2001 J.League Cup

2001 J.League Cup

J.League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup
Country	Japan
Dates	4 April – 27 October 2001
Teams	28
Champions	Yokohama F. Marinos (1st title)
Runners-up	Júbilo Iwata
Semi-finalists	Kashima Antlers Nagoya Grampus Eight
Matches played	53
Goals scored	130 (2.45 per match)
Attendance	310,277 (5,854 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Tuto Shoji Jo Masashi Nakayama Masanobu Matsunami Tatsuhiko Kubo Wagner Lopes (4 goals each)
MVP Award	Tatsuya Enomoto
← 2000 2002 →

Statistics of J. League Cup, officially the 2001 J.League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup, in the 2001 season.

Overview

It was contested by 28 teams, and Yokohama F. Marinos won the championship.

Results

1st round

The first legs were played on 4 April, and the second legs were played on 18 April. 12 teams from the Division 1 and all 12 teams from the Division 2 entered this round.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Shonan Bellmare	0–1	Kashiwa Reysol	0–1	0–0
Montedio Yamagata	2–3	Urawa Red Diamonds	2–0	0–3
Kyoto Purple Sanga	0–4	Gamba Osaka	0–2	0–2
Omiya Ardija	1–2	JEF United Ichihara	1–1	0–1
Oita Trinita	3–2	Consadole Sapporo	2–0	1–2
Júbilo Iwata	4–3	Cerezo Osaka	2–2	2–1
Yokohama FC	3–1	Tokyo Verdy	1–1	2–0
Mito HollyHock	1–4	Yokohama F. Marinos	0–1	1–3
Vegalta Sendai	3–4	Avispa Fukuoka	1–2	2–2
Sagan Tosu	1–7	Vissel Kobe	1–3	0–4
FC Tokyo	6–0	Ventforet Kofu	5–0	1–0
Albirex Niigata	0–4	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	0–2	0–2

1st Leg

Shonan Bellmare v Kashiwa Reysol

4 April 2001 (2001-04-04)	Shonan Bellmare	0–1	Kashiwa Reysol	Hiratsuka
19:00		Report	Kato 8'	Stadium: Hiratsuka Stadium Attendance: 3,036 Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)

Montedio Yamagata v Urawa Red Diamonds

4 April 2001 (2001-04-04)	Montedio Yamagata	2–0	Urawa Red Diamonds	Tendō
19:04	Y. Sato 33' Horii 43'	Report		Stadium: Yamagata Park Stadium Attendance: 3,771 Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida

Kyoto Purple Sanga v Gamba Osaka

4 April 2001 (2001-04-04)	Kyoto Purple Sanga	0–2	Gamba Osaka	Kyoto
19:00		Report	Matsunami 8', 40'	Stadium: Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium Attendance: 3,405 Referee: Yoshitsugu Katayama

Omiya Ardija v JEF United Ichihara

4 April 2001 (2001-04-04)	Omiya Ardija	1–1	JEF United Ichihara	Ōmiya-ku
19:01	Jorginho 69'	Report	H. Satō 84'	Stadium: Omiya Football Stadium Attendance: 2,343 Referee: Masayoshi Okada

Oita Trinita v Consadole Sapporo

4 April 2001 (2001-04-04)	Oita Trinita	2–0	Consadole Sapporo	Ōita
19:00	Yoshida 13' K. Sato 49'	Report		Stadium: Oita Athletic Stadium Attendance: 4,419 Referee: Hirofumi Yamanishi

Júbilo Iwata v Cerezo Osaka

4 April 2001 (2001-04-04)	Júbilo Iwata	2–2	Cerezo Osaka	Iwata
19:00	Takahara 77', 80'	Report	Ōkubo 6' Manaka 89'	Stadium: Júbilo Iwata Stadium Attendance: 6,536 Referee: Kazuhisa Osada

Yokohama FC v Tokyo Verdy

4 April 2001 (2001-04-04)	Yokohama FC	1–1	Tokyo Verdy	Yokohama
19:05	Morita 39'	Report	Iio 58'	Stadium: Mitsuzawa Football Stadium Attendance: 2,935 Referee: Yasuhiro Matsuzaki

