2009 J.League Cup

The 2009 J.League Cup, more widely known as the 2009 Nabisco Cup, is the 34th edition of Japan soccer league cup tournament and the 17th edition under the current J.League Cup format. The championship started on March 25, 2009 and ended on November 3, with F.C. Tokyo defeating Kawasaki Frontale 2-0 in the Final. They qualified for the 2010 Suruga Bank Championship.

Teams from the J1 will take part in the tournament. Kashima Antlers, Kawasaki Frontale, Nagoya Grampus and Gamba Osaka were given a bye to the quarter-final due to the qualification for the AFC Champions League group stage. The rest of 14 will start from the group stage, which divided them into two groups. The group winners and the runners-up of each group will qualify for the quarter-final along with the four teams which qualified for the AFC Champions League.

Group stage

Knockout stage

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

  Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                             
Kashima Antlers 1 0 1  
Kawasaki Frontale 0 3 3  
  Kawasaki Frontale 2 1 3  
  Yokohama F. Marinos 0 1 1  
Gamba Osaka 1 2 3
  Yokohama F. Marinos 3 1 4  
    Kawasaki Frontale  
  FC Tokyo  
  Urawa Red Diamonds 2 0 2  
Shimizu S-Pulse 1 3 4  
  Shimizu S-Pulse 2 0 2
  FC Tokyo 2 1 3  
FC Tokyo 5 1 6
  Nagoya Grampus 1 2 3  

First leg
Kashima Antlers1 – 0Kawasaki Frontale
Ogasawara  83' (Report)
Attendance: 7,395
Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami
Gamba Osaka1 – 3Yokohama F. Marinos
Nakazawa  49' (Report) Yamase  40'
Sakata  68'
Matsuda  85'
Attendance: 7,102
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura
Urawa Red Diamonds2 – 1Shimizu S-Pulse
Tulio  24'
Edmilson  60'		 (Report) Edamura  48'
Attendance: 21,271
Referee: Ryuji Sato
F.C. Tokyo5 – 1Nagoya Grampus
Hirayama  3'
Yonemoto  10'
Ishikawa  11'
Nagatomo  26'
 75' (o.g.)		 (Report) Ogawa  53'
Attendance: 12,226
Referee: Kazuhiko Matsumura

Second leg
Kawasaki Frontale3 – 0 (a.e.t.)Kashima Antlers
Juninho  89'
Renatinho  94'
Chong Tese  102'		 (Report)
Attendance: 13,581
Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama
Yokohama F. Marinos1 – 2Gamba Osaka
Hasegawa  23' (Report) Myojin  16'
Leandro  74'
Attendance: 9,133
Referee: Masaaki Iemoto
Shimizu S-Pulse3 – 0Urawa Red Diamonds
Abe  0' (o.g.)
Okazaki  44'
Aoyama  62'		 (Report)
Attendance: 12,014
Referee: Minoru Tojo
Nagoya Grampus2 – 1F.C. Tokyo
Maki  33'
Yoshida  65'		 (Report) Hirayama  85'
Attendance: 6,463
Referee: Joji Kashihara

First leg
Kawasaki Frontale2 – 0Yokohama F. Marinos
Chong Tese  15'
Juninho  57'		 (Report)
Attendance: 11,850
Referee: Joji Kashihara
Shimizu S-Pulse2 – 2F.C. Tokyo
Johnsen  34'
Edamura  69'		 (Report) Yonemoto  33'
Cabore  42'
Attendance: 10,026
Referee: Masaaki Iemoto

Second leg
Yokohama F. Marinos1 – 1Kawasaki Frontale
Yamase  68' (Report) Juninho  89'
Attendance: 16,467
Referee: Kenji Ogiya
F.C. Tokyo1 – 0Shimizu S-Pulse
Hirayama  16' (Report)
Attendance: 22,181
Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida

Final
F.C. Tokyo2 – 0Kawasaki Frontale
Yonemoto  22'
Hirayama  59'		 (Report)
Attendance: 44,308
Referee: Shinji Murakami

Top goalscorers
Goalscorers Goals Team
Cabore
5
 F.C. Tokyo
Koji Yamase
5
 Yokohama F. Marinos
Hisato Sato
5
 Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Kazuma Watanabe
4
 Yokohama F. Marinos
Sōta Hirayama
4
 F.C. Tokyo

Awards

See also
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