2023 J.League Cup#Group stage

All 18 teams in the 2023 J1 League participated as well as the top two relegated teams from the 2022 season. Different from the previous editions, no teams were awarded bye or a direct qualification for the knockout stage. The change was made due to AFC Champions League's calendar shift, as it adopted the spring-autumn season format from 2023 and got rid of the year-round format, thus having the 2023–24 group stage played from September 2023.

Twenty teams played in the group stage, divided into five groups of four teams, allocated in each group by their finish on the 2022 J1 and J2 Leagues. Each group winners and the three best-placed runners-up qualified to the quarter-finals.{{cite web|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2023/01/10/soccer/j-league/jleague-format-changes/ |title=Major format changes await J. League in coming seasons|website=The Japan Times|access-date=14 January 2023|date=10 January 2023}}

This was the last edition to feature a group stage like the Scottish League Cup and Taça da Liga. From 2024, it would be held as a single knockout competition like the EFL Cup and would see all clubs from the season's J1, J2, and J3 Leagues participate, thus including the clubs from all J.League divisions for the first time since 2001.{{cite news |title=League Structure and Competition Format from 2024 Season Unify the number of clubs in each category to 20 League Cup changed to a knockout competition with participation of all J1, J2 and J3 clubs |url=https://aboutj.jleague.jp/corporate/en/release/league-structure-and-competition-format-from-2024-season-unify-the-number-of-clubs-in-each-category-to-20-league-cup-changed-to-a-knockout-competition-with-participation-of-all-j1-j2-and-j3-clubs/ |access-date=9 February 2023 |publisher=Japan Professional Football League |date=21 December 2022}}

The schedule was confirmed along with the holding method of the competition on 20 December 2022.

Each group had its matches played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. Each match lasted 90 minutes. Each team played six times, twice against each opponent at home and away.

In the group stage, teams in a group were ranked by points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If the points were tied, the following tiebreakers were applied accordingly:

1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;

If more than two teams were tied, and applying all head-to-head criteria above remains a part of teams still tied, reapply the criteria above only for the tied teams.

1. Goal difference in all group matches;
2. Goals scored in all group matches;
3. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams were tied and they met in the sixth match of the group;
4. Fewer disciplinary points;
5. Drawing of lots.

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL|section=Group A|matches_style = FBR

|source=[https://www.jleague.co/standings/levain/2023/ JLeague.co (EN)], [https://www.jleague.jp/leaguecup/2023/standings/index.html JLeague.jp (JA)]

|name_HCS=Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo|name_JBI=Júbilo Iwata|name_STO=Sagan Tosu|name_YFM=Yokohama F. Marinos

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|win_JBI=2|draw_JBI=0|loss_JBI=4|gf_JBI=8 |ga_JBI=9

|win_STO=1|draw_STO=1|loss_STO=4|gf_STO=4 |ga_STO=15

|win_YFM=5|draw_YFM=0|loss_YFM=1|gf_YFM=14|ga_YFM=5

|only_pld_pts=no |show_matches=no

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{{Football box collapsible

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|time = 19:03

|team1 = Yokohama F. Marinos

|score = 1–0

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[https://www.jleague.jp/match/leaguecup/2023/030801/live/ JLeague.jp (JA)]

|team2 = Júbilo Iwata

|goals1 = Suzuki {{goal|49|o.g.}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Nippatsu Mitsuzawa Stadium

|location = Yokohama

|attendance = 7,077

|referee = Yoshiro Imamura

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|date = {{Start date|2023|03|08|df=y}}

|time = 19:04

|team1 = Sagan Tosu

|score = 0–0

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[https://www.jleague.jp/match/leaguecup/2023/030802/live/ JLeague.jp (JA)]

|team2 = Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Ekimae Real Estate Stadium

|location = Tosu

|attendance = 4,002

|referee = Jumpei Iida

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|date = {{Start date|2023|03|25|df=y}}

|time = 14:03

|team1 = Júbilo Iwata

|score = 2–3

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[https://www.jleague.jp/match/leaguecup/2023/032501/live/ JLeague.jp (JA)]

