2012 J.League Cup

2012 J. League Cup
Yamazaki Nabisco Cup
Country  Japan
Teams 18
Champions Kashima Antlers
Runners-up Shimizu S-Pulse
Matches played 55
Goals scored 170 (3.09 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Yuya Osako (Kashima Antlers) 7 goals
← 2011 2013 →

The 2012 J. League Cup, also known as the 2012 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

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

Standings

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Cerezo Osaka 6402157+812
Vegalta Sendai 6402115+412
Jubilo Iwata 64021011−112
Urawa Red Diamonds 63031210+29
Sagan Tosu 6303816−89
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 6114811−34
Kawasaki Frontale 6114711−44

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Shimizu S-Pulse 6501124+815
Kashima Antlers 6501105+515
Albirex Niigata 631265+110
Yokohama F. Marinos 612379−25
Omiya Ardija 6123710−35
Consadole Sapporo 6123611−55
Vissel Kobe 6114610−44

Results

Group A

20 March 2012
Tuesday 15:01
Urawa Red Diamonds 1 - 0 Vegalta Sendai
Nagata  49' Report
Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 23,076
Referee: Okabe

20 March 2012
Tuesday 16:04
Sagan Tosu 2 - 1 Kawasaki Frontale
Okada  53'
Noda  65' 		Report  78' Yajima
Best Amenity Stadium
Attendance: 4,613
Referee: Tojo

20 March 2012
Tuesday 19:04
Jubilo Iwata 2 - 1 Cerezo Osaka
Matsuura  59'
Maeda  88' 		Report  38' Branquinho
Yamaha Stadium
Attendance: 8,036
Referee: Kimura

4 April 2012
Wednesday 19:03
Vegalta Sendai 2 - 0 Sagan Tosu
Matsushita  51'
Kakuda  62' 		Report
Yurtec Stadium Sendai
Attendance: 7,236
Referee: Yoshida

4 April 2012
Wednesday 19:04
Jubilo Iwata 4 - 3 Urawa Red Diamonds
Maeda  7'
Chiyotanda  57'
Matsuura  77'
Yamada  82' 		Report  34' Kojima
 45+1' (o.g.) Rodrigo Souto
 79' Takahashi
Yamaha Stadium
Attendance: 7,824
Referee: Ogiya

4 April 2012
Wednesday 19:04
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1 - 1 Kawasaki Frontale
Sato  85' Report  58' Jeci
Hiroshima Big Arch
Attendance: 6,413
Referee: Iida

18 April 2012
Wednesday 19:00
Kawasaki Frontale 3 - 1 Vegalta Sendai
Tasaka  45+1'
Kobayashi  45+3', 57' 		Report  90' Muto
Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
Attendance: 8,186
Referee: Matsuo

18 April 2012
Wednesday 19:04
Jubilo Iwata 1 - 0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Yamada  85' Report
Yamaha Stadium
Attendance: 6,372
Referee: Tojo

18 April 2012
Wednesday 19:30
Urawa Red Diamonds 1 - 4 Cerezo Osaka
Yajima  42' Report  11' Kiyotake
 45' Fujimoto
 49' Branquinho
 81' Bando
Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 16,533
Referee: Sato

16 May 2012
Wednesday 19:00
Kawasaki Frontale 0 - 3 Urawa Red Diamonds
Report  32' Kashiwagi
 57', 82' Ugajin
Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
Attendance: 13,608
Referee: Murakami

16 May 2012
Wednesday 19:04
Cerezo Osaka 2 - 1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Branquinho  27'
Kim  90+5' 		Report  30' Sato
KINCHO Stadium
Attendance: 6,397
Referee: Okabe

16 May 2012
Wednesday 19:04
Sagan Tosu 3 - 2 Jubilo Iwata
Inuzuka  12', 65'
Hayasaka  62' 		Report  52' Matsuoka
 88' Yamada
Best Amenity Stadium
Attendance: 4,642
Referee: Sato

6 June 2012
Wednesday 19:00
Cerezo Osaka 3 - 2 Kawasaki Frontale
Kempes  47'
Kakitani  58', 86' 		Summary Kusukami  30'
Renatinho  68'
Nagai Ball Gall Field
Attendance: 6,855
Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

6 June 2012
Wednesday 19:00
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1 - 3 Vegalta Sendai
Shimizu  24' Summary Nakahara  56' (76)
Wilson  65'
Hiroshima Big Arch
Attendance: 7,234
Referee: Minoru Tojo

6 June 2012
Wednesday 19:00
Sagan Tosu 2 - 1 Urawa Red Diamonds
Toyoda  52'
Mizunuma  80' 		[ Report]
Summary 		Marcio Richardes  77'
Best Amenity Stadium
Attendance: 7,284
Referee: Kimura

