2009 J.League Cup

The 2009 J.League Cup, more widely known as the 2009 Nabisco Cup, is the 34th edition of Japan soccer league cup tournament and the 17th edition under the current J.League Cup format. The championship started on March 25, 2009 and ended on November 3, with F.C. Tokyo defeating Kawasaki Frontale 2-0 in the Final. They qualified for the 2010 Suruga Bank Championship.

Teams from the J1 will take part in the tournament. Kashima Antlers, Kawasaki Frontale, Nagoya Grampus and Gamba Osaka were given a bye to the quarter-final due to the qualification for the AFC Champions League group stage. The rest of 14 will start from the group stage, which divided them into two groups. The group winners and the runners-up of each group will qualify for the quarter-final along with the four teams which qualified for the AFC Champions League.

Group stage

Knockout stage

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

  Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                             
Kashima Antlers 1 0 1  
Kawasaki Frontale 0 3 3  
  Kawasaki Frontale 2 1 3  
  Yokohama F. Marinos 0 1 1  
Gamba Osaka 1 2 3
  Yokohama F. Marinos 3 1 4  
    Kawasaki Frontale  
  FC Tokyo  
  Urawa Red Diamonds 2 0 2  
Shimizu S-Pulse 1 3 4  
  Shimizu S-Pulse 2 0 2
  FC Tokyo 2 1 3  
FC Tokyo 5 1 6
  Nagoya Grampus 1 2 3  

Quarter finals

First leg

Kashima Antlers 1 – 0 Kawasaki Frontale
Ogasawara  83' (Report)
Attendance: 7,395
Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami
Gamba Osaka 1 – 3 Yokohama F. Marinos
Nakazawa  49' (Report) Yamase  40'
Sakata  68'
Matsuda  85'
Attendance: 7,102
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura
Urawa Red Diamonds 2 – 1 Shimizu S-Pulse
Tulio  24'
Edmilson  60'		 (Report) Edamura  48'
Attendance: 21,271
Referee: Ryuji Sato
F.C. Tokyo 5 – 1 Nagoya Grampus
Hirayama  3'
Yonemoto  10'
Ishikawa  11'
Nagatomo  26'
 75' (o.g.)		 (Report) Ogawa  53'
Attendance: 12,226
Referee: Kazuhiko Matsumura

Second leg

Kawasaki Frontale 3 – 0 (a.e.t.) Kashima Antlers
Juninho  89'
Renatinho  94'
Chong Tese  102'		 (Report)
Attendance: 13,581
Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama
Yokohama F. Marinos 1 – 2 Gamba Osaka
Hasegawa  23' (Report) Myojin  16'
Leandro  74'
Attendance: 9,133
Referee: Masaaki Iemoto
Shimizu S-Pulse 3 – 0 Urawa Red Diamonds
Abe  0' (o.g.)
Okazaki  44'
Aoyama  62'		 (Report)
Attendance: 12,014
Referee: Minoru Tojo
Nagoya Grampus 2 – 1 F.C. Tokyo
Maki  33'
Yoshida  65'		 (Report) Hirayama  85'
Attendance: 6,463
Referee: Joji Kashihara

Semi finals

First leg

Kawasaki Frontale 2 – 0 Yokohama F. Marinos
Chong Tese  15'
Juninho  57'		 (Report)
Attendance: 11,850
Referee: Joji Kashihara
Shimizu S-Pulse 2 – 2 F.C. Tokyo
Johnsen  34'
Edamura  69'		 (Report) Yonemoto  33'
Cabore  42'
Attendance: 10,026
Referee: Masaaki Iemoto

Second leg

Yokohama F. Marinos 1 – 1 Kawasaki Frontale
Yamase  68' (Report) Juninho  89'
Attendance: 16,467
Referee: Kenji Ogiya
F.C. Tokyo 1 – 0 Shimizu S-Pulse
Hirayama  16' (Report)
Attendance: 22,181
Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida

Final

F.C. Tokyo 2 – 0 Kawasaki Frontale
Yonemoto  22'
Hirayama  59'		 (Report)
Attendance: 44,308
Referee: Shinji Murakami
F.C. Tokyo:
GK20Japan Shuichi Gonda
RB33Japan Kenta Mukuhara
CB4Brazil Bruno Quadros
CB6Japan Yasuyuki Konno
LB3Japan Yuhei Tokunaga
DM28Japan Takuji YonemotoYellow card 58'
CM10Japan Yohei Kajiyama
RM40Japan Tatsuya Suzuki 86'
LM22Japan Naotake HanyuYellow card 62'  74'
CF24Japan Shingo Akamine 60'
CF13Japan Sōta Hirayama
Substitutes:
GK1Japan Hitoshi Shiota
DF3Japan Hideki Sahara  86'
DF5Japan Yuto Nagatomo  60'
DF8Japan Ryuji Fujiyama
DF15Japan Daishi Hiramatsu  74'
FW14Japan Hokuto Nakamura
FW32Japan Yusuke Kondo
Manager:
Japan Hiroshi Jofuku
Kawasaki Frontale:
GK1Japan Eiji Kawashima
RB19Japan Yusuke Mori
CB17Japan Kosuke Kikuchi
CB2Japan Hiroki Ito
LB26Japan Kazuhiro Murakami 70'
DM29Japan Hiroyuki Taniguchi
DM18Japan Tomonobu YokoyamaYellow card 24'  84'
AM14Japan Kengo Nakamura
RW34Brazil Renatinho 79'
LW10Brazil Juninho
CF9North Korea Chong Tese
Substitutes:
GK28Japan Rikihiro Sugiyama
DF13Japan Shuhei Terada
DF4Japan Yusuke Igawa
MF6Japan Yusuke Tasaka  70'
MF8Japan Satoru Yamagishi
FW23Japan Kyohei Noborizato  84'
FW7Japan Masaru Kurotsu  79'
Manager:
Japan Takashi Sekizuka

Top goalscorers

Goalscorers Goals Team
Brazil Cabore
5
 F.C. Tokyo
Japan Koji Yamase
5
 Yokohama F. Marinos
Japan Hisato Sato
5
 Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Japan Kazuma Watanabe
4
 Yokohama F. Marinos
Japan Sōta Hirayama
4
 F.C. Tokyo

Awards

See also

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