# 2017 J.League Cup

The 2017 J.League Cup (2017 Jリーグカップ), or officially the 2017 J.League YBC Levain Cup (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

Teams from the 2017 J1 League took 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 remaining quarterfinalists (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 |

#### 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 | |

### 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 |

#### 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 | |

## Play-off stage

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | 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.Tooltip Aggregate score | 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 |

## Top scorers

    As of match played 4 November 2017.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Crislan | Vegalta Sendai | 5 |
| 2 | Koki Ogawa | Júbilo Iwata | 4 |
| 2 | Junya Tanaka | Vissel Kobe | 4 |
| 2 | Ricardo Santos | Cerezo Osaka | 4 |