Mito HollyHock v Yokohama F. Marinos

4 April 2001 (2001-04-04)	Mito HollyHock	0–1	Yokohama F. Marinos	Utsunomiya
19:00		Report	Jo 85'	Stadium: Tochigi Green Stadium Attendance: 6,211 Referee: Kazuhiko Matsumura

Vegalta Sendai v Avispa Fukuoka

4 April 2001 (2001-04-04)	Vegalta Sendai	1–2	Avispa Fukuoka	Sendai
19:00	Ōtomo 69'	Report	Yamashita 61' Villalonga 65'	Stadium: Sendai Stadium Attendance: 5,422 Referee: Yasuhiro Hemmi

Sagan Tosu v Vissel Kobe

4 April 2001 (2001-04-04)	Sagan Tosu	1–3	Vissel Kobe	Tosu
19:01	Fukudome 12'	Report	Nunobe 61' Tsuchiya 79' Miura 89'	Stadium: Tosu Stadium Attendance: 3,632 Referee: Hideaki Harada

FC Tokyo v Ventforet Kofu

4 April 2001 (2001-04-04)	FC Tokyo	5–0	Ventforet Kofu	Tokyo
19:03	Lopes 53', 69', 89' Kagami 58' Miura 73'	Report		Stadium: Tokyo Stadium Attendance: 5,885 Referee: Tetsuya Hamana

Albirex Niigata v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

4 April 2001 (2001-04-04)	Albirex Niigata	0–2	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Niigata
19:01		Report	Fujimoto 44' Hattori 81'	Stadium: Niigata Athletic Stadium Attendance: 2,261 Referee: Toru Kamikawa

2nd Leg

Kashiwa Reysol v Shonan Bellmare

18 April 2001 (2001-04-18)	Kashiwa Reysol	0–0 (1–0 agg.)	Shonan Bellmare	Kashiwa
		Report		Stadium: Hitachi Stadium Attendance: 5,163 Referee: Takao Onshi

Urawa Red Diamonds v Montedio Yamagata

18 April 2001 (2001-04-18)	Urawa Red Diamonds	3–0 (3–2 agg.)	Montedio Yamagata	Urawa-ku
	Tuto 15', 86' Donizete 70'	Report		Stadium: Urawa Komaba Stadium Attendance: 9,919 Referee: Joji Kashihara

Gamba Osaka v Kyoto Purple Sanga

18 April 2001 (2001-04-18)	Gamba Osaka	2–0 (4–0 agg.)	Kyoto Purple Sanga	Osaka
	Matsunami 40' Vital 68'	Report		Stadium: Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium Attendance: 2,638 Referee: Hiroyuki Umemoto

JEF United Ichihara v Omiya Ardija

18 April 2001 (2001-04-18)	JEF United Ichihara	1–0 (2–1 agg.)	Omiya Ardija	Ichihara
	Milinovič 56'	Report		Stadium: Ichihara Stadium Attendance: 1,914 Referee: Leslie Mottram (Scotland)

Consadole Sapporo v Oita Trinita

18 April 2001 (2001-04-18)	Consadole Sapporo	2–1 (2–3 agg.)	Oita Trinita	Muroran
	Will 15', 43'	Report	K. Sato 33'	Stadium: Muroran Irie Stadium Attendance: 2,439 Referee: Toru Kamikawa

Cerezo Osaka v Júbilo Iwata

18 April 2001 (2001-04-18)	Cerezo Osaka	1–2 (3–4 agg.)	Júbilo Iwata	Osaka
	Manaka 89'	Report	Zivkovic 87' Nakayama 89'	Stadium: Nagai Stadium Attendance: 7,136 Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida

Tokyo Verdy v Yokohama FC

18 April 2001 (2001-04-18)	Tokyo Verdy	0–2 (1–3 agg.)	Yokohama FC	Tokyo
		Report	Yokoyama 36' Sato 76'	Stadium: Tokyo Stadium Attendance: 2,960 Referee: Akio Okutani

Yokohama F. Marinos v Mito HollyHock

18 April 2001 (2001-04-18)	Yokohama F. Marinos	3–1 (4–1 agg.)	Mito HollyHock	Yokohama
	Hato 1' Nakamura 68' Jo 89'	Report	Kawamura 85'	Stadium: Mitsuzawa Football Stadium Attendance: 5,078 Referee: Noboru Ishiyama

