2018 Suruga Bank Championship

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2018 Suruga Bank Championship
The Yanmar Stadium Nagai in Osaka hosted the match
Cerezo Osaka Independiente
Japan Argentina
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Date8 August 2018 (2018-08-08)
VenueYanmar Stadium Nagai, Osaka
RefereeMatthew Conger (New Zealand)
Attendance10,035
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The 2018 Suruga Bank Championship (Japanese: スルガ銀行チャンピオンシップ2018; Spanish: Copa Suruga Bank 2018) was the eleventh edition of the Suruga Bank Championship (also referred to as the J.League Cup / Copa Sudamericana Championship Final), the club football match co-organized by the Japan Football Association, the football governing body of Japan, CONMEBOL, the football governing body of South America, and J.League, the professional football league of Japan, between the champions of the previous season's J.League Cup and Copa Sudamericana.

The match was contested between Japanese team Cerezo Osaka, the 2017 J.League Cup champions, and Argentinian team Independiente, the 2017 Copa Sudamericana champions.[1] It was hosted by Cerezo Osaka at the Yanmar Stadium Nagai in Osaka, Japan on 8 August 2018.[2]

Independiente defeated Cerezo Osaka 1–0 to win their first Suruga Bank Championship title.[3]

Teams[edit]

Team Association / Confederation Qualification Previous appearances
Japan Cerezo Osaka Japan Football Association 2017 J.League Cup champions None
Argentina Independiente CONMEBOL 2017 Copa Sudamericana champions 1 (2011)

Format[edit]

The Suruga Bank Championship was played as a single match, with the J.League Cup winners hosting the match. If tied at the end of regulation, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner. A maximum of six substitutions may be made during the match.[4]

Match[edit]

Details[edit]

Cerezo Osaka Japan0–1Argentina Independiente
Report (JFA)
Report (J.League)
Report (CONMEBOL)
  • Romero 28'
Attendance: 10,035[5]
Cerezo Osaka
Independiente
GK 27 Japan Kenta Tanno
RB 20 Japan Noriyuki Sakemoto
CB 4 Japan Kota Fujimoto downward-facing red arrow 81'
CB 37 Japan Reiya Morishita
CB 23 Japan Tatsuya Yamashita downward-facing red arrow 59'
LB 5 Japan Yusuke Tanaka downward-facing red arrow 81'
RM 17 Japan Takaki Fukumitsu downward-facing red arrow 46'
CM 26 Japan Daichi Akiyama (c) Yellow card 79'
CM 43 Spain Osmar
LM 13 Japan Toshiyuki Takagi downward-facing red arrow 46'
CF 25 Japan Hirofumi Yamauchi downward-facing red arrow 59'
Substitutes:
GK 1 Japan Takumi Nagaishi
DF 16 Japan Eiichi Katayama upward-facing green arrow 81'
DF 22 Croatia Matej Jonjić upward-facing green arrow 81'
MF 11 Brazil Souza upward-facing green arrow 59'
MF 32 Japan Atomu Tanaka upward-facing green arrow 46'
MF 36 Japan Toshiki Onozawa upward-facing green arrow 46'
FW 40 Japan Mizuki Ando upward-facing green arrow 59'
Manager:
South Korea Yoon Jong-hwan
GK 25 Uruguay Martín Campaña (c)
RB 16 Argentina Fabricio Bustos
CB 2 Argentina Alan Franco
CB 4 Argentina Jorge Figal
LB 6 Argentina Juan Sánchez Miño downward-facing red arrow 79'
CM 22 Chile Francisco Silva downward-facing red arrow 78'
CM 19 Chile Pablo Hernández downward-facing red arrow 89'
RW 18 Argentina Silvio Romero downward-facing red arrow 68'
AM 8 Argentina Maximiliano Meza downward-facing red arrow 90+1'
LW 7 Argentina Martín Benítez downward-facing red arrow 71'
CF 9 Argentina Emmanuel Gigliotti Yellow card 90+2'
Substitutes:
GK 13 Argentina Milton Álvarez
DF 3 Argentina Guillermo Burdisso upward-facing green arrow 90+1'
DF 20 Uruguay Gastón Silva upward-facing green arrow 79'
MF 5 Argentina Nicolás Domingo upward-facing green arrow 78'
MF 10 Ecuador Fernando Gaibor upward-facing green arrow 89'
MF 21 Uruguay Carlos Benavídez upward-facing green arrow 68'
FW 32 Argentina Ezequiel Cerutti upward-facing green arrow 71'
Manager:
Argentina Ariel Holan

Assistant referees:
Mark Rule (New Zealand)
Mark Whitehead (New Zealand)
Fourth official:
Takuto Okabe (Japan)

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "La CONMEBOL Recopa y la Suruga Bank tienen fechas definidas". CONMEBOL.com. 3 December 2017.
  2. ^ "スルガ銀行チャンピオンシップ2018 OSAKA JリーグYBCルヴァンカップ/CONMEBOLスダメリカーナ王者決定戦 セレッソ大阪がインデペンディエンテ（アルゼンチン）と対戦 （8/8＠大阪/ヤンマースタジアム長居）". Japan Football Association. 14 December 2017.
  3. ^ "La Copa vuelve a Sudamérica: Independiente campeón de la Suruga Bank". CONMEBOL.com. 8 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Reglamento Conmebol Sudamericana 2017" (PDF). CONMEBOL.com.
  5. ^ "マッチレポート" (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan Football Association.

External links[edit]

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