The 91st Emperor's Cup (第91回天皇杯) was a regular edition of an annual Japanese national cup tournament. It started on 3 September 2011 and ended on 1 January 2012 with the final at National Stadium in Tokyo, Japan, won by FC Tokyo 4–2 against Kyoto Sanga.

2011 Emperor's Cup
Tournament details
CountryJapan
Teams88
Final positions
ChampionsFC Tokyo (1st title)
Runner-upKyoto Sanga
← 2010
2012 →

The cup winner were guaranteed a place in the 2012 AFC Champions League.

Calendar edit

Round Date Matches Clubs New entries this round
First Round 3, 4, 7, 14(*1) September 24 48 → 24
  • 47 Prefectural Qualifying Cup winners
  • 1 University Qualifying Cup winning club
Second Round 8, 10, 12(*2) October 32 24+18+20+2 → 32
  • 18 J1 clubs
  • 20 J2 clubs
  • 2 JFL seeded clubs
Third Round 16 November 16 32 → 16
Fourth Round 17, 21(*3) December 8 16 → 8
Quarterfinals 24 December 4 8 → 4
Semifinals 29 December 2 4 → 2
Final 1 January 2012 1 2 → 1

(*1)a total number of four games were postponed to 7 or 14 September due to tropical storm.
(*2)a total number of eight games were postponed to 12 October due to event clashes of quarterfinals of 2011 J.League Cup, and November 9 was reserved for Cerezo Osaka and Hokkaido University of Education Iwamizawa Campus in case of event clashes if Cerezo entered the 2011 AFC Champions League semi-finals (but game was not postponed as Cerezo was eliminated in quarter-finals).
(*3)Kashiwa Reysol's game was postponed to 21 December due to the participation in 2011 FIFA Club World Cup.

Participating clubs edit

Starting in the first round edit

Prefectural finals winners – 47 teams
* After Miyagi prefectural qualification tournament was canceled due to 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, Miyagi Football Association proposed that Sony Sendai represent Miyagi Prefecture since it is the most successful amateur team in the prefecture and represented the prefecture last year.[1] Japan Football Association approved the proposal.[1][2]
Prime Minister's Cup All Japan University Football Tournament winners – 1 team

Starting in the second round edit

J.League Division 1 – 18 teams
J.League Division 2 – 20 teams
Japan Football League – 2 teams

※Clubs that occupied two top places at the end of the 17th round (11th week) of 2011 Japan Football League.

Matches edit

All matches are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00)

First round edit

Due to Tropical Storm Talas (Japanese: 台風12号, 2011 Japanese Typhoon 12), four matches were postponed.[3]

Suzuka Rampole1–0Chukyo University
Masanori Murata   88' Report
Attendance: 217
Referee: Kazuya Fujita

Note: The original schedule was 3 September 13:00 but postponed due to tropical storm.[3]


Tochigi Uva1–0Kashiwa Reysol U-18
Wakabayashi   48' Report
Attendance: 606
Referee: Hajime Hosoo

Yamanashi Gakuin University High School2–5Machida Zelvia
Yusei Kayanuma   10'
Katsuhito Araki   90+3'
Report Dimić   3'
Katsumata   24', 43'
Tsuda   27'
Ōta   55'
Attendance: 740
Referee: Kenta Tsukada

Yonago Kita High School1–3Kamatamare Sanuki
Junya Kato   46' Report Okamoto   82', 83'
Omo   90+2'
Attendance: 558
Referee: Yosuke Takebe

Note: The original schedule was 3 September 15:00 but postponed due to tropical storm.[3]


Toyama Shinjo Club1–0Japan Soccer College
Tomohisa Ishikuro   75' Report
Attendance: 674
Referee: Kazuo Takeda

Matsumoto Yamaga3–0Maruoka Phoenix
Sudo   39'
Kijima   72', 82'
Report
Attendance: 3325
Referee: Taku Hase

