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(Top) 1 Group stage 1.1 Group A 1.2 Group B 1.3 Group C 1.4 Group D 2 Knockout stage 2.1 Quarter-finals 2.1.1 First leg 2.1.2 Second leg 2.2 Semifinals 2.2.1 First leg 2.2.2 Second leg 2.3 Final 3 Awards 4 External links

2008 J.League Cup

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2008 J.League Cup
J.League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup
Tournament details
Country	Japan
Dates	March 20 and November 1
Final positions
Champions	Oita Trinita (1st title)
Runner-up	Shimizu S-Pulse
Semifinalists	Gamba Osaka Nagoya Grampus
Tournament statistics
Matches played	61
← 2007 2009 →

The 2008 edition of the J. League Cup, officially the 2008 J.League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup, sponsored by Nabisco began on March 20. The top team in each of the four qualifying group automatically qualified for the quarter-finals along with the best two remaining runners-up. Both Gamba Osaka and Kashima Antlers received a bye to the quarter-final stage due to their participation in the group stage of the Asian Champions League.

Oita Trinita defeated Shimizu S-Pulse 2–0 in the final on November 1 at the Tokyo National Stadium. They qualified for the 2009 Pan-Pacific Championship and the 2009 Suruga Bank Championship.

Group stage[edit]

Group A[edit]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Nagoya Grampus	6	5	0	1	14	5	+9	15
Vissel Kobe	6	3	1	2	5	5	0	10
Kyoto Sanga FC	6	1	3	2	7	8	−1	6
Urawa Red Diamonds	6	0	2	4	8	16	−8	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
March 20, 2008	Nagoya Grampus	0–1	Kyoto Sanga
March 20, 2008	Urawa Reds	0–1	Vissel Kobe
March 23, 2008	Vissel Kobe	0–1	Nagoya Grampus
March 23, 2008	Kyoto Sanga	3–3	Urawa Red Diamonds
April 16, 2008	Urawa Red Diamonds	1–1	Kyoto Sanga
April 16, 2008	Nagoya Grampus	2–0	Vissel Kobe
May 25, 2008	Kyoto Sanga	0–1	Vissel Kobe
May 25, 2008	Nagoya Grampus	4–2	Urawa Red Diamonds
May 31, 2008	Kyoto Sanga	1–2	Nagoya Grampus
May 31, 2008	Vissel Kobe	2–1	Urawa Red Diamonds
June 8, 2008	Urawa Red Diamonds	1–5	Nagoya Grampus
June 8, 2008	Vissel Kobe	1–1	Kyoto Sanga

Group B[edit]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Shimizu S-Pulse	6	3	2	1	13	6	+7	11
FC Tokyo	6	3	2	1	12	7	+5	11
Júbilo Iwata	6	3	1	2	10	7	+3	10
Tokyo Verdy	6	0	1	5	2	17	−15	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
March 20, 2008	Tokyo Verdy	0–2	Jubilo Iwata
March 20, 2008	Shimizu S-Pulse	3–1	FC Tokyo
March 23, 2008	Jubilo Iwata	0–2	FC Tokyo
March 23, 2008	Tokyo Verdy	0–0	Shimizu S-Pulse
April 16, 2008	Shimizu S-Pulse	5–0	Tokyo Verdy
April 16, 2008	FC Tokyo	1–1	Jubilo Iwata
May 25, 2008	Shimizu S-Pulse	4–2	Jubilo Iwata
May 25, 2008	FC Tokyo	3–0	Tokyo Verdy
May 31, 2008	FC Tokyo	1–1	Shimizu S-Pulse
May 31, 2008	Jubilo Iwata	3–0	Tokyo Verdy
June 8, 2008	Tokyo Verdy	2–4	FC Tokyo
June 8, 2008	Jubilo Iwata	2–0	Shimizu S-Pulse

