| J.League Cup | |
| Year: | 2009 |
| Other Titles: | J.League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup |
| Country: | Japan |
| Dates: | March 25 and November 3 |
| Champions: | FC Tokyo |
| Count: | 2 |
| Runner-Up: | Kawasaki Frontale |
| Semi-Finalist1: | Shimizu S-Pulse |
| Semi-Finalist2: | Yokohama F. Marinos |
| Matches: | 55 |
| Player Label: | MVP Award |
| Prevseason: | 2008 |
| Nextseason: | 2010 |
The 2009 J.League Cup, more widely known as the 2009 J.League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup, is the 34th edition of Japan soccer league cup tournament and the 17th edition under the current J.League Cup format. The championship started on March 25, 2009 and ended on November 3, with F.C. Tokyo defeating Kawasaki Frontale 2-0 in the Final. They qualified for the 2010 Suruga Bank Championship.
Teams from the J1 will take part in the tournament. Kashima Antlers, Kawasaki Frontale, Nagoya Grampus and Gamba Osaka were given a bye to the quarter-final due to the qualification for the AFC Champions League group stage. The rest of 14 will start from the group stage, which divided them into two groups. The group winners and the runners-up of each group will qualify for the quarter-final along with the four teams which qualified for the AFC Champions League.
All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)
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See main article: 2009 J.League Cup Final.
| F.C. Tokyo: | ||||
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| GK | 20 |  Shuichi Gonda | ||
| RB | 33 | Kenta Mukuhara | ||
| CB | 4 |  Bruno Quadros | ||
| CB | 6 | Yasuyuki Konno | ||
| LB | 3 | Yuhei Tokunaga | ||
| DM | 28 | |||
| CM | 10 | Yohei Kajiyama | ||
| RM | 40 | |||
| LM | 22 | |||
| CF | 24 | |||
| CF | 13 | Sōta Hirayama | ||
| Substitutes: | ||||
| GK | 1 | Hitoshi Shiota | ||
| DF | 3 | |||
| DF | 5 | |||
| DF | 8 | Ryuji Fujiyama | ||
| DF | 15 | |||
| FW | 14 | Hokuto Nakamura | ||
| FW | 32 | Yusuke Kondo | ||
| Manager: | ||||
| Hiroshi Jofuku | ||||
| Kawasaki Frontale: | ||||
| GK | 1 | Eiji Kawashima | ||
| RB | 19 | Yusuke Mori | ||
| CB | 17 | Kosuke Kikuchi | ||
| CB | 2 | Hiroki Ito | ||
| LB | 26 | |||
| DM | 29 | Hiroyuki Taniguchi | ||
| DM | 18 | |||
| AM | 14 | Kengo Nakamura | ||
| RW | 34 | |||
| LW | 10 | |||
| CF | 9 |  Chong Tese | ||
| Substitutes: | ||||
| GK | 28 | Rikihiro Sugiyama | ||
| DF | 13 | Shuhei Terada | ||
| DF | 4 | Yusuke Igawa | ||
| MF | 6 | |||
| MF | 8 | Satoru Yamagishi | ||
| FW | 23 | |||
| FW | 7 | |||
| Manager: | ||||
| Takashi Sekizuka | ||||
| Goalscorers | Goals | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cabore | F.C. Tokyo | ||
| Koji Yamase | Yokohama F. Marinos | ||
| Hisato Sato | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | ||
| Kazuma Watanabe | Yokohama F. Marinos | ||
| Sōta Hirayama | F.C. Tokyo |