The Emperor’s Cup 2016 – 4th Round Results + QF Draw

Emperor’s Cup
4th Round
Wednesday, 9th November
Gamba Osaka 1-0 Shimizu S-Pulse
Omiya Ardija 1-0 Yokohama FC
FC Tokyo 2-1 Honda FC

Saturday, 12th November
Yokohama F. Marinos 1-0 Albirex Niigata
Kashima Antlers 2-1 Vissel Kobe
Sagan Tosu 0-3 Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Kashiwa Reysol 1-3 Shonan Bellmare
Kawasaki Frontale 3-3 Urawa Red Diamonds – AET, Frontale win 4-1 on pens

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The Quarter Final Draw looks like this –

Saturday, 24th December
Kashima Antlers v Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Yokohama F. Marinos v Gamba Osaka
Omiya Ardija v Shonan Bellmare
FC Tokyo v Kawasaki Frontale

The Emperor’s Cup 2016 – 4th Round Fixtures

Emperor’s Cup
4th Round
Wednesday, 9th November
Gamba Osaka v Shimizu S-Pulse
Omiya Ardija v Yokohama FC
FC Tokyo v Honda FC

Saturday, 12th November
Yokohama F. Marinos v Albirex Niigata
Kashima Antlers v Vissel Kobe
Sagan Tosu v Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Kashiwa Reysol v Shonan Bellmare
Kawasaki Frontale v Urawa Red Diamonds

The Emperor’s Cup 2016 – 3rd Round Results

Emperor’s Cup
3rd Round
Thursday, 22nd September
Omiya Ardija 5-0 Jubilo Iwata
Shonan Bellmare 4-0 Tokushima Vortis
Nagano Parceiro (Nagano Prefecture) 2-3 Yokohama FC
Oita Trinita (Oita Prefecture) 0-1 Shimizu S-Pulse
Kashima Antlers 2-1 Fagiano Okayama
Vissel Kobe 3-3 Montedio Yamagata – Kobe won 5-3 on pens
Albirex Niigata 1-0 Renofa Yamaguchi
Yokohama F. Marinos 4-0 Tokyo Verdy
Kashiwa Reysol 1-0 Ehime FC
Grulla Morioka (Iwate Prefecture) 1-2 Honda FC (Shizuoka Prefecture)
Kawasaki Frontale 4-1 JEF United Chiba
Sagan Tosu 2-0 Cerezo Osaka

The Emperor’s Cup 2016 – 2nd Round Fixtures

Emperor’s Cup
2nd Round
Saturday, 3rd September
Jubilo Iwata v Kanagawa University (Kanagawa Prefecture)
Shonan Bellmare v Yamanashi Gakuin University Orions (Yamanashi Prefecture)
Tokushima Vortis v Giravanz Kitakyushu
Nagoya Grampus v Nagano Parceiro (Nagano Prefecture)
V-Varen Nagasaki v Yokohama FC
Ventforet Kofu v Oita Trinita (Oita Prefecture)
Shimizu S-Pulse v Mito Hollyhock
Kashima Antlers v Kataller Toyama (Toyama Prefecture)
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo v Fajiano Okayama
Montedio Yamagata v Thespa Kusatsu Gunma
Albirex Niigata v Kwansei Gakuin University (Japan University Championship Winners)
Roasso Kumamoto v Tokyo Verdy
Kashiwa Reysol v Nara Club (Nara Prefecture)
Kamatamare Sanuki v Ehime FC
Vegalta Sendai v Grulla Morioka (Iwate Prefecture)
Matsumoto Yamaga v Honda FC (Shizuoka Prefecture)
Kawasaki Frontale v Blaublitz Akita (Akita Prefecture)
JEF United Chiba v Zweigen Kanazawa
Sagan Tosu v FC Ryukyu (Okinawa Prefecture)
Cerezo Osaka v Kyoto Sanga

Wednesday, 7th September
Omiya Ardija v Gainare Tottori (Tottori Prefecture)
Vissel Kobe v Suzuka Unlimited FC (Mie Prefecture)
Avispa Fukuoka v Renofa Yamaguchi
Yokohama F. Marinos v Fukushima United (Fukushima Prefecture)

