2012 J.League Cup

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2012 J.League Cup
Yamazaki Nabisco Cup
Tournament details
Country Japan
Teams18
Final positions
ChampionsKashima Antlers (5th title)
Runner-upShimizu S-Pulse
Tournament statistics
Matches played55
Goals scored170 (3.09 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Yuya Osako (Kashima Antlers) 7 goals
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The 2012 J.League Cup, also known as the 2012 J.League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup for sponsoring purposes, was the 37th edition of the most prestigious Japanese soccer league cup tournament and the 20th edition under the current J.League Cup format.

Kashima Antlers became the winners for two straight years and qualify for the 2013 Suruga Bank Championship.

Format[edit]

Teams from the J.League Division 1 will take part in the tournament. FC Tokyo, Gamba Osaka, Kashiwa Reysol and Nagoya Grampus were given a bye to the quarter-finals due to qualification in the 2012 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[edit]

Standings[edit]

Results[edit]

Group A[edit]

Urawa Red Diamonds1–0Vegalta Sendai
Nagata 49' Report
Attendance: 23,076
Referee: Okabe
Sagan Tosu2–1Kawasaki Frontale
Okada 53'
Noda 65'		 Report 78' Yajima
Attendance: 4,613
Referee: Tojo
Júbilo Iwata2–1Cerezo Osaka
Matsuura 59'
Maeda 88'		 Report 38' Branquinho
Attendance: 8,036
Referee: Kimura
Vegalta Sendai2–0Sagan Tosu
Matsushita 51'
Kakuda 62'		 Report
Attendance: 7,236
Referee: Yoshida
Júbilo Iwata4–3Urawa Red Diamonds
Maeda 7'
Chiyotanda 57'
Matsuura 77'
Yamada 82'		 Report 34' Kojima
45+1' (o.g.) Rodrigo Souto
79' Takahashi
Attendance: 7,824
Referee: Ogiya
Sanfrecce Hiroshima1–1Kawasaki Frontale
Sato 85' Report 58' Jeci
Attendance: 6,413
Referee: Iida
Kawasaki Frontale3–1Vegalta Sendai
Tasaka 45+1'
Kobayashi 45+3', 57'		 Report 90' Muto
Attendance: 8,186
Referee: Matsuo
Júbilo Iwata1–0Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Yamada 85' Report
Attendance: 6,372
Referee: Tojo
Urawa Red Diamonds1–4Cerezo Osaka
Yajima 42' Report 11' Kiyotake
45' Fujimoto
49' Branquinho
81' Bando
Attendance: 16,533
Referee: Sato
Kawasaki Frontale0–3Urawa Red Diamonds
Report 32' Kashiwagi
57', 82' Ugajin
Attendance: 13,608
Referee: Murakami
Cerezo Osaka2–1Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Branquinho 27'
Kim 90+5'		 Report 30' Sato
Attendance: 6,397
Referee: Okabe
Sagan Tosu3–2Júbilo Iwata
Inuzuka 12', 65'
Hayasaka 62'		 Report 52' Matsuoka
88' Yamada
Attendance: 4,642
Referee: Sato
Cerezo Osaka3–2Kawasaki Frontale
Kempes 47'
Kakitani 58', 86'		 Summary Kusukami 30'
Renatinho 68'
Attendance: 6,855
Referee: Koichiro Fukushima
Sanfrecce Hiroshima1–3Vegalta Sendai
Shimizu 24' Summary Nakahara 56' (76)
Wilson 65'
Attendance: 7,234
Referee: Minoru Tojo
Sagan Tosu2–1Urawa Red Diamonds
Toyoda 52'
Mizunuma 80'		 Report Márcio Richardes 77'
Attendance: 7,284
Referee: Kimura
Vegalta Sendai1–0Cerezo Osaka
Ryang Yong-Gi 63' Summary
Attendance: 8,638
Referee: Yoshiro Imamura
Kawasaki Frontale0–1Júbilo Iwata
Summary Yamazaki 25'
Attendance: 7,970
Referee: Jumpei Iida
Sanfrecce Hiroshima5–1Sagan Tosu
Koji Morisaki 45+3', 90'
Satō 55' (pen.)
Ishihara 78', 82'		 Summary Mizunuma 63'
Attendance: 10,132
Referee: Murakami
Vegalta Sendai4–0Júbilo Iwata
Ota 23'
Wilson 56'
Akamine 69'
Watanabe 80'		 Summary
Attendance: 9,865
Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura
Urawa Red Diamonds3–0Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Despotović 43'
Noda 62'
Yajima 80'		 Summary
Attendance: 14,022
Referee: Koichiro Fukushima
Cerezo Osaka5–0Sagan Tosu
Ogihara 24'
Kim Bo-Kyung 45+4' (pen.)
Kakitani 55', 71'
Fujimoto 90'		 Summary
Attendance: 7,280
Referee: Minoru Tojo

