| J.League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Country | Japan |
| Dates | March 25 and November 3 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | FC Tokyo(2nd title) |
| Runners-up | Kawasaki Frontale |
| Semifinalists | |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 55 |
The2009 J.League Cup, more widely known as the2009 J.League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup, was the 34th edition of Japan soccer league cup tournament and the 17th edition under the currentJ.League Cup format. The championship started on March 25, 2009 and ended on November 3, withF.C. Tokyo defeatingKawasaki Frontale 2-0 in the Final. They qualified for the2010 Suruga Bank Championship.
Teams from the2009 J.League Division 1 took part in the tournament.Kashima Antlers,Kawasaki Frontale,Nagoya Grampus andGamba Osaka were given a bye to the quarter-final due to the qualification for theAFC 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.
All times areJapan Standard Time (UTC+9)
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||
| Kashima Antlers | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Kawasaki Frontale | 0 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Kawasaki Frontale | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Yokohama F. Marinos | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Gamba Osaka | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Yokohama F. Marinos | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| Kawasaki Frontale | ||||||||||||||||||
| FC Tokyo | ||||||||||||||||||
| Urawa Red Diamonds | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Shimizu S-Pulse | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| Shimizu S-Pulse | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| FC Tokyo | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| FC Tokyo | 5 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| Nagoya Grampus | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Gamba Osaka | 1–3 | Yokohama F. Marinos |
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Nakazawa 49' | (Report) | Yamase 40' Sakata 68'Matsuda 85' |
| F.C. Tokyo | 5–1 | Nagoya Grampus |
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| Hirayama 3' Yonemoto 10'Ishikawa 11'Nagatomo 26' 75' (o.g.) | (Report) | Ogawa 53' |
| Kawasaki Frontale | 3–0 (a.e.t.) | Kashima Antlers |
|---|---|---|
| Juninho 89' Renatinho 94'Chong Tese 102' | (Report) |
| Yokohama F. Marinos | 1–2 | Gamba Osaka |
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| Hasegawa 23' | (Report) | Myojin 16' Leandro 74' |
| Shimizu S-Pulse | 3–0 | Urawa Red Diamonds |
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| Abe 0' (o.g.) Okazaki 44'Aoyama 62' | (Report) |
| Nagoya Grampus | 2–1 | F.C. Tokyo |
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| Maki 33' Yoshida 65' | (Report) | Hirayama 85' |
| Shimizu S-Pulse | 2–2 | F.C. Tokyo |
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| Johnsen 34' Edamura 69' | (Report) | Yonemoto 33' Cabore 42' |
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| 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 |
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