title: 2014 J.League Cup
text: # 2014 J.League Cup
  
  The 2014 J.League Cup, also known as the 2014 J.League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup for sponsoring purposes, is the 39th edition of the most prestigious Japanese soccer league cup tournament and the 22nd edition under the current J.League Cup format.
  
  ## Format
  
  Teams from the J.League Division 1 will take part in the tournament. Cerezo Osaka, Sanfrecce Hiroshima, Yokohama F. Marinos and Kawasaki Frontale were given a bye to the quarter-finals due to qualification in the 2014 AFC Champions League. The remaining 14 teams started from the group stage, where they were divided into two groups of seven. The group winners and the runners-up of each group qualified for the quarter-final along with the four teams which qualified for the AFC Champions League.
  
  ## Group stage
  
  ### Results
  
  All times are JST (UTC+9)
  
  ## Knock-out stage
  
  All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)
  
  | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Urawa Red Diamonds | Urawa Red Diamonds | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
  | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
  | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 0 | 2 | 2 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | |
  | | | | | | Kashiwa Reysol | Kashiwa Reysol | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | |
  | Kashiwa Reysol | Kashiwa Reysol | 2 | 3 | 5 | Kashiwa Reysol | Kashiwa Reysol | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | |
  | Yokohama F. Marinos | Yokohama F. Marinos | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
  | Yokohama F. Marinos | Yokohama F. Marinos | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 2 |
  | | | | | | | | | | | Gamba Osaka | Gamba Osaka | 3 |
  | Kawasaki Frontale | Kawasaki Frontale | 3 | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | Gamba Osaka | Gamba Osaka | 3 |
  | Cerezo Osaka | Cerezo Osaka | 1 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
  | Cerezo Osaka | Cerezo Osaka | 1 | 3 | 4 | Kawasaki Frontale | Kawasaki Frontale | 1 | 3 | 4 | | | |
  | | | | | | Gamba Osaka | Gamba Osaka | 3 | 2 | 5 | | | |
  | Gamba Osaka | Gamba Osaka | 1 | 3 | 4 | Gamba Osaka | Gamba Osaka | 3 | 2 | 5 | | | |
  | Vissel Kobe | Vissel Kobe | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
  
  ### Quarter-finals
  
  **Second leg**
  
  2-2 on aggregate. Sanfrecce Hiroshima won on away goals
  
  Kashiwa Reysol won 5–2 on aggregate.
  
  Kawasaki Frontale won 5–4 on aggregate.
  
  Gamba Osaka won 4–1 on aggregate.
  
  ### Semi-finals
  
  **Second leg**
  
  Sanfrecce Hiroshima won 3–2 on aggregate.
  
  Gamba Osaka won 5-4 on aggregate.
  
  ## Goalscorers
  
  | Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Cristiano | Ventforet Kofu | 6 |
  | T2 | Edu | FC Tokyo | 4 |
  | T2 | Masato Kudo | Kashiwa Reysol | 4 |
  | T2 | Leandro | Kashiwa Reysol | 4 |
  | T2 | Milivoje Novaković | Shimizu S-Pulse | 4 |
  | T2 | Takashi Usami | Gamba Osaka | 4 |
  | T7 | Tadanari Lee | Urawa Red Diamonds | 3 |
  | T7 | Musashi Suzuki | Albirex Niigata | 3 |
  | T7 | Junya Tanaka | Kashiwa Reysol | 3 |
  | T7 | Marcus Tulio Tanaka | Nagoya Grampus | 3 |
  
  Updated to games played on 7 September 2014 Names of players in bold are still active. Source:
  
  