2012 J.League Cup

2012 J.League Cup

Yamazaki Nabisco Cup
Country	Japan
Teams	18
Champions	Kashima Antlers
Runners-up	Shimizu S-Pulse
Matches played	55
Goals scored	170 (3.09 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Yuya Osako (Kashima Antlers) 7 goals
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The 2012 J.League Cup, also known as the 2012 Yamazaki Nabisco Cup for sponsoring purposes, was the 37th edition of the most prestigious Japanese soccer league cup tournament and the 20th edition under the current J.League Cup format.

Kashima Antlers became the winners for two straight years and qualify for the 2013 Suruga Bank Championship.

Format

Teams from the J.League Division 1 will take part in the tournament. FC Tokyo, Gamba Osaka, Kashiwa Reysol and Nagoya Grampus were given a bye to the quarter-finals due to qualification in the 2012 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

Standings

Group A Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Cerezo Osaka 6 4 0 2 15 7 +8 12 Vegalta Sendai 6 4 0 2 11 5 +4 12 Júbilo Iwata 6 4 0 2 10 11 −1 12 Urawa Red Diamonds 6 3 0 3 12 10 +2 9 Sagan Tosu 6 3 0 3 8 16 −8 9 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 6 1 1 4 8 11 −3 4 Kawasaki Frontale 6 1 1 4 7 11 −4 4

Group B Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Shimizu S-Pulse 6 5 0 1 12 4 +8 15 Kashima Antlers 6 5 0 1 10 5 +5 15 Albirex Niigata 6 3 1 2 6 5 +1 10 Yokohama F. Marinos 6 1 2 3 7 9 −2 5 Omiya Ardija 6 1 2 3 7 10 −3 5 Consadole Sapporo 6 1 2 3 6 11 −5 5 Vissel Kobe 6 1 1 4 6 10 −4 4

Results

Group A

Urawa Red Diamonds v Vegalta Sendai

20 March 2012 Tuesday 15:01

Urawa Red Diamonds	1 – 0	Vegalta Sendai
Nagata  49'	Report

Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 23,076 Referee: Okabe

Sagan Tosu v Kawasaki Frontale

20 March 2012 Tuesday 16:04

Sagan Tosu	2 – 1	Kawasaki Frontale
Okada  53' Noda  65'	Report	78' Yajima

Best Amenity Stadium Attendance: 4,613 Referee: Tojo

Júbilo Iwata v Cerezo Osaka

20 March 2012 Tuesday 19:04

Júbilo Iwata	2 – 1	Cerezo Osaka
Matsuura  59' Maeda  88'	Report	38' Branquinho

Yamaha Stadium Attendance: 8,036 Referee: Kimura

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Vegalta Sendai v Sagan Tosu

4 April 2012 Wednesday 19:03

Vegalta Sendai	2 – 0	Sagan Tosu
Matsushita  51' Kakuda  62'	Report

Yurtec Stadium Sendai Attendance: 7,236 Referee: Yoshida

Júbilo Iwata v Urawa Red Diamonds

4 April 2012 Wednesday 19:04

Júbilo Iwata	4 – 3	Urawa Red Diamonds
Maeda  7' Chiyotanda  57' Matsuura  77' Yamada  82'	Report	34' Kojima  45+1' (o.g.) Rodrigo Souto  79' Takahashi

Yamaha Stadium Attendance: 7,824 Referee: Ogiya

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Kawasaki Frontale

4 April 2012 Wednesday 19:04

Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1 – 1	Kawasaki Frontale
Sato  85'	Report	58' Jeci

Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 6,413 Referee: Iida

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Kawasaki Frontale v Vegalta Sendai

18 April 2012 Wednesday 19:00

Kawasaki Frontale	3 – 1	Vegalta Sendai
Tasaka  45+1' Kobayashi  45+3', 57'	Report	90' Muto

Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 8,186 Referee: Matsuo

Júbilo Iwata v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

18 April 2012 Wednesday 19:04

Júbilo Iwata	1 – 0	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Yamada  85'	Report

Yamaha Stadium Attendance: 6,372 Referee: Tojo

Urawa Red Diamonds v Cerezo Osaka

18 April 2012 Wednesday 19:30

Urawa Red Diamonds	1 – 4	Cerezo Osaka
Yajima  42'	Report	11' Kiyotake  45' Fujimoto  49' Branquinho  81' Bando

Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 16,533 Referee: Sato

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Kawasaki Frontale v Urawa Red Diamonds

16 May 2012 Wednesday 19:00

Kawasaki Frontale	0 – 3	Urawa Red Diamonds
	Report	32' Kashiwagi  57', 82' Ugajin

Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 13,608 Referee: Murakami

Cerezo Osaka v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

16 May 2012 Wednesday 19:04

Cerezo Osaka	2 – 1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Branquinho  27' Kim  90+5'	Report	30' Sato

KINCHO Stadium Attendance: 6,397 Referee: Okabe

Sagan Tosu v Júbilo Iwata

16 May 2012 Wednesday 19:04

Sagan Tosu	3 – 2	Júbilo Iwata
Inuzuka  12', 65' Hayasaka  62'	Report	52' Matsuoka  88' Yamada

Best Amenity Stadium Attendance: 4,642 Referee: Sato

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Cerezo Osaka v Kawasaki Frontale

6 June 2012 Wednesday 19:00

Cerezo Osaka	3 – 2	Kawasaki Frontale
Kempes  47' Kakitani  58', 86'	Summary	Kusukami  30' Renatinho  68'

Nagai Ball Gall Field Attendance: 6,855 Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Vegalta Sendai

6 June 2012 Wednesday 19:00

Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1 – 3	Vegalta Sendai
Shimizu  24'	Summary	Nakahara  56' (76) Wilson  65'

Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 7,234 Referee: Minoru Tojo

Sagan Tosu v Urawa Red Diamonds

6 June 2012 Wednesday 19:00

Sagan Tosu	2 – 1	Urawa Red Diamonds
Toyoda  52' Mizunuma  80'	[ Report] Summary	Marcio Richardes  77'

Best Amenity Stadium Attendance: 7,284 Referee: Kimura

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Vegalta Sendai v Cerezo Osaka

9 June 2012 Saturday 16:00

Vegalta Sendai	1 – 0	Cerezo Osaka
Ryang Yong-Gi  63'	Summary

Yurtec Stadium Sendai Attendance: 8,638 Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

Kawasaki Frontale v Júbilo Iwata

9 June 2012 Saturday 16:00

Kawasaki Frontale	0 – 1	Júbilo Iwata
	Summary	Yamazaki  25'

Todoroki Athletics Stadium Attendance: 7,970 Referee: Jumpei Iida

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Sagan Tosu

9 June 2012 Saturday 16:00

Sanfrecce Hiroshima	5 – 1	Sagan Tosu
Koji Morisaki  45+3', 90' Satō  55' (pen.) Ishihara  78', 82'	[ Report] Summary	Mizunuma  63'

Hiroshima Big Arch Attendance: 10,132 Referee: Murakami

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Vegalta Sendai v Júbilo Iwata

27 June 2012 Wednesday 19:00

Vegalta Sendai	4 – 0	Júbilo Iwata
Ota  23' Wilson  56' Akamine  69' Watanabe  80'	Summary

Yurtec Stadium Sendai Attendance: 9,865 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

Urawa Red Diamonds v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

27 June 2012 Wednesday 19:01

Urawa Red Diamonds	3 – 0	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Despotović  43' Noda  62' Yajima  80'	Summary

Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 14,022 Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

Cerezo Osaka v Sagan Tosu

27 June 2012 Wednesday 19:00

Cerezo Osaka	5 – 0	Sagan Tosu
Ogihara  24' Kim Bo-Kyung  45+4' (pen.) Kakitani  55', 71' Fujimoto  90'	Summary

