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The Japanese Super Cup or is an annual one-match football (soccer)

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

competition in Japan organised by J. League

J. League

The or is the top division of and is the top professional association football league in Japan. It is one of the most successful leagues in Asian club football and the only league given top class 'A' ranking by the AFC. Currently, J. League Division 1 is the first level of the Japanese...

and the Japan Football Association

Japan Football Association

The Japan Football Association, sometimes known as the Japan Soccer Association , is the governing body responsible for the administration of association football in Japan. It is responsible for the national team as well as club competitions....

(JFA). This competition serves as the season opener and is played between the J. League Champions and the Emperor's Cup

Emperor's Cup

, commonly known as or , is a Japanese association football competition. It has the longest tradition of any football tournament in Japan, dating back to 1921, before the formation of the J. League, Japan Football League and their predecessor, Japan Soccer League...

Winners of the previous season. Fuji Xerox

Fuji Xerox

is a joint venture partnership between the Japanese photographic firm Fuji Photo Film Co. and the American document management company Xerox to develop, produce and sell xerographic and document-related products and services in the Asia-Pacific region...

have sponsored the competition since its inception in 1994.
The match usually played around late February each year.

Paticipating clubs

Under the normal circumstances, following clubs participate:

Defending J. League champions
Defending Emperor's Cup winners

However, if one club wins both the J. League Championship and the Emperor's Cup

The Double

The Double is a term in association football which refers to winning a country's top tier division and its primary cup competition in the same season...

, the J. League runners-up will participate. (Note: Until the 2009 season, Emperor's Cup runners-up participated. )

Competition format

One 90-minute game
If tied, penalties decide the winner (No extra time is played)

Venues

Kasumigaoka National Stadium
Olympic Stadium (Tokyo)
or National Stadium is a stadium in Kasumigaoka, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan that served as the main stadium for the 1964 Summer Olympics. It currently serves as the stadium where the Japan national football teams home matches and major football club cup finals are held.-History:The stadium was...

(1994–2004, 2006–2010)
International Stadium Yokohama
Nissan Stadium
The is a sports venue in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.The Yokohama City Office planned multi purpose about the rest place for flood by the Tsurumi River, which included the construction of the main stadium of major sport events - the 53rd National Sports Festival of Japan in Kanagawa...

(2005, 2011–)

Results

Year	Score	Emperor's Cup Winners
1994	2–1
1995	2–2 (4–2)
1996	0–2
1997	3–2
1998	1–2
1999	2–1	^†
2000	1–1 (3–2)
2001	0–3	^‡
2002	1–1 (4–5)
2003	3–0
2004	1–1 (2–4)
2005	2–2 (4–5)
2006	1–3
2007	0–4	^‡
2008	2–2 (3–4)	^‡
2009	3–0
2010	1–1 (5–3)
2011	1–1 (3–1)

^† Since the Emperor's Cup

Emperor's Cup

winners, , had been disbanded, the runners-up, , qualified for the competition.
^‡ The same club had won both the J. League and the Emperor's Cup in the previous year; therefore, the runners-up of the Cup qualified for the competition.

Previous Super Cup

The Japanese Super Cup was also played during the Japan Soccer League

Japan Soccer League

, or JSL, was the top flight soccer league in Japan between 1965 and 1992, and was the precursor to the current professional league, the J. League. JSL was the second national league of a team sport in Japan after the professional Japanese Baseball League that was founded in 1936...

(JSL) era from 1977 to 1984. However, it was never established as an independent competition as the second competition in 1978 was already served as a mere opening league match of the JSL. This previous Super Cup competition was taken less seriously than the current competition and made dormant after 8 years. All matches were held in the National Stadium in Tokyo except for the 1978 and 1980 matches, both held in Osaka.

