# 2012 Sagan Tosu season

The 2012 Sagan Tosu season was Sagan Tosu's first season in J.League Division 1 after being promoted for J.League Division 2 in 2011. They finished the season in fifth position, narrowly missing out on an AFC Champions League spot by two points. They also participated in the J.League Cup, going out in the group stages, and the Emperor's Cup, where they reached the second round before defeat to Kamatamare Sanuki. It was their second season with Yoon Jung-hwan as their manager, and Yohei Toyoda was their top goalscorer with 16 league goals.

## Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | JPN | Taku Akahoshi |
| 2 | DF | JPN | Kosuke Kitani |
| 3 | DF | JPN | Keita Isozaki |
| 4 | DF | JPN | Teruaki Kobayashi |
| 5 | DF | KOR | Kim Kun-Hoan (loan from Yokohama F. Marinos) |
| 6 | MF | JPN | Tomotaka Okamoto |
| 7 | MF | JPN | Keisuke Funatani |
| 8 | MF | JPN | Kota Mizunuma (loan from Yokohama F. Marinos) |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Tozin (loan from Corinthians Alagoano) |
| 10 | MF | KOR | Kim Min-Woo |
| 11 | FW | JPN | Yohei Toyoda |
| 12 | GK | JPN | Tatsuro Okuda |
| 13 | DF | JPN | Yusuke Inuzuka |
| 14 | MF | JPN | Naoyuki Fujita |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | DF | JPN | Ryuhei Niwa |
| 16 | MF | JPN | Takahiro Kuniyoshi |
| 18 | FW | JPN | Ryunosuke Noda |
| 19 | FW | JPN | Shohei Okada |
| 20 | DF | KOR | Yeo Sung-Hye |
| 21 | GK | JPN | Takuya Muro |
| 22 | FW | JPN | Kei Ikeda |
| 23 | DF | JPN | So Morita |
| 24 | DF | JPN | Kyohei Kuroki |
| 25 | MF | JPN | Ryota Hayasaka |
| 26 | DF | JPN | Tatsuya Sakai |
| 28 | MF | JPN | Yoshiki Takahashi (loan from Vegalta Sendai) |
| 30 | MF | JPN | Kohei Kuroki |

## Transfers

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | JPN | Teruaki Kobayashi (from Ventforet Kofu) |
| 5 | DF | KOR | Kim Kun-Hoan (loan from Yokohama F. Marinos) |
| 7 | MF | JPN | Keisuke Funatani (from Júbilo Iwata) |
| 8 | MF | JPN | Kota Mizunuma (loan from Yokohama F. Marinos) |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Tozin (loan from Corinthians Alagoano) |
| 11 | FW | JPN | Yohei Toyoda (from Kyoto Sanga, previously on loan) |
| 13 | MF | JPN | Yusuke Inuzuka (from Ventforet Kofu) |
| 28 | MF | JPN | Yoshiki Takahashi (loan from Vegalta Sendai) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | MF | JPN | Terukazu Tanaka (loan return to Yokohama FC) |
| 5 | DF | PRK | Kim Myung-Hwi |
| 7 | MF | JPN | Yukihiro Yamase (to Kataller Toyama) |
| 8 | MF | JPN | Ryota Nagata (to Montedio Yamagata) |
| 11 | FW | JPN | Tatsunori Arai |
| 18 | FW | JPN | Hiroki Bandai (to Montedio Yamagata, previously on loan to Thespakusatsu Gunma) |
| 24 | DF | JPN | Jun Yanagisawa |

## Competitions
### J.League
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 3 December 2012. Source: World-Football.net

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | L | W | W | L | W | W | D | D | D | D | L | W | L | D | W | L | W | D | W | W | L | D | W | L | W | L | L | L | W | W | W | W | L |
| Position | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 5 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Qualification to 2013 Champions League |
| 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 |
| 7 | Nagoya Grampus | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 46 | 47 | −1 | 52 | |
| 8 | Kawasaki Frontale | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 51 | 50 | +1 | 50 | |
| 9 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 39 | 40 | −1 | 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 | 45 | −7 | 44 | |
| 14 | Cerezo Osaka | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 47 | 53 | −6 | 42 | |
| 15 | Albirex Niigata | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 29 | 34 | −5 | 40 | |
| 16 | Vissel Kobe (R) | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 41 | 50 | −9 | 39 | Relegation to 2013 J.League Division 2 |
| 17 | Gamba Osaka (R) | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 67 | 65 | +2 | 38 | Relegation to 2013 J.League Division 2 |
| 18 | Consadole Sapporo (R) | 34 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 25 | 88 | −63 | 14 | Relegation to 2013 J.League Division 2 |
* 1 2 The winners of the 2012 Emperor's Cup qualified for the group stage of the 2013 AFC Champions League.

