2016 J.League Cup

2016 J.League Cup
	J. League YBC Levain Cup
Country	Japan
Teams	18
Champions	Urawa Red Diamonds
Runners-up	Gamba Osaka
Top goal scorer(s)	Toshiyuki Takagi (4 goals)
	← 2015 2017 →

The 2016 J.League Cup (also known as the 2016 Yamazaki Nabisco Cup, later changed to J.League YBC Levain Cup for sponsoring purposes) is the 41st edition of the most prestigious Japanese football league cup tournament and the 24th edition under the current J.League Cup format.

Format

Teams from the J1 League will take part in the tournament. Sanfrecce Hiroshima, Gamba Osaka, Urawa Red Diamonds and FC Tokyo were given a bye to the quarter-finals due to qualification in the 2016 AFC Champions League. The remaining 14 teams started from the group stage, where they were divided into two groups of seven. The group winners and the runners-up of each group qualified for the quarter-final along with the four teams which qualified for the AFC Champions League.

Group stage

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Group A

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Vissel Kobe	6	5	1	0	15	3	+12	16	Knock-out stage
2	Omiya Ardija	6	4	2	0	5	1	+4	14	Knock-out stage
3	Ventforet Kofu	6	2	2	2	3	4	−1	8
4	Shonan Bellmare	6	2	1	3	4	6	−2	7
5	Júbilo Iwata	6	1	2	3	4	7	−3	5
6	Kashima Antlers	6	1	1	4	8	12	−4	4
7	Nagoya Grampus	6	1	1	4	4	10	−6	4

Updated to match(es) played on 5 June 2016. Source: 2016J.League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup Group Stage Group A League table
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Fair-play points; 7) Draw.

Results

Home \ Away^[1]	ANT	ARD	BEL	GRA	JÚB	VEN	VIS
Kashima Antlers			2–3		1–1	1–2
Omiya Ardija	1–0			1–0	1–0
Shonan Bellmare		0–1			0–0		0–2
Nagoya Grampus	1–3		0–1			0–0
Júbilo Iwata				1–3		1–0	1–2
Ventforet Kofu		0–0	1–0				0–2
Vissel Kobe	4–1	1–1		4–0

Updated to games played on 5 June 2016.
Source: J. League Data
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches

23 March 201619:03

Kashima Antlers	1-2	Ventforet Kofu
Yamamoto 60'	Report	Billy Celeski 6' Nilson 45'

Kashima Soccer Stadium, Kashima

Attendance: 7,321

Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

23 March 201619:00

Omiya Ardija	1-0	Nagoya Grampus
Esaka 37'	Report

Nack5 Stadium Omiya, Ōmiya-ku, Saitama

Attendance: 5,359

Referee: Kazuyoshi Enomoto

23 March 201619:04

Júbilo Iwata	1-2	Vissel Kobe
Saito 13'	Report	Pedro Júnior 35' Leandro 69'

Yamaha Stadium, Iwata

Attendance: 6,695

Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

27 March 201614:04

Ventforet Kofu	0-0	Omiya Ardija
	Report

Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium, Kōfu

Attendance: 6,331

Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami

27 March 201614:04

Nagoya Grampus	0-1	Shonan Bellmare
	Report	Shimamura 87'

Paloma Mizuho Stadium, Nagoya

Attendance: 7,309

Referee: Masuya Ueda

27 March 201614:00

Vissel Kobe	4-1	Kashima Antlers
Pedro Júnior 23', 64' Watanabe 37' Soma 75'	Report	Yamamoto 84'

Noevir Stadium Kobe, Hyōgo-ku, Kobe

Attendance: 7,024

Referee: Tomohiro Inoue

6 April 201619:04

Shonan Bellmare	0-1	Omiya Ardija
	Report	Pečnik 64'

Shonan BMW Stadium Hiratsuka, Hiratsuka

Attendance: 6,134

Referee: Minoru Tojo

6 April 201619:04

Júbilo Iwata	1-0	Ventforet Kofu
Matsui 1'	Report

Yamaha Stadium, Iwata

Attendance: 6,541

Referee: Takuto Okabe

6 April 201619:04

Nagoya Grampus	1-3	Kashima Antlers
Noda 38'	Report	Endo 52' Caio 66' Shoji 71'