Kincho Stadium Attendance: 7,280 Referee: Minoru Tojo

Group B

Consadole Sapporo v Albirex Niigata

20 March 2012 Tuesday 13:04

Consadole Sapporo	0 – 1	Albirex Niigata
	Report	38' Mineiro

Sapporo Dome Attendance: 7,487 Referee: Nakamura

Kashima Antlers v Vissel Kobe

20 March 2012 Tuesday 15:00

Kashima Antlers	2 – 0	Vissel Kobe
Osako  20' Endo  45+1'	Report

Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 11,379 Referee: Matsuo

Omiya Ardija v Yokohama F. Marinos

20 March 2012 Tuesday 16:00

Omiya Ardija	1 – 1	Yokohama F. Marinos
Carlinhos  15'	Report	84' Saito

NACK5 Stadium Omiya Attendance: 7,845 Referee: Yoshida

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Kashima Antlers v Omiya Ardija

4 April 2012 Wednesday 19:00

Kashima Antlers	1 – 0	Omiya Ardija
Koroki  31'	Report

Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 6,515 Referee: Murakami

Shimizu S-Pulse v Albirex Niigata

4 April 2012 Wednesday 19:04

Shimizu S-Pulse	1 – 0	Albirex Niigata
Kobayashi  16'	Report

OUTSOURCING Stadium Nihondaira Attendance: 7,479 Referee: Iemoto

Yokohama F. Marinos v Consadole Sapporo

4 April 2012 Wednesday 19:33

Yokohama F. Marinos	1 – 2	Consadole Sapporo
Matsumoto  68'	Report	6' Oshima  45+2' Sakaki

Nippatsu Mitsuzawa Stadium Attendance: 7,148 Referee: Fukushima

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Consadole Sapporo v Kashima Antlers

18 April 2012 Wednesday 19:03

Consadole Sapporo	1 – 2	Kashima Antlers
Sakaki  16'	Report	85' Juninho  90+4' Okamoto

Sapporo Dome Attendance: 6,877 Referee: Okabe

Albirex Niigata v Vissel Kobe

18 April 2012 Wednesday 19:03

Albirex Niigata	1 – 0	Vissel Kobe
Hirai  27'	Report

Tohoku Denryoku Big Swan Stadium Attendance: 8,158 Referee: Yoshida

Shimizu S-Pulse v Yokohama F. Marinos

18 April 2012 Wednesday 19:04

Shimizu S-Pulse	1 – 0	Yokohama F. Marinos
Brosque  76'	Report

OUTSOURCING Stadium Nihondaira Attendance: 8,753 Referee: Kimura

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Omiya Ardija v Consadole Sapporo

16 May 2012 Wednesday 19:03

Omiya Ardija	1 – 1	Consadole Sapporo
Kim  53'	Report	88' Maeda

NACK5 Stadium Omiya Attendance: 4,359 Referee: Yoshida

Vissel Kobe v Shimizu S-Pulse

16 May 2012 Wednesday 19:04

Vissel Kobe	1 – 2	Shimizu S-Pulse
Matsumura  64'	Report	55' Kobayashi  83' Takagi

HOME'S Stadium Kobe Attendance: 3,778 Referee: Fukushima

Yokohama F. Marinos v Kashima Antlers

16 May 2012 Wednesday 19:33

Yokohama F. Marinos	3 – 2	Kashima Antlers
Hyodo  36' Saito  83' Oguro  86'	Report	58' Endo  68' Juninho

NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium Attendance: 9,693 Referee: Iemoto

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Consadole Sapporo v Shimizu S-Pulse

6 June 2012 Wednesday 19:00

Consadole Sapporo	0 – 4	Shimizu S-Pulse
	Summary	Kawai  2' Lee Ki-Je  5' Ishige  57' Sugiyama  78'