|team2 = Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo

|goals1 =

• Fujiwara {{goal|67}}
• Ogawa {{goal|73}}

|goals2 =

• Tanaka {{goal|50}}
• Kaneko {{goal|56}}
• Tučić {{goal|90+8}}

|stadium = Yamaha Stadium

|location = Iwata

|attendance = 4,658

|referee = Shu Kawamata

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|date = {{Start date|2023|03|26|df=y}}

|time = 15:04

|team1 = Sagan Tosu

|score = 0–2

|report = [https://www.jleague.co/match/ync/2023032601/ JLeague.co (EN)]
[https://www.jleague.jp/match/leaguecup/2023/032601/live/ JLeague.jp (JA)]

|team2 = Yokohama F. Marinos

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

• Uenaka {{goal|79}}
• Yoshio {{goal|86}}

|stadium = Ekimae Real Estate Stadium

|location = Tosu

|attendance = 6,615

|referee = Yuichi Nishimura

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|date = {{Start date|2023|04|05|df=y}}

|time = 19:03

|team1 = Yokohama F. Marinos

|score = 2–1

|report = [https://www.jleague.co/match/ync/2023040501/ JLeague.co (EN)]
[https://www.jleague.jp/match/leaguecup/2023/040501/live/ JLeague.jp (JA)]

|team2 = Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo

|goals1 =

• Marcos Júnior {{goal|10}}
• Nishi {{goal|26|o.g.}}

|goals2 = Nakashima {{goal|6}}

|stadium = Nippatsu Mitsuzawa Stadium

|location = Yokohama

|attendance = 6,269

|referee = Takuto Okabe

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|date = {{Start date|2023|04|05|df=y}}

|time = 19:03

|team1 = Júbilo Iwata

|score = 1–2

|report = [https://www.jleague.co/match/ync/2023040502/ JLeague.co (EN)]
[https://www.jleague.jp/match/leaguecup/2023/040502/live/ JLeague.jp (JA)]

|team2 = Sagan Tosu

|goals1 = Ogawa {{goal|81}}

|goals2 =

• Akumu {{goal|6}}
• Kabayama {{goal|86}}

|stadium = Yamaha Stadium

|location = Iwata

|attendance = 2,769

|referee = Hiroyuki Kimura

}}

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|date = {{Start date|2023|04|19|df=y}}

|time = 19:03

|team1 = Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo

|score = 4–1

|report = [https://www.jleague.co/match/ync/2023041901/ JLeague.co (EN)]
[https://www.jleague.jp/match/leaguecup/2023/041901/live/ JLeague.jp (JA)]

|team2 = Sagan Tosu

|goals1 =

• Supachok {{goal|8||53}}
• Suga {{goal|57}}
• Tučić {{goal|83}}

|goals2 = Ono {{goal|23}}

|stadium = Sapporo Dome

|location = Sapporo

|attendance = 4,439

|referee = Futoshi Nakamura

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|date = {{Start date|2023|04|19|df=y}}

|time = 19:03

|team1 = Júbilo Iwata

|score = 0–1

|report = [https://www.jleague.co/match/ync/2023041902/ JLeague.co (EN)]
[https://www.jleague.jp/match/leaguecup/2023/041902/live/ JLeague.jp (JA)]

|team2 = Yokohama F. Marinos

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Yan {{goal|7}}

|stadium = Yamaha Stadium

|location = Iwata

|attendance = 3,526

|referee = Koei Koya

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|date = {{Start date|2023|05|24|df=y}}

|time = 19:03

|team1 = Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo

|score = 3–2

|report = [https://www.jleague.co/match/ync/2023052401/ JLeague.co (EN)]
[https://www.jleague.jp/match/leaguecup/2023/052401/live/ JLeague.jp (JA)]

|team2 = Yokohama F. Marinos

|goals1 =

• Fernandes {{goal|57}}
• Tučić {{goal|65}}
• Aoki {{goal|84}}

|goals2 =

• Matsubara {{goal|49}}
• Sakakibara {{goal|76}}

|stadium = Sapporo Dome

|location = Sapporo

|attendance = 5,923

|referee = Ryo Tanimoto

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|date = {{Start date|2023|05|24|df=y}}

