2008 J.League Cup

2008 J.League Cup
J.League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup
Tournament details
Country	File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan
Dates	March 20 and November 1
Final positions
Champions	Oita Trinita (1st title)
Runner-up	Shimizu S-Pulse
Semifinalists	Gamba Osaka; Nagoya Grampus;
Tournament statistics
Matches played	61
	← 2007 2009 →

The 2008 edition of the J. League Cup, officially the 2008 J.League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup, sponsored by Nabisco began on March 20. The top team in each of the four 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	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Nagoya Grampus	6	5	0	1	14	5	+9	15
Vissel Kobe	6	3	1	2	5	5	0	10
Kyoto Sanga FC	6	1	3	2	7	8	−1	6
Urawa Red Diamonds	6	0	2	4	8	16	−8	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
March 20, 2008	Nagoya Grampus	0–1	Kyoto Sanga
March 20, 2008	Urawa Reds	0–1	Vissel Kobe
March 23, 2008	Vissel Kobe	0–1	Nagoya Grampus
March 23, 2008	Kyoto Sanga	3–3	Urawa Red Diamonds
April 16, 2008	Urawa Red Diamonds	1–1	Kyoto Sanga
April 16, 2008	Nagoya Grampus	2–0	Vissel Kobe
May 25, 2008	Kyoto Sanga	0–1	Vissel Kobe
May 25, 2008	Nagoya Grampus	4–2	Urawa Red Diamonds
May 31, 2008	Kyoto Sanga	1–2	Nagoya Grampus
May 31, 2008	Vissel Kobe	2–1	Urawa Red Diamonds
June 8, 2008	Urawa Red Diamonds	1–5	Nagoya Grampus
June 8, 2008	Vissel Kobe	1–1	Kyoto Sanga

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Shimizu S-Pulse	6	3	2	1	13	6	+7	11
FC Tokyo	6	3	2	1	12	7	+5	11
Júbilo Iwata	6	3	1	2	10	7	+3	10
Tokyo Verdy	6	0	1	5	2	17	−15	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
March 20, 2008	Tokyo Verdy	0–2	Jubilo Iwata
March 20, 2008	Shimizu S-Pulse	3–1	FC Tokyo
March 23, 2008	Jubilo Iwata	0–2	FC Tokyo
March 23, 2008	Tokyo Verdy	0–0	Shimizu S-Pulse
April 16, 2008	Shimizu S-Pulse	5–0	Tokyo Verdy
April 16, 2008	FC Tokyo	1–1	Jubilo Iwata
May 25, 2008	Shimizu S-Pulse	4–2	Jubilo Iwata
May 25, 2008	FC Tokyo	3–0	Tokyo Verdy
May 31, 2008	FC Tokyo	1–1	Shimizu S-Pulse
May 31, 2008	Jubilo Iwata	3–0	Tokyo Verdy
June 8, 2008	Tokyo Verdy	2–4	FC Tokyo
June 8, 2008	Jubilo Iwata	2–0	Shimizu S-Pulse

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
JEF United Chiba	6	3	3	0	9	5	+4	12
Kashiwa Reysol	6	2	3	1	9	7	+2	9
Kawasaki Frontale	6	2	0	4	9	10	−1	6
Consadole Sapporo	6	1	2	3	4	9	−5	5

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
March 20, 2008	Kawasaki Frontale	0–2	JEF United
March 20, 2008	Kashiwa Reysol	1–1	Consadole Sapporo
March 23, 2008	Consadole Sapporo	2–1	Kawasaki Frontale
March 23, 2008	JEF United	1–1	Kashiwa Reysol
April 16, 2008	JEF United	0–0	Consadole Sapporo
April 16, 2008	Kawasaki Frontale	3–0	Kashiwa Reysol
May 25, 2008	Consadole Sapporo	1–2	JEF United
May 25, 2008	Kashiwa Reysol	3–1	Kawasaki Frontale
May 31, 2008	Kawasaki Frontale	2–0	Consadole Sapporo
May 31, 2008	Kashiwa Reysol	1–1	JEF United
June 8, 2008	Consadole Sapporo	0–3	Kashiwa Reysol
June 8, 2008	JEF United	3–2	Kawasaki Frontale

