2006 J. League Cup

The 2006 edition of the J. League Cup sponsored by Nabisco began on March 29. Gamba Osaka were exempt from competing in the group stage, due to their entry into the Asian Champions League. They were therefore entered into the quarter-final stage.

The final was on November 3 at the Tokyo National Stadium. The winners were JEF United Ichihara Chiba, beating Kashima Antlers in the final 2-0 to claim its second J. League Cup championship.

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Urawa Red Diamonds	6	5	1	0	14	5	+9	16
Yokohama F. Marinos	6	3	1	2	9	8	+1	10
Avispa Fukuoka	6	1	2	3	5	8	-4	5
F.C. Tokyo	6	0	2	4	1	7	-6	2

2006-03-29
Urawa Red Diamonds	2–0	F.C. Tokyo
Yokohama F. Marinos	1–0	Avispa Fukuoka
2006-04-12
Urawa Red Diamonds	3–1	Avispa Fukuoka
Yokohama F. Marinos	2–0	F.C. Tokyo
2006-04-26
F.C. Tokyo	1–2	Yokohama F. Marinos
Avispa Fukuoka	1–3	Urawa Red Diamonds
2006-05-14
F.C. Tokyo	0–1	Avispa Fukuoka
Yokohama F. Marinos	1–2	Urawa Red Diamonds
2006-05-17
F.C. Tokyo	0–0	Urawa Red Diamonds
Avispa Fukuoka	1–1	Yokohama F. Marinos
2006-05-21
Urawa Red Diamonds	4–2	Yokohama F. Marinos
Avispa Fukuoka	0–0	F.C. Tokyo

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Kawasaki Frontale	6	5	0	1	14	8	+6	15
Kashima Antlers	6	3	0	3	12	9	+3	9
Oita Trinita	6	3	0	3	6	9	-3	9
Kyoto Purple Sanga	6	1	0	5	10	16	-6	3

2009-03-29
Kashima Antlers	4–1	Oita Trinita
Kyoto Purple Sanga	3–4	Kawasaki Frontale
2009-04-12
Kashima Antlers	3–1	Kawasaki Frontale
Oita Trinita	2–1	Kyoto Purple Sanga
2009-04-26
Kawasaki Frontale	4–1	Kyoto Purple Sanga
Oita Trinita	1–0	Kashima Antlers
2009-05-14
Kashima Antlers	3–2	Kyoto Purple Sanga
Oita Trinita	0–2	Kawasaki Frontale
2009-05-17
Kawasaki Frontale	1–0	Oita Trinita
Kyoto Purple Sanga	2–1	Kashima Antlers
2009-05-21
Kawasaki Frontale	2–1	Kashima Antlers
Kyoto Purple Sanga	1–2	Oita Trinita

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
JEF United Chiba	6	4	1	1	10	7	+3	13
Shimizu S-Pulse	6	2	2	2	8	8	0	8
Albirex Niigata	6	1	3	2	7	8	-1	6
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	6	1	2	3	7	9	-2	5

2006-03-29
JEF United Chiba	2–1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Albirex Niigata	3–3	Shimizu S-Pulse
2006-04-12
JEF United Chiba	3–2	Albirex Niigata
Shimizu S-Pulse	2–2	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
2006-04-26
Shimizu S-Pulse	1–2	Albirex Niigata
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	3–4	JEF United Chiba
2006-05-14
Shimizu S-Pulse	1–0	JEF United Chiba
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	0–0	Albirex Niigata
2006-05-17
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	0–1	Shimizu S-Pulse
2006-05-18
Albirex Niigata	0–0	JEF United Chiba
2006-05-21
JEF United Chiba	1–0	Shimizu S-Pulse
Albirex Niigata	0–1	Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Cerezo Osaka	6	3	3	0	8	5	+3	12
Jubilo Iwata	6	3	1	2	10	9	+1	10
Ventforet Kofu	6	2	2	2	8	7	+1	8
Omiya Ardija	6	2	1	3	9	10	-1	7
Nagoya Grampus Eight	6	0	3	3	6	10	-4	3