Avispa Fukuoka v Vegalta Sendai

18 April 2001 (2001-04-18)	Avispa Fukuoka	2–2 (4–3 agg.)	Vegalta Sendai	Fukuoka
	Villalonga 57' Miyoshi 89'	Report	Iwamoto 25' Hasumi 74'	Stadium: Hakatanomori Football Stadium Attendance: 4,617 Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)

Vissel Kobe v Sagan Tosu

18 April 2001 (2001-04-18)	Vissel Kobe	4–0 (7–1 agg.)	Sagan Tosu	Kobe
	Nunobe 69' Sidic Lei 75' Miura 84' Mori 89'	Report		Stadium: Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium Attendance: 2,190 Referee: Hiroyushi Onishi

Ventforet Kofu v FC Tokyo

18 April 2001 (2001-04-18)	Ventforet Kofu	0–1 (0–6 agg.)	FC Tokyo	Kōfu
		Report	Lopes 59'	Stadium: Kose Sports Park Stadium Attendance: 1,700 Referee: Masayoshi Okada

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Albirex Niigata

18 April 2001 (2001-04-18)	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2–0 (4–0 agg.)	Albirex Niigata	Hiroshima
	Takahashi 11' Kubo 26'	Report		Stadium: Hiroshima Stadium Attendance: 2,859 Referee: Kazuhiko Matsumura

2nd round

The first legs were played on 13 June, and the second legs were played on 20 June. The 4 remaining teams from the Division 1 entered this round.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Kashiwa Reysol	3–5	Kashima Antlers	3–1	0–4
Gamba Osaka	3–6	Urawa Red Diamonds	1–3	2–3
JEF United Ichihara	2–2 (5–4 p)	Shimizu S-Pulse	1–0	1–2 (a.e.t.)
Júbilo Iwata	2–1	Oita Trinita	1–0	1–1
Yokohama FC	1–3	Kawasaki Frontale	0–1	1–2
Avispa Fukuoka	0–5	Yokohama F. Marinos	0–3	0–2
Vissel Kobe	3–4	Nagoya Grampus Eight	2–2	1–2
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	5–4	FC Tokyo	3–3	2–1 (a.e.t.)

1st Leg

Kashiwa Reysol v Kashima Antlers

13 June 2001 (2001-06-13)	Kashiwa Reysol	3–1	Kashima Antlers	Kashiwa
19:02	Watanabe 20' Kato 35' Kitajima 86'	Report	Yanagisawa 73'	Stadium: Kashiwanoha Stadium Attendance: 7,395 Referee: Kazuhisa Osada

Gamba Osaka v Urawa Red Diamonds

13 June 2001 (2001-06-13)	Gamba Osaka	1–3	Urawa Red Diamonds	Osaka
19:01	Futagawa 61'	Report	Ono 44', 83' Tuto 64'	Stadium: Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium Attendance: 4,147 Referee: Masayoshi Okada

JEF United Ichihara v Shimizu S-Pulse

13 June 2001 (2001-06-13)	JEF United Ichihara	1–0	Shimizu S-Pulse	Ichihara
19:00	unknown32' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Ichihara Stadium Attendance: 2,219 Referee: Tetsu Karakida

Júbilo Iwata v Oita Trinita

13 June 2001 (2001-06-13)	Júbilo Iwata	1–0	Oita Trinita	Iwata
19:00	Shimizu 17'	Report		Stadium: Júbilo Iwata Stadium Attendance: 6,770 Referee: Hiroyuki Umemoto

Yokohama FC v Kawasaki Frontale

13 June 2001 (2001-06-13)	Yokohama FC	0–1	Kawasaki Frontale	Yokohama
19:00		Report	Ganaha 54'	Stadium: Mitsuzawa Football Stadium Attendance: 2,086 Referee: Noboru Ishiyama

Avispa Fukuoka v Yokohama F. Marinos

13 June 2001 (2001-06-13)	Avispa Fukuoka	0–3	Yokohama F. Marinos	Fukuoka
19:00		Report	Kazuma 7' Jo 38', 42'	Stadium: Hakatanomori Football Stadium Attendance: 4,580 Referee: Kazuhiro Matsumura

Vissel Kobe v Nagoya Grampus Eight

13 June 2001 (2001-06-13)	Vissel Kobe	2–2	Nagoya Grampus Eight	Kobe
19:05	Yabuta 42' Watada 62'	Report	Ueslei 36' Hiraoka 51'	Stadium: Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium Attendance: 4,739 Referee: Joji Kashihara