Group C[edit]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
JEF United Chiba	6	3	3	0	9	5	+4	12
Kashiwa Reysol	6	2	3	1	9	7	+2	9
Kawasaki Frontale	6	2	0	4	9	10	−1	6
Consadole Sapporo	6	1	2	3	4	9	−5	5

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
March 20, 2008	Kawasaki Frontale	0–2	JEF United
March 20, 2008	Kashiwa Reysol	1–1	Consadole Sapporo
March 23, 2008	Consadole Sapporo	2–1	Kawasaki Frontale
March 23, 2008	JEF United	1–1	Kashiwa Reysol
April 16, 2008	JEF United	0–0	Consadole Sapporo
April 16, 2008	Kawasaki Frontale	3–0	Kashiwa Reysol
May 25, 2008	Consadole Sapporo	1–2	JEF United
May 25, 2008	Kashiwa Reysol	3–1	Kawasaki Frontale
May 31, 2008	Kawasaki Frontale	2–0	Consadole Sapporo
May 31, 2008	Kashiwa Reysol	1–1	JEF United
June 8, 2008	Consadole Sapporo	0–3	Kashiwa Reysol
June 8, 2008	JEF United	3–2	Kawasaki Frontale

Group D[edit]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Yokohama F. Marinos	6	3	3	0	8	2	+6	12
Oita Trinita	6	3	2	1	9	5	+4	11
Albirex Niigata	6	0	4	2	4	8	−4	4
Omiya Ardija	6	0	3	3	4	10	−6	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Team 1	Score	Team 2
March 20, 2008	Yokohama F. Marinos	1–0	Oita Trinita
March 20, 2008	Albirex Niigata	2–2	Omiya Ardija
March 23, 2008	Omiya Ardija	0–0	Yokohama F. Marinos
March 23, 2008	Oita Trinita	3–0	Albirex Niigata
April 16, 2008	Yokohama F. Marinos	4–0	Omiya Ardija
April 16, 2008	Albirex Niigata	1–1	Oita Trinita
May 25, 2008	Omiya Ardija	1–2	Oita Trinita
May 25, 2008	Yokohama F. Marinos	0–0	Albirex Niigata
May 31, 2008	Omiya Ardija	1–1	Albirex Niigata
May 31, 2008	Oita Trinita	2–2	Yokohama F. Marinos
June 8, 2008	Albirex Niigata	0–1	Yokohama F. Marinos
June 8, 2008	Oita Trinita	1–0	Omiya Ardija

Knockout stage[edit]

Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final

	JEF United Chiba	0	0	0

	Nagoya Grampus	1	1	2
						Nagoya Grampus	1	0	1

						Oita Trinita	1	1	2
	FC Tokyo	1	1	2

	Oita Trinita	2	1	3
											Oita Trinita	2

											Shimizu S-Pulse	0
	Kashima Antlers	0	1	1

	Shimizu S-Pulse	0	2	2
						Shimizu S-Pulse	1	3	4

						Gamba Osaka	1	2	3
	Gamba Osaka	1	1	2

	Yokohama F. Marinos	0	2	2

Quarter-finals[edit]

First leg[edit]

July 2, 2008

FC Tokyo	1–2	Oita Trinita
Ishikawa 44'	Report	Maeda 28' Edmilson 83'

Ajinomoto Stadium

Attendance: 11,378

Referee: Kenji Ogiya

July 2, 2008

JEF United Chiba	0–1	Nagoya Grampus
	Report	Johnsen 14'

Fukuda Denshi Arena

Attendance: 8,472

Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami

July 2, 2008

Gamba Osaka	1–0	Yokohama F. Marinos
Hirai 78'	Report

Ishikawa Stadium

Attendance: 10,702

Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama

July 2, 2008

Kashima Antlers	0–0	Shimizu S-Pulse
	Report

Kashima Soccer Stadium

Attendance: 6,757

Referee: Hajime Matsuo

Second leg[edit]

