2006 Emperor's Cup

{{Infobox football tournament season

| title = Emperor's Cup

| year = 2006

| other_title =

| image =

| imagesize =

| caption =

| country = Japan

| num_teams = 80

| champions = Urawa Red Diamonds

| count = 6

| runner-up = Gamba Osaka

| matches = 79

| goals =

| top goal scorer =

| player =

| prevseason = 2005

| nextseason = 2007

}}

The 86th Emperor's Cup had been held between September 17, 2006, and January 1, 2007. The previous season's winners Urawa Red Diamonds defended the Cup and completed the league-cup double.

Schedule

class="wikitable"
Round

!Date

!Fixture

!Clubs

!Byes/Exemptions

First roundSeptember 17 and 182040→2039: non-seeded prefectural representative clubs
1: University representative
Second roundSeptember 23 and 241420+8→148: seeded prefectural representative clubs
Third roundOctober 81414+13+1→1414: J2 clubs (13) and JFL Champions
Fourth roundNovember 4, 5 and 81614+18→1618: J1 clubs
Fifth roundDecember 9 and 16816→8
QuarterfinalsDecember 2348→4
SemifinalsDecember 2924→2
FinalJanuary 1, 200712→1

Matches

=First round=

=Second round=

=Third round=

The third round matches were held on October 8, 2006.

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
Match No.

!Home Team

!Score

!Away Team

!Attendance

35Consadole Sapporo3–1
(a.e.t.)
Nippon Steel Oita2,353
36Honda FC1–0Kochi University605
37Ehime FC2–0Biwako Seikei Sport College1,504
38Sagan Tosu4–3Ritsumeikan University1,679
39Montedio Yamagata6–2Mitsubishi Mizushima1,804
40Shonan Bellmare4–1Kansai University1,167
41Thespa Kusatsu3–0FC Gifu2,650
42Tokushima Vortis4–1Miyazaki Sangyo-keiei University831
43Yokohama FC0–1Banditonce Kobe2,011
44Tokyo Verdy 19690–1Tochigi SC3,023
45Vegalta Sendai1–0Rosso Kumamoto6,007
46Mito HollyHock0–1Shizuoka FC1,016
47Vissel Kobe2–4YKK AP FC3,551
48Kashiwa Reysol3–0Hosei University2,752

=Fourth round=

{{footballbox

|date=2006-11-04

|time=13:00

|team1=Urawa Red Diamonds

|score=5–0

|report=[http://www.jfa.or.jp/domestic/category_1/games/2006/ep_cup_2006/pdf/49.pdf Report]
{{in lang|ja}}

|team2=Shizuoka FC

|goals1=Tanaka {{goal|4}}, {{goal|57}}
Hasebe {{goal|22}}
Washington {{goal|46}}, {{goal|89}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Urawa Komaba Stadium, Saitama

|attendance=13,636

|referee=Akio Okutani}}

----

{{footballbox

|date=2006-11-04

|time=13:00

|team1=Avispa Fukuoka

|score=1 – 1 (a.e.t.)

|report=[http://www.jfa.or.jp/domestic/category_1/games/2006/ep_cup_2006/pdf/50.pdf Report]
{{in lang|ja}}

|team2=Kyoto Purple Sanga

|goals1=Roberto {{goal|98}}

|goals2=Paulinho {{goal|111}}

|stadium=Hakata no mori stadium, Fukuoka

|attendance=1,606

|referee=Toshimitsu Yoshida

|penalties1 =

|penaltyscore = 4–2

|penalties2 =

}}

----

{{footballbox

|date=2006-11-05

|time=13:00

|team1=Omiya Ardija

|score=2–1

|report=[http://www.jfa.or.jp/domestic/category_1/games/2006/ep_cup_2006/pdf/51.pdf Report]
{{in lang|ja}}

|team2=YKK AP FC

|goals1=Hashimoto {{goal|41}}
Wakabayashi {{goal|81}}

|goals2=Kishida {{goal|61}}

|stadium=Yabase Athletic Stadium, Akita

|attendance=2,074

|referee=Masayoshi Okada}}

----

{{footballbox

|date=2006-11-04

|time=13:00

|team1=Júbilo Iwata

|score=1 – 1 (a.e.t.)

