2001 J.League Cup
J.League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup
Tournament details
Country Japan
Dates4 April – 27 October 2001
Teams28
Final positions
ChampionsYokohama F. Marinos (1st title)
Runner-upJúbilo Iwata
Semifinalists
Tournament statistics
Matches played53
Goals scored130 (2.45 per match)
Attendance310,277 (5,854 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Tuto
Shoji Jo
Masashi Nakayama
Masanobu Matsunami
Tatsuhiko Kubo
Wagner Lopes
(4 goals each)
MVP AwardTatsuya Enomoto
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2002 →

Statistics of J. League Cup, officially the 2001 J.League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup, in the 2001 season.

Overview

It was contested by 28 teams, and Yokohama F. Marinos won the championship.

Results

1st round

The first legs were played on 4 April, and the second legs were played on 18 April. 12 teams from the Division 1 and all 12 teams from the Division 2 entered this round.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Shonan Bellmare 0–1 Kashiwa Reysol 0–1 0–0
Montedio Yamagata 2–3 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–0 0–3
Kyoto Purple Sanga 0–4 Gamba Osaka 0–2 0–2
Omiya Ardija 1–2 JEF United Ichihara 1–1 0–1
Oita Trinita 3–2 Consadole Sapporo 2–0 1–2
Júbilo Iwata 4–3 Cerezo Osaka 2–2 2–1
Yokohama FC 3–1 Tokyo Verdy 1–1 2–0
Mito HollyHock 1–4 Yokohama F. Marinos 0–1 1–3
Vegalta Sendai 3–4 Avispa Fukuoka 1–2 2–2
Sagan Tosu 1–7 Vissel Kobe 1–3 0–4
FC Tokyo 6–0 Ventforet Kofu 5–0 1–0
Albirex Niigata 0–4 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0–2 0–2
1st Leg
4 April 2001 (2001-04-04) Shonan Bellmare 0–1 Kashiwa Reysol Hiratsuka
19:00 Report Kato 8' Stadium: Hiratsuka Stadium
Attendance: 3,036
Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)
4 April 2001 (2001-04-04) Montedio Yamagata 2–0 Urawa Red Diamonds Tendō
19:04 Y. Sato 33'
Horii 43'		 Report Stadium: Yamagata Park Stadium
Attendance: 3,771
Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida
4 April 2001 (2001-04-04) Kyoto Purple Sanga 0–2 Gamba Osaka Kyoto
19:00 Report Matsunami 8', 40' Stadium: Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 3,405
Referee: Yoshitsugu Katayama
4 April 2001 (2001-04-04) Omiya Ardija 1–1 JEF United Ichihara Ōmiya-ku
19:01 Jorginho 69' Report H. Satō 84' Stadium: Omiya Football Stadium
Attendance: 2,343
Referee: Masayoshi Okada
4 April 2001 (2001-04-04) Oita Trinita 2–0 Consadole Sapporo Ōita
19:00 Yoshida 13'
K. Sato 49'		 Report Stadium: Oita Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 4,419
Referee: Hirofumi Yamanishi
4 April 2001 (2001-04-04) Júbilo Iwata 2–2 Cerezo Osaka Iwata
19:00 Takahara 77', 80' Report Ōkubo 6'
Manaka 89'		 Stadium: Júbilo Iwata Stadium
Attendance: 6,536
Referee: Kazuhisa Osada
4 April 2001 (2001-04-04) Yokohama FC 1–1 Tokyo Verdy Yokohama
19:05 Morita 39' Report Iio 58' Stadium: Mitsuzawa Football Stadium
Attendance: 2,935
Referee: Yasuhiro Matsuzaki
4 April 2001 (2001-04-04) Mito HollyHock 0–1 Yokohama F. Marinos Utsunomiya
19:00 Report Jo 85' Stadium: Tochigi Green Stadium
Attendance: 6,211
Referee: Kazuhiko Matsumura
