2008 J. League Cup

The 2008 final

The 2008 edition of the J. League Cup sponsored by Nabisco began on March 20. The top 4 teams of each qualifying group automatically qualified for the quarter-finals along with the best two remaining runners-up. Both Gamba Osaka and Kashima Antlers received a bye to the quarter-final stage due to their participation in the group stage of the Asian Champions League.

Oita Trinita defeated Shimizu S-Pulse 2-0 in the final on November 1 at the Tokyo National Stadium. They qualified for the 2009 Pan-Pacific Championship and the 2009 Suruga Bank Championship.

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Nagoya Grampus	15	6	5	0	1	14	5	+9
Vissel Kobe	10	6	3	1	2	5	5	0
Kyoto Sanga F.C.	6	6	1	3	2	7	8	−1
Urawa Red Diamonds	2	6	0	2	4	8	16	−8


March 20, 2008
Nagoya Grampus	0–1	Kyoto Sanga
Urawa Reds	0–1	Vissel Kobe
March 23, 2008
Vissel Kobe	0–1	Nagoya Grampus
Kyoto Sanga	3–3	Urawa Red Diamonds
April 16, 2008
Urawa Red Diamonds	1–1	Kyoto Sanga
Nagoya Grampus	2–0	Vissel Kobe
May 25, 2008
Kyoto Sanga	0–1	Vissel Kobe
Nagoya Grampus	4–2	Urawa Red Diamonds
May 31, 2008
Kyoto Sanga	1–2	Nagoya Grampus
Vissel Kobe	2–1	Urawa Red Diamonds
June 8, 2008
Urawa Red Diamonds	1–5	Nagoya Grampus
Vissel Kobe	1–1	Kyoto Sanga

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Shimizu S-Pulse	11	6	3	2	1	13	6	+7
F.C. Tokyo	11	6	3	2	1	12	7	+5
Júbilo Iwata	10	6	3	1	2	10	7	+3
Tokyo Verdy	1	6	0	1	5	2	17	−15


March 20, 2008
Tokyo Verdy	0–2	Jubilo Iwata
Shimizu S-Pulse	3–1	FC Tokyo
March 23, 2008
Jubilo Iwata	0–2	FC Tokyo
Tokyo Verdy	0–0	Shimizu S-Pulse
April 16, 2008
Shimizu S-Pulse	5–0	Tokyo Verdy
FC Tokyo	1–1	Jubilo Iwata
May 25, 2008
Shimizu S-Pulse	4–2	Jubilo Iwata
FC Tokyo	3–0	Tokyo Verdy
May 31, 2008
FC Tokyo	1–1	Shimizu S-Pulse
Jubilo Iwata	3–0	Tokyo Verdy
June 8, 2008
Tokyo Verdy	2–4	FC Tokyo
Jubilo Iwata	2–0	Shimizu S-Pulse

Group C

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
JEF United Chiba	12	6	3	3	0	9	5	+4
Kashiwa Reysol	9	6	2	3	1	9	7	+2
Kawasaki Frontale	6	6	2	0	4	9	10	−1
Consadole Sapporo	5	6	1	2	3	4	9	−5


March 20, 2008
Kawasaki Frontale	0–2	JEF United
Kashiwa Reysol	1–1	Consadole Sapporo
March 23, 2008
Consadole Sapporo	2–1	Kawasaki Frontale
JEF United	1–1	Kashiwa Reysol
April 16, 2008
JEF United	0–0	Consadole Sapporo
Kawasaki Frontale	3–0	Kashiwa Reysol
May 25, 2008
Consadole Sapporo	1–2	JEF United
Kashiwa Reysol	3–1	Kawasaki Frontale
May 31, 2008
Kawasaki Frontale	2–0	Consadole Sapporo
Kashiwa Reysol	1–1	JEF United
June 8, 2008
Consadole Sapporo	0–3	Kashiwa Reysol
JEF United	3–2	Kawasaki Frontale

Group D

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Yokohama F. Marinos	12	6	3	3	0	8	2	+6
Oita Trinita	11	6	3	2	1	9	5	+4
Albirex Niigata	4	6	0	4	2	4	8	−4
Omiya Ardija	3	6	0	3	3	4	10	−6


March 20, 2008
Yokohama F. Marinos	1–0	Oita Trinita
Albirex Niigata	2–2	Omiya Ardija
March 23, 2008
Omiya Ardija	0–0	Yokohama F. Marinos
Oita Trinita	3–0	Albirex Niigata
April 16, 2008
Yokohama F. Marinos	4–0	Omiya Ardija
Albirex Niigata	1–1	Oita Trinita
May 25, 2008
Omiya Ardija	1–2	Oita Trinita
Yokohama F. Marinos	0–0	Albirex Niigata
May 31, 2008
Omiya Ardija	1–1	Albirex Niigata
Oita Trinita	2–2	Yokohama F. Marinos
June 8, 2008
Albirex Niigata	0–1	Yokohama F. Marinos
Oita Trinita	1–0	Omiya Ardija