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v FC Tokyo

13 June 2001 (2001-06-13)	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	3–3	FC Tokyo	Hiroshima
19:00	Kubo 40', 62', 63'	Report	Kobayashi 23', 65' Kelly 89'	Stadium: Hiroshima Stadium Attendance: 2,440 Referee: Yasuhiro Matsuzaki

2nd Leg

Kashima Antlers v Kashiwa Reysol

20 June 2001 (2001-06-20)	Kashima Antlers	4–0 (5–3 agg.)	Kashiwa Reysol	Kashima
19:04	unknown39' (o.g.) Hirase 57' Suzuki 69' Yanagisawa 82'	Report		Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 7,848 Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida

Urawa Red Diamonds v Gamba Osaka

20 June 2001 (2001-06-20)	Urawa Red Diamonds	3–2 (6–3 agg.)	Gamba Osaka	Saitama
19:05	Tuto 28' Nagai 60' Shinji Ono 80'	Report	Vital 66' Matsunami 77'	Stadium: Urawa Komaba Stadium Attendance: 9,285 Referee: Dick Jol (Netherlands)

Shimizu S-Pulse v JEF United Ichihara

20 June 2001 (2001-06-20)	Shimizu S-Pulse	2–1 (a.e.t.) (2–2 agg.) (4–5 p)	JEF United Ichihara	Shizuoka
19:00	Sawanobori 17' Alex 19'	Report	Oshiba 3'	Stadium: Kusanagi Athletic Stadium Attendance: 8,039 Referee: Takao Onshi
	Penalties
	Alex Ito Hiramatsu Baron Morioka		Choi Yong-soo Muto Mujčin Ibata Nakanishi

Oita Trinita v Júbilo Iwata

20 June 2001 (2001-06-20)	Oita Trinita	1–1 (1–2 agg.)	Júbilo Iwata	Kumamoto
19:02	Takamatsu 9'	Report	Nakayama 66'	Stadium: Kumamoto Athletics Stadium Attendance: 9,741 Referee: Hideaki Harada

Kawasaki Frontale v Yokohama FC

20 June 2001 (2001-06-20)	Kawasaki Frontale	2–1 (3–1 agg.)	Yokohama FC	Kawasaki
19:00	Emerson Sheik 28' Watanabe 51'	Report	Shingi Ono 60'	Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 3,756 Referee: Hiroyuki Onishi

Yokohama F. Marinos v Avispa Fukuoka

20 June 2001 (2001-06-20)	Yokohama F. Marinos	2–0 (5–0 agg.)	Avispa Fukuoka	Yokohama
19:01	Hirama 1', 29'	Report		Stadium: Mitsuzawa Football Stadium Attendance: 6,256 Referee: Tetsu Karakida

Nagoya Grampus Eight v Vissel Kobe

20 June 2001 (2001-06-20)	Nagoya Grampus Eight	2–1 (4–3 agg.)	Vissel Kobe	Nagoya
19:00	Oulida 15' Ueslei 52'	Report	Conceicao 28'	Stadium: Mizuho Athletics Stadium Attendance: 6,476 Referee: Akio Okutani

FC Tokyo v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

20 June 2001 (2001-06-20)	FC Tokyo	1–2 (a.e.t.) (4–5 agg.)	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Tokyo
19:04	Kelly 44'	Report	Takahashi 71' Oki  110'	Stadium: Tokyo Stadium Attendance: 5,956 Referee: Kazuhisa Osada

Quarterfinals

The first legs were played on 8 August, and the second legs were played from 22 to 29 August.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2–4	Nagoya Grampus Eight	2–3	0–1
Júbilo Iwata	4–2	JEF United Ichihara	2–2	2–0
Urawa Red Diamonds	1–2	Kashima Antlers	1–0	0–2 (a.e.t.)
Yokohama F. Marinos	5–0	Kawasaki Frontale	3–0	2–0

1st Leg

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Nagoya Grampus Eight

8 August 2001 (2001-08-08)	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2–3	Nagoya Grampus Eight	Hiroshima
19:01	Oki 21', 38'	Report	Nakamura 27', 39' Okayama 49'	Stadium: West Hiroshima Stadium Attendance: 4,080 Referee: Leslie Mottram (Scotland)

