2016 J.League Cup
J.League YBC Levain Cup
Tournament details
Country Japan
Teams18
Final positions
ChampionsUrawa Red Diamonds (2nd title)
Runner-upGamba Osaka
Tournament statistics
Top goal scorer(s)Toshiyuki Takagi (4 goals)

The 2016 J.League Cup (also known as the 2016 J.League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup, later changed to 2016 J.League YBC Levain Cup for sponsoring purposes) is the 41st edition of the most prestigious Japanese football league cup tournament and the 24th edition under the current J.League Cup format.

Format

Teams from the J1 League will take part in the tournament. Sanfrecce Hiroshima, Gamba Osaka, Urawa Red Diamonds and FC Tokyo were given a bye to the quarter-finals due to qualification in the 2016 AFC Champions League. The remaining 14 teams started from the group stage, where they were divided into two groups of seven. The group winners and the runners-up of each group qualified for the quarter-final along with the four teams which qualified for the AFC Champions League.

Group stage

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification VIS ARD VEN BEL JÚB ANT GRA
1 Vissel Kobe 6 5 1 0 15 3 +12 16 Knock-out stage 1–1 4–1 4–0
2 Omiya Ardija 6 4 2 0 5 1 +4 14 1–0 1–0 1–0
3 Ventforet Kofu 6 2 2 2 3 4 −1 8 0–2 0–0 1–0
4 Shonan Bellmare 6 2 1 3 4 6 −2 7 0–2 0–1 0–0
5 Júbilo Iwata 6 1 2 3 4 7 −3 5 1–2 1–0 1–3
6 Kashima Antlers 6 1 1 4 8 12 −4 4 1–2 2–3 1–1
7 Nagoya Grampus 6 1 1 4 4 10 −6 4 0–0 0–1 1–3
Updated to match(es) played on 5 June 2016. Source: 2016J.League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup Group Stage Group A League table and J. League Data
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Fair-play points; 7) Draw.

Matches

Kashima Antlers1–2Ventforet Kofu
Yamamoto 60' Report Billy Celeski 6'
Nilson 45'
Attendance: 7,321
Referee: Koichiro Fukushima
Omiya Ardija1–0Nagoya Grampus
Esaka 37' Report
Attendance: 5,359
Referee: Kazuyoshi Enomoto
Júbilo Iwata1–2Vissel Kobe
Saito 13' Report Pedro Júnior 35'
Leandro 69'
Attendance: 6,695
Ventforet Kofu0–0Omiya Ardija
Report
Attendance: 6,331
Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami
Nagoya Grampus0–1Shonan Bellmare
Report Shimamura 87'
Attendance: 7,309
Referee: Masuya Ueda
Vissel Kobe4–1Kashima Antlers
Pedro Júnior 23', 64'
Watanabe 37'
Soma 75'		 Report Yamamoto 84'
Attendance: 7,024
Shonan Bellmare0–1Omiya Ardija
Report Pečnik 64'
Attendance: 6,134
Referee: Minoru Tojo
Júbilo Iwata1–0Ventforet Kofu
Matsui 1' Report
Attendance: 6,541
Referee: Takuto Okabe
Nagoya Grampus1–3Kashima Antlers
Noda 38' Report Endo 52'
Caio 66'
Shoji 71'
Attendance: 6,134
Referee: Hiromichi Oka
Shonan Bellmare0–0Júbilo Iwata
Report
Attendance: 5,211
Referee: Koichiro Fukushima
Nagoya Grampus0–0Ventforet Kofu
Report
Attendance: 3,919
Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami
Vissel Kobe1–1Omiya Ardija
Watanabe 58' Report Esaka 17'
Attendance: 5,077
Kashima Antlers2–3Shonan Bellmare
Nagaki 11'
Doi 26'		 Report Otsuki 18'
Hasegawa 87'
Hanato 90+4'
Attendance: 5,788
Referee: Takuto Okabe
Omiya Ardija1–0Júbilo Iwata
Keisuke 25' Report
Attendance: 5,985
Referee: Yusuke Araki
Ventforet Kofu0–2Vissel Kobe
Report Tanaka 64'
Seigou 75'
Attendance: 4,723
Referee: Kochiro Fukushima
Kashima Antlers1–1Júbilo Iwata
Sugimoto 58' Report Fujita 17'
Attendance: 5,272
Referee: Masaaki Toma
Ventforet Kofu1–0Shonan Bellmare
Kawamoto 61' Report
Attendance: 4,029
Referee: Jumpei Iida
Vissel Kobe4–0Nagoya Grampus
Nakasaka 10'
Watanabe 19'
Ishizu 88'
Takahashi 90+3'		 Report
Attendance: 5,168
Omiya Ardija1–0Kashima Antlers
Pečnik 87' Report
Attendance: 9,316
Shonan Bellmare0–2Vissel Kobe
Report Nakasaka 37'
Fujita 90+1'
Attendance: 4,501
Referee: Akihiko Ikeuchi
Júbilo Iwata1–3Nagoya Grampus
Bothroyd 64' Report Koyamatsu 27'
Takeuchi 37'
Kawamata 39'
Attendance: 8,792
Referee: Kenji Ogiya

