2014 J.League Cup

2014 J. League Cup
Yamazaki Nabisco Cup
Country  Japan
Teams 18
Champions Gamba Osaka
Runners-up Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Matches played 55
Goals scored 169 (3.07 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Cristiano (6 goals)

The 2014 J. League Cup, also known as the 2014 Yamazaki Nabisco Cup for sponsoring purposes, is the 39th edition of the most prestigious Japanese soccer league cup tournament and the 22nd edition under the current J. League Cup format.

Format

Teams from the J. League Division 1 will take part in the tournament. Cerezo Osaka, Sanfrecce Hiroshima, Yokohama F. Marinos and Kawasaki Frontale were given a bye to the quarter-finals due to qualification in the 2014 AFC Champions League. The remaining 14 teams started from the group stage, where they were divided into two groups of seven. The group winners and the runners-up of each group qualified for the quarter-final along with the four teams which qualified for the AFC Champions League.

Group stage

Standings

Group A

Team[1] Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Gamba Osaka 640294+512
Vissel Kobe 6402109+112
Sagan Tosu 630398+19
Kashima Antlers 6303101009
Shimizu S-Pulse 63039909
FC Tokyo 6213101007
Vegalta Sendai 6114411-74

Group B

Team[1] Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Urawa Red Diamonds 6501159+615
Kashiwa Reysol 6321115+611
Ventforet Kofu 6312105+510
Nagoya Grampus 63121010010
Albirex Niigata 622278-18
Omiya Ardija 603339-63
Tokushima Vortis 6015818-101

Results

All times are JST (UTC+9)

Group A

19 March 2014
Wednesday 19:03
Gamba Osaka 2 0 Vissel Kobe
Lins  47'
A. Sato  53'
Report
Osaka Expo '70 Stadium, Suita
Attendance: 8,378
Referee: Hajime Matsuo

19 March 2014
Wednesday 19:00
FC Tokyo 3 1 Kashima Antlers
Kawano  8'
Ota  10'
Mita  71'
Report Motoyama  72'
Ajinomoto Stadium, Chōfu
Attendance: 10,353
Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami

19 March 2014
Wednesday 19:03
Shimizu S-Pulse 4 0 Vegalta Sendai
Nagasawa  21'
Omae  32'
Novaković  68', 74'
Report

2 April 2014
Wednesday 19:03
Vegalta Sendai 1 1 FC Tokyo
Kamata  62' Edu  77' (pen.)
Yurtec Stadium Sendai, Sendai
Attendance: 7,094
Referee: Coote David

2 April 2014
Wednesday 19:00
Kashima Antlers 3 1 Sagan Tosu
Davi  38'
Umebachi  83'
Luís Alberto  87'
Hayasaka  22'
Kashima Soccer Stadium, Kashima
Attendance: 6,966
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

2 April 2014
Wednesday 19:04
Shimizu S-Pulse 1 0 Gamba Osaka
Nagasawa  33'
IAI Stadium Nihondaira, Shizuoka
Attendance: 8,033
Referee: Minoru Tojo

16 April 2014
Wednesday 19:04
Vegalta Sendai 1 2 Kashima Antlers
Muto  60' Nozawa  41'
Akasaki  83'
Yurtec Stadium Sendai, Sendai
Attendance: 7,583
Referee: Takuya Maeda

16 April 2014
Wednesday 19:04
Vissel Kobe 0 3 FC Tokyo
Muto  35'
Edu  48'
Hirayama  89'
Noevir Stadium Kobe, Hyōgo-ku, Kobe
Attendance: 6,455
Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

16 April 2014
Wednesday 19:00
Sagan Tosu 0 2 Gamba Osaka
Omori  34'
Ogawa  73'
Best Amenity Stadium, Tosu
Attendance: 4,972
Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

21 May 2014
Wednesday 19:00
FC Tokyo 2 3 Shimizu S-Pulse
Edu  18', 87' T. Takagi  8'
Omae  21'
Novaković  57'
Ajinomoto Stadium, Chofu, Tokyo
Attendance: 8,749
Referee: Kazuyoshi Enomoto

21 May 2014
Wednesday 19:03
Gamba Osaka 2 1 Kashima Antlers
Kurata  4'
Yonekura  80'
Davi  72'
Osaka Expo '70 Stadium, Suita
Attendance: 8,103
Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

