2016 Japanese Super Cup

2016 Japanese Super Cup
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Gamba Osaka
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Date 20 February 2016
Venue Nissan Stadium, Yokohama
Attendance 33,805
Weather Rain / 12.9°C / 68% humidity [1]

The 2016 Japanese Super Cup was held on 20 February 2016 between the 2015 J.League champions Sanfrecce Hiroshima and the 2015 Emperor's Cup winners Gamba Osaka.[2] Between them these two sides had won the Super Cup for the past 3 seasons and in this match it was Sanfrecce who triumphed 3-1 to lift the title for the fourth time in their history following successes in 2008, 2013 and 2014. For Gamba, this game marked their fourth loss in six Super Cup appearances, with wins in 2007 and 2015 being offset by defeats in 2006, 2009, 2010 and now this year.

As for the game itself, after a goalless first half it was Sanfrecce who took the lead 7 minutes into the second through the experienced Hisato Satō. Pacy forward Takuma Asano made it 2-0 from the penalty spot 5 minutes later, however Gamba's leading scorer for the past 3 seasons, Takashi Usami, opened his account for the 2016 campaign in the 68th minute to give his side a foothold in the contest. That didn't last long and Sanfrecce's new Nigerian signing Peter Utaka wrapped the match up for the men from Hiroshima with 17 minutes remaining.[3]

Match

20 February 2016
13:35 JST
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3–1 Gamba Osaka
Satō  51'
Asano  57'
Utaka  73'		 Summary Usami  68'
Nissan Stadium, Yokohama
Attendance: 33,805
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
GK 1 Japan Takuto Hayashi
CB 19 Japan Sho Sasaki  38'
CB 5 Japan Kazuhiko Chiba
CB 4 Japan Tsukasa Shiotani
DM 8 Japan Kazuyuki Morisaki
DM 6 Japan Toshihiro Aoyama (c)  83'
RM 7 Croatia Mihael Mikić
LM 18 Japan Yoshifumi Kashiwa
AM 25 Japan Yusuke Chajima
AM 30 Japan Kosei Shibasaki  69'
CF 11 Japan Hisato Satō  53'
Substitutes:
GK 21 Japan Ryotaro Hironaga
CB 4 Japan Hiroki Mizumoto
CB 37 Japan Kazuya Miyahara
DM 28 Japan Takuya Marutani  83'
LM 16 Japan Kohei Shimizu
CF 9 Nigeria Peter Utaka  88'  69'
CF 10 Japan Takuma Asano  53'
Manager:
Japan Hajime Moriyasu
Gamba Osaka
GK 1 Japan Masaaki Higashiguchi
RB 22 South Korea Oh Jae-suk
CB 5 Japan Daiki Niwa  55'
CB 15 Japan Yasuyuki Konno
LB 4 Japan Hiroki Fujiharu
DM 21 Japan Yosuke Ideguchi  45+1'
DM 7 Japan Yasuhito Endō (c)
RW 13 Japan Hiroyuki Abe  76'
LW 39 Japan Takashi Usami
AM 9 Brazil Ademilson  60'
CF 29 Brazil Patric  60'
Substitutes:
GK 18 Japan Yōsuke Fujigaya
RB 35 Japan Ryo Hatsuse
CB 6 South Korea Kim Jung-ya
DM 27 Japan Tatsuya Uchida
RW 25 Japan Jungo Fujimoto  76'
AM 11 Japan Shu Kurata  60'
CF 20 Japan Shun Nagasawa  60'
Manager:
Japan Kenta Hasegawa

Statistics

Statistic Sanfrecce Hiroshima Gamba Osaka
Goals scored 3 1
Possession 58% 42%
Shots on target 4 4
Shots off target 4 3
Corner kicks 6 2
Fouls 7 13
Offsides 1 3
Yellow cards 2 2
Red cards 0 0
Source: Match Statistics

References

  1. ↑ JFA Match Report
  2. ↑ JFA Announcement
  3. ↑ Soccerway Game Report
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