Japan - List of League Cup Winners

NB: the 1973 edition was a "Special Cup"

1973 Yanmar Diesel         1-1 Towa Real Estate      [aet] (shared) 
1974-75  not played
1976 Hitachi               1-0 Eidai
1977 Furukawa              4-0 Yanmar Diesel
1978 Mitsubishi            2-1 Fujita                [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]
2012 Kashima Antlers       2-1 Shimizu S-Pulse       [aet]
2013 Kashiwa Reysol        1-0 Urawa Red Diamonds 
2014 Gamba Osaka           3-2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima
2015 Kashima Antlers       3-0 Gamba Osaka           
2016 Urawa Red Diamonds    1-1 Gamba Osaka           [aet, 5-4 pen]
2017 Cerezo Osaka          2-0 Kawasaki Frontale
2018 Shonan Bellmare       1-0 Yokohama F. Marinos 
2019 Kawasaki Frontale     3-3 Consadole Sapporo     [aet, 5-4 pen]
2020 FC Tokyo              2-1 Kashiwa Reysol  
2021 Nagoya Grampus        2-0 Cerezo Osaka  
2022 Sanfrecce Hiroshima   2-1 Cerezo Osaka 
2023 Avispa Fukuoka        2-1 Urawa Red Diamonds   
2024 

Number of wins (48 cups, 50 wins (2 wins shared), including 1973)

 6            Kashima Antlers
 6            Verdy Kawasaki (includes Yomiuri; now Tokyo Verdy)

 5            JEF United Chiba (includes Furukawa, JEF United Ichihara)
    
 4            Yokohama F. Marinos 

 4 [1 shared] Cerezo Osaka (includes Yanmar Diesel)
 4 [1 shared] Urawa Red Diamonds (includes Mitsubishi) 

 3            Kashiwa Reysol (includes Hitachi)
 3            FC Tokyo

 2            Gamba Osaka
 2            Júbilo Iwata
 2            Nippon Kokan 

 2 [1 shared] Shonan Bellmare (includes Towa Real Estate, Fujita Kogyo)

 1            Avispa Fukuoka  
 1            Kawasaki Frontale (formerly Fujitsu)
 1            Nagoya Grampus  
 1            Oita Trinita 
 1            Sanfrecce Hiroshima  
 1            Shimizu S-Pulse 

 1 [1 shared] Toshiba (later into Consadole Sapporo)



Number of League-Cup-and-League-Cup Trebles (5)

 2 Yokohama F. Marinos       [1988/89, 1989/90]   (as Nissan)

 1 Gamba Osaka               [2014]               (formerly Matsushita)
 1 Kashima Antlers           [2000]               (formerly Sumitomo)
 1 Urawa Red Diamonds        [1978]               (as Mitsubishi)


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