Kenichi Kaga Júbilo IwataFree Yuichi Maruyama Meiji UniversityDrafted Jang Hyun-Soo Yonsei UniversityDrafted Aria Jasuru Hasegawa Yokohama F. MarinosFree Kento Hashimoto FC Tokyo Youth TeamFree Kazuma Watanabe Yokohama F. MarinosFree Yohei Hayashi Chuo UniversityDrafted Kosuke Ota Shimizu S-PulseTBA Hiroki Kawano Tokyo VerdyTBA
Out Out (7 players)PlayerNew TeamFee Tomokazu Nagira Gainare TottoriFree Jade North Consadole SapporoFree Kota Morimura Giravanz KitakyushuFree Toshihiro Matsushita Vegalta SendaiFree Yasuyuki Konno Gamba Osaka¥100MKonno joins Gamba Osaka, SoccerNews.com. Retrieved 16 January 2012. Tatsuya Suzuki Tokushima VortisFree Daisuke Sakata Avispa FukuokaTBA
Loan out Loan out (3 players)PlayerTeam Ryo Hiraide Kataller Toyama Takumi Abe Yokohama FC Roberto César Coritiba
Loan return Loan return (3 players)Italics for players returning to the club but left it during pre-seasonPlayerFrom Shuto Kono Ōita Trinita Yohei Otake Cerezo Osaka Kentaro Shigematsu Avispa Fukuoka Toshihiro Matsushita Vegalta Sendai Ryo Hiraide Kataller Toyama Kota Morimura Giravanz Kitakyushu
Loan end Loan end (4 players)PlayerReturns to Pedro Júnior Gamba Osaka Daiki Takamatsu Ōita Trinita Kazumasa Uesato Consadole Sapporo Genki Nagasato Ventforet Kofu
Current squad Updated to 4 February 2012
Match stats Updated to 30 May 2012 No.Pos.Player JLECLCACLSCJLECLCACLSCJLECLCACLSCJLECLCACLSC1GK Hitoshi Shiota2DF Yuhei Tokunaga3DF Masato Morishige4DF Hideto Takahashi6DF Kosuke Ota8MF Aria Jasuru Hasegawa10MF Yohei Kajiyama11FW Kazuma Watanabe18MF Naohiro Ishikawa19MF Yohei Otake20GK Shuichi Gonda27MF Sotan Tanabe30DF Jang Hyun-Soo33DF Kenta Mukuhara39MF Tatsuya Yazawa49GK Dominik Markovič
Match results
Pre-season
Friendly matches
Fuji Xerox Super Cup
Final
KASHIWA REYSOL (4–4–2): GK 21 Takanori Sugeno RB 4 Hiroki Sakai CB 5 Tatsuya Masushima CB 3 Naoya Kondo LB 22 Wataru Hashimoto RM 20 Akimi Barada LM 7 Hidekazu Otani RW 10 Leandro Domigues LW 15 Jorge Wagner CF 18 Junya Tanaka CF 9 Hideaki Kitajima Substitutes:GK 16 Koji Inada CM 17 An Yong-Hak CB 6 Daisuke Nasu AM 8 Masakatsu Sawa RW 29 Koki Mizuno CF 19 Masato Kudo CF 25 Ricardo Lobo Manager: Nelsinho Baptista FC TOKYO (4-2-3-1): GK 1 Hitoshi Shiota RB 33 Kenta Mukuhara CB 2 Yuhei Tokunaga CB 3 Masato Morishige LB 6 Kosuke Ota RM 10 Yohei Kajiyama LM 8 Aria Jasuru Hasegawa RW 4 Hideto Takahashi AM 18 Naohiro Ishikawa LW 39 Tatsuya Yazawa CF 49 Lucas Severino Substitutes:GK 20 Shuichi Gonda CB 5 Kenichi Kaga RW 17 Hiroki Kawano AM 22 Naotake Hanyu CM 27 Sotan Tanabe CF 11 Kazuma Watanabe CF 13 Sōta Hirayama Manager: Ranko Popović
Man of the Match: Leandro Domingues (Kashiwa Reysol)
Assistant referees: Toshiyuki Nagi Akane Yagi Fourth official: Hiroyuki Kimura
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Win Draw Lost
All Home Away Pts W D L F A Dif. Pts W D L F A Dif. Pts W D L F A Dif.6FC Tokyo217041412+2620378–11550174+3
J.League Winner (also qualified for 2013 AFC Champions League Group Stage) 2013 AFC Champions League Group Stage Relegation to J.League 2
AFC Champions League
Group stage
Round of 16
Emperor's Cup
Round of 64
J.League Cup
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Goals PlayerPositionJ.LeagueAFC Champions LeagueFuji Xerox Super CupEmperor's CupJ.League CupTotal1 Kazuma Watanabe4300182 Aria2210053 Naohiro Ishikawa3000143 Lucas Severino4000044 Tatsuya Yazawa1200034 Yohei Kajiyama2100035 Masato Morishige2000026 Sotan Tanabe1000016 Hiroki Kawano1000016 Hokuto Nakamura1000016 Yuhei Tokunaga0100016 Yohei Otake0100016 Kenta Mukuhara0100016 Hideto Takahashi010001 Last updated: 13 May 2012 Source: Match reports in Competitive matches
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