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2017 J.League Cup
2017 JリーグYBCルヴァンカップ
Tournament details
Country Japan
Dates15 March – 4 November 2017
Teams18
Final positions
ChampionsCerezo Osaka (1st title)
Runner-upKawasaki Frontale
Tournament statistics
Matches played59
Goals scored157 (2.66 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Crislan (5 goals)
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The 2017 J.League Cup (2017 Jリーグカップ), or officially the 2017 J.League YBC Levain Cup (2017 JリーグYBCルヴァンカップ), was the 42nd edition of the most prestigious Japanese football league cup tournament and the 25th edition under the current J.League Cup format.

Format

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Teams from the J.League Division 1 will take part in the tournament. Teams that qualified for 2017 AFC Champions League group stage (3 or 4 teams: later confirmed as Gamba Osaka, Kashima Antlers, Kawasaki Frontale and Urawa Red Diamonds) were given byes to the quarter-finals. The remaining teams (14 or 15 teams) started from the group stage, where they were divided into two groups of 7 or 8 teams. The group winners of each group were to qualify for the quarter-finals. The remained quarter-finalists (2 or 3 teams) were to be the winners of the play-off of the following two-legged ties:

Group stage

Group A

Standings

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Vegalta Sendai 6 4 1 1 10 10 0 13
FC Tokyo 6 4 0 2 14 8 +6 12
Consadole Sapporo 6 3 1 2 7 5 +2 10
Júbilo Iwata 6 3 0 3 10 10 0 9
Omiya Ardija 6 2 2 2 11 8 +3 8
Kashiwa Reysol 6 1 2 3 4 6 −2 5
Shimizu S-Pulse 6 1 0 5 5 14 −9 3
Source: [2]

Results

Home \ Away ARD REY TOK VEG JÚB CON SSP
Omiya Ardija 0–0 1–2 4–0
Kashiwa Reysol 0–1 1–2 1–0
FC Tokyo 4–3 6–0 1–0
Vegalta Sendai 1–1 2–0 3–1
Júbilo Iwata 1–2 3–1 0–2
Consadole Sapporo 1–1 2–1 1–2
Shimizu S-Pulse 2–1 2–4 0–1
Source:[citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B

Standings

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Vissel Kobe 6 5 0 1 10 3 +7 15
Cerezo Osaka 6 4 2 0 9 4 +5 14
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 6 3 1 2 5 6 −1 10
Yokohama F. Marinos 6 3 0 3 8 8 0 9
Ventforet Kofu 6 1 2 3 5 6 −1 5
Sagan Tosu 6 1 2 3 10 12 −2 5
Albirex Niigata 6 0 1 5 3 11 −8 1
Source: [2]

Results

Home \ Away SFR VIS YMA SAG VEN ALB CER
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1–0 0–0 0–1
Vissel Kobe 4–1 1–0 2–1
Yokohama F. Marinos 1–2 0–2 4–1
Sagan Tosu 1–2 2–2 4–4
Ventforet Kofu 0–1 2–3 0–0
Albirex Niigata 0–1 0–1 0–2
Cerezo Osaka 1–0 2–0 1–0
Source:[citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-off stage

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Consadole Sapporo 0–3 Cerezo Osaka 0–2 0–1
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0–2 FC Tokyo 0–1 0–1

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Cerezo Osaka 2–2 (a) Urawa Red Diamonds 0–0 2–2
Kawasaki Frontale 7–1 FC Tokyo 2–0 5–1
Vegalta Sendai 5–4 Kashima Antlers 3–1 2–3
Vissel Kobe 0–2 Gamba Osaka 0–0 0–2

Semi-finals

First leg

4 October 2017 (2017-10-04) Cerezo Osaka 2–2 Gamba Osaka Yanmar Stadium Nagai, Osaka
19:03 Ricardo Santos 23'
Kimoto 81'		 16' Akasaki
86' Ide		 Attendance: 21,800
Referee: M. Tōjō
4 October 2017 (2017-10-04) Vegalta Sendai 3–2 Kawasaki Frontale Yurtec Stadium Sendai, Sendai
19:04 Ishihara 24'
Crislan 33', 45+1(pen.)'		 72' Nara
90+4' Chinen		 Attendance: 8,382
Referee: T. Okabe

Second leg

8 October 2017 (2017-10-08) Gamba Osaka 1–2 Cerezo Osaka Suita City Football Stadium, Suita
14:03 Izumisawa 60' 15' Kakitani
90+5' Kimoto		 Attendance: 31,578
Referee: N. Murakami
8 October 2017 (2017-10-08) Kawasaki Frontale 3–1 Vegalta Sendai Todoroki Athletics Stadium, Kawasaki
15:04 Miyoshi 29', 49'
Hasegawa 90'		 59' Nakano Attendance: 22,385
Referee: M. Toma

Final

Main article: 2017 J.League Cup Final
4 November 2017 (2017-11-04) Cerezo Osaka 2–0 Kawasaki Frontale Saitama
13:05 UCT+9 Sugimoto 1'
Souza 90+2'		 Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
Attendance: 53,452
Referee: Y. Nishimura

Top scorers

As of match played 4 November 2017.[3]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Brazil Crislan Vegalta Sendai 5
2 Japan Koki Ogawa Júbilo Iwata 4
Japan Junya Tanaka Vissel Kobe
Brazil Ricardo Santos Cerezo Osaka

References

  1. ^ "２０１７ＪリーグYBCルヴァンカップ 大会方式および試合方式について" [Tournament/matches format of 2017 J.League YBC Levain Cup]. J.League. 13 December 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  2. ^ a b "2017 J.League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup - League Table". J.League Official Website.
  3. ^ "Stats".

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