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Knockout stage

Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final

JEF United Chiba	0	0	0
Nagoya Grampus	1	1	2
				Nagoya Grampus	1	0	1

				Oita Trinita	1	1	2
F.C. Tokyo	1	1	2

Oita Trinita	2	1	3
								Oita Trinita	2
								Shimizu S-Pulse	0
Kashima Antlers	0	1	1
Shimizu S-Pulse	0	2	2
				Shimizu S-Pulse	1	3	4

				Gamba Osaka	1	2	3
Gamba Osaka	1	1	2

Yokohama Marinos	0	2	2

Quarter finals

First leg

July 2, 2008	F.C. Tokyo	1 – 2	Oita Trinita	Ajinomoto Stadium Attendance: 11,378 Referee: Kenji Ogiya
	Ishikawa 44'	Report	Maeda 28' Edmilson 83'	Ajinomoto Stadium Attendance: 11,378 Referee: Kenji Ogiya

July 2, 2008	JEF United Chiba	0 – 1	Nagoya Grampus	Fukuda Denshi Arena Attendance: 8,472 Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami
		Report	Johnsen 14'

July 2, 2008	Gamba Osaka	1 – 0	Yokohama Marinos	Ishikawa Stadium Attendance: 10,702 Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama
	Hirai 78'	Report

July 2, 2008	Kashima Antlers	0 – 0	Shimizu S-Pulse	Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 6,757 Referee: Hajime Matsuo
		Report

Second leg

August 6, 2008	Oita Trinita	1 – 1	F.C. Tokyo	Kyushu Oil Dome Attendance: 13,483 Referee: Hiroshi Tanabe
	Edmilson 40'	Report	Cabore 3'	Kyushu Oil Dome Attendance: 13,483 Referee: Hiroshi Tanabe

August 6, 2008	Nagoya Grampus	1 – 0	JEF United Chiba	Mizuho Athletic Stadium Attendance: 6,344 Referee: Minoru Tojo
	Masukawa 60'	Report

August 6, 2008	Yokohama Marinos	2 – 1	Gamba Osaka	Mitsuzawa Stadium Attendance: 8,365 Referee: Akio Okutani
	Komiyama 32' Lopes 84'	Report	Futagawa 34'	Mitsuzawa Stadium Attendance: 8,365 Referee: Akio Okutani

Gamba Osaka advances to the semi finals on Away goals rule.

August 6, 2008	Shimizu S-Pulse	2 – 1	Kashima Antlers	Nihondaira Sports Stadium Attendance: 8,949 Referee: Kazuhiko Matsumura
	Iwashita 16' Hyodo 48'	Report	Marquinhos 57'

Semi finals

First leg

September 3, 2008	Nagoya Grampus	1 – 1	Oita Trinita	Mizuho Athletic Stadium Attendance: 7,792 Referee: Hirofumi Yamanishi
	Johnsen 64'	Report	Ueslei 69'

September 3, 2008	Shimizu S-Pulse	1 – 1	Gamba Osaka	Nihondaira Sports Stadium Attendance: 8,013 Referee: Kenji Ogiya
	Edamura 54'	Report	Futagawa 10'

Second leg

September 7, 2008	Oita Trinita	1 – 0	Nagoya Grampus	Kyushu Oil Dome Attendance: 20,371 Referee: Masayoshi Okada
	Ueslei 49'	Report		Kyushu Oil Dome Attendance: 20,371 Referee: Masayoshi Okada

September 7, 2008	Gamba Osaka	2 – 3	Shimizu S-Pulse	Osaka Expo '70 Stadium Attendance: 9,103 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura
	Roni 11' Lucas 79'	Report	Yamamoto 3' Edamura 46' 55'

Final

November 1, 2008	Oita Trinita	2 – 0	Shimizu S-Pulse	National Stadium, Tokyo Attendance: 44,723 Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida
	Takamatsu 68' Ueslei 89'	Report


Oita Trinita:
GK	16	Seigo Shimokawa	85'
RB	4	Yuki Fukaya
CB	6	Masato Morishige
LB	22	Taikai Uemoto	33'
DM	3	Roberto
DM	5	Edmilson
RM	20	Daisuke Takahashi
LM	33	Yoshiaki Fujita		84' 89'
AM	8	Mu Kanazaki	89'
CF	10	Ueslei
CF	13	Daiki Takamatsu (c)	82'
Substitutes:
GK	29	Keisuke Shimizu
DF	25	Hiroyuki Kobayashi	89'
MF	2	Ryo Kobayashi
MF	7	Teppei Nishiyama	89'
MF	14	Akihiro Ienaga
FW	18	Hiroshi Kiyotake
FW	9	Yasuhito Morishima	82'
Manager:
Chamusca


