2015 J.League Cup

The 2015 J.League Cup, also known as the 2015 Yamazaki Nabisco Cup for sponsoring purposes, is the 40th edition of the most prestigious Japanese soccer league cup tournament and the 23rd edition under the current J.League Cup format.

2015 J.League Cup
Yamazaki Nabisco Cup
Country Japan
Teams18
ChampionsKashima Antlers
Runners-upGamba Osaka
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Format

Teams from the J.League Division 1 will take part in the tournament. Gamba Osaka, Kashima Antlers, Kashiwa Reysol and Urawa Red Diamonds were given a bye to the quarter-finals due to qualification in the 2015 AFC Champions League. The remaining 14 teams started from the group stage, where they were divided into two groups of seven. The group winners and the runners-up of each group qualified for the quarter-final along with the four teams which qualified for the AFC Champions League.

Group stage

Standings
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
FC Tokyo 6 3 3 0 8 4 +4 12
Albirex Niigata 6 3 2 1 9 4 +5 11
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 6 2 3 1 9 6 +3 9
Shonan Bellmare 6 2 3 1 5 5 0 9
Sagan Tosu 6 2 2 2 3 4 −1 8
Matsumoto Yamaga 6 1 1 4 8 13 −5 4
Ventforet Kofu 6 0 2 4 4 10 −6 2
Source: [1]

Results
Home \ Away TOK SHO VEN YAM ALB SFR SAG
FC Tokyo 2–1 2–1 2–0
Shonan Bellmare 0–0 1–0 2–1
Ventforet Kofu 1–3 2–2 0–0
Matsumoto Yamaga 1–1 0–3 2–4
Albirex Niigata 2–0 0–0 1–0
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–1 2–2 2–0
Sagan Tosu 0–0 2–1 1–0
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Standings
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Nagoya Grampus 6 4 1 1 12 11 +1 13
Vissel Kobe 6 3 2 1 11 5 +6 11
Kawasaki Frontale 6 2 3 1 7 6 +1 9
Montedio Yamagata 6 2 2 2 10 11 −1 8
Yokohama F. Marinos 6 2 0 4 7 7 0 6
Shimizu S-Pulse 6 2 0 4 6 11 −5 6
Vegalta Sendai 6 1 2 3 6 8 −2 5
Source: [1]

Results
Home \ Away VEG MON FRO YMA SSP GRA VIS
Vegalta Sendai 1–2 1–0 0–0
Montedio Yamagata 0–2 3–1 3–3
Kawasaki Frontale 1–1 1–1 1–3
Yokohama F. Marinos 1–2 2–0 2–3
Shimizu S-Pulse 2–1 0–2 1–2
Nagoya Grampus 3–2 1–0 0–4
Vissel Kobe 3–1 0–0 1–2
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Knock-out stage

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

  Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                             
Kashima Antlers 2 3 5  
FC Tokyo 2 0 2  
  Kashima Antlers 2 4 6  
  Vissel Kobe 1 1 2  
Vissel Kobe 2 2 4
  Kashiwa Reysol 0 3 3  
    Kashima Antlers 3
  Gamba Osaka 0
  Nagoya Grampus 1 2 3 (9)  
Gamba Osaka (a.e.t.) (p) 1 2 3 (10)  
  Gamba Osaka 1 2 3
  Albirex Niigata 2 0 2  
Urawa Red Diamonds 0 3 3
  Albirex Niigata 5 0 5  

Quarterfinals
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
FC Tokyo 2–5 Kashima Antlers 2–2 0–3
Kashiwa Reysol 3–4 Vissel Kobe 0–2 3–2
Gamba Osaka 3–3 (10-9p) Nagoya Grampus 1–1 2–2
Albirex Niigata 5–3 Urawa Reds 5–0 0–3

First leg
Vissel Kobe1 – 2Kashima Antlers
Iwanami  70'  21' Yamamura
 39' Akasaki
Attendance: 6,162
Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami
Albirex Niigata2 – 1Gamba Osaka
Yamamoto  36'
Usami  90'		  33' Omori
Attendance: 9,018
Referee: Hajime Matsuo

Second leg
Kashima Antlers4 – 1Vissel Kobe
Nakamura  16'
Kanazaki  53', 74'
Caio  82'		  21' Watanabe
Attendance: 10,801
Referee: Kenji Ogiya

Antlers won 6–2 on aggregate.

Gamba Osaka2 – 0Albirex Niigata
Endō  57'
Fujiharu  90+4'
Attendance: 11,475
Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

Gamba Osaka won 3-2 on aggregate.

Final
Kashima Antlers3 – 0Gamba Osaka
Hwang Seok-ho  60'
Kanazaki  84'
Caio  86'
Attendance: 50,828
Referee: Masaaki Toma

Top scorers
Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Kazuma Watanabe Vissel Kobe
7
2 Takuma Asano Sanfrecce Hiroshima
4
Ryohei Yamazaki Albirex Niigata
Hiroshi Ibusuki Albirex Niigata
Mu Kanazaki Kashima Antlers
3 Elsinho Kawasaki Frontale
3
Kosuke Yamamoto Albirex Niigata

Updated to games played on 12 October 2015

Source: J.League Data[2]

References
  1. "2015 J.League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup - League Table". J.League Official Website. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  2. http://www.jleague.jp/en/stats/goal.html?s=YNC
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