2005 J.League Cup

The 2005 J.League Cup, officially the 2005 Yamazaki Nabisco Cup, was the 3rd edition of Japan association football league cup tournament and the 13th edition under the current J.League Cup format. The championship started on March 19, and finished on November 5, 2005.

Teams from the J1 took part in the tournament. Yokohama F. Marinos and Júbilo Iwata were given a bye to the quarter-final due to their qualification for the AFC Champions League. The rest of 16 teams started from the group stage, where they're divided into four groups. The group winners of each group qualifies for the quarter-final along with the 2 best runners-up, and the two teams which qualified for the AFC Champions League.

Group stage

Group A Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Urawa Red Diamonds 6 5 0 1 10 7 +3 15 Omiya Ardija 6 3 1 2 9 6 +3 10 Albirex Niigata 6 3 1 2 7 5 +2 10 Vissel Kobe 6 0 0 6 1 9 −8 0 Source: 2005-03-19 Vissel Kobe 1 – 2 Urawa Red Diamonds Omiya Ardija 2 – 0 Albirex Niigata 2005-03-26 Albirex Niigata 1 – 0 Vissel Kobe Urawa Red Diamonds 2 – 1 Omiya Ardija 2005-05-21 Urawa Red Diamonds 2 – 1 Albirex Niigata Vissel Kobe 0 – 1 Omiya Ardija 2005-05-28 Albirex Niigata 1 – 1 Omiya Ardija Urawa Red Diamonds 1 – 0 Vissel Kobe 2005-06-04 Omiya Ardija 1 – 3 Urawa Red Diamonds Vissel Kobe 0 – 1 Albirex Niigata 2005-06-11 Omiya Ardija 3 – 0 Vissel Kobe Albirex Niigata 3 – 0 Urawa Red Diamonds

Group B Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Gamba Osaka 6 4 1 1 17 12 +5 13 Kawasaki Frontale 6 2 3 1 16 12 +4 9 Tokyo Verdy 1969 6 1 3 2 12 14 −2 6 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 6 1 1 4 8 15 −7 4 Source: 2005-03-19 Gamba Osaka 4 – 2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima Tokyo Verdy 1969 4 – 4 Kawasaki Frontale 2005-03-26 Kawasaki Frontale 2 – 2 Gamba Osaka Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0 – 1 Tokyo Verdy 1969 2005-05-21 Gamba Osaka 5 – 3 Tokyo Verdy 1969 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1 – 4 Kawasaki Frontale 2005-05-28 Gamba Osaka 3 – 2 Kawasaki Frontale Tokyo Verdy 1969 2 – 2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2005-06-04 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2 – 1 Gamba Osaka Kawasaki Frontale 1 – 1 Tokyo Verdy 1969 2005-06-11 Tokyo Verdy 1969 1 – 2 Gamba Osaka Kawasaki Frontale 3 – 1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Group C Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts JEF United Chiba 6 4 1 1 14 7 +7 13 Kashiwa Reysol 6 2 2 2 6 8 −2 8 Ōita Trinita 6 1 3 2 3 6 −3 6 FC Tokyo 6 1 2 3 5 7 −2 5 Source: 2005-03-19 Kashiwa Reysol 3 – 1 FC Tokyo Ōita Trinita 1 – 3 JEF United Chiba 2005-03-26 FC Tokyo 0 – 0 Ōita Trinita JEF United Chiba 1 – 2 Kashiwa Reysol 2005-05-21 Kashiwa Reysol 0 – 1 Ōita Trinita FC Tokyo 0 – 1 JEF United Chiba 2005-05-28 Kashiwa Reysol 1 – 5 JEF United Chiba Ōita Trinita 0 – 2 FC Tokyo 2005-06-04 JEF United Chiba 1 – 1 Ōita Trinita FC Tokyo 0 – 0 Kashiwa Reysol 2005-06-11 JEF United Chiba 3 – 2 FC Tokyo Ōita Trinita 0 – 0 Kashiwa Reysol