University of Tsukuba2–1Heisei International University
Shuhei Akazaki   6'
Misaki Uemura   81'
Report Kota Ono   25'
Attendance: 554
Referee: Takumi Shinoto

Blaublitz Akita13–0Yamagata University School of Medicine
Miyoshi   13'
Matsuda   26', 41', 56', 73', 75'
Imai   30', 53'
Higa   45+2', 61'
Kawata   73'
Kozawa   80'
Chino   90+3'
Report
Attendance: 473
Referee: Toshiyuki Wazumi

Arterivo Wakayama0–5SP Kyoto
Report Sakurai   40', 43'
Otsuki   47'
Hirai   68'
Nakasuji   77'
Attendance: 354
Referee: Osamu Akasaka

Arte Takasaki2–0YSCC Yokohama
Yamada   3'
Ito   30'
Report
Attendance: 347
Referee: Ippei Ōtomo

Fukuoka University2–0Hoyo AC Elan Ōita
Ishizu   68', 88' Report
Attendance: 266
Referee: Ikkei Enomoto

Fagiano Okayama Next2–2 (a.e.t.)Renofa Yamaguchi FC
Okazaki   45+2'
Kotera   106'
Report Nakayama   89'
Nakamura   103'
Penalties
Kadoshima  
Yamamoto  
Nishihara  
Kanemitsu  
Sakamoto  
5–3   Ikarino
  Ito
  Suzuki
  Takata
Attendance: 1487
Referee: Akinobu Saeki

Hannan University0–2Sagawa Shiga
Report Nobuhito Takahashi   36'
  40' (o.g.)
Attendance: 277
Referee: Masahiro Yamamura

F.C. Kagoshima5–0Saga LIXIL F.C.
Taniguchi   18'
Tanoue   21'
Chaen   25'
Funakawa   29'
Maeda   44'
Report
Attendance: 947
Referee: Seiwa Sato

Nara Club1–3Sanyo Electric Sumoto S.C.
Hashigaito   89' Report Yuya Inagaki   8'
Koichi Ota   83'
Yusuke Inoue   90+3'
Attendance: 467
Referee: Koji Morikawa

Hiroshima University of Economics0–5Zweigen Kanazawa
Report Hirabayashi   28', 32', 90+3'
Saitou   53'
Honda   90+1'
Attendance: 561
Referee: Yunosuke Kinji

Note: The original schedule was 3 September 15:00 but postponed due to tropical storm.[3]


Miyazaki Sangyo-keiei University5–1Kumamoto Teachers
Mitsuru Murayama   29'
  45' (o.g.)
Atsuki Goryo   69'
Hattoku Shimaya   84'
Yoshitaka Fujiyama   85'
Report Takahiro Masumura   89'
Attendance: 568
Referee: Akihiko Ikeuchi

Kaiho Bank0–1V-Varen Nagasaki
Report Okamura   51'
Attendance: 1076
Referee: Takao Onshi


Grulla Morioka0–2Sony Sendai
Report Aso   47'
Morihara   82'
Attendance: 444
Referee: Keita Fujimoto

Sanyo Electric Tokushima S.C.0–4Kōchi University
Report Kei Fukumoto   23', 90+2'
Ryobu Watabe   75'
Kojiro Takeuchi   82'
Attendance: 235
Referee: Koei Koya

Note: The original schedule was 3 September 13:00 and but postponed due to tropical storm. The original venue was Naruto Otsuka Sports Park Pocarisweat Stadium but changed as a result of the postponement.[3]


FC Gifu Second2–1Shizuoka Sangyo University
Motonobu Hosono   32'
Yuichi Endo   74'
Report Yusuke Katayama   6'
Attendance: 353
Referee: Toshito Fujita

Hachinohe University2–6Fukushima United
Kawamura   69'
Hamamura   74'
Report Ito   47'
Kim   55', 76', 86'
Shimizu   57'
Kuno   90+1'
Attendance: 60
Referee: Shoichiro Mikami

