2009 Emperor's Cup

2009 Emperor's Cup
Tournament details
CountryJapan
Teams88
Final positions
ChampionsGamba Osaka (3rd title)
Runner-upNagoya Grampus
Tournament statistics
Matches played87
Top goal scorer(s)Lucas (8 goals)
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The 89th Emperor's Cup began on September 19, 2009 and ended on January 1, 2010 with the final at National Stadium in Tokyo, Japan. Gamba Osaka won the title for the second consecutive season. Since Gamba already confirmed 2010 AFC Champions League berth, the last spot of ACL for J.League club is awarded to Sanfrecce Hiroshima, which finished as 4th place of 2009 J.League Division 1.

Calendar

Round Dates Matches Clubs New entries this round
First round September 19–21 24 48 → 24
  • 47 Prefectural Qualifying Cup winners
  • 1 University Qualifying Cup winning club
Second round October 10–12 32 24+18+18+4 → 32
  • 18 J1 clubs
  • 18 J2 clubs
  • 4 JFL seeded clubs
Third round October 31 – November 1
November 11[1]		 16 32 → 16
Fourth Round November 14–15 8 16 → 8
Quarterfinals December 12 4 8 → 4
Semifinals December 29 2 4 → 2
Final January 1, 2010 1 2 → 1
  1. ^ November 11 is a substituting match date for Kawasaki Frontale and FC Tokyo which are playing the 2009 J.League Cup final on November 3.

Participants

Starting in the First Round

Prefectural finals winners – 47 teams
Prime Minister Cup University football tournament winners – 1 team

Starting in the Second Round

J.League Division 1 – 18 teams
J.League Division 2 – 18 teams
Japan Football League – 4 teams

※Clubs ranked from first to fourth at the end of the 17th week of 2009 Japan Football League.

