2011 Avispa Fukuoka season

Avispa Fukuoka

2011 season
Manager	Yoshiyuki Shinoda Tetsuya Asano
J. League Division 1	17th (relegated)
Emperor's Cup	Third round
J. League Cup	First round
Home colours Away colours
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The 2011 Avispa Fukuoka season was Avispa Fukuoka's first season in J. League Division 1 since 2006, and 8th overall in the top division. It also includes the 2011 J. League Cup, and the 2011 Emperor's Cup. Avispa Fukuoka finished the J. League season in 17th place and were relegated to the 2012 J. League Division 2.

Competitions

J. League

Main article: 2011 J. League Division 1

Final standing

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.

Results summary

Avispa Fukuoka v Albirex Niigata

5 March 2011 Round 1	Avispa Fukuoka	0 - 3	Albirex Niigata	LEVEL-5 Stadium
Saturday 14:04		Report	52' Michael,  69' Bruno Lopes,  75' Fujita	Attendance: 10,254 Referee: Kimura

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	17

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

J. League Cup

Main article: 2011 J. League Cup

Emperor's Cup

Main article: 2011 Emperor's Cup

Avispa Fukuoka v Kōchi University

2011-10-08 Second round	Avispa Fukuoka	3 – 0	Kōchi University	Fukuyama Takegahana Stadium, Fukuyama
15:00	Nakamachi  14' Matsuura  31' Takahashi  64'	Report		Attendance: 938 Referee: Naohito Ogawa

Vegalta Sendai v Avispa Fukuoka

2011-11-16 Third round	Vegalta Sendai	3 – 1	Avispa Fukuoka	Yurtec Stadium Sendai, Sendai
19:00	Tamura  18', 22' Nakashima  82'	Report	Okamoto  68'	Attendance: 4,831 Referee: Tomohiro Inoue