9 June 2012
Saturday 16:00
Vegalta Sendai 1 - 0 Cerezo Osaka
Ryang Yong-Gi  63' Summary
Yurtec Stadium Sendai
Attendance: 8,638
Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

9 June 2012
Saturday 16:00
Kawasaki Frontale 0 - 1 Jubilo Iwata
Summary Yamazaki  25'
Todoroki Athletics Stadium
Attendance: 7,970
Referee: Jumpei Iida

9 June 2012
Saturday 16:00
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 5 - 1 Sagan Tosu
Koji Morisaki  45+3', 90'
Satō  55' (pen.)
Ishihara  78', 82' 		[ Report]
Summary 		Mizunuma  63'
Hiroshima Big Arch
Attendance: 10,132
Referee: Murakami

27 June 2012
Wednesday 19:00
Vegalta Sendai 4 - 0 Jubilo Iwata
Ota  23'
Wilson  56'
Akamine  69'
Watanabe  80' 		Summary
Yurtec Stadium Sendai
Attendance: 9,865
Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

27 June 2012
Wednesday 19:01
Urawa Red Diamonds 3 - 0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Despotović  43'
Noda  62'
Yajima  80' 		Summary
Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 14,022
Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

27 June 2012
Wednesday 19:00
Cerezo Osaka 5 - 0 Sagan Tosu
Ogihara  24'
Kim Bo-Kyung  45+4' (pen.)
Kakitani  55', 71'
Fujimoto  90' 		Summary
Kincho Stadium
Attendance: 7,280
Referee: Minoru Tojo

Group B

20 March 2012
Tuesday 13:04
Consadole Sapporo 0 - 1 Albirex Niigata
Report  38' Mineiro
Sapporo Dome
Attendance: 7,487
Referee: Nakamura

20 March 2012
Tuesday 15:00
Kashima Antlers 2 - 0 Vissel Kobe
Osako  20'
Endo  45+1' 		Report
Kashima Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 11,379
Referee: Matsuo

20 March 2012
Tuesday 16:00
Omiya Ardija 1 - 1 Yokohama F. Marinos
Carlinhos  15' Report  84' Saito
NACK5 Stadium Omiya
Attendance: 7,845
Referee: Yoshida

4 April 2012
Wednesday 19:00
Kashima Antlers 1 - 0 Omiya Ardija
Koroki  31' Report
Kashima Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 6,515
Referee: Murakami

4 April 2012
Wednesday 19:04
Shimizu S-Pulse 1 - 0 Albirex Niigata
Kobayashi  16' Report
OUTSOURCING Stadium Nihondaira
Attendance: 7,479
Referee: Iemoto

4 April 2012
Wednesday 19:33
Yokohama F. Marinos 1 - 2 Consadole Sapporo
Matsumoto  68' Report  6' Oshima
 45+2' Sakaki
Nippatsu Mitsuzawa Stadium
Attendance: 7,148
Referee: Fukushima

18 April 2012
Wednesday 19:03
Consadole Sapporo 1 - 2 Kashima Antlers
Sakaki  16' Report  85' Juninho
 90+4' Okamoto
Sapporo Dome
Attendance: 6,877
Referee: Okabe

18 April 2012
Wednesday 19:03
Albirex Niigata 1 - 0 Vissel Kobe
Hirai  27' Report
Tohoku Denryoku Big Swan Stadium
Attendance: 8,158
Referee: Yoshida

16 May 2012
Wednesday 19:03
Omiya Ardija 1 - 1 Consadole Sapporo
Kim  53' Report  88' Maeda
NACK5 Stadium Omiya
Attendance: 4,359
Referee: Yoshida

16 May 2012
Wednesday 19:04
Vissel Kobe 1 - 2 Shimizu S-Pulse
Matsumura  64' Report  55' Kobayashi
 83' Takagi
HOME'S Stadium Kobe
Attendance: 3,778
Referee: Fukushima

16 May 2012
Wednesday 19:33
Yokohama F. Marinos 3 - 2 Kashima Antlers
Hyodo  36'
Saito  83'
Oguro  86' 		Report  58' Endo
 68' Juninho

6 June 2012
Wednesday 19:00
Consadole Sapporo 0 - 4 Shimizu S-Pulse
Summary Kawai  2'
Lee Ki-Je  5'
Ishige  57'
Sugiyama  78'
Sapporo Dome
Attendance: 3,687
Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida

6 June 2012
Wednesday 19:00
Omiya Ardija 1 - 0 Vissel Kobe
Aoki  31' Summary Bae Chun-Suk Red card 70'
NACK5 Stadium Omiya
Attendance: 4,204

6 June 2012
Wednesday 19:00
Albirex Niigata 0 - 1 Kashima Antlers
Summary Osako  86'
Tohoku Electric Power Big Swan Stadium
Attendance: 9,986
Referee: Ryuji Sato

9 June 2012
Saturday 13:00
Yokohama F. Marinos 0 - 0 Albirex Niigata
Summary
Nissan Stadium
Attendance: 5,345
Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

