2008 J.League Cup

J.League Cup 2008 J.League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup Japan March 20 and November 1 Oita Trinita 1 Shimizu S-Pulse Gamba Osaka Nagoya Grampus 61 MVP Award 2007 2009 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 main WDL Group A Q n y GRA Nagoya Grampus VIS Vissel Kobe SAN Kyoto Sanga FC RED Urawa Red Diamonds 5 0 1 14 5 3 1 2 5 5 1 3 2 7 8 0 2 4 8 16 #CCFFCC A complete y 2 March 20, 2008 Nagoya Grampus 0–1 Kyoto Sanga Urawa Reds 0–1 Vissel Kobe 2 March 23, 2008 Vissel Kobe 0–1 Nagoya Grampus Kyoto Sanga 3–3 Urawa Red Diamonds 2 April 16, 2008 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–1 Kyoto Sanga Nagoya Grampus 2–0 Vissel Kobe 2 May 25, 2008 Kyoto Sanga 0–1 Vissel Kobe Nagoya Grampus 4–2 Urawa Red Diamonds 2 May 31, 2008 Kyoto Sanga 1–2 Nagoya Grampus Vissel Kobe 2–1 Urawa Red Diamonds 2 June 8, 2008 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–5 Nagoya Grampus Vissel Kobe 1–1 Kyoto Sanga Group B main WDL Group B Q n y SSP Shimizu S-Pulse TOK FC Tokyo JÚB Júbilo Iwata VER Tokyo Verdy 3 2 1 13 6 3 2 1 12 7 3 1 2 10 7 0 1 5 2 17 #CCFFCC A A complete y 2 March 20, 2008 Tokyo Verdy 0–2 Jubilo Iwata Shimizu S-Pulse 3–1 FC Tokyo 2 March 23, 2008 Jubilo Iwata 0–2 FC Tokyo Tokyo Verdy 0–0 Shimizu S-Pulse 2 April 16, 2008 Shimizu S-Pulse 5–0 Tokyo Verdy FC Tokyo 1–1 Jubilo Iwata 2 May 25, 2008 Shimizu S-Pulse 4–2 Jubilo Iwata FC Tokyo 3–0 Tokyo Verdy 2 May 31, 2008 FC Tokyo 1–1 Shimizu S-Pulse Jubilo Iwata 3–0 Tokyo Verdy 2 June 8, 2008 Tokyo Verdy 2–4 FC Tokyo Jubilo Iwata 2–0 Shimizu S-Pulse Group C main WDL Group C Q n y JEF JEF United Chiba REY Kashiwa Reysol FRO Kawasaki Frontale CON Consadole Sapporo 3 3 0 9 5 2 3 1 9 7 2 0 4 9 10 1 2 3 4 9 #CCFFCC A complete y 2 March 20, 2008 Kawasaki Frontale 0–2 JEF United Kashiwa Reysol 1–1 Consadole Sapporo 2 March 23, 2008 Consadole Sapporo 2–1 Kawasaki Frontale JEF United 1–1 Kashiwa Reysol 2 April 16, 2008 JEF United 0–0 Consadole Sapporo Kawasaki Frontale 3–0 Kashiwa Reysol 2 May 25, 2008 Consadole Sapporo 1–2 JEF United Kashiwa Reysol 3–1 Kawasaki Frontale 2 May 31, 2008 Kawasaki Frontale 2–0 Consadole Sapporo Kashiwa Reysol 1–1 JEF United 2 June 8, 2008 Consadole Sapporo 0–3 Kashiwa Reysol JEF United 3–2 Kawasaki Frontale Group D main WDL Group D Q n y FMA Yokohama F. Marinos TRI Oita Trinita ALB Albirex Niigata ARD Omiya Ardija 3 3 0 8 2 3 2 1 9 5 0 4 2 4 8 0 3 3 4 10 #CCFFCC A A complete y 2 March 20, 2008 Yokohama F. Marinos 1–0 Oita Trinita Albirex Niigata 2–2 Omiya Ardija 2 March 23, 2008 Omiya Ardija 0–0 Yokohama F. Marinos Oita Trinita 3–0 Albirex Niigata 2 April 16, 2008 Yokohama F. Marinos 4–0 Omiya Ardija Albirex Niigata 1–1 Oita Trinita 2 May 25, 2008 Omiya Ardija 1–2 Oita Trinita Yokohama F. Marinos 0–0 Albirex Niigata 2 May 31, 2008 Omiya Ardija 1–1 Albirex Niigata Oita Trinita 2–2 Yokohama F. Marinos 2 June 8, 2008 Albirex Niigata 0–1 Yokohama F. Marinos Oita Trinita 1–0 Omiya Ardija Knockout stage Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final 30px 160px JEF United Chiba 0 0 0 Nagoya Grampus 1 1 2 FC Tokyo 1 1 2 Oita Trinita 2 1 3 Kashima Antlers 0 1 1 Shimizu S-Pulse 0 2 2 Gamba Osaka 1 1 2 Yokohama F. Marinos 0 2 2 Nagoya Grampus 1 0 1 Oita Trinita 1 1 2 Shimizu S-Pulse 1 3 4 Gamba Osaka 1 2 3 Oita Trinita 2 Shimizu S-Pulse 0 Quarter-finals First leg July 2, 2008 19:00 FC Tokyo 1–2 https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=10784 Oita