Japan - List of League Cup Winners

NB: the 1973 edition was a "Special Cup"

1973 Yanmar Diesel         1-1 Towa RE               [aet] (shared) 
1974-75  not played
1976 Hitachi               1-0 Eidai
1977 Furukawa              4-0 Yanmar Diesel
1978 Mitsubishi            2-1 Fujita kogyo          [aet] 
1979 Yomiuri               3-2 Furukawa  
1980 Nippon Kokan          3-1 Hitachi   
1981 Mitsubishi            4-4 Toshiba               [aet] (shared)
1982 Furukawa              3-2 Yanmar Diesel
1983 Yanmar Diesel         1-0 Nissan
1984 Yanmar Diesel         3-0 Toshiba
1985 Yomiuri               2-0 Nissan   
1986 Furukawa              4-0 Nissan
1987 Nippon Kokan          3-1 Sumitomo Metal   
1988 Nissan                3-0 Toshiba
1989 Nissan                1-0 Yamaha
1990 Nissan                3-1 Furukawa        
1991 Yomiuri               4-3 Honda    
1992 Verdy Kawasaki        1-0 Shimizu S-Pulse
1993 Verdy Kawasaki        2-1 Shimizu S-Pulse
1994 Verdy Kawasaki        2-0 Júbilo Iwata
1995   not played
1996 Shimizu S-Pulse       3-3 Verdy Kawasaki        [aet, 5-4 pen]
1997 Kashima Antlers   2-1 5-1 Júbilo Iwata
1998 Júbilo Iwata          4-0 JEF United Ichihara
1999 Kashiwa Reysol        2-2 Kashima Antlers       [asdet, 5-4 pen]
2000 Kashima Antlers       2-0 Kawasaki Frontale 
2001 Yokohama F. Marinos   0-0 Júbilo Iwata          [asdet, 3-1 pen]
2002 Kashima Antlers       1-0 Urawa Red Diamonds
2003 Urawa Red Diamonds    4-0 Kashima Antlers
2004 FC Tokyo              0-0 Urawa Red Diamonds    [aet, 4-2 pen]
2005 JEF United Ichihara   0-0 Gamba Osaka           [aet, 5-4 pen]
2006 JEF United Chiba      2-0 Kashima Antlers  
2007 Gamba Osaka           1-0 Kawasaki Frontale
2008 Oita Trinita          2-0 Shimizu S-Pulse
2009 FC Tokyo              2-0 Kawasaki Frontale     
2010 Júbilo Iwata          5-3 Sanfrecce Hiroshima   [aet]
2011 Kashima Antlers       1-0 Urawa Red Diamonds   [aet]

Number of wins (36, including 1973)

 6 Verdy Kawasaki (includes Yomiuri; now Tokyo Verdy 1969)

 5 JEF United Chiba (includes Furukawa, JEF United Ichihara)

 4 Kashima Antlers
   Yokohama F. Marinos 

 3 Yanmar Diesel (now Cerezo Osaka)

 3 [1 shared] Urawa Red Diamonds (includes Mitsubishi) 

 2 Júbilo Iwata
   Kashiwa Reysol (includes Hitachi)
   Nippon Kokan 
   FC Tokyo

 1 Gamba Osaka
   Oita Trinita 
   Shimizu S-Pulse 
 1 [shared] Toshiba (later into Consadole Sapporo)

About this document

With thanks to Atsushi Fujioka and Hans Schöggl for various corrections

Prepared and maintained by Erlan Manaschev for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Erlan Manaschev (emanaschev@yandex.ru)
Last updated: 4 Nov 2011