2015 J.League Cup

2015 J. League Cup

Yamazaki Nabisco Cup

Country

Japan

Teams

Champions

Kashima Antlers

Runners-up

Gamba Osaka

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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.

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

Group A

Team^[1]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
F.C. 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

Group B

Team^[1]	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

Knock-out stage

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final

Kashima Antlers !Kashima Antlers	2	3	5
F.C. Tokyo !F.C. Tokyo	2	0	2
				Kashima Antlers !Kashima Antlers	2	4	6

				Vissel Kobe !Vissel Kobe	1	1	2
Vissel Kobe !Vissel Kobe	2	2	4

Kashiwa Reysol !Kashiwa Reysol	0	3	3
								Kashima Antlers !Kashima Antlers	3
								Gamba Osaka !Gamba Osaka	0
Nagoya Grampus !Nagoya Grampus	1	2	3 (9)
Gamba Osaka !Gamba Osaka (a.e.t.) (p)	1	2	3 (10)
				Gamba Osaka !Gamba Osaka	1	2	3

				Albirex Niigata !Albirex Niigata	2	0	2
Urawa Red Diamonds !Urawa Red Diamonds	0	3	3

Albirex Niigata !Albirex Niigata	5	0	5

Top scorers

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

Updated to games played on 12 October 2015

Source: J. League Data^[2]

First-tier club football seasons, 1965–present

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Suruga Bank Championship

Football clubs in Japan, 2016

J1 League	Albirex Niigata !Albirex Niigata Kashima Antlers !Kashima Antlers Omiya Ardija !Omiya Ardija Avispa Fukuoka !Avispa Fukuoka Shonan Bellmare !Shonan Bellmare Yokohama F. Marinos !Yokohama F. Marinos Kawasaki Frontale !Kawasaki Frontale Gamba Osaka !Gamba Osaka Nagoya Grampus !Nagoya Grampus Júbilo Iwata !Júbilo Iwata Urawa Red Diamonds !Urawa Red Diamonds Kashiwa Reysol !Kashiwa Reysol Sagan Tosu !Sagan Tosu Sanfrecce Hiroshima !Sanfrecce Hiroshima F.C. Tokyo !F.C. Tokyo Vegalta Sendai !Vegalta Sendai Ventforet Kofu !Ventforet Kofu Vissel Kobe !Vissel Kobe

J2 League	Cerezo Osaka !Cerezo Osaka Consadole Sapporo !Consadole Sapporo Ehime FC !Ehime FC Fagiano Okayama !Fagiano Okayama FC Gifu !FC Gifu Giravanz Kitakyushu !Giravanz Kitakyushu Mito HollyHock !Mito HollyHock JEF United Chiba !JEF United Chiba Kamatamare Sanuki !Kamatamare Sanuki Montedio Yamagata !Montedio Yamagata Renofa Yamaguchi !Renofa Yamaguchi Roasso Kumamoto !Roasso Kumamoto Shimizu S-Pulse !Shimizu S-Pulse Kyoto Sanga !Kyoto Sanga Thespakusatsu Gunma !Thespakusatsu Gunma V-Varen Nagasaki !V-Varen Nagasaki Tokyo Verdy !Tokyo Verdy Tokushima Vortis !Tokushima Vortis Matsumoto Yamaga !Matsumoto Yamaga Yokohama FC !Yokohama FC Machida Zelvia !Machida Zelvia Zweigen Kanazawa !Zweigen Kanazawa

J3 League	Blaublitz Akita !Blaublitz Akita Fukushima United !Fukushima United Gainare Tottori !Gainare Tottori Grulla Morioka !Grulla Morioka Kagoshima United !Kagoshima United Kataller Toyama !Kataller Toyama Fujieda MYFC !Fujieda MYFC Nagano Parceiro !Nagano Parceiro FC Ryukyu !FC Ryukyu SC Sagamihara !SC Sagamihara Tochigi SC !Tochigi SC Oita Trinita !Oita Trinita YSCC Yokohama !YSCC Yokohama

100 Year Plan clubs	Azul Claro Numazu !Azul Claro Numazu Nara Club !Nara Club Tonan Maebashi !Tonan Maebashi Vanraure Hachinohe !Vanraure Hachinohe Tochigi Uva !Tochigi Uva Tokyo Musashino City !Tokyo Musashino City F.C. Imabari

Japan Football League	Azul Claro Numazu !Azul Claro Numazu Briobecca Urayasu Fagiano Okayama Next !Fagiano Okayama Next Honda FC !Honda FC Honda Lock !Honda Lock Maruyasu Okazaki !Maruyasu Okazaki MIO Biwako Shiga !MIO Biwako Shiga Nara Club !Nara Club FC Osaka !FC Osaka ReinMeer Aomori Ryutsu Keizai Dragons !Ryutsu Keizai Dragons Sony Sendai !Sony Sendai Tochigi Uva !Tochigi Uva Vanraure Hachinohe !Vanraure Hachinohe Verspah Oita !Verspah Oita Tokyo Musashino City !Tokyo Musashino City

Defunct clubs (clubs belong to nationwide leagues only)	Sagawa Printing !Sagawa Printing Fukushima FC !Fukushima FC Arte Takasaki !Arte Takasaki JEF Reserves !JEF Reserves Sagawa Express Tokyo !Sagawa Express Tokyo NKK SC !NKK SC Yokohama Flügels !Yokohama Flügels ALO's Hokuriku !ALO's Hokuriku Jatco FC !Jatco FC Hagoromo Club Toyota Higashi-Fuji !Toyota Higashi-Fuji Seino Transportation !Seino Transportation Cosmo Oil Yokkaichi !Cosmo Oil Yokkaichi Sagawa Shiga !Sagawa Shiga Sagawa Express Osaka !Sagawa Express Osaka Eidai SC !Eidai SC Teijin SC !Teijin SC Nippon Steel Yawata !Nippon Steel Yawata Tosu Futures !Tosu Futures Profesor Miyazaki !Profesor Miyazaki

2015 in Japanese football

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League competitions

Cup competitions

International club

Related to national teams

Men	Summary AFC Asian Cup

Club seasons

J. League Division 1	Albirex Niigata Kashima Antlers Yokohama F. Marinos Kawasaki Frontale Gamba Osaka Nagoya Grampus Urawa Red Diamonds Kashiwa Reysol Matsumoto Yamaga FC Montedio Yamagata Shimizu S-Pulse Sagan Tosu Sanfrecce Hiroshima Shonan Bellmare F.C. Tokyo Vegalta Sendai Ventforet Kofu Vissel Kobe

J. League Division 2	Omiya Ardija Cerezo Osaka Tokushima Vortis

J.League Cup champions

6 titles

Kashima Antlers (1997

2015)

3 titles

Tokyo Verdy (1992

1993

1994)

2 titles

Júbilo Iwata (1998 2010)

Gamba Osaka (2007 2014)

JEF United Chiba (2005 2006)

Kashiwa Reysol (1999 2013)

F.C. Tokyo (2004 2009)

1 title

Shimizu S-Pulse (1996)

Urawa Red Diamonds (2003)

Yokohama F. Marinos (2001)

Oita Trinita (2008)

References

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

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