Dezzola Shimane5–2 (a.e.t.)Ehime FC Shimanami
Hirata   3', 114', 120+3'
Sorayama   29', 106'
Report Kitamori   40'
Kashiwagi   43'
Attendance: 487
Referee: Shuhei Shimizu

Second round edit

Nagoya Grampus6–0Suzuka Rampole
Burzanović   14', 35'
Hashimoto   19'
Arai   42'
Tanaka   78'
Taguchi   88'
Report
Attendance: 2,280
Referee: Takuto Okabe

FC Gifu0–1Giravanz Kitakyushu
Report Ikemoto   6'
Attendance: 2,062
Referee: Eiji Kawai

Kashiwa Reysol2–0Tochigi Uva
Masushima   4'
Leandro   59'
Report
Attendance: 3,110
Referee: Takuto Okabe

Ventforet Kofu2–1Machida Zelvia
Uchiyama   6'
Paulinho   36'
Report Suzuki   51'
Attendance: 3,421
Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

Yokohama F. Marinos3–1Kamatamare Sanuki
Hyodo   86'
Taniguchi   88'
Oguro   90+3'
Report Ishida   78'
Attendance: 2,905
Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami

Tochigi SC2–1Honda Lock
Choi   18'
Kawahara   70'
Report Yusuke Maeda   60'
Attendance: 1,444
Referee: Hiromichi Oka

Albirex Niigata5–0Toyama Shinjo Club
Lopes   17'
Kawamata   21', 76'
Kogure   23'
Uchida   90+4'
Report
Attendance: 3,597
Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida

Matsumoto Yamaga2–0Yokohama FC
Katayama   53'
Funayama   55'
Report
Attendance: 11,510
Referee: Junpei Iida

Kashima Antlers2–0University of Tsukuba
Tashiro   33'
Osako   38'
Report
Attendance: 3,468
Referee: Minoru Tojo

Kataller Toyama3–3 (a.e.t.)Sagan Tosu
Asahi   45+1'
Funatsu   48'
Kurobe   83'
Report Noda   21'
Arai   30'
Yamase   66'
Penalties
Asahi  
Ōnishi  
Kurobe  
Hirano  
Yada  
4–2   Meta
  Kuniyoshi
  Kim
  Ikeda
Attendance: 2,298
Referee: Takumi Shinoto

Montedio Yamagata2–0Blaublitz Akita
Shimomura   23'
Hasegawa   38'
Report
Attendance: 2,425
Referee: Minoru Tojo

Kyoto Sanga3–0SP Kyoto
Nakamura   38'
Miyayoshi   58'
Kubo   72'
Report
Attendance: 1,960
Referee: Yuki Noda

Kawasaki Frontale2–1 (a.e.t.)Arte Takasaki
Kobayashi   61'
Tasaka   105'
Report Doi   69'
Attendance: 4,789
Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

Oita Trinita1–0Tokushima Vortis
Sakuda   2' Report
Attendance: 3,308
Referee: Ryoichi Imamura

Omiya Ardija1–1 (a.e.t.)Fukuoka University
Ueda   70' Report Tomohiro Tanaka   72'
Penalties
Mariano  
Watanabe  
Higashi  
Fujimoto 
3–5   Suzu
  Nagatani
  Tamura
  Okada
  Kuroki
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Tomohiro Inoue

Shonan Bellmare2–1Fagiano Okayama Next
Maki   53'
Sakamoto   77'
Report Takeuchi   40'
Attendance: 1,251
Referee: Takuya Maeda

Gamba Osaka2–0Sagawa Shiga
Kawanishi  
Kim  
Report
Attendance: 2,932
Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

Consadole Sapporo2–3 (a.e.t.)Mito HollyHock
Yokono   59'
Sakaki   85'
Report Ozawa   58'
Romero Frank   88'
Koike   118'
Attendance: 3,523
Referee: Tomohiro Tsukada

FC Tokyo4–0F.C. Kagoshima
Yazawa   14', 90'
Morishige   30'
Lucas   76'
Report
Attendance: 5,301
Referee: Akihiko Ikeuchi