Group B[edit]

Consadole Sapporo0–1Albirex Niigata
Report 38' Mineiro
Attendance: 7,487
Referee: Nakamura
Kashima Antlers2–0Vissel Kobe
Osako 20'
Endo 45+1'		 Report
Attendance: 11,379
Referee: Matsuo
Omiya Ardija1–1Yokohama F. Marinos
Carlinhos 15' Report 84' Saitō
Attendance: 7,845
Referee: Yoshida
Kashima Antlers1–0Omiya Ardija
Koroki 31' Report
Attendance: 6,515
Referee: Murakami
Shimizu S-Pulse1–0Albirex Niigata
Kobayashi 16' Report
Attendance: 7,479
Referee: Iemoto
Yokohama F. Marinos1–2Consadole Sapporo
Matsumoto 68' Report 6' Oshima
45+2' Sakaki
Attendance: 7,148
Referee: Fukushima
Consadole Sapporo1–2Kashima Antlers
Sakaki 16' Report 85' Juninho
90+4' Okamoto
Attendance: 6,877
Referee: Okabe
Albirex Niigata1–0Vissel Kobe
Hirai 27' Report
Attendance: 8,158
Referee: Yoshida
Shimizu S-Pulse1–0Yokohama F. Marinos
Brosque 76' Report
Attendance: 8,753
Referee: Kimura
Omiya Ardija1–1Consadole Sapporo
Kim 53' Report 88' Maeda
Attendance: 4,359
Referee: Yoshida
Vissel Kobe1–2Shimizu S-Pulse
Matsumura 64' Report 55' Kobayashi
83' Takagi
Attendance: 3,778
Referee: Fukushima
Yokohama F. Marinos3–2Kashima Antlers
Hyodo 36'
Saitō 83'
Oguro 86'		 Report 58' Endo
68' Juninho
Attendance: 9,693
Referee: Iemoto
Consadole Sapporo0–4Shimizu S-Pulse
Summary Kawai 2'
Lee Ki-Je 5'
Ishige 57'
Sugiyama 78'
Attendance: 3,687
Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida
Omiya Ardija1–0Vissel Kobe
Aoki 31' Summary Bae Chun-Suk Red card 70'
Attendance: 4,204
Albirex Niigata0–1Kashima Antlers
Summary Osako 86'
Attendance: 9,986
Referee: Ryuji Sato
Yokohama F. Marinos0–0Albirex Niigata
Summary
Attendance: 5,345
Referee: Yudai Yamamoto
Shimizu S-Pulse3–1Omiya Ardija
Hiraoka 41'
Omae 72' (pen.)
Shirasaki 88'		 Summary Hasegawa 36'
Fukaya Red card 70'
Attendance: 10,596
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura
Vissel Kobe2–2Consadole Sapporo
Ōkubo 12', 21' Summary Sakai 35'
Okamoto 38'
Attendance: 4,083
Referee: Kazuhiko Matsumura
Kashima Antlers2–1Shimizu S-Pulse
Osako 75', 90' (pen.) Summary Ito 14'
Attendance: 6,207
Referee: Masaaki Iemoto
Albirex Niigata4–3Omiya Ardija
Kogure 62'
Hirai 73'
Suzuki 90', 90+4'		 Summary Shimizu 15', 49'
Watanabe 40'
Attendance: 7,664
Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida
Vissel Kobe3–2Yokohama F. Marinos
Komoto 9', 87'
Morioka 40'		 Summary Ono 37'
Kanai 80'
Attendance: 5,029
Referee: Antonio Arias

