2017 J.League Asia Challenge

2017 J.League Asia Challenge

2017 Ｊリーグ　アジアチャレンジ (in Japanese) เจลีก เอเชีย ชาเลนจ์ 2017 (in Thai)
Tournament details
Host country	Thailand
Dates	24–26 January 2017
Teams	4 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
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The 2017 J.League Asia Challenge was a series of friendly association football tournaments that began on 24 January and ended on 26 January. ^[1] It was organized by the Japan Professional Football League. The tournament is set to be a in round-robin tournament format with all matches being held at the Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand on 24 and 26 January.

In December 2016, Japanese teams, Kashima Antlers and Yokohama F. Marinos were confirmed to play in this tournament with Thai teams, Bangkok United and Suphanburi.

Teams

Kashima Antlers

Yokohama F. Marinos

Bangkok United

Suphanburi

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Location of teams of the 2017 J.League Asia Challenge.

Nation	Team	Location	Confederation	Sub-Confederation	League
Japan	Kashima Antlers	Kashima	AFC	EAFF	J-League
Japan	Yokohama F. Marinos	Yokohama
Thailand	Bangkok United	Pathum Thani		AFF	Thai League 1
Thailand	Suphanburi	Suphan Buri

Venues

All matches held at the Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand

Bangkok
Rajamangala Stadium
Capacity: 49,772
Rajamangala Stadium

Squads

Kashima Antlers
Manager: Masatada Ishii

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   JPN Masatoshi Kushibiki 3 DF   JPN Gen Shoji 6 MF   JPN Ryota Nagaki 8 MF   JPN Shoma Doi 10 MF   JPN Gaku Shibasaki 11 MF   BRA Fabrício 13 MF   JPN Atsutaka Nakamura 14 DF   KOR Hwang Seok-ho 16 DF   JPN Shuto Yamamoto 17 DF   BRA Bueno 18 FW   JPN Shuhei Akasaki 20 MF   JPN Kento Misao 21 GK   JPN Hitoshi Sogahata 22 DF   JPN Daigo Nishi 23 DF   JPN Naomichi Ueda 24 DF   JPN Yukitoshi Ito 25 MF   JPN Yasushi Endo 29 GK   JPN Shinichiro Kawamata 32 MF   JPN Taro Sugimoto 33 MF   JPN Mu Kanazaki 34 FW   JPN Yuma Suzuki 35 MF   JPN Taiki Hirato 40 MF   JPN Mitsuo Ogasawara

Yokohama F. Marinos
Manager: Erick Mombaerts

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   JPN Tetsuya Enomoto 2 DF   KOR Park Jeong-su 4 DF   JPN Yuzo Kurihara 5 DF   BRA Fábio Aguiar 6 MF   JPN Yuta Mikado 7 MF   JPN Shingō Hyōdō 8 MF   JPN Kosuke Nakamachi 9 FW   BRA Kayke 10 FW   JPN Shunsuke Nakamura (Captain) 11 FW   JPN Manabu Saito 14 FW   JPN Masashi Wada 15 DF   JPN Ikki Arai 16 FW   JPN Sho Ito 17 FW   JPN Cayman Togashi 18 MF   JPN Keita Endo 19 FW   JPN Teruhito Nakagawa 20 FW   CUW Quenten Martinus 21 GK   JPN Hiroki Iikura 22 DF   JPN Yuji Nakazawa 23 DF   JPN Takumi Shimohira 24 DF   JPN Takashi Kanai 25 MF   JPN Naoki Maeda 26 MF   JPN Kensei Nakashima 28 MF   JPN Takuya Kida 29 MF   JPN Jun Amano 30 GK   JPN Junto Taguchi 31 GK   JPN Takuya Takahashi — DF   JPN Ken Matsubara — DF   JPN Ryosuke Yamanaka

Bangkok United
Manager: Sérgio Farias

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   THA Pattanan Pijittham 2 DF   THA Wasan Homsan 4 DF   THA Natthaphong Samana 7 FW   THA Chananan Pombuppha 9 FW   BRA Dellatorre 10 MF   THA Charyl Chappuis (3rd-captain) 11 MF   THA Thanasit Siriphala 14 MF   THA Paitoon Nontadee 15 MF   THA Suban Ngernprasert 16 MF   THA Rattana Petch-Aporn 17 MF   THA Rangsan Viwatchaichok (Captain) 18 GK   THA Sinthaweechai Hathairattanakool (Vice-captain) 19 FW   THA Chitchanok Xaysensourinthone 23 MF   THA Chakrit Buathong 24 FW   THA Thossaphol Yodchan 25 DF   THA Tinnakorn Asurin 28 FW   THA Napat Thamrongsupakorn 30 DF   THA Supoj Wonghoi 35 GK   THA Adisak Bunthawi 38 DF   THA Apisit Kamwang - MF   THA Adul Lahsoh - MF   CRC Diego Madrigal - FW   ARG Nicolás Vélez — DF   THA Prathan Mansiri — GK   THA Pathomtat Sudprasert

Fixtures and results

All times are Thailand Standard Time (UTC+7).

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Yokohama F. Marinos	2	2	0	0	7	2	+5	6
Kashima Antlers	2	1	0	1	7	6	+1	3
Bangkok United	2	1	0	1	6	6	0	3
Suphanburi	2	0	0	2	2	8	−6	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Match Day 1

24 January 2017 (2017-01-24)

16:00 ICT

Suphanburi	2 - 4	Kashima Antlers
Dellatorre 12,39'	Report	Yuma Suzuki 26,62' Pedro Júnior 59,69'

Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok

Attendance: 2,351

Referee: Gu Chunhan (China)

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24 January 2017 (2017-01-24)

19:00 ICT

Bangkok United	2 - 3	Yokohama F. Marinos
Sumanya Purisai 51' Teeratep Winothai 86'	Report	Cayman Togashi 20' Kensei Nakashima 62' Teruhito Nakagawa 83'

Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok

Attendance: 3,542

Match Day 2

26 January 2017 (2017-01-26)

16:00 ICT

Bangkok United	4 - 3	Kashima Antlers
Dragan Bošković 10,26,37' Own Goal 36'	Report	Mu Kanazaki 42' Leandro 49' Léo Silva 90'

Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok

Attendance: 1,200

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26 January 2017 (2017-01-26)

19:00 ICT

Suphanburi	0 - 4	Yokohama F. Marinos
	Report	Keita Endo 47,52' Cayman Togashi 89' Kota Yamada 90+3'

Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok

Attendance: 4,379

Media coverage

• True Sport, True 4U

References

1. "2017 J.League Asia Challenge in Thailand". J.League. 16 December 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2017.