Matches

All matches are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

First round

Arte Takasaki3–0FC Koun
Okoshi 43'
Kubota 61'
Otani 71'		 Report
Attendance: 547
Tokai University1–0Juntendo University
Hayasaki 15' Report
Attendance: 713
FC Gifu Second1–3Japan Soccer College
Matsue 69' (pen.) Report Ueda 44'
Unozawa 65', 80'
Attendance: 560
Referee: Takao Onshi
Arterivo Wakayama2–3Saga Higashi High School
Tamaru 21'
Shin 88'		 Report Okamoto 30'
Okizaki 57'
Matsuyama 83'
Attendance: 1,122
Referee: Tadasu Baba
Ryutsu Keizai University5–0Parafrente Yonezawa
Chyan 15', 46'
Chigira 30', 56'
Frank Romero 44'		 Report
Attendance: 458
Referee: Kenta Tsukada
Norbritz Hokkaido0–4Fukuoka University
Report Muta 15'
Nagai 22'
Ishizu 42', 70'
Attendance: 572
Referee: Eiji Kawai
Fukuyama University0–1V-Varen Nagasaki
Report Kounoya 82'
Attendance: 2,018
Referee: Haruki Hidaka
Fukushima United3 – 3 (a.e.t.)Shobi University
Murase 22', 83'
Tokisaki 36'		 Report Yamamoto 6', 7'
Otani 63'
Penalties
Kisu Kim soccer ball with check mark
Konchyon Kim soccer ball with check mark
Fukasawa soccer ball with red X
Kanaoya soccer ball with check mark		 3–1 soccer ball with check mark Yamamoto
soccer ball with red X Ebisawa
soccer ball with red X Takeutsu
soccer ball with red X Kanai
Attendance: 665
Mitsubishi Mizushima1 – 1 (a.e.t.)Renofa Yamaguchi
Yamashita 83' (pen.) Report Ono 20'
Penalties
Yamashita soccer ball with check mark
Tahira soccer ball with red X
Matsushita soccer ball with check mark
Isao soccer ball with check mark
Onoe soccer ball with check mark
Gatou soccer ball with check mark
Hagiuda soccer ball with check mark
Inoya soccer ball with red X		 6–7 soccer ball with check mark Fukuhara
soccer ball with red X Ono
soccer ball with check mark Kashihara
soccer ball with check mark Yasuda
soccer ball with check mark Ito
soccer ball with check mark Yoshiji
soccer ball with check mark Yoshida
soccer ball with check mark Kodama
Attendance: 510
Kamatamare Sanuki1–0Tottori Dreams
Sato 52' Report
Attendance: 430
Referee: Hiromichi Oka
TDK SC1–2Sony Sendai
Yokoyama 16' Report Machida 32'
Konta 65'
Attendance: 392
Zweigen Kanazawa1 – 0 (a.e.t.)Kwansei Gakuin University
Furube 111' Report
Attendance: 2,168
Referee: Kazuo Takeda
Matsumoto Yamaga1–0FC Kariya
Kakimoto 28' Report
Attendance: 1,469
Referee: Ryo Hirama
Mie Chukyo University0–7Honda FC
Report Nitta 24', 79'
35' (o.g.)
Suzuki 36'
70' (o.g.)
Kawashima 71'
Hayasaka 89'
Attendance: 851
Okinawa Kariyushi4–1Tokushima Vortis Second
Sakurada 12', 41' (pen.)
Asano 35'
Kishima 43'		 Report Sakashi 56'
Attendance: 459
Honda Lock4–0Kumamoto Gakuen University
Harada 19', 43', 50'
Yamasaki 48'		 Report
Attendance: 978
Ehime FC Shimanami0–4Kochi University
Report Kagawa 39'
Sanetou 60'
Shibano 73', 84'
Attendance: 698
Referee: Ushio Kosone
NIFS Kanoya2–0Hamada FC Cosmos
Yonamine 12'
Nakasuji 57'		 Report
Attendance: 582
Referee: Yukimasa Anai
Nippon Bunri University1–0New Wave Kitakyushu
Sunamoto 60' Report
Attendance: 285
Grulla Morioka2–4Meiji University
Nakata 13', 89' Report Yamada 2'
Hida 43'
Yamamura 63'
Sakano 78'
Attendance: 647
Referee: Ippei Otomo
Nara Club1–0Saurcos Fukui
Yabe 61' Report
Attendance: 620
Biwako Seikei Sport College0–1SP Kyoto
Report Nakai 17'
Attendance: 657
Vertfee Takahara Nasu4 – 3 (a.e.t.)Hachinohe University
Honda 22'
Takahide 101'
Tanekura 107'
Etou 112'		 Report Imano 87'
Horie 95'
Sato 114'
Attendance: 454
Valiente Toyama0–7Kansai University
Report Kanazono 22', 69'
Tanaka 51'
Nishioka 60'
Kiyomi 63' (pen.)
Nishiguchi 73'
Sato 79'
Attendance: 635

