2015 J.League Cup

J.League Cup 2015 Yamazaki Nabisco Cup Japan 18 Kashima Antlers Gamba Osaka 6 Kazuma Watanabe 2014 2016 Albirex Niigata Vissel Kobe The 2015 J.League Cup, also known as the 2015 J.League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup for sponsoring purposes, was the 40th edition of the most prestigious Japanese soccer league cup tournament and the 23rd edition under the current J.League Cup format. Format Teams from the J.League Division 1 took part in the tournament. Gamba Osaka, Kashima Antlers, Kashiwa Reysol and Urawa Red Diamonds were given a bye to the quarter-finals due to qualification in the 2015 AFC Champions League. The remaining 14 teams started from the group stage, where they were divided into two groups of seven. The group winners and the runners-up of each group qualified for the quarter-final along with the four teams which qualified for the AFC Champions League. Group stage Group A Standings main WDL Group A Q n TOK FC Tokyo ALB Albirex Niigata SFR Sanfrecce Hiroshima SHO Shonan Bellmare SAG Sagan Tosu YAM Matsumoto Yamaga VEN Ventforet Kofu 3 3 0 8 4 3 2 1 9 4 2 3 1 9 6 2 3 1 5 5 2 2 2 3 4 1 1 4 8 13 0 2 4 4 10 #cfc A A complete Data Reference Group A https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFRT01/?competitionSectionIdLabel=Up+to+date&competitionIdLabel=J.League+Yamazaki+Nabisco+Cup+Group+A&yearIdLabel=2015&yearId=2015&competitionId=402&competitionSectionId=0&search=search data.j-league.or.jp 27 December 2021 Results main FBR grey TOK SHO VEN YAM ALB SFR SAG FC Tokyo null 2–1 null 2–1 null 2–0 Shonan Bellmare 0–0 1–0 2–1 null null null Ventforet Kofu null null 1–3 2–2 null 0–0 Matsumoto Yamaga 1–1 null null 0–3 2–4 null Albirex Niigata null 2–0 null null 0–0 1–0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–1 2–2 2–0 null null null Sagan Tosu null 0–0 null 2–1 null 1–0 complete Data Reference Group A https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFRT01/?competitionSectionIdLabel=Up+to+date&competitionIdLabel=J.League+Yamazaki+Nabisco+Cup+Group+A&yearIdLabel=2015&yearId=2015&competitionId=402&competitionSectionId=0&search=search data.j-league.or.jp 27 December 2021 Group B Standings main WDL Group B Q n GRA Nagoya Grampus VIS Vissel Kobe FRO Kawasaki Frontale MON Montedio Yamagata YMA Yokohama F. Marinos SSP Shimizu S-Pulse VEG Vegalta Sendai 4 1 1 12 11 3 2 1 11 5 2 3 1 7 6 2 2 2 10 11 2 0 4 7 7 2 0 4 6 11 1 2 3 6 8 #cfc A A complete Data Reference Group B https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFRT01/?competitionSectionIdLabel=Up+to+date&competitionIdLabel=J.League+Yamazaki+Nabisco+Cup+Group+B&yearIdLabel=2015&yearId=2015&competitionId=404&competitionSectionId=0&search=search data.j-league.or.jp/ 27 December 2021 Results main FBR grey VEG MON FRO YMA SSP GRA VIS Vegalta Sendai 1–2 null 1–0 null null 0–0 Montedio Yamagata null null 0–2 3–1 3–3 null Kawasaki Frontale 1–1 1–1 null null 1–3 null Yokohama F. Marinos null null 1–2 2–0 null 2–3 Shimizu S-Pulse 2–1 null 0–2 null 1–2 null Nagoya Grampus 3–2 null null 1–0 null 0–4 Vissel Kobe null 3–1 0–0 null 1–2 null complete Data Reference Group B https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFRT01/?competitionSectionIdLabel=Up+to+date&competitionIdLabel=J.League+Yamazaki+Nabisco+Cup+Group+B&yearIdLabel=2015&yearId=2015&competitionId=404&competitionSectionId=0&search=search data.j-league.or.jp/ 27 December 2021 Knock-out stage All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) 2/2/1 y 40 150 Kashima Antlers 2 3 5 FC Tokyo 2 0 2 Vissel Kobe 2 2 4 Kashiwa Reysol 0 3 3 Nagoya Grampus 1 2 3 (9) Gamba Osaka (a.e.t.) (p) 1 2 3 (10) Urawa Red Diamonds 0 3 3 Albirex Niigata 5 0 5 Kashima Antlers 2 4 6 Vissel Kobe 1 1 2 Gamba Osaka 1 2 3 Albirex Niigata 2 0 2 Kashima Antlers 3 Gamba Osaka 0 Quarterfinals FC Tokyo 2–5 Kashima Antlers 2–2 0–3 Kashiwa Reysol 3–4 Vissel Kobe 0–2 3–2 Gamba Osaka 3–3 (10-9 p) Nagoya Grampus 1–1 2–2 Albirex Niigata 5–3 Urawa Reds 5–0 0–3 |} Semi-finals First leg 7 October 2015 19:04 Vissel Kobe 1–2 Kashima Antlers Iwanami 70 21 Yamamura39 Akasaki Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium, Kobe 6,162 Nobutsugu Murakami 7 October 2015 19:03 Albirex Niigata 2–1 Gamba Osaka Yamamoto 36Usami 90 33 Omori Denka Big Swan Stadium, Niigata 9,018 Hajime Matsuo Second leg 11 October 2015 14:04 Kashima Antlers 4–1 Vissel Kobe Nakamura 16Kanazaki 53 74Caio 82 21 Watanabe Kashima Soccer Stadium, Kashima 10,801 Kenji Ogiya Antlers won 6–2 on aggregate. 11 October 2015 14:04 Gamba Osaka 2–0 Albirex Niigata Endō 57Fujiharu 90+4 Osaka Expo '70 Stadium, Osaka 11,475 Hiroyuki Kimura Gamba Osaka won 3-2 on aggregate. Final 2015 J.League Cup Final 31 October 2015 13:10 Kashima Antlers 3–0 Gamba Osaka Hwang Seok-ho 60Kanazaki 84Caio 86 Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama 50,828 Masaaki Toma Top scorers RankScorerClubGoals1JPN Kazuma WatanabeVissel Kobe72JPN Takuma AsanoSanfrecce Hiroshima 4JPN Ryohei YamazakiAlbirex NiigataJPN Hiroshi IbusukiAlbirex NiigataJPN Mu KanazakiKashima Antlers3BRA ElsinhoKawasaki Frontale 3JPN Kosuke YamamotoAlbirex Niigata Updated to games played on 12 October 2015Source: J.League Datahttp://www.jleague.jp/en/stats/goal.html?s=YNC J.league.jp Japan Professional Football League 2015-05-29 2015-11-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20151125061717/http://www.jleague.jp/en/stats/goal.html?s=YNC dead References Cup 2015 Category:2015 in Japanese men's football cups Japan