2012 Japanese Super Cup Explained

2012 Japanese Super Cup
Team1score:	2
Team2:	F.C. Tokyo
Team2score:	1
Date:	3 March 2012
Stadium:	National Olympic Stadium
City:	Tokyo
Man Of The Match1a:	Leandro Domingues (Kashiwa Reysol)
Referee:	Yuichi Nishimura
Attendance:	35,453
Previous:	2011
Next:	2013

The 2012 Japanese Super Cup was held on 3 March 2012 between the 2011 J. League champions Kashiwa Reysol and the 2011 Emperor's Cup winner F.C. Tokyo. Kashiwa Reysol won the match 2–1 in regulation time.^[1]

Background

This was the first time both teams had participated in the competition. Kashiwa, having won its first League title since 1972 (when no Super Cup was played) and FC Tokyo, having become the third club to win both the second-tier title and the Emperor's Cup since Yamaha (Júbilo Iwata) in 1982, both had qualified to the Asian Champions League by virtue of winning their titles.

Match

KASHIWA REYSOL (4-4-2):
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GK	21
RB	4
CB	5
CB	3
LB	22
RM	20
LM	7
RW	10
LW	15
CF	18
CF	9
Substitutes:
GK	16
CM	17
CB	6
AM	8
RW	29
CF	19
CF	25
Manager:
Nelsinho Baptista

FC TOKYO (4-2-3-1):
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GK	1
RB	33
CB	2
CB	3
LB	6
RM	10
AM	8
LM	4
RW	18
LW	39
CF	49
Substitutes:
GK	20
CB	5
RW	17
AM	22
CM	27
CF	11
CF	13
Manager:
Ranko Popović

Man of the Match:
Leandro Domingues (Kashiwa Reysol)

Assistant referees

Toshiyuki Nagi
Akane Yagi
Fourth official

Hiroyuki Kimura

Notes and References

Web site: J.League Officer Site: Game Report . 2012-03-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121003142706/http://www.j-league.or.jp/eng/gamereport/00000170.html . 2012-10-03 . dead .

2012 Japanese Super Cup Explained

Background

Match

See also

Notes and References