2013 Suruga Bank Championship

2013 Suruga Bank Championship

2013 スルガ銀行チャンピオンシップ 2013 Copa Suruga Bank
Kashima Antlers São Paulo 3 2
Date	August 7, 2013
Venue	Kashima Soccer Stadium, Kashima
Referee	Abdul Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore)
Attendance	26,202
Weather	Cloudy 27.1 °C (80.8 °F) 82% humidity
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The 2013 Suruga Bank Championship (Japanese : スルガ銀行チャンピオンシップ2013; Spanish : Copa Suruga Bank 2013) was the sixth edition of the Suruga Bank Championship, the club football match co-organized by the Japan Football Association, the football governing body of Japan, CONMEBOL, the football governing body of South America, and J. League, the professional football league of Japan, between the winners of the previous season's J. League Cup and Copa Sudamericana.

The match was contested between Japanese team Kashima Antlers, the 2012 J. League Cup champion, and Brazilian team São Paulo, the 2012 Copa Sudamericana champion. It was hosted by Kashima Antlers at the Kashima Soccer Stadium in Kashima on August 7, 2013. It was São Paulo's first appearance at the Suruga Bank Championship, while Kashima Antlers were the champions from the previous edition of the championship.

Kashima Antlers won 3–2 with Yuya Osako scoring a hat-trick, to win their second Suruga Bank Championship title in a row. ^[1]

Qualified teams

Team	Qualification	Previous appearances (bold indicates winners)
Kashima Antlers	2012 J. League Cup champion	2012
São Paulo	2012 Copa Sudamericana champion	None

Format

The Suruga Bank Championship was played as a single match, with the J. League Cup champion hosting the match. If the score was tied at the end of regulation, the penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner (no extra time was played). A maximum of seven substitutions may be made during the match.

Match details

August 7, 2013

19:00 UTC+9

Kashima Antlers	3–2	São Paulo
Osako 25', 39', 90+2'	Report	Ganso 58' Aloísio 75'

Kashima Soccer Stadium, Kashima

Attendance: 26,202 ^[2]

Referee: Abdul Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore)

Kashima Antlers

São Paulo

GK 21 Hitoshi Sogahata DF 22 Daigo Nishi DF 4 Kazuya Yamamura DF 5 Takeshi Aoki  85' DF 17 Takanori Maeno  78' MF 20 Gaku Shibasaki MF 40 Mitsuo Ogasawara (c)  56' MF 25 Yasushi Endo  68' MF 28 Shoma Doi  57' MF 8 Juninho  85' FW 9 Yuya Osako Substitutes: GK 1 Akihiro Sato DF 3 Daiki Iwamasa  87'  85' DF 6 Kōji Nakata  78' MF 13 Atsutaka Nakamura  68' MF 27 Takahide Umebachi  85' MF 35 Takuya Nozawa  57' FW 19 Yuta Toyokawa Manager: Toninho Cerezo

GK 01 Rogério Ceni (c) DF 23 Douglas DF 33 Lucão  73' DF 14 Edson Silva DF 38 Reinaldo MF 5 Wellington MF 7 Rodrigo Caio MF 18 Maicon  46' MF 8 Ganso FW 11 Ademilson  46' FW 19 Aloísio Substitutes: GK 12 Denis GK 30 Renan Ribeiro DF 27 Lucas Farias MF 20 Lucas Evangelista  46' MF 21 Roni  73' MF 28 João Schmidt FW 22 Silvinho  46' Manager: Paulo Autuori

Assistant referees: [3] Goh Gek Pheng (Singapore) Lee Tzu Liang (Singapore) Fourth official: Jumpei Iida (Japan)

2013 Suruga Bank Championship winners
Kashima Antlers Second title

References

1. "San Pablo no pudo evitar la vigencia del Kashima en la Suruga: 3-2" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. August 7, 2013.
2. スルガ銀行チャンピオンシップ 2013 (in Japanese). Kashima Antlers Official Website. August 7, 2013.
3. "San Pablo realizó su primera práctica en vista a la Copa Suruga en el Japón" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. August 5, 2013.

External links

• スルガ銀行チャンピオンシップ, Japan Football Association (in Japanese)
• スルガ銀行チャンピオンシップ, J. League (in Japanese)
• Copa Suruga Bank, CONMEBOL.com (in Spanish)