2021 Japanese Super Cup

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2021 Japanese Super Cup
Date20 February 2021
Venue Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama
Referee Yusuke Araki
Attendance4,208
WeatherFine
17 °C (63 °F)
31% humidity
2020
2022

The 2021 Japanese Super Cup (known as Fuji Xerox Super Cup 2021 for sponsorship reasons) was the 28th Japanese Super Cup since its reestablishment, and the 36th overall. It was held on 20 February 2021 between the 2020 J1 League champions and Emperor's Cup winners Kawasaki Frontale and the league's (and cup) runners-up Gamba Osaka, the third league runners-up to ever qualify for the competition and the first club other than Urawa Red Diamonds to qualify in this way. It took place at the Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama, Saitama. This was the first Super Cup held after the recognition by the Guinness World Records as Fuji Xerox sponsored the competition for a world record of 27 years, the longest sponsorship of a football super cup. [1]

This was Frontale's third Super Cup appearance overall, all in the previous four years; they only failed to qualify in 2020 and won once in 2019. At the other hand, this was Gamba's seventh Super Cup appearance and their first since 2016, winning twice (in 2007 and 2015).

Frontale took a 2–0 lead from Kaoru Mitoma in the first half before being equalized in the second half. On the last minute of the second half additional time, substitute Yu Kobayashi scored the winner for the double winners and earned them their second Super Cup title. Gamba extended their trophy drought, its most recent title was the 2015 Emperor's Cup.

Match details

Kawasaki Frontale 3–2 Gamba Osaka
Report
Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama
Attendance: 4,208
Referee: Yusuke Araki
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Kawasaki Frontale
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Gamba Osaka
GK1 Flag of South Korea.svg Jung Sung-ryong
RB13 Flag of Japan.svg Miki Yamane
CB4 Flag of Brazil.svg Jesiel
CB5 Flag of Japan.svg Shogo Taniguchi (c)
LB47 Flag of Japan.svg Reo Hatate
DM6 Flag of Brazil.svg João Schmidt Sub off.svg 64'
CM25 Flag of Japan.svg Ao Tanaka
CM8 Flag of Japan.svg Yasuto Wakizaka Sub off.svg 64'
RF41 Flag of Japan.svg Akihiro Ienaga Sub off.svg 83'
CF9 Flag of Brazil.svg Leandro Damião Sub off.svg 72'
LF18 Flag of Japan.svg Kaoru Mitoma Sub off.svg 72'
Substitutes:
GK27 Flag of Japan.svg Kenta Tanno
DF7 Flag of Japan.svg Shintaro Kurumaya Sub on.svg 90+1'
MF3 Flag of Japan.svg Koki Tsukagawa Sub on.svg 64'Sub off.svg 90+1'
MF16 Flag of Japan.svg Tatsuya Hasegawa Sub on.svg 72'
MF22 Flag of Japan.svg Kento Tachibanada Sub on.svg 64'
FW11 Flag of Japan.svg Yu Kobayashi Sub on.svg 72'
FW19 Flag of Japan.svg Daiya Tono Sub on.svg 83'
Manager:
Flag of Japan.svg Toru Oniki
GK1 Flag of Japan.svg Masaaki Higashiguchi
RB8 Flag of Japan.svg Kosuke Onose
CB5 Flag of Japan.svg Genta Miura (c)
CB13 Flag of Japan.svg Shunya Suganuma
LB4 Flag of Japan.svg Hiroki Fujiharu
DM29 Flag of Japan.svg Yuki Yamamoto
CM15 Flag of Japan.svg Yosuke Ideguchi
CM10 Flag of Japan.svg Shu Kurata Sub off.svg 90'
RF21 Flag of Japan.svg Shinya Yajima Sub off.svg 69'
CF18 Flag of Brazil.svg Patric Sub off.svg 81'
LF34 Flag of Japan.svg Shuhei Kawasaki Sub off.svg 69'
Substitutes:
GK22 Flag of Japan.svg Jun Ichimori
DF3 Flag of Japan.svg Gen Shoji
DF27 Flag of Japan.svg Ryu Takao Sub on.svg 90'
MF6 Flag of South Korea.svg Ju Se-jong
FW9 Flag of Brazil.svg Leandro Pereira Sub on.svg 69'
FW20 Flag of Japan.svg Kazunari Ichimi Sub on.svg 81'
FW32 Flag of Brazil.svg Tiago Alves Sub on.svg 69'
Head coach:
Flag of Japan.svg Tsuneyasu Miyamoto

Assistant referees:
Yusuke Hamamoto
Kota Watanabe
Fourth official:
Futoshi Nakamura
Video assistant referee:
Hiroyuki Kimura
Assistant video assistant referee:
Osamu Nomura

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Seven named substitutes.
  • Maximum of five substitutions, and a maximum of two additional permanent concussion substitutions.

References

  1. "FUJI XEROX SUPER CUP recognized by the Guinness World Records as the "Longest sponsorship of a football (soccer) super cup"" (Press release). Japan Professional Football League. 19 December 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2021.