2015 Suruga Bank Championship

2015 Suruga Bank Championship
Osaka Expo '70 Stadium in Suita, Japan hosted the match
Date11 August 2015
VenueOsaka Expo '70 Stadium, Suita
RefereeTan Hai (China)
Attendance12,722
WeatherClear
29.7 °C (85.5 °F)
58% humidity
2014
2016

The 2015 Suruga Bank Championship (Japanese: スルガ銀行チャンピオンシップ2015; Spanish: Copa Suruga Bank 2015) was the eighth edition of the Suruga Bank Championship, the club football match co-organized by the Japan Football Association, the football governing body of Japan, CONMEBOL, the football governing body of South America, and J. League, the professional football league of Japan, between the winners of the previous season's J. League Cup and Copa Sudamericana.

The match was contested between Japanese team Gamba Osaka, the 2014 J. League Cup winners, and Argentine team River Plate, the 2014 Copa Sudamericana winners. It was hosted by Gamba Osaka at the Osaka Expo '70 Stadium in Suita on 11 August 2015.[1]

River Plate won the match 3–0 to win their third international club title in 2015, after the 2015 Recopa Sudamericana and the 2015 Copa Libertadores (where they played in the finals less than a week before), and also became the first South American team to win this competition since 2009.[2]

Teams

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Team Association / Confederation Qualification Previous appearances
Japan Gamba Osaka Japan Football Association 2014 J. League Cup winners 1 (2008)
Argentina River Plate CONMEBOL 2014 Copa Sudamericana winners None

Format

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The Suruga Bank Championship was played as a single match, with the J. League Cup winner hosting the match. If the score was tied at the end of regulation, a penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner (no extra time was played). A maximum of seven substitutions could be made during the match.

Match

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Gamba Osaka Japan0–3Argentina River Plate
Report (JFA)
Report (J. League)
Report (CONMEBOL)
Sánchez 8' (pen.)
Mercado 31'
Martínez 61'
Attendance: 12,722
Referee: Tan Hai (China)
Gamba Osaka
River Plate
GK 18 Japan Yōsuke Fujigaya
DF 6 South Korea Kim Jung-ya downward-facing red arrow 41'
DF 8 Japan Keisuke Iwashita Yellow card 44'
DF 15 Japan Yasuyuki Konno
DF 22 South Korea Oh Jae-suk downward-facing red arrow 83'
MF 7 Japan Yasuhito Endō (c)
MF 17 Japan Tomokazu Myojin downward-facing red arrow 46'
MF 19 Japan Kotaro Omori downward-facing red arrow 55'
MF 21 Japan Yōsuke Ideguchi
FW 9 Brazil Lins downward-facing red arrow 64'
FW 29 Brazil Patric downward-facing red arrow 71'
Substitutes:
GK 16 Japan Ken Tajiri
DF 3 Japan Takaharu Nishino
DF 4 Japan Hiroki Fujiharu upward-facing green arrow 46'
MF 10 Japan Takahiro Futagawa upward-facing green arrow 55'
MF 11 Japan Shu Kurata Yellow card 57' upward-facing green arrow 41'
MF 13 Japan Hiroyuki Abe upward-facing green arrow 64'
FW 20 Japan Shun Nagasawa
FW 24 Japan Shingo Akamine upward-facing green arrow 71'
FW 30 Japan Sou Hirao upward-facing green arrow 83'
Manager:
Japan Kenta Hasegawa
GK 1 Argentina Marcelo Barovero (c)
DF 25 Argentina Gabriel Mercado
DF 2 Argentina Jonathan Maidana
DF 6 Argentina Ramiro Funes Mori
DF 21 Argentina Leonel Vangioni
MF 8 Uruguay Carlos Sánchez downward-facing red arrow 78'
MF 23 Argentina Leonardo Ponzio downward-facing red arrow 52'
MF 5 Argentina Matías Kranevitter
MF 16 Argentina Nicolás Bertolo downward-facing red arrow 52'
FW 22 Argentina Sebastián Driussi downward-facing red arrow 52'
FW 29 Argentina Javier Saviola downward-facing red arrow 64'
Substitutes:
GK 26 Argentina Julio Chiarini
DF 3 Colombia Éder Álvarez Balanta
MF 18 Uruguay Camilo Mayada upward-facing green arrow 78'
MF 14 Argentina Augusto Solari
MF 15 Argentina Leonardo Pisculichi upward-facing green arrow 52'
MF 27 Argentina Lucho González upward-facing green arrow 64'
MF 10 Argentina Gonzalo Martínez upward-facing green arrow 52'
FW 17 Argentina Lucas Boyé
FW 19 Uruguay Tabaré Viúdez upward-facing green arrow 52'
Manager:
Argentina Marcelo Gallardo

Assistant referees:
Mu Yuxin (China)
Huo Weiming (China)
Fourth official:
Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)

References

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  1. ^ 2015年8月11日(火)万博記念競技場で開催決定 スルガ銀行チャンピオンシップ2015OSAKA Jリーグヤマザキナビスコカップ/コパ・トタル・スダメリカーナ 王者決定戦 (in Japanese). Japan Football Association. 16 December 2014.
  2. ^ "Copa Suruga Bank: River Plate derrotó 3 a 0 al Gamba Osaka y es el nuevo campeón" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 11 August 2015.
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