Vissel Kobe8–0Sanyo Electric Sumoto S.C.
Morioka   22', 32', 46'
Matsuoka   26'
Popó   31', 55'
Park   58'
Botti   68'
Report
Attendance: 2,471
Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama

Sanfrecce Hiroshima4–2Zweigen Kanazawa
Satō   2', 86'
Yokotake   30'
Mizumoto   45+2'
Report Yamane   15'
Hirabayashi   23'

Note: The venue of the match was originally planned to be Hiroshima Big Arch football ground 1 but changed on June 28.[4]


Ehime FC2–0FC Ryukyu
Ikeda   27'
Uchida   71'
Report
Attendance: 795
Referee: Koei Koya

Urawa Red Diamonds4–1Miyazaki Sangyo-keiei University
  14' (o.g.)
Mazola   18'
Hara   55'
Takasaki   76'
Report Yoshitaka Fujiyama   10'
Attendance: 4,849
Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

Tokyo Verdy7–1V-Varen Nagasaki
Maranhão   22', 57'
Abe   38', 73'
Tsuchiya   55'
Kikuoka   69'
Kobayashi   71'
Report Iwama   20'
Attendance: 2,701
Referee: Hiroyuki Ōnishi

Cerezo Osaka6–0Hokkaido University of Education Iwamizawa Campus
  24' (o.g.)
Fabio Lopes   30', 78'
Sugimoto   71'
Komatsu   81'
Otake   86'
Report
Attendance: 2,116
Referee: Junpei Iida

Thespa Kusatsu0–1 (a.e.t.)Fagiano Okayama
Report Sengoku   107'
Attendance: 1,030
Referee: Yosuke Kubota

Vegalta Sendai2–1 (a.e.t.)Sony Sendai
Ota   74'
Muto   114'
Report Taniike   79'
Attendance: 5,714
Referee: Tetsuro Yoshida

Avispa Fukuoka3–0Kōchi University
Nakamachi   14'
Matsuura   31'
Takahashi   64'
Report
Attendance: 938
Referee: Naohito Ogawa

Shimizu S-Pulse2–0FC Gifu Second
Takeuchi   44'
Omae   45+1'
Report
Attendance: 3,648
Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

Gainare Tottori3–0Roasso Kumamoto
Koné   8'
Kim   75'
Yoshino   86'
Report
Attendance: 3,125
Referee: Itaru Hirose

Júbilo Iwata3–0Fukushima United
Arata   33', 71', 83' Report
Attendance: 2,019
Referee: Kazuhiko Matsumura

JEF United Chiba1–0Dezzola Shimane
Fujimoto   67' Report
Attendance: 3,528
Referee: Hiroshi Yamauchi

Third round edit

Nagoya Grampus1–0Giravanz Kitakyushu
Ogawa   57' Report
Attendance: 2,840
Referee: Ryoichi Imamura

Kashiwa Reysol6–1Ventforet Kofu
Jorge Wagner   10'
Kudo   26'
Kitajima   29'
Hashimoto   37'
Tanaka   67', 80'
Report Yabu   13'
Attendance: 3,950
Referee: Takuya Maeda

Note: The venue of the match was originally planned to be Kashiwanoha Park Stadium but changed due to stadium maintenance.[5]


Yokohama F. Marinos3–0Tochigi SC
Oguro   33', 80'
Nakamura   90+4'
Report
Attendance: 3,951
Referee: Hajime Matsuo

Albirex Niigata0–1Matsumoto Yamaga
Report Tatara   5'
Attendance: 4,842
Referee: Takuto Okabe

Kashima Antlers2–1 (a.e.t.)Kataller Toyama
Koroki   28'
Nozawa   101'
Report Fukuda   42'
Attendance: 3,465
Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida

Montedio Yamagata2–3Kyoto Sanga
Hasegawa   7'
Miyazawa   9'
Report Miyayoshi   15', 44', 48'
Attendance: 1,849
Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

