2020 Japanese Super Cup

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2020 Japanese Super Cup
Vissel Kobe won 3–2 on penalties
Date8 February 2020
Venue Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama
Referee Yoshiro Imamura
Attendance51,397
WeatherFine
12.3 °C (54.1 °F)
37% humidity
2019
2021

The 2020 Japanese Super Cup (known as Fuji Xerox Super Cup 2020 for sponsorship reasons) was the 27th Japanese Super Cup since its reestablishment, and the 35th overall. It was held on 8 February 2020 between the 2019 J1 League champions Yokohama F. Marinos and the 2019 Emperor's Cup winners Vissel Kobe. It took place at the Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama, Saitama.

This was Marinos's first Super Cup appearance since 2014, and was looking to end its bad record of five defeats in all of its previous appearances, stretching back to 1984. At the other hand, this was Vissel's first ever Super Cup appearance.

Drawn 3–3 until the end of 90 minutes, Vissel Kobe won the match on penalties, which saw nine consecutive penalties missed before Hotaru Yamaguchi ended the run and won Vissel its only second national trophy ever. The penalty also condemned Marinos to its sixth Super Cup defeat. [1]

Match details

Yokohama F. Marinos 3–3 Vissel Kobe
Report
Penalties
2–3
Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama
Attendance: 51,397
Referee: Yoshiro Imamura
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Yokohama F. Marinos
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Vissel Kobe
GK1 Flag of South Korea.svg Park Il-gyu
RB27 Flag of Japan.svg Ken Matsubara
CB13 Flag of Brazil.svg Thiago Martins
CB44 Flag of Japan.svg Shinnosuke Hatanaka Sub off.svg 46'
LB5 Flag of Thailand.svg Theerathon Bunmathan
CM8 Flag of Japan.svg Takuya Kida (c)Yellow card.svg 62'Sub off.svg 74'
CM6 Flag of Japan.svg Takahiro Ogihara
RW23 Flag of Japan.svg Teruhito Nakagawa
AM9 Flag of Brazil.svg Marcos Júnior Sub off.svg 88'
LW17 Flag of Brazil.svg Erik Sub off.svg 74'
CF45 Flag of Japan.svg Ado Onaiwu Sub off.svg 46'
Substitutes:
GK21 Flag of Japan.svg Yuji Kajikawa
DF15 Flag of Japan.svg Makito Ito Sub on.svg 46'
MF7 Flag of Japan.svg Yūki Ōtsu
MF11 Flag of Japan.svg Keita Endo Sub on.svg 46'
MF33 Flag of Japan.svg Takuya Wada Sub on.svg 74'
FW18 Flag of Japan.svg Kota Mizunuma Sub on.svg 88'
FW30 Flag of Brazil.svg Edigar Junio Sub on.svg 74'
Manager:
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ange Postecoglou
GK18 Flag of Japan.svg Hiroki Iikura
CB33 Flag of Brazil.svg Dankler
CB25 Flag of Japan.svg Leo Osaki
CB4 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thomas Vermaelen
RM22 Flag of Japan.svg Daigo Nishi Yellow card.svg 90+2'
CM6 Flag of Spain.svg Sergi Samper Sub off.svg 85'
CM5 Flag of Japan.svg Hotaru Yamaguchi
LM24 Flag of Japan.svg Gōtoku Sakai
AM8 Flag of Spain.svg Andrés Iniesta (c)Yellow card.svg 53'
CF49 Flag of Brazil.svg Douglas Sub off.svg 64'
CF11 Flag of Japan.svg Kyogo Furuhashi Sub off.svg 85'
Substitutes:
GK1 Flag of Japan.svg Daiya Maekawa
DF3 Flag of Japan.svg Hirofumi Watanabe
DF10 Flag of Japan.svg So Fujitani
MF14 Flag of Japan.svg Takuya Yasui Sub on.svg 85'
FW9 Flag of Japan.svg Noriaki Fujimoto
FW13 Flag of Japan.svg Keijiro Ogawa Sub on.svg 85'
FW21 Flag of Japan.svg Junya Tanaka Sub on.svg 64'
Manager:
Flag of Germany.svg Thorsten Fink

Assistant referees:
Masahiro Horikoshi
Naoya Okawa
Fourth official:
Akihiko Ikeuchi
Video assistant referee:
Jumpei Iida
Toru Sagara

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Seven named substitutes.
  • Maximum of five substitutions.

References

  1. Duerden, John (8 February 2020). "Andres Iniesta lifts Japan Super Cup after nine straight pen misses". ESPN. Retrieved 19 February 2021.