2016 Suruga Bank Championship

Kashima Soccer Stadium in Kashima, Japan hosted the match
Kashima Antlers Santa Fe 0 1
Date	10 August 2016
Venue	Kashima Soccer Stadium, Kashima
Referee	Ma Ning (China)
Attendance	19,716
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The 2016 Suruga Bank Championship (Japanese: スルガ銀行チャンピオンシップ2016; Spanish: Copa Suruga Bank 2016) was the ninth edition of the Suruga Bank Championship, the club football match co-organized by the Japan Football Association, the football governing body of Japan, CONMEBOL, the football governing body of South America, and J.League, the professional football league of Japan, between the winners of the previous season's J.League Cup and Copa Sudamericana.

The match was contested between Japanese team Kashima Antlers, the 2015 J.League Cup winners, and Colombian team Santa Fe, the 2015 Copa Sudamericana winners. It was hosted by Kashima Antlers at the Kashima Soccer Stadium in Kashima on 10 August 2016.^[1]

Santa Fe defeated Kashima Antlers 1–0 to win their first Suruga Bank Championship title, and their second international title following their 2015 Copa Sudamericana triumph.^[2]

Teams

Team	Association / Confederation	Qualification	Previous appearances (bold indicates winners)
Kashima Antlers	Japan Football Association	2015 J.League Cup winners	2 (2012, 2013)
Santa Fe	CONMEBOL	2015 Copa Sudamericana winners	None

Format

The Suruga Bank Championship was played as a single match, with the J.League Cup winners hosting the match. If tied at the end of regulation, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner. A maximum of seven substitutions may be made during the match.^[3]

Match

10 August 2016 (2016-08-10)

19:00 UTC+9

Kashima Antlers	0–1	Santa Fe
	Report (JFA) Report (J. League) Report (CONMEBOL)	Osorio 79'

Kashima Soccer Stadium, Kashima

Attendance: 19,716^[4]

Referee: Ma Ning (China)

Kashima Antlers

Santa Fe

GK 21 Hitoshi Sogahata DF 22 Daigo Nishi DF 16 Shuto Yamamoto DF 3 Gen Shoji DF 14 Hwang Seok-ho  86' MF 40 Mitsuo Ogasawara (c) MF 33 Mu Kanazaki MF 13 Atsutaka Nakamura  86' MF 10 Gaku Shibasaki  79' FW 18 Shuhei Akasaki  70' FW 34 Yuma Suzuki  70' Substitutes: GK 29 Shinichiro Kawamata DF 24 Yukitoshi Ito DF 28 Koki Machida MF 6 Ryota Nagaki  79' MF 8 Shoma Doi  70' MF 11 Fabrício  70' MF 32 Taro Sugimoto  86' Manager: Masatada Ishii

GK 1 Róbinson Zapata DF 26 Javier López  74' DF 27 Carlos Mario Arboleda DF 29 Dairon Mosquera DF 2 Horacio Salaberry MF 17 Juan Daniel Roa  9' MF 10 Omar Pérez (c)  77' MF 11 Jonathan Gómez  88' MF 30 Yeison Gordillo  62'  90+1' FW 9 Juan Manuel Falcón  63' FW 24 Humberto Osorio  90+2' Substitutes: GK 22 Leandro Castellanos DF 5 Yulián Anchico  90+2' DF 7 Leyvin Balanta  88' DF 15 Héctor Urrego MF 14 Baldomero Perlaza  84'  63' MF 20 Kevin Salazar FW 16 Anderson Plata  77' Manager: Gustavo Costas