The 2012 Suruga Bank Championship (; ) was the fifth edition of the Suruga Bank Championship, the club football match co-organized by the Japan Football Association, the football governing body of Japan, and CONMEBOL, the football governing body of South America, between the winners of the previous season's J.League Cup and Copa Sudamericana. It was contested by Japanese club Kashima Antlers, the 2011 J.League Cup champion, and Chilean club Universidad de Chile, the 2011 Copa Sudamericana champion.
Kashima Antlers won 7–6 in penalty shootout, after drawing 2–2 in the ninety minutes of play.
Qualified teams TeamQualificationPrevious appearances Kashima Antlers2011 J.League Cup championNone Universidad de Chile2011 Copa Sudamericana championNone
Rules The Suruga Bank Championship is played over one match, hosted by the winner of the J.League Cup. If the score is tied at the end of regulation, the winner is determined by a penalty shootout (no extra time is played). A maximum of seven substitutions may be made during the match.
Match details
KASHIMA ANTLERS: GK 21 Hitoshi SogahataDF 3 Daiki IwamasaDF 7 Toru AraibaDF 22 Daigo NishiDF 6 Kōji Nakata (c)MF 33 Renato Cajá MF 11 Júnior Dutra MF 20 Gaku Shibasaki MF 40 Mitsuo OgasawaraFW 9 Yuya Osako FW 13 Shinzo KorokiSubstitutes:GK 1 Akihiro SatoMF 10 Masashi Motoyama MF 15 Takeshi Aoki MF 25 Yasushi Endo MF 28 Shoma DoiFW 8 Juninho FW 19 Hideya OkamotoManager: JorginhoUNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE: GK 25 Johnny HerreraDF 14 Paulo MagalhaesDF 4 Osvaldo González (c)DF 13 José Manuel RojasMF 6 Matías RodríguezMF 2 Ezequiel Videla MF 20 Charles AránguizMF 3 Eugenio MenaFW 19 Sebastián Ubilla FW 9 Enzo Gutiérrez FW 11 Luciano Civelli Substitutes:GK 12 Paulo GarcésDF 5 Albert AcevedoDF 21 Eduardo MoranteMF 8 Guillermo Marino MF 22 Gustavo Lorenzetti MF 15 Roberto Cereceda FW 16 Francisco Castro Manager: Jorge Sampaoli
Assistant referees: Paul Cetrangalo (Australia) Nathan MacDonald (Australia) Fourth official: Masaaki Toma (Japan)
Suruga Bank Championship2012 ChampionKashima AntlersFirst Title
References
External links Official webpage, J.League Official webpage, CONMEBOL