The Emperor’s Cup 2016 – 1st Round Results

Emperor’s Cup
1st Round
Saturday, 27th August
Gainare Tottori (Tottori Prefecture) 5-0 Fagiano Okayama Next (Okayama Prefecture)
FC Machida Zelvia 0-1 Kanagawa University (Kanagawa Prefecture)
Tochigi Uva (Tochigi Prefecture) 1-1 Yamanashi Gakuin University Orions (Yamanashi Prefecture) – AET, Yamanashi win 4-3 on pens
Tokushima Vortis 6-0 FC Tokushima Celeste (Tokushima Prefecture)
Giravanz Kitakyushu 1-0 Fukuoka University (Fukuoka Prefecture)
Nagano Parceiro (Nagano Prefecture) 5-0 Hokuriku (Ishikawa Prefecture)
V-Varen Nagasaki 2-1 Kochi United SC (Kochi Prefecture)
Oita Trinita (Oita Prefecture) 3-0 MD Nagasaki (Nagasaki Prefecture)
Shimizu S-Pulse 2-1 Kansai University (Osaka Prefecture)
Mito Hollyhock 1-0 Tokyo International University (Saitama Prefecture)
Kataller Toyama (Toyama Prefecture) 1-0 Niigata University of Health and Welfare (Niigata Prefecture)
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo 3-0 University of Tsukuba (Ibaraki Prefecture)
Matsue City FC (Shimane Prefecture) 1-4 Fajiano Okayama
Tokai Gakuen University (Aichi Prefecture) 1-2 Suzuka Unlimited FC (Mie Prefecture)
Montedio Yamagata 2-1 Arterivo Wakayama (Wakayama Prefecture)
Thespa Kusatsu Gunma 1-0 Sony Sendai (Miyagi Prefecture)
MIO Biwako Shiga (Shiga Prefecture) 1-3 Kwansei Gakuin University (Japan University Football Championship winning team)
Renofa Yamaguchi FC 4-0 Kumamoto Tokai University (Kumamoto Prefecture)
Fukushima United (Fukushima Prefecture) 4-1 The Spa Kusatsu Challenger’s (Gunma Prefecture)
Tokyo Verdy 2-1 VONDS Ichihara (Chiba Prefecture)
Nara Club (Nara Prefecture) 2-0 Kyoto Sangyo University (Kyoto Prefecture)
SRC Hiroshima (Hiroshima Prefecture) 0-4 Ehime FC
FC Gifu 1-2 Honda FC (Shizuoka Prefecture)
Blaublitz Akita (Akita Prefecture) 2-0 Vanraure Hachinohe (Aomori Prefecture)
JEF United Chiba 5-0 Hokkaido University of Education Iwamizawa (Hokkaido Prefecture)
FC Ryukyu (Okinawa Prefecture) 1-0 Honda Lock (Miyazaki Prefecture)

Sunday, 28th August
Jubilo Iwata 7-0 FC Gifu Second (Gifu Prefecture)
Yokohama FC 5-0 Yamagata University (Yamagata Prefecture)
Avispa Fukuoka 7-2 Kagoshima United (Kagoshima Prefecture)
Roasso Kumamoto 2-1 FC Tosu (Saga Prefecture)
Kamatamare Sanuki 1-0 FC Imabari (Ehime Prefecture)
Grulla Morioka (Iwate Prefecture) 4-0 Waseda University (Tokyo Prefecture)
Matsumoto Yamaga FC 6-0 Tokuyama University (Yamaguchi Prefecture)
Zweigen Kanazawa 4-1 Saurcos Fukui (Fukui Prefecture)
Cerezo Osaka 10-0 R Velho Takamatsu (Kagawa Prefecture)
Kyoto Sanga FC 4-0 Bundy Onse Kakogawa (Hyogo Prefecture)

Nabisco Cup 2015 Cup Final

Nabisco Cup
Final
Saturday, 31st October
Kashima Antlers v Gamba Osaka

Kashima Antlers and Gamba Osaka will meet each other in the Nabisco Cup Final on Saturday Afternoon at Saitama Stadium