Sapporo Dome Attendance: 3,687 Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida

Omiya Ardija v Vissel Kobe

6 June 2012 Wednesday 19:00

Omiya Ardija	1 – 0	Vissel Kobe
Aoki  31'	Summary	Bae Chun-Suk  70'

NACK5 Stadium Omiya Attendance: 4,204

Albirex Niigata v Kashima Antlers

6 June 2012 Wednesday 19:00

Albirex Niigata	0 – 1	Kashima Antlers
	Summary	Osako  86'

Tohoku Electric Power Big Swan Stadium Attendance: 9,986 Referee: Ryuji Sato

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Yokohama F. Marinos v Albirex Niigata

9 June 2012 Saturday 13:00

Yokohama F. Marinos	0 – 0	Albirex Niigata
	Summary

Nissan Stadium Attendance: 5,345 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

Shimizu S-Pulse v Omiya Ardija

9 June 2012 Saturday 13:00

Shimizu S-Pulse	3 – 1	Omiya Ardija
Hiraoka  41' Omae  72' (pen.) Shirasaki  88'	Sumamry	Hasegawa  36' Fukaya  70'

Outsourcing Stadium Nihondaira Attendance: 10,596 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

Vissel Kobe v Consadole Sapporo

9 June 2012 Saturday 13:00

Vissel Kobe	2 – 2	Consadole Sapporo
Ōkubo  12', 21'	Summary	Sakai  35' Okamoto  38'

Home's Stadium Kobe Attendance: 4,083 Referee: Kazuhiko Matsumura

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Kashima Antlers v Shimizu S-Pulse

27 June 2012 Wednesday 19:04

Kashima Antlers	2 – 1	Shimizu S-Pulse
Osako  75', 90' (pen.)	Summary	Ito  14'

Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 6,207 Referee: Masaaki Iemoto

Albirex Niigata v Omiya Ardija

27 June 2012 Wednesday 19:03

Albirex Niigata	4 – 3	Omiya Ardija
Kogure  62' Hirai  73' Suzuki  90', 90+4'	Summary	Shimizu  15', 49' Watanabe  40'

Tohoku Electric Power Big Swan Stadium Attendance: 7,664 Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida

Vissel Kobe v Yokohama F. Marinos

27 June 2012 Wednesday 19:04

Vissel Kobe	3 – 2	Yokohama F. Marinos
Komoto  9', 87' Morioka  40'	Summary	Ono  37' Kanai  80'

Home's Stadium Kobe Attendance: 5,029 Referee: Antonio Arias

Knock-out stage

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

	Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	Nagoya Grampus	1	3	4
	Shimizu S-Pulse	0	4	4
							Shimizu S-Pulse	1	3	4
							F.C. Tokyo	2	0	2
	F.C. Tokyo	2	2	4
	Vegalta Sendai	2	1	3
													Shimizu S-Pulse
													Kashima Antlers
	Kashiwa Reysol	3	2	5
	Gamba Osaka	1	1	2
							Kashiwa Reysol	2	2	4
							Kashima Antlers	3	2	5
	Cerezo Osaka	1	0	1
	Kashima Antlers	2	3	5

Quarter finals

First leg

Kashima Antlers v Cerezo Osaka

2012-07-25 19:00

Kashima Antlers	2 – 1	Cerezo Osaka
Iwamasa  22' Koroki  25'		Kakitani  33'

Kashima Soccer Stadium, Kashima Attendance: 6,203 Referee: Kevin Friend

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Vegalta Sendai v F.C. Tokyo

2012-07-25 19:04

Vegalta Sendai	2 – 2	F.C. Tokyo
Tamura  32' Wilson  50'		Watanabe  16' Ishikawa  30'

Yurtec Stadium Sendai, Sendai Attendance: 8,873 Referee: Darren Deadman

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Shimizu S-Pulse v Nagoya Grampus