Kawasaki Frontale4–0Oita Trinita
Kobayashi   25'
Tasaka   55'
Kusukami   77'
Yajima   84'
Report
Attendance: 4,747
Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama

Fukuoka University0–3 (a.e.t.)Shonan Bellmare
Report Ohi   94'
Takayama   109'
Adiel   117'
Attendance: 705
Referee: Akihiko Ikeuchi

Gamba Osaka2–3 (a.e.t.)Mito HollyHock
Kim   40'
Sasaki   65'
Report Ozawa   50'
Suzuki   76'
Koike   99'
Attendance: 2,938
Referee: Yosuke Kubota

FC Tokyo2–1 (a.e.t.)Vissel Kobe
Takahashi   13'
Morishige   120+1'
Report Komoto   37'
Attendance: 5,937
Referee: Kenji Ogiya

Sanfrecce Hiroshima0–1Ehime FC
Report Ishii   86'
Attendance: 3,171
Referee: Tetsuro Yoshida

Urawa Red Diamonds2–1Tokyo Verdy
Hara   56', 86' Report Apodi   64'
Attendance: 7,427
Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami

Cerezo Osaka3–0Fagiano Okayama
Bando   52', 90+3'
Sugimoto   90+2'
Report
Attendance: 3,631
Referee: Hiroyuki Ōnishi

Vegalta Sendai3–1Avispa Fukuoka
Tamura   18', 22'
Nakashima   82'
Report Okamoto   68'
Attendance: 4,831
Referee: Tomohiro Inoue

Shimizu S-Pulse5–0Gainare Tottori
Iwashita   27'
Takahara   45+3'
Sugiyama   70'
Nagai   79'
Yamamoto   81'
Report
Attendance: 3,618
Referee: Hiromichi Oka

Júbilo Iwata0–1JEF United Chiba
Report Yonekura   67'
Attendance: 2,548
Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

Fourth round edit

Nagoya Grampus3–3 (a.e.t.)Kashiwa Reysol
Nagai   77', 96'
Masukawa   88'
Report Leandro Domingues   42', 115'
Kudo   66'
Penalties
Fujimoto  
Alex  
Yoshimura  
Kanazaki  
K. Hashimoto  
Nagai  
Masukawa  
Chiyotanda  
Narazaki  
Córdoba  
9–8   Leandro Domingues
  Sawa
  Otani
  Kondo
  Mizuno
  Kudo
  W. Hashimoto
  Masushima
  Kitajima
  Sugeno
Attendance: 5,618
Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama

Note: The original schedule was December 17 13:00 but changed due to Reysol's participation in 2011 FIFA Club World Cup.[6]


Yokohama F. Marinos4–0Matsumoto Yamaga
Ono   28', 73', 75'
Nakamura   87'
Report
Attendance: 10,120
Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

Kashima Antlers0–1Kyoto Sanga
Report Miyayoshi   59'
Attendance: 5,671
Referee: Itaru Hirose

Kawasaki Frontale0–1Shonan Bellmare
Report Takayama   63'
Attendance: 8,291
Referee: Hajime Matsuo

Mito HollyHock0–1FC Tokyo
Report Shiotani[7]   8' (o.g.)
Attendance: 6,242
Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

Ehime FC1–3Urawa Red Diamonds
Fukuda   90+4' Report Márcio Richardes   9'
Hara   38'
Kashiwagi   77'

Cerezo Osaka1–1 (a.e.t.)Vegalta Sendai
Murata   115' Report Muto   98'
Penalties
Kiyotake  
Kim  
Maruhashi  
Ogihara  
4–2   Kamata
  Akamine
  Muto
  Matsushita
Attendance: 5,316
Referee: Junpei Iida

Shimizu S-Pulse2–0JEF United Chiba
Brosque   49'
Ito   62'
Report
Attendance: 6,855
Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

