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{{Infobox football tournament season
| title                      = J.League Cup
| year                       = 2010
| other_titles               = J.League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup
| country                    = Japan
| dates                      = March 31 and November 3
| num_teams                  = 
| champions                  = [[Júbilo Iwata]]
| count                      = 2
| runner-up                  = [[Sanfrecce Hiroshima]]
| semi-finalist1             = [[Shimizu S-Pulse]]
| semi-finalist2             = [[Kawasaki Frontale]]
| matches                    = 55
| goals                      = 
| attendance                 = 
| top_goal_scorer            = 
| player_label               = MVP Award
| player                     = 
| prevseason                 = [[2009 J.League Cup|2009]]
| nextseason                 = [[2011 J.League Cup|2011]]
}}
The '''2010 J. League Cup''', more widely known as the '''2010 J.League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup''', was the 35th edition of the most prestigious [[Japan]]ese [[Association football|soccer]] league cup tournament and the 18th edition under the current [[J. League Cup]] format. It began on 31 March 2010 with the first matches of the group stage and ended on 3 November 2010 with the Final at [[National Olympic Stadium (Tokyo)|National Olympic Stadium]], [[Tokyo]].

Teams from the [[2010 J. League#J. League Division 1 (J1)|J1]] took part in the tournament. [[Kashima Antlers]], [[Kawasaki Frontale]], [[Sanfrecce Hiroshima]] and [[Gamba Osaka]] were given a bye to the quarter-final due to the qualification for the [[2010 AFC Champions League|AFC Champions League]] group stage. The remaining 14 teams started from the group stage, where they were divided into two groups of seven. The group winners and the runners-up of each group qualified for the quarter-final along with the four teams which qualified for the AFC Champions League.

The competition was won by [[Júbilo Iwata]], who defeated [[Sanfrecce Hiroshima]] 5–3 after [[Overtime (sports)#Association football|extra time]]. They qualified for the [[2011 Suruga Bank Championship]].

== Group stage ==
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=== Group A ===
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|section=Group A
|res_col_header=Q
|show_positions=n

|team1=TOK|name_TOK=[[F.C. Tokyo]]
|team2=VEG|name_VEG=[[Vegalta Sendai]]
|team3=SAN|name_SAN=[[Kyoto Sanga F.C.|Kyoto Sanga]]
|team4=ALB|name_ALB=[[Albirex Niigata]]
|team5=ARD|name_ARD=[[Omiya Ardija]]
|team6=GRA|name_GRA=[[Nagoya Grampus]]
|team7=CER|name_CER=[[Cerezo Osaka]]
|win_TOK=4|draw_TOK=1|loss_TOK=1|gf_TOK=7|ga_TOK=4
|win_VEG=3|draw_VEG=3|loss_VEG=0|gf_VEG=7|ga_VEG=1
|win_SAN=3|draw_SAN=2|loss_SAN=1|gf_SAN=9|ga_SAN=5
|win_ALB=3|draw_ALB=1|loss_ALB=2|gf_ALB=5|ga_ALB=5
|win_ARD=2|draw_ARD=1|loss_ARD=3|gf_ARD=6|ga_ARD=9
|win_GRA=0|draw_GRA=3|loss_GRA=3|gf_GRA=4|ga_GRA=9
|win_CER=0|draw_CER=1|loss_CER=5|gf_CER=4|ga_CER=9