Paloma Mizuho Stadium, Nagoya

Attendance: 6,134

Referee: Hiromichi Oka

20 April 201619:00

Shonan Bellmare	0-0	Júbilo Iwata
	Report

Shonan BMW Stadium Hiratsuka, Hiratsuka

Attendance: 5,211

Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

20 April 201619:00

Nagoya Grampus	0-0	Ventforet Kofu
	Report

Paloma Mizuho Stadium, Nagoya

Attendance: 3,919

Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami

20 April 201619:00

Vissel Kobe	1-1	Omiya Ardija
Watanabe 58'	Report	Esaka 17'

Noevir Stadium Kobe, Hyōgo-ku, Kobe

Attendance: 5,077

Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama

18 May 201619:00

Kashima Antlers	2-3	Shonan Bellmare
Nagaki 11' Doi 26'	Report	Otsuki 18' Hasegawa 87' Hanato 90+4'

Kashima Soccer Stadium, Kashima

Attendance: 5,788

Referee: Takuto Okabe

18 May 201619:00

Omiya Ardija	1-0	Júbilo Iwata
Keisuke 25'	Report

Nack5 Stadium Omiya, Ōmiya-ku, Saitama

Attendance: 5,985

Referee: Yusuke Araki

18 May 201619:00

Ventforet Kofu	0-2	Vissel Kobe
	Report	Tanaka 64' Seigou 75'

Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium, Kōfu

Attendance: 4,723

Referee: Kochiro Fukushima

25 May 201619:00

Kashima Antlers	1-1	Júbilo Iwata
Sugimoto 58'	Report	Fujita 17'

Kashima Soccer Stadium, Kashima

Attendance: 5,272

Referee: Masaaki Toma

25 May 201619:00

Ventforet Kofu	1-0	Shonan Bellmare
Kawamoto 61'	Report

Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium, Kōfu

Attendance: 4,029

Referee: Jumpei Iida

25 May 201619:00

Vissel Kobe	4-0	Nagoya Grampus
Nakasaka 10' Watanabe 19' Ishizu 88' Takahashi 90+3'	Report

Noevir Stadium Kobe, Hyōgo-ku, Kobe

Attendance: 5,168

Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama

5 June 201614:00

Omiya Ardija	1-0	Kashima Antlers
Pečnik 87'	Report

Nack5 Stadium Omiya, Ōmiya-ku, Saitama

Attendance: 9,316

Referee:

Bartosz Frankowski

5 June 201614:00

Shonan Bellmare	0-2	Vissel Kobe
	Report	Nakasaka 37' Fujita 90+1'

TOHO Stadium, Fukushima

Attendance: 4,501

Referee: Akihiko Ikeuchi

5 June 201614:00

Júbilo Iwata	1-3	Nagoya Grampus
Bothroyd 64'	Report	Koyamatsu 27' Takeuchi 37' Kawamata 39'

Yamaha Stadium, Iwata

Attendance: 8,792

Referee: Kenji Ogiya

Group B

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Yokohama F. Marinos	6	3	2	1	7	5	+2	11	Knock-out stage
2	Avispa Fukuoka	6	2	3	1	9	7	+2	9	Knock-out stage
3	Kawasaki Frontale	6	2	2	2	9	5	+4	8
4	Kashiwa Reysol	6	2	2	2	9	8	+1	8
5	Vegalta Sendai	6	2	2	2	4	5	−1	8
6	Albirex Niigata	6	2	1	3	6	12	−6	7
7	Sagan Tosu	6	0	4	2	4	6	−2	4

Updated to match(es) played on 5 June 2016. Source: 2016J.League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup Group Stage Group B League table
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Fair-play points; 7) Draw.

Results

Home \ Away^[1]	ALB	AVI	FMA	FRO	REY	SAG	VEG
Albirex Niigata			1–1	0–5		1–0
Avispa Fukuoka	4–2				2–2	1–1
Yokohama F. Marinos		2–1			1–3	1–0
Kawasaki Frontale		0–1	0–0				2–1
Kashiwa Reysol	1–2			2–1			0–1
Sagan Tosu				1–1	1–1		1–1
Vegalta Sendai	1–0	0–0	0–2

Updated to games played on 5 June 2016.
Source: J. League Data
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches

23 March 201619:03

Vegalta Sendai	1–0	Albirex Niigata
Enomoto 4'	Report

Yurtec Stadium Sendai, Sendai

Attendance: 6,135

Referee: Yusuke Araki

23 March 201619:05

Kawasaki Frontale	0-0	Yokohama F. Marinos
	Report

Todoroki Athletics Stadium, Kawasaki

Attendance: 15,644

Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

23 March 201619:04

Avispa Fukuoka	2-2	Kashiwa Reysol
Jogo 17' Wellington 30'	Report	Wako 55' Tanaka 77'