4 April 2001 (2001-04-04) Vegalta Sendai 1–2 Avispa Fukuoka Sendai
19:00 Ōtomo 69' Report Yamashita 61'
Villalonga 65'		 Stadium: Sendai Stadium
Attendance: 5,422
Referee: Yasuhiro Hemmi
4 April 2001 (2001-04-04) Sagan Tosu 1–3 Vissel Kobe Tosu
19:01 Fukudome 12' Report Nunobe 61'
Tsuchiya 79'
Miura 89'		 Stadium: Tosu Stadium
Attendance: 3,632
Referee: Hideaki Harada
4 April 2001 (2001-04-04) FC Tokyo 5–0 Ventforet Kofu Tokyo
19:03 Lopes 53', 69', 89'
Kagami 58'
Miura 73'		 Report Stadium: Tokyo Stadium
Attendance: 5,885
Referee: Tetsuya Hamana
4 April 2001 (2001-04-04) Albirex Niigata 0–2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima Niigata
19:01 Report Fujimoto 44'
Hattori 81'		 Stadium: Niigata Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 2,261
Referee: Toru Kamikawa
2nd Leg
18 April 2001 (2001-04-18) Kashiwa Reysol 0–0
(1–0 agg.)		Shonan BellmareKashiwa
Report Stadium: Hitachi Stadium
Attendance: 5,163
Referee: Takao Onshi
18 April 2001 (2001-04-18) Urawa Red Diamonds 3–0
(3–2 agg.)		Montedio YamagataUrawa-ku
Tuto 15', 86'
Donizete 70'		 Report Stadium: Urawa Komaba Stadium
Attendance: 9,919
Referee: Joji Kashihara
18 April 2001 (2001-04-18) Gamba Osaka 2–0
(4–0 agg.)		Kyoto Purple SangaOsaka
Matsunami 40'
Vital 68'		 Report Stadium: Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium
Attendance: 2,638
Referee: Hiroyuki Umemoto
18 April 2001 (2001-04-18) JEF United Ichihara 1–0
(2–1 agg.)		Omiya ArdijaIchihara
Milinovič 56' Report Stadium: Ichihara Stadium
Attendance: 1,914
Referee: Leslie Mottram (Scotland)
18 April 2001 (2001-04-18) Consadole Sapporo2–1
(2–3 agg.)		 Oita Trinita Muroran
Will 15', 43' Report K. Sato 33' Stadium: Muroran Irie Stadium
Attendance: 2,439
Referee: Toru Kamikawa
18 April 2001 (2001-04-18) Cerezo Osaka1–2
(3–4 agg.)		 Júbilo Iwata Osaka
Manaka 89' Report Zivkovic 87'
Nakayama 89'		 Stadium: Nagai Stadium
Attendance: 7,136
Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida
18 April 2001 (2001-04-18) Tokyo Verdy0–2
(1–3 agg.)		 Yokohama FC Tokyo
Report Yokoyama 36'
Sato 76'		 Stadium: Tokyo Stadium
Attendance: 2,960
Referee: Akio Okutani
18 April 2001 (2001-04-18) Yokohama F. Marinos 3–1
(4–1 agg.)		Mito HollyHockYokohama
Hato 1'
Nakamura 68'
Jo 89'		 Report Kawamura 85' Stadium: Mitsuzawa Football Stadium
Attendance: 5,078
Referee: Noboru Ishiyama
18 April 2001 (2001-04-18) Avispa Fukuoka 2–2
(4–3 agg.)		Vegalta SendaiFukuoka
Villalonga 57'
Miyoshi 89'		 Report Iwamoto 25'
Hasumi 74'		 Stadium: Hakatanomori Football Stadium
Attendance: 4,617
Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)
18 April 2001 (2001-04-18) Vissel Kobe 4–0
(7–1 agg.)		Sagan TosuKobe
Nunobe 69'
Sidic Lei 75'
Miura 84'
Mori 89'		 Report Stadium: Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 2,190
Referee: Hiroyushi Onishi
18 April 2001 (2001-04-18) Ventforet Kofu0–1
(0–6 agg.)		 FC Tokyo Kōfu
Report Lopes 59' Stadium: Kose Sports Park Stadium
Attendance: 1,700
Referee: Masayoshi Okada
18 April 2001 (2001-04-18) Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2–0
(4–0 agg.)		Albirex NiigataHiroshima
Takahashi 11'
Kubo 26'		 Report Stadium: Hiroshima Stadium
Attendance: 2,859
Referee: Kazuhiko Matsumura

