2003 J.League Cup

J.League Cup 2003 J.League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup Japan 8 March 2003 - 3 November 2003 16 Urawa Red Diamonds 1 Kashima Antlers Júbilo Iwata Shimizu S-Pulse 49 MVP Award 2002 2004 The J.League Cup 2003, officially the 2003 J.League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup, was the first edition of Japan soccer league cup tournament and the 11th edition under the current J.League Cup format. The competition started on March 8, and finished on November 3, 2003. Teams from the J1 took part in the tournament. Kashima Antlers and Shimizu S-Pulse were given a bye to the quarter-final due to their qualification for the AFC Champions League. The rest of 14 teams started from the group stage, where they're divided into four groups. The group winners of each group qualifies for the quarter-final along with the runners-up of group A and B, and the two teams which qualified for the AFC Champions League. Group stage Group A main WDL Group A Q n y JÚB Júbilo Iwata URW Urawa Red Diamonds VER Tokyo Verdy 1969 VIS Vissel Kobe 3 1 2 13 8 2 2 2 4 5 2 2 2 7 10 2 1 3 9 10 green1 Q Q complete 2003-03-08Júbilo Iwata2–0Urawa Red DiamondsTokyo Verdy 19690–1Vissel Kobe2003-03-15Vissel Kobe4–2Júbilo IwataUrawa Red Diamonds0–1Tokyo Verdy 19692003-04-09Júbilo Iwata4–0Tokyo Verdy 1969Vissel Kobe1–2Urawa Red Diamonds2003-04-23Urawa Red Diamonds0–0Júbilo IwataVissel Kobe2–2Tokyo Verdy 19692003-07-02Tokyo Verdy 19691–1Urawa Red DiamondsJúbilo Iwata3–1Vissel Kobe2003-07-16Urawa Red Diamonds1–0Vissel KobeTokyo Verdy 19693–2Júbilo Iwata Group B main WDL Group B Q n y TOK FC Tokyo MAR Yokohama F. Marinos VEG Vegalta Sendai REY Kashiwa Reysol 3 2 1 12 5 3 2 1 10 5 2 1 3 9 11 0 3 3 3 13 green1 Q Q complete 2003-03-08Kashiwa Reysol1–1Vegalta SendaiYokohama F. Marinos1–0FC Tokyo2003-03-15FC Tokyo2–2Yokohama F. MarinosVegalta Sendai4–1Kashiwa Reysol2003-04-09Kashiwa Reysol0–3Yokohama F. MarinosFC Tokyo4–1Vegalta Sendai2003-04-23FC Tokyo4–0Kashiwa ReysolYokohama F. Marinos0–2Vegalta Sendai2003-07-02Vegalta Sendai0–3Yokohama F. MarinosKashiwa Reysol0–0FC Tokyo2003-07-16Vegalta Sendai1–2FC TokyoYokohama F. Marinos1–1Kashiwa Reysol Group C main WDL Group C Q n y GAM Gamba Osaka CER Cerezo Osaka JEF JEF United Ichihara 2 1 1 8 6 1 2 1 4 4 1 1 2 5 7 green1 Q complete 2003-03-08Gamba Osaka1–0Cerezo Osaka2003-03-15JEF United Ichihara1–2Cerezo Osaka2003-04-09Cerezo Osaka0–0JEF United Ichihara2003-04-23Cerezo Osaka2–2Gamba Osaka2003-07-02Gamba Osaka4–2JEF United Ichihara2003-07-16JEF United Ichihara2–1Gamba Osaka Group D main WDL Group D Q n y NGE Nagoya Grampus Eight KPS Kyoto Purple Sanga