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|result1=A|result2=A
|update=complete|source=
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{{OneLegStart|date=y}}
{{OneLegResult|date=2010-03-31|[[Kyoto Sanga F.C.|Kyoto Sanga]]||1–1|[[Omiya Ardija]]}}
{{OneLegResult|date=2010-03-31|[[F.C. Tokyo]]||2–2|[[Nagoya Grampus]]}}
{{OneLegResult|date=2010-03-31|[[Albirex Niigata]]||0–0|[[Vegalta Sendai]]}}
{{OneLegResult|date=2010-04-14|[[Vegalta Sendai]]||1–1|[[Kyoto Sanga F.C.|Kyoto Sanga]]}}
{{OneLegResult|date=2010-04-14|[[Omiya Ardija]]||0–1|[[F.C. Tokyo]]}}
{{OneLegResult|date=2010-04-14|[[Cerezo Osaka]]||0–1|[[Albirex Niigata]]}}
{{OneLegResult|date=2010-05-22|[[Nagoya Grampus]]||1–3|[[Omiya Ardija]]}}
{{OneLegResult|date=2010-05-22|[[Kyoto Sanga F.C.|Kyoto Sanga]]||2–1|[[Cerezo Osaka]]}}
{{OneLegResult|date=2010-05-22|[[F.C. Tokyo]]||1–0|[[Albirex Niigata]]}}
{{OneLegResult|date=2010-05-26|[[Nagoya Grampus]]||1–1|[[Cerezo Osaka]]}}
{{OneLegResult|date=2010-05-26|[[Albirex Niigata]]||1–4|[[Kyoto Sanga F.C.|Kyoto Sanga]]}}
{{OneLegResult|date=2010-05-26|[[Vegalta Sendai]]||1–0|[[F.C. Tokyo]]}}
{{OneLegResult|date=2010-05-29|[[Cerezo Osaka]]||0–1|[[Vegalta Sendai]]}}
{{OneLegResult|date=2010-05-29|[[Albirex Niigata]]||1–0|[[Omiya Ardija]]}}
{{OneLegResult|date=2010-05-30|[[Kyoto Sanga F.C.|Kyoto Sanga]]||1–0|[[Nagoya Grampus]]}}
{{OneLegResult|date=2010-06-05|[[Omiya Ardija]]||2–1|[[Cerezo Osaka]]}}
{{OneLegResult|date=2010-06-05|[[Vegalta Sendai]]||0–0|[[Nagoya Grampus]]}}
{{OneLegResult|date=2010-06-06|[[F.C. Tokyo]]||1–0|[[Kyoto Sanga F.C.|Kyoto Sanga]]}}
{{OneLegResult|date=2010-06-09|[[Cerezo Osaka]]||1–2|[[F.C. Tokyo]]}}
{{OneLegResult|date=2010-06-09|[[Nagoya Grampus]]||0–2|[[Albirex Niigata]]}}
{{OneLegResult|date=2010-06-09|[[Omiya Ardija]]||0–4|[[Vegalta Sendai]]}}
{{end}}
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=== Group B ===
<onlyinclude>{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|section=Group B
|res_col_header=Q
|show_positions=n

|team1=JÚB|name_JÚB=[[Júbilo Iwata]]
|team2=SSP|name_SSP=[[Shimizu S-Pulse]]
|team3=MON|name_MON=[[Montedio Yamagata]]
|team4=FMA|name_FMA=[[Yokohama F. Marinos]]
|team5=RED|name_RED=[[Urawa Red Diamonds]]
|team6=VIS|name_VIS=[[Vissel Kobe]]
|team7=BEL|name_BEL=[[Shonan Bellmare]]
|win_JÚB=4|draw_JÚB=1|loss_JÚB=1|gf_JÚB=12|ga_JÚB=5
|win_SSP=3|draw_SSP=2|loss_SSP=1|gf_SSP=6|ga_SSP=3
|win_MON=3|draw_MON=1|loss_MON=2|gf_MON=6|ga_MON=6
|win_FMA=2|draw_FMA=3|loss_FMA=1|gf_FMA=6|ga_FMA=3
|win_RED=2|draw_RED=2|loss_RED=2|gf_RED=6|ga_RED=6
|win_VIS=2|draw_VIS=1|loss_VIS=3|gf_VIS=8|ga_VIS=10
|win_BEL=0|draw_BEL=0|loss_BEL=6|gf_BEL=4|ga_BEL=15

