2019 Emperor's Cup

2019 Emperor's Cup
Tournament details
CountryJapan
Dates25 May 2019 – 1 January 2020
Teams88
Final positions
ChampionsVissel Kobe (1st title)
Runners-upKashima Antlers
AFC Champions LeagueVissel Kobe
Tournament statistics
Matches played87
Goals scored272 (3.13 per match)

The 2019 Emperor's Cup (Emperor's Cup JFA 99th Japan Football Championship (Japanese: 天皇杯 JFA 第99回全日本サッカー選手権大会)) was the 99th edition of the annual Japanese national football cup tournament. The tournament began on 25 May and ended with the final on 1 January 2020.[1] The final was the first event held at the National Stadium after its rebuilding.[2]

The defending champions were Urawa Red Diamonds, but they lost to Honda FC in the Round of 16.[3]

Vissel Kobe won their first trophy after winning the final. As the winners, they automatically qualified to the group stage of the 2020 AFC Champions League.

Calendar

Round Date Matches Clubs New entries this round
First round 25–26 May 24 47+1 → 24
Second round 3–10 July 32 24+40 → 32
  • 18 J1 clubs
  • 22 J2 clubs
Third round 14 August 16 32 → 16
Fourth round 18–25 September 8 16 → 8
Quarter-finals 23 October 4 8 → 4
Semi-finals 21 December 2 4 → 2
Final 1 January 2020 1 2 → 1

First round

The draw for the first three rounds was held on 4 April 2019.[4]

26 May 2019 Match 1Blaublitz Akita0–3 Meiji University Akita
13:00 Report
  • Morishita 30'
  • Ogashiwa 40'
  • Sato 79'
Stadium: Soyu Stadium
25 May 2019 Match 2 Honda Lock 5–1FC TokushimaNobeoka
13:00
  • Yoshimura 8'
  • Mera 21', 48'
  • Sakamoto 45+2'
  • Tose 88'
Report
  • Nakamine 67'
Stadium: Nishishina Athletic Stadium
25 May 2019 Match 3Tochigi City0–2 Vanraure Hachinohe Utsunomiya
13:00 Report
  • Nakamura 34'
  • Sudo 80'
Stadium: Tochigi Green Stadium
26 May 2019 Match 4 AC Nagano Parceiro 1–0Niigata University HWNagano
13:00
  • Mikami 83'
Report Stadium: Saku Athletic Stadium
25 May 2019 Match 5Matsue City2–2 (a.e.t.)
(2–4 p)
Kamatamare Sanuki Masuda
13:00
  • Sato 8'
  • Nakai 28'
Report
  • Watanabe 13'
  • Akahoshi 73'
Stadium: Shimane Football Field
26 May 2019 Match 6Briobecca Urayasu0–1 Hosei University Chiba
13:00 Report
  • Takemoto 35'
Stadium: Fukuda Denshi Arena
25 May 2019 Match 7Fukui United2–4 Honda FC Fukui
13:00
  • Yamada
  • Kanemura 37'
Report
  • Sasaki 58', 84'
  • Furuhashi 69'
  • Tono 90+2'
Stadium: Technoport Fukui Stadium
26 May 2019 Match 8 Veertien Mie 3–2 (a.e.t.)Kwansei Gakuin UniversitySuzuka
13:00
  • Sakai 10'
  • Nishimura 23'
  • Shioya 92'
Report
  • Yamami 4'
  • Nakamura 64'
Stadium: Mie Suzuka Sports Garden
26 May 2019 Match 9MD Nagasaki0–1 Kochi United Nagasaki
13:00 Report