Here is how they go here –
Kashima and Gamba were exempt from the group stages due to their Asian Champions League perception, here is how they got on in the Quarter and Semi Final’s to get here

Quarter Finals – 1st Leg
FC Tokyo 2-2 Kashima Antlers
Gamba Osaka 1-1 Nagoya Grampus

2nd Leg
Kashima Antlers 3-0 FC Tokyo – Kashima win 5-2 on aggregate
Nagoya Grampus 2-2 Gamba Osaka – AET – Gamba won 10-9 on PK’s

Semi Final – 1st Leg
Vissel Kobe 1-2 Kashima Antlers
Albirex Niigata 2-1 Gamba Osaka

2nd Leg
Kashima Antlers 4-1 Vissel Kobe – Kashima won 6-2 on aggregate
Gamba Osaka 2-0 Albirex Niigata – Gamba won 3-2 on aggregate

Good luck to both teams

Emperors Cup 2014 Final

Saturday, 13th December
Emperors Cup Final
Gamba Osaka v Montedio Yamagata

Gamba Osaka will face Montedio Yamagata at Nissan Stadium in Yokohama for the Emperors Cup Final, here is how both teams got to the final –

Gamba Osaka
2nd Round – v Zweigen Kanazawa, H, W 5-1
3rd Round – v Tokushima Vortis, H, W 1-0
4th Round – v Sanfrecce Hiroshima, A, W 3-1
Quarter Final – v Omiya Ardija, H, W 2-0
Semi Final – v Shimizu S Pulse, H, W 5-2

Montedio Yamagata
2nd Round – v Roasso Kumamoto, A, W 1-0
3rd Round – v Sony Sendai, A, W 1-0
4th Round – v Sagan Tosu, H, W 1-0 AET
Quarter Final – v Giravanz Kitakyushu, H, W 1-0
Semi Final – v JEF United Chiba, A, W 3-2

Both teams have had great seasons in J1 and J2 – Gamba Osaka won the J1 Title and also winning the Nabisco Cup, Gamba look to get a hat-trick of trophies by winning the Emperors Cup but its going to be a tough game against Yamagata, Yamagata finished 6th in J2 but won against Iwata (W 2-1) and Chiba (W 1-0) in the J2 play off’s and were promoted to J1, so as well as tomorrow, both teams will play each other twice next season

JLeague Division 3 (MD33) Results

Division 3
Sunday, November 23rd
Grulla Morioka 1-1 Gainare Tottori
Blaublitz Akita 1-1 J.League U22
Fukushima United 2-1 FC Ryukyu
Nagano Parceiro 6-1 YSCC Yokohama
Zweigen Kanazawa 4-0 SC Sagamihara
Fujieda MYFC 0-1 Machida Zerubia

Looking at the MD33 (last MD) Results – Zweigen Kanazawa finished top of the 1st J3 season after winning 4-0 against SC Sagamihara in the last game of the 2014 season, 6 points ahead of 2nd place Nagano, Nagano themselves finished 2nd after beating YSCC 6-1 and Nagano will play in a play-off against J2 team Sanuki on the Sunday 30th November & 2nd leg on the Sunday 6th December, Machida Zerubia finished 3rd, just a point behind Nagano after beating Fujieda MYFC 1-0 after pushing Nagano all the way

Final J3 Table –
1 Zweigen Kanazawa – 75 points
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2 Nagano Parceiro – 69
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3 Machida Zerubia – 68
4 Gainare Tottori – 53
5 Grulla Morioka – 45
6 SC Sagamihara – 43
7 Fukushima United – 36
8 Blaublitz Akita – 34
9 FC Ryukyu – 34
10 J League U22 – 33
11 Fujieda MYFC – 30
12 YSCC Yokohama – 24

JLeague Division 2 (MD42) Results

Division 2
Sunday, 23rd November
Avispa Fukuoka 1-3 Roasso Kumamoto
Kamatamare Sanuki 0-1 JEF United Chiba
Thespa Kusatsu Gunma 3-2 Ehime FC
Kyoto Sanga 0-0 FC Gifu
Montedio Yamagata 1-2 Tokyo Verdy
Oita Trinita 2-3 Shonan Bellmare
Consadole Sapporo 1-1 Jubilo Iwata
Tochigi SC 1-0 V-Varen Nagasaki
Kataller Toyama 0-3 Fagiano Okayama
Matsumoto Yamaga 3-0 Mito Hollyhock
Yokohama FC 1-0 Giravanz Kitakyushu

