2011 Emperor's Cup

2011 Emperor's Cup
Tournament details
CountryJapan
Teams88
Final positions
ChampionsFC Tokyo (1st title)
Runner-upKyoto Sanga
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The 91st Emperor's Cup (第91回天皇杯) was a regular edition of an annual Japanese national cup tournament. It started on 3 September 2011 and ended on 1 January 2012 with the final at National Stadium in Tokyo, Japan, won by FC Tokyo 4–2 against Kyoto Sanga.

The cup winner were guaranteed a place in the 2012 AFC Champions League.

Calendar

Round Date Matches Clubs New entries this round
First Round 3, 4, 7, 14(*1) September 24 48 → 24
  • 47 Prefectural Qualifying Cup winners
  • 1 University Qualifying Cup winning club
Second Round 8, 10, 12(*2) October 32 24+18+20+2 → 32
  • 18 J1 clubs
  • 20 J2 clubs
  • 2 JFL seeded clubs
Third Round 16 November 16 32 → 16
Fourth Round 17, 21(*3) December 8 16 → 8
Quarterfinals 24 December 4 8 → 4
Semifinals 29 December 2 4 → 2
Final 1 January 2012 1 2 → 1

(*1)a total number of four games were postponed to 7 or 14 September due to tropical storm.
(*2)a total number of eight games were postponed to 12 October due to event clashes of quarterfinals of 2011 J.League Cup, and November 9 was reserved for Cerezo Osaka and Hokkaido University of Education Iwamizawa Campus in case of event clashes if Cerezo entered the 2011 AFC Champions League semi-finals (but game was not postponed as Cerezo was eliminated in quarter-finals).
(*3)Kashiwa Reysol's game was postponed to 21 December due to the participation in 2011 FIFA Club World Cup.

Participating clubs

Starting in the first round

Prefectural finals winners – 47 teams
* After Miyagi prefectural qualification tournament was canceled due to 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, Miyagi Football Association proposed that Sony Sendai represent Miyagi Prefecture since it is the most successful amateur team in the prefecture and represented the prefecture last year.[1] Japan Football Association approved the proposal.[1][2]
Prime Minister's Cup All Japan University Football Tournament winners – 1 team

Starting in the second round

J.League Division 1 – 18 teams
J.League Division 2 – 20 teams
Japan Football League – 2 teams

※Clubs that occupied two top places at the end of the 17th round (11th week) of 2011 Japan Football League.

Matches

All matches are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00)

First round

Due to Tropical Storm Talas (Japanese: 台風12号, 2011 Japanese Typhoon 12), four matches were postponed.[3]

Suzuka Rampole1–0Chukyo University
Masanori Murata 88' Report
Attendance: 217
Referee: Kazuya Fujita

Note: The original schedule was 3 September 13:00 but postponed due to tropical storm.[3]


Tochigi Uva1–0Kashiwa Reysol U-18
Wakabayashi 48' Report
Attendance: 606
Referee: Hajime Hosoo

Yamanashi Gakuin University High School2–5Machida Zelvia
Yusei Kayanuma 10'
Katsuhito Araki 90+3'
Report Dimić 3'
Katsumata 24', 43'
Tsuda 27'
Ōta 55'
Attendance: 740
Referee: Kenta Tsukada

Yonago Kita High School1–3Kamatamare Sanuki
Junya Kato 46' Report Okamoto 82', 83'
Omo 90+2'
Attendance: 558
Referee: Yosuke Takebe

Note: The original schedule was 3 September 15:00 but postponed due to tropical storm.[3]


Toyama Shinjo Club1–0Japan Soccer College
Tomohisa Ishikuro 75' Report
Attendance: 674
Referee: Kazuo Takeda

Matsumoto Yamaga3–0Maruoka Phoenix
Sudo 39'
Kijima 72', 82'
Report
Attendance: 3325
Referee: Taku Hase

University of Tsukuba2–1Heisei International University
Shuhei Akazaki 6'
Misaki Uemura 81'
Report Kota Ono 25'
Attendance: 554
Referee: Takumi Shinoto

Blaublitz Akita13–0Yamagata University School of Medicine
Miyoshi 13'
Matsuda 26', 41', 56', 73', 75'
Imai 30', 53'
Higa 45+2', 61'
Kawata 73'
Kozawa 80'
Chino 90+3'
Report
Attendance: 473
Referee: Toshiyuki Wazumi

Arterivo Wakayama0–5SP Kyoto
Report Sakurai 40', 43'
Otsuki 47'
Hirai 68'
Nakasuji 77'
Attendance: 354
Referee: Osamu Akasaka

