2008 J.League Cup

The 2008 edition of the J. League Cup sponsored by Nabisco began on March 20. The top 4 teams of each qualifying group automatically qualified for the quarter-finals along with the best two remaining runners-up. Both Gamba Osaka and Kashima Antlers received a bye to the quarter-final stage due to their participation in the group stage of the Asian Champions League.

The 2008 final

Oita Trinita defeated Shimizu S-Pulse 2–0 in the final on November 1 at the Tokyo National Stadium. They qualified for the 2009 Pan-Pacific Championship and the 2009 Suruga Bank Championship.

Group stage

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Nagoya Grampus 6 5 0 1 14 5 +9 15
Vissel Kobe 6 3 1 2 5 5 0 10
Kyoto Sanga FC 6 1 3 2 7 8 −1 6
Urawa Red Diamonds 6 0 2 4 8 16 −8 2
Source:
DateTeam 1  Score  Team 2
March 20, 2008 Nagoya Grampus 0–1 Kyoto Sanga
Urawa Reds 0–1 Vissel Kobe
March 23, 2008 Vissel Kobe 0–1 Nagoya Grampus
Kyoto Sanga 3–3 Urawa Red Diamonds
April 16, 2008 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–1 Kyoto Sanga
Nagoya Grampus 2–0 Vissel Kobe
May 25, 2008 Kyoto Sanga 0–1 Vissel Kobe
Nagoya Grampus 4–2 Urawa Red Diamonds
May 31, 2008 Kyoto Sanga 1–2 Nagoya Grampus
Vissel Kobe 2–1 Urawa Red Diamonds
June 8, 2008 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–5 Nagoya Grampus
Vissel Kobe 1–1 Kyoto Sanga

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Shimizu S-Pulse 6 3 2 1 13 6 +7 11
FC Tokyo 6 3 2 1 12 7 +5 11
Júbilo Iwata 6 3 1 2 10 7 +3 10
Tokyo Verdy 6 0 1 5 2 17 −15 1
Source:
DateTeam 1  Score  Team 2
March 20, 2008 Tokyo Verdy 0–2 Jubilo Iwata
Shimizu S-Pulse 3–1 FC Tokyo
March 23, 2008 Jubilo Iwata 0–2 FC Tokyo
Tokyo Verdy 0–0 Shimizu S-Pulse
April 16, 2008 Shimizu S-Pulse 5–0 Tokyo Verdy
FC Tokyo 1–1 Jubilo Iwata
May 25, 2008 Shimizu S-Pulse 4–2 Jubilo Iwata
FC Tokyo 3–0 Tokyo Verdy
May 31, 2008 FC Tokyo 1–1 Shimizu S-Pulse
Jubilo Iwata 3–0 Tokyo Verdy
June 8, 2008 Tokyo Verdy 2–4 FC Tokyo
Jubilo Iwata 2–0 Shimizu S-Pulse

Group C
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
JEF United Chiba 6 3 3 0 9 5 +4 12
Kashiwa Reysol 6 2 3 1 9 7 +2 9
Kawasaki Frontale 6 2 0 4 9 10 −1 6
Consadole Sapporo 6 1 2 3 4 9 −5 5
Source:
DateTeam 1  Score  Team 2
March 20, 2008 Kawasaki Frontale 0–2 JEF United
Kashiwa Reysol 1–1 Consadole Sapporo
March 23, 2008 Consadole Sapporo 2–1 Kawasaki Frontale
JEF United 1–1 Kashiwa Reysol
April 16, 2008 JEF United 0–0 Consadole Sapporo
Kawasaki Frontale 3–0 Kashiwa Reysol
May 25, 2008 Consadole Sapporo 1–2 JEF United
Kashiwa Reysol 3–1 Kawasaki Frontale
May 31, 2008 Kawasaki Frontale 2–0 Consadole Sapporo
Kashiwa Reysol 1–1 JEF United
June 8, 2008 Consadole Sapporo 0–3 Kashiwa Reysol
JEF United 3–2 Kawasaki Frontale

Group D
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Yokohama F. Marinos 6 3 3 0 8 2 +6 12
Oita Trinita 6 3 2 1 9 5 +4 11
Albirex Niigata 6 0 4 2 4 8 −4 4
Omiya Ardija 6 0 3 3 4 10 −6 3
Source:
DateTeam 1  Score  Team 2
March 20, 2008 Yokohama F. Marinos 1–0 Oita Trinita
Albirex Niigata 2–2 Omiya Ardija
March 23, 2008 Omiya Ardija 0–0 Yokohama F. Marinos
Oita Trinita 3–0 Albirex Niigata
April 16, 2008 Yokohama F. Marinos 4–0 Omiya Ardija
Albirex Niigata 1–1 Oita Trinita
May 25, 2008 Omiya Ardija 1–2 Oita Trinita
Yokohama F. Marinos 0–0 Albirex Niigata
May 31, 2008 Omiya Ardija 1–1 Albirex Niigata
Oita Trinita 2–2 Yokohama F. Marinos
June 8, 2008 Albirex Niigata 0–1 Yokohama F. Marinos
Oita Trinita 1–0 Omiya Ardija

