The 88th Emperor's Cup began on September 13, 2008 and ended on January 1, 2009 with the final at National Stadium in Tokyo. As the champion, Gamba Osaka participated in 2009 AFC Champions League.

2008 Emperor's Cup
Tournament details
CountryJapan
Teams82
Final positions
ChampionsGamba Osaka (2nd title)
Runner-upKashiwa Reysol
Tournament statistics
Matches played81
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Calendar

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Round Date Matches Clubs New entries this round
First Round 13 September 2008
14 September 2008
24 48 → 24 47 Prefectural Qualifying Cup Winners
1 University Qualifying Cup Winner
Second Round 20 September 2008
21 September 2008
12 24 → 12
Third Round 12 October 2008 14 12+15+1 → 14 15 J2 Clubs
1 JFL Seeded Club
Fourth Round 2 November 2008
3 November 2008
5 November 2008
16 14+18 → 16 18 J1 Clubs
Fifth Round 15 November 2008 8 16 → 8 none
Quarter-finals 20 December 2008 4 8 → 4 none
Semi-finals 29 December 2008 2 4 → 2 none
Final 1 January 2009 1 2 → 1 none

Participants

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J.League Division 1

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J.League Division 2

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Japan Football League

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Prime Minister Cup University football tournament Winner

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Prefectures

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Matches

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All matches are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

First round

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Kainan FC0  – 2Ehime University
FC Gifu Second0  – 1Hannan University
Yokkaichi University1  – 3Honda FC
Saurcos Fukui2  – 1 (a.e.t.)Nara Sangyo University
Fagiano Okayama FC6  – 0Hitachi Kasado
Fukuyama University0  – 3Volca Kagoshima
Banditonce Kakogawa FC0  – 1Kataller Toyama
Zweigen Kanazawa4  – 3 (a.e.t.)Sagawa Shiga FC
Ryutsu Keizai University4  – 2Y.S.C.C Yokohama
Tamaho FC0  – 10Sony Sendai FC
Fukushima United F.C1  – 4Kokushikan University
Kyushu Inax1  – 3Okinawa Kariyushi
Ohzu H.S2  – 1Nippon Bunri University
Mitsubishi Nagasaki3  – 0Dezzolla Shimane
Tokushima Vortis Second2  – 1Kochi University
Kamatamare Sanuki1  – 0Gainare Tottori
Hitachi Tochigi Uva SC2  – 0Aomori Yamada H.S
TDK S.C.2  – 3 (a.e.t.)Osaka Taiiku University
Grulla Morioka5  – 1Yamagata University

Second round

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Sagawa Printing SC5  – 1Ehime University
Hannan University0  – 4Honda FC
Saurcos Fukui0  – 4Matsumoto Yamaga FC
Kataller Toyama1  – 2Zweigen Kanazawa
Okinawa Kariyushi2  – 1Ohzu H.S
Mitsubishi Nagasaki0  – 1New Wave Kitakyushu
Tokushima Vortis Second2  – 1Kamatamare Sanuki
Osaka Taiiku University3  – 0Grulla Morioka

Third round

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The 15 J2 teams plus one JFL representative (Tochigi SC) entered at this round.

Sagawa Printing SC1  – 2Ehime FC
Hirai   37' Uchimura   42'
Oki   64'
Attendance: 1,569

Sagan Tosu4  – 0Honda FC
Uchima   2'
Hirose  57'   67'
Funatani   82'
Attendance: 2,307

Shonan Bellmare1 – 1 (a.e.t.)Matsumoto Yamaga FC
Hara   23' Kakimoto   26'
Penalties
4 – 5

Ventforet Kofu1  – 0Fagiano Okayama
Onishi   44'
Attendance: 4,420

Tochigi SC1  – 1 (a.e.t.)Kumamoto
Yuki Okada   81' Komorida   54'
Penalties
5  – 3
Attendance: 3,011

Zweigen Kanazawa0  – 1FC Gifu
Aikawa   83'

Cerezo Osaka1  – 0Sony Sendai FC
Gilton   65'
Attendance: 2,403

Tokushima Vortis0  – 1 (a.e.t.)Kokushikan University
Matsumoto   118'

Yokohama FC2  – 1Okinawa Kariyushi FC
Ikemoto   41'
Hakkaku   89'
Saito   37'
Attendance: 2,358

Vegalta Sendai2  – 0New Wave Kitakyushu
Nakashima   20'
Tanoue   89'
Attendance: 6,357

Thespa Kusatsu2  – 0Tokushima Vortis Second
Goto   48'
Takada   66'
Attendance: 1,693

Avispa Fukuoka0  – 1 (a.e.t.)Mito HollyHock
Matsumoto   114'
Attendance: 1,738

Montedio Yamagata4  – 1 (a.e.t.)Hitachi Tochigi Uva SC
Sakai   36'
Toyoda   93'   111'
Miyazaki   112'
Tatesawa   54'

Osaka Taiiku University0  – 6Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Makino   15'
Hattori   30'   75'
Moriwaki   60'
Takayanagi   86'
Kubo   87'
Attendance: 1,271

Fourth round

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The 18 J1 teams will enter at this round.