2012-07-25 19:04

Shimizu S-Pulse	0 – 1	Nagoya Grampus
		Yoshida  77'

Outsourcing Stadium Nihondaira, Shimizu, Shizuoka Attendance: 6,719 Referee: Minoru Tojo

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Gamba Osaka v Kashiwa Reysol

2012-07-25 19:03

Gamba Osaka	1 – 3	Kashiwa Reysol
Niwa  83'		Kudo  47' Leandro Domingues  76',  90+5'

Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium, Suita, Osaka Attendance: 7,083 Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida

Second leg

Kashiwa Reysol v Gamba Osaka

2012-08-08 19:04

Kashiwa Reysol	2 – 1	Gamba Osaka
Leandro Domingues  17' Kudo  60'		Sato  30'

Kashiwa Hitachi Stadium, Kashiwa, Chiba Attendance: 6,910 Referee: Jumpei Iida

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Cerezo Osaka v Kashima Antlers

2012-08-08 19:04

Cerezo Osaka	0 – 3	Kashima Antlers
		Dutra  28' Koroki  63' Shibasaki  70'

Osaka Nagai Stadium, Osaka Attendance: 9,133 Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami

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F.C. Tokyo v Vegalta Sendai

2012-08-08 19:05

F.C. Tokyo	2 – 0	Vegalta Sendai
Ishikawa  81' Watanabe  90+3'

Ajinomoto Stadium, Chōfu, Tokyo Attendance: 10,573 Referee: Kenji Ogiya

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Nagoya Grampus v Shimizu S-Pulse

2012-08-08 19:03

Nagoya Grampus	3 – 4	Shimizu S-Pulse
Tulio  54' Fujimoto  76',  87'		Alex  42' Jymmy Franca  69' Senuma  88' Takagi  90+3'

Mizuho Athletic Stadium, Nagoya Attendance: 7,313 Referee: Ryuji Sato

Semifinals

First leg

F.C. Tokyo v Shimizu S-Pulse

2012-09-05 19:04

F.C. Tokyo	2 – 1	Shimizu S-Pulse
Kajiyama  35' Lucas  80' (pen.)	(Report)	Tokunaga  23' (o.g.)

Ajinomoto Stadium, Chōfu, Tokyo Attendance: 10,347 Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida

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Kashima Antlers v Kashiwa Reysol

2012-09-05 19:04

Kashima Antlers	3 – 2	Kashiwa Reysol
Osako  7',  69' Renato  36'	(Report)	Barada  35' Leandro Domingues  62'

Kashima Soccer Stadium, Kashima Attendance: 9,115 Referee: Hajime Matsuo

Second leg

Shimizu S-Pulse v F.C. Tokyo

2012-10-13 14:00

Shimizu S-Pulse	3 – 0	F.C. Tokyo
Omae  26', 63', 90+6' (pen.)	Report

Outsourcing Stadium Nihondaira, Shimizu Attendance: 12,155 Referee: Kenji Ogiya

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Kashiwa Reysol v Kashima Antlers

2012-10-13 19:00

Kashiwa Reysol	2 – 2	Kashima Antlers
Jorge Wagner  37' Neto Baiano  90+4'	Report	Dutra  12' Osako  24'

Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium, Kashiwa Attendance: 13,527 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

Final

Shimizu S-Pulse v Kashima Antlers

2012-11-03 13:05

Shimizu S-Pulse	1 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Kashima Antlers
Omae  77' (pen.)	Report	Shibasaki  73' (pen.), 93'

National Olympic Stadium, Shinjuku, Tokyo Attendance: 45,228 Referee: Masaaki Iemoto

Goalscorers

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Yuya Osako	Kashima Antlers	7
2	Genki Omae	Shimizu S-Pulse	5
	Yoichiro Kakitani	Cerezo Osaka	5
4	Leandro Domingues	Kashiwa Reysol	4

References