2018 Suruga Bank Championship

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.

2018 Suruga Bank Championship
Cerezo Osaka Independiente
0 1
Date8 August 2018 (2018-08-08)
VenueYanmar Stadium Nagai, Osaka
RefereeMatthew Conger (New Zealand)
Attendance10,035

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
Cerezo Osaka Japan Football Association 2017 J.League Cup champions None
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 0–1 Independiente
Report (JFA)
Report (J.League)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Attendance: 10,035[5]
Cerezo Osaka
Independiente
GK27 Kenta Tanno
RB20 Noriyuki Sakemoto
CB4 Kota Fujimoto 81'
CB37 Reiya Morishita
CB23 Tatsuya Yamashita 59'
LB5 Yusuke Tanaka 81'
RM17 Takaki Fukumitsu 46'
CM26 Daichi Akiyama (c) 79'
CM43 Osmar
LM13 Toshiyuki Takagi 46'
CF25 Hirofumi Yamauchi 59'
Substitutes:
GK1 Takumi Nagaishi
DF16 Eiichi Katayama 81'
DF22 Matej Jonjić 81'
MF11 Souza 59'
MF32 Atomu Tanaka 46'
MF36 Toshiki Onozawa 46'
FW40 Mizuki Ando 59'
Manager:
Yoon Jong-hwan
GK25 Martín Campaña (c)
RB16 Fabricio Bustos
CB2 Alan Franco
CB4 Jorge Figal
LB6 Juan Sánchez Miño 79'
CM22 Francisco Silva 78'
CM19 Pablo Hernández 89'
RW18 Silvio Romero 68'
AM8 Maximiliano Meza 90+1'
LW7 Martín Benítez 71'
CF9 Emmanuel Gigliotti 90+2'
Substitutes:
GK13 Milton Álvarez
DF3 Guillermo Burdisso 90+1'
DF20 Gastón Silva 79'
MF5 Nicolás Domingo 78'
MF10 Fernando Gaibor 89'
MF21 Carlos Benavídez 68'
FW32 Ezequiel Cerutti 71'
Manager:
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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