| Yamazaki Nabisco Cup | |
| Country |  Japan |
|---|---|
| Teams | 18 |
| Champions | Gamba Osaka (2nd title) |
| Runners-up | Sanfrecce Hiroshima |
| Matches played | 55 |
| Goals scored | 169 (3.07 per match) |
| Top goal scorer(s) | Cristiano (6 goals) |
← 2013 2015 → | |
The 2014 J.League Cup, also known as the 2014 J.League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup for sponsoring purposes, is the 39th edition of the most prestigious Japanese soccer league cup tournament and the 22nd edition under the current J.League Cup format.
Teams from the J.League Division 1 will take part in the tournament. Cerezo Osaka, Sanfrecce Hiroshima, Yokohama F. Marinos and Kawasaki Frontale were given a bye to the quarter-finals due to qualification in the 2014 AFC Champions League. The remaining 14 teams started from the group stage, where they were divided into two groups of seven. The group winners and the runners-up of each group qualified for the quarter-final along with the four teams which qualified for the AFC Champions League.
Group A
| Group B
|
| Gamba Osaka | 2–0 | Vissel Kobe |
|---|---|---|
Lins  47'A. Sato 53' | Report |
| Shimizu S-Pulse | 4–0 | Vegalta Sendai |
|---|---|---|
| Nagasawa 21' Omae 32'Novaković 68', 74' | Report |
| Vegalta Sendai | 1–1 | FC Tokyo |
|---|---|---|
| Kamata 62' | Edu 77' (pen.) |
| Kashima Antlers | 3–1 | Sagan Tosu |
|---|---|---|
| Davi 38' Umebachi 83'Luís Alberto 87' | Hayasaka 22' |
| Shimizu S-Pulse | 1–0 | Gamba Osaka |
|---|---|---|
| Nagasawa 33' |
| Vegalta Sendai | 1–2 | Kashima Antlers |
|---|---|---|
| Muto 60' | Nozawa 41' Akasaki 83' |
| Vissel Kobe | 0–3 | FC Tokyo |
|---|---|---|
| Muto 35' Edu 48'Hirayama 89' |
| Sagan Tosu | 0–2 | Gamba Osaka |
|---|---|---|
| Omori 34' Ogawa 73' |
| Gamba Osaka | 2–1 | Kashima Antlers |
|---|---|---|
| Kurata 4' Yonekura 80' | Davi 72' |
| Vissel Kobe | 3–2 | Sagan Tosu |
|---|---|---|
| Matsumura 42' Marquinhos 54'Morioka 90+3' | Bando 89', 90+4' |
| Shimizu S-Pulse | 1–2 | Vissel Kobe |
|---|---|---|
| Novaković 63' | Jung Woo-young 33' Iwanami 87' |
| Sagan Tosu | 2–0 | Vegalta Sendai |
|---|---|---|
| Taniguchi 32' (pen.) Kiyotake 57' |
| Gamba Osaka | 3–1 | FC Tokyo |
|---|---|---|
| Usami 16', 53' Nishino 68' | Tokunaga 33' |
| Vegalta Sendai | 1–0 | Gamba Osaka |
|---|---|---|
| Akamine 66' |
| Kashima Antlers | 0–3 | Vissel Kobe |
|---|---|---|
| Sugiura 9' Oya 57'Hashimoto 75' |
| Sagan Tosu | 2–0 | Shimizu S-Pulse |
|---|---|---|
| Toyoda 39' Mizunuma 76' |
| Kashima Antlers | 3–0 | Shimizu S-Pulse |
|---|---|---|
| Doi 16' Akasaki 26'Endo 90+3' |
| FC Tokyo | 0–2 | Sagan Tosu |
|---|---|---|
| Yasuda 44' Ikeda 57' |
| Vissel Kobe | 2–1 | Vegalta Sendai |
|---|---|---|
| Morioka 1' Pedro Jùnior 90+3' | Fujimura 37' |
| Tokushima Vortis | 1–3 | Albirex Niigata |
|---|---|---|
| Douglas 87' | Report | Suzuki 16', 24' Tanaka 73' |
| Nagoya Grampus | 0–1 | Ventforet Kofu |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Cristiano 30' |
| Kashiwa Reysol | 2–1 | Urawa Red Diamonds |
|---|---|---|
| Tanaka 43' (pen.) Watanabe 79' | Report | Umesaki 17' |
| Ventforet Kofu | 1–1 | Kashiwa Reysol |
|---|---|---|
| Cristiano 84' | Leandro Domingues 3' |
| Albirex Niigata | 3–3 | Nagoya Grampus |
|---|---|---|
| Kim Jin-Su 17' Tanaka 29'Koizumi 89' | Tulio 49' Yada 51'Ogawa 60' |
| Urawa Red Diamonds | 2–1 | Omiya Ardija |
|---|---|---|
| Lee 16' Aoki 87' | Hashimoto 30' |
| Omiya Ardija | 1–1 | Kashiwa Reysol |
|---|---|---|
| Hashimoto 37' | Hashimoto 55' |
| Albirex Niigata | 1–0 | Ventforet Kofu |
|---|---|---|
| Suzuki 90+3' |
| Urawa Red Diamonds | 4–3 | Tokushima Vortis |
|---|---|---|
| Sakano 32' Yajima 50'Kinoshita 85' (o.g.)Hamada 90+1' | Kubota 19' Kogure 61'Douglas 68' |
| Omiya Ardija | 0–2 | Nagoya Grampus |
|---|---|---|
| Tanaka 61' Yano 83' |
| Kashiwa Reysol | 3–0 | Albirex Niigata |
|---|---|---|
| Tanaka 9' Barada 34'Watanabe 58' |