  • Murakami 90+2'
Stadium: Kakidomori Park Ball Game Field
26 May 2019 Match 10Hokkaido UE Iwamizawa0–2 Ryutsu Keizai University Sapporo
13:00 Report
  • Saito 71', 87'
Stadium: Sapporo Atsubetsu Park Stadium
26 May 2019 Match 11Nara Club1–2 Ritsumeikan University Nara
13:00
  • Shimada 84'
Report
  • Tanaka 17'
  • Nobe 45+2'
Stadium: Naraden Field
25 May 2019 Match 12Iwaki FC2–3 Sendai University Fukushima
13:00
  • Kim Te-seng 15'
  • Own goal 55' (o.g.)
Report
  • Hitomi 49'
  • Saga 58'
  • Iwabuchi 82'
Stadium: Toho Stadium
26 May 2019 Match 13Matsuyama University0–2 Okinawa SV Imabari
13:00 Report
Stadium: Arigato Service Dream Stadium
26 May 2019 Match 14SRC Hiroshima1–2 NIFS Kanoya Hiroshima
13:00
  • Own goal 30' (o.g.)
Report
  • Kihashi 7'
  • Koyahara 90+6'
Stadium: Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan Hiroshima Stadium
26 May 2019 Match 15 Gainare Tottori 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(4–3 p)
International Pacific UniversityTottori
13:00
  • Vitor Gabriel 15', 45'
Report
  • Akagi 53', 56'
Stadium: Tottori Bank Bird Stadium
25 May 2019 Match 16 Arterivo Wakayama 3–0Saga LIXILWakayama
13:00
  • Yasukawa 20'
  • Miyashita 82', 88'
Report Stadium: Kimiidera Athletic Stadium
26 May 2019 Match 17 Giravanz Kitakyushu 6–0Tokuyama UniversityKitakyushu
13:00
  • Fukumori 19', 42', 73'
  • Machino 42', 45'
  • Ikemoto 90+3'
Report Stadium: Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu
25 May 2019 Match 18 Thespakusatsu Gunma 1–0 (a.e.t.)Tokyo International UniversityMaebashi
13:00
  • Takazawa 116'
Report Stadium: Earth Care Gunma Shikishima Football Stadium
26 May 2019 Match 19Gifu Kyoritsu University2–4 Hokuriku University Gifu
13:00
  • Yokoyama 73'
  • Tanaka 82'
Report
  • Nagashima 7', 18', 65'
  • Higashide 61'
Stadium: Gifu Nagaragawa Meadow
26 May 2019 Match 20 Roasso Kumamoto 2–0Verspah OitaKumamoto
13:00
  • Takase 57'
  • Kotani 76'
Report Stadium: Egao Kenko Stadium
26 May 2019 Match 21 Iwate Grulla Morioka 1–0Yamanashi Gakuin University PegasusMorioka
13:00
  • Taniguchi 66'
Report Stadium: Iwagin Stadium
25 May 2019 Match 22 Toin University of Yokohama 8–0Yamagata University Faculty of MedicineHiratsuka
13:00
  • Shimomura 17'
  • Iwashita 42'
  • Sugiyama 43'
  • Yamada 60', 72', 90+2'
  • Matsumoto 66'
  • Issaka 71'
Report Stadium: Shonan BMW Stadium Hiratsuka
25 May 2019 Match 23MIO Biwako Shiga0–2 FC Osaka Higashiomi
13:00 Report
  • Kawanishi 77'
  • Sunomata 86'
Stadium: Nunobiki Green Stadium
26 May 2019 Match 24 Kataller Toyama 2–0FC KariyaTakaoka
13:00
  • Lucas Daubermann 30'
  • Tanaka 78'
Report Stadium: Takaoka Sports Core

