# 2009 J.League Cup

The 2009 J.League Cup, more widely known as the 2009 J.League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup, was the 34th edition of Japan soccer league cup tournament and the 17th edition under the current J.League Cup format. The championship started on March 25, 2009 and ended on November 3, with F.C. Tokyo defeating Kawasaki Frontale 2-0 in the Final. They qualified for the 2010 Suruga Bank Championship.
Teams from the 2009 J.League Division 1 took part in the tournament. Kashima Antlers, Kawasaki Frontale, Nagoya Grampus and Gamba Osaka were given a bye to the quarter-final due to the qualification for the AFC Champions League group stage. The rest of 14 started from the group stage, which divided them into two groups. The group winners and the runners-up of each group qualified for the quarter-final along with the four teams which qualified for the AFC Champions League.

## Knockout stage

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)
| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals |
| Kashima Antlers | Kashima Antlers | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Kawasaki Frontale | Kawasaki Frontale | 0 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | |
| Kawasaki Frontale | Kawasaki Frontale | 0 | 3 | 3 | Kawasaki Frontale | Kawasaki Frontale | 2 | 1 | 3 | | |
| | | | | | Yokohama F. Marinos | Yokohama F. Marinos | 0 | 1 | 1 | | |
| Gamba Osaka | Gamba Osaka | 1 | 2 | 3 | Yokohama F. Marinos | Yokohama F. Marinos | 0 | 1 | 1 | | |
| Yokohama F. Marinos | Yokohama F. Marinos | 3 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | |
| Yokohama F. Marinos | Yokohama F. Marinos | 3 | 1 | 4 | | | | | | Kawasaki Frontale | Kawasaki Frontale |
| | | | | | | | | | | FC Tokyo | FC Tokyo |
| Urawa Red Diamonds | Urawa Red Diamonds | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | FC Tokyo | FC Tokyo |
| Shimizu S-Pulse | Shimizu S-Pulse | 1 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | |
| Shimizu S-Pulse | Shimizu S-Pulse | 1 | 3 | 4 | Shimizu S-Pulse | Shimizu S-Pulse | 2 | 0 | 2 | | |
| | | | | | FC Tokyo | FC Tokyo | 2 | 1 | 3 | | |
| FC Tokyo | FC Tokyo | 5 | 1 | 6 | FC Tokyo | FC Tokyo | 2 | 1 | 3 | | |
| Nagoya Grampus | Nagoya Grampus | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | |

### Final

F.C. Tokyo: :
| GK | 20 | Shuichi Gonda |
| RB | 33 | Kenta Mukuhara |
| CB | 4 | Bruno Quadros |
| CB | 6 | Yasuyuki Konno |
| LB | 3 | Yuhei Tokunaga |
| DM | 28 | Takuji Yonemoto | 58' |
| CM | 10 | Yohei Kajiyama |
| RM | 40 | Tatsuya Suzuki | 86' |
| LM | 22 | Naotake Hanyu | 62' 74' |
| CF | 24 | Shingo Akamine | 60' |
| CF | 13 | Sōta Hirayama |
| Substitutes: |||
| GK | 1 | Hitoshi Shiota |
| DF | 3 | Hideki Sahara 86' |
| DF | 5 | Yuto Nagatomo 60' |
| DF | 8 | Ryuji Fujiyama |
| DF | 15 | Daishi Hiramatsu 74' |
| FW | 14 | Hokuto Nakamura |
| FW | 32 | Yusuke Kondo |
| Manager: |||
| Hiroshi Jofuku ||||
Kawasaki Frontale: :
| GK | 1 | Eiji Kawashima |
| RB | 19 | Yusuke Mori |
| CB | 17 | Kosuke Kikuchi |
| CB | 2 | Hiroki Ito |
| LB | 26 | Kazuhiro Murakami | 70' |
| DM | 29 | Hiroyuki Taniguchi |
| DM | 18 | Tomonobu Yokoyama | 24' 84' |
| AM | 14 | Kengo Nakamura |
| RW | 34 | Renatinho | 79' |
| LW | 10 | Juninho | |
| CF | 9 | Chong Tese |
| Substitutes: |||
| GK | 28 | Rikihiro Sugiyama |
| DF | 13 | Shuhei Terada |
| DF | 4 | Yusuke Igawa | |
| MF | 6 | Yusuke Tasaka 70' |
| MF | 8 | Satoru Yamagishi |
| FW | 23 | Kyohei Noborizato 84' |
| FW | 7 | Masaru Kurotsu 79' |
| Manager: |||
| Takashi Sekizuka ||||

## Top goalscorers

| Goalscorers | Goals | Team |
| Cabore | 5 | F.C. Tokyo |
| Koji Yamase | 5 | Yokohama F. Marinos |
| Hisato Sato | 5 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima |
| Kazuma Watanabe | 4 | Yokohama F. Marinos |
| Sōta Hirayama | 4 | F.C. Tokyo |

## Awards

* MVP: Takuji Yonemoto – FC Tokyo ( Japan)
* New Hero Prize: Takuji Yonemoto – FC Tokyo ( Japan)