2020 Japanese Super Cup

2020 Japanese Super Cup
Vissel Kobe won 3–2 on penalties
Date8 February 2020
VenueSaitama Stadium 2002, Saitama
RefereeYoshiro Imamura
Attendance51,397
WeatherFine
12.3 °C (54.1 °F)
37% humidity

The 2020 Japanese Super Cup (known as Fuji Xerox Super Cup 2020 for sponsorship reasons) was the 27th Japanese Super Cup since its reestablishment, and the 35th overall. It was held on 8 February 2020 between the 2019 J1 League champions Yokohama F. Marinos and the 2019 Emperor's Cup winners Vissel Kobe. It took place at the Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama, Saitama.

This was Marinos's first Super Cup appearance since 2014, and was looking to end its bad record of five defeats in all of its previous appearances, stretching back to 1984. At the other hand, this was Vissel's first ever Super Cup appearance.

Drawn 3–3 until the end of 90 minutes, Vissel Kobe won the match on penalties, which saw nine consecutive penalties missed before Hotaru Yamaguchi ended the run and won Vissel its only second national trophy ever. The penalty also condemned Marinos to its sixth Super Cup defeat.[1]

Match details

Yokohama F. Marinos3–3Vissel Kobe
  • Marcos Júnior 36'
  • Ogihara 54'
  • Erik 73'
Report
Penalties
2–3
Attendance: 51,397
Referee: Yoshiro Imamura
Yokohama F. Marinos
Vissel Kobe
GK 1 Park Il-gyu
RB 27 Ken Matsubara
CB 13 Thiago Martins
CB 44 Shinnosuke Hatanaka  46'
LB 5 Theerathon Bunmathan
CM 8 Takuya Kida (c)  62'  74'
CM 6 Takahiro Ogihara
RW 23 Teruhito Nakagawa
AM 9 Marcos Júnior  88'
LW 17 Erik  74'
CF 45 Ado Onaiwu  46'
Substitutes:
GK 21 Yuji Kajikawa
DF 15 Makito Ito  46'
MF 7 Yūki Ōtsu
MF 11 Keita Endo  46'
MF 33 Takuya Wada  74'
FW 18 Kota Mizunuma  88'
FW 30 Edigar Junio  74'
Manager:
Ange Postecoglou
GK 18 Hiroki Iikura
CB 33 Dankler
CB 25 Leo Osaki
CB 4 Thomas Vermaelen
RM 22 Daigo Nishi  90+2'
CM 6 Sergi Samper  85'
CM 5 Hotaru Yamaguchi
LM 24 Gōtoku Sakai
AM 8 Andrés Iniesta (c)  53'
CF 49 Douglas  64'
CF 11 Kyogo Furuhashi  85'
Substitutes:
GK 1 Daiya Maekawa
DF 3 Hirofumi Watanabe
DF 10 So Fujitani
MF 14 Takuya Yasui  85'
FW 9 Noriaki Fujimoto
FW 13 Keijiro Ogawa  85'
FW 21 Junya Tanaka  64'
Manager:
Thorsten Fink

Assistant referees:
Masahiro Horikoshi
Naoya Okawa
Fourth official:
Akihiko Ikeuchi
Video assistant referee:
Jumpei Iida
Toru Sagara

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Seven named substitutes.
  • Maximum of five substitutions.

References

  1. ^ Duerden, John (8 February 2020). "Andres Iniesta lifts Japan Super Cup after nine straight pen misses". ESPN. Retrieved 19 February 2021.