Second round

3 July 2019 Match 26JEF United Chiba0–3 Fagiano Okayama Chiba
19:00 Report
  • Masuda 45+2'
  • Fukumoto 70'
  • Takeda 90+5'
Stadium: Fukuda Denshi Arena
3 July 2019 Match 27 Júbilo Iwata 5–2Honda LockIwata
19:00
  • Nakayama 27', 54', 90+4'
  • Moriya 61'
  • Morishita 64'
Report
  • Tamiya 39'
  • Ando 59'
Stadium: Yamaha Stadium
3 July 2019 Match 28Matsumoto Yamaga2–3 (a.e.t.) Vanraure Hachinohe Matsumoto
19:00
  • Iida 24'
  • Tanaka 93'
Report
  • Nakamura 89'
  • Niiyama 97'
  • Kokubun 119'
Stadium: Matsumoto Stadium
3 July 2019 Match 30 Avispa Fukuoka 2–1 (a.e.t.)Kagoshima UnitedFukuoka
19:00
  • Maekawa 44'
  • Kido 102'
Report
  • Nagahata 35'
Stadium: Level5 Stadium
3 July 2019 Match 31 Gamba Osaka 7–1Kamatamare SanukiSuita
19:00
Report
  • Arabori 40'
Stadium: Panasonic Stadium Suita
10 July 2019 Match 32Tokyo Verdy0–2 Hosei University Kita
18:30 Report
  • Matsuzawa 57'
  • Matsumoto 79'
Stadium: Ajinomoto Field Nishigaoka
3 July 2019 Match 33Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo2–4 Honda FC Sapporo
19:00
  • Nakamura 33'
  • Fujimura 55'
Report
  • Tono 13', 31'
  • Furuhashi 65'
  • Ikematsu 86'
Stadium: Sapporo Atsubetsu Stadium
3 July 2019 Match 34 Tokushima Vortis 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(5–3 p)
Ehime FCNaruto
19:00 Report Stadium: Pocarisweat Stadium
3 July 2019 Match 35Shonan Bellmare0–4 Veertien Mie Shonan
19:00 Report
  • Sakai 22', 50', 58'
  • Kitano 71'
Stadium: Shonan BMW Stadium Hiratsuka
3 July 2019 Match 36 V-Varen Nagasaki 2–1 (a.e.t.)Kochi UnitedIsahaya
19:00
  • Nagura 50'
  • Kono 120'
Report
  • Nishimura 89'
Stadium: Transcosmos Stadium Nagasaki
3 July 2019 Match 37 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–1Ryutsu Keizai UniversitySaitama
19:00
Report
  • Kikuchi 19'
Stadium: Urawa Komaba Stadium
3 July 2019 Match 38 Mito HollyHock 1–0Kyoto SangaMito
19:00
  • Murata 90+2'
Report Stadium: K's denki Stadium Mito
10 July 2019 Match 40 Yokohama FC 2–1Sendai UniversityYokohama
19:00
Report
  • Fujioka 48'
Stadium: NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium
3 July 2019 Match 41 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 4–0Okinawa SVFukuyama
18:30
  • Higashi 47'
  • Matsumoto 81'
  • Patric 84', 90+1'
Report Stadium: Fukuyama Takegahana Park Stadium
3 July 2019 Match 42 Zweigen Kanazawa 1–0Albirex NiigataKanazawa
19:00
  • Sugiura 59'
Report Stadium: Ishikawa West Green Park Stadium
3 July 2019 Match 43Nagoya Grampus0–3 NIFS Kanoya Nagoya
19:00 Report
  • Ito 46'
  • Nemoto 67'
  • Fujimoto 81'
Stadium: Paloma Mizuho Stadium
3 July 2019 Match 44 Oita Trinita 4–1Gainare TottoriOita
19:00
  • Mitsuhira 30', 69'
  • Tone 37'
  • Goto 90+3'
Report
  • Vitor Gabriel 82'
Stadium: Oita Bank Dome
10 July 2019 Match 45 Cerezo Osaka 3–1 (a.e.t.)Arterivo WakayamaOsaka
19:00
  • Takagi 38'
  • Yamashita 98'
  • Ando 120'
Report
  • Hayashi 52'
Stadium: Yanmar Stadium Nagai
3 July 2019 Match 46 Renofa Yamaguchi 2–1FC RyukyuYamaguchi
19:00
  • Kudo 25'
  • Yamashita 73'
Report
  • Uejo 15'
Stadium: Ishin Me-Life Stadium
3 July 2019 Match 47 Vissel Kobe 4–0Giravanz KitakyushuKobe
19:00
Report Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe
3 July 2019 Match 48 Omiya Ardija 2–1 (a.e.t.)Thespakusatsu GunmaSaitama
19:00
  • Omae 10'
  • Takayama 118'
Report
  • Fukuda 71'
Stadium: NACK5 Stadium
3 July 2019 Match 49 Kashima Antlers 3–1Hokuriku UniversityKashima
19:00
  • Serginho 4'
  • Yamaguchi 10'
  • Kanamori 14'
Report
  • Takahashi 71'
Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium
3 July 2019 Match 50Montedio Yamagata1–2 Tochigi SC Tendo
19:00
  • Kitagawa 39'
Report
  • Sakaki 2'
  • Hiraoka 78'
Stadium: ND Soft Stadium Yamagata
3 July 2019 Match 51 Sagan Tosu 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(4–3 p)
Roasso KumamotoTosu
19:00
Report
  • Murakami 62'
Stadium: Ekimae Real Estate Stadium
3 July 2019 Match 52 Kashiwa Reysol 4–0Iwate Grulla MoriokaKashiwa
19:00
  • Tezuka 23'
  • Esaka 66', 75'
  • Hosoya 87'
Report Stadium: Sankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadium
3 July 2019 Match 53 FC Tokyo 1–0Toin University of YokohamaChofu
19:00
  • Uchida 50'
Report Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium
3 July 2019 Match 54 Ventforet Kofu 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(4–2 p)
FC GifuKofu
19:00
  • Ota 6'
  • Koyanagi 67'
Report
  • Fujitani 51', 90+3'
Stadium: Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium
3 July 2019 Match 55 Vegalta Sendai 4–1FC OsakaSendai
19:00
Report
  • Kitsui 44'
Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai
3 July 2019 Match 56Machida Zelvia0–1 Kataller Toyama Machida
19:00 Report
  • Sasaki 22'
Stadium: Machida Athletic Stadium