| Tokushima Vortis | 1–4 | Ventforet Kofu |
|---|---|---|
| Osaki 25' (pen.) | Mizuno 5', 45+3' Cristiano 20'Fukuda 90' |
| Ventforet Kofu | 3–0 | Omiya Ardija |
|---|---|---|
| Cristiano 34', 44' Kawamoto 90+2' |
| Albirex Niigata | 0–1 | Urawa Red Diamonds |
|---|---|---|
| Ono 88' (o.g.) |
| Nagoya Grampus | 2–1 | Tokushima Vortis |
|---|---|---|
| Tamada 28' Ogawa 47' | Kim Jong-min 26' |
| Ventforet Kofu | 1–2 | Urawa Red Diamonds |
|---|---|---|
| Cristiano 53' | Nasu 8' Umesaki 74' |
| Nagoya Grampus | 1–0 | Kashiwa Reysol |
|---|---|---|
| Tulio 85' |
| Tokushima Vortis | 1–1 | Omiya Ardija |
|---|---|---|
| Hamada 52' | Kikuchi 85' |
| Urawa Red Diamonds | 5–2 | Nagoya Grampus |
|---|---|---|
| Kashiwagi 18' Lee 40', 76'Makino 60'Sekiguchi 88' | Nagai 23' Matsuda 72' |
| Kashiwa Reysol | 4–1 | Tokushima Vortis |
|---|---|---|
| Tanaka 40' (pen.) Kudo 45', 54'Leandro 67' | Osaki 83' |
All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||
| Urawa Red Diamonds | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Kashiwa Reysol | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Kashiwa Reysol | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| Yokohama F. Marinos | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Gamba Osaka | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Kawasaki Frontale | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| Cerezo Osaka | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| Kawasaki Frontale | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| Gamba Osaka | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| Gamba Osaka | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| Vissel Kobe | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Yokohama F. Marinos | 1–2 | Kashiwa Reysol |
|---|---|---|
| Nakamachi 65' | Leandro 63' Kudo 74' |
| Cerezo Osaka | 1–3 | Kawasaki Frontale |
|---|---|---|
| Minamino 33' | Oshima 7' Moriya 67'Renato 71' (pen.) |
| Vissel Kobe | 1–1 | Gamba Osaka |
|---|---|---|
| Marquinhos 64' | Usami 11' |
| Urawa Red Diamonds | 2–2 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima |
|---|---|---|
| Abe 34' Makino 71' | Notsuda 39' Sato 48' |
2-2 on aggregate. Sanfrecce Hiroshima won on away goals
| Kashiwa Reysol | 3–1 | Yokohama F. Marinos |
|---|---|---|
| Kudo 31' Leandro 64'Eduardo 82' | Nakazawa 23' |
Kashiwa Reysol won 5–2 on aggregate.
| Kawasaki Frontale | 2–3 | Cerezo Osaka |
|---|---|---|
| Renato 35' Ōkubo 58' | Hasegawa 37', 75' Minamino 90+1' |
Kawasaki Frontale won 5–4 on aggregate.
| Gamba Osaka | 3–0 | Vissel Kobe |
|---|---|---|
| Abe 2' Usami 28'Kurata 83' |
Gamba Osaka won 4–1 on aggregate.
| Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 2–0 | Kashiwa Reysol |
|---|---|---|
| Sato 41', 50' |
| Gamba Osaka | 3–1 | Kawasaki Frontale |
|---|---|---|
| Yonekura 16' Usami 28'Patric 49' | 90+2' Tanaka |
| Kashiwa Reysol | 2–1 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima |
|---|---|---|
| Leandro 38', 51' | Ishihara 74' |
Sanfrecce Hiroshima won 3–2 on aggregate.
| Kawasaki Frontale | 3–2 | Gamba Osaka |
|---|---|---|
| Ōkubo 9' Jeci 45+3'Moriya 51' | Abe 42', 45' |
Gamba Osaka won 5-4 on aggregate.
| Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 2–3 | Gamba Osaka |
|---|---|---|
| Sato 20', 35' | Patric 38', 54' Omori 71' |
| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Cristiano | Ventforet Kofu | 6 |
| T2 | Edu | FC Tokyo | 4 |
| Masato Kudo | Kashiwa Reysol | 4 | |
| Leandro | Kashiwa Reysol | 4 | |
 Milivoje Novaković | Shimizu S-Pulse | 4 | |
| Takashi Usami | Gamba Osaka | 4 | |
| T7 | Tadanari Lee | Urawa Red Diamonds | 3 |
| Musashi Suzuki | Albirex Niigata | 3 | |
| Junya Tanaka | Kashiwa Reysol [2] | 3 | |
| Marcus Tulio Tanaka | Nagoya Grampus | 3 |
Updated to games played on 7 September 2014
Names of players in bold are still active.
Source:
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