Quarter finals edit

Nagoya Grampus0–0 (a.e.t.)Yokohama F. Marinos
Report
Penalties
Fujimoto  
Isomura  
Ogawa  
Yoshimura  
Córdoba  
3–4   Nakamura
  Kurihara
  Kobayashi
  Kanai
Attendance: 8,728
Referee: Junpei Iida

Kyoto Sanga1–0Shonan Bellmare
Dutra   40' Report

FC Tokyo1–0Urawa Red Diamonds
Ishikawa   20' Report

Cerezo Osaka2–2 (a.e.t.)Shimizu S-Pulse
Kim Bo-Kyung   11'
Kiyotake   93'
Report Ono   23'
Takagi   103'
Penalties
Kiyotake  
Kim Bo-Kyung  
Kuaata  
Maruhashi  
Bando  
Yamaguchi  
Komatsu  
6–5   Omae
  Brosque
  Ito
  Iwashita
  Bosnar
  Takagi
  Yamamoto
Attendance: 8,252
Referee: Hajime Matsuo

Semi finals edit

Yokohama F. Marinos2–4 (a.e.t.)Kyoto Sanga
Watanabe   42'
Nakazawa   90+5'
Report Kudo   50'
Dutra   72'
Kubo   116'
Komai   120'
Attendance: 14,467
Referee: Ryuji Sato

FC Tokyo1–0Cerezo Osaka
Yazawa   77' Report
Attendance: 11,982
Referee: Masaaki Toma

Final edit

Kyoto Sanga2–4FC Tokyo
Nakayama   13'
Kubo   71'
Report Konno   15'
Morishige   36'
Lucas   42', 66'
  • First final to feature two second-tier teams and first to feature such team since 1994 final.
  • Third time a second-tier champion wins the final since 1981 and 1982 finals.
  • Nakayama's goal was the first to be scored in the year 2012.

External links edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b 天皇杯宮城県代表にソニー仙台 [Sony Sendai as the Miyagi representative for Emperor's Cup]. Sports Nippon (in Japanese). June 30, 2011. Retrieved August 26, 2011.
  2. ^ 第91回天皇杯全日本サッカー選手権大会 宮城県代表チームにソニー仙台FCが決定 [The 91st Emperor's Cup: Sony Sendai designated as the Miyagi representative]. Japan Football Association (in Japanese). June 30, 2011. Retrieved August 26, 2011.
  3. ^ a b c d e 第91回天皇杯全日本サッカー選手権大会 1回戦(マッチナンバー【1】【4】【16】【21】)順延に伴うチケットの取り扱いについて [The 91st Emperor's Cup first round: About the tickets for the postponed matches (match number 1, 4, 16 and 21)] (in Japanese). Japan Football Association. 8 September 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
  4. ^ (2011-06-28)第91回天皇杯全日本サッカー選手権大会 2回戦(マッチナンバー【45】)試合会場変更のお知らせ [A venue change of the 91st Emperor's Cup second round (match number 58)] (in Japanese). Japan Football Association. 28 June 2011. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
  5. ^ 第91回天皇杯全日本サッカー選手権大会 3回戦 柏レイソル 対 ヴァンフォーレ甲府戦(マッチナンバー【58】)試合会場変更について [A venue change of the 91st Emperor's Cup third round: Kashiwa Reysol vs. Ventforet Kofu (match number 58)] (in Japanese). Japan Football Association. 12 October 2011. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
  6. ^ 第91回天皇杯全日本サッカー選手権大会 4回戦 名古屋グランパス 対 柏レイソル(マッチナンバー【73】)試合日程変更のお知らせ [A schedule change of the 91st Emperor's Cup fourth round: Kashiwa Reysol vs. Nagoya Grampus (match number 73)] (in Japanese). Japan Football Association. 3 December 2011. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
  7. ^ "F東京はOGを守り切り、水戸に勝利" [FC Tokyo hold onto victory against Mito thanks to own goal] (in Japanese). Gekisaka. 17 December 2011. Retrieved 29 December 2011.