2018 Suruga Bank Championship

2018 Suruga Bank Championship
Cerezo Osaka Independiente
Japan Argentina
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Date 8 August 2018 (2018-08-08)
Venue Yanmar Stadium Nagai, Osaka
Referee Matthew Conger (New Zealand)
Attendance 10,035

The 2018 Suruga Bank Championship (Japanese: スルガ銀行チャンピオンシップ2018; Spanish: Copa Suruga Bank 2018) was the eleventh edition of the Suruga Bank Championship (also referred to as the J.League Cup / Copa Sudamericana Championship Final), the club football match co-organized by the Japan Football Association, the football governing body of Japan, CONMEBOL, the football governing body of South America, and J.League, the professional football league of Japan, between the champions of the previous season's J.League Cup and Copa Sudamericana.

The match was contested between Japanese team Cerezo Osaka, the 2017 J.League Cup champions, and Argentinian team Independiente, the 2017 Copa Sudamericana champions.[1] It was hosted by Cerezo Osaka at the Yanmar Stadium Nagai in Osaka on 8 August 2018.[2]

Independiente defeated Cerezo Osaka 1–0 to win their first Suruga Bank Championship title.[3]

Teams

Team Association / Confederation Qualification Previous appearances (bold indicates winners)
Japan Cerezo Osaka Japan Football Association 2017 J.League Cup champions None
Argentina Independiente CONMEBOL 2017 Copa Sudamericana champions 1 (2011)

Venue

Yanmar Stadium Nagai in Osaka, Japan, hosted the match.

Format

The Suruga Bank Championship was played as a single match, with the J.League Cup winners hosting the match. If tied at the end of regulation, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner. A maximum of six substitutions may be made during the match.[4]

Match

Details

Cerezo Osaka
Independiente
GK27Japan Kenta Tanno
RB20Japan Noriyuki Sakemoto
CB4Japan Kota Fujimoto 81'
CB37Japan Reiya Morishita
CB23Japan Tatsuya Yamashita 59'
LB5Japan Yusuke Tanaka 81'
RM17Japan Takaki Fukumitsu 46'
CM26Japan Daichi Akiyama (c)Yellow card 79'
CM43Spain Osmar
LM13Japan Toshiyuki Takagi 46'
CF25Japan Hirofumi Yamauchi 59'
Substitutes:
GK1Japan Takumi Nagaishi
DF16Japan Eiichi Katayama 81'
DF22Croatia Matej Jonjić 81'
MF11Brazil Souza 59'
MF32Japan Atomu Tanaka 46'
MF36Japan Toshiki Onozawa 46'
FW40Japan Mizuki Ando 59'
Manager:
South Korea Yoon Jong-hwan
GK25Uruguay Martín Campaña (c)
RB16Argentina Fabricio Bustos
CB2Argentina Alan Franco
CB4Argentina Jorge Figal
LB6Argentina Juan Sánchez Miño 79'
CM22Chile Francisco Silva 78'
CM19Chile Pablo Hernández 89'
RW18Argentina Silvio Romero 68'
AM8Argentina Maximiliano Meza 90+1'
LW7Argentina Martín Benítez 71'
CF9Argentina Emmanuel GigliottiYellow card 90+2'
Substitutes:
GK13Argentina Milton Álvarez
DF3Argentina Guillermo Burdisso 90+1'
DF20Uruguay Gastón Silva 79'
MF5Argentina Nicolás Domingo 78'
MF10Ecuador Fernando Gaibor 89'
MF21Uruguay Carlos Benavídez 68'
FW32Argentina Ezequiel Cerutti 71'
Manager:
Argentina Ariel Holan

Assistant referees:
Mark Rule (New Zealand)
Mark Whitehead (New Zealand)
Fourth official:
Takuto Okabe (Japan)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "La CONMEBOL Recopa y la Suruga Bank tienen fechas definidas". CONMEBOL.com. 3 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "スルガ銀行チャンピオンシップ2018 OSAKA JリーグYBCルヴァンカップ/CONMEBOLスダメリカーナ王者決定戦 セレッソ大阪がインデペンディエンテ（アルゼンチン）と対戦 （8/8＠大阪/ヤンマースタジアム長居）". Japan Football Association. 14 December 2017.
  3. ↑ "La Copa vuelve a Sudamérica: Independiente campeón de la Suruga Bank". CONMEBOL.com. 8 August 2018.
  4. ↑ "Reglamento Conmebol Sudamericana 2017" (PDF). CONMEBOL.com.
  5. ↑ "マッチレポート" (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan Football Association.
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