Copa Suruga Bank

The Copa Suruga Bank ( English : Suruga Bank Championship ) is an intercontinental club soccer competition that has been played annually since 2008 between the winner of the Copa Sudamericana and the winner of the Japanese league cup , the J. League Cup , formerly the Yamazaki Nabisco Cup , each in a single match becomes. Organized jointly by the South American continental football association CONMEBOL and the Japanese football association , the match takes place the following year in Japan, mostly on the square of the Japanese league cup winners. The competition is named because of the sponsorship of the Japanese Suruga Bank .

If the match is a draw after 90 minutes, a penalty shoot-out follows immediately to determine the winner. In contrast to the current FIFA regulations for competitive matches, up to six field players per team can be exchanged.

The balance between South America and Japan is positive for the Japanese clubs with six to five wins. The record winner is Kashima Antlers with two titles .

The games and winners

year	Match pairing (winner in bold)
	J. League Cup	Result	Copa Sudamericana
2008	Gamba Osaka	0: 1	Arsenal de Sarandí
2009	Ōita Trinita	1: 2	Internacional Porto Alegre
2010	FC Tokyo	2: 2, 4: 3 i. E.	LDU Quito
2011	Júbilo Iwata	2: 2, 4: 2 i. E.	CA Independiente
2012	Kashima Antlers	2: 2, 7: 6 i. E.	CF Universidad de Chile
2013	Kashima Antlers	3: 2	Sao Paulo FC
2014	Kashiwa Reysol	2: 1	CA Lanus
2015	Gamba Osaka	0: 3	River Plate
2016	Kashima Antlers	0: 1	Independiente Santa Fe
2017	Urawa Red Diamonds	1-0	Chapecoense
2018	Cerezo Osaka	0: 1	CA Independiente
2019	Shonan Bellmare	0: 4	Athletico Paranaense

Web links

• Information on conmebol.com (English)
• Match report 2013 on conmebol.com
• Match report 2014 on conmebol.com
• Statistics on rsssf.com