| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country | Japan |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Kashiwa Reysol(3rd title) |
| Runners-up | Gamba Osaka |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 87 |
The92ndEmperor's Cup (第92回天皇杯全日本サッカー選手権大会) was a regular edition of an annual Japanese national cup tournament. It started on 1 September 2012 and ended on 1 January 2013 with the final atNational Stadium in Tokyo, Japan, won byKashiwa Reysol 1–0 againstGamba Osaka.
The cup winners were guaranteed a place in the2013 AFC Champions League. However, as a requirement of AFC in 2012, the spot is only issued if the team holds a J1 license (but not necessary being a Division 1 team).
| Round | Date | Matches | Clubs | New entries this round |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First round | September 1, 2 | 24 | 47+1 → 24 |
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| Second round | September 8, 9 | 32 | 24+18+22 → 32 | |
| Third round | October 10 | 16 | 32 → 16 | |
| Fourth Round | December 15 | 8 | 16 → 8 | |
| Quarterfinals | December 23 | 4 | 8 → 4 | |
| Semifinals | December 29 | 2 | 4 → 2 | |
| Final | January 1, 2013 | 1 | 2 → 1 |
(*1) The team was the prefectural runners-up; Both Nagasaki Prefectural Cup finalists qualified for the final tournament, after the other finalist,V-Varen Nagasaki, had qualified to the Emperor's Cup as the JFL seeded club.[1]
Since this year, the drawing of the tournament was held twice: The first draw determined the pairings of first to third round matches; the second draw was held after the third round that determined the pairings of the fourth round to the final.
| Ohzu High School | 0–2 | V-Varen Nagasaki |
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| Tonan Maebashi | 5–0 | Nihon University Yamagata High School |
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| report |
| Yonago Kita High School | 1–2 | Volca Kagoshima |
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| report |
| Fagiano Okayama Next | 4–0 | Panasonic Energy Tokushima |
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| report |
| Kashiwa Reysol | 3–0 | Kashiwa ReysolU-18 |
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Leandro Domingues 14',45+1'Sawa 47' | report |
| Consadole Sapporo | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Nagano Parceiro |
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| Uehara 69' | report | Mukai 8' |
| Penalties | ||
| 3–5 | ||
| FC Tokyo | 0–1 | Yokogawa Musashino |
|---|---|---|
| report | Keisuke Iwata 90+2' |
| Júbilo Iwata | 7–0 | Suzuka Rampole |
|---|---|---|
| 17' (o.g.) Kobayashi 40'Oshitani 48'Yamazaki 54',61'Han Sang-woon 66'Yoshiro Abe 90+1' | report |
| Matsumoto Yamaga FC | 1–3 | Kyoto Sanga FC |
|---|---|---|
| Kusunose 64' | report | Kudo 4' Komai 13'Nakayama 83' |
| Vissel Kobe | 1–2 | Sagawa Shiga |
|---|---|---|
| Lee 42' | report | Shimada 11' Shohei Kiyohara 55' |
| Roasso Kumamoto | 4–3 (a.e.t.) | FC Gifu |
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| Taketomi 11',93' Nakama 74'Osako 112' | report | Higuchi 48',64' Danilo 95' |
| Avispa Fukuoka | 4–2 | Fukuoka University |
|---|---|---|
| Jogo 7',44' Osmar 59'Samir 71' | report | Kazuto Kishida 41' Shohei Kishida 76' |
| Yokohama F. Marinos | 4–2 | YSCC Yokohama |
|---|---|---|
| Ono 33' Nakamachi 52'Marquinhos 69'Matsumoto 86' | report | Akio Yoshida 66' Masao Tsuji 90+3' |
| Tochigi SC | 0–1 (a.e.t.) | Yokohama FC |
|---|---|---|
| report | Kaio 112' |
| Cerezo Osaka | 4–0 | Nara Club |
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| Kempes 25' Yamaguchi 59'Kenyu Sugimoto 83',86' | report |
| Montedio Yamagata | 3–0 | Tonan Maebashi |
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| Hayashi 47' Nishikawa 48'Nakashima 90+2' | report |
| Nagoya Grampus | 2–0 | FC Kariya |
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| Masukawa 58' Ogawa 66' | report |
| Urawa Red Diamonds | 2–1 | Volca Kagoshima |
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| Tanaka 30' Popó 48' | report | Kuriyama 9' |
| Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 1–2 | FC Imabari |
|---|---|---|
| Sato 75' | report | Ryusei Morikawa 3' Daiki Takada 87' |
| Shimizu S-Pulse | 5–0 | Arterivo Wakayama |
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| Shirasaki 2',25',80' Ito 68'Kashiwase 90+1' | report |
| Gamba Osaka | 3–0 | Kansai University |
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| Yokotani 2' Myojin 39'Abe 47' | report |
| Oita Trinita | 2–2 (a.e.t.) | Mito HollyHock |