Knockout stage
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
               
JEF United Chiba 0 0 0
Nagoya Grampus 1 1 2
Nagoya Grampus 1 0 1
Oita Trinita 1 1 2
FC Tokyo 1 1 2
Oita Trinita 2 1 3
Oita Trinita 2
Shimizu S-Pulse 0
Kashima Antlers 0 1 1
Shimizu S-Pulse 0 2 2
Shimizu S-Pulse 1 3 4
Gamba Osaka 1 2 3
Gamba Osaka 1 1 2
Yokohama F. Marinos 0 2 2

First leg
FC Tokyo1 – 2Oita Trinita
Ishikawa  44' Report Maeda  28'
Edmilson  83'
Attendance: 11,378
Referee: Kenji Ogiya
JEF United Chiba0 – 1Nagoya Grampus
Report Johnsen  14'
Attendance: 8,472
Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami
Gamba Osaka1 – 0Yokohama F. Marinos
Hirai  78' Report
Ishikawa Stadium
Attendance: 10,702
Kashima Antlers0 – 0Shimizu S-Pulse
Report
Attendance: 6,757
Referee: Hajime Matsuo

Second leg
Oita Trinita1 – 1FC Tokyo
Edmilson  40' Report Cabore  3'
Attendance: 13,483
Referee: Hiroshi Tanabe
Nagoya Grampus1 – 0JEF United Chiba
Masukawa  60' Report
Attendance: 6,344
Referee: Minoru Tojo
Yokohama F. Marinos2 – 1Gamba Osaka
Komiyama  32'
Lopes  84'		 Report Futagawa  34'
Attendance: 8,365
Referee: Akio Okutani

Gamba Osaka advances to the semi finals on Away goals rule.

Shimizu S-Pulse2 – 1Kashima Antlers
Iwashita  16'
Hyodo  48'		 Report Marquinhos  57'
Attendance: 8,949
Referee: Kazuhiko Matsumura

First leg
Nagoya Grampus1 – 1Oita Trinita
Johnsen  64' Report Ueslei  69'
Attendance: 7,792
Referee: Hirofumi Yamanishi
Shimizu S-Pulse1 – 1Gamba Osaka
Edamura  54' Report Futagawa  10'
Attendance: 8,013
Referee: Kenji Ogiya

Second leg
Oita Trinita1 – 0Nagoya Grampus
Ueslei  49' Report
Attendance: 20,371
Gamba Osaka2 – 3Shimizu S-Pulse
Roni  11'
Lucas  79'		 Report Yamamoto  3'
Edamura  46'  55'
Attendance: 9,103

Final
Oita Trinita2 – 0Shimizu S-Pulse
Takamatsu  68'
Ueslei  89'		 Report
Attendance: 44,723
Oita Trinita:
GK16 Seigo Shimokawa 85'
RB4 Yuki Fukaya
CB6 Masato Morishige
LB22 Taikai Uemoto 33'
DM3 Roberto
DM5 Edmilson
RM20 Daisuke Takahashi
LM33 Yoshiaki Fujita 84'  89'
AM8 Mu Kanazaki 89'
CF10 Ueslei
CF13 Daiki Takamatsu (c) 82'
Substitutes:
GK29 Keisuke Shimizu
DF25 Hiroyuki Kobayashi 89'
MF2 Ryo Kobayashi
MF7 Teppei Nishiyama 89'
MF14 Akihiro Ienaga
FW18 Hiroshi Kiyotake
FW9 Yasuhito Morishima 82'
Manager:
Chamusca
Shimizu S-Pulse:
GK29 Kaito Yamamoto
RB5 Keisuke Iwashita
CB4 Kazumichi Takagi (c) 74'
CB26 Naoki Aoyama
LB2 Arata Kodama 71'
RM28 Masaki Yamamoto 71'
CM7 Teruyoshi Ito
AM8 Takuma Edamura 82'
LM13 Akihiro Hyodo
CF19 Kazuki Hara 89'
CF23 Shinji Okazaki
Substitutes:
GK21 Yohei Nishibe
DF3 Takahiro Yamanishi
DF25 Daisuke Ichikawa 71'
MF16 Takuya Honda
MF6 Marcos Paulo 71'
FW11 Mitsuhiro Toda
FW9 Takuro Yajima 82'
Manager:
Kenta Hasegawa

Awards
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