2022 J.League Cup final

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2022 J.League Cup final
2022JリーグYBCルヴァンカップ 決勝
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The match took place at Japan National Stadium
Event 2022 J.League Cup
Date22 October 2022
Venue National Stadium, Tokyo
Man of the Match Pieros Sotiriou
Referee Yudai Yamamoto
Attendance39,608
WeatherSunny
21.4 °C (71 °F)
2021
2023

The 2022 J.League Cup final was an association football match between Cerezo Osaka and Sanfrecce Hiroshima on 22 October 2022 at Japan National Stadium. It was the 30th edition J.League Cup, organised by the J.League. Cerezo Osaka were making their third J.League Cup final appearance after winning the competition in 2017 and finishing runners-up in 2021. Sanfrecce Hiroshima had previously appeared in two J.League cup finals but were beaten on both occasions in 2010 and 2014. [1]

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Prior to the game, a moment of silence was held to honor the death of former Sanfrecce Hiroshima player Masato Kudo, who had died a day before from complications of brain surgery.

Yudai Yamamoto was the referee for the match, which was played in front of 39,608 spectators. After a goalless first half, Cerezo Osaka scored after half time thanks to Mutsuki Kato and held their lead, until a red card was given to Matej Jonjić after striking Sanfrecce player Nassim Ben Khalifa, which put in Pieros Sotiriou. Sotiriou then scored on a spot kick with three minutes left in stoppage time, then scored again with barely any time left in stoppage in the 101st minute on a corner kick by Makoto Mitsuta, stealing the win from Cerezo Osaka. [2]

As winners, Sanfrecce Hiroshima earned the right to play against the winners of the 2022 Copa Sudamericana in the J.League Cup / Copa Sudamericana Championship.

Teams

TeamLeaguePrevious finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Cerezo Osaka J1 League 2 ( 2017 , 2021)
Sanfrecce Hiroshima J1 League 2 (2010, 2014)

Route to the final

The tournament consisted of all 18 J1 League teams as well as the top two relegated teams from the 2021 league, beginning with a home-and-away round-robin group stage consisting of four groups of four teams. The top two teams of each group would then advance to a two-legged play-off stage. The winners of the play-offs would then be entered into a final knockout stage, alongside four teams that received byes due to their commitments in the 2022 AFC Champions League group stage. [3]

Cerezo Osaka Round Sanfrecce Hiroshima
OpponentResult Group stage OpponentResult
Gamba Osaka 2–3 (A)Matchday 1 Tokushima Vortis 0–3 (A)
Kashima Antlers 0–1 (A)Matchday 2 Nagoya Grampus 2–0 (H)
Oita Trinita 6–1 (H)Matchday 3 Shimizu S-Pulse 1–2 (H)
Kashima Antlers 1–3 (H)Matchday 4 Nagoya Grampus 1–2 (A)
Gamba Osaka 0–0 (H)Matchday 5 Tokushima Vortis 4–0 (H)
Oita Trinita 3–3 (A)Matchday 6 Shimizu S-Pulse 2–1 (A)
Group A runners-up

PosTeamPldPts
1 Kashima Antlers 613
2 Cerezo Osaka 611
3 Gamba Osaka 65
4 Oita Trinita 63
Final standings Group B winners

PosTeamPldPts
1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 612
2 Nagoya Grampus 610
3 Shimizu S-Pulse 68
4 Tokushima Vortis 64
OpponentAgg.1st leg2nd leg Knockout phase OpponentAgg.1st leg2nd leg
Shonan Bellmare 5–11–0 (H)1–4 (A)Play-off stage Consadole Sapporo 4–10–3 (A)1–1 (H)
Kawasaki Frontale 3–3 (a)1–1 (H)2–2 (A)Quarter-finals Yokohama F. Marinos 5–23–1 (H)1–2 (A)
Urawa Reds 5–11–1 (H)0–4 (A)Semi-finals Avispa Fukuoka 3–22–3 (A)0–0 (H)