9 June 2012
Saturday 13:00
Shimizu S-Pulse 3 - 1 Omiya Ardija
Hiraoka  41'
Omae  72' (pen.)
Shirasaki  88' 		Sumamry Hasegawa  36'
Fukaya Red card 70'
Outsourcing Stadium Nihondaira
Attendance: 10,596
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

9 June 2012
Saturday 13:00
Vissel Kobe 2 - 2 Consadole Sapporo
Ōkubo  12', 21' Summary Sakai  35'
Okamoto  38'
Home's Stadium Kobe
Attendance: 4,083
Referee: Kazuhiko Matsumura

27 June 2012
Wednesday 19:04
Kashima Antlers 2 - 1 Shimizu S-Pulse
Osako  75', 90' (pen.) Summary Ito  14'
Kashima Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 6,207
Referee: Masaaki Iemoto

27 June 2012
Wednesday 19:03
Albirex Niigata 4 - 3 Omiya Ardija
Kogure  62'
Hirai  73'
Suzuki  90', 90+4' 		Summary Shimizu  15', 49'
Watanabe  40'
Tohoku Electric Power Big Swan Stadium
Attendance: 7,664
Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida

27 June 2012
Wednesday 19:04
Vissel Kobe 3 - 2 Yokohama F. Marinos
Komoto  9', 87'
Morioka  40' 		Summary Ono  37'
Kanai  80'
Home's Stadium Kobe
Attendance: 5,029
Referee: Antonio Arias

Knock-out stage

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

  Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                             
 Nagoya Grampus 1 3 4  
 Shimizu S-Pulse 0 4 4  
   Shimizu S-Pulse 1 3 4  
   F.C. Tokyo 2 0 2  
 F.C. 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

First leg

2012-07-25
19:00
Kashima Antlers 2 – 1 Cerezo Osaka
Iwamasa  22'
Koroki  25' 		Kakitani  33'
Kashima Soccer Stadium, Kashima
Attendance: 6,203
Referee: Kevin Friend

2012-07-25
19:04
Vegalta Sendai 2 – 2 F.C. Tokyo
Tamura  32'
Wilson  50' 		Watanabe  16'
Ishikawa  30'
Yurtec Stadium Sendai, Sendai
Attendance: 8,873
Referee: Darren Deadman

2012-07-25
19:04
Shimizu S-Pulse 0 – 1 Nagoya Grampus
Yoshida  77'
Outsourcing Stadium Nihondaira, Shimizu, Shizuoka
Attendance: 6,719
Referee: Minoru Tojo

2012-07-25
19:03
Gamba Osaka 1 – 3 Kashiwa Reysol
Niwa  83' Kudo  47'
Leandro Domingues  76',  90+5'
Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium, Suita, Osaka
Attendance: 7,083
Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida

Second leg

2012-08-08
19:04
Kashiwa Reysol 2 – 1 Gamba Osaka
Leandro Domingues  17'
Kudo  60' 		Sato  30'
Kashiwa Hitachi Stadium, Kashiwa, Chiba
Attendance: 6,910
Referee: Jumpei Iida

2012-08-08
19:04
Cerezo Osaka 0 – 3 Kashima Antlers
Dutra  28'
Koroki  63'
Shibasaki  70'
Osaka Nagai Stadium, Osaka
Attendance: 9,133
Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami

2012-08-08
19:05
F.C. Tokyo 2 – 0 Vegalta Sendai
Ishikawa  81'
Watanabe  90+3'
Ajinomoto Stadium, Chōfu, Tokyo
Attendance: 10,573
Referee: Kenji Ogiya

2012-08-08
19:03
Nagoya Grampus 3 – 4 Shimizu S-Pulse
Tulio  54'
Fujimoto  76',  87' 		Alex  42'
Jymmy Franca  69'
Senuma  88'
Takagi  90+3'
Mizuho Athletic Stadium, Nagoya
Attendance: 7,313
Referee: Ryuji Sato

Semifinals

First leg

2012-09-05
19:04
F.C. Tokyo 2 – 1 Shimizu S-Pulse
Kajiyama  35'
Lucas  80' (pen.) 		(Report) Tokunaga  23' (o.g.)
Ajinomoto Stadium, Chōfu, Tokyo
Attendance: 10,347
Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida

2012-09-05
19:04
Kashima Antlers 3 – 2 Kashiwa Reysol
Osako  7',  69'
Renato  36' 		(Report) Barada  35'
Leandro Domingues  62'
Kashima Soccer Stadium, Kashima
Attendance: 9,115
Referee: Hajime Matsuo

Second leg

2012-10-13
14:00
Shimizu S-Pulse 3 – 0 F.C. Tokyo
Omae  26', 63', 90+6' (pen.) Report

Final

Goalscorers

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

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