2015 J.League Cup

2015 J. League Cup
Yamazaki Nabisco Cup
Country  Japan
Teams 18
Champions Kashima Antlers
Runners-up Gamba Osaka
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The 2015 J. League Cup, also known as the 2015 Yamazaki Nabisco Cup for sponsoring purposes, is 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 will take 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

Team[1] Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
F.C. Tokyo 633084+412
Albirex Niigata 632194+511
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 623196+39
Shonan Bellmare 62315509
Sagan Tosu 622234-18
Matsumoto Yamaga 6114813-54
Ventforet Kofu 6024410-62

Results

Home ╲ Away TOK ARD VENYAMALBSFRSAG
FC Tokyo 2–1 2–1 2–0
Shonan Bellmare 0–0 1–0 2–1
Ventforet Kofu 1–3 2–2 0–0
Matsumoto Yamaga 1–1 0–3 2–4
Albirex Niigata 2–0 0–0 1–0
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–1 2–2 2–0
Sagan Tosu 0–0 2–1 1–0

Group B

Standings

Team[1] Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Nagoya Grampus 64111211+113
Vissel Kobe 6321115+611
Kawasaki Frontale 623176+19
Montedio Yamagata 62221011-18
Yokohama F. Marinos 62047706
Shimizu S-Pulse 6204611-56
Vegalta Sendai 612368-25

Results

Home ╲ Away VEG MON FROYMASSPGRAVIS
Vegalta Sendai 1–2 1–0 0–0
Montedio Yamagata 0–2 3–1 3–3
Kawasaki Frontale 1–1 1–1 1–3
Yokohama F. Marinos 1–2 2–0 2–3
Shimizu S-Pulse 2–1 0–2 1–2
Nagoya Grampus 3–2 1–0 0–4
Vissel Kobe 3–1 0–0 1–2

Knock-out stage

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

  Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                             
 Kashima Antlers 2 3 5  
 FC Tokyo 2 0 2  
   Kashima Antlers 2 4 6  
   Vissel Kobe 1 1 2  
 Vissel Kobe 2 2 4
   Kashiwa Reysol 0 3 3  
     Kashima Antlers 3
   Gamba Osaka 0
   Nagoya Grampus 1 2 3 (9)  
 Gamba Osaka (a.e.t.) (p) 1 2 3 (10)  
   Gamba Osaka 1 2 3
   Albirex Niigata 2 0 2  
 Urawa Red Diamonds 0 3 3
   Albirex Niigata 5 0 5  

Quarterfinals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
F.C. Tokyo 2–5 Kashima Antlers 2–2 0–3
Kashiwa Reysol 3–4 Vissel Kobe 0–2 3–2
Gamba Osaka 3–3 (10-9p) 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' Yamamura
 39' Akasaki
Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium, Kobe
Attendance: 6,162
Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami

7 October 2015
19:03
Albirex Niigata 2 – 1 Gamba Osaka
Yamamoto  36'
Usami  90'		  33' Omori
Denka Big Swan Stadium, Niigata
Attendance: 9,018
Referee: Hajime Matsuo

Second leg

11 October 2015
14:04
Kashima Antlers 4 - 1 Vissel Kobe
Nakamura  16'
Kanazaki  53', 74'
Caio  82'		  21' Watanabe
Kashima Soccer Stadium, Kashima
Attendance: 10,801
Referee: Kenji Ogiya

Antlers won 6–2 on aggregate.

11 October 2015
14:04
Gamba Osaka 2 - 0 Albirex Niigata
Endō  57'
Fujiharu  90+4'
Osaka Expo '70 Stadium, Osaka
Attendance: 11,475
Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

Gamba Osaka won 3-2 on aggregate.

Final

31 October 2015
13:10
Kashima Antlers 3 – 0 Gamba Osaka
Hwang Seok-ho  60'
Kanazaki  84'
Caio  86'
Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama
Attendance: 50,828
Referee: Masaaki Toma

Top scorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Japan Kazuma Watanabe Vissel Kobe
7
2 Japan Takuma Asano Sanfrecce Hiroshima
4
Japan Ryohei Yamazaki Albirex Niigata
Japan Hiroshi Ibusuki Albirex Niigata
Japan Mu Kanazaki Kashima Antlers
3 Brazil Elsinho Kawasaki Frontale
3
Japan Kosuke Yamamoto Albirex Niigata

Updated to games played on 12 October 2015

Source: J. League Data[2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "2015 J.League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup - League Table". J.League Official Website. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  2. ↑ http://www.jleague.jp/en/stats/goal.html?s=YNC
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