The J.League Cup (Japanese: Jリーグカップ, Hepburn: Jē-rīgu Kappu) is a Japanese football (soccer) competition organised by J.League, the men's association football league in Japan.
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It has been sponsored by Yamazaki Biscuits (YBC) of Yamazaki Baking (formerly Yamazaki Nabisco) since its inception in 1992. It is a.k.a. J.League YBC Levain Cup (Japanese: JリーグYBCルヴァンカップ, Hepburn: Jē-rīgu Waibīshī Ruvan Kappu) or YBC Levain Cup (Japanese: ルヴァンカップ、ルヴァン杯, Hepburn: Ruvan Kappu) (Levain is one of YBC's products). It was a.k.a. J.League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup (Japanese: Jリーグヤマザキナビスコカップ, Hepburn: Jē-rīgu Yamazaki Nabisuko Kappu) or Nabisco Cup (Japanese: ナビスコカップ、ナビスコ杯, Hepburn: Nabisuko Kappu) until August 2016.
Founded | 1992 |
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Region | Japan |
Number of teams | 60 |
Current champions | Avispa Fukuoka (1st title) |
Most successful club(s) | Kashima Antlers (6 titles) |
Television broadcasters | Fuji TV, SKY PerfecTV! (live matches) |
Website | jleague.jp/cup |
2024 J.League Cup |
It is generally regarded as the Japanese equivalent to league cup competitions played in many countries, such as the Football League Cup in England, as complementary to the Emperor's Cup competed between clubs from all divisions of professional football in Japan. Before the J. League Cup was created, the old Japan Soccer League had its own Japan Soccer League Cup since the 1976 season.
The tournament format varies almost each year largely depending on the schedule of international matches such as the Olympic Games and World Cup games (see the Format section below).
From 2007 to 2023, the winners qualified for the J.League Cup / Copa Sudamericana Championship held in the following summer, where they played against the winners of the Copa Sudamericana. The tournament was cancelled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, but was not held for 2021 and 2022, before ultimately being cancelled in 2023.
0 to 2 clubs (varies depending on the number of J1 teams participating in the ACL group stage) that were relegated to J2 last year and all J1 clubs can now participate. This is last season of group stage format in 2023.
All of the 60 J. League clubs will participate in knockout format from 2024.
For the 2024 season, the three Japanese clubs qualified for the 2023–24 AFC Champions League knockout stage (i.e. Kawasaki Frontale, Yokohama F. Marinos and Ventforet Kofu) will receive a bye to the knockout phase, while the remaining 57 J.League clubs are split into 10 groups of 5 or 6 for the first three rounds (known as the "first stage") based on their performance in the 2023 season, with the winners of each single leg single-elimination group will advance to the two-legged play-off round. The 5 winners of the play-off round will join the 3 aforementioned clubs in the knockout stage (known locally as the "prime stage"), in which the format unchanged comparing to the format in 2023.
Club | Winners | Runners-up | Winning seasons | Runners-up seasons |
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Kashima Antlers | 6 | 3 | 1997, 2000, 2002, 2011, 2012, 2015 | 1999, 2003, 2006 |
Tokyo Verdy | 3 | 1 | 1992, 1993, 1994 | 1996 |
FC Tokyo | 3 | 0 | 2004, 2009, 2020 | |
Urawa Red Diamonds | 2 | 5 | 2003, 2016 | 2002, 2004, 2011, 2013, 2023 |
Júbilo Iwata | 2 | 3 | 1998, 2010 | 1994, 1997, 2001 |
Gamba Osaka | 2 | 3 | 2007, 2014 | 2005, 2015, 2016 |
JEF United Chiba | 2 | 1 | 2005, 2006 | 1998 |
Kashiwa Reysol | 2 | 1 | 1999, 2013 | 2020 |
Shimizu S-Pulse | 1 | 4 | 1996 | 1992, 1993, 2008, 2012 |
Kawasaki Frontale | 1 | 4 | 2019 | 2000, 2007, 2009, 2017 |
Cerezo Osaka | 1 | 2 | 2017 | 2021, 2022 |
Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 1 | 2 | 2022 | 2010, 2014 |
Yokohama F. Marinos | 1 | 1 | 2001 | 2018 |
Oita Trinita | 1 | 0 | 2008 | |
Shonan Bellmare | 1 | 0 | 2018 | |
Nagoya Grampus | 1 | 0 | 2021 | |
Avispa Fukuoka | 1 | 0 | 2023 | |
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo | 0 | 1 | 2019 |
This award is presented to an under-23 player who made the biggest contribution to his team in the competition. The winner is decided based on votes from football journalists.
Year | Winner | Club |
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1996 | Hiroshi Nanami | Júbilo Iwata |
Toshihide Saito | Shimizu S-Pulse | |
1997 | Atsuhiro Miura | Yokohama Flügels |
1998 | Naohiro Takahara | Júbilo Iwata |
1999 | Yukihiko Sato | FC Tokyo |
2000 | Takayuki Suzuki | Kashima Antlers |
2001 | Hitoshi Sogahata | Kashima Antlers |
2002 | Keisuke Tsuboi | Urawa Red Diamonds |
2003 | Tatsuya Tanaka | Urawa Red Diamonds |
2004 | Makoto Hasebe | Urawa Red Diamonds |
2005 | Yuki Abe | JEF United Chiba |
2006 | Hiroyuki Taniguchi | Kawasaki Frontale |
2007 | Michihiro Yasuda | Gamba Osaka |
2008 | Mu Kanazaki | Oita Trinita |
2009 | Takuji Yonemoto | FC Tokyo |
2010 | Yojiro Takahagi | Sanfrecce Hiroshima |
2011 | Genki Haraguchi | Urawa Red Diamonds |
2012 | Hideki Ishige | Shimizu S-Pulse |
2013 | Manabu Saitō | Yokohama F. Marinos |
2014 | Takashi Usami | Gamba Osaka |
2015 | Shuhei Akasaki | Kashima Antlers |
2016 | Yosuke Ideguchi | Gamba Osaka |
2017 | Takuma Nishimura | Vegalta Sendai |
2018 | Keita Endo | Yokohama F. Marinos |
2019 | Keito Nakamura | Gamba Osaka |
2020 | Ayumu Seko | Cerezo Osaka |
2021 | Zion Suzuki | Urawa Red Diamonds |
2022 | Sota Kitano | Cerezo Osaka |
All matches of the competition is currently broadcast live by Abema, Fuji TV, and SKY PerfecTV! respectively.
YouTube only broadcast live coverage in prime stage matches through both official J.League International (exc. Thailand) and Siam Sport (Thailand only) channels. Starts 2024 season, Rajawali Televisi broadcast live coverage of all matches for Indonesia, Record and ESPN Brazil will also broadcast live coverage of all matches for Brazil, and TV3 will also broadcast live coverage of all matches for Malaysia.
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