2011 Ventforet Kofu season

Ventforet Kofu

2011 season
Manager	Kazuo Uchida
J. League Division 1	16th (Relegated to J2)
Emperor's Cup	Third round
J. League Cup	First round
Home colours Away colours
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The 2011 Ventforet Kofu season was Ventforet Kofu's first season in J. League Division 1 since 2007, making it the third overall in J1. Ventforet finished 15th and were relegated to Division 2. Ventforet got knocked out in the first round of the 2011 J. League Cup and third round of the 2011 Emperor's Cup.

Competitions

J. League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Kashiwa Reysol (C)	34	23	3	8	65	42	+23	72	Qualification to 2012 AFC Champions League group stage Group stage ^1,2
2	Nagoya Grampus	34	21	8	5	67	36	+31	71
3	Gamba Osaka	34	21	7	6	78	51	+27	70
4	Vegalta Sendai	34	14	14	6	39	25	+14	56
5	Yokohama F. Marinos	34	16	8	10	46	40	+6	56
6	Kashima Antlers	34	13	11	10	53	40	+13	50
7	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	34	14	8	12	52	49	+3	50
8	Júbilo Iwata	34	13	8	13	53	45	+8	47
9	Vissel Kobe	34	13	7	14	44	45	−1	46
10	Shimizu S-Pulse	34	11	12	11	42	51	−9	45
11	Kawasaki Frontale	34	13	5	16	52	53	−1	44
12	Cerezo Osaka	34	11	10	13	67	53	+14	43
13	Omiya Ardija	34	10	12	12	38	48	−10	42
14	Albirex Niigata	34	10	9	15	38	46	−8	39
15	Urawa Red Diamonds	34	8	12	14	36	43	−7	36
16	Ventforet Kofu (R)	34	9	6	19	42	63	−21	33	Relegation to 2012 J. League Division 2
17	Avispa Fukuoka (R)	34	6	4	24	34	75	−41	22
18	Montedio Yamagata (R)	34	5	6	23	23	64	−41	21

Updated to games played on December 3, 2011.
Source: J.League Division 1
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal differential; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head results; 5th disciplinary points; 6th draw
¹ League champions also qualified for the 2011 FIFA Club World Cup play-off stage.
² The winners of the 2011 Emperor's Cup, F.C. Tokyo, which played in the 2011 J.League Division 2, also qualified for the group stage of the 2012 AFC Champions League.
If two clubs are tied for first place, both clubs will be declared champions.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Matches

Ventforet Kofu v Jubilo Iwata

5 March 2011 Round 1	Ventforet Kofu	0 - 1	Jubilo Iwata	Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium
Saturday 14:03		Report	81' Yamamoto	Attendance: 15,040 Referee: Matsumura

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
Result	L
Position	14

Last updated: 6 March 2011.
Source: "World-Football.net".
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

J. League Cup

Emperor's Cup

Ventforet Kofu v Machida Zelvia

2011-10-08 Second round	Ventforet Kofu	2 – 1	Machida Zelvia	Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium, Kōfu
15:00	Uchiyama  6' Paulinho  36'	Report	Suzuki  51'	Attendance: 3,421 Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

Kashiwa Reysol v Ventforet Kofu

2011-11-16 Third round	Kashiwa Reysol	6 – 1	Ventforet Kofu	Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium, Kashiwa
19:00	Jorge Wagner  10' Kudo  26' Kitajima  29' Hashimoto  37' Tanaka  67', 80'	Report	Yabu  13'	Attendance: 3,950 Referee: Takuya Maeda

References