Third round

14 August 2019 Match 57 Kawasaki Frontale 2–1 (a.e.t.)Fagiano OkayamaOkayama
19:00 Report
  • Nakano 46'
Stadium: City Light Stadium
14 August 2019 Match 58 Júbilo Iwata 6–0Vanraure HachinoheIwata
19:00
  • Araki 16'
  • Nakayama 27', 58', 67'
  • Adaílton 72', 86'
Report Stadium: Yamaha Stadium
14 August 2019 Match 59 Shimizu S-Pulse 1–0Avispa FukuokaFukuoka
19:00
  • Kusukami 25'
Report Stadium: Level5 Stadium
14 August 2019 Match 60Gamba Osaka0–2 Hosei University Kita
18:30 Report
  • Onishi 24'
  • Morioka 70'
Stadium: Ajinomoto Field Nishigaoka
14 August 2019 Match 61 Honda FC 2–0Tokushima VortisNaruto
19:00
  • Omachi 37'
  • Tono 63'
Report Stadium: Pocarisweat Stadium
14 August 2019 Match 62Veertien Mie2–2 (a.e.t.)
(4–5 p)
V-Varen Nagasaki Isahaya
19:00
  • Shioya 43'
  • Hiranobu 45+2'
Report
  • Niizato 21'
  • Lee Jong-ho 29'
Stadium: Transcosmos Stadium Nagasaki
Penalties
  • Fujimaki soccer ball with check mark
  • Haraguchi soccer ball with check mark
  • Hiranobu soccer ball with red X
  • Nogaito soccer ball with check mark
  • Morinushi soccer ball with check mark
  • soccer ball with check mark Kurogi
  • soccer ball with check mark Otake
  • soccer ball with check mark Yoshioka
  • soccer ball with check mark Kamekawa
  • soccer ball with check mark Shimada
14 August 2019 Match 63 Urawa Red Diamonds 2–1Mito HollyHockMito
19:00
  • Fabrício 65', 81'
Report
  • 53'
Stadium: K's denki Stadium Mito
14 August 2019 Match 64 Yokohama F. Marinos 2–1Yokohama FCYokohama
19:00
  • Nakagawa 21'
  • Otsu 45+1'
Report
  • Saito 65'
Stadium: NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium
14 August 2019 Match 65 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2–1Zweigen KanazawaHiroshima
19:00
  • Higashi 59'
  • Watari 74'
Report
  • Kaneko 27'
Stadium: Edion Stadium Hiroshima
14 August 2019 Match 66NIFS Kanoya1–2 (a.e.t.) Oita Trinita Oita
19:00
  • Own goal 90+3'
Report
  • Hoshi 90+1'
  • Ito 120'
Stadium: Oita Bank Dome
14 August 2019 Match 67 Cerezo Osaka 3–0Renofa YamaguchiYamaguchi
19:00
  • Sawakami 28', 60'
  • Souza 31'
Report Stadium: Ishin Me-Life Stadium
14 August 2019 Match 68 Vissel Kobe 4–0Omiya ArdijaSaitama
19:00
Report Stadium: NACK5 Stadium
14 August 2019 Match 69 Kashima Antlers 4–0Tochigi SCUtsunomiya
19:00
  • Oda 37'
  • Ito 45+2'
  • Leandro 55'
  • Arima 88'
Report Stadium: Tochigi Green Stadium
14 August 2019 Match 71FC Tokyo0–1 Ventforet Kofu Kofu
19:00 Report
  • Mori 56'
Stadium: Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium
14 August 2019 Match 72 Vegalta Sendai 1–0Kataller ToyamaToyama
18:30
  • Germain 73'
Report Stadium: Toyama Stadium

Fourth round

The draw for the Fourth Round to the final was held on 16 August 2019.[5] There was no seeding in the draw, however, the draw took into consideration the teams whose home or away in the round of 16 were predetermined:[6]

The round of 16 matches were played on 18 September 2019, except for the matches involving Kashima Antlers and Urawa Red Diamonds, which were delayed as they were playing in the second leg of the 2019 AFC Champions League quarter-finals.