### J.League Cup
#### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Cerezo Osaka | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 | +8 | 12 |
| Vegalta Sendai | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | +4 | 12 |
| Júbilo Iwata | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 12 |
| Urawa Red Diamonds | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 9 |
| Sagan Tosu | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 16 | −8 | 9 |
| Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 4 |
| Kawasaki Frontale | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 4 |

### Emperor's Cup
## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | J-League | J-League | J-League Cup | J-League Cup | Emperor's Cup | Emperor's Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | JPN | Taku Akahoshi | 33 | 0 | 27+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | JPN | Kosuke Kitani | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | JPN | Keita Isozaki | 28 | 0 | 19+4 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | JPN | Teruaki Kobayashi | 25 | 1 | 16+7 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | KOR | Kim Kun-Hoan | 34 | 1 | 27+1 | 1 | 4+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | JPN | Tomotaka Okamoto | 28 | 0 | 22+1 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | JPN | Keisuke Funatani | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | JPN | Kota Mizunuma | 36 | 8 | 26+5 | 5 | 2+2 | 3 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Tozin | 28 | 3 | 4+18 | 3 | 5+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | KOR | Kim Min-Woo | 33 | 1 | 28+0 | 1 | 2+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | JPN | Yohei Toyoda | 33 | 17 | 30+0 | 16 | 1+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | JPN | Tatsuro Okuda | 7 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | JPN | Yusuke Inuzuka | 10 | 2 | 1+4 | 0 | 5+0 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | JPN | Naoyuki Fujita | 35 | 5 | 30+0 | 5 | 4+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | JPN | Ryuhei Niwa | 31 | 0 | 29+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | JPN | Takahiro Kuniyoshi | 6 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | JPN | Ryunosuke Noda | 22 | 5 | 9+7 | 4 | 5+0 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | JPN | Shohei Okada | 20 | 1 | 0+17 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | KOR | Yeo Sung-Hye | 30 | 1 | 24+0 | 1 | 4+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | JPN | Takuya Muro | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | JPN | Kei Ikeda | 25 | 3 | 23+1 | 3 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | JPN | So Morita | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | JPN | Kyohei Kuroki | 3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | JPN | Ryota Hayasaka | 22 | 1 | 9+9 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | JPN | Tatsuya Sakai | 6 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | JPN | Koki Kiyotake | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | JPN | Yoshiki Takahashi | 16 | 0 | 10+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | JPN | Shohei Kishida | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | JPN | Kohei Kuroki | 5 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Sagan Tosu no longer at the club: ||||||||||||

### Top scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | J-League | J-League Cup | Emperor's Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 11 | Yohei Toyoda | 16 | 1 | 0 | 17 |
| 2 | MF | 8 | Kota Mizunuma | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | MF | 14 | Naoyuki Fujita | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | FW | 18 | Ryunosuke Noda | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | FW | 9 | Tozin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | FW | 22 | Kei Ikeda | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | DF | 13 | Yusuke Inuzuka | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | 4 | Teruaki Kobayashi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | 10 | Kim Min-Woo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | 20 | Yeo Sung-Hye | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | 5 | Kim Kun-Hoan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | | | Own Goal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | FW | 19 | Shohei Okada | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | 25 | Ryota Hayasaka | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 40 | 5 | 0 | 45 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | J-League | J-League | J.League Cup | J.League Cup | Emperor's Cup | Emperor's Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Taku Akahoshi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | DF | Kosuke Kitani | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Keita Isozaki | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Teruaki Kobayashi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Kim Kun-Hoan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Tomotaka Okamoto | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Kota Mizunuma | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Tozim | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Kim Min-Woo | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Yohei Toyoda | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | Tatsuro Okuda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Naoyuki Fujita | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Ryuhei Niwa | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Takahiro Kuniyoshi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Ryunosuke Noda | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 19 | FW | Shohei Okada | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Yeo Sung-Hye | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | Kei Ikeda | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Koki Kiyotake | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Yoshiki Takahashi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 56 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 70 | 2 |