2003 J.League Cup

2003 J.League Cup
J.League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup
Tournament details
CountryJapan
Dates8 March 2003 - 3 November 2003
Teams16
Final positions
ChampionsUrawa Red Diamonds (1st title)
Runner-upKashima Antlers
Semifinalists
Tournament statistics
Matches played49
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The J.League Cup 2003, officially the 2003 J.League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup, was the first edition of Japan soccer league cup tournament and the 11th edition under the current J.League Cup format. The competition started on March 8, and finished on November 3, 2003.

Teams from the J1 took part in the tournament. Kashima Antlers and Shimizu S-Pulse were given a bye to the quarter-final due to their qualification for the AFC Champions League. The rest of 14 teams started from the group stage, where they're divided into four groups. The group winners of each group qualifies for the quarter-final along with the runners-up of group A and B, and the two teams which qualified for the AFC Champions League.

Group stage

Knockout stage

Quarter finals

First leg

Yokohama F. Marinos0–1Júbilo Iwata
Yasumasa Nishino 19'
Attendance: 12,016
Referee: Akio Okutani
Urawa Red Diamonds2–2FC Tokyo
Emerson 64'
Toru Chishima 89'		 Mitsuhiro Toda 28'
Mitsuhiro Toda 86'
Attendance: 15,362
Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida
Shimizu S-Pulse1–1Gamba Osaka
Ahn Jung Hwan 51' Magrao 78'
Attendance: 9,070
Referee: Naotsugu Fuse
Kashima Antlers5–1Nagoya Grampus Eight
Euller 39'
Mitsuo Ogasawara 55'
Kōji Nakata 61'
Kōji Nakata 71'
Tomoyuki Hirase 80'		 Keiji Yoshimura 87'
Attendance: 9,525
Referee: Yoshitsugu Katayama

Second leg

Júbilo Iwata3–0Yokohama F. Marinos
Gral 56'
Ryoichi Maeda 69'
Yasumasa Nishino 85'
Attendance: 8,808
Referee: Kiyoshi Ota
FC Tokyo0–2Urawa Red Diamonds
Emerson 60'
Emerson 89'
Attendance: 17,343
Referee: Akio Okutani
Gamba Osaka2–3Shimizu S-Pulse
Masashi Oguro 70'
Tsuneyasu Miyamoto 82'		 Emerson 31'
Ryuzo Morioka 76'
Keisuke Ota 89'
Attendance: 6,053
Referee: Yoshitsugu Katayama
Nagoya Grampus Eight0–1Kashima Antlers
Naoki Soma 87'
Attendance: 7,751
Referee: Kazuhisa Osada

Semi finals

First leg

Kashima Antlers0–1Júbilo Iwata
Zivkovic 87'
Attendance: 9,915
Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida
Shimizu S-Pulse1–0Urawa Red Diamonds
Ahn Jung Hwan 23'
Attendance: 8,048
Referee: Kiyoshi Ota

Second leg

Júbilo Iwata0–2Kashima Antlers
Fernando 47'
Masashi Motoyama 61'
Attendance: 11,471
Referee: Masayoshi Okada
Urawa Red Diamonds6–1Shimizu S-Pulse
Tatsuya Tanaka 26'
Tatsuya Tanaka 44'
Emerson 54'
Emerson 57'
Emerson 62'
Koji Yamase 70'		 Tuto 77'
Attendance: 18,486
Referee: Joji Kashihara

Final

Main article: 2003 J.League Cup Final
Kashima Antlers0–4Urawa Red Diamonds
Koji Yamase 13'
Emerson 48'
Tatsuya Tanaka 56'
Emerson 86'
Attendance: 51,758
Referee: Toru Kamikawa

Top goalscorers

Goalscorers Goals Team
Brazil Emerson
8
 Urawa Red Diamonds
Japan Ryoichi Maeda
5
 Júbilo Iwata
Brazil Gral
5
 Júbilo Iwata

Awards

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