18 September 2019 Match 73 Vissel Kobe 3–2Kawasaki FrontaleKobe
19:00
Report Stadium: Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium
18 September 2019 Match 74Sanfrecce Hiroshima1–1 (a.e.t.)
(9–10 p)
Oita Trinita Hiroshima
19:00
Report
  • Ito 34'
Stadium: Edion Stadium Hiroshima
Penalties
  • soccer ball with check mark Goto
  • soccer ball with check mark Kobayashi
  • soccer ball with check mark Matsumoto
  • soccer ball with check mark Shimakawa
  • soccer ball with check mark Onaiwu
  • soccer ball with check mark Misao
  • soccer ball with check mark Hoshi
  • soccer ball with check mark Takayama
  • soccer ball with check mark Marutani
  • soccer ball with check mark Suzuki
18 September 2019 Match 75 Sagan Tosu 4–2Cerezo OsakaTosu
19:00
Report
Stadium: Ekimae Real Estate Stadium
18 September 2019 Match 76Júbilo Iwata1–1 (a.e.t.)
(3–4 p)
Shimizu S-Pulse Iwata
19:00
  • Matsumoto 64'
Report
  • Own goal 90+4' (o.g.)
Stadium: Yamaha Stadium
Penalties
25 September 2019 Match 77 Kashima Antlers 4–1Yokohama F. MarinosKashima
19:00
  • Nakamura 13', 30', 45+2'
  • Ito 77'
Report
  • Erik 22'
Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium
25 September 2019 Match 78Urawa Red Diamonds0–2 Honda FC Saitama
19:00 Report
  • Tomita 83'
  • Harada 87'
Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002
18 September 2019 Match 79 V-Varen Nagasaki 2–1Vegalta SendaiIsahaya
19:00
  • Hata 47'
  • Hasegawa 87'
Report Stadium: Transcosmos Stadium Nagasaki
18 September 2019 Match 80 Ventforet Kofu 2–1 (a.e.t.)Hosei UniversityKōfu
19:00
  • Soneda 27'
  • Miyazaki 93'
Report
  • Mori 77'
Stadium: Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium

Quarter-finals

23 October 2019 Match 81 Vissel Kobe 1–0Oita TrinitaKobe
19:00 Report Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe
Attendance: 8,484
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura
23 October 2019 Match 82Sagan Tosu0–1 Shimizu S-Pulse Tosu
19:00 Report Stadium: Ekimae Real Estate Stadium
Attendance: 5,664
Referee: Minoru Tojo
23 October 2019 Match 83 Kashima Antlers 1–0Honda FCKashima
19:00
Report Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 6,660
Referee: Hajime Matsuo
23 October 2019 Match 84 V-Varen Nagasaki 2–1Ventforet KofuIsahaya
19:00
  • Yoshioka 7'
  • Niizato 14'
Report
  • Ota 82'
Stadium: Transcosmos Stadium Nagasaki
Attendance: 3,571
Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

Semi-finals

21 December 2019 Match 85 Vissel Kobe 3–1Shimizu S-PulseKobe
14:05
Report Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe
Attendance: 22,341
Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura
21 December 2019 Match 86 Kashima Antlers 3–2V-Varen NagasakiKashima
16:05
  • Serginho 4'
  • Hata 37' (o.g.)
  • Ito 73'
Report
  • Yoneda 37'
  • Sawada 76'
Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 15,760
Referee: Minoru Tojo

Final

The final was played on 1 January 2020 at the newly rebuilt National Stadium in Shinjuku.

1 January 2020 Match 87 Vissel Kobe 2–0Kashima AntlersShinjuku
14:35
  • Inukai 18' (o.g.)
  • Fujimoto 38'
Report Stadium: National Stadium
Attendance: 57,597
Referee: Ryuji Sato

References

  1. ^ "Emperor's Cup JFA 99th Japan Football Championship TOP".
  2. ^ "Emperor's Cup final to be first event at new National Stadium in 2020". 11 October 2018.
  3. ^ "Urawa outlasts Vegalta in Emperor's Cup final". 9 December 2018.
  4. ^ "第99回天皇杯 組合せおよび1–2回戦マッチスケジュール決定". Japan Football Association. 4 April 2019.
  5. ^ "第99回天皇杯 ラウンド16抽選会 一般公開およびインターネットライブ配信のお知らせ(8/16)". Japan Football Association. 25 July 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  6. ^ "天皇杯 JFA 第99回全日本サッカー選手権大会 ラウンド16組み合わせ抽選会". JFATV (YouTube). Japan Football Association. 16 August 2019. Retrieved 12 September 2019. (13m43s – 16m20s)