Shimizu S-Pulse:
GK	29	Kaito Yamamoto
RB	5	Keisuke Iwashita
CB	4	Kazumichi Takagi (c)	74'
CB	26	Naoki Aoyama
LB	2	Arata Kodama	71'
RM	28	Masaki Yamamoto	71'
CM	7	Teruyoshi Ito
AM	8	Takuma Edamura	82'
LM	13	Akihiro Hyodo
CF	19	Kazuki Hara	89'
CF	23	Shinji Okazaki
Substitutes:
GK	21	Yohei Nishibe
DF	3	Takahiro Yamanishi
DF	25	Daisuke Ichikawa		71'
MF	16	Takuya Honda
MF	6	Marcos Paulo		71'
FW	11	Mitsuhiro Toda
FW	9	Takuro Yajima		82'
Manager:
Kenta Hasegawa

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Awards

MVP: Daiki Takamatsu (Oita Trinita)
Top Scorer: Keita Sugimoto (Nagoya Grampus)
New Hero Prize: Mu Kanazaki (Oita Trinita)

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J. League Division 1	Vegalta Sendai Kashima Antlers Urawa Red Diamonds Omiya Ardija Kashiwa Reysol F.C. Tokyo Kawasaki Frontale Yokohama F. Marinos Shonan Bellmare Ventforet Kofu Albirex Niigata Shimizu S-Pulse Júbilo Iwata Nagoya Grampus Cerezo Osaka Sanfrecce Hiroshima Sagan Tosu Oita Trinita

J. League Division 2	Consadole Sapporo Montedio Yamagata Mito HollyHock Tochigi S.C. Thespakusatsu Gunma JEF United Chiba Tokyo Verdy Yokohama F.C. Matsumoto Yamaga Kataller Toyama F.C. Gifu Kyoto Sanga F.C. Gamba Osaka Vissel Kobe Fagiano Okayama Gainare Tottori Tokushima Vortis Ehime F.C. Giravanz Kitakyushu Avispa Fukuoka V-Varen Nagasaki Roasso Kumamoto

J. League Associates	Blaublitz Akita Machida Zelvia S.C. Sagamihara Nagano Parceiro Zweigen Kanazawa Kamatamare Sanuki

Japan Football League	Blaublitz Akita Sony Sendai Fukushima United Tochigi Uva Machida Zelvia S.C. Sagamihara Yokogawa Musashino Y.S.C.C. Fujieda MYFC Honda F.C. Nagano Parceiro Zweigen Kanazawa MIO Biwako Shiga Sagawa Printing Kamatamare Sanuki Hoyo Oita Honda Lock F.C. Ryukyu

Defunct clubs (1st—3rd tiers only)	Fukushima F.C. Arte Takasaki JEF Reserves Sagawa Express Tokyo NKK S.C. Yokohama Flügels ALO's Hokuriku Jatco F.C. Hagoromo Club Toyota Higashi-Fuji Seino Transportation Cosmo Oil Yokkaichi Sagawa Shiga Sagawa Express Osaka Eidai S.C. Teijin S.C. Nippon Steel Yawata Tosu Futures Profesor Miyazaki

v t e 2008 in Japanese football

Domestic leagues	J. League Division 1 J. League Division 2 Japan Football League Regional Leagues (Promotion Series)

Domestic cups	Emperor's Cup J. League Cup

Asian competitions	AFC Champions League

National teams	FIFA World Cup qualification East Asian Football Championship AFC U-19 Championship qualification AFC U-16 Championship qualification

Club seasons

J. League Division 1	Albirex Niigata Consadole Sapporo F.C. Tokyo Gamba Osaka JEF United Ichihara Chiba Júbilo Iwata Kashima Antlers Kashiwa Reysol Kawasaki Frontale Kyoto Sanga F.C. Nagoya Grampus Oita Trinita Omiya Ardija Shimizu S-Pulse Tokyo Verdy Urawa Red Diamonds Vissel Kobe Yokohama F. Marinos

J. League Division 2	Avispa Fukuoka Cerezo Osaka Ehime F.C. F.C. Gifu Mito HollyHock Montedio Yamagata Roasso Kumamoto Sagan Tosu Sanfrecce Hiroshima Shonan Bellmare Thespa Kusatsu Tokushima Vortis Vegalta Sendai Ventforet Kofu Yokohama F.C.

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