| Club: | Cerezo Osaka |
| Season: | 2012 |
| Manager: |  Sérgio Soares |
| Mgrtitle: | Manager |
| Chrtitle: | Nobuyoshi Fujita |
| League: | J.League Division 1 |
| Cup1: | Emperor's Cup |
| Cup2: | J.League Cup |
| Pattern B1: | _3navystripes |
| Leftarm1: | 000059 |
| Body1: | f09 |
| Rightarm1: | 000059 |
| Shorts1: | 000059 |
| Socks1: | 000059 |
| Leftarm2: | fff |
| Body2: | fff |
| Rightarm2: | fff |
| Shorts2: | fff |
| Socks2: | fff |
| Prevseason: | 2011 |
| Nextseason: | 2013 |
The 2012 Cerezo Osaka season is Cerezo Osaka's 3rd consecutive season, 14th season overall in J.League Division 1 and 40th overall in the Japanese top flight. It also includes the 2012 J.League Cup and the 2011 Emperor's Cup. 2012 is Sérgio Soares's first season at Cerezo after Levir Culpi left at the end of last season.
As of December 18, 2010
In Winter
Out Winter
See main article: 2012 J.League Division 1.
See main article: 2012 J.League Cup.
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| Cerezo Osaka | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 | +8 | 12 | |||||||||
| Vegalta Sendai | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | +4 | 12 | |||||||||
| Júbilo Iwata | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 11 | -1 | 12 | |||||||||
| Urawa Red Diamonds | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 9 | |||||||||
| Sagan Tosu | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 16 | -8 | 9 | |||||||||
| Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -3 | 4 | |||||||||
| Kawasaki Frontale | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 4 |