Información Histórica
The J.League Cup, also known as the Nabisco Cup, started play on
1 June and will see the final on 25 September, which is in the middle
of the second half of the regular J.League competition.
The J.League Cup is being played for the fourth time this year: the
first time was in 1992 (that was the first J.League event, even before
the inaugural competition), it was also played in '93 and '94, but in
1995 it was skipped because of the packed schedule of the J.League's
regular competition. The first three editions were all won by Verdy
Kawasaki. Note that the J.League Cup is not Japan's official Cup
Competition: it is the winner of the Emperor's Cup, played
traditionally in December, who gets to participate in the Asian Cup
Winners' Cup.
The format of the J.League Cup seems to change every year: this year
the participants are only the regular J.League teams (in previous
years the associate members (in the JFL) also got to participate but
there was apparently no room in their schedule this time). The
familiar 16 teams are divided in two groups, and get to play each
other in a home-and-away format. The interesting thing is that the
home and away games follow each other directly: so for instance on the
first day (Saturday 1 June) the Yokohama Marinos hosted Gamba Osaka,
and on the second day (the following Wednesday, 5 June) Gamba hosted
the Marinos. The assignment of points is also interesting: only the
results over each two-match series count. If the series ends in a
draw (both games ended in draws, or both teams won once and scored the
same number of goals) then both teams get 1 point. In all other cases,
the team that scored the most goals is declared the winner and gets 3
points. The away goals rule is not applied, so a 1-0 home win followed
by a 1-2 away defeat counts as a draw. Obviously there is no 'V-goal'
(sudden-death) overtime, games end after 90 minutes and a draw is a
draw.
Group A
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Urawa Reds - Kashiwa Reysol 1- 3
Goals: (Reds) Fukunaga, (Reysol) Watanabe, OG, Edilson
Kashiwa Reysol - Urawa Reds 2- 0
Goals: (Reysol) N.Katou, Edilson
Yokohama Marinos - Gamba Osaka 2- 3
Goals: (Marinos) Miura 2, (Gamba) Isogai 2 (1 PK), Gillhaus
Gamba Osaka - Yokohama Marinos 1- 1
Goals: (Gamba) Matsuyama, (Marinos) T.Yamada
Kyoto Purple Sanga - Bellmare Hiratsuka 1- 1
Goals: (Sanga) Raudnei, (Bellmare) Seki
Bellmare Hiratsuka - Kyoto Purple Sanga 3- 1
Goals: (Bellmare) T.Iwamoto, Seki, Natsuka, (Sanga) Raudnei (PK)
Sanfrecce Hiroshima - Jubilo Iwata 1- 0
Goals: (Sanfrecce) Huistra
Jubilo Iwata - Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1- 0
Goals: (Jubilo) Nakayama
Kashiwa Reysol - Yokohama Marinos 0- 0
Yokohama Marinos - Kashiwa Reysol 3- 1
Goals: (Marinos) Miura, Matsuda, Bisconti, (Reysol) Edilson
Urawa Reds - Bellmare Hiratsuka 0- 0
Bellmare Hiratsuka - Urawa Reds 1- 2
Goals: (Bellmare) Bettinho, (Reds) Boli, Fukuda (PK)
Kyoto Purple Sanga - Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0- 1
Goals: (Sanfrecce) Abe
Sanfrecce Hiroshima - Kyoto Purple Sanga 0- 0
Jubilo Iwata - Gamba Osaka 3- 1
Goals: (Jubilo) Nanami, Fujita, Schillaci, (Gamba) Gillhaus
Gamba Osaka - Jubilo Iwata 0- 5
Goals: (Jubilo) Vanenburg, Nakayama 2, Takeda, Ookura
Kashiwa Reysol - Jubilo Iwata 2- 1
Goals: (Reysol) Wagner, Sakai, (Jubilo) Schillaci
Jubilo Iwata - Kashiwa Reysol 1- 1
Goals: (Jubilo) Katsuya, (Reysol) Careca
Bellmare Hiratsuka - Yokohama Marinos 1- 1
Goals: (Bellmare) Nakata, (Marinos) Bisconti
Yokohama Marinos - Bellmare Hiratsuka 0- 3
Goals: (Bellmare) T.Iwamoto, Paulinho 2
Kyoto Purple Sanga - Urawa Reds 1- 1
Goals: (Sanga) Raudnei, (Reds) Boli
Urawa Reds - Kyoto Purple Sanga 0- 1
Goals: (Sanga) Yamaguchi
Sanfrecce Hiroshima - Gamba Osaka 1- 1
Goals: (Sanfrecce) Kubo, (Gamba) Matsuyama
Gamba Osaka - Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0- 3
Goals: (Sanfrecce) Moriyasu, Kubo, Michiki
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Urawa Reds - Yokohama Marinos 2- 1
Goals: (Reds) Okano, Fukuda, (Marinos) Bisconti
The first leg was won by the Marinos, don't remember the score.