Arte Takasaki2–0YSCC Yokohama
Yamada 3'
Ito 30'
Report
Attendance: 347
Referee: Ippei Ōtomo

Fukuoka University2–0Hoyo AC Elan Ōita
Ishizu 68', 88' Report
Attendance: 266
Referee: Ikkei Enomoto

Fagiano Okayama Next2–2 (a.e.t.)Renofa Yamaguchi FC
Okazaki 45+2'
Kotera 106'
Report Nakayama 89'
Nakamura 103'
Penalties
Kadoshima soccer ball with check mark
Yamamoto soccer ball with check mark
Nishihara soccer ball with check mark
Kanemitsu soccer ball with check mark
Sakamoto soccer ball with check mark
5–3 soccer ball with check mark Ikarino
soccer ball with check mark Ito
soccer ball with red X Suzuki
soccer ball with check mark Takata
Attendance: 1487
Referee: Akinobu Saeki

Hannan University0–2Sagawa Shiga
Report Nobuhito Takahashi 36'
40' (o.g.)
Attendance: 277
Referee: Masahiro Yamamura

F.C. Kagoshima5–0Saga LIXIL F.C.
Taniguchi 18'
Tanoue 21'
Chaen 25'
Funakawa 29'
Maeda 44'
Report
Attendance: 947
Referee: Seiwa Sato

Nara Club1–3Sanyo Electric Sumoto S.C.
Hashigaito 89' Report Yuya Inagaki 8'
Koichi Ota 83'
Yusuke Inoue 90+3'
Attendance: 467
Referee: Koji Morikawa

Hiroshima University of Economics0–5Zweigen Kanazawa
Report Hirabayashi 28', 32', 90+3'
Saitou 53'
Honda 90+1'
Attendance: 561
Referee: Yunosuke Kinji

Note: The original schedule was 3 September 15:00 but postponed due to tropical storm.[3]


Miyazaki Sangyo-keiei University5–1Kumamoto Teachers
Mitsuru Murayama 29'
45' (o.g.)
Atsuki Goryo 69'
Hattoku Shimaya 84'
Yoshitaka Fujiyama 85'
Report Takahiro Masumura 89'
Attendance: 568
Referee: Akihiko Ikeuchi

Kaiho Bank0–1V-Varen Nagasaki
Report Okamura 51'
Attendance: 1076
Referee: Takao Onshi


Grulla Morioka0–2Sony Sendai
Report Aso 47'
Morihara 82'
Attendance: 444
Referee: Keita Fujimoto

Sanyo Electric Tokushima S.C.0–4Kōchi University
Report Kei Fukumoto 23', 90+2'
Ryobu Watabe 75'
Kojiro Takeuchi 82'
Attendance: 235
Referee: Koei Koya

Note: The original schedule was 3 September 13:00 and but postponed due to tropical storm. The original venue was Naruto Otsuka Sports Park Pocarisweat Stadium but changed as a result of the postponement.[3]


FC Gifu Second2–1Shizuoka Sangyo University
Motonobu Hosono 32'
Yuichi Endo 74'
Report Yusuke Katayama 6'
Attendance: 353
Referee: Toshito Fujita

Hachinohe University2–6Fukushima United
Kawamura 69'
Hamamura 74'
Report Ito 47'
Kim 55', 76', 86'
Shimizu 57'
Kuno 90+1'
Attendance: 60
Referee: Shoichiro Mikami

Dezzola Shimane5–2 (a.e.t.)Ehime FC Shimanami
Hirata 3', 114', 120+3'
Sorayama 29', 106'
Report Kitamori 40'
Kashiwagi 43'
Attendance: 487
Referee: Shuhei Shimizu

Second round

Nagoya Grampus6–0Suzuka Rampole
Burzanović 14', 35'
Hashimoto 19'
Arai 42'
Tanaka 78'
Taguchi 88'
Report
Attendance: 2,280
Referee: Takuto Okabe

FC Gifu0–1Giravanz Kitakyushu
Report Ikemoto 6'
Attendance: 2,062
Referee: Eiji Kawai

Kashiwa Reysol2–0Tochigi Uva
Masushima 4'
Leandro 59'
Report
Attendance: 3,110
Referee: Takuto Okabe

Ventforet Kofu2–1Machida Zelvia
Uchiyama 6'
Paulinho 36'
Report Suzuki 51'
Attendance: 3,421
Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