TRI Ōita Trinita 2 2 0 3 1 1 2 1 5 5 0 2 2 5 7 green1 Q complete 2003-03-08Kyoto Purple Sanga3–2Ōita Trinita2003-03-15Ōita Trinita0–1Nagoya Grampus Eight2003-04-09Nagoya Grampus Eight0–0Kyoto Purple Sanga2003-04-23Ōita Trinita2–2Kyoto Purple Sanga2003-07-02Nagoya Grampus Eight1–1Ōita Trinita2003-07-16Kyoto Purple Sanga0–1Nagoya Grampus Eight Knockout stage Quarter finals First leg 2003-08-13 19:02 Yokohama F. Marinos 0–1 Júbilo Iwata Yasumasa Nishino 19' Nissan Stadium 12,016 Akio Okutani 2003-08-13 19:04 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–2 FC Tokyo Emerson 64'Toru Chishima 89' Mitsuhiro Toda 28'Mitsuhiro Toda 86' Urawa Komaba Stadium 15,362 Toshimitsu Yoshida 2003-08-13 19:01 Shimizu S-Pulse 1–1 Gamba Osaka Ahn Jung Hwan 51' Magrao 78' Kusanagi Athletic Stadium 9,070 Naotsugu Fuse 2003-08-13 19:00 Kashima Antlers 5–1 Nagoya Grampus Eight Euller 39'Mitsuo Ogasawara 55'Kōji Nakata 61'Kōji Nakata 71'Tomoyuki Hirase 80' Keiji Yoshimura 87' Kashima Soccer Stadium 9,525 Yoshitsugu Katayama Second leg 2003-08-27 19:00 Júbilo Iwata 3–0 Yokohama F. Marinos Gral 56'Ryoichi Maeda 69'Yasumasa Nishino 85' Yamaha Stadium 8,808 Kiyoshi Ota 2003-08-27 19:04 FC Tokyo 0–2 Urawa Red Diamonds Emerson 60'Emerson 89' Ajinomoto Stadium 17,343 Akio Okutani 2003-08-27 19:02 Gamba Osaka 2–3 Shimizu S-Pulse Masashi Oguro 70'Tsuneyasu Miyamoto 82' Emerson 31'Ryuzo Morioka 76'Keisuke Ota 89' Osaka Expo '70 Stadium 6,053 Yoshitsugu Katayama 2003-08-27 19:03 Nagoya Grampus Eight 0–1 Kashima Antlers Naoki Soma 87' Mizuho Athletic Stadium 7,751 Kazuhisa Osada Semi finals First leg 2003-10-01 19:00 Kashima Antlers 0–1 Júbilo Iwata Zivkovic 87' Kashima Soccer Stadium 9,915 Toshimitsu Yoshida 2003-10-01 19:04 Shimizu S-Pulse 1–0 Urawa Red Diamonds Ahn Jung Hwan 23' Nihondaira Sports Stadium 8,048 Kiyoshi Ota Second leg 2003-10-08 19:00 Júbilo Iwata 0–2 Kashima Antlers Fernando 47'Masashi Motoyama 61' Yamaha Stadium 11,471 Masayoshi Okada 2003-10-08 19:04 Urawa Red Diamonds 6–1 Shimizu S-Pulse Tatsuya Tanaka 26'Tatsuya Tanaka 44'Emerson 54'Emerson 57'Emerson 62'Koji Yamase 70' Tuto 77' Urawa Komaba Stadium 18,486 Joji Kashihara Final 2003 J.League Cup Final 2003-11-03 14:09 Kashima Antlers 0–4 Urawa Red Diamonds Koji Yamase 13'Emerson 48'Tatsuya Tanaka 56'Emerson 86' Tokyo National Stadium 51,758 Toru Kamikawa Top goalscorers GoalscorersGoalsTeamBRA Emerson8Urawa Red DiamondsJPN Ryoichi Maeda5Júbilo IwataBRA Gral5Júbilo Iwata Awards MVP: Tatsuya Tanaka (Urawa Red Diamonds) New Hero Prize: Tatsuya Tanaka (Urawa Red Diamonds) References J.League Official Site en Cup 2003 Category:2003 in Japanese men's football cups Japan