|report=[http://www.jfa.or.jp/domestic/category_1/games/2006/ep_cup_2006/pdf/52.pdf Report]
{{in lang|ja}}

|team2=Kashiwa Reysol

|goals1=Maeda {{goal|9}}

|goals2=Doumbia Seydou {{goal|56}}

|stadium=Yamaha Stadium, Iwata

|attendance=5,557

|referee=Kenji Ogiya

|penalties1 =

|penaltyscore = 9–8

|penalties2 =

}}

----

{{footballbox

|date=2006-11-08

|time=13:00

|team1=Kashima Antlers

|score=4–0

|report=[http://www.jfa.or.jp/domestic/category_1/games/2006/ep_cup_2006/pdf/53.pdf Report]
{{in lang|ja}}

|team2=Honda FC

|goals1=Own goal {{goal|12}}
Fukai {{goal|15}}
Tashiro {{goal|19}}
Iwamasa {{goal|60}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Kashima Soccer Stadium, Kashima

|attendance=1,824

|referee=Minoru Tojo}}

----

{{footballbox

|date=2006-11-05

|time=13:00

|team1=Nagoya Grampus Eight

|score=1–0

|report=[http://www.jfa.or.jp/domestic/category_1/games/2006/ep_cup_2006/pdf/54.pdf Report]
{{in lang|ja}}

|team2=Vegalta Sendai

|goals1=Johnsen {{goal|32}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Mizuho Athletic Stadium, Nagoya

|attendance=3,906

|referee=Hirofumi Yamanishi}}

----

{{footballbox

|date=2006-11-05

|time=13:00

|team1=Shimizu S-Pulse

|score=6–4

|report=[http://www.jfa.or.jp/domestic/category_1/games/2006/ep_cup_2006/pdf/55.pdf Report]
{{in lang|ja}}

|team2=Tochigi SC

|goals1=Yajima {{goal|59}}, {{goal|73}}
Fujimoto {{goal|68}}, {{goal|84}}
Marquinhos {{goal|72}}, {{goal|88}}

|goals2=Tadaki {{goal|75}}
Yoshida {{goal|80}}
Kayashima {{goal|87}}
Nagai {{goal|89}}

|stadium=Nihondaira Sports Stadium, Shizuoka

|attendance=5,261

|referee=Kazuhisa Osada}}

----

{{footballbox

|date=2006-11-05

|time=13:00

|team1=FC Tokyo

|score=7–0

|report=[http://www.jfa.or.jp/domestic/category_1/games/2006/ep_cup_2006/pdf/56.pdf Report]
{{in lang|ja}}

|team2=Banditonce Kobe

|goals1=Masujima {{goal|17}}
Lucas {{goal|33}}, {{goal|85}}
Baba {{goal|43}}, {{goal|50}}
Suzuki {{goal|62}}, {{goal|70}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Ajinomoto Stadium, Chōfu

|attendance=6,397

|referee=Hiroyoshi Takayama}}

----

{{footballbox

|date=2006-11-04

|time=13:00

|team1=Gamba Osaka

|score=2–1

|report=[http://www.jfa.or.jp/domestic/category_1/games/2006/ep_cup_2006/pdf/57.pdf Report]
{{in lang|ja}}

|team2=Shonan Bellmare

|goals1=Futagawa {{goal|44}}
Ienaga {{goal|79}}

|goals2=Ishihara {{goal|32}}

|stadium=Osaka Expo '70 Stadium, Suita

|attendance=3,454

|referee=Shinji Murakami}}

----

{{footballbox

|date=2006-11-04

|time=13:00

|team1=Sanfrecce Hiroshima

|score=3–0

|report=[http://www.jfa.or.jp/domestic/category_1/games/2006/ep_cup_2006/pdf/58.pdf Report]
{{in lang|ja}}

|team2=Cerezo Osaka

|goals1=Komano {{goal|62}}
Sato {{goal|63}}
Aoyama {{goal|87}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Bird Stadium, Tottori

|attendance=4,286

|referee=Yoshitsugu Katayama}}

----

{{footballbox

|date=2006-11-05

|time=13:00

|team1=Oita Trinita

|score=4–1

|report=[http://www.jfa.or.jp/domestic/category_1/games/2006/ep_cup_2006/pdf/59.pdf Report]
{{in lang|ja}}

|team2=Thespa Kusatsu

|goals1=Takahashi {{goal|9}}, {{goal|44}}, {{goal|58}}
Miki {{goal|18}}

|goals2=Saito {{goal|67}}

|stadium=Kyushu Oil Dome, Ōita

|attendance=5,515

|referee=Joji Kashihara}}

----

{{footballbox

|date=2006-11-05

|time=13:00

|team1=Yokohama F. Marinos

|score=1 – 0 (a.e.t.)