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|result1=A|result2=A
|update=complete|source=
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{{OneLegStart|date=y}}
{{OneLegResult|date=2010-03-31|[[Shimizu S-Pulse]]||2–0|[[Shonan Bellmare]]}}
{{OneLegResult|date=2010-03-31|[[Urawa Red Diamonds]]||1–1|[[Júbilo Iwata]]}}
{{OneLegResult|date=2010-03-31|[[Yokohama F. Marinos]]||1–0|[[Montedio Yamagata]]}}
{{OneLegResult|date=2010-04-14|[[Montedio Yamagata]]||0–0|[[Shimizu S-Pulse]]}}
{{OneLegResult|date=2010-04-14|[[Vissel Kobe]]||1–3|[[Urawa Red Diamonds]]}}
{{OneLegResult|date=2010-04-14|[[Júbilo Iwata]]||2–1|[[Yokohama F. Marinos]]}}
{{OneLegResult|date=2010-05-22|[[Montedio Yamagata]]||1–0|[[Vissel Kobe]]}}
{{OneLegResult|date=2010-05-22|[[Shonan Bellmare]]||1–2|[[Urawa Red Diamonds]]}}
{{OneLegResult|date=2010-05-22|[[Shimizu S-Pulse]]||0–0|[[Yokohama F. Marinos]]}}
{{OneLegResult|date=2010-05-26|[[Urawa Red Diamonds]]||0–2|[[Montedio Yamagata]]}}
{{OneLegResult|date=2010-05-26|[[Shonan Bellmare]]||1–2|[[Júbilo Iwata]]}}
{{OneLegResult|date=2010-05-26|[[Vissel Kobe]]||3–1|[[Shimizu S-Pulse]]}}
{{OneLegResult|date=2010-05-29|[[Júbilo Iwata]]||2–0|[[Vissel Kobe]]}}
{{OneLegResult|date=2010-05-29|[[Yokohama F. Marinos]]||3–0|[[Shonan Bellmare]]}}
{{OneLegResult|date=2010-05-30|[[Urawa Red Diamonds]]||0–1|[[Shimizu S-Pulse]]}}
{{OneLegResult|date=2010-06-05|[[Vissel Kobe]]||1–1|[[Yokohama F. Marinos]]}}
{{OneLegResult|date=2010-06-05|[[Montedio Yamagata]]||3–0|[[Shonan Bellmare]]}}
{{OneLegResult|date=2010-06-06|[[Shimizu S-Pulse]]||2–0|[[Júbilo Iwata]]}}
{{OneLegResult|date=2010-06-09|[[Júbilo Iwata]]||5–0|[[Montedio Yamagata]]}}
{{OneLegResult|date=2010-06-09|[[Shonan Bellmare]]||2–3|[[Vissel Kobe]]}}
{{OneLegResult|date=2010-06-09|[[Yokohama F. Marinos]]||0–0|[[Urawa Red Diamonds]]}}
{{end}}
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{{col-end}}

== Knockout stage ==
All times are [[Japan Standard Time]] ([[UTC+9]])
{{8TeamBracket
| sets=2/2/1
| aggregate=y
| score-width=30px | team-width=160px
| RD1-seed1=
| RD1-team1= '''[[Kawasaki Frontale]]'''
| RD1-score1-1= 1
| RD1-score1-2= 3
| RD1-score1-agg= 4
| RD1-seed2=
| RD1-team2= [[Kashima Antlers]]
| RD1-score2-1= 2
| RD1-score2-2= 1
| RD1-score2-agg= 3
| RD1-seed3=
| RD1-team3= [[Vegalta Sendai]]
| RD1-score3-1= 1
| RD1-score3-2= 0
| RD1-score3-agg= 1
| RD1-seed4=
| RD1-team4= '''[[Júbilo Iwata]]'''
| RD1-score4-1= 2
| RD1-score4-2= 0
| RD1-score4-agg= 2
| RD1-seed5=
| RD1-team5= [[Gamba Osaka]]
| RD1-score5-1= 1
| RD1-score5-2= 1
| RD1-score5-agg= 2
| RD1-seed6=
| RD1-team6= '''[[Sanfrecce Hiroshima]]''' ([[away goals rule|a]])
| RD1-score6-1= 0
| RD1-score6-2= 2
| RD1-score6-agg= 2
| RD1-seed7=
| RD1-team7= [[F.C. Tokyo]]
| RD1-score7-1= 1
| RD1-score7-2= 0
| RD1-score7-agg= 1
| RD1-seed8=
| RD1-team8= '''[[Shimizu S-Pulse]]''' ([[away goals rule|a]])
| RD1-score8-1= 1
| RD1-score8-2= 0
| RD1-score8-agg= 1

<!-- Semifinals -->
| RD2-team1=[[Kawasaki Frontale]]
| RD2-score1-1= 1
| RD2-score1-2= 1
| RD2-score1-agg= 2
| RD2-team2='''[[Júbilo Iwata]]'''
| RD2-score2-1= 3
| RD2-score2-2= 0
| RD2-score2-agg= 3
| RD2-team3= '''[[Sanfrecce Hiroshima]]'''
| RD2-score3-1= 2
| RD2-score3-2= 1
| RD2-score3-agg= 3
| RD2-team4= [[Shimizu S-Pulse]]
| RD2-score4-1= 1
| RD2-score4-2= 1
| RD2-score4-agg= 2

<!-- Final -->
| RD3-team1='''[[Júbilo Iwata]]''' {{aet}}
| RD3-score1-agg= 5
| RD3-team2=[[Sanfrecce Hiroshima]]
| RD3-score2-agg= 3
}}