2nd round

The first legs were played on 13 June, and the second legs were played on 20 June. The 4 remaining teams from the Division 1 entered this round.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Kashiwa Reysol 3–5 Kashima Antlers 3–1 0–4
Gamba Osaka 3–6 Urawa Red Diamonds 1–3 2–3
JEF United Ichihara 2–2 (5–4 p) Shimizu S-Pulse 1–0 1–2 (a.e.t.)
Júbilo Iwata 2–1 Oita Trinita 1–0 1–1
Yokohama FC 1–3 Kawasaki Frontale 0–1 1–2
Avispa Fukuoka 0–5 Yokohama F. Marinos 0–3 0–2
Vissel Kobe 3–4 Nagoya Grampus Eight 2–2 1–2
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 5–4 FC Tokyo 3–3 2–1 (a.e.t.)
1st Leg
13 June 2001 (2001-06-13) Kashiwa Reysol 3–1 Kashima Antlers Kashiwa
19:02 Watanabe 20'
Kato 35'
Kitajima 86'		 Report Yanagisawa 73' Stadium: Kashiwanoha Stadium
Attendance: 7,395
Referee: Kazuhisa Osada
13 June 2001 (2001-06-13) Gamba Osaka 1–3 Urawa Red Diamonds Osaka
19:01 Futagawa 61' Report Ono 44', 83'
Tuto 64'		 Stadium: Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium
Attendance: 4,147
Referee: Masayoshi Okada
13 June 2001 (2001-06-13) JEF United Ichihara 1–0 Shimizu S-Pulse Ichihara
19:00 unknown 32' (o.g.) Report Stadium: Ichihara Stadium
Attendance: 2,219
Referee: Tetsu Karakida
13 June 2001 (2001-06-13) Júbilo Iwata 1–0 Oita Trinita Iwata
19:00 Shimizu 17' Report Stadium: Júbilo Iwata Stadium
Attendance: 6,770
Referee: Hiroyuki Umemoto
13 June 2001 (2001-06-13) Yokohama FC 0–1 Kawasaki Frontale Yokohama
19:00 Report Ganaha 54' Stadium: Mitsuzawa Football Stadium
Attendance: 2,086
Referee: Noboru Ishiyama
13 June 2001 (2001-06-13) Avispa Fukuoka 0–3 Yokohama F. Marinos Fukuoka
19:00 Report Kazuma 7'
Jo 38', 42'		 Stadium: Hakatanomori Football Stadium
Attendance: 4,580
Referee: Kazuhiro Matsumura
13 June 2001 (2001-06-13) Vissel Kobe 2–2 Nagoya Grampus Eight Kobe
19:05 Yabuta 42'
Watada 62'		 Report Ueslei 36'
Hiraoka 51'		 Stadium: Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 4,739
Referee: Joji Kashihara
13 June 2001 (2001-06-13) Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3–3 FC Tokyo Hiroshima
19:00 Kubo 40', 62', 63' Report Kobayashi 23', 65'
Kelly 89'		 Stadium: Hiroshima Stadium
Attendance: 2,440
Referee: Yasuhiro Matsuzaki
2nd Leg
20 June 2001 (2001-06-20) Kashima Antlers 4–0
(5–3 agg.)		Kashiwa ReysolKashima
19:04 unknown 39' (o.g.)
Hirase 57'
Suzuki 69'
Yanagisawa 82'		 Report Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 7,848
Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida
20 June 2001 (2001-06-20) Urawa Red Diamonds 3–2
(6–3 agg.)		Gamba OsakaSaitama
19:05 Tuto 28'
Nagai 60'
Shinji Ono 80'		 Report Vital 66'
Matsunami 77'		 Stadium: Urawa Komaba Stadium
Attendance: 9,285
Referee: Dick Jol (Netherlands)
20 June 2001 (2001-06-20) Shimizu S-Pulse2–1 (a.e.t.)
(2–2 agg.)
(4–5 p)		 JEF United Ichihara Shizuoka
19:00 Sawanobori 17'
Alex 19'		 Report Oshiba 3' Stadium: Kusanagi Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 8,039
Referee: Takao Onshi
Penalties
Alex soccer ball with check mark
Ito soccer ball with check mark
Hiramatsu soccer ball with red X
Baron soccer ball with check mark
Morioka soccer ball with check mark		 soccer ball with check mark Choi Yong-soo
soccer ball with check mark Muto
soccer ball with check mark Mujčin
soccer ball with check mark Ibata
soccer ball with check mark Nakanishi
20 June 2001 (2001-06-20) Oita Trinita1–1
(1–2 agg.)		 Júbilo Iwata Kumamoto
19:02 Takamatsu 9' Report Nakayama 66' Stadium: Kumamoto Athletics Stadium
Attendance: 9,741
Referee: Hideaki Harada
20 June 2001 (2001-06-20) Kawasaki Frontale 2–1
(3–1 agg.)		Yokohama FCKawasaki
19:00 Emerson Sheik 28'
Watanabe 51'		 Report Shingi Ono 60' Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
Attendance: 3,756
Referee: Hiroyuki Onishi
20 June 2001 (2001-06-20) Yokohama F. Marinos 2–0
(5–0 agg.)		Avispa FukuokaYokohama
19:01 Hirama 1', 29' Report Stadium: Mitsuzawa Football Stadium
Attendance: 6,256
Referee: Tetsu Karakida
20 June 2001 (2001-06-20) Nagoya Grampus Eight 2–1
(4–3 agg.)		Vissel KobeNagoya
19:00 Oulida 15'
Ueslei 52'		 Report Conceicao 28' Stadium: Mizuho Athletics Stadium
Attendance: 6,476
Referee: Akio Okutani
20 June 2001 (2001-06-20) FC Tokyo1–2 (a.e.t.)
(4–5 agg.)		 Sanfrecce Hiroshima Tokyo
19:04 Kelly 44' Report Takahashi 71'
Oki gold-colored soccer ball 110' 		Stadium: Tokyo Stadium
Attendance: 5,956
Referee: Kazuhisa Osada

