J.League Cup 2017
| J.League Cup 2017 | |
|---|---|
| Cup winners | Cerezo Osaka |
| Beginning | 15th March 2017 |
| final | 4th November 2017 |
| Final stadium |
Saitama Stadium 2002 Saitama , Saitama |
| Teams | 18th |
| Games | 59 (of which 59 played) |
| Gates | 157 (ø 2.66 per game) |
| ← J.League Cup 2016 | |
The J. League Cup in 2017 , officially because of a sponsorship agreement with the pastry maker Yamazaki Biscuits for a brand of the same 2017 J. League Cup YBC Levain called, was the 25th edition of the J. League Cup , the highest football - League Cup Competition in Japan . It started with the first group matches on March 15, 2017 and ended with the final on November 4, 2017, which, as in the previous year, was played at Saitama Stadium 2002 , the home stadium of the Urawa Red Diamonds . In the final Cerezo Osaka and Kawasaki Frontale faced each other, here the team from Osaka won their first league cup with a 2-0 success.
For the first time, goal judges were used in all games of the League Cup .
Format and schedule
All teams of the J1 League 2017 took part in the competition. Kashima Antlers , Urawa Red Diamonds , Kawasaki Frontale and, after successfully completing the playoff round, Gamba Osaka only intervened in the quarter-finals of the competition due to their qualification for the group stage of the 2017 AFC Champions League .
By qualifying Gambas for the Champions League group stage, fourteen teams took part in the group stage of the J. League Cup. These were divided into two groups of seven teams each, in which each team played once against each other team; three of the six games per team took place on their own pitch. The two group winners reached the quarter-finals directly, the teams in places 2 and 3 in each group played a qualifying round in a two-way round.
The games of the quarter-finals and the rest of the tournament tree were drawn after all participants had been determined. Both the quarter-finals and the semifinals were played in a two-legged manner. The final took place on November 4, 2017 at Saitama Stadium in 2002 .
The following schedule was published by the J. League on December 13, 2016 .
| round | date |
|---|---|
| Group stage | March 15, April 12, April 26, May 3, May 10, May 24 and May 31, 2017 |
| Playoff round | June 28 and July 26, 2017 |
| Quarter finals | August 30 and September 3, 2017 |
| Semifinals | October 4th and 8th 2017 |
| final | 4th November 2017 |
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Group stage
In the group stage, each team plays once against all other teams in its group. There are three points for a win and one point for a draw. If there is a tie at the end of the group phase, the goal difference and the goals scored count first, then the direct comparison, the fair play score and the lottery decide (in this order).
Group A
table
| Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Vegalta Sendai | 6th | 4th | 1 | 1 | 10:10 | ± 0 | 13 |
| 2. | FC Tokyo | 6th | 4th | 0 | 2 | 14: 8 | +6 | 12 |
| 3. | Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo | 6th | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7: 5 | +2 | 10 |
| 4th | Júbilo Iwata | 6th | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10:10 | ± 0 | 9 |
| 5. | Ōmiya Ardija | 6th | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11: 8 | +3 | 8th |
| 6th | Kashiwa Reysol | 6th | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4: 6 | −2 | 5 |
| 7th | Shimizu S-Pulse | 6th | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5:14 | −9 | 3 |
Crosstab
Group B
table
| Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Vissel Kobe | 6th | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10: 3 | +7 | 15th |
| 2. | Cerezo Osaka | 6th | 4th | 2 | 0 | 9: 4 | +5 | 14th |
| 3. | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 6th | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5: 6 | −1 | 10 |
| 4th | Yokohama F. Marinos | 6th | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8: 8 | ± 0 | 9 |
| 5. | Ventforet Kofu | 6th | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5: 6 | −1 | 5 |
| 6th | Sagan Tosu | 6th | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10:12 | −2 | 5 |
| 7th | Albirex Niigata | 6th | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3:11 | −8 | 1 |
Crosstab
Knockout phase
For the first time, a qualifying round took place before the quarter-finals, in which the second and third placed from each group took part. The winners of the cross-matched matches advanced to the quarter-finals, in which the four teams that had qualified for the group stage of the AFC Champions League 2017 also intervened in the competition.