21 May 2014
Wednesday 19:04
Vissel Kobe 3 2 Sagan Tosu
Matsumura  42'
Marquinhos  54'
Morioka  90+3'
Bando  89', 90+4'
Noevir Stadium Kobe, Hyōgo-ku, Kobe
Attendance: 3,850
Referee: Takuto Okabe

24 May 2014
Saturday 14:04
Shimizu S-Pulse 1 2 Vissel Kobe
Novaković  63' Jung Woo-young  33'
Iwanami  87'
IAI Stadium Nihondaira, Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka
Attendance: 11,815
Referee: Itaru Hirose

24 May 2014
Saturday 15:00
Sagan Tosu 2 0 Vegalta Sendai
Taniguchi  32' (pen.)
Kiyotake  57'
Saga Athletic Stadium, Saga
Attendance: 4,097
Referee: Futoshi Nakamura

24 May 2014
Saturday 16:04
Gamba Osaka 3 1 FC Tokyo
Usami  16', 53'
Nishino  68'
Tokunaga  33'
Osaka Expo '70 Stadium, Suita
Attendance: 12,818
Referee: Raczkowski Pawel

28 May 2014
Wednesday 19:03
Vegalta Sendai 1 0 Gamba Osaka
Akamine  66'
Yurtec Stadium Sendai, Sendai
Attendance: 7,965
Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

28 May 2014
Wednesday 19:00
Kashima Antlers 0 3 Vissel Kobe
Sugiura  9'
Oya  57'
Hashimoto  75'
Kashima Soccer Stadium, Kashima
Attendance: 6,054
Referee: Hajime Matsuo

28 May 2014
Wednesday 19:00
Sagan Tosu 2 0 Shimizu S-Pulse
Toyoda  39'
Mizunuma  76'
Saga Athletic Stadium, Saga
Attendance: 5,231
Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

1 June 2014
Sunday 15:00
Kashima Antlers 3 0 Shimizu S-Pulse
Doi  16'
Akasaki  26'
Endo  90+3'
[Report]
Kashima Soccer Stadium, Kashima
Attendance: 10,667
Referee: Kenji Ogiya

1 June 2014
Sunday 15:00
FC Tokyo 0 2 Sagan Tosu
Yasuda  44'
Ikeda  57'

1 June 2014
Sunday 15:00
Vissel Kobe 2 1 Vegalta Sendai
Morioka  1'
Pedro Jùnior  90+3'
Fujimura  37'
Noevir Stadium Kobe, Hyōgo-ku, Kobe
Attendance: 11,044
Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami

Group B

19 March 2014
Wednesday 19:01
Tokushima Vortis 1 3 Albirex Niigata
Douglas  87' Report Suzuki  16', 24'
Tanaka  73'

19 March 2014
Wednesday 19:04
Nagoya Grampus 0 1 Ventforet Kofu
Report Cristiano  30'
Mizuho Athletic Stadium, Nagoya
Attendance: 4,772
Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

19 March 2014
Wednesday 19:04
Kashiwa Reysol 2 1 Urawa Red Diamonds
Tanaka  43' (pen.)
Watanabe  79'
Report Umesaki  17'
Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium, Kashiwa
Attendance: 9,585
Referee: Takuto Okabe

2 April 2014
Wednesday 19:03
Ventforet Kofu 1 1 Kashiwa Reysol
Cristiano  84' Leandro Domingues  3'
Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium, Kōfu, Yamanashi
Attendance: 6,174
Referee: Yosuke Kubota

2 April 2014
Wednesday 19:00
Albirex Niigata 3 3 Nagoya Grampus
Kim Jin-Su  17'
Tanaka  29'
Koizumi  89'
Tulio  49'
Yada  51'
Ogawa  60'
Denka Big Swan Stadium, Niigata
Attendance: 8,505
Referee: Kazuyoshi Enomoto

2 April 2014
Wednesday 19:31
Urawa Red Diamonds 2 1 Omiya Ardija
Lee  16'
Aoki  87'
Hashimoto  30'
Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama
Attendance: 20,697
Referee: Tierney Paul