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Jubilo Iwata - Bellmare Hiratsuka 2- 1
Goals: (Jubilo) OG, Hattori (PK), (Bellmare) Paulinho
The first game was also won by Jubilo, by a wide margin I think.
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Kyoto Purple Sanga - Gamba Osaka 1- 2
Goals: (Sanga) Raudnei, (Gamba) Skrinjar, Matsunami
The first game was also won by Gamba, 4-3 if I remember correctly.
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Sanfrecce Hiroshima - Kashiwa Reysol 1- 3
Goals: (Sanfrecce) Ooki, (Reysol) Careca (2), Shimotaira
The first game was won by Sanfrecce, but with a one-goal difference;
Consequently, the points go to Reysol.
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Urawa Reds - Jubilo Iwata 1- 2
Goals: (Reds) Fukuda (PK), (Jubilo) Nakayama, Schillaci
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Kyoto Purple Sanga - Yokohama Marinos 1- 3
Goals: (Sanga) Raudnei, (Marinos) Zapata, Nagayama, Omura (PK)
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Gamba Osaka - Kashiwa Reysol 1- 4
Goals: (Gamba) Gillhaus, (Reysol) Date, Valdir, Arima, N.Katou
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Sanfrecce Hiroshima - Bellmare Hiratsuka 2- 3
Goals: (Sanfrecce) Kubo, Huistra, (Bellmare) Paulinho, Seki (2)
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Yokohama Marinos - Jubilo Iwata 2- 0
Goals: (Marinos) T.Suzuki, Bisconti
The Marinos also won the first game, by the same score I think.
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Bellmare Hiratsuka - Gamba Osaka 0- 0
The first game was also a draw.
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Urawa Reds - Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0- 2
Goals: (Sanfrecce) Santos (2)
The first game was won by the Reds; I'm not sure, but I think
Sanfrecce got three points out of this leg.
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Kashiwa Reysol - Kyoto Purple Sanga 3- 1
Kyoto Purple Sanga - Kashiwa Reysol 0- 0
The second game was originally cancelled because of a typhoon, which
made it the first time ever an official J.League match had to be
postponed. It was finally played on 24 August.
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Bellmare Hiratsuka - Kashiwa Reysol 3- 1
Goals: (Bellmare) Nakata, Seki, Narahashi, (Reysol) Edilson
Kashiwa Reysol - Bellmare Hiratsuka 1- 2
Goals: (Reysol) Sakai, (Bellmare) Seki, Noguchi
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Yokohama Marinos - Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3- 5
Goals: (Marinos) Omura, T.Yamada, Acosta, (Sanfrecce) Santos (2),
Takagi, Huistra, Kubo
Sanfrecce Hiroshima - Yokohama Marinos 2- 2
Goals: (Sanfrecce) Huistra (PK), Moriyasu, (Marinos) Acosta (2)
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Jubilo Iwata - Kyoto Purple Sanga 0- 0
Kyoto Purple Sanga - Jubilo Iwata 3- 1
Goals: (Sanga) Carlos, Ta.Yamaguchi, Alexandre, (Jubilo) Nakayama
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Gamba Osaka - Urawa Reds 1- 1
Goals: (Gamba) Matsuyama, (Reds) Ooshiba
Urawa Reds - Gamba Osaka 3- 0
Goals: (Reds) Taguchi, Ooshiba, Okano
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Group B
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JEF United Ichihara - Avispa Fukuoka 0- 1
Goals: (Avispa) Troglio
Avispa Fukuoka - JEF United Ichihara 0- 2
Goals: (JEF) Maslovar, Hiroyama
Shimizu S-Pulse - Kashima Antlers 1- 0
Goals: (S-Pulse) Ooenoki
Kashima Antlers - Shimizu S-Pulse 2- 2
Goals: (Antlers) Leonardo 2 (1 PK), (S-Pulse) Oriba, Hasegawa