Knock-out stage[edit]

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
             
Nagoya Grampus 1 3 4
Shimizu S-Pulse 0 4 4
Shimizu S-Pulse 1 3 4
FC Tokyo 2 0 2
FC Tokyo 2 2 4
Vegalta Sendai 2 1 3
Shimizu S-Pulse
Kashima Antlers
Kashiwa Reysol 3 2 5
Gamba Osaka 1 1 2
Kashiwa Reysol 2 2 4
Kashima Antlers 3 2 5
Cerezo Osaka 1 0 1
Kashima Antlers 2 3 5

Quarter-finals[edit]

First leg[edit]

Kashima Antlers2–1Cerezo Osaka
Iwamasa 22'
Koroki 25'		 Kakitani 33'
Attendance: 6,203
Referee: Kevin Friend
Vegalta Sendai2–2FC Tokyo
Tamura 32'
Wilson 50'		 Watanabe 16'
Ishikawa 30'
Attendance: 8,873
Referee: Darren Deadman
Shimizu S-Pulse0–1Nagoya Grampus
Yoshida 77'
Attendance: 6,719
Referee: Minoru Tojo
Gamba Osaka1–3Kashiwa Reysol
Niwa 83' Kudo 47'
Leandro Domingues 76', 90+5'
Attendance: 7,083
Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida

Second leg[edit]

Kashiwa Reysol2–1Gamba Osaka
Leandro Domingues 17'
Kudo 60'		 Sato 30'
Attendance: 6,910
Referee: Jumpei Iida
Cerezo Osaka0–3Kashima Antlers
Dutra 28'
Koroki 63'
Shibasaki 70'
Attendance: 9,133
Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami
FC Tokyo2–0Vegalta Sendai
Ishikawa 81'
Watanabe 90+3'
Attendance: 10,573
Referee: Kenji Ogiya
Nagoya Grampus3–4Shimizu S-Pulse
Tulio 54'
Fujimoto 76', 87'		 Alex 42'
Jymmy Franca 69'
Senuma 88'
Takagi 90+3'
Attendance: 7,313
Referee: Ryuji Sato

Semifinals[edit]

First leg[edit]

FC Tokyo2–1Shimizu S-Pulse
Kajiyama 35'
Lucas 80' (pen.)		 (Report) Tokunaga 23' (o.g.)
Attendance: 10,347
Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida
Kashima Antlers3–2Kashiwa Reysol
Osako 7', 69'
Renato 36'		 (Report) Barada 35'
Leandro Domingues 62'
Attendance: 9,115
Referee: Hajime Matsuo

Second leg[edit]

Shimizu S-Pulse3–0FC Tokyo
Omae 26', 63', 90+6' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 12,155
Referee: Kenji Ogiya
Kashiwa Reysol2–2Kashima Antlers
Jorge Wagner 37'
Neto Baiano 90+4'		 Report Dutra 12'
Osako 24'
Attendance: 13,527

Final[edit]

Main article: 2012 J.League Cup Final
Shimizu S-Pulse1–2 (a.e.t.)Kashima Antlers
Omae 77' (pen.) Report Shibasaki 73' (pen.), 93'
Attendance: 45,228

Goalscorers[edit]

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Japan Yuya Osako Kashima Antlers 7
2 Japan Genki Omae Shimizu S-Pulse 5
Japan Yoichiro Kakitani Cerezo Osaka 5
4 Brazil Leandro Domingues Kashiwa Reysol 4

References[edit]

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