Júbilo Iwata v JEF United Ichihara

8 August 2001 (2001-08-08)	Júbilo Iwata	2–2	JEF United Ichihara	Kagoshima
19:06	Nakayama 36', 80'	Report	Choi Yong-soo 68', 76'	Stadium: Kagoshima Kamoike Stadium Attendance: 11,038 Referee: Dick Jol (Netherlands)

Urawa Red Diamonds v Kashima Antlers

8 August 2001 (2001-08-08)	Urawa Red Diamonds	1–0	Kashima Antlers	Saitama
19:05	Adriano 89'	Report		Stadium: Urawa Komaba Stadium Attendance: 12,062 Referee: Masayoshi Okada

Yokohama F. Marinos v Kawasaki Frontale

8 August 2001 (2001-08-08)	Yokohama F. Marinos	3–0	Kawasaki Frontale	Yokohama
19:00	Ueno 15' Endō 43', 67'	Report		Stadium: Mitsuzawa Football Stadium Attendance: 7,249 Referee: Joji Kashihara

2nd Leg

Nagoya Grampus Eight v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

22 August 2001 (2001-08-22)	Nagoya Grampus Eight	1–0 (4–2 agg.)	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Nagoya
19:00	Ueslei 62'	Report		Stadium: Mizuho Athletics Stadium Attendance: 7,521 Referee: Shinichiro Obata

JEF United Ichihara v Júbilo Iwata

28 August 2001 (2001-08-28)	JEF United Ichihara	0–2 (2–4 agg.)	Júbilo Iwata	Ichihara
19:00		Report	Kawaguchi 80' Maeda 85'	Stadium: Ichihara Stadium Attendance: 4,809 Referee: Tetsuya Hamana

Kashima Antlers v Urawa Red Diamonds

29 August 2001 (2001-08-29)	Kashima Antlers	2–0 (a.e.t.) (2–1 agg.)	Urawa Red Diamonds	Kashima
19:04	Akita 47' Hasegawa  92'	Report		Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 11,472 Referee: Yasuhiro Matsuzaki

Kawasaki Frontale v Yokohama F. Marinos

29 August 2001 (2001-08-29)	Kawasaki Frontale	0–2 (0–5 agg.)	Yokohama F. Marinos	Kawasaki
19:05		Report	Brito 6', 50'	Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 6,115 Referee: Takao Onshi

Semifinals

The first legs were played on 26 September, and the second legs were played on 10 October.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Júbilo Iwata	1–0	Kashima Antlers	1–0	0–0
Nagoya Grampus Eight	0–1	Yokohama F. Marinos	0–1	0–0

1st Leg

Júbilo Iwata v Kashima Antlers

26 September 2001 (2001-09-26)	Júbilo Iwata	1–0	Kashima Antlers	Iwata
19:05	Shimizu 54'	Report		Stadium: Júbilo Iwata Stadium Attendance: 8,547 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

Nagoya Grampus Eight v Yokohama F. Marinos

26 September 2001 (2001-09-26)	Nagoya Grampus Eight	0–1	Yokohama F. Marinos	Nagoya
19:05		Report	Nakamura 61'	Stadium: Mizuho Athletics Stadium Attendance: 4,754 Referee: Toru Kamikawa

2nd Leg

Kashima Antlers v Júbilo Iwata

10 October 2001 (2001-10-10)	Kashima Antlers	0–0 (0–1 agg.)	Júbilo Iwata	Kashima
19:04		Report		Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 7,367 Referee: Toru Kamikawa

Yokohama F. Marinos v Nagoya Grampus Eight

10 October 2001 (2001-10-10)	Yokohama F. Marinos	0–0 (1–0 agg.)	Nagoya Grampus Eight	Yokohama
19:05		Report		Stadium: Mitsuzawa Football Stadium Attendance: 4,042 Referee: Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius)

Final

Main article: 2001 J.League Cup Final

27 October 2001 (2001-10-27)

14:00

Júbilo Iwata	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Yokohama F. Marinos
	Report
Penalties
Fujita Nakayama Živković Maeda	1–3	Nakamura Sakata Hato Dutra Omura

National Stadium , Tokyo

Attendance: 31,019

Referee: Leslie Mottram (Scotland)

Yokohama F. Marinos won the championship.

References

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