|report=[http://www.jfa.or.jp/domestic/category_1/games/2006/ep_cup_2006/pdf/60.pdf Report]
{{in lang|ja}}

|team2=Ehime FC

|goals1=Marques {{goal|104}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Mitsuzawa Stadium, Yokohama

|attendance=5,791

|referee=Keiichi Sunagawa}}

----

{{footballbox

|date=2006-11-04

|time=13:00

|team1=Kawasaki Frontale

|score=3–0

|report=[http://www.jfa.or.jp/domestic/category_1/games/2006/ep_cup_2006/pdf/61.pdf Report]
{{in lang|ja}}

|team2=Sagan Tosu

|goals1=Nakamura {{goal|77}}
Chong {{goal|80}}
Juninho {{goal|89}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Todoroki Athletics Stadium, Kawasaki

|attendance=5,026

|referee=Hajime Matsuo}}

----

{{footballbox

|date=2006-11-05

|time=13:00

|team1=Ventforet Kofu

|score=3–2

|report=[http://www.jfa.or.jp/domestic/category_1/games/2006/ep_cup_2006/pdf/62.pdf Report]
{{in lang|ja}}

|team2=Montedio Yamagata

|goals1=Biju {{goal|40}}
Sudo {{goal|63}}, {{goal|83}}

|goals2=Miyazawa {{goal|21}}
Leandro {{goal|55}}

|stadium=Kose Sports Stadium, Kōfu

|attendance=4,344

|referee=Tsutomu Anazawa}}

----

{{footballbox

|date=2006-11-08

|time=19:00

|team1=JEF United Ichihara Chiba

|score=0–1

|report=[http://www.jfa.or.jp/domestic/category_1/games/2006/ep_cup_2006/pdf/63.pdf Report]
{{in lang|ja}}

|team2=Consadole Sapporo

|goals1=

|goals2=Aikawa {{goal|66}}

|stadium=Fukuda Denshi Arena, Chiba

|attendance=4,389

|referee=Kenji Ogiya}}

----

{{footballbox

|date=2006-11-04

|time=13:00

|team1=Albirex Niigata

|score=2–0

|report=[http://www.jfa.or.jp/domestic/category_1/games/2006/ep_cup_2006/pdf/64.pdf Report]
{{in lang|ja}}

|team2=Tokushima Vortis

|goals1=Mita {{goal|46}}
Fabinho {{goal|89}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Niigata Stadium, Niigata

|attendance=12,724

|referee=Kazuhiko Matsumura}}

=Fifth round=

{{footballbox

|date=2006-12-16

|time=13:00

|team1=Urawa Red Diamonds

|score=3 – 0 (a.e.t.)

|report=[http://www.jfa.or.jp/domestic/category_1/games/2006/ep_cup_2006/pdf/65.pdf Report]
{{in lang|ja}}

|team2=Avispa Fukuoka

|goals1=Ponte {{goal|93}}
Washington {{goal|108}}
Nagai {{goal|119}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Saitama Stadium, Saitama

|attendance=17,675

|referee=Keiichi Sunagawa}}

----

{{footballbox

|date=2006-12-09

|time=13:00

|team1=Omiya Ardija

|score=0–1

|report=[http://www.jfa.or.jp/domestic/category_1/games/2006/ep_cup_2006/pdf/66.pdf Report]
{{in lang|ja}}

|team2=Júbilo Iwata

|goals1=

|goals2=Nishi {{goal|56}}

|stadium=Yamaha Stadium, Iwata

|attendance=4,328

|referee=Takuya Maeda}}

----

{{footballbox

|date=2006-12-09

|time=13:00

|team1=Kashima Antlers

|score=2–1

|report=[http://www.jfa.or.jp/domestic/category_1/games/2006/ep_cup_2006/pdf/67.pdf Report]
{{in lang|ja}}

|team2=Nagoya Grampus Eight

|goals1=Alex Mineiro {{goal|11}}
Chugo {{goal|25}}

|goals2=Johnsen {{goal|12}}

|stadium=Kashima Soccer Stadium, Kashima

|attendance=5,627

|referee=Hajime Matsuo}}

----

{{footballbox

|date=2006-12-09

|time=13:00

|team1=Shimizu S-Pulse

|score=3 – 2 (a.e.t.)