All games except the final were played back and forth. In the event of a tie between two and two legs , the away goal rule initially applied ; if the goals scored away from home were also the same, there was a 30-minute extra time and, if necessary, a penalty shoot-out . The final itself was a single game that took place at Saitama Stadium in 2002 .
Playoff round
The first legs were played on June 28, the second legs on July 26, 2017. Home teams in the first game are named first.
| total | First leg | Return leg | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo | 0: 3 | Cerezo Osaka | 0: 2 | 0: 1 |
| Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 0: 2 | FC Tokyo | 0: 1 | 0: 1 |
Quarter finals
The first legs were played on August 30, the second legs on September 3, 2017. Home teams in the first game are named first.
| total | First leg | Return leg | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vissel Kobe | 0: 2 | Gamba Osaka | 0-0 | 0: 2 |
| Cerezo Osaka | 2: 2 ( A ) | Urawa Red Diamonds | 0-0 | 2: 2 |
| Vegalta Sendai | 5: 4 | Kashima Antlers | 3: 1 | 2: 3 |
| Kawasaki Frontale | 7: 1 | FC Tokyo | 2-0 | 5: 1 |
Semifinals
The first legs were played on October 4, the second legs on October 8, 2016. Home teams in the first game are named first.
| total | First leg | Return leg | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cerezo Osaka | 4: 3 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 2: 2 | 2: 1 |
| Vegalta Sendai | 4: 5 | Kawasaki Frontale | 3: 2 | 1: 3 |
final
| pairing |
 Cerezo Osaka - Kawasaki Frontale
|
| Result | 2: 0 (1: 0) |
| date | November 4, 2017 at 1:09 pm JST |
| Stadion | Saitama Stadium 2002 , Saitama , Saitama Prefecture |
| spectator | 53,452 |
| referee | Yūichi Nishimura ( Tokyo , Tokyo ) |
| Gates | 1-0 Ken'yū Sugimoto (1st), 2-0 Souza (90th + 2) |
| Cerezo Osaka |
Jin-Hyeon Kim - Riku Matsuda , Yasuki Kimoto (89. Tatsuya Yamashita ), Matej Jonjić , Yusuke Maruhashi (90 + 3 Yusuke Tanaka ) - Kota Mizunuma , Souza , Hotaru Yamaguchi , Hiroshi Kiyotake - Yoichiro Kakitani (84. Kazuya Yamamura ) , Ken'yū Sugimoto Trainer: Jong-hwan Yoon |
| Kawasaki Frontale |
Sung-ryong Jung - Elsinho (75th Kei Chinen ), Shogo Taniguchi , Eduardo , Shintaro Kurumaya - Eduardo Neto (80th Hiroyuki Abe ), Ryota Oshima - Akihiro Ienaga , Kengo Nakamura , Kōji Miyoshi (46th Tatsuya Hasegawa ) - Yū Kobayashi Trainer: Tōru Oniki |
| yellow cards |
 Ken'yū Sugimoto - Elsinho
|
Web links
- Official website (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ ２０１７Ｊ リ ー グ YBC ル ヴ ァ ン カ ッ プ 日程表. (PDF) J. League , accessed January 28, 2017 (Japanese).
- ↑ ２０１７Ｊ リ ー グ YBC ル ヴ ァ ン カ ッ プ 決勝 開 催 日 ・ ・ 試 合 ・ ・ ＴＶ 放送 決定 の お 知 ら せ. March 21, 2017. Retrieved March 21, 2017 (Japanese).
- ↑ ２０１７Ｊ リ ー グ YBC ル ヴ ァ ン カ ッ プ 全 試 合 で 追加 副 審 導入 決定. J. League, February 23, 2017, accessed February 23, 2017 (Japanese).
- ↑ Gamba Osaka vs. Johor Darul Ta'zim 3-0. In: soccerway.com. Perform Group, February 7, 2017, accessed February 7, 2017 .
- ↑ 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. J. League, December 13, 2017, accessed January 28, 2017 (Japanese).
- ↑ J.League (Japanese)
- ↑ Scoresheet 2017 J.LEAGUE YBC Levain CUP Final. In: data.j-league.or.jp. J. League , November 4, 2017, accessed November 18, 2017 .