2012 J. League Division 2
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The <entity_0> season is the 41st season of the second-tier club football in Japan and the 14th season since the establishment of <entity_1>. The season started on <entity_7> and will finish on <entity_4>, followed by the promotion playoffs among the 3rd to 6th placed clubs (see the article). <entity_5> became champions and returned to <entity_2> immediately after one season at J2. The expected participant clubs are as follows: Rather than 3 spots for automatic promotions to <entity_2> (<entity_2>) until <entity_3>, there are only 2 spots for automatic promotions from this season, and the 3rd promoting club will be determined by a play-off called Play-off for Promotion to <entity_2> (J1昇格プレーオフ) held by 4 clubs (3rd – 6th placed clubs in the standings in the league matches). The regulation is: On 28 September, it was announced that the following clubs did not meet the criteria, mainly in regards to the stadiam's size, which are required to <entity_2> clubs to maintain, thus will not be promoted to <entity_2>, or participating promotion playoffs even if finishing in the appropriate standing at the end of the regular season: In 2008, J.League and Japan Football Association planned that at most 3 clubs in J2 are to relegate to Japan Football League (JFL) every season after the number of J2 clubs reached <entity_8>. In <entity_6>, since the number of J2 clubs reached <entity_8> from this season, J.League determined the regulation of the relegations from J2 to JFL that at most 2 clubs in J2 will relegate to JFL every season.
['sports season']