Trinita Ishikawa 44 Maeda 28Edmilson 83 Ajinomoto Stadium, Tokyo 11,378 Kenji Ogiya July 2, 2008 19:00 JEF United Chiba 0–1 https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=10783 Nagoya Grampus Johnsen 14 Fukuda Denshi Arena, Chiba 8,472 Nobutsugu Murakami July 2, 2008 18:59 Gamba Osaka 1–0 https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=10785 Yokohama F. Marinos Hirai 78 Ishikawa Athletics Stadium, Kanazawa 10,702 Hiroyoshi Takayama July 2, 2008 19:00 Kashima Antlers 0–0 https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=10782 Shimizu S-Pulse Kashima Soccer Stadium, Kashima 6,757 Hajime Matsuo Second leg August 6, 2008 Oita Trinita 1–1 Report FC Tokyo Edmilson 40 Cabore 3 Kyushu Oil Dome 13,483 Hiroshi Tanabe August 6, 2008 Nagoya Grampus 1–0 Report JEF United Chiba Masukawa 60 Mizuho Athletic Stadium 6,344 Minoru Tojo August 6, 2008 Yokohama F. Marinos 2–1 Report Gamba Osaka Komiyama 32Lopes 84 Futagawa 34 Mitsuzawa Stadium 8,365 Akio Okutani Gamba Osaka advances to the semi-finals on Away goals rule. August 6, 2008 Shimizu S-Pulse 2–1 Report Kashima Antlers Iwashita 16Hyodo 48 Marquinhos 57 Nihondaira Sports Stadium 8,949 Kazuhiko Matsumura Semifinals First leg September 3, 2008 19:00 Nagoya Grampus 1–1 https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=10791 Oita Trinita Johnsen 64 Ueslei 69 Mizuho Park Athletics Stadium, Nagoya 7,792 Hirofumi Yamanishi September 3, 2008 19:00 Shimizu S-Pulse 1–1 https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=10790 Gamba Osaka Edamura 54 Futagawa 10 Nihondaira Sports Stadium, Shimizu-ku 8,013 Kenji Ogiya Second leg September 7, 2008 18:00 Oita Trinita 1–0 https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=10793 Nagoya Grampus Ueslei 49 Kyushu Oil Dome, Ōita 20,371 Masayoshi Okada September 7, 2008 19:00 Gamba Osaka 2–3 https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=10792 Shimizu S-Pulse Rôni 11Lucas 79 Yamamoto 3Edamura 46 55 Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium, Suita 9,103 Yuichi Nishimura Final thumb|300px|The 2008 final 2008 J.League Cup Final November 1, 2008 Oita Trinita 2–0 Report Shimizu S-Pulse Takamatsu 68Ueslei 89 National Stadium, Tokyo 44,723 Toshimitsu Yoshida Oita Trinita: GK 16 JPN Seigo Shimokawa 85RB 4 JPN Yuki FukayaCB 6 JPN Masato MorishigeLB 22JPN Taikai Uemoto 33DM 3BRA RobertoDM 5BRA EdmilsonRM 20 JPN Daisuke TakahashiLM 33JPN Yoshiaki Fujita 84 89AM 8 JPN Mu Kanazaki 89CF 10BRA UesleiCF 13JPN Daiki Takamatsu (c) 82Substitutes:GK 29JPN Keisuke ShimizuDF 25JPN Hiroyuki Kobayashi 89MF 2 JPN Ryo KobayashiMF 7JPN Teppei Nishiyama 89MF 14JPN Akihiro IenagaFW 18 JPN Hiroshi KiyotakeFW 9 JPN Yasuhito Morishima 82Manager:BRA ChamuscaShimizu S-Pulse: GK 29JPN Kaito YamamotoRB 5JPN Keisuke IwashitaCB 4 JPN Kazumichi Takagi (c) 74CB 26 JPN Naoki AoyamaLB 2JPN Arata Kodama 71RM 28JPN Masaki Yamamoto 71CM 7 JPN Teruyoshi Ito AM 8JPN Takuma Edamura 82LM 13 JPN Akihiro HyodoCF 19JPN Kazuki Hara 89CF 23 JPN Shinji OkazakiSubstitutes:GK 21JPN Yohei NishibeDF 3JPN Takahiro YamanishiDF 25JPN Daisuke Ichikawa 71MF 16JPN Takuya HondaMF 6BRA Marcos Paulo 71FW 11JPN Mitsuhiro TodaFW 9JPN Takuro Yajima 82Manager:JPN Kenta Hasegawa Awards MVP: Japan Daiki Takamatsu (Oita Trinita) Top Scorer: Japan Keita Sugimoto (Nagoya Grampus) New Hero Prize: Japan Mu Kanazaki (Oita Trinita) External links J.League Official Site en Cup 2008 Category:2008 in Japanese men's football cups Japan