2018 Suruga Bank Championship

2018 Suruga Bank Championship
	The Yanmar Stadium Nagai in Osaka hosted the match
Date	8 August 2018
Venue	Yanmar Stadium Nagai, Osaka
Referee	Matthew Conger (New Zealand)
Attendance	10,035
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The 2018 Suruga Bank Championship (Japanese: スルガ銀行チャンピオンシップ2018; Spanish: Copa Suruga Bank 2018) was the eleventh 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 Cerezo Osaka, the 2017 J.League Cup champions, and Argentinian team Independiente, the 2017 Copa Sudamericana champions.^[1] It was hosted by Cerezo Osaka at the Yanmar Stadium Nagai in Osaka, Japan on 8 August 2018.^[2]

Independiente defeated Cerezo Osaka 1–0 to win their first Suruga Bank Championship title.^[3]

Teams edit

Team	Association / Confederation	Qualification	Previous appearances
Cerezo Osaka	Japan Football Association	2017 J.League Cup champions	None
Independiente	CONMEBOL	2017 Copa Sudamericana champions	1 (2011)

Format edit

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 six substitutions may be made during the match.^[4]

Match edit

Details edit

8 August 2018

19:00 UTC+9

Cerezo Osaka	0–1	Independiente
	Report (JFA) Report (J.League) Report (CONMEBOL)	Romero 28'

Yanmar Stadium Nagai, Osaka

Attendance: 10,035^[5]

Referee: Matthew Conger (New Zealand)

Cerezo Osaka

Independiente


GK	27	Kenta Tanno
RB	20	Noriyuki Sakemoto
CB	4	Kota Fujimoto		81'
CB	37	Reiya Morishita
CB	23	Tatsuya Yamashita		59'
LB	5	Yusuke Tanaka		81'
RM	17	Takaki Fukumitsu		46'
CM	26	Daichi Akiyama (c)	79'
CM	43	Osmar
LM	13	Toshiyuki Takagi		46'
CF	25	Hirofumi Yamauchi		59'
Substitutes:
GK	1	Takumi Nagaishi
DF	16	Eiichi Katayama		81'
DF	22	Matej Jonjić		81'
MF	11	Souza		59'
MF	32	Atomu Tanaka		46'
MF	36	Toshiki Onozawa		46'
FW	40	Mizuki Ando		59'
Manager:
Yoon Jong-hwan


GK	25	Martín Campaña (c)
RB	16	Fabricio Bustos
CB	2	Alan Franco
CB	4	Jorge Figal
LB	6	Juan Sánchez Miño		79'
CM	22	Francisco Silva		78'
CM	19	Pablo Hernández		89'
RW	18	Silvio Romero		68'
AM	8	Maximiliano Meza		90+1'
LW	7	Martín Benítez		71'
CF	9	Emmanuel Gigliotti	90+2'
Substitutes:
GK	13	Milton Álvarez
DF	3	Guillermo Burdisso		90+1'
DF	20	Gastón Silva		79'
MF	5	Nicolás Domingo		78'
MF	10	Fernando Gaibor		89'
MF	21	Carlos Benavídez		68'
FW	32	Ezequiel Cerutti		71'
Manager:
Ariel Holan