Group D Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Shimizu S-Pulse 6 3 2 1 12 7 +5 11 Cerezo Osaka 6 3 1 2 10 8 +2 10 Nagoya Grampus Eight 6 2 1 3 5 8 −3 7 Kashima Antlers 6 1 2 3 7 11 −4 5 Source: 2005-03-19 Shimizu S-Pulse 1 – 1 Kashima Antlers Nagoya Grampus Eight 1 – 2 Cerezo Osaka 2005-03-26 Kashima Antlers 2 – 1 Nagoya Grampus Eight Cerezo Osaka 0 – 2 Shimizu S-Pulse 2005-05-21 Kashima Antlers 1 – 3 Cerezo Osaka Nagoya Grampus Eight 0 – 3 Shimizu S-Pulse 2005-05-28 Nagoya Grampus Eight 1 – 0 Kashima Antlers Shimizu S-Pulse 3 – 2 Cerezo Osaka 2005-06-04 Kashima Antlers 3 – 3 Shimizu S-Pulse Cerezo Osaka 1 – 1 Nagoya Grampus Eight 2005-06-11 Shimizu S-Pulse 0 – 1 Nagoya Grampus Eight Cerezo Osaka 2 – 0 Kashima Antlers

Knockout stage

Quarter finals

First leg

2005-08-06

18:30

JEF United Chiba	3 – 2	Júbilo Iwata
Hanyu  6' Nakajima  30' Yoda  84'		Maeda  44' Kikuchi  88'

Tokyo National Stadium

Attendance: 10,522

Referee: Hajime Matsuo

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2005-08-06

19:00

Cerezo Osaka	0 – 3	Gamba Osaka
		Sidiclei  18' Hashimoto  54' Ienaga  86'

Nagai Stadium

Attendance: 12,863

Referee: Tsutomu Anazawa

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2005-08-06

19:00

Shimizu S-Pulse	0 – 1	Urawa Red Diamonds
		Hasebe  36'

Nihondaira Sports Stadium

Attendance: 12,572

Referee: Yoshitsugu Katayama

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2005-08-06

19:05

Omiya Ardija	0 – 1	Yokohama F. Marinos
		Kurihara  85'

Kumagaya Athletic Stadium

Attendance: 9,525

Referee: Joji Kashihara

Second leg

2005-08-13

19:00

Gamba Osaka	2 – 2	Cerezo Osaka
Fernandinho  17' Araújo  89'		Ze Carlos  7' Furuhashi  62'

Osaka Expo '70 Stadium

Attendance: 11,155

Referee: Toru Kamikawa

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2005-08-13

19:05

Júbilo Iwata	2 – 2	JEF United Chiba
Maeda  60' Kim Jin-Kyu  68'		Maki  35' Abe  65'

Yamaha Stadium

Attendance: 9,574

Referee: Masayoshi Okada

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2005-08-14

18:05

Urawa Red Diamonds	1 – 0	Shimizu S-Pulse
Hasebe  88'

Saitama Stadium

Attendance: 31,754

Referee: Kazuhiko Matsumura

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2005-08-14

19:00

Yokohama F. Marinos	3 – 1	Omiya Ardija
Sakata  15' Matsuda  60' Shimizu  85'		Nishimura  29'

Mitsuzawa Stadium

Attendance: 10,165

Referee: Kiyoshi Ota

Semi finals

First leg

2005-08-31

19:05

Gamba Osaka	1 – 0	Yokohama F. Marinos
Araújo  82'

Osaka Expo '70 Stadium

Attendance: 7,049

Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama

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2005-08-31

19:00

Urawa Red Diamonds	1 – 3	JEF United Chiba
Ponte  44'		Maki  1',  17' Popescu  55'

Urawa Komaba Stadium

Attendance: 17,265

Referee: Kazuhisa Osada

Second leg

2005-10-05

19:05

JEF United Chiba	2 – 2	Urawa Red Diamonds
Abe  47',  86'		Tulio  19' Tanaka  27'

Ichihara Seaside Stadium

Attendance: 11,286

Referee: Toru Kamikawa

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2005-10-05

19:00

Yokohama F. Marinos	1 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Gamba Osaka
Nasu  30'
Penalties
Yamase Ohashi Dutra	1 – 4	Endo Araújo Matsunami Oguro

Nissan Stadium

Attendance: 11,370

Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida

Final

2005-11-05

13:07

JEF United Chiba	0 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Gamba Osaka
Penalties
Abe Mizuno Kudo Hayashi Maki	5 – 4	Endo Araújo Sidiclei Oguro Yamaguchi

Tokyo National Stadium

Attendance: 45,039

Referee: Kazuhiko Matsumura

Top goalscorers

Goalscorers	Goals	Team
Araújo	6	Gamba Osaka
Emerson	5	Urawa Red Diamonds
Yuki Abe	5	JEF United Chiba
Popescu	5	JEF United Chiba
Washington	5	Tokyo Verdy 1969

Awards

• MVP: Tomonori Tateishi (JEF United Chiba)
• New Hero Prize: Yuki Abe (JEF United Chiba)

References

• J.League Official Site (in English)