2009 J.League Cup

The 2009 J.League Cup, more widely known as the 2009 J.League Yamazaki 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.

2009 J.League Cup
J.League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup
Country Japan
DatesMarch 25 and November 3
Champions FC Tokyo (2nd title)
Runners-upKawasaki Frontale
Semi-finalists
Matches played55
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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)

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
             
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
Main article: 2009 J.League Cup Final
F.C. Tokyo2–0Kawasaki Frontale
Yonemoto 22'
Hirayama 59'		 (Report)
Attendance: 44,308
Referee: Shinji Murakami

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

Awards

See also
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