2017 J.League Cup

The 2017 J.League Cup (2017 Jリーグカップ), or officially the 2017 J.League YBC Levain (2017 JリーグYBCルヴァンカップ), was the 42nd edition of the most prestigious Japanese football league cup tournament and the 25th edition under the current J.League Cup format.

2017 J.League Cup
2017 JリーグYBCルヴァンカップ
Country Japan
Dates15 March – 4 November 2017
Teams18
ChampionsCerezo Osaka
Runners-upKawasaki Frontale
Matches played59
Goals scored157 (2.66 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Crislan (5 goals)
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Format

[1]

Teams from the J.League Division 1 will take part in the tournament. Teams that qualified for 2017 AFC Champions League group stage (3 or 4 teams: later confirmed as Gamba Osaka, Kashima Antlers, Kawasaki Frontale and Urawa Red Diamonds) were given byes to the quarter-finals. The remaining teams (14 or 15 teams) started from the group stage, where they were divided into two groups of 7 or 8 teams. The group winners of each group were to qualify for the quarter-finals. The remained quarter-finalists (2 or 3 teams) were to be the winners of the play-off of the following two-legged ties:

  • If 3 teams automatically qualified for the quarter-finals due to the participation in AFC Champions League:
    • Group A runners-up v. Group B fourth place
    • Group A third place v. Group B third place
    • Group A fourth place v. Group B runners-up
  • If 4 teams automatically qualified for the quarter-finals due to the participation in AFC Champions League:
    • Group A runners-up v. Group B third place
    • Group A third place v. Group B runners-up

Group stage

Group A

Standings
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Vegalta Sendai 6 4 1 1 10 10 0 13
FC Tokyo 6 4 0 2 14 8 +6 12
Consadole Sapporo 6 3 1 2 7 5 +2 10
Júbilo Iwata 6 3 0 3 10 10 0 9
Omiya Ardija 6 2 2 2 11 8 +3 8
Kashiwa Reysol 6 1 2 3 4 6 −2 5
Shimizu S-Pulse 6 1 0 5 5 14 −9 3
Source: [2]

Results
Home \ Away ARD REY TOK VEG JÚB CON SSP
Omiya Ardija 0–0 1–2 4–0
Kashiwa Reysol 0–1 1–2 1–0
FC Tokyo 4–3 6–0 1–0
Vegalta Sendai 1–1 2–0 3–1
Júbilo Iwata 1–2 3–1 0–2
Consadole Sapporo 1–1 2–1 1–2
Shimizu S-Pulse 2–1 2–4 0–1
Source:
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B

Standings
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Vissel Kobe 6 5 0 1 10 3 +7 15
Cerezo Osaka 6 4 2 0 9 4 +5 14
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 6 3 1 2 5 6 −1 10
Yokohama F. Marinos 6 3 0 3 8 8 0 9
Ventforet Kofu 6 1 2 3 5 6 −1 5
Sagan Tosu 6 1 2 3 10 12 −2 5
Albirex Niigata 6 0 1 5 3 11 −8 1
Source: [2]

Results
Home \ Away SFR VIS YMA SAG VEN ALB CER
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–0 0–0 0–1
Vissel Kobe 4–1 1–0 2–1
Yokohama F. Marinos 1–2 0–2 4–1
Sagan Tosu 1–2 2–2 4–4
Ventforet Kofu 0–1 2–3 0–0
Albirex Niigata 0–1 0–1 0–2
Cerezo Osaka 1–0 2–0 1–0
Source:
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-off stage
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Consadole Sapporo 0–3 Cerezo Osaka 0–2 0–1
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0–2 FC Tokyo 0–1 0–1

Quarter-Finals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Cerezo Osaka 2–2 (a) Urawa Red Diamonds 0–0 2–2
Kawasaki Frontale 7–1 FC Tokyo 2–0 5–1
Vegalta Sendai 5–4 Kashima Antlers 3–1 2–3
Vissel Kobe 0–2 Gamba Osaka 0–0 0–2

Semi-Finals

First leg
4 October 2017 (2017-10-04) Cerezo Osaka2–2Gamba OsakaYanmar Stadium Nagai, Osaka
19:03 Ricardo Santos  23'
Kimoto  81'		  16' Akasaki
 86' Ide		 Attendance: 21,800
Referee: M. Tōjō
4 October 2017 (2017-10-04) Vegalta Sendai3–2Kawasaki FrontaleYurtec Stadium Sendai, Sendai
19:04 Ishihara  24'
Crislan  33', 45+1(pen.)'		  72' Nara
 90+4' Chinen		 Attendance: 8,382
Referee: T. Okabe

Second leg
8 October 2017 (2017-10-08) Gamba Osaka1–2Cerezo OsakaSuita City Football Stadium, Suita
14:03 Izumisawa  60'  15' Kakitani
 90+5' Kimoto		 Attendance: 31,578
Referee: N. Murakami
8 October 2017 (2017-10-08) Kawasaki Frontale3–1Vegalta SendaiTodoroki Athletics Stadium, Kawasaki
15:04 Miyoshi  29', 49'
Hasegawa  90'		  59' Nakano Attendance: 22,385
Referee: M. Toma

Final
4 November 2017 (2017-11-04) Cerezo Osaka2–0Kawasaki FrontaleSaitama
13:05 UCT+9 Sugimoto  1'
Souza  90+2'		 Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 53,452
Referee: Y. Nishimura

Top scorers
As of match played 4 November 2017.[3]
Rank Player Club Goals
1
 Crislan Vegalta Sendai
5
2
 Koki Ogawa Júbilo Iwata
4
Junya Tanaka Vissel Kobe
Ricardo Santos Cerezo Osaka

References
  1. "２０１７ＪリーグYBCルヴァンカップ　大会方式および試合方式について" [Tournament/matches format of 2017 J.League YBC Levain Cup]. J.League. 13 December 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  2. "2017 J.League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup - League Table". J.League Official Website.
  3. https://www.jleague.jp/en/stats/goal.html?s=YLC

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