|report=[http://www.jfa.or.jp/domestic/category_1/games/2006/ep_cup_2006/pdf/68.pdf Report]
{{in lang|ja}}

|team2=FC Tokyo

|goals1=Takaki {{goal|5}}
Fujimoto {{goal|89}}
Cho {{goal|111}}

|goals2=Masujima {{goal|8}}
Kajiyama {{goal|38}}

|stadium=Momotaro Stadium, Okayama

|attendance=3,955

|referee=Tsutomu Anazawa}}

----

{{footballbox

|date=2006-12-09

|time=13:00

|team1=Gamba Osaka

|score=4 – 2 (a.e.t.)

|report=[http://www.jfa.or.jp/domestic/category_1/games/2006/ep_cup_2006/pdf/69.pdf Report]
{{in lang|ja}}

|team2=Sanfrecce Hiroshima

|goals1=Endo {{goal|69}}
Magno Alves {{goal|77}}, {{goal|112}}
Terada {{goal|110}}

|goals2=Sato {{goal|64}}
Kōji Morisaki {{goal|89}}

|stadium=Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium, Kobe

|attendance=3,625

|referee=Akio Okutani}}

----

{{footballbox

|date=2006-12-09

|time=13:00

|team1=Oita Trinita

|score=1 – 1 (a.e.t.)

|report=[http://www.jfa.or.jp/domestic/category_1/games/2006/ep_cup_2006/pdf/70.pdf Report]
{{in lang|ja}}

|team2=Yokohama F. Marinos

|goals1=Takahashi {{goal|64}}

|goals2=Sakata {{goal|15}}

|stadium=Nagasaki Sports Park Stadium, Isahaya

|attendance=8,056

|referee=Hirofumi Yamanishi

|penalties1 = Túlio {{penmiss}}
Rafael {{pengoal}}
Nemoto {{pengoal}}
Matsuhashi {{penmiss}}

|penaltyscore = 2–4

|penalties2 = {{pengoal}} Yamase
{{pengoal}} Kubo
{{pengoal}} Marques
{{penmiss}} Kano
{{pengoal}} Kawai

}}

----

{{footballbox

|date=2006-12-09

|time=13:00

|team1=Kawasaki Frontale

|score=2–5

|report=[http://www.jfa.or.jp/domestic/category_1/games/2006/ep_cup_2006/pdf/71.pdf Report]
{{in lang|ja}}

|team2=Ventforet Kofu

|goals1=Juninho {{goal|6}}
Chong {{goal|78}}

|goals2=Josimar {{goal|29}}, {{goal|67}}
Fujita {{goal|35}}
Kuranuki {{goal|63}}
Sudo {{goal|84}}

|stadium=Marugame Stadium, Marugame

|attendance=3,881

|referee=Shinji Murakami}}

----

{{footballbox

|date=2006-12-09

|time=13:00

|team1=Consadole Sapporo

|score=2 – 2 (a.e.t.)

|report=[http://www.jfa.or.jp/domestic/category_1/games/2006/ep_cup_2006/pdf/72.pdf Report]
{{in lang|ja}}

|team2=Albirex Niigata

|goals1=Sunagawa {{goal|34}}, {{goal|51}}

|goals2=Edmilson {{goal|13}}
Yano {{goal|83}}

|stadium=Fukuda Denshi Arena, Chiba

|attendance=5,235

|referee=Minoru Tojo

|penalties1 = Sunagawa {{pengoal}}
Soda {{pengoal}}
Otsuka {{pengoal}}
Nakayama {{pengoal}}
Haga {{pengoal}}
Aikawa {{pengoal}}
Wanami {{pengoal}}
Nishijima {{pengoal}}

|penaltyscore = 8–7

|penalties2 = {{pengoal}} Edmilson
{{pengoal}} Fabinho
{{pengoal}} Matsushita
{{pengoal}} Kawahara
{{pengoal}} Uchida
{{pengoal}} Chiba
{{pengoal}} Terakawa
{{penmiss}} Yano

}}

=Quarterfinals=

{{footballbox

|date=2006-12-23

|time=13:00

|team1=Urawa Red Diamonds

|score=3 – 3 (a.e.t.)