Level-5 Stadium, Fukuoka

Attendance: 5,525

Referee: Jumpei Iida

27 March 201615:03

Kashiwa Reysol	0-1	Vegalta Sendai
	Report	Tomita 69'

Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium, Kashiwa

Attendance: 6,944

Referee: Itaru Hirose

27 March 201615:03

Kawasaki Frontale	0-1	Avispa Fukuoka
	Report	Tamura 79'

Todoroki Athletics Stadium, Kawasaki

Attendance: 11,510

Referee: Akihiko Ikeuchi

27 March 201615:03

Albirex Niigata	1-0	Sagan Tosu
Léo Silva 75'	Report

Denka Big Swan Stadium, Niigata

Attendance: 12,427

Referee: Hiromichi Oka

6 April 201619:03

Albirex Niigata	0-5	Kawasaki Frontale
	Report	Taniguchi 8', 23' Kano 20', 83' Hashimoto 48'

Denka Big Swan Stadium, Niigata

Attendance: 8,404

Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

6 April 201619:04

Sagan Tosu	1-1	Vegalta Sendai
Baek Sung-dong 38'	Report	Kim Min-Tae 86'

Best Amenity Stadium, Tosu

Attendance: 4,195

Referee: Masaaki Toma

6 April 201619:34

Yokohama F. Marinos	1-3	Kashiwa Reysol
Togashi 5'	Report	Nakagawa 42' Masushima 50', 68'

Nippatsu Mitsuzawa Stadium, Yokohama

Attendance: 7,084

Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

20 April 201619:00

Vegalta Sendai	0-0	Avispa Fukuoka
	Report

Yurtec Stadium Sendai, Sendai

Attendance: 5,955

Referee: Yusuke Araki

20 April 201619:00

Kashiwa Reysol	2-1	Kawasaki Frontale
Diego Oliveira 39' Taketomi 90+4'	Report	Eduardo Neto 72'

Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium, Kashiwa

Attendance: 5,543

Referee: Hajime Matsuo

20 April 201619:30

Yokohama F. Marinos	1-0	Sagan Tosu
Ito 23'	Report

Nippatsu Mitsuzawa Stadium, Yokohama

Attendance: 4,777

Referee: Jumpei Iida

18 May 201619:00

Kashiwa Reysol	1-2	Albirex Niigata
Diego Oliveira 66'	Report	Ito 55' Kozuka 72'

Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium, Kashiwa

Attendance: 5,300

Referee: Jumpei Iida

18 May 201619:00

Sagan Tosu	1-1	Kawasaki Frontale
Tomiyama 72'	Report	Kim Min-hyeok 16' (o.g.)

Best Amenity Stadium, Tosu

Attendance: 4,779

Referee: Hiromichi Oka

18 May 201619:30

Yokohama F. Marinos	2-1	Avispa Fukuoka
Hyodo 73' Ito 90+4'	Report	Hirai 31'

Nippatsu Mitsuzawa Stadium, Yokohama

Attendance: 5,133

Referee: Shoichiro Mikami

25 May 201619:00

Kawasaki Frontale	2-1	Vegalta Sendai
Otsuka 43', 48'	Report	Ramon Lopes 85'

Todoroki Athletics Stadium, Kawasaki

Attendance: 8,801

Referee:

Bartosz Frankowski

25 May 201619:00

Albirex Niigata	1-1	Yokohama F. Marinos
Ibusuki 7'	Report	Nakagawa 72'

Denka Big Swan Stadium, Niigata

Attendance: 8,136

Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami

25 May 201619:00

Avispa Fukuoka	1-1	Sagan Tosu
Hirai 85'	Report	Toyoda 45'

Level-5 Stadium, Fukuoka

Attendance: 14,465

Referee: Kenji Ogiya

5 June 201614:00

Vegalta Sendai	0-2	Yokohama F. Marinos
	Report	Nakamura 42' Saito 61'

Yurtec Stadium Sendai, Sendai

Attendance: 12,811

Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

5 June 201614:00

Avispa Fukuoka	4-2	Albirex Niigata
Kanamori 16', 37' Hirai 19' Jogo 68'	Report	Yamazaki 6' Suzuki 82'

Level-5 Stadium, Fukuoka

Attendance: 7,209

Referee: Hajime Matsuo

5 June 201614:00

Sagan Tosu	1-1	Kashiwa Reysol
Ikeda 31'	Report	Éderson 79'

