2017 J.League Cup

2017 J.League Cup
2017 JリーグYBCルヴァンカップ
Country	Japan
Dates	15 March – 4 November 2017
Teams	18
Champions	Cerezo Osaka
Runners-up	Kawasaki Frontale
Matches played	59
Goals scored	157 (2.66 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Crislan (5 goals)
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The 2017 J.League Cup (2017 Jリーグカップ), or officially the 2017 J.League YBC Levain (2017 JリーグYBCルヴァンカップ), was the 42nd edition of the most prestigious Japanese football league cup tournament and the 25th edition under the current J.League Cup format.

Format[]

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Teams from the will take part in the tournament. Teams that qualified for 2017 AFC Champions League group stage (3 or 4 teams: later confirmed as Gamba Osaka, Kashima Antlers, Kawasaki Frontale and Urawa Red Diamonds) were given byes to the quarter-finals. The remaining teams (14 or 15 teams) started from the group stage, where they were divided into two groups of 7 or 8 teams. The group winners of each group were to qualify for the quarter-finals. The remained quarter-finalists (2 or 3 teams) were to be the winners of the play-off of the following two-legged ties:

If 3 teams automatically qualified for the quarter-finals due to the participation in AFC Champions League:
- Group A runners-up v. Group B fourth place
- Group A third place v. Group B third place
- Group A fourth place v. Group B runners-up
If 4 teams automatically qualified for the quarter-finals due to the participation in AFC Champions League:
- Group A runners-up v. Group B third place
- Group A third place v. Group B runners-up

Group stage[]

Group A[]

Standings[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Vegalta Sendai	6	4	1	1	10	10	0	13
FC Tokyo	6	4	0	2	14	8	+6	12
Consadole Sapporo	6	3	1	2	7	5	+2	10
Júbilo Iwata	6	3	0	3	10	10	0	9
Omiya Ardija	6	2	2	2	11	8	+3	8
Kashiwa Reysol	6	1	2	3	4	6	−2	5
Shimizu S-Pulse	6	1	0	5	5	14	−9	3

Source: ^[2]

Results[]

Home \ Away	ARD	REY	TOK	VEG	JÚB	CON	SSP
Omiya Ardija		0–0		1–2			4–0
Kashiwa Reysol			0–1		1–2		1–0
FC Tokyo	4–3			6–0		1–0
Vegalta Sendai		1–1			2–0		3–1
Júbilo Iwata	1–2		3–1			0–2
Consadole Sapporo	1–1	2–1		1–2
Shimizu S-Pulse			2–1		2–4	0–1

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B[]

Standings[]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Vissel Kobe	6	5	0	1	10	3	+7	15
Cerezo Osaka	6	4	2	0	9	4	+5	14
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	6	3	1	2	5	6	−1	10
Yokohama F. Marinos	6	3	0	3	8	8	0	9
Ventforet Kofu	6	1	2	3	5	6	−1	5
Sagan Tosu	6	1	2	3	10	12	−2	5
Albirex Niigata	6	0	1	5	3	11	−8	1

Source: ^[2]

Results[]

Home \ Away	SFR	VIS	YMA	SAG	VEN	ALB	CER
Sanfrecce Hiroshima				1–0	0–0		0–1
Vissel Kobe	4–1			1–0	2–1
Yokohama F. Marinos	1–2	0–2				4–1
Sagan Tosu			1–2			2–2	4–4
Ventforet Kofu			0–1	2–3			0–0
Albirex Niigata	0–1	0–1					0–2
Cerezo Osaka		1–0	2–0			1–0

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-off stage[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Consadole Sapporo	0–3	Cerezo Osaka	0–2	0–1
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	0–2	FC Tokyo	0–1	0–1

Quarter-Finals[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Cerezo Osaka	2–2 (a)	Urawa Red Diamonds	0–0	2–2
Kawasaki Frontale	7–1	FC Tokyo	2–0	5–1
Vegalta Sendai	5–4	Kashima Antlers	3–1	2–3
Vissel Kobe	0–2	Gamba Osaka	0–0	0–2

Semi-Finals[]

First leg[]

4 October 2017 (2017-10-04)	Cerezo Osaka	2–2	Gamba Osaka	showYanmar Stadium Nagai, Osaka
19:03	Ricardo Santos 23' Kimoto 81'		16' Akasaki 86' Ide	Attendance: 21,800 Referee: M. Tōjō

4 October 2017 (2017-10-04)	Vegalta Sendai	3–2	Kawasaki Frontale	showYurtec Stadium Sendai, Sendai
19:04	Ishihara 24' Crislan 33', 45+1(pen.)'		72' Nara 90+4' Chinen	Attendance: 8,382 Referee: T. Okabe

Second leg[]

8 October 2017 (2017-10-08)	Gamba Osaka	1–2	Cerezo Osaka	showSuita City Football Stadium, Suita
14:03	Izumisawa 60'		15' Kakitani 90+5' Kimoto	Attendance: 31,578 Referee: N. Murakami

8 October 2017 (2017-10-08)	Kawasaki Frontale	3–1	Vegalta Sendai	showTodoroki Athletics Stadium, Kawasaki
15:04	Miyoshi 29', 49' Hasegawa 90'		59' Nakano	Attendance: 22,385 Referee: M. Toma

Final[]

4 November 2017 (2017-11-04)	Cerezo Osaka	2–0	Kawasaki Frontale	showSaitama
13:05 UCT+9	Sugimoto 1' Souza 90+2'			Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 53,452 Referee: Y. Nishimura

Top scorers[]

As of match played 4 November 2017.^[3]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Crislan	Vegalta Sendai	5
2	Koki Ogawa	Júbilo Iwata	4
	Junya Tanaka	Vissel Kobe
	Ricardo Santos	Cerezo Osaka

References[]

^ "２０１７ＪリーグYBCルヴァンカッ��　大会方式および試合方式について" [Tournament/matches format of 2017 J.League YBC Levain Cup]. J.League. 13 December 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "2017 J.League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup - League Table". J.League Official Website.
^ https://www.jleague.jp/en/stats/goal.html?s=YLC

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[1] "２０１７ＪリーグYBCルヴァンカッ��　大会方式および試合方式について" [Tournament/matches format of 2017 J.League YBC Levain Cup]. J.League. 13 December 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2017.

[j-league1-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b "2017 J.League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup - League Table". J.League Official Website.

[3] ttps://www.jleague.jp/en/stats/goal.html?s=YLC

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