|report=[http://www.jfa.or.jp/domestic/category_1/games/2006/ep_cup_2006/pdf/73.pdf Report]
{{in lang|ja}}

|team2=Júbilo Iwata

|goals1=Nagai {{goal|54}}
Ono {{goal|63}},{{goal|80}}

|goals2=Maeda {{goal|31}}
Fukunishi {{goal|46}}
Inuzuka {{goal|81}}

|stadium=Saitama Stadium, Saitama

|attendance=27,242

|referee=Masayoshi Okada

|penalties1 = Ono {{pengoal}}
Yamada {{pengoal}}
Ponte {{pengoal}}
Sakai {{pengoal}}
Hasebe {{pengoal}}
Tsuzuki {{pengoal}}
Uchidate {{pengoal}}
Suzuki {{pengoal}}
Tsuboi {{pengoal}}
Hosogai {{pengoal}}

|penaltyscore = 10–9

|penalties2 = {{pengoal}} Maeda
{{pengoal}} Ota
{{pengoal}} Kim
{{pengoal}} Ueda
{{pengoal}} Fabrício
{{pengoal}} Funatani
{{pengoal}} Cullen
{{pengoal}} Kikuchi
{{pengoal}} Oi
{{penmiss}} Inuzuka

}}

----

{{footballbox

|date=2006-12-23

|time=15:00

|team1=Kashima Antlers

|score=3–2

|report=[http://www.jfa.or.jp/domestic/category_1/games/2006/ep_cup_2006/pdf/74.pdf Report]
{{in lang|ja}}

|team2=Shimizu S-Pulse

|goals1=Tashiro {{goal|54}}
Motoyama {{goal|79}}
Yanagisawa {{goal|88}}

|goals2=Yajima {{goal|10}},{{goal|50}}

|stadium=KKWing Stadium, Kumamoto

|attendance=5,737

|referee=Joji Kashihara}}

----

{{footballbox

|date=2006-12-23

|time=15:00

|team1=Gamba Osaka

|score=3–1

|report=[http://www.jfa.or.jp/domestic/category_1/games/2006/ep_cup_2006/pdf/75.pdf Report]
{{in lang|ja}}

|team2=Yokohama F. Marinos

|goals1=Bando {{goal|8}}
Ienaga {{goal|69}}
Magno Alves {{goal|76}}

|goals2=Sakata {{goal|2}}

|stadium=Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium, Kobe

|attendance=9,044

|referee=Yoshitsugu Katayama}}

----

{{footballbox

|date=2006-12-23

|time=13:00

|team1=Ventforet Kofu

|score=0–2

|report=[http://www.jfa.or.jp/domestic/category_1/games/2006/ep_cup_2006/pdf/76.pdf Report]
{{in lang|ja}}

|team2=Consadole Sapporo

|goals1=

|goals2=Own goal {{goal|1}}
Kaga {{goal|73}}

|stadium=Yurtec Stadium Sendai, Sendai

|attendance=5,537

|referee=Toshimitsu Yoshida}}

=Semifinals=

{{footballbox

|date=2006-12-29

|time=15:00

|team1=Urawa Red Diamonds

|score=2–1

|report=[http://www.jfa.or.jp/domestic/category_1/games/2006/ep_cup_2006/061229_2/record/77.pdf Report]
{{in lang|ja}}

|team2=Kashima Antlers

|goals1=Ono {{goal|40}}
Ponte {{goal|82}}

|goals2=Iwamasa {{goal|69}}

|stadium=National Stadium, Tokyo

|attendance=35,782

|referee=Toru Kamikawa}}

----

{{footballbox

|date=2006-12-29

|time=13:00

|team1=Gamba Osaka

|score=2–1

|report=[http://www.jfa.or.jp/domestic/category_1/games/2006/ep_cup_2006/061229_1/record/78.pdf Report]
{{in lang|ja}}

|team2=Consadole Sapporo

|goals1=Kaji {{goal|17}}
Maeda {{goal|52}}

|goals2=Aikawa {{goal|54}}

|stadium=Shizuoka Stadium, Fukuroi

|attendance=7,038

|referee=Kazuhiko Matsumura}}

=Final=

{{main|2006 Emperor's Cup Final}}

{{footballbox

|date=2007-01-01

|time=14:00

|team1=Urawa Red Diamonds

|score=1–0

|report=[http://www.jfa.or.jp/domestic/category_1/games/2006/ep_cup_2006/070101/record/79.pdf Report]
{{in lang|ja}}

|team2=Gamba Osaka

|goals1=Nagai {{goal|87}}

|goals2=

|stadium=National Stadium, Tokyo

|attendance=46,880

|referee=Yuichi Nishimura}}