The 2011 J. League Cup final was the 20th final of the J. League Cup competition. The final was played at Tokyo National Stadium in Tokyo on 29 October 2011. The match was contested between the Urawa Red Diamonds who were defeated by the Kashima Antlers in extra time.
Route to the final
Urawa Red Diamonds Round Opposition Score1stMontedio Yamagata2–0Montedio Yamagata2–12ndOmiya Ardija2–0Omiya Ardija2–1Quarter-finalCerezo Osaka (a)1–2Semi-finalGamba Osaka (h)2–1
Kashima Antlers Round Opposition ScoreQuarter-finalYokohama F. Marinos (h)3–2Semi-finalNagoya Grampus (a)1–2 (a.e.t.)
Match
URAWA RED DIAMONDS: GK 18Nobuhiro KatoDF6Nobuhisa Yamada DF26Mizuki HamadaDF17Mitsuru NagataDF14Tadaaki HirakawaMF13Keita Suzuki MF7Tsukasa Umesaki , MF22Naoki Yamada MF8Yosuke KashiwagiMF24Genki HaraguchiFW15Sergio EscuderoSubstitutes:GK1Norihiro YamagishiDF2Keisuke Tsuboi DF4Matthew ŠpiranovićDF28Takuya OkamotoMF5Shunki Takahashi ,MF27Shuto Kojima FW31Ranko DespotovićManager:Takafumi HoriKASHIMA ANTLERS: GK21Hitoshi SogahataDF7Toru AraibaDF15Takeshi AokiDF6Koji NakataDF5AlexMF20Gaku ShibasakiMF40Mitsuo Ogasawara MF8Takuya NozawaMF25Yasushi Endo FW9Yuya OsakoFW13Shinzo KorokiSubstitutes:GK1Tetsu SugiyamaDF22Daigo NishiDF23Gen ShojiMF10Masashi MotoyamaMF11Fellype Gabriel MF14Chikashi Masuda FW30Yuzo Tashiro Manager:Oswaldo de Oliveira Assistant referees: Haruhiro Otsuka Tadaomi Aiba Match Rules 90 minutes. 2 halves of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shootout if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of 3 substitutions.
See also 2011 J.League Cup
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