2015 J.League Cup
Yamazaki Nabisco Cup
Tournament details
Country Japan
Teams18
Final positions
ChampionsKashima Antlers (6th title)
Runner-upGamba Osaka
Semifinalists
  • Albirex Niigata
  • Vissel Kobe
Tournament statistics
Top goal scorer(s)Kazuma Watanabe
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The 2015 J.League Cup, also known as the 2015 J.League 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

Group A

Standings

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
FC 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
Source: [1]

Results

Home \ Away TOK SHO VEN YAM ALB SFR SAG
FC Tokyo 2–1 2–1 2–0
Shonan Bellmare 0–0 1–0 2–1
Ventforet Kofu 1–3 2–2 0–0
Matsumoto Yamaga 1–1 0–3 2–4
Albirex Niigata 2–0 0–0 1–0
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–1 2–2 2–0
Sagan Tosu 0–0 2–1 1–0
Source: [2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B

Standings

Team 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
Source: [3]

Results

Home \ Away VEG MON FRO YMA SSP GRA VIS
Vegalta Sendai 1–2 1–0 0–0
Montedio Yamagata 0–2 3–1 3–3
Kawasaki Frontale 1–1 1–1 1–3
Yokohama F. Marinos 1–2 2–0 2–3
Shimizu S-Pulse 2–1 0–2 1–2
Nagoya Grampus 3–2 1–0 0–4
Vissel Kobe 3–1 0–0 1–2
Source: [4]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Knock-out stage

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
             
Kashima Antlers 2 3 5
FC Tokyo 2 0 2
Kashima Antlers 2 4 6
Vissel Kobe 1 1 2
Vissel Kobe 2 2 4
Kashiwa Reysol 0 3 3
Kashima Antlers 3
Gamba Osaka 0
Nagoya Grampus 1 2 3 (9)
Gamba Osaka (a.e.t.) (p) 1 2 3 (10)
Gamba Osaka 1 2 3
Albirex Niigata 2 0 2
Urawa Red Diamonds 0 3 3
Albirex Niigata 5 0 5

Quarterfinals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
FC Tokyo 2–5 Kashima Antlers 2–2 0–3
Kashiwa Reysol 3–4 Vissel Kobe 0–2 3–2
Gamba Osaka 3–3 (10-9 p) Nagoya Grampus 1–1 2–2
Albirex Niigata 5–3 Urawa Reds 5–0 0–3

Semi-finals

First leg

Vissel Kobe1–2Kashima Antlers
Iwanami 70' 21' Yamamura
39' Akasaki
Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium, Kobe
Attendance: 6,162
Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami
Albirex Niigata2–1Gamba Osaka
Yamamoto 36'
Usami 90'		 33' Omori
Denka Big Swan Stadium, Niigata
Attendance: 9,018
Referee: Hajime Matsuo

Second leg

Kashima Antlers4–1Vissel Kobe
Nakamura 16'
Kanazaki 53', 74'
Caio 82'		 21' Watanabe
Kashima Soccer Stadium, Kashima
Attendance: 10,801
Referee: Kenji Ogiya

Antlers won 6–2 on aggregate.

Gamba Osaka2–0Albirex Niigata
Endō 57'
Fujiharu 90+4'
Osaka Expo '70 Stadium, Osaka
Attendance: 11,475
Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

Gamba Osaka won 3-2 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 2015 J.League Cup Final
Kashima Antlers3–0Gamba Osaka
Hwang Seok-ho 60'
Kanazaki 84'
Caio 86'
Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama
Attendance: 50,828
Referee: Masaaki Toma

Top scorers

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

Updated to games played on 12 October 2015
Source: J.League Data[5]

References

  1. ^ "Data Reference Group A". data.j-league.or.jp. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Data Reference Group A". data.j-league.or.jp. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Data Reference Group B". data.j-league.or.jp/. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Data Reference Group B". data.j-league.or.jp/. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  5. ^ "J.league.jp Japan Professional Football League". Archived from the original on 2015-11-25. Retrieved 2015-05-29.
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