16 April 2014
Wednesday 19:02
Omiya Ardija 1 1 Kashiwa Reysol
Hashimoto  37' Hashimoto  55'
Nack5 Stadium Omiya, Ōmiya-ku, Saitama
Attendance: 5,082
Referee: Kenji Ogiya

16 April 2014
Wednesday 19:00
Albirex Niigata 1 0 Ventforet Kofu
Suzuki  90+3'
Denka Big Swan Stadium, Niigata
Attendance: 7,765
Referee: Masaaki Iemoto

16 April 2014
Wednesday 19:30
Urawa Red Diamonds 4 3 Tokushima Vortis
Sakano  32'
Yajima  50'
Kinoshita  85' (o.g.)
Hamada  90+1'
Kubota  19'
Kogure  61'
Douglas  68'
Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama
Attendance: 16,294
Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami

21 May 2014
Wednesday 19:02
Omiya Ardija 0 2 Nagoya Grampus
Tanaka  61'
Yano  83'
Nack5 Stadium Omiya, Ōmiya-ku, Saitama
Attendance: 4,681
Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama

21 May 2014
Wednesday 19:04
Kashiwa Reysol 3 0 Albirex Niigata
Tanaka  9'
Barada  34'
Watanabe  58'
Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium, Kashiwa
Attendance: 5,517
Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

21 May 2014
Wednesday 19:01
Tokushima Vortis 1 4 Ventforet Kofu
Osaki  25' (pen.) Mizuno  5', 45+3'
Cristiano  20'
Fukuda  90'
Pocarisweat Stadium, Naruto, Tokushima
Attendance: 3,574
Referee: Yosuke Kubota

24 May 2014
Saturday 14:03
Ventforet Kofu 3 0 Omiya Ardija
Cristiano  34', 44'
Kawamoto  90+2'
Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium, Kōfu
Attendance: 7,534
Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

24 May 2014
Saturday 14:01
Albirex Niigata 0 1 Urawa Red Diamonds
Ono  88' (o.g.)
Denka Big Swan Stadium, Niigata
Attendance: 15,965
Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida

24 May 2014
Saturday 15:04
Nagoya Grampus 2 1 Tokushima Vortis
Tamada  28'
Ogawa  47'
Kim Jong-Min  26'
Toyota Stadium, Toyota, Aichi
Attendance: 11,579
Referee: Akihiko Ikeuchi

28 May 2014
Wednesday 19:03
Ventforet Kofu 1 2 Urawa Red Diamonds
Cristiano  53' Nasu  8'
Umesaki  74'
Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium, Kōfu, Yamanashi
Attendance: 9,074
Referee: Takuto Okabe

28 May 2014
Wednesday 19:04
Nagoya Grampus 1 0 Kashiwa Reysol
Tulio  85'
Mizuho Athletic Stadium, Nagoya
Attendance: 5,941
Referee: Kenji Ogiya

28 May 2014
Wednesday 19:01
Tokushima Vortis 1 1 Omiya Ardija
Hamada  52' Kikuchi  85'
Pocarisweat Stadium, Naruto
Attendance: 3,956
Referee: Ryuji Sato

1 June 2014
Sunday 15:00
Urawa Red Diamonds 5 2 Nagoya Grampus
Kashiwagi  18'
Lee  40', 76'
Makino  60'
Sekiguchi  88'
Nagai  23'
Matsuda  72'
Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama
Attendance: 33,837
Referee: Junpei Iida

1 June 2014
Sunday 15:00
Omiya Ardija 0 0 Albirex Niigata
Nack5 Stadium Omiya, Ōmiya-ku, Saitama
Attendance: 7,902
Referee: Yosuke Kubota

1 June 2014
Sunday 15:00
Kashiwa Reysol 4 1 Tokushima Vortis
Tanaka  40' (pen.)
Kudo  45', 54'
Leandro  67'
Osaki  83'
Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium, Kashiwa
Attendance: 7,554
Referee: Kazuyoshi Enomoto

