title: 2012 Matsumoto Yamaga FC season
text: # 2012 Matsumoto Yamaga FC season
  
  The 2012 Matsumoto Yamaga FC season sees Matsumoto Yamaga compete in J.League Division 2 for the first time after being promoted from the 2011 Japan Football League. Matsumoto Yamaga are also competing in the 2012 Emperor's Cup.
  
  ## Players
  
  ### First team squad
  
  As of March 4, 2012
  
  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 | Tasuku Ishikawa |
  | 2 | DF | JPN | Ryuji Ito |
  | 4 | DF | JPN | Masaki Iida |
  | 5 | MF | JPN | Kenta Komatsu |
  | 6 | MF | JPN | Shota Imai |
  | 7 | MF | JPN | Ryuji Kitamura |
  | 8 | MF | JPN | Kento Tsurumaki |
  | 9 | FW | BRA | Eydison |
  | 11 | FW | JPN | Masato Katayama |
  | 13 | FW | JPN | Tetsuya Kijima |
  | 14 | DF | JPN | Mutsumi Tamabayashi |
  | 15 | DF | JPN | Takuya Abe |
  | 16 | DF | JPN | Hiroshi Tetsuto |
  | 17 | MF | JPN | Ken Hisatomi |
  | 18 | MF | JPN | Akihito Kusunose |
  | 19 | FW | JPN | Shogo Shiozawa |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | 20 | MF | JPN | Yusuke Sudo |
  | 21 | GK | JPN | Yosuke Nozawa |
  | 22 | DF | JPN | Masaki Yoshida |
  | 23 | DF | JPN | Atsuto Tatara |
  | 24 | DF | KOR | Lee Jong-min |
  | 25 | GK | JPN | Yuto Shirai |
  | 26 | MF | JPN | Kosei Arita |
  | 27 | MF | JPN | Masahiro Ohashi |
  | 28 | DF | JPN | Kazuya Iio |
  | 29 | DF | JPN | Yuta Murase |
  | 30 | MF | JPN | Takumi Watanabe |
  | 32 | FW | JPN | Takayuki Funayama |
  | 33 | FW | JPN | Ryosuke Kijima |
  | 35 | FW | JPN | Shingo Kukita |
  | 36 | MF | JPN | Tsukasa Masuyama |
  | 38 | MF | JPN | Kohei Kiyama |
  
  ### Mid-season Transfer
  
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 9 | FW | BRA | Allisson Ricardo Faramílio (on loan from Audax São Paulo Esporte Clube) |
  | 10 | MF | BRA | Thiago Araújo da Silva (from Central Sport Club) |
  | 22 | MF | JPN | Akito Tachibana (on loan from Shimizu S-Pulse) |
  | 24 | DF | JPN | Yuji Fujikawa (on loan from Oita Trinita) |
  | 30 | DF | JPN | Yugo Ichiyanagi (on loan from Fagiano Okayama) |
  | 31 | GK | JPN | Yuya Miura (on loan from Kashiwa Reysol) |
  | 37 | MF | KOR | Yoon Sun-Yeul (from F.C. Machida Zelvia) |
  | 39 | FW | KOR | Choi Su-Bin (from Osotspa Saraburi F.C.) |
  | 41 | FW | JPN | Shuho Miyashita (from Souzou Gakuen High School as a designated player by JFA and J. League) |
  | 45 | GK | JPN | Shuhei Yamada (from Aoyama Gakuin University as a designated player by JFA and J. League) |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | 6 | MF | JPN | Shota Imai (on loan to Blaublitz Akita) |
  | 9 | FW | BRA | Eydison |
  | 17 | MF | JPN | Ken Hisatomi (on loan to Fujieda MYFC) |
  | 22 | DF | JPN | Masaki Yoshida (on loan to F.C. Ryūkyū) |
  | 24 | DF | KOR | Lee Jong-min |
  | 33 | FW | JPN | Ryosuke Kijima (to Tokyo Verdy) |
  
  ## Competitions
  
  ### J. League
  
  **League table**
  
  | Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 10 | Montedio Yamagata | 42 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 51 | 49 | +2 | 61 |
  | 11 | Tochigi SC | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 50 | 49 | +1 | 60 |
  | 12 | Matsumoto Yamaga | 42 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 46 | 43 | +3 | 59 |
  | 13 | Mito HollyHock | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 47 | 49 | −2 | 56 |
  | 14 | Roasso Kumamoto | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 40 | 48 | −8 | 55 |
  