2005 Emperor's Cup

2005 Emperor's Cup
Tournament details
Country	Japan
Teams	80
Final positions
Champions	Urawa Red Diamonds (5th title)
Runners-up	Shimizu S-Pulse
Tournament statistics
Matches played	79
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Last updated October 13, 2025

The 85th Emperor's Cup was held between September 17, 2005 and January 1, 2006. The tournament was won by Urawa Red Diamonds. The J.League Division 2 clubs qualified automatically to the third round, while the J.League Division 1 clubs qualified automatically to the fourth round.

Schedule

Round	Date	Fixture	Clubs
First Round	September 17	20	40→20
Second Round	September 19	14	20+8→14
Third Round	October 9	14	14+13+1→14
Fourth Round	November 3 & November 9	16	14+18→16
Fifth Round	December 10 & December 17	8	16→8
Quarterfinals	December 24	4	8→4
Semifinals	December 29	2	4→2
Final	January 1, 2006	1	2→1

Matches

First round

Match No.	Home Team	Score	Away Team
1	TDK SC	1–3	Ehime FC
2	Kyushu Inax	2–1	Kashiwa Reysol Youth
3	Hitachi Tochigi Uva	1–2	Ain Food SC
4	Mitsubishi Nagasaki	4–3	Hatsushiba Hashimoto High School
5	Maruoka High School	0–3	Sagawa Express Chugoku
6	Biwako Seikei Sport College	2–1	Oita Trinita Youth
7	FC Central Chugoku	3–1	Japan Soccer College
8	Grulla Morioka	2–4	Sagawa Printing SC
9	Mie Chukyo University	4–0	Yamagata Chuo High School
10	Hachinohe University	2–6	Honda Lock SC
11	Rosso Kumamoto	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Mitsubishi Mizushima
12	Banditonce Kobe SC	1–0	Antelope Shiojiri
13	Takada FC	2–0	Takamatsu FC
14	FC Ryukyu	5–2	Tokuyama University
15	SC Tottori	1–0	NIFS Kanoya
16	Alo's Hokuriku	4–2	Kansai University
17	Kochi University	0–5	FC Horikoshi
18	FC Primeiro	2–1	Kanazawa SC
19	Chukyo High School	1–3	Sanyo Electric Tokushima
20	Sapporo University	2–0	Nirasaki Astros

Second round

Match No.	Home Team	Score	Away Team
21	Ehime FC	5–1	Kyushu INAX FC
22	Ain Food SC	4–1	Mitsubishi Nagasaki
23	Sagawa Express Chugoku SC	0–3	Biwako Seikei Sport College
24	FC Central Chugoku	0–5	Sagawa Printing SC
25	Mie Chukyo University	1–2	Honda Lock SC.
26	Mitsubishi Mizushima	2–0 (a.e.t.)	Banditonce Kobe SC
27	Takada FC	1–6	Fukuoka University
28	FC Ryukyu	1–0	Denso SC
29	SC Tottori	2–3	Sagawa Express Chugoku
30	Alo's Hokuriku	3–1	Hamamatsu University
31	FC Horikoshi	2–0	Saitama SC
32	FC Primeiro	1–4	Tsukuba University
33	Sanyo Electric Tokushima	1–0	Tokai University
34	Sapporo University	0–1	Sendai University

Third round

Match No.	Home Team	Score	Away Team
35	Thespa Kusatsu	3–2	Ehime FC
36	Mito HollyHock	9–0	Ain Food SC
37	Ventforet Kofu	1–0	Biwako Seikei Sport College
38	Avispa Fukuoka	1–0	Sagawa Printing SC
39	Tochigi SC	0–1	Honda Lock SC
40	Montedio Yamagata	3–0	Mitsubishi M. Mizushima FC
41	Honda FC	3–1	Fukuoka University
42	Kyoto Purple Sanga	3–0	FC Ryukyu
43	Consadole Sapporo	0–2	Sagawa Express Chugoku
44	Shonan Bellmare	1–2	Alo's Hokuriku
45	Yokohama FC	1–0	FC Horikoshi
46	Sagan Tosu	1–0	Tsukuba University
47	Tokushima Vortis	7–0	Sanyo Electric Tokushima
48	Vegalta Sendai	2–2 (a.e.t.) (8–7p)	Sendai University

Fourth round

Match No.	Home Team	Score	Away Team
49	Kashima Antlers	7–0	Honda Lock SC
50	Oita Trinita	3–2	Tokyo Verdy 1969
51	Nagoya Grampus Eight	1–0	Alo's Hokuriku
52	Omiya Ardija	1–0	Kyoto Purple Sanga
53	Urawa Red Diamonds	2–1	Montedio Yamagata
54	FC Tokyo	2–0	Avispa Fukuoka
55	Yokohama F. Marinos	4–0	Vegalta Sendai
56	Kawasaki Frontale	5–1	Sagawa Express Chugoku
57	Kashiwa Reysol	2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–1p)	Vissel Kobe
58	Cerezo Osaka	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–1p)	Honda FC
59	Júbilo Iwata	4–0	Sagan Tosu
60	Albirex Niigata	1–0	Thespa Kusatsu
61	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	3–1	Mito HollyHock
62	Shimizu S-Pulse	5–0	Tokushima Vortis
63	Gamba Osaka	3–3 (a.e.t.) (7–6p)	Yokohama FC
64	JEF United Chiba	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Ventforet Kofu

Fifth round

Match No.	Home Team	Score	Away Team
65	Kashima Antlers	3–0	Oita Trinita
66	Nagoya Grampus Eight	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Omiya Ardija
67	Urawa Red Diamonds	2–0	FC Tokyo
68	Yokohama F. Marinos	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Kawasaki Frontale
69	JEF United Chiba	2–5	Cerezo Osaka
70	Júbilo Iwata	2–1	Albirex Niigata
71	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	0–3	Shimizu S-Pulse
72	Gamba Osaka	5–3	Kashiwa Reysol

Quarter finals

Match No.	Home Team	Score	Away Team
73	Kashima Antlers	0–1	Omiya Ardija
74	Urawa Red Diamonds	2–0	Kawasaki Frontale
75	Gamba Osaka	1–3	Cerezo Osaka
76	Júbilo Iwata	0–1	Shimizu S-Pulse

Semi finals

2005-12-29

Urawa Red Diamonds	4 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Omiya Ardija
Marić 23' Hasebe 62', 102' Yamada 95'		Kataoka 26' Tomita 89'

Tokyo National Stadium

Attendance: 31,441

2005-12-29

Shimizu S-Pulse	1 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Cerezo Osaka
Cho Jae-Jin 101'

Shizuoka Stadium

Attendance: 11,270

Final

2006-01-01

14:00

Urawa Red Diamonds	2–1	Shimizu S-Pulse
Horinouchi 39' Marić 73'		Ichikawa 76'