2009 J.League Cup

The 2009 J.League Cup, more widely known as the 2009 J.League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup, is the 34th edition of Japan soccer league cup tournament and the 17th edition under the current J.League Cup format. The championship started on March 25, 2009 and ended on November 3, with F.C. Tokyo defeating Kawasaki Frontale 2-0 in the Final. They qualified for the 2010 Suruga Bank Championship.

2009 J.League Cup

J.League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup
Tournament details
Country	Japan
Dates	March 25 and November 3
Final positions
Champions	FC Tokyo (2nd title)
Runner-up	Kawasaki Frontale
Semifinalists	Shimizu S-Pulse Yokohama F. Marinos
Tournament statistics
Matches played	55
← 2008 2010 →

Teams from the J1 will take part in the tournament. Kashima Antlers, Kawasaki Frontale, Nagoya Grampus and Gamba Osaka were given a bye to the quarter-final due to the qualification for the AFC Champions League group stage. The rest of 14 will start from the group stage, which divided them into two groups. The group winners and the runners-up of each group will qualify for the quarter-final along with the four teams which qualified for the AFC Champions League.

Group stage

Group A Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Urawa Red Diamonds 6 4 1 1 11 4 +7 13 Yokohama F. Marinos 6 3 2 1 12 6 +6 11 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 6 3 1 2 17 8 +9 10 Ōita Trinita 6 1 5 0 10 9 +1 8 Omiya Ardija 6 2 1 3 6 17 −11 7 Júbilo Iwata 6 1 3 2 4 5 −1 6 Albirex Niigata 6 0 1 5 2 13 −11 1 Source: [citation needed] 2009-03-25 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–0 Urawa Red Diamonds Júbilo Iwata 0–0 Yokohama F. Marinos Omiya Ardija 2–1 Albirex Niigata 2009-03-29 Albirex Niigata 0–0 Júbilo Iwata Ōita Trinita 0–0 Omiya Ardija Yokohama F. Marinos 0–1 Urawa Red Diamonds 2009-05-20 Omiya Ardija 1–0 Júbilo Iwata Yokohama F. Marinos 3–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima Ōita Trinita 1–1 Urawa Red Diamonds 2009-05-30 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 7–0 Omiya Ardija Urawa Red Diamonds 2–0 Albirex Niigata Yokohama F. Marinos 3–3 Ōita Trinita 2009-06-03 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–0 Júbilo Iwata Albirex Niigata 0–3 Yokohama F. Marinos Ōita Trinita 2–2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2009-06-07 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 5–1 Albirex Niigata Omiya Ardija 1–3 Yokohama F. Marinos Júbilo Iwata 2–2 Ōita Trinita 2009-06-13 Urawa Red Diamonds 6–2 Omiya Ardija Albirex Niigata 1–2 Ōita Trinita Júbilo Iwata 2–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Group B Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts F.C. Tokyo 6 4 1 1 10 6 +4 13 Shimizu S-Pulse 6 4 0 2 9 7 +2 12 Kashiwa Reysol 6 3 2 1 12 5 +7 11 JEF United Chiba 6 2 2 2 6 6 0 8 Montedio Yamagata 6 2 1 3 6 7 −1 7 Vissel Kobe 6 2 1 3 4 7 −3 7 Kyoto Sanga 6 0 1 5 3 12 −9 1 Source: [citation needed] 2009-03-25 Kashiwa Reysol 3–1 F.C. Tokyo Vissel Kobe 1–1 JEF United Chiba Montedio Yamagata 3–1 Kyoto Sanga 2009-03-29 Shimizu S-Pulse 2–0 Kyoto Sanga F.C. Tokyo 1–0 Vissel Kobe JEF United Chiba 1–1 Kashiwa Reysol 2009-05-20 JEF United Chiba 0–1 F.C. Tokyo Shimizu S-Pulse 0–1 Montedio Yamagata Kyoto Sanga 0–1 Vissel Kobe 2009-05-30 Montedio Yamagata 0–1 JEF United Chiba Kyoto Sanga 1–1 F.C. Tokyo Kashiwa Reysol 1–2 Shimizu S-Pulse 2009-06-03 Kashiwa Reysol 3–0 Vissel Kobe Shimizu S-Pulse 2–1 JEF United Chiba F.C. Tokyo 3–1 Montedio Yamagata 2009-06-07 Montedio Yamagata 1–1 Kashiwa Reysol Vissel Kobe 1–2 Shimizu S-Pulse JEF United Chiba 2–1 Kyoto Sanga 2009-06-13 F.C. Tokyo 3–1 Shimizu S-Pulse Kyoto Sanga 3–0 Kashiwa Reysol Vissel Kobe 1–0 Montedio Yamagata

Knockout stage

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	Kashima Antlers		1	0	1
	Kawasaki Frontale		0	3	3
								Kawasaki Frontale		2	1	3
								Yokohama F. Marinos		0	1	1
	Gamba Osaka		1	2	3
	Yokohama F. Marinos		3	1	4
															Kawasaki Frontale
															FC Tokyo
	Urawa Red Diamonds		2	0	2
	Shimizu S-Pulse		1	3	4
								Shimizu S-Pulse		2	0	2
								FC Tokyo		2	1	3
	FC Tokyo		5	1	6
	Nagoya Grampus		1	2	3

Quarter finals

First leg

Kashima Antlers	1–0	Kawasaki Frontale
Ogasawara 83'	(Report)