|---|---|---|
| Marutani 13',58' | report | Dai 75' Hashimoto 90+2' |
| Penalties | ||
| 3–5 | ||
| Albirex Niigata | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Saurcos Fukui |
|---|---|---|
| Bruno Lopes 56',105+1' | report | Yusuke Sakai 45+2' |
| Kashima Antlers | 7–1 | University of Tsukuba |
|---|---|---|
| Endo 35',38',72' Juninho 53'Aoki 69'Okamoto 76'Shoji 84' | report | Shuhei Akasaki 90+3' |
| Gainare Tottori | 2–1 | Thespa Kusatsu |
|---|---|---|
| Ozaki 52' Sumida 72' | report | Hayashi 72' |
| Tokushima Vortis | 5–1 | Fagiano Okayama Next |
|---|---|---|
| Douglas 33' Tsuda 50'Hamada 63'Nasukawa 80'Ota 90+1' | report | Nakano 88' |
| Kashiwa Reysol (1) | 2–1 | Shonan Bellmare (2) |
|---|---|---|
| Tanaka 30' Neto Baiano 90+2' | report | Otsuki 15' |
| Vegalta Sendai (1) | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | Roasso Kumamoto (2) |
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| Watanabe 64' | report | Saito 48' Yabu 119' |
| Omiya Ardija (1) | 3–1 | Avispa Fukuoka (2) |
|---|---|---|
| Hasegawa 45' Zlatan 54'Novaković 87' | report | Osmar 66' |
| Yokohama F. Marinos (1) | 2–1 | Yokohama FC (2) |
|---|---|---|
| Nakamura 25',48' | report | Watanabe 58' |
| Cerezo Osaka (1) | 2–1 | Montedio Yamagata (2) |
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| Sugimoto 59' Fujimoto 89' | report | Maeda 50' |
| Fagiano Okayama (2) | 2–3 | Nagoya Grampus (1) |
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| Sengoku 39' Sekido 75' | report | Tulio 46',90+1' (pen.) Nagai 62' |
| Kamatamare Sanuki (3) | 1–2 | Urawa Red Diamonds (1) |
|---|---|---|
| Nishino 88' | report | Yajima 75' Popó 90+3' |
| FC Imabari (4) | 2–5 | FC Machida Zelvia (2) |
|---|---|---|
| Kitabayashi 44' Okamoto 71' | report | Ota 36',70' Kitai 47',65'Dimić 90+4' |
Note: The venue was changed on 21 September, originally planned to be Hiroshima Big Arch Main Stadium.[3]
| Shimizu S-Pulse (1) | 1–0 | Tokyo Verdy (2) |
|---|---|---|
| Shirasaki 54' | report |
| Gamba Osaka (1) | 1–0 | Mito HollyHock (2) |
|---|---|---|
| Leandro 62' | report |
| Albirex Niigata (1) | 0–1 | Fukushima United (4) |
|---|---|---|
| report | Masuko 63' |
| Kashima Antlers (1) | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Gainare Tottori (2) |
|---|---|---|
| Masuda 40' Koroki 110' | report | Mio 75' |
| Kawasaki Frontale (1) | 3–2 (a.e.t.) | Tokushima Vortis (2) |
|---|---|---|
| Renato 26',120+1' Kusukami 78' | report | Alex 24' Tsuda 90+1' |
| Gamba Osaka (1) | 3–2 | FC Machida Zelvia (2) |
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| Kurata 38' Iwashita 65'Endō 80' | Report | Kitai 27' Suzuki 56' |
| Cerezo Osaka (1) | 4–0 | Shimizu S-Pulse (1) |
|---|---|---|
| Minamino 24' Yamaguchi 53'Sugimoto 83'Murata 90' | Report |
| JEF United Ichihara Chiba (2) | 5–0 | Fukushima United (4) |
|---|---|---|
| Shunsuke 14' (o.g.) Yazawa 25'Fujita 77'Toshima 82'Hyodo 88' | Report |
| Kashima Antlers (1) | 3–1 | Júbilo Iwata (1) |
|---|---|---|
| Iwamasa 5' Dutra 14'Juninho 25' | Report | Maeda 1' |
| Urawa Red Diamonds (1) | 0–2 | Yokohama F. Marinos (1) |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Hyodo 28' Kano 49' |
| Nagoya Grampus (1) | 5–2 | Roasso Kumamoto (2) |
|---|---|---|
| H. Tanaka 15' Kanazaki 43'Ogawa 65'Nagai 78'Tamada 85' | Report | Saito 24',44' |
| Omiya Ardija (1) | 4–3 | Kawasaki Frontale (1) |
|---|---|---|
| Novakovic 63',90' Higashi 67',86' | Report | Kobayashi 6',26' Renato 38' |
| Kashiwa Reysol (1) | 1–0 | Yokogawa Musashino (3) |
|---|---|---|
| Tanaka 24' | Report |
| Cerezo Osaka (1) | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | Gamba Osaka (1) |
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| Kakitani 49' | Report | Endō 19' Ienaga 112' |
| JEF United Ichihara Chiba (2) | 0–1 | Kashima Antlers (1) |
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| Report | Osako 64' |
| Nagoya Grampus (1) | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | Yokohama F. Marinos (1) |
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| Report | ||
| Penalties | ||
Fujimoto Isomura  Taguchi Tulio Tamada Nagai Abe H. Tanaka | 6–7 | NakamuraHyodoMarquinhosNakamachiOnoKuriharaTomisawaNakazawa |
| Omiya Ardija (1) | 2–3 | Kashiwa Reysol (1) |
|---|---|---|
| Ueda 11' Cho 23' | Report | Sawa 59' Masushima 83'Kudo 90' |
| Gamba Osaka (1) | 1–0 | Kashima Antlers (1) |
|---|---|---|
| Endō 23' |
| Yokohama F. Marinos (1) | 0–1 | Kashiwa Reysol (1) |
|---|---|---|
| Kudo 23' |
| Gamba Osaka (1) | 0–1 | Kashiwa Reysol (1) |
|---|---|---|
| Watanabe 35' |