Best Amenity Stadium, Tosu

Attendance: 5,337

Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

Knock-out stage

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final

Yokohama F. Marinos (a)	1	1	2
Omiya Ardija	2	0	2
				Yokohama F. Marinos	0	1	1

				Gamba Osaka (a)	0	1	1
Gamba Osaka	1	6	7

Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1	3	4
								Gamba Osaka	1 (4)
								Urawa Red Diamonds	1 (5)
Urawa Red Diamonds	2	4	6
Vissel Kobe	1	0	1
				Urawa Red Diamonds	2	3	5

				FC Tokyo	1	1	2
Avispa Fukuoka	1	0	1

FC Tokyo	1	2	3

Quarter-finals

First leg

31 August 201619:03

Omiya Ardija	2–1	Yokohama F. Marinos
Mateus 23' Ienaga 87'	Report	Kanai 71'

NACK5 Stadium Omiya, Saitama

Attendance: 6,283

Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama

31 August 201619:04

Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1–1	Gamba Osaka
Shibasaki 28'	Report	Goya 86'

Hiroshima Big Arch, Hiroshima

Attendance: 5,529

Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

31 August 201619:05

Vissel Kobe	1–2	Urawa Red Diamonds
Leandro 35'	Report	Takagi 6' Zlatan 41'

Misaki Park Stadium, Kobe

Attendance: 7,001

Referee: Yusuke Araki

31 August 201619:30

FC Tokyo	1–1	Avispa Fukuoka
Nakajima 62'	Report	Mishima 90'

Ajinomoto Stadium, Chōfu

Attendance: 6,882

Referee: Takuto Okabe

Second leg

4 September 201618:04

Yokohama F. Marinos	1–0	Omiya Ardija
Kayke 45+1'	Report

Nippatsu Mitsuzawa Stadium, Yokohama

Attendance: 8,862

Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

2–2 on aggregate. Yokohama F. Marinos won on away goals

4 September 201618:34

Urawa Red Diamonds	4–0	Vissel Kobe
Takagi 39', 60' Abe 43' Lee 84'	Report

Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama

Attendance: 19,253

Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

Urawa Red Diamonds won 6-1 on aggregate.

4 September 201619:02

Gamba Osaka	6–3	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Nagasawa 32', 45+2' Niwa 55' Ademilson 60', 63' Abe 71'	Report	Nogami 24' Morisaki 52' Minagawa 79'

Suita City Football Stadium, Suita

Attendance: 12,977

Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami

Gamba Osaka won 7-4 on aggregate.

4 September 201619:04

Avispa Fukuoka	0–2	FC Tokyo
	Report	Tanabe 30' Takahashi 75'

Level5 Stadium, Fukuoka

Attendance: 8,060

Referee: Kenji Ogiya

FC Tokyo won 3-1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

First leg

5 October 201619:04

Gamba Osaka	0–0	Yokohama F. Marinos
	Report

Suita City Football Stadium, Suita

Attendance: 11,160

Referee: Hajime Matsuo

5 October 201619:34

FC Tokyo	1–2	Urawa Red Diamonds
Higashi 49'	Report	77' Takagi 80' Muto

Ajinomoto Stadium, Chōfu

Attendance: 13,354

Referee: Masaaki Iemoto

Second leg

9 October 201614:00

Yokohama F. Marinos	1–1	Gamba Osaka
Ito 56'	Report	63' Endo

Nissan Stadium, Yokohama

Attendance: 19,378

Referee: Kenji Ogiya

1–1 on aggregate. Gamba Osaka won on away goals

9 October 201614:04

Urawa Red Diamonds	3–1	FC Tokyo
Koroki 24', 38', 53'	Report	81' Nakajima

Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama

Attendance: 26,876

Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

Urawa Red Diamonds won 5-2 on aggregate.

Final

15 October 201613:05

Gamba Osaka	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Urawa Red Diamonds
Ademilson 17'		76' Lee
Penalties
Fujimoto Konno Niwa Goya Endo	4–5	Abe Otani Koroki Lee Endo

Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama

Attendance: 51,248

Referee: Ryuji Sato

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Toshiyuki Takagi	Urawa Red Diamonds	4
2	Shinzo Koroki	Urawa Red Diamonds	3
	Pedro Júnior	Vissel Kobe
	Kazuma Watanabe	Vissel Kobe
	Shoki Hirai	Avispa Fukuoka
	Sho Ito	Yokohama F. Marinos

Updated to games played on 15 October 2016
Names of players in bold are still active.
Source: J. League Data

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