Yokohama F. Marinos3–1Kamatamare Sanuki
Hyodo 86'
Taniguchi 88'
Oguro 90+3'
Report Ishida 78'
Attendance: 2,905
Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami

Tochigi SC2–1Honda Lock
Choi 18'
Kawahara 70'
Report Yusuke Maeda 60'
Attendance: 1,444
Referee: Hiromichi Oka

Albirex Niigata5–0Toyama Shinjo Club
Lopes 17'
Kawamata 21', 76'
Kogure 23'
Uchida 90+4'
Report
Attendance: 3,597
Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida

Matsumoto Yamaga2–0Yokohama FC
Katayama 53'
Funayama 55'
Report
Attendance: 11,510
Referee: Junpei Iida

Kashima Antlers2–0University of Tsukuba
Tashiro 33'
Osako 38'
Report
Attendance: 3,468
Referee: Minoru Tojo

Kataller Toyama3–3 (a.e.t.)Sagan Tosu
Asahi 45+1'
Funatsu 48'
Kurobe 83'
Report Noda 21'
Arai 30'
Yamase 66'
Penalties
Asahi soccer ball with check mark
Ōnishi soccer ball with check mark
Kurobe soccer ball with red X
Hirano soccer ball with check mark
Yada soccer ball with check mark
4–2 soccer ball with check mark Meta
soccer ball with red X Kuniyoshi
soccer ball with check mark Kim
soccer ball with red X Ikeda
Attendance: 2,298
Referee: Takumi Shinoto

Montedio Yamagata2–0Blaublitz Akita
Shimomura 23'
Hasegawa 38'
Report
Attendance: 2,425
Referee: Minoru Tojo

Kyoto Sanga3–0SP Kyoto
Nakamura 38'
Miyayoshi 58'
Kubo 72'
Report
Attendance: 1,960
Referee: Yuki Noda

Kawasaki Frontale2–1 (a.e.t.)Arte Takasaki
Kobayashi 61'
Tasaka 105'
Report Doi 69'
Attendance: 4,789
Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

Oita Trinita1–0Tokushima Vortis
Sakuda 2' Report
Attendance: 3,308
Referee: Ryoichi Imamura

Omiya Ardija1–1 (a.e.t.)Fukuoka University
Ueda 70' Report Tomohiro Tanaka 72'
Penalties
Mariano soccer ball with check mark
Watanabe soccer ball with check mark
Higashi soccer ball with check mark
Fujimotosoccer ball with red X
3–5 soccer ball with check mark Suzu
soccer ball with check mark Nagatani
soccer ball with check mark Tamura
soccer ball with check mark Okada
soccer ball with check mark Kuroki
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Tomohiro Inoue

Shonan Bellmare2–1Fagiano Okayama Next
Maki 53'
Sakamoto 77'
Report Takeuchi 40'
Attendance: 1,251
Referee: Takuya Maeda

Gamba Osaka2–0Sagawa Shiga
Kawanishi
Kim
Report
Attendance: 2,932
Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

Consadole Sapporo2–3 (a.e.t.)Mito HollyHock
Yokono 59'
Sakaki 85'
Report Ozawa 58'
Romero Frank 88'
Koike 118'
Attendance: 3,523
Referee: Tomohiro Tsukada

FC Tokyo4–0F.C. Kagoshima
Yazawa 14', 90'
Morishige 30'
Lucas 76'
Report
Attendance: 5,301
Referee: Akihiko Ikeuchi

Vissel Kobe8–0Sanyo Electric Sumoto S.C.
Morioka 22', 32', 46'
Matsuoka 26'
Popó 31', 55'
Park 58'
Botti 68'
Report
Attendance: 2,471
Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama

Note: The venue of the match was originally planned to be Hiroshima Big Arch football ground 1 but changed on June 28.[4]


Ehime FC2–0FC Ryukyu
Ikeda 27'
Uchida 71'
Report
Attendance: 795
Referee: Koei Koya

Urawa Red Diamonds4–1Miyazaki Sangyo-keiei University
14' (o.g.)
Mazola 18'
Hara 55'
Takasaki 76'
Report Yoshitaka Fujiyama 10'
Attendance: 4,849
Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

Tokyo Verdy7–1V-Varen Nagasaki
Maranhão 22', 57'
Abe 38', 73'
Tsuchiya 55'
Kikuoka 69'
Kobayashi 71'
Report Iwama 20'
Attendance: 2,701
Referee: Hiroyuki Ōnishi

