The 2022 Japanese Super Cup (known as FUJIFILM Super Cup 2022 for sponsorship reasons) was the 29th Japanese Super Cup since its reestablishment, and the 37th overall. It was held on 12 February 2022 between the 2021 J1 League champions Kawasaki Frontale, whom also the Super Cup holders, and the 2021 Emperor's Cup winners Urawa Red Diamonds at the Nissan Stadium, Yokohama, Kanagawa.
This was Frontale's fourth Super Cup appearance overall, all in the previous five years; they only failed to qualify in 2020 and won twice in 2019 and 2021. At the other hand, this was Urawa's tenth Super Cup appearance and their first since 2019; they previously had won four times (in 1979, 1980, 1983, and 2006).
Ataru Esaka scored in each half to won Urawa their fifth Super Cup ever, second as Urawa Red Diamonds, and the first in 16 years. Frontale lost the Super Cup match for the first time since their maiden appearance in 2018.
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GK 1 Jung Sung-ryongRB 13 Miki YamaneCB 5 Shogo Taniguchi (c)CB 7 Shintaro KurumayaLB 2 Kyohei NoborizatoDM 6 João Schmidt CM 14 Yasuto Wakizaka CM 10 Ryota Oshima RW 41 Akihiro IenagaLW 18 Chanathip Songkrasin CF 9 Leandro Damião Substitutes:GK 27 Kenta TannoMF 3 Koki Tsukagawa MF 16 Tatsuki Seko MF 31 Kazuya YamamuraFW 11 Yu Kobayashi FW 20 Kei Chinen FW 23 Marcinho Manager: Toru Oniki GK 1 Shusaku Nishikawa (c)RB 2 Hiroki SakaiCB 4 Takuya IwanamiCB 28 Alexander ScholzLB 6 Kazuaki MawatariDM 19 Ken IwaoRM 14 Takahiro Sekine CM 22 Kai ShibatoCM 3 Atsuki Ito LM 15 Takahiro Akimoto CF 33 Ataru Esaka Substitutes:GK 12 Zion SuzukiDF 13 Tomoya Inukai DF 20 Tetsuya ChinenDF 24 Yuta Miyamoto MF 25 Kaito YasuiMF 40 Yuichi Hirano FW 27 Kai Matsuzaki Manager: Ricardo Rodríguez
Assistant referees: Isao Nishihashi Kentaro Matsui Fourth official: Masuya Ueda Video assistant referee: Yudai Yamamoto Assistant video assistant referee: Haruhiro OtsukaMatch rules 90 minutes. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of five substitutions, and a maximum of two additional concussion substitutions.
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