2009-07-15

19:00

Kashima Soccer Stadium, Kashima

Attendance: 7,395

Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami

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Gamba Osaka	1–3	Yokohama F. Marinos
Nakazawa 49'	(Report)	Yamase 40' Sakata 68' Matsuda 85'

2009-07-15

19:00

Osaka Expo '70 Stadium, Suita

Attendance: 7,102

Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

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Urawa Red Diamonds	2–1	Shimizu S-Pulse
Tulio 24' Edmilson 60'	(Report)	Edamura 48'

2009-07-15

19:30

Saitama Stadium, Saitama

Attendance: 21,271

Referee: Ryuji Sato

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F.C. Tokyo	5–1	Nagoya Grampus
Hirayama 3' Yonemoto 10' Ishikawa 11' Nagatomo 26' 75' (o.g.)	(Report)	Ogawa 53'

2009-07-15

19:30

Ajinomoto Stadium, Chōfu

Attendance: 12,226

Referee: Kazuhiko Matsumura

Second leg

Kawasaki Frontale	3–0 (a.e.t.)	Kashima Antlers
Juninho 89' Renatinho 94' Chong Tese 102'	(Report)

2009-07-29

19:00

Todoroki Athletics Stadium, Kawasaki

Attendance: 13,581

Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama

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Yokohama F. Marinos	1–2	Gamba Osaka
Hasegawa 23'	(Report)	Myojin 16' Leandro 74'

2009-07-29

19:30

Mitsuzawa Stadium, Yokohama

Attendance: 9,133

Referee: Masaaki Iemoto

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Shimizu S-Pulse	3–0	Urawa Red Diamonds
Abe 0' (o.g.) Okazaki 44' Aoyama 62'	(Report)

2009-07-29

19:00

Outsorcing Stadium, Shizuoka

Attendance: 12,014

Referee: Minoru Tojo

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Nagoya Grampus	2–1	F.C. Tokyo
Maki 33' Yoshida 65'	(Report)	Hirayama 85'

2009-07-29

19:00

Mizuho Athletic Stadium, Nagoya

Attendance: 6,463

Referee: Joji Kashihara

Semi finals

First leg

Kawasaki Frontale	2–0	Yokohama F. Marinos
Chong Tese 15' Juninho 57'	(Report)

2009-09-02

19:00

Todoroki Athletics Stadium, Kawasaki

Attendance: 11,850

Referee: Joji Kashihara

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Shimizu S-Pulse	2–2	F.C. Tokyo
Johnsen 34' Edamura 69'	(Report)	Yonemoto 33' Cabore 42'

2009-09-02

19:00

Outsorcing Stadium, Shizuoka

Attendance: 10,026

Referee: Masaaki Iemoto

Second leg

Yokohama F. Marinos	1–1	Kawasaki Frontale
Yamase 68'	(Report)	Juninho 89'

2009-09-06

18:00

Nissan Stadium, Yokohama

Attendance: 16,467

Referee: Kenji Ogiya

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F.C. Tokyo	1–0	Shimizu S-Pulse
Hirayama 16'	(Report)

2009-09-06

18:00

Ajinomoto Stadium, Chōfu

Attendance: 22,181

Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida

Final

Main article: 2009 J.League Cup Final

F.C. Tokyo	2–0	Kawasaki Frontale
Yonemoto 22' Hirayama 59'	(Report)

2009-11-03

14:09

National Stadium, Tokyo

Attendance: 44,308

Referee: Shinji Murakami

F.C. Tokyo: GK 20 Shuichi Gonda RB 33 Kenta Mukuhara CB 4 Bruno Quadros CB 6 Yasuyuki Konno LB 3 Yuhei Tokunaga DM 28 Takuji Yonemoto  58' CM 10 Yohei Kajiyama RM 40 Tatsuya Suzuki  86' LM 22 Naotake Hanyu  62'  74' CF 24 Shingo Akamine  60' CF 13 Sōta Hirayama Substitutes: GK 1 Hitoshi Shiota DF 3 Hideki Sahara  86' DF 5 Yuto Nagatomo  60' DF 8 Ryuji Fujiyama DF 15 Daishi Hiramatsu  74' FW 14 Hokuto Nakamura FW 32 Yusuke Kondo Manager: Hiroshi Jofuku

Kawasaki Frontale: GK 1 Eiji Kawashima RB 19 Yusuke Mori CB 17 Kosuke Kikuchi CB 2 Hiroki Ito LB 26 Kazuhiro Murakami  70' DM 29 Hiroyuki Taniguchi DM 18 Tomonobu Yokoyama  24'  84' AM 14 Kengo Nakamura RW 34 Renatinho  79' LW 10 Juninho CF 9 Chong Tese Substitutes: GK 28 Rikihiro Sugiyama DF 13 Shuhei Terada DF 4 Yusuke Igawa MF 6 Yusuke Tasaka  70' MF 8 Satoru Yamagishi FW 23 Kyohei Noborizato  84' FW 7 Masaru Kurotsu  79' Manager: Takashi Sekizuka

Top goalscorers

Goalscorers	Goals	Team
Cabore	5	F.C. Tokyo
Koji Yamase	5	Yokohama F. Marinos
Hisato Sato	5	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Kazuma Watanabe	4	Yokohama F. Marinos
Sōta Hirayama	4	F.C. Tokyo

Awards

• MVP: Takuji Yonemoto – FC Tokyo ( Japan)
• New Hero Prize: Takuji Yonemoto – FC Tokyo ( Japan)

See also

• 2009 J.League
• 2009 Emperor's Cup

External links

• J.League Official Site (in English)