|time = 19:04

|team1 = Sagan Tosu

|score = 0–2

|report = [https://www.jleague.co/match/ync/2023052402/ JLeague.co (EN)]
[https://www.jleague.jp/match/leaguecup/2023/052402/live/ JLeague.jp (JA)]

|team2 = Júbilo Iwata

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

• González {{goal|32}}
• Kaneko {{goal|76}}

|stadium = Ekimae Real Estate Stadium

|location = Tosu

|attendance = 3,753

|referee = Hajime Matsuo

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|date = {{Start date|2023|06|18|df=y}}

|time = 18:03

|team1 = Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo

|score = 2–3

|report = [https://www.jleague.co/match/ync/2023061801/ JLeague.co (EN)]
[https://www.jleague.jp/match/leaguecup/2023/061801/live/ JLeague.jp (JA)]

|team2 = Júbilo Iwata

|goals1 =

• Fernandes {{goal|2}}
• Fukai {{goal|73}}

|goals2 =

• Yamamoto {{goal|73}}
• Nakagawa {{goal|73}}
• Furukawa {{goal|73}}

|stadium = Sapporo Dome

|location = Sapporo

|attendance = 10,146

|referee = Hayato Shimizu

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|date = {{Start date|2023|06|18|df=y}}

|time = 18:03

|team1 = Yokohama F. Marinos

|score = 6–1

|report = [https://www.jleague.co/match/ync/2023061802/ JLeague.co (EN)]
[https://www.jleague.jp/match/leaguecup/2023/061802/live/ JLeague.jp (JA)]

|team2 = Sagan Tosu

|goals1 =

• Nishimura {{goal|24|pen.|49}}
• Miyaichi {{goal|67}}
• Uenaka {{goal|68||89}}
• Yoshio {{goal|72}}

|goals2 = Suzuki {{goal|90+3}}

|stadium = Nippatsu Mitsuzawa Stadium

|location = Yokohama

|attendance = 6,939

|referee = Koji Takasaki

}}

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL|section=Group B|matches_style = FBR

|source=[https://www.jleague.co/standings/levain/2023/ JLeague.co (EN)], [https://www.jleague.jp/leaguecup/2023/standings/index.html JLeague.jp (JA)]

|name_KWF=Kawasaki Frontale|name_SSP=Shimizu S-Pulse|name_SBE=Shonan Bellmare|name_URD=Urawa Red Diamonds

|update=complete

|team_order=URD, SSP, KWF, SBE|hth_URD=Head-to-head points: Urawa Red Diamonds 6, Shimizu S-Pulse 5, Kawasaki Frontale 4.|hth_SSP=URD|hth_KWF=URD

|win_URD=1|draw_URD=5|loss_URD=0|gf_URD=5 |ga_URD=4

|win_SSP=2|draw_SSP=2|loss_SSP=2|gf_SSP=8 |ga_SSP=15

|win_SBE=1|draw_SBE=3|loss_SBE=2|gf_SBE=8 |ga_SBE=7

|win_KWF=2|draw_KWF=2|loss_KWF=2|gf_KWF=12|ga_KWF=7

|only_pld_pts=no |show_matches=no

|res_col_header=Q|result1=A|col_A=green1|text_A=Advance to knockout stage|class_rules=Tiebreakers

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|date = {{Start date|2023|03|08|df=y}}

|time = 19:03

|team1 = Shonan Bellmare

|score = 0–0

|report = [https://www.jleague.co/match/ync/2023030803/ JLeague.co (EN)]
[https://www.jleague.jp/match/leaguecup/2023/030803/live/ JLeague.jp (JA)]

|team2 = Urawa Red Diamonds

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Lemon Gas Stadium Hiratsuka

|location = Hiratsuka

|attendance = 8,856

|referee = Futoshi Nakamura

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|date = {{Start date|2023|03|08|df=y}}

