2022 Japanese Super Cup

The 2022 Japanese Super Cup (known as Fujifilm Super Cup 2022 for sponsorship reasons) was the 29th Japanese Super Cup since its reestablishment, and the 37th overall. It was held on 12 February 2022 between the 2021 J1 League champions Kawasaki Frontale, whom also the Super Cup holders, and the 2021 Emperor's Cup winners Urawa Red Diamonds at the Nissan Stadium, Yokohama, Kanagawa.[1]

2022 Japanese Super Cup
Kawasaki Frontale Urawa Red Diamonds
0 2
Date12 February 2022
VenueNissan Stadium, Yokohama
RefereeHiroki Kasahara
Attendance18,558
WeatherFine
8.5 °C (47.3 °F)
40% humidity

This was Frontale's fourth Super Cup appearance overall, all in the previous five years; they only failed to qualify in 2020 and won twice in 2019 and 2021. At the other hand, this was Urawa's tenth Super Cup appearance and their first since 2019; they previously had won four times (in 1979, 1980, 1983, and 2006).

Ataru Esaka scored in each half to won Urawa their fifth Super Cup ever, second as Urawa Red Diamonds, and the first in 16 years. Frontale lost the Super Cup match for the first time since their maiden appearance in 2018.

Match details
Kawasaki Frontale0–2Urawa Red Diamonds
JLeague.co (EN)
JLeague.jp (JA)		 Esaka 7', 81'
Attendance: 18,558
Referee: Hiroki Kasahara
Kawasaki Frontale
Urawa Red Diamonds
GK1 Jung Sung-ryong
RB13 Miki Yamane
CB5 Shogo Taniguchi (c)
CB7 Shintaro Kurumaya
LB2 Kyohei Noborizato
DM6 João Schmidt 46'
CM14 Yasuto Wakizaka 71'
CM10 Ryota Oshima 82'
RW41 Akihiro Ienaga
LW18 Chanathip Songkrasin 77'
CF9 Leandro Damião 71'
Substitutes:
GK27 Kenta Tanno
MF3 Koki Tsukagawa 82'
MF16 Tatsuki Seko 71'
MF31 Kazuya Yamamura
FW11 Yu Kobayashi 77'
FW20 Kei Chinen 71'
FW23 Marcinho 46'
Manager:
Toru Oniki
GK1 Shusaku Nishikawa (c)
RB2 Hiroki Sakai
CB4 Takuya Iwanami
CB28 Alexander Scholz
LB6 Kazuaki Mawatari
DM19 Ken Iwao
RM14 Takahiro Sekine 86'
CM22 Kai Shibato
CM3 Atsuki Ito 82'
LM15 Takahiro Akimoto 82'
CF33 Ataru Esaka 86'
Substitutes:
GK12 Zion Suzuki
DF13 Tomoya Inukai 86'
DF20 Tetsuya Chinen
DF24 Yuta Miyamoto 86'
MF25 Kaito Yasui
MF40 Yuichi Hirano 82'
FW27 Kai Matsuzaki 82'
Manager:
Ricardo Rodríguez

Assistant referees:
Isao Nishihashi
Kentaro Matsui
Fourth official:
Masuya Ueda
Video assistant referee:
Yudai Yamamoto
Assistant video assistant referee:
Haruhiro Otsuka

Match rules[2]

  • 90 minutes.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Seven named substitutes.
  • Maximum of five substitutions, and a maximum of two additional concussion substitutions.

References
  1. "Japan Professional Football League 24 December 2021". jleague.co. Japan Professional Football League. 24 December 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  2. "[公式] FUJI FILM SUPER CUP 2022：Jリーグ.jp". jleague.jp (in Japanese). Japan Professional Football League. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
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