August 6, 2008

Oita Trinita	1–1	FC Tokyo
Edmilson 40'	Report	Cabore 3'

Kyushu Oil Dome

Attendance: 13,483

Referee: Hiroshi Tanabe

August 6, 2008

Nagoya Grampus	1–0	JEF United Chiba
Masukawa 60'	Report

Mizuho Athletic Stadium

Attendance: 6,344

Referee: Minoru Tojo

August 6, 2008

Yokohama F. Marinos	2–1	Gamba Osaka
Komiyama 32' Lopes 84'	Report	Futagawa 34'

Mitsuzawa Stadium

Attendance: 8,365

Referee: Akio Okutani

Gamba Osaka advances to the semi-finals on Away goals rule.

August 6, 2008

Shimizu S-Pulse	2–1	Kashima Antlers
Iwashita 16' Hyodo 48'	Report	Marquinhos 57'

Nihondaira Sports Stadium

Attendance: 8,949

Referee: Kazuhiko Matsumura

Semifinals[edit]

First leg[edit]

September 3, 2008

Nagoya Grampus	1–1	Oita Trinita
Johnsen 64'	Report	Ueslei 69'

Mizuho Athletic Stadium

Attendance: 7,792

Referee: Hirofumi Yamanishi

September 3, 2008

Shimizu S-Pulse	1–1	Gamba Osaka
Edamura 54'	Report	Futagawa 10'

Nihondaira Sports Stadium

Attendance: 8,013

Referee: Kenji Ogiya

Second leg[edit]

September 7, 2008

Oita Trinita	1–0	Nagoya Grampus
Ueslei 49'	Report

Kyushu Oil Dome

Attendance: 20,371

Referee: Masayoshi Okada

September 7, 2008

Gamba Osaka	2–3	Shimizu S-Pulse
Roni 11' Lucas 79'	Report	Yamamoto 3' Edamura 46' 55'

Osaka Expo '70 Stadium

Attendance: 9,103

Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

Final[edit]

The 2008 final

November 1, 2008

Oita Trinita	2–0	Shimizu S-Pulse
Takamatsu 68' Ueslei 89'	Report

National Stadium, Tokyo

Attendance: 44,723

Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida


Oita Trinita:
GK	16	Seigo Shimokawa	85'
RB	4	Yuki Fukaya
CB	6	Masato Morishige
LB	22	Taikai Uemoto	33'
DM	3	Roberto
DM	5	Edmilson
RM	20	Daisuke Takahashi
LM	33	Yoshiaki Fujita		84' 89'
AM	8	Mu Kanazaki	89'
CF	10	Ueslei
CF	13	Daiki Takamatsu (c)	82'
Substitutes:
GK	29	Keisuke Shimizu
DF	25	Hiroyuki Kobayashi	89'
MF	2	Ryo Kobayashi
MF	7	Teppei Nishiyama	89'
MF	14	Akihiro Ienaga
FW	18	Hiroshi Kiyotake
FW	9	Yasuhito Morishima	82'
Manager:
Chamusca


Shimizu S-Pulse:
GK	29	Kaito Yamamoto
RB	5	Keisuke Iwashita
CB	4	Kazumichi Takagi (c)	74'
CB	26	Naoki Aoyama
LB	2	Arata Kodama	71'
RM	28	Masaki Yamamoto	71'
CM	7	Teruyoshi Ito
AM	8	Takuma Edamura	82'
LM	13	Akihiro Hyodo
CF	19	Kazuki Hara	89'
CF	23	Shinji Okazaki
Substitutes:
GK	21	Yohei Nishibe
DF	3	Takahiro Yamanishi
DF	25	Daisuke Ichikawa		71'
MF	16	Takuya Honda
MF	6	Marcos Paulo		71'
FW	11	Mitsuhiro Toda
FW	9	Takuro Yajima		82'
Manager:
Kenta Hasegawa