|time = 19:03

|team1 = Shimizu S-Pulse

|score = 3–2

|report = [https://www.jleague.co/match/ync/2023030804/ JLeague.co (EN)]
[https://www.jleague.jp/match/leaguecup/2023/030804/live/ JLeague.jp (JA)]

|team2 = Kawasaki Frontale

|goals1 =

• Oh Se-hun {{goal|6}}
• Shirasaki {{goal|7}}
• Nakayama {{goal|70}}

|goals2 =

• Chanathip {{goal|67}}
• Miyashiro {{goal|82|pen.}}

|stadium = IAI Stadium Nihondaira

|location = Shizuoka

|attendance = 6,900

|referee = Shu Kawamata

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|date = {{Start date|2023|03|26|df=y}}

|time = 15:03

|team1 = Urawa Red Diamonds

|score = 1–1

|report = [https://www.jleague.co/match/ync/2023032602/ JLeague.co (EN)]
[https://www.jleague.jp/match/leaguecup/2023/032602/live/ JLeague.jp (JA)]

|team2 = Shimizu S-Pulse

|goals1 = Linssen {{goal|38}}

|goals2 = Kololli {{goal|71}}

|stadium = Urawa Komaba Stadium

|location = Saitama

|attendance = 10,125

|referee = Koei Koya

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|date = {{Start date|2023|03|26|df=y}}

|time = 15:03

|team1 = Kawasaki Frontale

|score = 0–0

|report = [https://www.jleague.co/match/ync/2023032603/ JLeague.co (EN)]
[https://www.jleague.jp/match/leaguecup/2023/032603/live/ JLeague.jp (JA)]

|team2 = Shonan Bellmare

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium

|location = Kawasaki

|attendance = 14,967

|referee = Thomas Bramall

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|date = {{Start date|2023|04|05|df=y}}

|time = 19:03

|team1 = Kawasaki Frontale

|score = 0–0

|report = [https://www.jleague.co/match/ync/2023040503/ JLeague.co (EN)]
[https://www.jleague.jp/match/leaguecup/2023/040503/live/ JLeague.jp (JA)]

|team2 = Urawa Red Diamonds

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium

|location = Kawasaki

|attendance = 18,332

|referee = Shu Kawamata

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|date = {{Start date|2023|04|05|df=y}}

|time = 19:03

|team1 = Shonan Bellmare

|score = 3–0

|report = [https://www.jleague.co/match/ync/2023040504/ JLeague.co (EN)]
[https://www.jleague.jp/match/leaguecup/2023/040504/live/ JLeague.jp (JA)]

|team2 = Shimizu S-Pulse

|goals1 =

• Suzuki {{goal|21}}
• Yamada {{goal|40||51}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Lemon Gas Stadium Hiratsuka

|location = Hiratsuka

|attendance = 7,204

|referee = Takafumi Mikuriya

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|date = {{Start date|2023|04|19|df=y}}

|time = 19:03

|team1 = Kawasaki Frontale

|score = 6–0

|report = [https://www.jleague.co/match/ync/2023041903/ JLeague.co (EN)]
[https://www.jleague.jp/match/leaguecup/2023/041903/live/ JLeague.jp (JA)]

|team2 = Shimizu S-Pulse

|goals1 =

• Tono {{goal|13||16}}
• Kurumaya {{goal|58}}
• Seko {{goal|69}}
• Wakizaka {{goal|84||89}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium

|location = Kawasaki

|attendance = 15,081

|referee = Keigo Sendachi

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|date = {{Start date|2023|04|19|df=y}}

|time = 19:33

|team1 = Urawa Red Diamonds

|score = 1–1

|report = [https://www.jleague.co/match/ync/2023041904/ JLeague.co (EN)]
[https://www.jleague.jp/match/leaguecup/2023/041904/live/ JLeague.jp (JA)]

|team2 = Shonan Bellmare

|goals1 = Hayakawa {{goal|43}}

|goals2 = Yamada {{goal|3}}

|stadium = Saitama Stadium 2002

|location = Saitama

|attendance = 11,222

|referee = Hiroki Kasahara

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|date = {{Start date|2023|05|24|df=y}}