Urawa Red Diamonds1  – 0 (a.e.t.)Ehime FC
Ponte   96'
Attendance: 16,724

Yokohama F. Marinos1  – 0Consadole Sapporo
Hyōdō   70'
Attendance: 5,728

Oita Trinita0  – 2Sagan Tosu
Hirose   28'   52'
Attendance: 5,512

Matsumoto Yamaga FC0  – 8Vissel Kobe
Yoshida   13'
Tanaka   29'
Leandro   50'   84'
Kurihara   63'   73',   75'
Ōkubo   65'
Attendance: 3,268

Gamba Osaka2  – 1 (a.e.t.)Ventforet Kofu
Yamaguchi   80'
Sasaki   104'
Maranhao   1'

Júbilo Iwata3  – 1Tochigi SC
Kawamura   43'
Nakayama   69'
Ota   72'
Sato   66'
Attendance: 4,088

Nagoya Grampus1  – 0FC Gifu
Yoshida   89'
Attendance: 7,597

Omiya Ardija1  – 0Cerezo Osaka
Lavrič   61'
Attendance: 3,574

Kashima Antlers2  – 2 (a.e.t.)Kokushikan University
Danilo   43'
Marquinhos   74'
Takahashi   39'
Amano   59
Penalties
Marquinhos  
Nozawa  
Danilo  
3  – 0   Takeoka
  Kashiwa
  Yoshino

Shimizu S-Pulse1  – 0JEF United Ichihara Chiba
Okazaki   89'

Albirex Niigata2  – 0Yokohama FC
Alessandro   18'
Uchida   20'
Attendance: 7,607

FC Tokyo2  – 1Vegalta Sendai
Hirayama   19'   89' Nakahara   72'
Attendance: 10,528

Kashiwa Reysol1  – 0Thespa Kusatsu
Suganuma   83'

Mito HollyHock0  – 3Kyoto Sanga FC
Ando   11'
Nishino   46'
Hayashi   47'

Kawasaki Frontale3  – 1Montedio Yamagata
Taniguchi   19'
Vitor Júnior   43'
Renatinho   56'
Ishii   9'

Tokyo Verdy0  – 1Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Takayanagi   89'

Fifth round

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Urawa Red Diamonds2  – 2 (a.e.t.)Yokohama F. Marinos
Escudero   43'
Horinouchi   47'
Kano   5'
Tanaka   20'
Penalties
Ponte  
Nagai  
Umesaki  
Hirakawa  
Nishizawa  
Suzuki  
5  – 6   Kano
  Hyōdō
  Ogura
  Tanaka
  Tanaka
  Kurihara
Attendance: 10,303

Sagan Tosu5  – 2Vissel Kobe
Fujita   1'   57'
Takahashi   9'
Hirose   36'   52'
Komoto   46'
Park Kang-Jo   80'
Attendance: 2,856

Júbilo Iwata1  – 3Gamba Osaka
Nishi   1' Sasaki   15'
Yamaguchi   55'
Yamazaki   74'
Attendance: 2,648

Omiya Ardija1  – 2Nagoya Grampus
Uchida   25' Johnsen   2'   34'
Attendance: 4,371

Kashima Antlers3  – 4 (a.e.t.)Shimizu S-Pulse
Masuda   28'
Marquinhos   50'
Marcinho   114'
Hyodo   17'
Yamamoto   80'
Edamura   104'
Hara   119'

Albirex Niigata2  – 3FC Tokyo
Marcio   6'
Chiba   21'
Emerson   31'
Akamine   53'
Kajiyama   62'

Kashiwa Reysol1  – 0Kyoto Sanga FC
Popó   63'

Kawasaki Frontale0  – 2Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Aoyama   33'
Morisaki   57'

Quarter finals

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Sagan Tosu1  – 3Yokohama F. Marinos
Hirose   23' Nakazawa   26'
Kurihara   44'
Kano   89'
Attendance: 9,656

Gamba Osaka2  – 1Nagoya Grampus
Lucas   13'
Nakazawa   22'
Sugimoto   70'

Shimizu S-Pulse1  – 2FC Tokyo
Takagi   25' Akamine   49'   50'
Attendance: 8,051

Kashiwa Reysol3  – 2 (a.e.t.)Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Koga   3'
Suganuma   13'
França   99'
Satō   6'   26'
Attendance: 8,531

Semi finals

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Yokohama F. Marinos0  – 1 (a.e.t.)Gamba Osaka
Yamazaki   117'
Attendance: 19,843

FC Tokyo1 – 2Kashiwa Reysol
Suzuki   31' França   68'
Lee   88'

Final

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Gamba Osaka1 – 0 (a.e.t.)Kashiwa Reysol
Bando   116'
Attendance: 44,066
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