2017 Suruga Bank Championship Explained

2017 Suruga Bank Championship
Team1:Urawa Red Diamonds
Team1association:
Team1score:1
Team2:Chapecoense
Team2association:
Team2score:0
Stadium:Saitama Stadium 2002
City:Saitama
Referee:Kim Jong-hyeok (Korea Republic)
Attendance:11,002
Previous:2016
Next:2018

The 2017 Suruga Bank Championship (Japanese: '''スルガ銀行チャンピオンシップ2017'''; Spanish; Castilian: '''Copa Suruga Bank 2017''') was the tenth edition of the Suruga Bank Championship (also referred to as the J.League Cup / Copa Sudamericana Championship Final), the club football match co-organized by the Japan Football Association, the football governing body of Japan, CONMEBOL, the football governing body of South America, and J.League, the professional football league of Japan, between the champions of the previous season's J.League Cup and Copa Sudamericana.

The match was contested between Japanese team Urawa Red Diamonds, the 2016 J.League Cup champions, and Brazilian team Chapecoense, the 2016 Copa Sudamericana champions. It was hosted by Urawa Red Diamonds at the Saitama Stadium 2002 in Saitama, Japan on 15 August 2017.[1] [2] [3] [4]

Urawa Red Diamonds defeated Chapecoense 1–0 to win their first Suruga Bank Championship title.[5]

Teams

TeamAssociation / ConfederationQualificationPrevious appearances
Urawa Red DiamondsJapan Football Association2016 J.League Cup championsNone
ChapecoenseCONMEBOL2016 Copa Sudamericana championsNone

Format

The Suruga Bank Championship was played as a single match, with the J.League Cup winners hosting the match. If tied at the end of regulation, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner. A maximum of seven substitutions may be made during the match.[6]

Match

Details

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GK 25 Tetsuya Enomoto
CB 2 Maurício Antônio
CB 5 Tomoaki Makino
CB 46
RM 3
CM 10 Yōsuke Kashiwagi
CM 18
LM 22 Yuki Abe (c)
RW 8
CF 9
LW 21
Substitutes:
GK 1 Shusaku Nishikawa
DF 6
MF 14
MF 15
MF 38
MF 39 Shinya Yajima
FW 19
Manager:
Takafumi Hori
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GK 93 Jandrei
RB 3 Douglas Grolli (c)
CB 6 Reinaldo
CB 14 Fabrício Bruno
LB 22 Apodi
CM 5
CM 11
CM 25 Lucas Mineiro
RW 7
CF 10 Túlio de Melo
LW 17 Arthur
Substitutes:
GK 12 Elias
DF 21
DF 26 Diego Renan
MF 33
MF 40 Luis Manuel Seijas
FW 9
FW 23 Fernando Guerrero
Manager:
Vinícius Eutrópio
Assistant referees


Yoon Kwang-yeol (Korea Republic)
Kim Young-ha (Korea Republic)
Fourth official


Kim Hee-gon (Korea Republic)

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: スルガ銀行チャンピオンシップ2017SAITAMA JリーグYBCルヴァンカップ/コパ・スダメリカーナ 王者決定戦 来年8月に開催決定. Japan Football Association. 16 December 2016. Japanese.
  2. Web site: CONMEBOL renovó el acuerdo para disputar la Copa Suruga Bank por dos años más. CONMEBOL. 16 December 2016. Spanish.
  3. Web site: スルガ銀行チャンピオンシップ2017 SAITAMA JリーグYBCルヴァンカップ/コパ・スダメリカーナ 王者決定戦 試合日が8月15日(火)に決定. Japan Football Association. 27 January 2017. Japanese.
  4. Web site: La final de la Copa Suruga Bank se disputará el 15 de agosto. CONMEBOL.com. 10 April 2017.
  5. Web site: Chapecoense es vicecampeón de la Copa Suruga Bank. CONMEBOL.com. 15 August 2017. Spanish.
  6. Web site: Copa Sudamericana 2016 – Reglamento. Spanish. CONMEBOL.com.