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Yokohama F. Marinos	6	3	3	0	8	2	+6	12
Oita Trinita	6	3	2	1	9	5	+4	11
Albirex Niigata	6	0	4	2	4	8	−4	4
Omiya Ardija	6	0	3	3	4	10	−6	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
March 20, 2008	Yokohama F. Marinos	1–0	Oita Trinita
March 20, 2008	Albirex Niigata	2–2	Omiya Ardija
March 23, 2008	Omiya Ardija	0–0	Yokohama F. Marinos
March 23, 2008	Oita Trinita	3–0	Albirex Niigata
April 16, 2008	Yokohama F. Marinos	4–0	Omiya Ardija
April 16, 2008	Albirex Niigata	1–1	Oita Trinita
May 25, 2008	Omiya Ardija	1–2	Oita Trinita
May 25, 2008	Yokohama F. Marinos	0–0	Albirex Niigata
May 31, 2008	Omiya Ardija	1–1	Albirex Niigata
May 31, 2008	Oita Trinita	2–2	Yokohama F. Marinos
June 8, 2008	Albirex Niigata	0–1	Yokohama F. Marinos
June 8, 2008	Oita Trinita	1–0	Omiya 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

July 2, 2008

FC Tokyo	1–2	Oita Trinita
Ishikawa File:Soccerball shade.svg 44'	Report	Maeda File:Soccerball shade.svg 28' Edmilson File:Soccerball shade.svg 83'

Ajinomoto Stadium

Attendance: 11,378

Referee: Kenji Ogiya

July 2, 2008

JEF United Chiba	0–1	Nagoya Grampus
	Report	Johnsen File:Soccerball shade.svg 14'

Fukuda Denshi Arena

Attendance: 8,472

Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami

July 2, 2008

Gamba Osaka	1–0	Yokohama F. Marinos
Hirai File:Soccerball shade.svg 78'	Report

Ishikawa Stadium

Attendance: 10,702

Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama

July 2, 2008

Kashima Antlers	0–0	Shimizu S-Pulse
	Report

Kashima Soccer Stadium

Attendance: 6,757

Referee: Hajime Matsuo

Second leg

August 6, 2008

Oita Trinita	1–1	FC Tokyo
Edmilson File:Soccerball shade.svg 40'	Report	Cabore File:Soccerball shade.svg 3'

Kyushu Oil Dome

Attendance: 13,483

Referee: Hiroshi Tanabe

August 6, 2008

Nagoya Grampus	1–0	JEF United Chiba
Masukawa File:Soccerball shade.svg 60'	Report

Mizuho Athletic Stadium

Attendance: 6,344

Referee: Minoru Tojo

August 6, 2008

Yokohama F. Marinos	2–1	Gamba Osaka
Komiyama File:Soccerball shade.svg 32' Lopes File:Soccerball shade.svg 84'	Report	Futagawa File:Soccerball shade.svg 34'

Mitsuzawa Stadium

Attendance: 8,365

Referee: Akio Okutani

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

August 6, 2008

Shimizu S-Pulse	2–1	Kashima Antlers
Iwashita File:Soccerball shade.svg 16' Hyodo File:Soccerball shade.svg 48'	Report	Marquinhos File:Soccerball shade.svg 57'

Nihondaira Sports Stadium

Attendance: 8,949

Referee: Kazuhiko Matsumura

Semifinals

First leg

September 3, 2008

Nagoya Grampus	1–1	Oita Trinita
Johnsen File:Soccerball shade.svg 64'	Report	Ueslei File:Soccerball shade.svg 69'

Mizuho Athletic Stadium

Attendance: 7,792

Referee: Hirofumi Yamanishi

September 3, 2008

Shimizu S-Pulse	1–1	Gamba Osaka
Edamura File:Soccerball shade.svg 54'	Report	Futagawa File:Soccerball shade.svg 10'