|time = 19:03

|team1 = Shimizu S-Pulse

|score = 3–2

|report = [https://www.jleague.co/match/ync/2023052403/ JLeague.co (EN)]
[https://www.jleague.jp/match/leaguecup/2023/052403/live/ JLeague.jp (JA)]

|team2 = Shonan Bellmare

|goals1 =

• Kishimoto {{goal|28}}
• Kololli {{goal|42}}
• Thiago Santana {{goal|81}}

|goals2 =

• Suzuki {{goal|64}}
• Hiraoka {{goal|67}}

|stadium = IAI Stadium Nihondaira

|location = Shizuoka

|attendance = 4,574

|referee = Koji Takasaki

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|date = {{Start date|2023|05|24|df=y}}

|time = 19:33

|team1 = Urawa Red Diamonds

|score = 2–1

|report = [https://www.jleague.co/match/ync/2023052404/ JLeague.co (EN)]
[https://www.jleague.jp/match/leaguecup/2023/052404/live/ JLeague.jp (JA)]

|team2 = Kawasaki Frontale

|goals1 =

• Kanté {{goal|51}}
• Schmidt {{goal|89|o.g.}}

|goals2 = Segawa {{goal|3}}

|stadium = Saitama Stadium 2002

|location = Saitama

|attendance = 12,366

|referee = Yoshimi Yamashita

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|date = {{Start date|2023|06|18|df=y}}

|time = 18:03

|team1 = Shonan Bellmare

|score = 2–3

|report = [https://www.jleague.co/match/ync/2023061803/ JLeague.co (EN)]
[https://www.jleague.jp/match/leaguecup/2023/061803/live/ JLeague.jp (JA)]

|team2 = Kawasaki Frontale

|goals1 = Ohashi {{goal|6||59}}

|goals2 =

• Seko {{goal|73}}
• Yamada {{goal|88}}
• Tono {{goal|90+4}}

|stadium = Lemon Gas Stadium Hiratsuka

|location = Hiratsuka

|attendance = 10,374

|referee = Koei Koya

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|date = {{Start date|2023|06|18|df=y}}

|time = 18:03

|team1 = Shimizu S-Pulse

|score = 1–1

|report = [https://www.jleague.co/match/ync/2023061804/ JLeague.co (EN)]
[https://www.jleague.jp/match/leaguecup/2023/061804/live/ JLeague.jp (JA)]

|team2 = Urawa Red Diamonds

|goals1 = Kitagawa {{goal|33}}

|goals2 = Akimoto {{goal|49}}

|stadium = IAI Stadium Nihondaira

|location = Shizuoka

|attendance = 10,229

|referee = Koichiro Fukushima

}}

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL|section=Group C|matches_style = FBR

|source=[https://www.jleague.co/standings/levain/2023/ JLeague.co (EN)], [https://www.jleague.jp/leaguecup/2023/standings/index.html JLeague.jp (JA)]

|name_NGR=Nagoya Grampus|name_SHI=Sanfrecce Hiroshima|name_VKO=Vissel Kobe|name_YFC=Yokohama FC

|update=complete

|team_order=NGR, SHI, YFC, VKO|hth_YFC=Head-to-head points: Yokohama FC 3, Vissel Kobe 3. Head-to-head goal differences: Yokohama FC +1, Vissel Kobe –1.|hth_VKO=YFC

|win_NGR=5|draw_NGR=0|loss_NGR=1|gf_NGR=11|ga_NGR=5

|win_SHI=3|draw_SHI=0|loss_SHI=3|gf_SHI=12|ga_SHI=7

|win_VKO=2|draw_VKO=0|loss_VKO=4|gf_VKO=4 |ga_VKO=12

|win_YFC=2|draw_YFC=0|loss_YFC=4|gf_YFC=7 |ga_YFC=10

|only_pld_pts=no |show_matches=no

|res_col_header=Q|result1=A|col_A=green1|text_A=Advance to knockout stage|class_rules=Tiebreakers