Cerezo Osaka6–0Hokkaido University of Education Iwamizawa Campus
24' (o.g.)
Fabio Lopes 30', 78'
Sugimoto 71'
Komatsu 81'
Otake 86'
Report
Attendance: 2,116
Referee: Junpei Iida

Thespa Kusatsu0–1 (a.e.t.)Fagiano Okayama
Report Sengoku 107'
Attendance: 1,030
Referee: Yosuke Kubota

Vegalta Sendai2–1 (a.e.t.)Sony Sendai
Ota 74'
Muto 114'
Report Taniike 79'
Attendance: 5,714
Referee: Tetsuro Yoshida

Avispa Fukuoka3–0Kōchi University
Nakamachi 14'
Matsuura 31'
Takahashi 64'
Report
Attendance: 938
Referee: Naohito Ogawa

Shimizu S-Pulse2–0FC Gifu Second
Takeuchi 44'
Omae 45+1'
Report
Attendance: 3,648
Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

Gainare Tottori3–0Roasso Kumamoto
Koné 8'
Kim 75'
Yoshino 86'
Report
Attendance: 3,125
Referee: Itaru Hirose

Júbilo Iwata3–0Fukushima United
Arata 33', 71', 83' Report
Attendance: 2,019
Referee: Kazuhiko Matsumura

JEF United Chiba1–0Dezzola Shimane
Fujimoto 67' Report
Attendance: 3,528
Referee: Hiroshi Yamauchi

Third round

Nagoya Grampus1–0Giravanz Kitakyushu
Ogawa 57' Report
Attendance: 2,840
Referee: Ryoichi Imamura

Kashiwa Reysol6–1Ventforet Kofu
Jorge Wagner 10'
Kudo 26'
Kitajima 29'
Hashimoto 37'
Tanaka 67', 80'
Report Yabu 13'
Attendance: 3,950
Referee: Takuya Maeda

Note: The venue of the match was originally planned to be Kashiwanoha Park Stadium but changed due to stadium maintenance.[5]


Yokohama F. Marinos3–0Tochigi SC
Oguro 33', 80'
Nakamura 90+4'
Report
Attendance: 3,951
Referee: Hajime Matsuo

Albirex Niigata0–1Matsumoto Yamaga
Report Tatara 5'
Attendance: 4,842
Referee: Takuto Okabe

Kashima Antlers2–1 (a.e.t.)Kataller Toyama
Koroki 28'
Nozawa 101'
Report Fukuda 42'
Attendance: 3,465
Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida

Montedio Yamagata2–3Kyoto Sanga
Hasegawa 7'
Miyazawa 9'
Report Miyayoshi 15', 44', 48'
Attendance: 1,849
Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

Kawasaki Frontale4–0Oita Trinita
Kobayashi 25'
Tasaka 55'
Kusukami 77'
Yajima 84'
Report
Attendance: 4,747
Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama

Fukuoka University0–3 (a.e.t.)Shonan Bellmare
Report Ohi 94'
Takayama 109'
Adiel 117'
Attendance: 705
Referee: Akihiko Ikeuchi

Gamba Osaka2–3 (a.e.t.)Mito HollyHock
Kim 40'
Sasaki 65'
Report Ozawa 50'
Suzuki 76'
Koike 99'
Attendance: 2,938
Referee: Yosuke Kubota

FC Tokyo2–1 (a.e.t.)Vissel Kobe
Takahashi 13'
Morishige 120+1'
Report Komoto 37'
Attendance: 5,937
Referee: Kenji Ogiya

Sanfrecce Hiroshima0–1Ehime FC
Report Ishii 86'
Attendance: 3,171
Referee: Tetsuro Yoshida

Urawa Red Diamonds2–1Tokyo Verdy
Hara 56', 86' Report Apodi 64'
Attendance: 7,427
Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami

Cerezo Osaka3–0Fagiano Okayama
Bando 52', 90+3'
Sugimoto 90+2'
Report
Attendance: 3,631
Referee: Hiroyuki Ōnishi

Vegalta Sendai3–1Avispa Fukuoka
Tamura 18', 22'
Nakashima 82'
Report Okamoto 68'
Attendance: 4,831
Referee: Tomohiro Inoue

Shimizu S-Pulse5–0Gainare Tottori
Iwashita 27'
Takahara 45+3'
Sugiyama 70'
Nagai 79'
Yamamoto 81'
Report
Attendance: 3,618
Referee: Hiromichi Oka

Júbilo Iwata0–1JEF United Chiba
Report Yonekura 67'
Attendance: 2,548
Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

