2008 J.League Cup

The 2008 final

The 2008 edition of the J. League Cup sponsored by Nabisco began on March 20. The top 4 teams of each qualifying group automatically qualified for the quarter-finals along with the best two remaining runners-up. Both Gamba Osaka and Kashima Antlers received a bye to the quarter-final stage due to their participation in the group stage of the Asian Champions League.

Oita Trinita defeated Shimizu S-Pulse 2-0 in the final on November 1 at the Tokyo National Stadium. They qualified for the 2009 Pan-Pacific Championship and the 2009 Suruga Bank Championship.

Group stage

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Nagoya Grampus 156501145+9
Vissel Kobe 106312550
Kyoto Sanga F.C. 6613278−1
Urawa Red Diamonds 26024816−8
March 20, 2008
Nagoya Grampus0–1Kyoto Sanga
Urawa Reds0–1Vissel Kobe
March 23, 2008
Vissel Kobe0–1Nagoya Grampus
Kyoto Sanga3–3Urawa Red Diamonds
April 16, 2008
Urawa Red Diamonds1–1Kyoto Sanga
Nagoya Grampus2–0Vissel Kobe
May 25, 2008
Kyoto Sanga0–1Vissel Kobe
Nagoya Grampus4–2Urawa Red Diamonds
May 31, 2008
Kyoto Sanga1–2Nagoya Grampus
Vissel Kobe2–1Urawa Red Diamonds
June 8, 2008
Urawa Red Diamonds1–5Nagoya Grampus
Vissel Kobe1–1Kyoto Sanga

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Shimizu S-Pulse 116321136+7
F.C. Tokyo 116321127+5
Júbilo Iwata 106312107+3
Tokyo Verdy 16015217−15
March 20, 2008
Tokyo Verdy0–2Jubilo Iwata
Shimizu S-Pulse3–1FC Tokyo
March 23, 2008
Jubilo Iwata0–2FC Tokyo
Tokyo Verdy0–0Shimizu S-Pulse
April 16, 2008
Shimizu S-Pulse5–0Tokyo Verdy
FC Tokyo1–1Jubilo Iwata
May 25, 2008
Shimizu S-Pulse4–2Jubilo Iwata
FC Tokyo3–0Tokyo Verdy
May 31, 2008
FC Tokyo1–1Shimizu S-Pulse
Jubilo Iwata3–0Tokyo Verdy
June 8, 2008
Tokyo Verdy2–4FC Tokyo
Jubilo Iwata2–0Shimizu S-Pulse

Group C

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
JEF United Chiba 12633095+4
Kashiwa Reysol 9623197+2
Kawasaki Frontale 66204910−1
Consadole Sapporo 5612349−5
March 20, 2008
Kawasaki Frontale0–2JEF United
Kashiwa Reysol1–1Consadole Sapporo
March 23, 2008
Consadole Sapporo2–1Kawasaki Frontale
JEF United1–1Kashiwa Reysol
April 16, 2008
JEF United0–0Consadole Sapporo
Kawasaki Frontale3–0Kashiwa Reysol
May 25, 2008
Consadole Sapporo1–2JEF United
Kashiwa Reysol3–1Kawasaki Frontale
May 31, 2008
Kawasaki Frontale2–0Consadole Sapporo
Kashiwa Reysol1–1JEF United
June 8, 2008
Consadole Sapporo0–3Kashiwa Reysol
JEF United3–2Kawasaki Frontale

Group D

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Yokohama F. Marinos 12633082+6
Oita Trinita 11632195+4
Albirex Niigata 4604248−4
Omiya Ardija 36033410−6
March 20, 2008
Yokohama F. Marinos1–0Oita Trinita
Albirex Niigata2–2Omiya Ardija
March 23, 2008
Omiya Ardija0–0Yokohama F. Marinos
Oita Trinita3–0Albirex Niigata
April 16, 2008
Yokohama F. Marinos4–0Omiya Ardija
Albirex Niigata1–1Oita Trinita
May 25, 2008
Omiya Ardija1–2Oita Trinita
Yokohama F. Marinos0–0Albirex Niigata
May 31, 2008
Omiya Ardija1–1Albirex Niigata
Oita Trinita2–2Yokohama F. Marinos
June 8, 2008
Albirex Niigata0–1Yokohama F. Marinos
Oita Trinita1–0Omiya Ardija

