2022 Japanese Super Cup

2022 Japanese Super Cup
Date12 February 2022
VenueNissan Stadium, Yokohama
RefereeHiroki Kasahara
Attendance18,558
WeatherFine
8.5 °C (47.3 °F)
40% humidity

The 2022 Japanese Super Cup (known as FUJIFILM Super Cup 2022 for sponsorship reasons) was the 29th Japanese Super Cup since its reestablishment, and the 37th overall. It was held on 12 February 2022 between the 2021 J1 League champions Kawasaki Frontale, whom also the Super Cup holders, and the 2021 Emperor's Cup winners Urawa Red Diamonds at the Nissan Stadium, Yokohama, Kanagawa.[1]

This was Frontale's fourth Super Cup appearance overall, all in the previous five years; they only failed to qualify in 2020 and won twice in 2019 and 2021. At the other hand, this was Urawa's tenth Super Cup appearance and their first since 2019; they previously had won four times (in 1979, 1980, 1983, and 2006).

Ataru Esaka scored in each half to won Urawa their fifth Super Cup ever, second as Urawa Red Diamonds, and the first in 16 years. Frontale lost the Super Cup match for the first time since their maiden appearance in 2018.

Details

Kawasaki Frontale0–2Urawa Red Diamonds
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Esaka 7', 81'
Attendance: 18,558
Referee: Hiroki Kasahara
Kawasaki Frontale
Urawa Red Diamonds
GK 1 Jung Sung-ryong
RB 13 Miki Yamane
CB 5 Shogo Taniguchi (c)
CB 7 Shintaro Kurumaya
LB 2 Kyohei Noborizato
DM 6 João Schmidt  46'
CM 14 Yasuto Wakizaka  71'
CM 10 Ryota Oshima  82'
RW 41 Akihiro Ienaga
LW 18 Chanathip Songkrasin  77'
CF 9 Leandro Damião  71'
Substitutes:
GK 27 Kenta Tanno
MF 3 Koki Tsukagawa  82'
MF 16 Tatsuki Seko  71'
MF 31 Kazuya Yamamura
FW 11 Yu Kobayashi  77'
FW 20 Kei Chinen  71'
FW 23 Marcinho  46'
Manager:
Toru Oniki
GK 1 Shusaku Nishikawa (c)
RB 2 Hiroki Sakai
CB 4 Takuya Iwanami
CB 28 Alexander Scholz
LB 6 Kazuaki Mawatari
DM 19 Ken Iwao
RM 14 Takahiro Sekine  86'
CM 22 Kai Shibato
CM 3 Atsuki Ito  82'
LM 15 Takahiro Akimoto  82'
CF 33 Ataru Esaka  86'
Substitutes:
GK 12 Zion Suzuki
DF 13 Tomoya Inukai  86'
DF 20 Tetsuya Chinen
DF 24 Yuta Miyamoto  86'
MF 25 Kaito Yasui
MF 40 Yuichi Hirano  82'
FW 27 Kai Matsuzaki  82'
Manager:
Ricardo Rodríguez

Assistant referees:
Isao Nishihashi
Kentaro Matsui
Fourth official:
Masuya Ueda
Video assistant referee:
Yudai Yamamoto
Assistant video assistant referee:
Haruhiro Otsuka

Match rules[2]

  • 90 minutes.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Seven named substitutes.
  • Maximum of five substitutions, and a maximum of two additional concussion substitutions.

References

  1. ^ "Japan Professional Football League 24 December 2021". jleague.co. Japan Professional Football League. 24 December 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  2. ^ "[公式] FUJI FILM SUPER CUP 2022:Jリーグ.jp". jleague.jp (in Japanese). Japan Professional Football League. Retrieved 12 February 2022.