Year	JSL Champions	Score	Emperor's Cup Winners
1977	Furukawa Electric JEF United Ichihara Chiba is a Japanese professional football club that plays in J. League Division 2. On February 1, 2005, the club changed its name from JEF United Ichihara to the current name after Chiba city had joined Ichihara, Chiba as its hometown in 2003. The club name, JEF -taken from JR East and Furukawa Electric-...	3–2	Yanmar Diesel Cerezo Osaka is a J. League Division 1 association football team. The team name Cerezo means cherry tree in Spanish, which is also the flower of Ōsaka city.... ^†
1978	Fujita Industries Shonan Bellmare are a Japanese professional football club, currently playing in the J. League Division 2. The team is located in Hiratsuka, in the west of Kanagawa Prefecture; their home stadium is Hiratsuka Athletics Stadium in Hiratsuka. The name Bellmare is derived from the Latin "bellum" for "war" and "mare"...	5–1	Yanmar Diesel Cerezo Osaka is a J. League Division 1 association football team. The team name Cerezo means cherry tree in Spanish, which is also the flower of Ōsaka city.... ^†
1979	Mitsubishi Motors Urawa Red Diamonds are a professional association football club playing in Japan's football league, J. League Division 1. One of Japan and Asia's best supported teams, the club has been able to boast the highest average crowds for thirteen of the J-League's twenty season history...	0–0 (3–1)	Toyo Industries Sanfrecce Hiroshima is a Japanese association football club in the J. League Division 1.-Club name:The club name is a portmanteau of the Japanese numeral for three, San and an Italian word frecce or 'arrows'... ^†
1980	Fujita Industries Shonan Bellmare are a Japanese professional football club, currently playing in the J. League Division 2. The team is located in Hiratsuka, in the west of Kanagawa Prefecture; their home stadium is Hiratsuka Athletics Stadium in Hiratsuka. The name Bellmare is derived from the Latin "bellum" for "war" and "mare"...	1–2	Mitsubishi Motors Urawa Red Diamonds are a professional association football club playing in Japan's football league, J. League Division 1. One of Japan and Asia's best supported teams, the club has been able to boast the highest average crowds for thirteen of the J-League's twenty season history... ^†
1981	Yanmar Diesel Cerezo Osaka is a J. League Division 1 association football team. The team name Cerezo means cherry tree in Spanish, which is also the flower of Ōsaka city....	0–0 (3–2)	Mitsubishi Motors Urawa Red Diamonds are a professional association football club playing in Japan's football league, J. League Division 1. One of Japan and Asia's best supported teams, the club has been able to boast the highest average crowds for thirteen of the J-League's twenty season history...
1982	Fujita Industries Shonan Bellmare are a Japanese professional football club, currently playing in the J. League Division 2. The team is located in Hiratsuka, in the west of Kanagawa Prefecture; their home stadium is Hiratsuka Athletics Stadium in Hiratsuka. The name Bellmare is derived from the Latin "bellum" for "war" and "mare"...	2–0
1983	Mitsubishi Motors Urawa Red Diamonds are a professional association football club playing in Japan's football league, J. League Division 1. One of Japan and Asia's best supported teams, the club has been able to boast the highest average crowds for thirteen of the J-League's twenty season history...	3–0	Yamaha Motors Júbilo Iwata is a professional Japanese association football team currently playing in the J. League Division 1 . The team name Júbilo means 'joy' in Portuguese and Spanish. The team's home town is Iwata, Shizuoka prefecture and they play at Yamaha Stadium...
1984	Nissan Motors Yokohama F. Marinos is a Japanese association football team that participates in the fully professional J. League Division 1; the top Japanese professional football league. Having won the J-League title three times and finished second twice, they are one of the most successful J-League clubs. The team are based in...	0–2	Yomiuri S.C.

^† The same club had won both the JSL

Japan Soccer League

and the Emperor's Cup

Emperor's Cup

in the previous year; therefore, the runners-up of the Cup qualified for the competition.

Overall Records

Years in italic indicate Japan Soccer League seasons. Clubs in italic no longer exist.

Winners	Runners-up	Winning Years	Runners-up Years
5	4	1997, 1998, 1999, 2009, 2010	2001, 2002, 2008, 2011
4	2	1979, 1980, 1983, 2006	1981, 2007
4	1	1984, 1994, 1995, 2005	1997
3	2	2000, 2003, 2004	1983, 1998
2	2	1978, 1982	1980, 1995
2	1	2001, 2002	1999
2	1	1996, 2011	2000
1	3	2007	2006, 2009, 2010
1	2	1981	1977, 1978
1	1	2008	1979
1	0	1977
0	4		1984, 1996, 2004, 2005
0	1		1982
0	1		1994
0	1		2003

External links

Official Site (Japanese)

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