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|date = {{Start date|2023|03|08|df=y}}

|time = 19:03

|team1 = Vissel Kobe

|score = 0–2

|report = [https://www.jleague.co/match/ync/2023030805/ JLeague.co (EN)]
[https://www.jleague.jp/match/leaguecup/2023/030805/live/ JLeague.jp (JA)]

|team2 = Nagoya Grampus

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Sakai {{goal|23||75}}

|stadium = Noevir Stadium Kobe

|location = Kobe

|attendance = 4,084

|referee = Yusuke Araki

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|date = {{Start date|2023|03|08|df=y}}

|time = 19:03

|team1 = Sanfrecce Hiroshima

|score = 3–1

|report = [https://www.jleague.co/match/ync/2023030806/ JLeague.co (EN)]
[https://www.jleague.jp/match/leaguecup/2023/030806/live/ JLeague.jp (JA)]

|team2 = Yokohama FC

|goals1 =

• Mitsuta {{goal|75}}
• Sasaki {{goal|80}}
• Sugita {{goal|88|o.g.}}

|goals2 = Caprini {{goal|59}}

|stadium = Edion Stadium Hiroshima

|location = Hiroshima

|attendance = 5,249

|referee = Tetsuro Yoshida

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|date = {{Start date|2023|03|26|df=y}}

|time = 14:03

|team1 = Yokohama FC

|score = 0–1

|report = [https://www.jleague.co/match/ync/2023032604/ JLeague.co (EN)]
[https://www.jleague.jp/match/leaguecup/2023/032604/live/ JLeague.jp (JA)]

|team2 = Vissel Kobe

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Osako {{goal|85}}

|stadium = Nippatsu Mitsuzawa Stadium

|location = Yokohama

|attendance = 3,813

|referee = Yoshiro Imamura

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|date = {{Start date|2023|03|26|df=y}}

|time = 14:03

|team1 = Sanfrecce Hiroshima

|score = 1–2

|report = [https://www.jleague.co/match/ync/2023032605/ JLeague.co (EN)]
[https://www.jleague.jp/match/leaguecup/2023/032605/live/ JLeague.jp (JA)]

|team2 = Nagoya Grampus

|goals1 = Kawamura {{goal|29}}

|goals2 =

• Morishita {{goal|61}}
• Nagai {{goal|63}}

|stadium = Edion Stadium Hiroshima

|location = Hiroshima

|attendance = 8,807

|referee = Hiroyuki Kimura

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|date = {{Start date|2023|04|05|df=y}}

|time = 19:03

|team1 = Vissel Kobe

|score = 0–5

|report = [https://www.jleague.co/match/ync/2023040505/ JLeague.co (EN)]
[https://www.jleague.jp/match/leaguecup/2023/040505/live/ JLeague.jp (JA)]

|team2 = Sanfrecce Hiroshima

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

• Sasaki {{goal|31}}
• Mitsuta {{goal|53||70}}
• Kawamura {{goal|60}}
• Yamasaki {{goal|87}}

|stadium = Noevir Stadium Kobe

|location = Kobe

|attendance = 4,434

|referee = Koei Koya

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|date = {{Start date|2023|04|05|df=y}}

|time = 19:33

|team1 = Nagoya Grampus

|score = 3–2

|report = [https://www.jleague.co/match/ync/2023040506/ JLeague.co (EN)]
[https://www.jleague.jp/match/leaguecup/2023/040506/live/ JLeague.jp (JA)]

|team2 = Yokohama FC

|goals1 =

• Sakai {{goal|45+1||90}}
• Nagai {{goal|78}}

|goals2 =

• Nakamura {{goal|28}}
• Ito {{goal|42}}

|stadium = Toyota Stadium

|location = Nagoya

|attendance = 6,465

|referee = Atsushi Kamimura

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|date = {{Start date|2023|04|19|df=y}}

|time = 19:03

|team1 = Yokohama FC

|score = 0–2

|report = [https://www.jleague.co/match/ync/2023041905/ JLeague.co (EN)]
[https://www.jleague.jp/match/leaguecup/2023/041905/live/ JLeague.jp (JA)]

