2017 J.League Cup

Teams from the 2017 J1 League took part in the tournament. Teams that qualified for 2017 AFC Champions League group stage (3 or 4 teams: later confirmed as Gamba Osaka, Kashima Antlers, Kawasaki Frontale and Urawa Red Diamonds) were given byes to the quarter-finals. The remaining teams (14 or 15 teams) started from the group stage, where they were divided into two groups of 7 or 8 teams. The group winners of each group were to qualify for the quarter-finals.{{cite web|url=https://www.jleague.jp/release/post-47361/|title=２０１７ＪリーグYBCルヴァンカップ 大会方式および試合方式について|trans-title=Tournament/matches format of 2017 J.League YBC Levain Cup|publisher=J.League|date=13 December 2016|access-date=18 September 2017}} The remaining quarterfinalists (2 or 3 teams) were to be the winners of the play-off of the following two-legged ties:

• If 3 teams automatically qualified for the quarter-finals due to the participation in AFC Champions League:
• Group A runners-up v. Group B fourth place
• Group A third place v. Group B third place
• Group A fourth place v. Group B runners-up
• If 4 teams automatically qualified for the quarter-finals due to the participation in AFC Champions League:
• Group A runners-up v. Group B third place
• Group A third place v. Group B runners-up

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|team1=VEG|name_VEG=Vegalta Sendai

|team2=TOK|name_TOK=FC Tokyo

|team3=CON|name_CON=Consadole Sapporo

|team4=JÚB|name_JÚB=Júbilo Iwata

|team5=ARD|name_ARD=Omiya Ardija

|team6=REY|name_REY=Kashiwa Reysol

|team7=SSP|name_SSP=Shimizu S-Pulse

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|team3=SFR|name_SFR=Sanfrecce Hiroshima

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{{TwoLegStart}}

{{TwoLegResult|Consadole Sapporo||0–3|Cerezo Osaka||0–2|0–1}}

{{TwoLegResult|Sanfrecce Hiroshima||0–2|FC Tokyo||0–1|0–1}}

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{{TwoLegStart}}

{{TwoLegResult|Cerezo Osaka||2–2 (a)|Urawa Red Diamonds||0–0|2–2}}

{{TwoLegResult|Kawasaki Frontale||7–1|FC Tokyo||2–0|5–1}}

{{TwoLegResult|Vegalta Sendai||5–4|Kashima Antlers||3–1|2–3}}

{{TwoLegResult|Vissel Kobe||0–2|Gamba Osaka||0–0|0–2}}

|}

{{Football box collapsible

| date = {{Start date|2017|10|4|df=y}}

| time = 19:03

| team1 = Cerezo Osaka

| score = 2–2

| report =

| team2 = Gamba Osaka

| goals1 = Ricardo Santos {{goal|23}}
Kimoto {{goal|81}}

| goals2 = {{goal|16}} Akasaki
{{goal|86}} Ide

| stadium = Yanmar Stadium Nagai, Osaka

| attendance = 21,800

| referee = M. Tōjō

}}

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| date = {{Start date|2017|10|4|df=y}}

| time = 19:04

| team1 = Vegalta Sendai

| score = 3–2

| report =

| team2 = Kawasaki Frontale

| goals1 = Ishihara {{goal|24}}
Crislan {{goal|33||45+1(pen.)}}

| goals2 = {{goal|72}} Nara
{{goal|90+4}} Chinen

| stadium = Yurtec Stadium Sendai, Sendai

| attendance = 8,382

| referee = T. Okabe

}}

{{Football box collapsible

| date = {{Start date|2017|10|8|df=y}}

| time = 14:03

| team1 = Gamba Osaka

| score = 1–2

| report =

| team2 = Cerezo Osaka

| goals1 = Izumisawa {{goal|60}}

| goals2 = {{goal|15}} Kakitani
{{goal|90+5}} Kimoto

| stadium = Suita City Football Stadium, Suita

| attendance = 31,578

| referee = N. Murakami

}}

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{{Football box collapsible

| date = {{Start date|2017|10|8|df=y}}

| time = 15:04

| team1 = Kawasaki Frontale

| score = 3–1

| report =

| team2 = Vegalta Sendai

| goals1 = Miyoshi {{goal|29||49}}
Hasegawa {{goal|90}}

| goals2 = {{goal|59}} Nakano

| stadium = Todoroki Athletics Stadium, Kawasaki

| attendance = 22,385

| referee = M. Toma

}}

{{main|2017 J.League Cup Final}}

{{Football box collapsible

|date={{Start date|2017|11|4|df=y}}

|time=13:05 UCT+9

|team1=Cerezo Osaka

|goals1=Sugimoto {{goal|1}}
Souza {{goal|90+2}}

|score=2–0

|team2=Kawasaki Frontale

|stadium=Saitama Stadium 2002

|location=Saitama

|attendance=53,452

|referee=Y. Nishimura

}}

{{updated|match played 4 November 2017}}.{{Cite web|url=https://www.jleague.jp/en/stats/goal.html?s=YLC|title = Stats}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:central"
Rank !Player !Club !Goals
rowspan=1 style="text-align:center;" | 1 |{{flagicon|BRA}} Crislan |Vegalta Sendai |rowspan=1 style="text-align:center;" | 5
rowspan=3 style="text-align:center;" | 2 |{{flagicon|JPN}} Koki Ogawa |Júbilo Iwata |rowspan=3 style="text-align:center;" | 4
{{flagicon|JPN}} Junya Tanaka |Vissel Kobe
{{flagicon|BRA}} Ricardo Santos |Cerezo Osaka

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