Nagoya Grampus Eight - Yokohama Flugels 1- 1
Goals: (Grampus) Hirano, (Flugels) Zinho
Yokohama Flugels - Nagoya Grampus Eight 1- 1
Goals: (Flugels) Zinho, (Grampus) Moriyama
Cerezo Osaka - Verdy Kawasaki 0- 1
Goals: (Verdy) Bismarck
Verdy Kawasaki - Cerezo Osaka 3- 0
Goals: (Verdy) Gen 2, Nunobe
Yokohama Flugels - Shimizu S-Pulse 0- 1
Goals: (S-Pulse) Nagai
Shimizu S-Pulse - Yokohama Flugels 3- 3
Goals: (S-Pulse) Sawanobori, Hasegawa, Nagai, (Flugels) Maezono2,
Satsukawa
Cerezo Osaka - JEF United Ichihara 3- 3
Goals: (Cerezo) Kawamae, Kurata, Kanda, (JEF) OG 2, Maslovar
JEF United Ichihara - Cerezo Osaka 2- 0
Goals: (JEF) Hasek, Jou
Avispa Fukuoka - Kashima Antlers 0- 0
Kashima Antlers - Avispa Fukuoka 2- 0
Goals: (Antlers) Yanagizawa, Leonardo
Verdy Kawasaki - Nagoya Grampus Eight 4- 0
Goals: (Verdy) Kitazawa, Bismarck, Nunobe, Kaiko
Nagoya Grampus Eight - Verdy Kawasaki 0- 3
Goals: (Verdy) Nunobe, Fujiyoshi, Ishizuka
Shimizu S-Pulse - Avispa Fukuoka 3- 1
Goals: (S-Pulse) Massaro, Nagai, Oriba, (Avispa) Maradona
Avispa Fukuoka - Shimizu S-Pulse 0- 1
Goals: (S-Pulse) Hasegawa
Nagoya Grampus Eight - JEF United Ichihara 1- 1
Goals: (Grampus) Stojkovic (PK), (JEF) Ejiri
JEF United Ichihara - Nagoya Grampus Eight 1- 0
Goals: (JEF) Hasek
Yokohama Flugels - Verdy Kawasaki 5- 1
Goals: (Flugels) Yamaguchi, Maezono 2, Zinho, Sampaio,
(Verdy) Kaiko (PK)
Verdy Kawasaki - Yokohama Flugels 3- 1
Goals: (Verdy) Kaiko, Kitazawa, Kurihara, (Flugels) Zinho
Cerezo Osaka - Kashima Antlers 0- 2
Goals: (Antlers) Leonardo, Kurosaki
Kashima Antlers - Cerezo Osaka 0- 3
Goals: (Cerezo) Manoel (PK), Nishizawa, Yokoyama
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Verdy Kawasaki - JEF United Ichihara 1- 2
Goals: (Verdy) Nunobe, (JEF) Jou, Niimura
The first game was won by Verdy, crushingly I think; the points go to
Verdy.
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Yokohama Flugels - Avispa Fukuoka 4- 1
Goals: (Flugels) Yamaguchi, Maezono, Zinho (PK), Sampaio,
(Avispa) Maradona (PK)
The first game was a draw.
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Nagoya Grampus Eight - Kashima Antlers 0- 2
Goals: (Antlers) Leonardo, Masuda
The first game was also won by the Antlers.
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Cerezo Osaka - Shimizu S-Pulse 0- 1
Goals: (S-Pulse) Sawanobori
The first game was also won by the S-Pulse.
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Yokohama Flugels - JEF United Ichihara 2- 3
Goals: (Flugels) Hattori, Yamaguchi, (JEF) Hasek (2), Sandro
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Verdy Kawasaki - Kashima Antlers 1- 1
Goals: (Verdy) Ardeu, (Antlers) Ishii
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Avispa Fukuoka - Cerezo Osaka 2- 2
Goals: (Avispa) OG, Takemoto, (Cerezo) Nishizawa, Yonekura
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Shimizu S-Pulse - Nagoya Grampus Eight 2- 0
Goals: (S-Pulse) Oliva (2)
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JEF United Ichihara - Kashima Antlers 1- 1
Goals: (JEF) Hasek, (Antlers) Mazinho
The first game was also a draw.
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Shimizu S-Pulse - Verdy Kawasaki 0- 0
The first game was also a draw.
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Cerezo Osaka - Yokohama Flugels 1- 1
Goals: (Cerezo) Tsukamoto; (Flugels) Maezono
The first game was also a draw.
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Nagoya Grampus Eight - Avispa Fukuoka 3- 3
Goals: (Grampus) Asano, Hirano, Moriyama, (Avispa) Yamashita,
Ishimaru, Troglio (PK)
The first game was won by Avispa.