Second round

Kashima Antlers1–0Arte Takasaki
Marquinhos 79' Report
Attendance: 5,040
Referee: Kouji Tanabe
Ehime FC2 – 2 (a.e.t.)Avispa Fukuoka
Dodo 22'
Uchimura 44'		 Report Kurobe 41'
Nakaharai 72'
Penalties
Tanaka soccer ball with red X
Mikami soccer ball with red X
Tamori soccer ball with check mark
Uchida soccer ball with check mark		 2–4 soccer ball with check mark Takahashi
soccer ball with check mark Nakajima
soccer ball with check mark Suzuki
soccer ball with check mark S. Abe
Attendance: 1,216
Vissel Kobe5–0Tokai University
Mogi 10', 27', 40'
Ishibitsu 47'
Botti 67' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 2,587
Kashiwa Reysol0 – 0 (a.e.t.)JEF Reserves
Report
Penalties
Kurisawa soccer ball with check mark
Otani soccer ball with check mark
Suganuma soccer ball with red X
França soccer ball with check mark
Murakami soccer ball with check mark		 4–2 soccer ball with red X Ichihara
soccer ball with check mark Hasunuma
soccer ball with check mark Inui
soccer ball with red X Fukuda
Attendance: 3,432
Sanfrecce Hiroshima5–0Japan Soccer College
Hattori 9'
Takahagi 25'
Kashiwagi 37'
Takayanagi 53'
Hirashige 80'		 Report
Attendance: 3,485
Referee: Tadashi Kouse
Sagan Tosu5–0Saga Higashi High School
Yamase 44'
63' (o.g.)
Tozin 72'
Ikeda 88'
Samuel 89'		 Report
Attendance: 4,249
Gamba Osaka5–2Ryutsu Keizai University
Sasaki 28'
Myojin 34'
Pedro Júnior 37'
Bando 53'
Lucas 81'		 Report Hosogai 19'
Fuyama 39'
Attendance: 3,090
Mito HollyHock2 – 3 (a.e.t.)Fukuoka University
Arata 9', 55' Report Fujita 8'
Tahashi 70'
Nagai 97'
Attendance: 827
V-Varen Nagasaki0–4Yokohama F. Marinos
Report Sakata 14'
Watanabe 44', 51', 56'
Attendance: 5,017
Referee: Hiroki Noda
Cerezo Osaka1–2Fukushima United
Inui 44' (pen.) Report Odagiri 13'
Tokisaki 89'
Attendance: 2,449
Kawasaki Frontale6–1Renofa Yamaguchi
Chong Tese 22', 46', 54'
Renatinho 59', 77' (pen.)
Igawa 88'		 Report Kashihara 23'
Attendance: 4,855
Referee: Kenshi Oogiya
Kataller Toyama0 – 0 (a.e.t.)Fagiano Okayama
Report
Penalties
Kamizono soccer ball with check mark
Nagayama soccer ball with check mark
Funatsu soccer ball with check mark
Nishino soccer ball with check mark		 4–1 soccer ball with red X Takeda
soccer ball with red X Kiyama
soccer ball with check mark Kobayashi
Attendance: 2,222
FC Tokyo4–0Kamatamare Sanuki
Kajiyama 10'
Suzuki 16'
Bruno Quadros 35'
Akamine 42'		 Report
Attendance: 7,203
Thespa Kusatsu3–1Sagawa Shiga
Sakurada 37'
Goto 43'
Tokura 46'		 Report Yamane 79'
Attendance: 1,604
Sony Sendai2–4Omiya Ardija
Machida 85'
Okubo 86'		 Report Ichikawa 20', 72'
Dudu 22'
Neretljak 82'
Attendance: 681
Vegalta Sendai1 – 0 (a.e.t.)Zweigen Kanazawa
Sekiguchi 90' Report
Attendance: 4,429
Referee: Eiji Kawai
Matsumoto Yamaga2–0Urawa Red Diamonds
Kakimoto 12'
T. Abe 72'		 Report
Attendance: 14,494
Referee: Junpei Iida
FC Gifu1–0Tochigi SC
Satō 55' Report
Attendance: 2,345
Oita Trinita3 – 3 (a.e.t.)Yokogawa Musashino
Takamatsu 76'
Kanazaki 89'
Higashi 99'		 Report Ikegami 50'
Kanamori 63'
Koyama 113'
Penalties
Ienaga soccer ball with check mark
Takamatsu soccer ball with red X
Fernandinho soccer ball with red X
Miyazawa soccer ball with check mark
Higashi soccer ball with check mark
Fujita soccer ball with check mark		 4–3 soccer ball with check mark Ikegami
soccer ball with red X Takahashi
soccer ball with check mark Ohta
soccer ball with red X Hayashi
soccer ball with check mark Kanamori
soccer ball with red X Tomioka
Attendance: 2,645
JEF United Chiba3–0Honda FC
Maki 49'
Wada 62'
Arai 81'		 Report
Attendance: 5,456
Nagoya Grampus4–0Okinawa Kariyushi FC
Alex 42' (pen.)
Burzanović 68', 80'
Maki 86'		 Report
Attendance: 2,503
Referee: Akio Okutani
Tokyo Verdy0–1Honda Lock
Report Fujita 84' (pen.)
Attendance: 1,696
Júbilo Iwata2–0Kochi University
Inuzuka 42'
Funatani 81'		 Report
Attendance: 2,355
Tokushima Vortis1–3NIFS Kanoya
Kuranuki 3' Report Momoi 13', 39', 89'
Attendance: 946
Montedio Yamagata2–0Nippon Bunri University
Akahoshi 29'
Hirose 33'		 Report
Attendance: 2,181
Shonan Bellmare0–1Meiji University
Report Mita 31'
Attendance: 1,839
Nara Club0–3Albirex Niigata
Report Éverton Santos 6', 15'
Yano 43'
Attendance: 3,865
Roasso Kumamoto2 – 2 (a.e.t.)Yokohama FC
Yoshii 49'
Nishimori 115'		 Report Yathuda 72'
Nanba 119'
Penalties
Nishimori soccer ball with check mark
Fukuo soccer ball with red X
Yano soccer ball with red X
Nakayama soccer ball with check mark		 2–4 soccer ball with check mark Ahn Hyo-Yeon
soccer ball with check mark Katayama
soccer ball with check mark Yathuda
soccer ball with check mark Nishida
Attendance: 3,109
Referee: Naohito Ogawa
Shimizu S-Pulse2–0SP Kyoto
Hara 46'
Marcos Paulo 82'		 Report
Attendance: 5,341
Consadole Sapporo2–1Gainare Tottori
Nishijima 28'
Quirino 87' (pen.)		 Report Tomiyama 7'
Attendance: 3,171
Kyoto Sanga4–0Vertfee Takahara Nasu
Hayashi 15'
Yanagisawa 24'
Miyayoshi 76'
Diego 79'		 Report
Attendance: 1,981
Referee: Takuto Okabe
Ventforet Kofu3 – 3 (a.e.t.)Kansai University
Toma 39'
Kim Sin-Young 62'
Maranhão 82'		 Report Kanazono 21', 61'
Sato 34'
Penalties
Yamamoto soccer ball with check mark
Morita soccer ball with check mark
Maranhão soccer ball with check mark
Kuniyoshi soccer ball with red X
Hayashi soccer ball with check mark		 4–3 soccer ball with check mark Kiyomi
soccer ball with check mark Hirano
soccer ball with check mark Usami
soccer ball with red X Nishioka
soccer ball with red X Kanazono
Attendance: 3,605