2006-03-29
Nagoya Grampus Eight	1–3	Ventforet Kofu
Cerezo Osaka	1–0	Jubilo Iwata
2006-04-05
Jubilo Iwata	2–1	Omiya Ardija
2006-04-12
Ventforet Kofu	2–2	Jubilo Iwata
Cerezo Osaka	1–1	Nagoya Grampus Eight
2006-04-26
Omiya Ardija	2–3	Jubilo Iwata
Ventforet Kofu	1–1	Nagoya Grampus Eight
2006-05-10
Ventforet Kofu	0–1	Cerezo Osaka
Nagoya Grampus Eight	1–2	Omiya Ardija
2006-05-14
Omiya Ardija	1–0	Ventforet Kofu
Nagoya Grampus Eight	1–1	Cerezo Osaka
2006-05-17
Omiya Ardija	1–1	Cerezo Osaka
2006-05-18
Jubilo Iwata	1–2	Ventforet Kofu
2006-05-21
Jubilo Iwata	2–1	Nagoya Grampus Eight
Cerezo Osaka	3–2	Omiya Ardija

Runner-up qualifiers

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Jubilo Iwata	6	3	1	2	10	9	+1	10
Yokohama F. Marinos	6	3	1	2	9	8	+1	10
Kashima Antlers	6	3	0	3	12	9	+3	9
Shimizu S-Pulse	6	2	2	2	8	8	0	8

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	Urawa Red Diamonds	4	1	5
	Kawasaki Frontale	3	2	5
							Kawasaki Frontale	2	2	4
							JEF United Chiba	2	3	5
	Cerezo Osaka	2	2	4
	JEF United Chiba	5	3	8
													JEF United Chiba	2
													Kashima Antlers	0
	Yokohama F. Marinos	2	2	4
	Júbilo Iwata	1	0	1
							Yokohama F. Marinos	0	2	2
							Kashima Antlers	1	1	2
	Kashima Antlers	0	2	2
	Gamba Osaka	0	0	0

Quarter finals

First leg

2006-06-03	Urawa Red Diamonds	4 – 3	Kawasaki Frontale	Urawa Komaba Stadium, Saitama

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2006-06-03	Yokohama F. Marinos	2 – 1	Jubilo Iwata	Nissan Stadium, Yokohama

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2006-06-04	Cerezo Osaka	2 – 5	JEF United Chiba	Nagai Stadium, Osaka

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2006-06-04	Gamba Osaka	0 – 0	Kashima Antlers	Osaka Expo '70 Stadium, Suita

Second leg

2006-06-07	Kawasaki Frontale	2 – 1	Urawa Red Diamonds	Todoroki Athletics Stadium, Kawasaki

Kawasaki Frontale advances to the semi finals on Away goals rule.

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2006-06-08	Jubilo Iwata	0 – 2	Yokohama F. Marinos	Yamaha Stadium, Iwata

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2006-06-08	JEF United Chiba	3 – 2	Cerezo Osaka	Fukuda Denshi Arena, Chiba

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2006-06-08	Kashima Antlers	0 – 0	Gamba Osaka	Kashima Soccer Stadium, Kashima

Semi finals

First leg

2006-09-02	Kashima Antlers	1 – 0	Yokohama F. Marinos	Kashima Soccer Stadium, Kashima

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2006-09-03	Kawasaki Frontale	2 – 2	JEF United Chiba	Todoroki Athletics Stadium, Kawasaki

Second leg

2006-09-20	Yokohama F. Marinos	2 – 1	Kashima Antlers	Nissan Stadium, Yokohama

Kashima Antlers advances to the finals on Away goals rule.

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2006-09-20	JEF United Chiba	3 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Kawasaki Frontale	Fukuda Denshi Arena, Chiba

Finals

2006-11-03 14:09	Kashima Antlers	0 – 2	JEF United Chiba	National Stadium, Tokyo Attendance: 44,704
			Mizuno  80' Abe  82'

Awards

• MVP : Koki Mizuno (JEF United Chiba)
• Top Scorer : Washington (Urawa Red Diamonds), 9 goals
• New Hero Prize : Hiroyuki Taniguchi (Kawasaki Frontale)

See also

• J. League 2006
• Emperor's Cup 2006

External links

• J.League Official Site (English)