Fourth round

Note: The original schedule was December 17 13:00 but changed due to Reysol's participation in 2011 FIFA Club World Cup.[6]


Yokohama F. Marinos4–0Matsumoto Yamaga
Ono 28', 73', 75'
Nakamura 87'
Report
Attendance: 10,120
Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

Kashima Antlers0–1Kyoto Sanga
Report Miyayoshi 59'
Attendance: 5,671
Referee: Itaru Hirose

Kawasaki Frontale0–1Shonan Bellmare
Report Takayama 63'
Attendance: 8,291
Referee: Hajime Matsuo

Mito HollyHock0–1FC Tokyo
Report Shiotani[7] 8' (o.g.)
Attendance: 6,242
Referee: Yoshiro Imamura


Cerezo Osaka1–1 (a.e.t.)Vegalta Sendai
Murata 115' Report Muto 98'
Penalties
Kiyotake soccer ball with check mark
Kim soccer ball with check mark
Maruhashi soccer ball with check mark
Ogihara soccer ball with check mark
4–2 soccer ball with check mark Kamata
soccer ball with red X Akamine
soccer ball with red X Muto
soccer ball with check mark Matsushita
Attendance: 5,316
Referee: Junpei Iida

Shimizu S-Pulse2–0JEF United Chiba
Brosque 49'
Ito 62'
Report
Attendance: 6,855
Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

Quarter finals


Kyoto Sanga1–0Shonan Bellmare
Dutra 40' Report

FC Tokyo1–0Urawa Red Diamonds
Ishikawa 20' Report

Semi finals

Yokohama F. Marinos2–4 (a.e.t.)Kyoto Sanga
Watanabe 42'
Nakazawa 90+5'
Report Kudo 50'
Dutra 72'
Kubo 116'
Komai 120'
Attendance: 14,467
Referee: Ryuji Sato

FC Tokyo1–0Cerezo Osaka
Yazawa 77' Report
Attendance: 11,982
Referee: Masaaki Toma

Final

Kyoto Sanga2–4FC Tokyo
Nakayama 13'
Kubo 71'
Report Konno 15'
Morishige 36'
Lucas 42', 66'
  • First final to feature two second-tier teams and first to feature such team since 1994 final.
  • Third time a second-tier champion wins the final since 1981 and 1982 finals.
  • Nakayama's goal was the first to be scored in the year 2012.

References

  1. ^ a b 天皇杯宮城県代表にソニー仙台 [Sony Sendai as the Miyagi representative for Emperor's Cup]. Sports Nippon (in Japanese). June 30, 2011. Retrieved August 26, 2011.
  2. ^ 第91回天皇杯全日本サッカー選手権大会 宮城県代表チームにソニー仙台FCが決定 [The 91st Emperor's Cup: Sony Sendai designated as the Miyagi representative]. Japan Football Association (in Japanese). June 30, 2011. Retrieved August 26, 2011.
  3. ^ a b c d e 第91回天皇杯全日本サッカー選手権大会 1回戦(マッチナンバー【1】【4】【16】【21】)順延に伴うチケットの取り扱いについて [The 91st Emperor's Cup first round: About the tickets for the postponed matches (match number 1, 4, 16 and 21)] (in Japanese). Japan Football Association. 8 September 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
  4. ^ (2011-06-28)第91回天皇杯全日本サッカー選手権大会 2回戦(マッチナンバー【45】)試合会場変更のお知らせ [A venue change of the 91st Emperor's Cup second round (match number 58)] (in Japanese). Japan Football Association. 28 June 2011. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
  5. ^ 第91回天皇杯全日本サッカー選手権大会 3回戦 柏レイソル 対 ヴァンフォーレ甲府戦(マッチナンバー【58】)試合会場変更について [A venue change of the 91st Emperor's Cup third round: Kashiwa Reysol vs. Ventforet Kofu (match number 58)] (in Japanese). Japan Football Association. 12 October 2011. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
  6. ^ 第91回天皇杯全日本サッカー選手権大会 4回戦 名古屋グランパス 対 柏レイソル(マッチナンバー【73】)試合日程変更のお知らせ [A schedule change of the 91st Emperor's Cup fourth round: Kashiwa Reysol vs. Nagoya Grampus (match number 73)] (in Japanese). Japan Football Association. 3 December 2011. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
  7. ^ "F東京はOGを守り切り、水戸に勝利" [FC Tokyo hold onto victory against Mito thanks to own goal] (in Japanese). Gekisaka. 17 December 2011. Retrieved 29 December 2011.