J.League Cup | |
Year: | 2022 |
Other Titles: | 2022 JリーグYBCルヴァンカップ |
Dates: | 23 February – 22 October |
Country: | Japan |
Champions: | Sanfrecce Hiroshima |
Count: | 1 |
Runner-Up: | Cerezo Osaka |
Matches: | 69 |
Goals: | 198 |
Num Teams: | 16 (group stage) 20 (total) |
Prevseason: | 2021 |
Nextseason: | 2023 |
Top Goal Scorer: | Júnior Santos (6 goals) |
The 2022 J.League Cup, known as the 2022 J.League YBC Levain Cup (Japanese: 2022 JリーグYBCルヴァンカップ) for sponsorship reasons, was the 30th edition of J.League Cup, a Japanese association football cup competition. It began on 23 February 2022 and ended on 22 October that year.[1]
Nagoya Grampus were the cup holders, having won their first title in 2021. They were eliminated in the quarter-finals by Urawa Red Diamonds.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima won their first League Cup title, beating Cerezo Osaka 2–1 in the final.
All 18 teams in the 2022 J1 League participated as well as the top two relegated teams from the 2021 league. Four clubs involved in the 2022 AFC Champions League received byes for the group and play-off stages: Kawasaki Frontale, Yokohama F. Marinos, Vissel Kobe, and Urawa Red Diamonds.
Sixteen teams played in the group stage. They were divided into four groups of four teams by their finish on the 2021 J1 and J2 Leagues (parenthesized below).
Stage | Round | Date |
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Group stage | Matchday 1 | 23 February 2022 |
Matchday 2 | 2 March 2022 | |
Matchday 3 | 26 March 2022 | |
Matchday 4 | 13 April 2022 | |
Matchday 5 | 23 April 2022 | |
Matchday 6 | 18 May 2022 | |
Play-off stage | 4 June 2022 (first leg) 11 June 2022 (second leg) | |
Prime stage | ||
Quarter-finals | 3 August 2022 (first leg) 10 August 2022 (second leg) | |
Semi-finals | 21 September 2022 (first leg) 25 September 2022 (second leg) | |
Final | 22 October 2022 |
Each group were played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. Each match were played in 90 minutes. Each team played six times, twice against each opponent at home and away.
All times listed are in Japan Standard Time (JST, UTC+9).
In the group stage, teams in a group were ranked by points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If the points were tied, the following tiebreakers were applied accordingly:[1]
If more than two teams were tied, and applying all head-to-head criteria above remains a part of teams still tied, reapply the criteria above only for the tied teams.
The play-off stage was played as two-legged ties of two teams each. The away goals rule, an extra time (away goals rule not applied for the scores in the extra time), and a penalty shoot-out were used if needed.
The play-off stage was held over two legs; on 4 (first), and 11 June 2022 (second). All times listed are in Japan Standard Time (JST, UTC+9).
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2–2 on aggregate. Avispa Fukuoka won on away goals.----Sanfrecce Hiroshima won 4–1 on aggregate.----Nagoya Grampus won 7–1 on aggregate.----Cerezo Osaka won 5–1 on aggregate.
The quarter-finals were played between four play-off winners and four teams qualified for the 2022 AFC Champions League as two-legged ties of two teams each. The away goals rule, an extra time (away goals rule not applied for the scores in the extra time), and a penalty shoot-out were used if needed.
The quarter-finals were held over two legs; on 3 (first) and 10 August 2022 (second). All times listed are in Japan Standard Time (JST, UTC+9). The draw was held on 29 June.[2] [3]
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Urawa Red Diamonds won 4–1 on aggregate.----3–3 on aggregate. Cerezo Osaka won on away goals.----Sanfrecce Hiroshima won 5–2 on aggregate.----Avispa Fukuoka won 3–1 on aggregate.
The semi-finals were played between four quarter-final winners as two-legged ties of two teams each. The away goals rule, an extra time (away goals rule not applied for the scores in the extra time), and a penalty shoot-out would have been used if needed.
The semi-finals were held over two legs; on 21 (first) and 25 September 2022 (second). All times listed are in Japan Standard Time (JST, UTC+9). The draw was held on 10 August.[4] [5]
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Cerezo Osaka won 5–1 on aggregate.----Sanfrecce Hiroshima won 3–2 on aggregate.
See main article: 2022 J.League Cup final. This was Cerezo Osaka's third J.League Cup final and was seeking their second J.League Cup title (fifth with JSL Cup). This was also Sanfrecce Hiroshima's third J.League Cup final, losing the previous two.
Rank | Player | Club | Goals[6] | |||
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1 | Júnior Santos | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 6 | |||
2 | Mutsuki Kato | Cerezo Osaka | 5 | |||
3 | Masaki Ikeda | Shonan Bellmare | 4 | |||
Yugo Masukake | Kashiwa Reysol | |||||
Taika Nakashima | Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo | |||||
6 | Juanma | Avispa Fukuoka | 3 | |||
Sota Kitano | Cerezo Osaka | |||||
Lukian | Avispa Fukuoka | |||||
Mateus | Nagoya Grampus | |||||
Shun Nagasawa | Oita Trinita | |||||
Hirotaka Tameda | Cerezo Osaka | |||||
Ayase Ueda | Kashima Antlers< | -- | - | Satoki Uejo | Cerezo Osaka--> |