Knock-out stage

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

  Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                             
 Urawa Red Diamonds 0 2 2  
 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0 2 2  
   Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2 1 3  
   Kashiwa Reysol 0 2 2  
 Kashiwa Reysol 2 3 5
   Yokohama F. Marinos 1 1 2  
     Sanfrecce Hiroshima  
   Gamba Osaka  
   Kawasaki Frontale 3 2 5  
 Cerezo Osaka 1 3 4  
   Kawasaki Frontale 1 3 4
   Gamba Osaka 3 2 5  
 Gamba Osaka 1 3 4
   Vissel Kobe 1 0 1  

Quarter-finals

First leg

3 September 2014
19:04
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0 0 Urawa Red Diamonds
EDION Stadium Hiroshima
Attendance: 6,718
Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

3 September 2014
19:30
Yokohama F. Marinos 1 2 Kashiwa Reysol
Nakamachi  65' Leandro  63'
Kudo  74'
Nippatsu Mitsuzawa Stadium
Attendance: 6,237
Referee: Junpei Iida

3 September 2014
19:04
Cerezo Osaka 1 3 Kawasaki Frontale
Minamino  33' Oshima  7'
Moriya  67'
Renato  71' (pen.)
Yanmar Stadium Nagai
Attendance: 5,734
Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama

3 September 2014
19:04
Vissel Kobe 1 1 Gamba Osaka
Marquinhos  64' Usami  11'
Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 13,653
Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami

Second leg


7 September 2014
18:00
Urawa Red Diamonds 2 2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Abe  34'
Makino  71'
Notsuda  39'
Sato  48'
Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 17,645
Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

2-2 on aggregate. Sanfrecce Hiroshima won on away goals


7 September 2014
19:03
Kashiwa Reysol 3 1 Yokohama F. Marinos
Kudo  31'
Leandro  64'
Eduardo  82'
Nakazawa  23'

Kashiwa Reysol won 5–2 on aggregate.


7 September 2014
19:03
Kawasaki Frontale 2 3 Cerezo Osaka
Renato  35'
Okubo  58'
Hasegawa  37', 75'
Minamino  90+1'
Todoroki Athletics Stadium
Attendance: 11,168
Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami

Kawasaki Frontale won 5–4 on aggregate.


7 September 2014
18:03
Gamba Osaka 3 0 Vissel Kobe
Abe  2'
Usami  28'
Kurata 83'
Osaka Expo '70 Stadium
Attendance: 11,294
Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida

Gamba Osaka won 4–1 on aggregate.


Semi-finals

First leg

9 October 2014
19:03
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2 0 Kashiwa Reysol
Sato  41', 50'
EDION Stadium Hiroshima
Attendance: 5,516
Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida

9 October 2014
19:00
Gamba Osaka 3 1 Kawasaki Frontale
Yonekura  16'
Usami  28'
Patric  49'
 90+2' Tanaka
Osaka Expo '70 Stadium
Attendance: 5,482
Referee: Jumpei Iida

Second leg

12 October 2014
16:00
Kashiwa Reysol 2 - 1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Leandro  38', 51' Ishihara  74'

Sanfrecce Hiroshima won 3–2 on aggregate.


12 October 2014
16:00
Kawasaki Frontale 3 - 2 Gamba Osaka
Ōkubo  9'
Jeci  45+3'
Moriya  51'
Abe  42', 45'
Todoroki Athletics Stadium
Attendance: 16,211
Referee: Minoru Tōjō

Gamba Osaka won 5-4 on aggregate.


Final

8 November 2014
13:05
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2 3 Gamba Osaka
Sato  20', 35' Patric  38', 54'
Omori  71'
Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 38,126
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

Goalscorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Brazil Cristiano Ventforet Kofu
6
T2 Brazil Edu FC Tokyo
4
Japan Masato Kudo Kashiwa Reysol
4
Brazil Leandro Kashiwa Reysol
4
Slovenia Milivoje Novaković Shimizu S-Pulse
4
Japan Takashi Usami Gamba Osaka
4
T7 Japan Tadanari Lee Urawa Red Diamonds
3
Japan Musashi Suzuki Albirex Niigata
3
Japan Junya Tanaka Kashiwa Reysol[2]
3
Japan Marcus Tulio Tanaka Nagoya Grampus
3

Updated to games played on 7 September 2014
Names of players in bold are still active.
Source:

References

  1. 1 2 "2014 J.League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup - League Table". J.League Official Website. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
  2. Transferred to Sporting Clube de Portugal after the group stage.

See also

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