Football in Japan


Emperor’s Cup Final
January 1, 2008, 6:57 am
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01/01/08     National Stadium 

Sanferecce Hiroshima 0-2 Kashima Antlers
Atsuto Uchida 8′
Danilo 89′

Kashima Antlers have won the Emperors Cup.



Emperor’s Cup Semi-final results
December 29, 2007, 5:57 am
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Kashima Antlers and Sanferecce Hiroshima have reached 2007 Emperors Cup Final.

2007 J.League Champions, Kashima Antlers will face Sanferecce Hiroshima, who is relegated to J.League Divisin 2 for the next season, on 01/01/2008 at National Stadium.

29/12/07
Gamba Osaka 1-3 Sanferecce Hiroshima
- Hisato Sato 1′ (Hiroshima)
- Ryuichi Hirashige 38′ (Hiroshima)
- Bare 39′ (Osaka)
- Issei Takayanagi 89′ (Hiroshima)

Kawasaki Frontale 0-1 Kashima Antlers
- Masashi Motoyama 72′ (Antlers)



Emperor’s cup Semi-final fixtures
December 24, 2007, 3:32 am
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 29/12/07

Gamba Osaka v Sanferecce Hiroshima

Kawasaki Frontale v Kashima Antlers



Emperor’s cup Quarterfinal results.
December 22, 2007, 1:20 pm
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22/12/07
Gamba Osaka 1-0 (AET) Shimizu S-Pulse
Shinichi Terada 92′

Kashima Antlers 1-0 (AET) Honda F.C. 
Atsushi Yanagisawa 110′

23/12/07
F.C. Tokyo 0-2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Yosuke Kashiwagi 13′
Yuichi Komano 37′

Ehime F.C. 0-2 Kawasaki Frontale
Masahiro Ohashi 43′
Juninho 65′



One more match from Emperor’s cup 5th round.
December 15, 2007, 10:19 pm
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15/12/07   Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2-0 Jubilo Iwata

Just a week before Sanfrecce Hiroshima was relegated to J-league Division 2 in the next season. They, however, showed their ability of the football  by beating Jubilo Iwata. Kouji Morisaki scored two free-kick goals to qualify for the Emperor’s Cup quarterfinal.

Sanfrecce Hiroshima will meet Tokyo F.C. at the quarterfinal of the Emperor’s Cup on 22nd December.



Emperor’s cup Quarterfinal matches.
December 8, 2007, 7:03 am
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22/12/07
Gamba Osaka v Shimizu S-Pulse
Kashima Antlers v Honda F.C. 

23/12/07 
F.C. Tokyo v Sanfrecce Hiroshima or Jubilo Iwata
Ehime F.C. v Kawasaki Frontale



Emperor’s cup 5th round results
December 8, 2007, 6:41 am
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08/12/07
Oita Trinita 1-3 Gamba Osaka
Shimizu S-Pulse 5-3  (AET) Yokohama F. Marinos
Sagan Tosu 1-2 F.C. Tokyo
Ehime F.C. 2-1 Yokohama F.C.
Vissel Kobe 0-3 Kawasaki Frontale
Kashima Antlers 2-1 (AET) Ventforet Koufu
Honda F.C.  2-0 Nagoya Grampus

15/12/07
Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Jubilo Iwata



Emperor’s cup 5th round fixtures
December 2, 2007, 3:11 am
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08/12/07 
Oita Trinita v Gamba Osaka
Shimizu S-Pulse v  Yokohama F. Marinos
Sagan Tosu v F.C. Tokyo
Ehime F.C. v Yokohama F.C.
Vissel Kobe v Kawasaki Frontale
Kashima Antlers v Ventforet Koufu
Honda F.C.  v Nagoya Grampus

15/12/07
Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Jubilo Iwata



Emperor’s cup 4th round results
November 28, 2007, 6:49 pm
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Gamba Osaka 2-2 (pens 5-3) Montedio Yamagata

JEF United Ichihara Chiba 1-3 Oita Trinita 

Shimizu S-Pulse 3-3 (pens 5-4) Meiji University

Yokohama F. Marinos 4-1  Sagawa SC

Albirex Niigata 2-3 Sagan Tosu

F.C. Tokyo 2-1 TDK S.C.

Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3-0 Shonan Bellmare

Jubilo Iwata 6-1 Juntendo University

Urawa Reds 0-2 Ehime F.C.

Omiya  Ardija 0-2 Yokohama F.C.

Avispa Fukuoka  0-2 Vissel Kobe

Kawasaki Frontale 3-0 Cerezo Osaka

Kashima Antlers 2-0 Mito HollyHock

Ventforet Koufu 3-1 (AET) Tokushima Vortis

Kashiwa Reysol 2-3 (AET) Honda F.C. 

Nagoya Grampus  3-1 Thespa Kusatsu



One shocking result in the Emperor’s Cup.
November 28, 2007, 6:23 pm
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  Urawa Reds were beaten by J2 club, Ehime FC in the Emperor’s Cup 4th round. Asian champions league winner, Emperor’s cup and J-League Title holder, Urawa reds leave the competition in the early stage on 28th Nov.

  Reds also have been failed to win the title 3 years in a row when they lost against Ehime F.C  by 2-0. Reds rested some players for their bigget game on Saturday’s J-League final match.