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification FMA AVI FRO REY VEG ALB SAG
1 Yokohama F. Marinos 6 3 2 1 7 5 +2 11 Knock-out stage 2–1 1–3 1–0
2 Avispa Fukuoka 6 2 3 1 9 7 +2 9 2–2 4–2 1–1
3 Kawasaki Frontale 6 2 2 2 9 5 +4 8 0–0 0–1 2–1
4 Kashiwa Reysol 6 2 2 2 9 8 +1 8 2–1 0–1 1–2
5 Vegalta Sendai 6 2 2 2 4 5 −1 8 0–2 0–0 1–0
6 Albirex Niigata 6 2 1 3 6 12 −6 7 1–1 0–5 1–0
7 Sagan Tosu 6 0 4 2 4 6 −2 4 1–1 1–1 1–1
Updated to match(es) played on 5 June 2016. Source: 2016J.League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup Group Stage Group B League table and J. League Data
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Fair-play points; 7) Draw.

Matches

Vegalta Sendai1–0Albirex Niigata
Enomoto 4' Report
Attendance: 6,135
Referee: Yusuke Araki
Kawasaki Frontale0–0Yokohama F. Marinos
Report
Attendance: 15,644
Avispa Fukuoka2–2Kashiwa Reysol
Jogo 17'
Wellington 30'		 Report Wako 55'
Tanaka 77'
Attendance: 5,525
Referee: Jumpei Iida
Kashiwa Reysol0–1Vegalta Sendai
Report Tomita 69'
Attendance: 6,944
Referee: Itaru Hirose
Kawasaki Frontale0–1Avispa Fukuoka
Report Tamura 79'
Attendance: 11,510
Referee: Akihiko Ikeuchi
Albirex Niigata1–0Sagan Tosu
Léo Silva 75' Report
Attendance: 12,427
Referee: Hiromichi Oka
Albirex Niigata0–5Kawasaki Frontale
Report Taniguchi 8', 23'
Kano 20', 83'
Hashimoto 48'
Attendance: 8,404
Referee: Koichiro Fukushima
Sagan Tosu1–1Vegalta Sendai
Baek Sung-dong 38' Report Kim Min-Tae 86'
Attendance: 4,195
Referee: Masaaki Toma
Yokohama F. Marinos1–3Kashiwa Reysol
Togashi 5' Report Nakagawa 42'
Masushima 50', 68'
Attendance: 7,084
Vegalta Sendai0–0Avispa Fukuoka
Report
Attendance: 5,955
Referee: Yusuke Araki
Kashiwa Reysol2–1Kawasaki Frontale
Diego Oliveira 39'
Taketomi 90+4'		 Report Eduardo Neto 72'
Attendance: 5,543
Referee: Hajime Matsuo
Yokohama F. Marinos1–0Sagan Tosu
Ito 23' Report
Attendance: 4,777
Referee: Jumpei Iida
Kashiwa Reysol1–2Albirex Niigata
Diego Oliveira 66' Report Ito 55'
Kozuka 72'
Attendance: 5,300
Referee: Jumpei Iida
Sagan Tosu1–1Kawasaki Frontale
Tomiyama 72' Report Kim Min-hyeok 16' (o.g.)
Attendance: 4,779
Referee: Hiromichi Oka
Yokohama F. Marinos2–1Avispa Fukuoka
Hyodo 73'
Ito 90+4'		 Report Hirai 31'
Attendance: 5,133
Referee: Shoichiro Mikami
Kawasaki Frontale2–1Vegalta Sendai
Otsuka 43', 48' Report Ramon Lopes 85'
Attendance: 8,801
Albirex Niigata1–1Yokohama F. Marinos
Ibusuki 7' Report Nakagawa 72'
Attendance: 8,136
Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami
Avispa Fukuoka1–1Sagan Tosu
Hirai 85' Report Toyoda 45'
Attendance: 14,465
Referee: Kenji Ogiya
Vegalta Sendai0–2Yokohama F. Marinos
Report Nakamura 42'
Saito 61'
Attendance: 12,811
Referee: Yudai Yamamoto
Avispa Fukuoka4–2Albirex Niigata
Kanamori 16', 37'
Hirai 19'
Jogo 68'		 Report Yamazaki 6'
Suzuki 82'
Attendance: 7,209
Referee: Hajime Matsuo
Sagan Tosu1–1Kashiwa Reysol
Ikeda 31' Report Éderson 79'
Attendance: 5,337