Quarterfinals

The first legs were played on 8 August, and the second legs were played from 22 to 29 August.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2–4 Nagoya Grampus Eight 2–3 0–1
Júbilo Iwata 4–2 JEF United Ichihara 2–2 2–0
Urawa Red Diamonds 1–2 Kashima Antlers 1–0 0–2 (a.e.t.)
Yokohama F. Marinos 5–0 Kawasaki Frontale 3–0 2–0
1st Leg
8 August 2001 (2001-08-08) Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2–3 Nagoya Grampus Eight Hiroshima
19:01 Oki 21', 38' Report Nakamura 27', 39'
Okayama 49'		 Stadium: West Hiroshima Stadium
Attendance: 4,080
Referee: Leslie Mottram (Scotland)
8 August 2001 (2001-08-08) Júbilo Iwata 2–2 JEF United Ichihara Kagoshima
19:06 Nakayama 36', 80' Report Choi Yong-soo 68', 76' Stadium: Kagoshima Kamoike Stadium
Attendance: 11,038
Referee: Dick Jol (Netherlands)
8 August 2001 (2001-08-08) Urawa Red Diamonds 1–0 Kashima Antlers Saitama
19:05 Adriano 89' Report Stadium: Urawa Komaba Stadium
Attendance: 12,062
Referee: Masayoshi Okada
8 August 2001 (2001-08-08) Yokohama F. Marinos 3–0 Kawasaki Frontale Yokohama
19:00 Ueno 15'
Endō 43', 67'		 Report Stadium: Mitsuzawa Football Stadium
Attendance: 7,249
Referee: Joji Kashihara
2nd Leg
22 August 2001 (2001-08-22) Nagoya Grampus Eight 1–0
(4–2 agg.)		Sanfrecce HiroshimaNagoya
19:00 Ueslei 62' Report Stadium: Mizuho Athletics Stadium
Attendance: 7,521
Referee: Shinichiro Obata
28 August 2001 (2001-08-28) JEF United Ichihara0–2
(2–4 agg.)		 Júbilo Iwata Ichihara
19:00 Report Kawaguchi 80'
Maeda 85'		 Stadium: Ichihara Stadium
Attendance: 4,809
Referee: Tetsuya Hamana
29 August 2001 (2001-08-29) Kashima Antlers 2–0 (a.e.t.)
(2–1 agg.)		Urawa Red DiamondsKashima
19:04 Akita 47'
Hasegawa gold-colored soccer ball 92' 		Report Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 11,472
Referee: Yasuhiro Matsuzaki
29 August 2001 (2001-08-29) Kawasaki Frontale0–2
(0–5 agg.)		 Yokohama F. Marinos Kawasaki
19:05 Report Brito 6', 50' Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
Attendance: 6,115
Referee: Takao Onshi

Semifinals

The first legs were played on 26 September, and the second legs were played on 10 October.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Júbilo Iwata 1–0 Kashima Antlers 1–0 0–0
Nagoya Grampus Eight 0–1 Yokohama F. Marinos 0–1 0–0
1st Leg
26 September 2001 (2001-09-26) Júbilo Iwata 1–0 Kashima Antlers Iwata
19:05 Shimizu 54' Report Stadium: Júbilo Iwata Stadium
Attendance: 8,547
Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)
26 September 2001 (2001-09-26) Nagoya Grampus Eight 0–1 Yokohama F. Marinos Nagoya
19:05 Report Nakamura 61' Stadium: Mizuho Athletics Stadium
Attendance: 4,754
Referee: Toru Kamikawa
2nd Leg
10 October 2001 (2001-10-10) Kashima Antlers0–0
(0–1 agg.)		 Júbilo Iwata Kashima
19:04 Report Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 7,367
Referee: Toru Kamikawa
10 October 2001 (2001-10-10) Yokohama F. Marinos 0–0
(1–0 agg.)		Nagoya Grampus EightYokohama
19:05 Report Stadium: Mitsuzawa Football Stadium
Attendance: 4,042
Referee: Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius)

Final

Main article: 2001 J.League Cup Final
Júbilo Iwata0–0 (a.e.t.)Yokohama F. Marinos
Report
Penalties
Fujita soccer ball with red X
Nakayama soccer ball with check mark
Živković soccer ball with red X
Maeda soccer ball with red X		 1–3 soccer ball with check mark Nakamura
soccer ball with check mark Sakata
soccer ball with red X Hato
soccer ball with red X Dutra
soccer ball with check mark Omura
National Stadium, Tokyo
Attendance: 31,019
Referee: Leslie Mottram (Scotland)

Yokohama F. Marinos won the championship.

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