2014 J.League Cup

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2014 J.League Cup
Yamazaki Nabisco Cup
Tournament details
CountryFile:Flag of Japan.svg Japan
Teams18
Final positions
ChampionsGamba Osaka (2nd title)
Runner-upSanfrecce Hiroshima
Tournament statistics
Matches played55
Goals scored169 (3.07 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Cristiano (6 goals)
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The 2014 J.League Cup, also known as the 2014 J.League 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

Results

All times are JST (UTC+9)

Group A

Gamba Osaka2–0Vissel Kobe
Lins File:Soccerball shade.svg 47'
A. Sato File:Soccerball shade.svg 53'
Report
Attendance: 8,378
Referee: Hajime Matsuo

Vegalta Sendai1–1FC Tokyo
Kamata File:Soccerball shade.svg 62' Edu File:Soccerball shade.svg 77' (pen.)
Attendance: 7,094
Referee: Coote David
Shimizu S-Pulse1–0Gamba Osaka
Nagasawa File:Soccerball shade.svg 33'
Attendance: 8,033
Referee: Minoru Tojo

Sagan Tosu0–2Gamba Osaka
Omori File:Soccerball shade.svg 34'
Ogawa File:Soccerball shade.svg 73'
Attendance: 4,972
Referee: Yoshiro Imamura


Sagan Tosu2–0Vegalta Sendai
Taniguchi File:Soccerball shade.svg 32' (pen.)
Kiyotake File:Soccerball shade.svg 57'
Attendance: 4,097
Referee: Futoshi Nakamura
Gamba Osaka3–1FC Tokyo
Usami File:Soccerball shade.svg 16', 53'
Nishino File:Soccerball shade.svg 68'
Tokunaga File:Soccerball shade.svg 33'
Attendance: 12,818
Referee: Raczkowski Pawel

Vegalta Sendai1–0Gamba Osaka
Akamine File:Soccerball shade.svg 66'
Attendance: 7,965
Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura
Sagan Tosu2–0Shimizu S-Pulse
Toyoda File:Soccerball shade.svg 39'
Mizunuma File:Soccerball shade.svg 76'
Attendance: 5,231
Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

Group B



Albirex Niigata1–0Ventforet Kofu
Suzuki File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+3'
Attendance: 7,765
Referee: Masaaki Iemoto

Omiya Ardija0–2Nagoya Grampus
Tanaka File:Soccerball shade.svg 61'
Yano File:Soccerball shade.svg 83'
Attendance: 4,681
Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama

Ventforet Kofu3–0Omiya Ardija
Cristiano File:Soccerball shade.svg 34', 44'
Kawamoto File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+2'
Attendance: 7,534
Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura
Albirex Niigata0–1Urawa Red Diamonds
Ono File:Soccerball shade.svg 88' (o.g.)
Attendance: 15,965
Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida

Nagoya Grampus1–0Kashiwa Reysol
Tulio File:Soccerball shade.svg 85'
Attendance: 5,941
Referee: Kenji Ogiya
Tokushima Vortis1–1Omiya Ardija
Hamada File:Soccerball shade.svg 52' Kikuchi File:Soccerball shade.svg 85'
Attendance: 3,956
Referee: Ryuji Sato

Omiya Ardija0–0Albirex Niigata

Knock-out stage

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
             
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 2
Gamba Osaka 3
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

Sanfrecce Hiroshima0–0Urawa Red Diamonds
Attendance: 6,718



Second leg


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


Kashiwa Reysol won 5–2 on aggregate.


Kawasaki Frontale won 5–4 on aggregate.


Gamba Osaka won 4–1 on aggregate.


Semi-finals

First leg

Sanfrecce Hiroshima2–0Kashiwa Reysol
Sato File:Soccerball shade.svg 41', 50'
Attendance: 5,516
Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida

Second leg

Sanfrecce Hiroshima won 3–2 on aggregate.


Gamba Osaka won 5-4 on aggregate.


Final

Goalscorers

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

Updated to games played on 7 September 2014
Names of players in bold are still active.
Source: [1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "2014 J.League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup - League Table". J.League Official Website. Archived from the original on 2014-05-24. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
  2. Transferred to Sporting Clube de Portugal after the group stage.

See also