2009 Emperor's Cup

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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 two years in a row. 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[edit]

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[edit]

Starting in the First Round[edit]

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

Starting in the Second Round[edit]

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[edit]

All matches are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

First round[edit]

Arte Takasaki3–0FC Koun
Okoshi 43'
Kubota 61'
Otani 71'
Report


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'







TDK SC1–2Sony Sendai
Yokoyama 16' Report Machida 32'
Konta 65'


Matsumoto Yamaga1–0FC Kariya
Kakimoto 28' Report
Attendance: 1,469
Referee: Ryo Hirama




Ehime FC Shimanami0–4Kochi University
Report Kagawa 39'
Sanetou 60'
Shibano 73', 84'
Attendance: 698
Referee: Ushio Kosone



Grulla Morioka2–4Meiji University
Nakata 13', 89' Report Yamada 2'
Hida 43'
Yamamura 63'
Sakano 78'




Second round[edit]

Kashima Antlers1–0Arte Takasaki
Marquinhos 79' Report
Attendance: 5,040
Referee: Kouji Tanabe


Vissel Kobe5–0Tokai University
Mogi 10', 27', 40'
Ishibitsu 47'
Botti 67' (pen.)
Report
Attendance: 2,587



Sagan Tosu5–0Saga Higashi High School
Yamase 44'
63' (o.g.)
Tozin 72'
Ikeda 88'
Samuel 89'
Report




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'


FC Tokyo4–0Kamatamare Sanuki
Kajiyama 10'
Suzuki 16'
Bruno Quadros 35'
Akamine 42'
Report
Attendance: 7,203


Sony Sendai2–4Omiya Ardija
Machida 85'
Okubo 86'
Report Ichikawa 20', 72'
Dudu 22'
Neretljak 82'

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


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

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'



Nara Club0–3Albirex Niigata
Report Éverton Santos 6', 15'
Yano 43'





Third round[edit]


Vissel Kobe1–0Kashiwa Reysol
Ōkubo 69' Report
Attendance: 3,256
Referee: Kiwamu Hirose


Gamba Osaka6–1Fukuoka University
Endō 21'
Lucas 33', 53', 64'
Kaji 58'
Shimohira 87'
Report Nagai 49'
Attendance: 3,459
Referee: Hajime Matsuo



FC Tokyo3–2Thespa Kusatsu
Sahara 32'
Nakamura 63'
Hirayama 76'
Report Tokura 58'
Takada 81'
Attendance: 1,684
Referee: Ryuuji Satou



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





Fourth round[edit]


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



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

Quarter finals[edit]

Kashima Antlers1–2Gamba Osaka
Tashiro 45' Report Yamazaki 29', 68'

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

Semi finals[edit]

Gamba Osaka2–1Vegalta Sendai
Lucas 3', 65' Report Nakahara 58'
Attendance: 25,878

Final[edit]

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

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