2008 J.League Cup

2008 J.League Cup
J.League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup
Tournament details
CountryJapan
DatesMarch 20 and November 1
Final positions
ChampionsOita Trinita (1st title)
Runners-upShimizu S-Pulse
Semifinalists
Tournament statistics
Matches played61

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:
Date Team 1  Score  Team 2
March 20, 2008 Nagoya Grampus 0–1 Kyoto Sanga
Urawa Reds 0–1 Vissel Kobe
March 23, 2008 Vissel Kobe 0–1 Nagoya Grampus
Kyoto Sanga 3–3 Urawa Red Diamonds
April 16, 2008 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–1 Kyoto Sanga
Nagoya Grampus 2–0 Vissel Kobe
May 25, 2008 Kyoto Sanga 0–1 Vissel Kobe
Nagoya Grampus 4–2 Urawa Red Diamonds
May 31, 2008 Kyoto Sanga 1–2 Nagoya Grampus
Vissel Kobe 2–1 Urawa Red Diamonds
June 8, 2008 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–5 Nagoya Grampus
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:
Date Team 1  Score  Team 2
March 20, 2008 Tokyo Verdy 0–2 Jubilo Iwata
Shimizu S-Pulse 3–1 FC Tokyo
March 23, 2008 Jubilo Iwata 0–2 FC Tokyo
Tokyo Verdy 0–0 Shimizu S-Pulse
April 16, 2008 Shimizu S-Pulse 5–0 Tokyo Verdy
FC Tokyo 1–1 Jubilo Iwata
May 25, 2008 Shimizu S-Pulse 4–2 Jubilo Iwata
FC Tokyo 3–0 Tokyo Verdy
May 31, 2008 FC Tokyo 1–1 Shimizu S-Pulse
Jubilo Iwata 3–0 Tokyo Verdy
June 8, 2008 Tokyo Verdy 2–4 FC Tokyo
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:
Date Team 1  Score  Team 2
March 20, 2008 Kawasaki Frontale 0–2 JEF United
Kashiwa Reysol 1–1 Consadole Sapporo
March 23, 2008 Consadole Sapporo 2–1 Kawasaki Frontale
JEF United 1–1 Kashiwa Reysol
April 16, 2008 JEF United 0–0 Consadole Sapporo
Kawasaki Frontale 3–0 Kashiwa Reysol
May 25, 2008 Consadole Sapporo 1–2 JEF United
Kashiwa Reysol 3–1 Kawasaki Frontale
May 31, 2008 Kawasaki Frontale 2–0 Consadole Sapporo
Kashiwa Reysol 1–1 JEF United
June 8, 2008 Consadole Sapporo 0–3 Kashiwa Reysol
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:
Date Team 1  Score  Team 2
March 20, 2008 Yokohama F. Marinos 1–0 Oita Trinita
Albirex Niigata 2–2 Omiya Ardija
March 23, 2008 Omiya Ardija 0–0 Yokohama F. Marinos
Oita Trinita 3–0 Albirex Niigata
April 16, 2008 Yokohama F. Marinos 4–0 Omiya Ardija
Albirex Niigata 1–1 Oita Trinita
May 25, 2008 Omiya Ardija 1–2 Oita Trinita
Yokohama F. Marinos 0–0 Albirex Niigata
May 31, 2008 Omiya Ardija 1–1 Albirex Niigata
Oita Trinita 2–2 Yokohama F. Marinos
June 8, 2008 Albirex Niigata 0–1 Yokohama F. Marinos
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

FC Tokyo1–2Oita Trinita
Ishikawa 44' Report Maeda 28'
Edmilson 83'
Attendance: 11,378
Referee: Kenji Ogiya
JEF United Chiba0–1Nagoya Grampus
Report Johnsen 14'
Attendance: 8,472
Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami
Gamba Osaka1–0Yokohama F. Marinos
Hirai 78' Report
Ishikawa Stadium
Attendance: 10,702
Kashima Antlers0–0Shimizu S-Pulse
Report
Attendance: 6,757
Referee: Hajime Matsuo

Second leg

Oita Trinita1–1FC Tokyo
Edmilson 40' Report Cabore 3'
Attendance: 13,483
Referee: Hiroshi Tanabe
Nagoya Grampus1–0JEF United Chiba
Masukawa 60' Report
Attendance: 6,344
Referee: Minoru Tojo
Yokohama F. Marinos2–1Gamba Osaka
Komiyama 32'
Lopes 84'		 Report Futagawa 34'
Attendance: 8,365
Referee: Akio Okutani

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

Shimizu S-Pulse2–1Kashima Antlers
Iwashita 16'
Hyodo 48'		 Report Marquinhos 57'
Attendance: 8,949
Referee: Kazuhiko Matsumura

Semifinals

First leg

Nagoya Grampus1–1Oita Trinita
Johnsen 64' Report Ueslei 69'
Attendance: 7,792
Referee: Hirofumi Yamanishi
Shimizu S-Pulse1–1Gamba Osaka
Edamura 54' Report Futagawa 10'
Attendance: 8,013
Referee: Kenji Ogiya

Second leg

Oita Trinita1–0Nagoya Grampus
Ueslei 49' Report
Attendance: 20,371
Gamba Osaka2–3Shimizu S-Pulse
Roni 11'
Lucas 79'		 Report Yamamoto 3'
Edamura 46' 55'
Attendance: 9,103

Final

Main article: 2008 J.League Cup Final
Oita Trinita2–0Shimizu S-Pulse
Takamatsu 68'
Ueslei 89'		 Report
Attendance: 44,723
Oita Trinita:
GK 16 Seigo Shimokawa  85'
RB 4 Yuki Fukaya
CB 6 Masato Morishige
LB 22 Taikai Uemoto  33'
DM 3 Roberto
DM 5 Edmilson
RM 20 Daisuke Takahashi
LM 33 Yoshiaki Fujita  84'  89'
AM 8 Mu Kanazaki  89'
CF 10 Ueslei
CF 13 Daiki Takamatsu (c)  82'
Substitutes:
GK 29 Keisuke Shimizu
DF 25 Hiroyuki Kobayashi  89'
MF 2 Ryo Kobayashi
MF 7 Teppei Nishiyama  89'
MF 14 Akihiro Ienaga
FW 18 Hiroshi Kiyotake
FW 9 Yasuhito Morishima  82'
Manager:
Chamusca
Shimizu S-Pulse:
GK 29 Kaito Yamamoto
RB 5 Keisuke Iwashita
CB 4 Kazumichi Takagi (c)  74'
CB 26 Naoki Aoyama
LB 2 Arata Kodama  71'
RM 28 Masaki Yamamoto  71'
CM 7 Teruyoshi Ito
AM 8 Takuma Edamura  82'
LM 13 Akihiro Hyodo
CF 19 Kazuki Hara  89'
CF 23 Shinji Okazaki
Substitutes:
GK 21 Yohei Nishibe
DF 3 Takahiro Yamanishi
DF 25 Daisuke Ichikawa  71'
MF 16 Takuya Honda
MF 6 Marcos Paulo  71'
FW 11 Mitsuhiro Toda
FW 9 Takuro Yajima  82'
Manager:
Kenta Hasegawa

Awards

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