2021 Emperor's Cup final

2021 Emperor's Cup final
2021年天皇杯決勝 (in Japanese)
Event2021 Emperor's Cup
Urawa Red Diamonds Oita Trinita
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Date19 December 2021
VenueJapan National Stadium, Shinjuku, Tokyo
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The 2021 Emperor's Cup Final was the final of the 2021 Emperor's Cup, the 92nd edition of the Emperor's Cup.

The match was contested at the Japan National Stadium in Tokyo.

Teams

Team League Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Urawa Red Diamonds J1 League 11 (1967, 1968, 1971, 1973, 1978, 1979, 1980, 2005, 2006, 2015, 2018)
Oita Trinita J1 League 0

Road to the final

Further information: 2021 Emperor's Cup
Urawa Red Diamonds Round Oita Trinita
Opponent Result 2021 Emperor's Cup Opponent Result
Bye First round Bye
Kataller Toyama (J3) 3–2 Second round Honda Lock SC (JFL) 3–2
SC Sagamihara (J2) 1–0 Third round Fukui United FC (HFL) 2–0
Kyoto Sanga FC (J2) 1–0 Fourth round Thespakusatsu Gunma (J2) 2–1
Gamba Osaka (J1) 2–0 Quarterfinals Júbilo Iwata (J2) 2–0
Cerezo Osaka (J1) 2–0 Semifinals Kawasaki Frontale (J1) 1–1

Format

The final was played as a single match. If tied after regulation time, extra time and, would it necessary, a penalty shoot-out would have been used to decide the winning team.

Details

Urawa Red Diamonds2–1Oita Trinita
  • Esaka 6'
  • Makino 90+3'
 Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
(in Japanese)		 Pereira 90'
Attendance: 57,785
Referee: Yusuke Araki
Urawa Red Diamonds
Oita Trinita
GK 1 Japan Shusaku Nishikawa (c)
DF 2 Japan Hiroki Sakai
DF 4 Japan Takuya Iwanami
DF 28 Denmark Alexander Scholz
DF 15 Japan Takahiro Akimoto
MF 41 Japan Takahiro Sekine downward-facing red arrow 83'
MF 17 Japan Atsuki Ito
MF 29 Japan Kai Shibato
MF 18 Japan Yoshio Koizumi downward-facing red arrow 83'
FW 33 Japan Ataru Esaka
FW 7 Denmark Kasper Junker downward-facing red arrow 72'
Substitutes:
GK 12 Japan Zion Suzuki
DF 3 Japan Tomoya Ugajin upward-facing green arrow 72'
DF 5 Japan Tomoaki Makino Yellow card 90+5' upward-facing green arrow 83'
DF 8 Japan Daigo Nishi
MF 21 Japan Tomoaki Okubo upward-facing green arrow 83'
MF 24 Japan Koya Yuruki
MF 40 Japan Yuichi Hirano
Manager:
Spain Ricardo Rodríguez
GK 1 Japan Shun Takagi (c)
DF 3 Japan Yuto Misao Yellow card 90+2'
DF 14 Brazil Henrique Trevisan
DF 15 Japan Yuta Koide downward-facing red arrow 79'
MF 6 Japan Yuki Kobayashi
MF 8 Japan Yamato Machida
MF 11 Japan Hokuto Shimoda
MF 25 Japan Seigo Kobayashi downward-facing red arrow 72'
MF 31 Brazil Pereira Yellow card 82'
FW 13 Japan Kohei Isa downward-facing red arrow 79'
FW 16 Japan Arata Watanabe
Substitutes:
GK 22 Japan William Popp
DF 41 Japan Ryosuke Tone
MF 7 Japan Rei Matsumoto upward-facing green arrow 79'
MF 10 Japan Naoki Nomura upward-facing green arrow 72'
MF 17 Japan Kenta Inoue
MF 43 Japan Masaki Yumiba
FW 20 Japan Shun Nagasawa upward-facing green arrow 79'
Manager:
Japan Tomohiro Katanosaka

References