Looking at the MD42 (and last MD) Results – 1st place Shonan Bellmare finished the season on 101 points after beating Oita Trinita, who didnt make the play-off’s, Oita lost out on the play-off’s by a point, so to the play off spots, Chiba finished in 3rd place with a 1-0 win over Kamatamare Sanuki, Chiba fans & players had a scare when Morimoto was unconscious after a incident with a Sanuki player and there was some delay when Morimoto got treatment and put into a ambulance – he was taken to hospital but it seemed it wasnt serious at all thank god, but that spurred the Chiba players on and Chiba scored before half time with a goal from Kempes, but they got the result they needed and they have a bye into the Play-Off Final due to Kitakyushu unable to play in the play-off’s but what a season Kitakyushu had in 2014, finishing 5th in the table and also having a 0 GD but finished off the season with a defeat to Yokohama FC, onto the other teams in the play off’s, 4th place was Jubilo Iwata drew 1-1 against Sapporo, 6th place Montedio Yamagata went down 2-1 to Tokyo Verdy – which even surprised me as a Verdy fan getting that result, but Montedio Yamagata finished off in the play off places

In the play off’s for promotion, Jubilo Iwata v Montedio Yamagata, will be on the Sun, 30th November, play off Final date TBC

In the play off’s for relegation, Kamatamare Sanuki will face Nagano Parceiro in a 2 legged play off to see if Sanuki stay in J2 or Nagano will be promoted to J2 with Champions of J3 Zweigen Kanazawa, the dates for the play-off’s are – Sun, 30th November & the 2nd leg on the Sun, 7th December

JLeague Division 1 (MD32) Results

Division 1
Saturday, 22nd November
Urawa Red Diamonds 0-2 Gamba Osaka
Tokushima Vortis 0-1 Sagan Tosu
Ventforet Kofu 2-0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Vissel Kobe 1-2 Yokohama F. Marinos
Kashima Antlers 2-1 Kawasaki Frontale
Vegalta Sendai 3-3 Cerezo Osaka
Shimizu S Pulse 2-2 Nagoya Grampus
Omiya Ardija 1-2 Kashiwa Reysol
FC Tokyo 1-3 Albirex Niigata

Looking at the MD32 Results – Alot of people would of been watching the top 2 teams in J1 play each other, Gamba Osaka came out 2-0 winners against Urawa, Sato (88′) & Kurata (90′ + 3′) scored the 2 goals to seal the massive 3 points for Gamba and be 2 points behind Urawa with 2 matchday’s to go, not to far behind Gamba are 3rd place Kashima Antlers (2 points behind Gamba), Kashima beat 6th place Frontale 2-1 to keep in contention, also 4th place Sagan Tosu are a point behind Kashima after winning against already relegated Vortis, 5th place Kashiwa Reysol aint far off the teams above either, Kashiwa are 2 points behind Tosu

In the relegation zone, with Vortis (18th) already been relegated, there is still all to play for, holding those 2 relegation spots are the moment are, 17th place Cerezo Osaka – 31 points & 16th place Omiya Ardija – 32 points, the 2 teams that are above the relegation zone are 15th place Shimizu S-Pulse on 35 points and Sendai on the same points as S-Pulse in 14th, the last 2 matchday fixtures for the teams in 14th to 17th

14th – Vegalta Sendai
Sat, 29th Nov v Tokushima Vortis, Home
Sat, 6th Dec v Sanfrecce Hiroshima, Away

15th – Shimizu S-Pulse
Sat, 29th Nov v Kashiwa Reysol, Home
Sat, 6th Dec v Ventforet Kofu, Home

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16th – Omiya Ardija
Sat, 29th Nov v Nagoya Grampus, Away
Sat, 6th Dec v Cerezo Osaka, Home

17th – Cerezo Osaka
Sat, 29th Nov v Kashima Antlers, Home
Sat, 6th Dec v Omiya Ardija, Away