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Kashima Antlers - Yokohama Flugels 1- 1
Goals: (Antlers) Jorginho, (Flugels) Satsukawa
Yokohama Flugels - Kashima Antlers 1- 1
Goals: (Flugels) Hattori, (Antlers) Oniki
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JEF United Ichihara - Shimizu S-Pulse 3- 1
Goals: (JEF) Nakanishi, Maslovar, Jou, (S-Pulse) Sawanobori (PK)
Shimizu S-Pulse - JEF United Ichihara 4- 0
Goals: (S-Pulse) Hasegawa (2), Oliva, Morioka
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Nagoya Grampus Eight - Cerezo Osaka 6- 1
Goals: (Grampus) Stojkovic (2), Hirano, Ogura (2), Moriyama,
(Cerezo) Yonekura
Cerezo Osaka - Nagoya Grampus Eight 3- 1
Goals: (Cerezo) Nishizawa, Morishima, Manoel (PK), (Grampus) Asano
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Avispa Fukuoka - Verdy Kawasaki 2- 5
Goals: (Avispa) Maradona (2), (Verdy) Magron, Kitazawa (2), K.Miura (2)
Verdy Kawasaki - Avispa Fukuoka 0- 1
Goals: (Avispa) Endou
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FINAL STANDINGS
GROUP A
Team Games (W-D-L) GF-GA Pnt
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1. Kashiwa Reysol 15 (7-3-4) 24-16 +8
2. Bellmare Hiratsuka 13 (6-5-3) 23-15 +8
3. Sanfrecce Hiroshima 13 (6-3-5) 22-20 +2
4. Yokohama Marinos 12 (5-4-5) 22-20 +2
5. Jubilo Iwata 10 (6-3-5) 21-17 +4
6. Gamba Osaka 7 (3-5-6) 15-30 -15
7. Urawa Reds 6 (4-4-6) 16-20 -4
8. Kyoto Purple Sanga 6 (3-5-7) 14-19 -5
GROUP B
Team Games (W-D-L) GF-GA Pnt
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1. Shimizu S-Pulse 16 (8-4-2) 22-16 +6
2. Verdy Kawasaki 14 (7-4-3) 25-13 +12
3. Yokohama Flugels 12 (3-8-3) 27-20 +7
4. JEF United Ichihara 10 (6-4-4) 20-22 -2
5. Kashima Antlers 9 (4-8-2) 16-12 +4
6. Cerezo Osaka 7 (3-4-7) 23-26 -3
7. Nagoya Grampus Eight 7 (2-4-8) 19-26 -7
8. Avispa Fukuoka 3 (3-4-7) 14-31 -17
The results of the semifinals of the 1996 J.League Cup (Nabisco Cup),
which were played on Wednesday 4 September.
Kashiwa Reysol - Verdy Kawasaki 1- 2 14,155
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(h1) 11. Argel 0-1, (h2) 0. Magrao 0-2, 14. Arima 1-2.
Shots at goal: 6-12. At National Stadium, Tokyo.
Shimizu S-Pulse - Bellmare Hiratsuka 5- 0 13,629
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(h1) 15. Oliva 1-0, 18. Ooenoki 2-0, 22. Oliva 3-0,
(h2) 11. Hasegawa 4-0, 39. T.Itou 5-0.
Shots at goal: 15-16. At Nihondaira Stadium.
Final
(Played on 25 September 1996, at National Stadium Tokyo)
Shimizu S-Pulse - Verdy Kawasaki 3- 3 (5-4) 28,232
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(h2) 23. Hasegawa 1-0, 36. Oliva 2-0, 42. Horiike 2-1 (OG),
44. Argel 2-2, (o1) 0. Santos 3-2, (o2) 0. Bismarck 3-3.
Shots at goal: 13-17. At National Stadium, Tokyo. Referee: xx.
Penalties: K.Miura 0-1, Sawanobori 1-1, Magrao x, Santos 2-1,
Bismarck 2-2, Ooenoki 3-2, Kitazawa 3-3, Morioka 4-3, Argel 4-4,
Oliva 5-4.
Lineups
Shimizu S-Pulse - GK Sanada, DF Andou, Saitou, Horiike, Morioka,
MF Santos, Ooenoki, Nagai, Oliva, Sawanobori, FW Hasegawa.
Substitutions: Shirai (o1-10, for Nagai).
Cards: Sawanobori, Santos.
Verdy Kawasaki - GK S.Kikuchi, DF Ishikawa, Argel, Hashiratani,
Nakamura, Sugawara, MF Y.Miura, Bismarck, Kitazawa, FW Magrao,
K.Miura.
Substitutions: Gen (h2-30, for Nakamura), T.Kikuchi (h2-36, for
Ishikawa), Nishizawa (h2-41, for Y.Miura).
Cards: Nakamura, Magrao, Hashiratani, Argel.
J.League Cup (Nabisco Cup) Top Scorers
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1. Oliva Arg? Shimizu S-Pulse 9
2. Kouji Seki Jpn Bellmare Hiratsuka 8
Author: Eric Visser
(ericv@gol.com)
Last updated: 1 Feb 2004
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