2020 Japanese Super Cup

The 2020 Japanese Super Cup (known as Fuji Xerox Super Cup 2020 for sponsorship reasons) was the 27th Japanese Super Cup since its reestablishment, and the 35th overall. It was held on 8 February 2020 between the 2019 J1 League champions Yokohama F. Marinos and the 2019 Emperor's Cup winners Vissel Kobe. It took place at the Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama, Saitama.

2020 Japanese Super Cup
Vissel Kobe won 3–2 on penalties
Date8 February 2020
VenueSaitama Stadium 2002, Saitama
RefereeYoshiro Imamura
Attendance51,397
WeatherFine
12.3 °C (54.1 °F)
37% humidity
2019
2021

This was Yokohama FM's first Super Cup appearance since 2014, and was looking to end its bad record of 5 defeats in all of its previous appearances, stretching back to 1984. At the other hand, this was Vissel's first ever Super Cup appearance.

Drawn 3–3 until the end of 90 minutes, Vissel Kobe won the match on penalties, which saw 9 consecutive penalties missed before Hotaru Yamaguchi ended the run and won Vissel its only second national trophy ever. The penalty also condemned Yokohama FM to its sixth Super Cup defeat.[1]

Match details edit

Yokohama F. Marinos3–3Vissel Kobe
Report
Penalties
2–3
Attendance: 51,397
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Yokohama F. Marinos
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Vissel Kobe
GK 1   Park Il-gyu
RB 27   Ken Matsubara
CB 13   Thiago Martins
CB 44   Shinnosuke Hatanaka   46'
LB 5   Theerathon Bunmathan
CM 8   Takuya Kida (c)   62'   74'
CM 6   Takahiro Ogihara
RW 23   Teruhito Nakagawa
AM 9   Marcos Júnior   88'
LW 17   Erik   74'
CF 45   Ado Onaiwu   46'
Substitutes:
GK 21   Yuji Kajikawa
DF 15   Makito Ito   46'
MF 7   Yūki Ōtsu
MF 11   Keita Endo   46'
MF 33   Takuya Wada   74'
FW 18   Kota Mizunuma   88'
FW 30   Edigar Junio   74'
Manager:
  Ange Postecoglou
GK 18   Hiroki Iikura
CB 33   Dankler
CB 25   Leo Osaki
CB 4   Thomas Vermaelen
RM 22   Daigo Nishi   90+2'
CM 6   Sergi Samper   85'
CM 8   Andrés Iniesta (c)   53'
CM 5   Hotaru Yamaguchi
LM 24   Gōtoku Sakai
CF 49   Douglas   64'
CF 11   Kyogo Furuhashi   85'
Substitutes:
GK 1   Daiya Maekawa
DF 3   Hirofumi Watanabe
DF 10   So Fujitani
MF 14   Takuya Yasui   85'
FW 9   Noriaki Fujimoto
FW 13   Keijiro Ogawa   85'
FW 21   Junya Tanaka   64'
Manager:
  Thorsten Fink

Assistant referees:
Masahiro Horikoshi
Naoya Okawa
Fourth official:
Akihiko Ikeuchi
Video assistant referee:
Jumpei Iida
Toru Sagara

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Seven named substitutes.
  • Maximum of five substitutions.

References edit

  1. ^ Duerden, John (8 February 2020). "Andres Iniesta lifts Japan Super Cup after nine straight pen misses". ESPN. Retrieved 19 February 2021.