=== Quarterfinals ===
==== First leg ====
{{footballbox
|date= 1 September 2010
|time= 19:00
|team1= [[Kashima Antlers]]
|score= 2–1
|report= [http://www.so-net.ne.jp/antlers/games/314 (Report)]
|team2= [[Kawasaki Frontale]]
|goals1= [[Marcos Gomes de Araujo|Marquinhos]] {{goal|31}} <br> [[Shinzo Koroki|Koroki]] {{goal|55}}
|goals2= [[Masaru Kurotsu|Kurotsu]] {{goal|68}}
|stadium= [[Kashima Soccer Stadium]], [[Kashima, Ibaraki|Kashima]]
|attendance= 6,977
|referee=Ryuji Sato 
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date= 1 September 2010
|time= 19:00
|team1= [[Júbilo Iwata]]
|score= 2–1
|report= 
|team2= [[Vegalta Sendai]]
|goals1= [[Gilson do Amaral|Gilsinho]] {{goal|32}} <br> [[Norihiro Nishi|Nishi]] {{goal|34}}
|goals2= [[Yoshiaki Ota|Ota]] {{goal|76}}
|stadium= [[Yamaha Stadium]], [[Iwata, Shizuoka|Iwata]]
|attendance= 5,032
|referee=Kenji Ogiya 
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date= 1 September 2010
|time= 19:00
|team1= [[Sanfrecce Hiroshima]]
|score= 0–1
|report= 
|team2= [[Gamba Osaka]]
|goals1= 
|goals2= [[Lucas Severino|Lucas]] {{goal|66}}
|stadium= [[Hiroshima Big Arch]], [[Hiroshima]]
|attendance= 6,731
|referee=Masayoshi Okada 
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date= 1 September 2010
|time= 19:00
|team1= [[F.C. Tokyo]]
|score= 1–1
|report= 
|team2= [[Shimizu S-Pulse]]
|goals1= [[Masato Morishige|Morishige]] {{goal|79}}
|goals2= [[Shinji Okazaki|Okazaki]] {{goal|68}}
|stadium= [[Ajinomoto Stadium]], [[Chōfu, Tokyo|Chōfu]]
|attendance= 12,510
|referee=Hiroyoshi Takayama
}}

==== Second leg ====
{{footballbox
|date= 8 September 2010
|time= 19:00
|team1= [[Kawasaki Frontale]]
|score= 3–1
|report= [http://www.so-net.ne.jp/antlers/games/315 (Report)]
|team2= [[Kashima Antlers]]
|goals1=[[Yusuke Tasaka|Tasaka]] {{goal|32}}<br>[[Kengo Nakamura|Nakamura]] {{goal|79}}<br>[[Vitor Junior]] {{goal|88}}
|goals2=[[Mitsuo Ogasawara|Ogasawara]] {{goal|33}}
|stadium= [[Todoroki Athletics Stadium]], [[Kawasaki, Kanagawa|Kawasaki]]
|attendance=9,406
|referee=Toshimitsu Yoshida 
}}
''Kawasaki Frontale won 4-3 on aggregate.''
----
{{footballbox
|date= 8 September 2010
|time= 19:00
|team1= [[Vegalta Sendai]]
|score=  0–0
|report= 
|team2= [[Júbilo Iwata]]
|goals1= 
|goals2= 
|stadium= [[Yurtec Stadium Sendai]], [[Sendai]]
|attendance=7,317 
|referee=Masayoshi Okada
}}
''Júbilo Iwata won 2-1 on aggregate.''
----
{{footballbox
|date= 8 September 2010
|time= 19:00
|team1= [[Gamba Osaka]]
|score= 1–2
|report= 
|team2= [[Sanfrecce Hiroshima]]
|goals1= [[Douglas Maradona Campos Dangui|Dodo]] {{goal|82}}
|goals2= [[Hisato Sato|Sato]] {{goal|26}}<br>[[Koji Morisaki|Morisaki]] {{goal|56}}
|stadium= [[Osaka Expo '70 Stadium]], [[Suita]]
|attendance=6,498
|referee=Minoru Tojo  
}}
''Sanfrecce Hiroshima won by [[away goals rule]] (2-2 on aggregate).''
----
{{footballbox
|date= 8 September 2010
|time= 19:00
|team1= [[Shimizu S-Pulse]]
|score= 0–0
|report= 
|team2= [[F.C. Tokyo]]
|goals1= 
|goals2= 
|stadium= [[Outsourcing Stadium Nihondaira]], [[Shizuoka (city)|Shizuoka]]
|attendance=5,683 
|referee=Matsuo Hajime
}}
''Shimizu S-Pulse won by [[away goals rule]] (1-1 on aggregate).''