Nihondaira Sports Stadium

Attendance: 8,013

Referee: Kenji Ogiya

Second leg

September 7, 2008

Oita Trinita	1–0	Nagoya Grampus
Ueslei File:Soccerball shade.svg 49'	Report

Kyushu Oil Dome

Attendance: 20,371

Referee: Masayoshi Okada

September 7, 2008

Gamba Osaka	2–3	Shimizu S-Pulse
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Osaka Expo '70 Stadium

Attendance: 9,103

Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

Final

File:Nabisco Cup Final 2008 November 1st 2008.JPG

The 2008 final

November 1, 2008

Oita Trinita	2–0	Shimizu S-Pulse
Takamatsu File:Soccerball shade.svg 68' Ueslei File:Soccerball shade.svg 89'	Report

National Stadium, Tokyo

Attendance: 44,723

Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida


Oita Trinita:
GK	16	Japan Seigo Shimokawa	Yellow card 85'
RB	4	Japan Yuki Fukaya
CB	6	Japan Masato Morishige
LB	22	Japan Taikai Uemoto	Yellow card 33'
DM	3	Brazil Roberto
DM	5	Brazil Edmilson
RM	20	Japan Daisuke Takahashi
LM	33	Japan Yoshiaki Fujita		Yellow card 84' downward-facing red arrow 89'
AM	8	Japan Mu Kanazaki	downward-facing red arrow 89'
CF	10	Brazil Ueslei
CF	13	Japan Daiki Takamatsu (c)	downward-facing red arrow 82'
Substitutes:
GK	29	Japan Keisuke Shimizu
DF	25	Japan Hiroyuki Kobayashi	upward-facing green arrow 89'
MF	2	Japan Ryo Kobayashi
MF	7	Japan Teppei Nishiyama	upward-facing green arrow 89'
MF	14	Japan Akihiro Ienaga
FW	18	Japan Hiroshi Kiyotake
FW	9	Japan Yasuhito Morishima	upward-facing green arrow 82'
Manager:
Brazil Chamusca


Shimizu S-Pulse:
GK	29	Japan Kaito Yamamoto
RB	5	Japan Keisuke Iwashita
CB	4	Japan Kazumichi Takagi (c)	Yellow card 74'
CB	26	Japan Naoki Aoyama
LB	2	Japan Arata Kodama	downward-facing red arrow 71'
RM	28	Japan Masaki Yamamoto	downward-facing red arrow 71'
CM	7	Japan Teruyoshi Ito
AM	8	Japan Takuma Edamura	downward-facing red arrow 82'
LM	13	Japan Akihiro Hyodo
CF	19	Japan Kazuki Hara	Yellow card 89'
CF	23	Japan Shinji Okazaki
Substitutes:
GK	21	Japan Yohei Nishibe
DF	3	Japan Takahiro Yamanishi
DF	25	Japan Daisuke Ichikawa		upward-facing green arrow 71'
MF	16	Japan Takuya Honda
MF	6	Brazil Marcos Paulo		upward-facing green arrow 71'
FW	11	Japan Mitsuhiro Toda
FW	9	Japan Takuro Yajima		upward-facing green arrow 82'
Manager:
Japan Kenta Hasegawa

Awards

MVP: Japan Daiki Takamatsu (Oita Trinita)
Top Scorer: Japan Keita Sugimoto (Nagoya Grampus)
New Hero Prize: Japan Mu Kanazaki (Oita Trinita)

External links

J.League Official Site (in English)

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v t e J.League Cup champions
6 titles	Kashima Antlers 1997 2000 2002 2011 2012 2015
3 titles	Tokyo Verdy 1992 1993 1994 FC Tokyo 2004 2009 2020
2 titles	Júbilo Iwata 1998 2010 Gamba Osaka 2007 2014 JEF United Chiba 2005 2006 Kashiwa Reysol 1999 2013 Nagoya Grampus 2021 2024 Urawa Red Diamonds 2003 2016
1 title	Shimizu S-Pulse 1996 Yokohama F. Marinos 2001 Oita Trinita 2008 Cerezo Osaka 2017 Shonan Bellmare 2018 Kawasaki Frontale 2019 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2022 Avispa Fukuoka 2023

2008 J.League Cup

Contents

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

First leg

Second leg

Semifinals

First leg

Second leg

Final

Awards

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