2022 J.League Cup final

2022 J.League Cup final
2022JリーグYBCルヴァンカップ 決勝
The match took place at Japan National Stadium
Event2022 J.League Cup
Cerezo Osaka Sanfrecce Hiroshima
1 2
Date22 October 2022
VenueNational Stadium, Tokyo
Man of the MatchPieros Sotiriou
RefereeYudai Yamamoto
Attendance39,608
WeatherSunny
21.4 °C (71 °F)
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The 2022 J.League Cup final was an association football match between Cerezo Osaka and Sanfrecce Hiroshima on 22 October 2022 at Japan National Stadium. It was the 30th edition J.League Cup, organised by the J.League. Cerezo Osaka were making their third J.League Cup final appearance after winning the competition in 2017 and finishing runners-up in 2021. Sanfrecce Hiroshima had previously appeared in two J.League cup finals but were beaten on both occasions in 2010 and 2014.[1]

Prior to the game, a moment of silence was held to honor the death of former Sanfrecce Hiroshima player Masato Kudo, who had died a day before from complications of brain surgery.

Yudai Yamamoto was the referee for the match, which was played in front of 39,608 spectators. After a goalless first half, Cerezo Osaka scored after half time thanks to Mutsuki Kato and held their lead, until a red card was given to Matej Jonjić after striking Sanfrecce player Nassim Ben Khalifa, which put in Pieros Sotiriou. Sotiriou then scored on a spot kick with three minutes left in stoppage time, then scored again with barely any time left in stoppage in the 101st minute on a corner kick by Makoto Mitsuta, stealing the win from Cerezo Osaka.[2]

As winners, Sanfrecce Hiroshima earned the right to play against the winners of the 2022 Copa Sudamericana in the J.League Cup / Copa Sudamericana Championship.

Teams

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Team League Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Cerezo Osaka J1 League 2 (2017, 2021)
Sanfrecce Hiroshima J1 League 2 (2010, 2014)

Route to the final

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The tournament consisted of all 18 J1 League teams as well as the top two relegated teams from the 2021 league, beginning with a home-and-away round-robin group stage consisting of four groups of four teams. The top two teams of each group would then advance to a two-legged play-off stage. The winners of the play-offs would then be entered into a final knockout stage, alongside four teams that received byes due to their commitments in the 2022 AFC Champions League group stage.[3]

Further information: 2022 J.League Cup
Cerezo Osaka Round Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Opponent Result Group stage Opponent Result
Gamba Osaka 2–3 (A) Matchday 1 Tokushima Vortis 0–3 (A)
Kashima Antlers 0–1 (A) Matchday 2 Nagoya Grampus 2–0 (H)
Oita Trinita 6–1 (H) Matchday 3 Shimizu S-Pulse 1–2 (H)
Kashima Antlers 1–3 (H) Matchday 4 Nagoya Grampus 1–2 (A)
Gamba Osaka 0–0 (H) Matchday 5 Tokushima Vortis 4–0 (H)
Oita Trinita 3–3 (A) Matchday 6 Shimizu S-Pulse 2–1 (A)
Group A runners-up

Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Kashima Antlers 6 13
2 Cerezo Osaka 6 11
3 Gamba Osaka 6 5
4 Oita Trinita 6 3
Source: League table, Match results
 Final standings Group B winners

Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 6 12
2 Nagoya Grampus 6 10
3 Shimizu S-Pulse 6 8
4 Tokushima Vortis 6 4
Source: League table, Match results
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Knockout phase Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Shonan Bellmare 5–1 1–0 (H) 1–4 (A) Play-off stage Consadole Sapporo 4–1 0–3 (A) 1–1 (H)
Kawasaki Frontale 3–3 (a) 1–1 (H) 2–2 (A) Quarter-finals Yokohama F. Marinos 5–2 3–1 (H) 1–2 (A)
Urawa Reds 5–1 1–1 (H) 0–4 (A) Semi-finals Avispa Fukuoka 3–2 2–3 (A) 0–0 (H)

Match

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Details

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Cerezo Osaka1–2Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Kato 53' JLeague.co (EN)
JLeague.jp (JA)		 Sotiriou 90+6' (pen.), 90+11'
Attendance: 39,608
GK 21 South Korea Kim Jin-hyeon
DF 2 Japan Riku Matsuda
DF 22 Croatia Matej Jonjić Red card 79'
DF 24 Japan Koji Toriumi
DF 6 Japan Ryosuke Yamanaka
MF 16 Japan Seiya Maikuma
MF 25 Japan Hiroaki Okuno (c)
MF 17 Japan Tokuma Suzuki
MF 19 Japan Hirotaka Tameda downward-facing red arrow 80'
FW 20 Japan Mutsuki Kato downward-facing red arrow 70'
FW 7 Japan Satoki Uejo downward-facing red arrow 70'
Substitutes:
GK 31 Japan Keisuke Shimizu
DF 29 Japan Kakeru Funaki
DF 33 Japan Ryuya Nishio upward-facing green arrow 80'
MF 10 Japan Hiroshi Kiyotake upward-facing green arrow 70'
MF 41 Japan Hikaru Nakahara
FW 26 Brazil Jean Patric
FW 38 Japan Sota Kitano Yellow card 85' upward-facing green arrow 70'
Manager:
Japan Akio Kogiku
2022 J. League Cup final line-ups
GK 38 Japan Keisuke Osako (c)
DF 3 Japan Tsukasa Shiotani downward-facing red arrow 90'
DF 4 Japan Hayato Araki
DF 19 Japan Sho Sasaki
MF 2 Japan Yuki Nogami Yellow card 81' downward-facing red arrow 90'
MF 7 Japan Gakuto Notsuda downward-facing red arrow 80'
MF 19 Japan Taishi Matsumoto downward-facing red arrow 63'
MF 27 Japan Takumu Kawamura
MF 39 Japan Makoto Mitsuta
MF 10 Japan Tsukasa Morishima
FW 13 Switzerland Nassim Ben Khalifa Yellow card 74'
Substitutes:
GK 22 Japan Goro Kawanami
DF 21 Japan Jelani Reshaun Sumiyoshi
MF 6 Japan Toshihiro Aoyama
MF 18 Japan Yoshifumi Kashiwa upward-facing green arrow 80'
MF 25 Japan Yusuke Chajima upward-facing green arrow 90'
MF 30 Japan Kosei Shibasaki upward-facing green arrow 90'
FW 20 Cyprus Pieros Sotiriou Yellow card 90+12' upward-facing green arrow 63'
Manager:
Germany Michael Skibbe

Assistant referees:
Hiroshi Yamauchi
Toshiyuki Tanaka
Fourth official:
Ryo Tanimoto

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Seven named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions.

Statistics

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Statistic[4] Cerezo Osaka Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Goals scored 1 2
Total shots 9 16
Corner kicks 5 5
Freekicks 12 11
Yellow cards 1 3
Red cards 1 0

References

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  1. ^ "Japan - List of League Cup Winners". RSSSF. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Sanfrecce shock Cerezo in stoppage time to lift first J.League YBC Levain Cup". JLeague.co. Japan Professional Football League. 23 October 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  3. ^ "大会概要：2022JリーグYBCルヴァンカップ：Jリーグ.jp" [Tournament Summary: 2022 J.League YBC Levain Cup: JLeague.jp] (in Japanese). Japan Professional Football League. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Cerezo Osaka vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Final, J.League YBC Levain Cup 2022". JLeague.co. Japan Professional Football League. 22 October 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
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