Knock-out stage

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
             
Yokohama F. Marinos (a) 1 1 2
Omiya Ardija 2 0 2
Yokohama F. Marinos 0 1 1
Gamba Osaka (a) 0 1 1
Gamba Osaka 1 6 7
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1 3 4
Gamba Osaka 1 (4)
Urawa Red Diamonds 1 (5)
Urawa Red Diamonds 2 4 6
Vissel Kobe 1 0 1
Urawa Red Diamonds 2 3 5
FC Tokyo 1 1 2
Avispa Fukuoka 1 0 1
FC Tokyo 1 2 3

Quarter-finals

First leg

Omiya Ardija2–1Yokohama F. Marinos
Mateus 23'
Ienaga 87'		 Report Kanai 71'
Attendance: 6,283
Sanfrecce Hiroshima1–1Gamba Osaka
Shibasaki 28' Report Goya 86'
Attendance: 5,529
Referee: Yoshiro Imamura
Vissel Kobe1–2Urawa Red Diamonds
Leandro 35' Report Takagi 6'
Zlatan 41'
Attendance: 7,001
Referee: Yusuke Araki
FC Tokyo1–1Avispa Fukuoka
Nakajima 62' Report Mishima 90'
Attendance: 6,882
Referee: Takuto Okabe

Second leg

Yokohama F. Marinos1–0Omiya Ardija
Kayke 45+1' Report
Attendance: 8,862

2–2 on aggregate. Yokohama F. Marinos won on away goals

Urawa Red Diamonds4–0Vissel Kobe
Takagi 39', 60'
Abe 43'
Lee 84'		 Report
Attendance: 19,253

Urawa Red Diamonds won 6-1 on aggregate.

Gamba Osaka6–3Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Nagasawa 32', 45+2'
Niwa 55'
Ademilson 60', 63'
Abe 71'		 Report Nogami 24'
Morisaki 52'
Minagawa 79'
Attendance: 12,977
Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami

Gamba Osaka won 7-4 on aggregate.

Avispa Fukuoka0–2FC Tokyo
Report Tanabe 30'
Takahashi 75'
Attendance: 8,060
Referee: Kenji Ogiya

FC Tokyo won 3-1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

First leg

Gamba Osaka0–0Yokohama F. Marinos
Report
Attendance: 11,160
Referee: Hajime Matsuo
FC Tokyo1–2Urawa Red Diamonds
Higashi 49' Report 77' Takagi
80' Muto
Attendance: 13,354

Second leg

Yokohama F. Marinos1–1Gamba Osaka
Ito 56' Report 63' Endō
Attendance: 19,378
Referee: Kenji Ogiya

1–1 on aggregate. Gamba Osaka won on away goals

Urawa Red Diamonds3–1FC Tokyo
Koroki 24', 38', 53' Report 81' Nakajima
Attendance: 26,876

Urawa Red Diamonds won 5-2 on aggregate.

Final

Gamba Osaka1–1 (a.e.t.)Urawa Red Diamonds
Ademilson 17' 76' Lee
Penalties
Fujimoto soccer ball with check mark
Konno soccer ball with check mark
Niwa soccer ball with check mark
Goya soccer ball with red X
Endō soccer ball with check mark		 4–5 soccer ball with check mark Abe
soccer ball with check mark Otani
soccer ball with check mark Koroki
soccer ball with check mark Lee
soccer ball with check mark Endo
Attendance: 51,248
Referee: Ryuji Sato

Top scorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Japan Toshiyuki Takagi Urawa Red Diamonds 4
2 Japan Shinzo Koroki Urawa Red Diamonds 3
Brazil Pedro Júnior Vissel Kobe
Japan Kazuma Watanabe Vissel Kobe
Japan Shoki Hirai Avispa Fukuoka
Japan Sho Ito Yokohama F. Marinos

Updated to games played on 15 October 2016
Names of players in bold are still active.
Source: J. League Data

References

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