2015 J.League Cup

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2015 J.League Cup
Yamazaki Nabisco Cup
Tournament details
CountryJapan
Teams18
Final positions
Champions Kashima Antlers (6th title)
Runner-up Gamba Osaka
Semifinalists
  • Albirex Niigata
  • Vissel Kobe
Tournament statistics
Top goal scorer(s)Kazuma Watanabe
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The 2015 J.League Cup, also known as the 2015 J.League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup for sponsoring purposes, was the 40th edition of the most prestigious Japanese soccer league cup tournament and the 23rd edition under the current J.League Cup format.

Contents

Format

Teams from the J.League Division 1 took part in the tournament. Gamba Osaka, Kashima Antlers, Kashiwa Reysol and Urawa Red Diamonds were given a bye to the quarter-finals due to qualification in the 2015 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 stage

Group A

Standings

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
FC Tokyo 633084+412
Albirex Niigata 632194+511
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 623196+39
Shonan Bellmare 62315509
Sagan Tosu 622234−18
Matsumoto Yamaga 6114813−54
Ventforet Kofu 6024410−62
Source: [1]

Results

Home \ Away TOK SHO VEN YAM ALB SFR SAG
FC Tokyo 2–12–12–0
Shonan Bellmare 0–01–02–1
Ventforet Kofu 1–32–20–0
Matsumoto Yamaga 1–10–32–4
Albirex Niigata 2–00–01–0
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–12–22–0
Sagan Tosu 0–02–11–0
Source: [2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B

Standings

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Nagoya Grampus 64111211+113
Vissel Kobe 6321115+611
Kawasaki Frontale 623176+19
Montedio Yamagata 62221011−18
Yokohama F. Marinos 62047706
Shimizu S-Pulse 6204611−56
Vegalta Sendai 612368−25
Source: [3]

Results

Home \ Away VEG MON FRO YMA SSP GRA VIS
Vegalta Sendai 1–2 1–00–0
Montedio Yamagata 0–23–13–3
Kawasaki Frontale 1–11–11–3
Yokohama F. Marinos 1–2 2–02–3
Shimizu S-Pulse 2–10–21–2
Nagoya Grampus 3–21–00–4
Vissel Kobe 3–10–01–2
Source: [4]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Knock-out stage

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
             
Kashima Antlers 2 3 5
FC Tokyo 2 0 2
Kashima Antlers 2 4 6
Vissel Kobe 1 1 2
Vissel Kobe 2 2 4
Kashiwa Reysol 0 3 3
Kashima Antlers 3
Gamba Osaka 0
Nagoya Grampus 1 2 3 (9)
Gamba Osaka (a.e.t.) (p)1 2 3 (10)
Gamba Osaka 1 2 3
Albirex Niigata 2 0 2
Urawa Red Diamonds 0 3 3
Albirex Niigata 5 0 5

Quarterfinals

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
FC Tokyo 2–5 Kashima Antlers 2–20–3
Kashiwa Reysol 3–4 Vissel Kobe 0–23–2
Gamba Osaka 3–3 (10-9 p) Nagoya Grampus 1–12–2
Albirex Niigata 5–3 Urawa Reds 5–00–3

Semi-finals

First leg

Vissel Kobe 1–2 Kashima Antlers
Iwanami Soccerball shade.svg70'Soccerball shade.svg21' Yamamura
Soccerball shade.svg39' Akasaki
Attendance: 6,162
Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami
Albirex Niigata 2–1 Gamba Osaka
Yamamoto Soccerball shade.svg36'
Usami Soccerball shade.svg90'		Soccerball shade.svg33' Omori
Attendance: 9,018
Referee: Hajime Matsuo

Second leg

Kashima Antlers 4–1 Vissel Kobe
Nakamura Soccerball shade.svg16'
Kanazaki Soccerball shade.svg53', 74'
Caio Soccerball shade.svg82'		Soccerball shade.svg21' Watanabe
Attendance: 10,801
Referee: Kenji Ogiya

Antlers won 6–2 on aggregate.

Gamba Osaka 2–0 Albirex Niigata
Endō Soccerball shade.svg57'
Fujiharu Soccerball shade.svg90+4'
Attendance: 11,475
Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

Gamba Osaka won 3-2 on aggregate.

Final

Kashima Antlers 3–0 Gamba Osaka
Hwang Seok-ho Soccerball shade.svg60'
Kanazaki Soccerball shade.svg84'
Caio Soccerball shade.svg86'
Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama
Attendance: 50,828
Referee: Masaaki Toma

Top scorers

RankScorerClubGoals
1 Flag of Japan.svg Kazuma Watanabe Vissel Kobe
7
2 Flag of Japan.svg Takuma Asano Sanfrecce Hiroshima 4
Flag of Japan.svg Ryohei Yamazaki Albirex Niigata
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroshi Ibusuki Albirex Niigata
Flag of Japan.svg Mu Kanazaki Kashima Antlers
3 Flag of Brazil.svg Elsinho Kawasaki Frontale 3
Flag of Japan.svg Kosuke Yamamoto Albirex Niigata

Updated to games played on 12 October 2015
Source: J.League Data [5]

References

  1. ↑ "Data Reference Group A". data.j-league.or.jp. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  2. ↑ "Data Reference Group A". data.j-league.or.jp. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  3. ↑ "Data Reference Group B". data.j-league.or.jp/. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  4. ↑ "Data Reference Group B". data.j-league.or.jp/. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  5. ↑ "J.league.jp Japan Professional Football League". Archived from the original on 2015-11-25. Retrieved 2015-05-29.
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