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
               
JEF United Chiba 0 0 0
Nagoya Grampus 1 1 2
Nagoya Grampus 1 0 1
Oita Trinita 1 1 2
FC Tokyo 1 1 2
Oita Trinita 2 1 3
Oita Trinita 2
Shimizu S-Pulse 0
Kashima Antlers 0 1 1
Shimizu S-Pulse 0 2 2
Shimizu S-Pulse 1 3 4
Gamba Osaka 1 2 3
Gamba Osaka 1 1 2
Yokohama F. Marinos 0 2 2

Quarter finals

First leg

FC Tokyo 1 – 2 Oita Trinita
Ishikawa  44' Report Maeda  28'
Edmilson  83'
Attendance: 11,378
Referee: Kenji Ogiya
JEF United Chiba 0 – 1 Nagoya Grampus
Report Johnsen  14'
Attendance: 8,472
Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami
Gamba Osaka 1 – 0 Yokohama F. Marinos
Hirai  78' Report
Ishikawa Stadium
Attendance: 10,702
Kashima Antlers 0 – 0 Shimizu S-Pulse
Report
Attendance: 6,757
Referee: Hajime Matsuo

Second leg

Oita Trinita 1 – 1 FC Tokyo
Edmilson  40' Report Cabore  3'
Attendance: 13,483
Referee: Hiroshi Tanabe
Nagoya Grampus 1 – 0 JEF United Chiba
Masukawa  60' Report
Attendance: 6,344
Referee: Minoru Tojo
Yokohama F. Marinos 2 – 1 Gamba Osaka
Komiyama  32'
Lopes  84'		 Report Futagawa  34'
Attendance: 8,365
Referee: Akio Okutani

Gamba Osaka advances to the semi finals on Away goals rule.

Shimizu S-Pulse 2 – 1 Kashima Antlers
Iwashita  16'
Hyodo  48'		 Report Marquinhos  57'
Attendance: 8,949
Referee: Kazuhiko Matsumura

Semi finals

First leg

Nagoya Grampus 1 – 1 Oita Trinita
Johnsen  64' Report Ueslei  69'
Attendance: 7,792
Referee: Hirofumi Yamanishi
Shimizu S-Pulse 1 – 1 Gamba Osaka
Edamura  54' Report Futagawa  10'
Attendance: 8,013
Referee: Kenji Ogiya

Second leg

Oita Trinita 1 – 0 Nagoya Grampus
Ueslei  49' Report
Attendance: 20,371
Gamba Osaka 2 – 3 Shimizu S-Pulse
Roni  11'
Lucas  79'		 Report Yamamoto  3'
Edamura  46'  55'
Attendance: 9,103

Final

Oita Trinita 2 – 0 Shimizu S-Pulse
Takamatsu  68'
Ueslei  89'		 Report
Attendance: 44,723
Oita Trinita:
GK16Japan Seigo ShimokawaYellow card 85'
RB4Japan Yuki Fukaya
CB6Japan Masato Morishige
LB22Japan Taikai UemotoYellow card 33'
DM3Brazil Roberto
DM5Brazil Edmilson
RM20Japan Daisuke Takahashi
LM33Japan Yoshiaki FujitaYellow card 84'  89'
AM8Japan Mu Kanazaki 89'
CF10Brazil Ueslei
CF13Japan Daiki Takamatsu (c) 82'
Substitutes:
GK29Japan Keisuke Shimizu
DF25Japan Hiroyuki Kobayashi 89'
MF2Japan Ryo Kobayashi
MF7Japan Teppei Nishiyama 89'
MF14Japan Akihiro Ienaga
FW18Japan Hiroshi Kiyotake
FW9Japan Yasuhito Morishima 82'
Manager:
Brazil Chamusca
Shimizu S-Pulse:
GK29Japan Kaito Yamamoto
RB5Japan Keisuke Iwashita
CB4Japan Kazumichi Takagi (c)Yellow card 74'
CB26Japan Naoki Aoyama
LB2Japan Arata Kodama 71'
RM28Japan Masaki Yamamoto 71'
CM7Japan Teruyoshi Ito
AM8Japan Takuma Edamura 82'
LM13Japan Akihiro Hyodo
CF19Japan Kazuki HaraYellow card 89'
CF23Japan Shinji Okazaki
Substitutes:
GK21Japan Yohei Nishibe
DF3Japan Takahiro Yamanishi
DF25Japan Daisuke Ichikawa 71'
MF16Japan Takuya Honda
MF6Brazil Marcos Paulo 71'
FW11Japan Mitsuhiro Toda
FW9Japan Takuro Yajima 82'
Manager:
Japan Kenta Hasegawa

Awards

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