Third round

Kashima Antlers3–0Avispa Fukuoka
Koroki 22'
Nozawa 35'
Danilo 42'		 Report
Attendance: 4,610
Vissel Kobe1–0Kashiwa Reysol
Ōkubo 69' Report
Attendance: 3,256
Referee: Kiwamu Hirose
Sanfrecce Hiroshima2–3Sagan Tosu
Morita 53'
Satō 56'		 Report Yamase 17'
Watanabe 61'
Havenaar 89'
Attendance: 4,003
Gamba Osaka6–1Fukuoka University
Endō 21'
Lucas 33', 53', 64'
Kaji 58'
Shimohira 87'		 Report Nagai 49'
Attendance: 3,459
Referee: Hajime Matsuo
Yokohama F. Marinos4–1Fukushima United
Watanabe 11'
Sakata 17'
Tanaka 43'
Kano 74'		 Report Tokisaki 72'
Attendance: 5,499
Kawasaki Frontale3–1Kataller Toyama
Kurotsu 29'
Kimura 70'
Yajima 78'		 Report Kawasaki 44'
Attendance: 4,014
FC Tokyo3–2Thespa Kusatsu
Sahara 32'
Nakamura 63'
Hirayama 76'		 Report Tokura 58'
Takada 81'
Attendance: 1,684
Referee: Ryuuji Satou
Omiya Ardija1 – 2 (a.e.t.)Vegalta Sendai
Neretljak 37' (pen.) Report Nakashima 27'
Ryang Yong-Gi 102'
Attendance: 5,489
Matsumoto Yamaga1–4FC Gifu
Kobayashi 60' Report Yoshimoto 22'
Satō 55'
Takagi 81' (pen.)
Nishikawa 85'
Attendance: 560
Oita Trinita2–3JEF United Chiba
Kanazaki 77', 89' Report Kudo 28'
Yonekura 68', 86'
Attendance: 5,010
Referee: Junpei Iida
Nagoya Grampus2–0Honda Lock
Yoshimura 68'
78' (o.g.)		 Report
Attendance: 2,807
Júbilo Iwata3 – 1 (a.e.t.)NIFS Kanoya
Nasu 16'
Lee Keun-ho 91'
Maeda 119'		 Report Nakasuji 89'
Attendance: 2,358
Referee: Minoru Toujou
Montedio Yamagata0–3Meiji University
Report Mita 27'
Yamamoto 60'
Sakano 85'
Attendance: 2,870
Referee: Hiroki Noda
Albirex Niigata3–1Yokohama FC
Matsuo 17'
Yano 28'
Márcio Richardes 89'		 Report Namba 8'
Attendance: 7,733
Referee: Takuto Okabe
Shimizu S-Pulse2–0Consadole Sapporo
Nagai 1', 20' Report
Attendance: 5,101
Kyoto Sanga1 – 2 (a.e.t.)Ventforet Kofu
Toyoda 21' Report Kim Sin-Young 35'
Katagiri 107'
Attendance: 2,812
Referee: Akio Okutani