Match

Details

Cerezo Osaka 1–2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima
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Japan National Stadium , Tokyo
Attendance: 39,608
Referee: Yudai Yamamoto
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GK21 Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Jin-hyeon
DF2 Flag of Japan.svg Riku Matsuda
DF22 Flag of Croatia.svg Matej Jonjić Red card.svg 79'
DF24 Flag of Japan.svg Koji Toriumi
DF6 Flag of Japan.svg Ryosuke Yamanaka
MF16 Flag of Japan.svg Seiya Maikuma
MF25 Flag of Japan.svg Hiroaki Okuno (c)
MF17 Flag of Japan.svg Tokuma Suzuki
MF19 Flag of Japan.svg Hirotaka Tameda Sub off.svg 80'
FW20 Flag of Japan.svg Mutsuki Kato Sub off.svg 70'
FW7 Flag of Japan.svg Satoki Uejo Sub off.svg 70'
Substitutes:
GK31 Flag of Japan.svg Keisuke Shimizu
DF29 Flag of Japan.svg Kakeru Funaki
DF33 Flag of Japan.svg Ryuya Nishio Sub on.svg 80'
MF10 Flag of Japan.svg Hiroshi Kiyotake Sub on.svg 70'
MF41 Flag of Japan.svg Hikaru Nakahara
FW26 Flag of Brazil.svg Jean Patric
FW38 Flag of Japan.svg Sota Kitano Yellow card.svg 85'Sub on.svg 70'
Manager:
Flag of Japan.svg Akio Kogiku
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GK38 Flag of Japan.svg Keisuke Osako (c)
DF3 Flag of Japan.svg Tsukasa Shiotani Sub off.svg 90'
DF4 Flag of Japan.svg Hayato Araki
DF19 Flag of Japan.svg Sho Sasaki
MF2 Flag of Japan.svg Yuki Nogami Yellow card.svg 81'Sub off.svg 90'
MF7 Flag of Japan.svg Gakuto Notsuda Sub off.svg 80'
MF19 Flag of Japan.svg Taishi Matsumoto Sub off.svg 63'
MF27 Flag of Japan.svg Takumu Kawamura
MF39 Flag of Japan.svg Makoto Mitsuta
MF10 Flag of Japan.svg Tsukasa Morishima
FW13 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Nassim Ben Khalifa Yellow card.svg 74'
Substitutes:
GK22 Flag of Japan.svg Goro Kawanami
DF21 Flag of Japan.svg Jelani Reshaun Sumiyoshi
MF6 Flag of Japan.svg Toshihiro Aoyama
MF18 Flag of Japan.svg Yoshifumi Kashiwa Sub on.svg 80'
MF25 Flag of Japan.svg Yusuke Chajima Sub on.svg 90'
MF30 Flag of Japan.svg Kosei Shibasaki Sub on.svg 90'
FW20 Flag of Cyprus.svg Pieros Sotiriou Yellow card.svg 90+12'Sub on.svg 63'
Manager:
Flag of Germany.svg Michael Skibbe

Assistant referees:
Hiroshi Yamauchi
Toshiyuki Tanaka
Fourth official:
Ryo Tanimoto

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Seven named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions.

Statistics

Statistic [4] Cerezo OsakaSanfrecce Hiroshima
Goals scored12
Total shots916
Corner kicks55
Freekicks1211
Yellow cards13
Red cards10

References

  1. "Japan - List of League Cup Winners". RSSSF . Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  2. "Sanfrecce shock Cerezo in stoppage time to lift first J.League YBC Levain Cup". JLeague.co. Japan Professional Football League. 23 October 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  3. "大会概要:2022JリーグYBCルヴァンカップ:Jリーグ.jp" [Tournament Summary: 2022 J.League YBC Levain Cup: JLeague.jp] (in Japanese). Japan Professional Football League. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  4. "Cerezo Osaka vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Final, J.League YBC Levain Cup 2022". JLeague.co. Japan Professional Football League. 22 October 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2023.