=== Semifinals ===
==== First leg ====
{{footballbox
|date= 29 September 2010
|time= 19:00
|team1= [[Júbilo Iwata]]
|score= 0–1
|report= 
|team2= [[Kawasaki Frontale]]
|goals1= 
|goals2= [[Masaru Kurotsu|Kurotsu]] {{goal|55}}
|stadium= [[Yamaha Stadium]], [[Iwata, Shizuoka|Iwata]]
|attendance= 10,353
|referee= Yuichi Nishimura
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date= 29 September 2010
|time= 19:01
|team1= [[Sanfrecce Hiroshima]]
|score= 2–1
|report= 
|team2= [[Shimizu S-Pulse]]
|goals1= [[Tadanari Lee|Lee]] {{goal|55}}<br>[[Yojiro Takahagi|Takahagi]] {{goal|68}}
|goals2= [[Takuma Edamura|Edamura]] {{goal|76}}
|stadium= [[Hiroshima Big Arch Stadium]], [[Hiroshima]]
|attendance=5,034
|referee=Joji Kashihara 
}}

==== Second leg ====
{{footballbox
|date= 10 October 2010
|time= 15:00
|team1= [[Kawasaki Frontale]]
|score= 1–3
|report= 
|team2= [[Júbilo Iwata]]
|goals1= [[Carlos Alberto Carvalho dos Anjos Junior|Juninho]] {{goal|38}}
|goals2= [[Kentaro Oi|Oi]] {{goal|35}}<br>[[Ryohei Yamazaki|Yamazaki]] {{goal|78}}<br>[[Sho Naruoka|Naruoka]] {{goal|88}}
|stadium= [[Todoroki Athletics Stadium]], [[Kawasaki, Kanagawa|Kawasaki]]
|attendance= 13,417
|referee= Nobutsugu Murakami
}}
''Júbilo Iwata won 3-2 on aggregate.''
----
{{footballbox
|date= 10 October 2010
|time= 15:00
|team1= [[Shimizu S-Pulse]]
|score= 1–1
|report= 
|team2= [[Sanfrecce Hiroshima]]
|goals1= [[Shinji Ono|Ono]] {{goal|87}}
|goals2= [[Satoru Yamagishi|Yamagishi]] {{goal|64}}
|stadium= [[Outsourcing Stadium Nihondaira]], [[Shizuoka (city)|Shizuoka]]
|attendance= 12,384
|referee= Kenji Ogiya 
}}
''Sanfrecce Hiroshima won 3-2 on aggregate.''

=== Final ===
{{main|2010 J.League Cup Final}}
{{footballbox
|date= 3 November 2010
|time= 14:09
|team1= [[Júbilo Iwata]]
|score= 5–3 
|aet=yes
|report= 
|team2= [[Sanfrecce Hiroshima]]
|goals1= [[Keisuke Funatani|Funatani]] {{goal|36}}<br>[[Ryoichi Maeda|Maeda]] {{goal|89}}, {{goal|109}}<br>[[Minoru Suganuma|Suganuma]] {{goal|102}}<br>[[Ryohei Yamazaki|Yamazaki]] {{goal|104}}
|goals2= [[Tadanari Lee|Lee]] {{goal|43}}<br>[[Satoru Yamagishi|Yamagishi]] {{goal|48}}<br>[[Tomoaki Makino|Makino]] {{goal|105+3}}
|stadium= [[Tokyo National Stadium]], [[Tokyo]]
|attendance= 39,767
|referee= Hiroyoshi Takayama
}}
{{commonscat|Júbilo Iwata vs Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3 November 2010 - J League Cup Final}}

== Top goalscorers ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"
!Goalscorers
!Goals
!Team
|-
|{{flagicon|BRA}} '''[[Gilson Do Amaral|Gilsinho]]'''
|{{center|5}}
|[[Júbilo Iwata]]
|-
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Yuzo Tashiro]]
|{{center|3}}
|[[Montedio Yamagata]]
|-
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Diego De Souza Gama Silva|Diego]]
|{{center|3}}
|[[Kyoto Sanga F.C.|Kyoto Sanga]]
|-
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Atsushi Yanagisawa]]
|{{center|3}}
|[[Kyoto Sanga F.C.|Kyoto Sanga]]
|-
|{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Adilson Ferreira de Souza|Popó]]
|{{center|3}}
|[[Vissel Kobe]]
|}

== References ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130211224714/http://www.j-league.or.jp/eng/results/ J.League Official Site] {{in lang|en}}

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