2015 Japanese Super Cup Explained

2015 Japanese Super Cup
Team1score:	2
Team2:	Urawa Red Diamonds
Team2score:	0
Date:	28 February 2015
Stadium:	Nissan Stadium
City:	Yokohama
Referee:	Yudai Yamamoto
Attendance:	47,666
Previous:	2014
Next:	2016

The 2015 Japanese Super Cup was held on 28 February 2015 between the 2014 J.League champions Gamba Osaka and the 2014 J.League runner-up Urawa Red Diamonds.

This was both clubs' third encounter in the Super Cup, Urawa having won in 2006 and Gamba in 2007. Gamba won the match 2–0 after a goal each by Takashi Usami and Patric.^[1]

Match


Gamba Osaka
GK	1	Masaaki Higashiguchi
CB	5	Daiki Niwa
CB	8
RB	22	Oh Jae-suk
LB	4	Hiroki Fujiharu
CM	7	Yasuhito Endō (c)
CM	17
RM	11
LM	19
CF	24
CF	39
Substitutes:
GK	16
CB	6
RB	14	Koki Yonekura
RM	13
DM	33	Shōhei Ogura
CF	9
CF	29
Manager:
Kenta Hasegawa


Urawa Red Diamonds
GK	1	Shusaku Nishikawa
CB	4
CB	5
CB	46
DM	8	Yōsuke Kashiwagi
DM	22	Yuki Abe (c)
RM	14
LM	24
AM	7
AM	31
CF	29	Tadanari Lee
Substitutes:
GK	23	Nao Iwadate
RB	2
DM	16	Takuya Aoki
DM	18	Shuto Kojima
DM	13
CF	21
SS	19
Manager:
Mihailo Petrović

Statistics

Statistic	Gamba Osaka	Urawa Red Diamonds
scope=row	Goals scored	2	0
scope=row	Possession	37%	63%
scope=row	Shots on target	4	2
scope=row	Shots off target	2	5
scope=row	Corner kicks	4	3
scope=row	Fouls	24	18
scope=row	Offsides	0	1
scope=row	Yellow cards	2	3
scope=row	Red cards	0	0
Source:^[2]

Notes and References

https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2015/02/28/japan/super-cup/gamba-osaka/urawa-red-diamonds/1974670/ Soccerway Game Report
https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2015/02/28/japan/super-cup/gamba-osaka/urawa-red-diamonds/1974670/?ICID=PL_MS_01 Match Summary