title: 2011 J.League Cup final
text: # 2011 J.League Cup final
  
  The 2011 J. League Cup Final was the 20th final of the J. League Cup competition. The final was played at Tokyo National Stadium in Tokyo on 29 October 2011. The match was contested between the Urawa Red Diamonds who were defeated by the Kashima Antlers in extra time.
  
  ## Match
  
  URAWA RED DIAMONDS: :
  
  | GK | 18 | Nobuhiro Kato |
  | - | - | - |
  | DF | 6 | Nobuhisa Yamada | | 107' |
  | DF | 26 | Mizuki Hamada |
  | DF | 17 | Mitsuru Nagata |
  | DF | 14 | Tadaaki Hirakawa |
  | MF | 13 | Keita Suzuki | | 91' |
  | MF | 7 | Tsukasa Umesaki | 12', | 76' |
  | MF | 22 | Naoki Yamada | 47' 50' |
  | MF | 8 | Yosuke Kashiwagi |
  | MF | 24 | Genki Haraguchi |
  | FW | 15 | Sergio Escudero |
  | Substitutes: ||||
  | GK | 1 | Norihiro Yamagishi |
  | DF | 2 | Keisuke Tsuboi | | 107' |
  | DF | 4 | Matthew Špiranović |
  | DF | 28 | Takuya Okamoto |
  | MF | 5 | Shunki Takahashi | 99', | 76' |
  | MF | 27 | Shuto Kojima | | 91' |
  | FW | 31 | Ranko Despotović |
  | Manager: |||
  | Takafumi Hori ||||
  
  KASHIMA ANTLERS: :
  
  | GK | 21 | Hitoshi Sogahata | 120+1' |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | DF | 7 | Toru Araiba |
  | DF | 15 | Takeshi Aoki | 43' 80' |
  | DF | 6 | Koji Nakata |
  | DF | 5 | Alex | 31' | 76' |
  | MF | 20 | Gaku Shibasaki |
  | MF | 40 | Mitsuo Ogasawara | | 91' |
  | MF | 8 | Takuya Nozawa |
  | MF | 25 | Yasushi Endo | | 63' |
  | FW | 9 | Yuya Osako |
  | FW | 13 | Shinzo Koroki |
  | Substitutes: ||||
  | GK | 1 | Tetsu Sugiyama |
  | DF | 22 | Daigo Nishi |
  | DF | 23 | Gen Shoji |
  | MF | 10 | Masashi Motoyama |
  | MF | 11 | Fellype Gabriel | | 76' |
  | MF | 14 | Chikashi Masuda | | 91' |
  | FW | 30 | Yuzo Tashiro | | 63' |
  | Manager: |||
  | Oswaldo de Oliveira ||||
  
  Assistant referees: Haruhiro Otsuka Tadaomi Aiba Match Rules
  
  * 90 minutes.
  * 2 halves of extra-time if necessary.
  * Penalty shootout if scores still level.
  * Seven named substitutes.
  * Maximum of 3 substitutions.
  