Fourth round

Kashima Antlers2–1Vissel Kobe
Nozawa 55'
Danilo 88'		 Report Ishibitsu 48'
Attendance: 4,033
Sagan Tosu1–3Gamba Osaka
Havenaar 47' Report Lucas 9' (pen.)
Pedro Júnior 40'
Myojin 50'
Attendance: 2,045
Referee: Tadashi Ouse
Yokohama F. Marinos1–2Kawasaki Frontale
Yamase 57' Report Juninho 32'
Yajima 85'
Attendance: 10,120
Referee: Hiroki Noda
FC Tokyo0–3Vegalta Sendai
Report Nakahara 25'
Nakashima 59'
Marcelo Soares 89'
Attendance: 4,504
Referee: Koushi Tanabe
FC Gifu1–0JEF United Chiba
Yoshimoto 45' Report
Attendance: 3,569
Referee: Takuto Okabe
Nagoya Grampus3–1Júbilo Iwata
Yoshimura 42'
Yoshida 52'
Sugimoto 83'		 Report Cullen 5'
Attendance: 6,091
Referee: Hajime Matsuo
Meiji University1–3Albirex Niigata
Yamamoto 46' Report Oshima 16'
Yano 40', 64'
Attendance: 3,313
Referee: Junpei Iida
Shimizu S-Pulse3–0Ventforet Kofu
Hara 33'
Morita 49' (o.g.)
Nagasawa 55'		 Report
Attendance: 3,288

Quarter finals

Kashima Antlers1–2Gamba Osaka
Tashiro 45' Report Yamazaki 29', 68'
Attendance: 11,053
Vegalta Sendai2 – 1 (a.e.t.)Kawasaki Frontale
Nakashima 36'
Hirase 108'		 Report Murakami 89'
Attendance: 18,340
Referee: Minoru Tojo
Nagoya Grampus3–0FC Gifu
Kennedy 44', 67', 81' Report
Attendance: 12,211
Referee: Ryuji Sato
Shimizu S-Pulse3 – 2 (a.e.t.)Albirex Niigata
Okazaki 12'
Johnsen 86'
Kodama 104'		 Report Matsushita 16' (pen.)
Yano 88'
Attendance: 7,905
Referee: Hajime Matsuo

Semi finals

Gamba Osaka2–1Vegalta Sendai
Lucas 3', 65' Report Nakahara 58'
Attendance: 25,878
Shimizu S-Pulse1 – 1 (a.e.t.)Nagoya Grampus
Okazaki 16' Report Tamada 56' (pen.)
Penalties
Ichikawa soccer ball with red X
Kodama soccer ball with check mark
Hara soccer ball with check mark
Okazaki soccer ball with check mark		 3–5 soccer ball with check mark Kennedy
soccer ball with check mark Alex
soccer ball with check mark K. Tamada
soccer ball with check mark Ogawa
soccer ball with check mark Sugimoto
Attendance: 19,578

Final

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Gamba Osaka4–1Nagoya Grampus
Lucas 6'
Endō 77', 90+2'
Futagawa 86'		 Report Nakamura 40'
Attendance: 42,140
Referee: Kenji Oogiya