|team2 = Nagoya Grampus

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Kida {{goal|41||52}}

|stadium = Nippatsu Mitsuzawa Stadium

|location = Yokohama

|attendance = 2,818

|referee = Akihiko Ikeuchi

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|date = {{Start date|2023|04|19|df=y}}

|time = 19:03

|team1 = Sanfrecce Hiroshima

|score = 2–1

|report = [https://www.jleague.co/match/ync/2023041906/ JLeague.co (EN)]
[https://www.jleague.jp/match/leaguecup/2023/041906/live/ JLeague.jp (JA)]

|team2 = Vissel Kobe

|goals1 =

• Sasaki {{goal|73}}
• Nakano {{goal|82}}

|goals2 = Lincoln {{goal|69|pen.}}

|stadium = Edion Stadium Hiroshima

|location = Hiroshima

|attendance = 5,877

|referee = Jumpei Iida

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|date = {{Start date|2023|05|24|df=y}}

|time = 19:03

|team1 = Yokohama FC

|score = 1–0

|report = [https://www.jleague.co/match/ync/2023052405/ JLeague.co (EN)]
[https://www.jleague.jp/match/leaguecup/2023/052405/live/ JLeague.jp (JA)]

|team2 = Sanfrecce Hiroshima

|goals1 = Lara {{goal|29}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Nippatsu Mitsuzawa Stadium

|location = Yokohama

|attendance = 2,754

|referee = Hiroyuki Kimura

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|date = {{Start date|2023|05|24|df=y}}

|time = 19:33

|team1 = Nagoya Grampus

|score = 0–1

|report = [https://www.jleague.co/match/ync/2023052406/ JLeague.co (EN)]
[https://www.jleague.jp/match/leaguecup/2023/052406/live/ JLeague.jp (JA)]

|team2 = Vissel Kobe

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Lincoln {{goal|64}}

|stadium = Toyota Stadium

|location = Nagoya

|attendance = 6,266

|referee = Masuya Ueda

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|date = {{Start date|2023|06|18|df=y}}

|time = 18:03

|team1 = Nagoya Grampus

|score = 2–1

|report = [https://www.jleague.co/match/ync/2023061805/ JLeague.co (EN)]
[https://www.jleague.jp/match/leaguecup/2023/061805/live/ JLeague.jp (JA)]

|team2 = Sanfrecce Hiroshima

|goals1 =

• Izumi {{goal|37}}
• Ishida {{goal|37}}

|goals2 = Shibasaki {{goal|80}}

|stadium = Toyota Stadium

|location = Nagoya

|attendance = 7,806

|referee = Futoshi Nakamura

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|date = {{Start date|2023|06|18|df=y}}

|time = 18:03

|team1 = Vissel Kobe

|score = 1–3

|report = [https://www.jleague.co/match/ync/2023061806/ JLeague.co (EN)]
[https://www.jleague.jp/match/leaguecup/2023/061806/live/ JLeague.jp (JA)]

|team2 = Yokohama FC

|goals1 = Jean Patric {{goal|8}}

|goals2 =

• Yamashita {{goal|20||30}}
• Marcelo Ryan {{goal|73}}

|stadium = Noevir Stadium Kobe

|location = Kobe

|attendance = 5,430

|referee = Yusuke Araki

}}

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL|section=Group D|matches_style = FBR

|source=[https://www.jleague.co/standings/levain/2023/ JLeague.co (EN)], [https://www.jleague.jp/leaguecup/2023/standings/index.html JLeague.jp (JA)]

|name_ALB=Albirex Niigata|name_AVI=Avispa Fukuoka|name_ANT=Kashima Antlers|name_REY=Kashiwa Reysol

|update=complete

|team_order=AVI, ANT, ALB, REY

|win_ALB=2|draw_ALB=0|loss_ALB=4|gf_ALB=6|ga_ALB=8

|win_ANT=3|draw_ANT=1|loss_ANT=2|gf_ANT=6|ga_ANT=4

|win_AVI=4|draw_AVI=1|loss_AVI=1|gf_AVI=9|ga_AVI=6

|win_REY=1|draw_REY=2|loss_REY=3|gf_REY=7|ga_REY=10

|only_pld_pts=no |show_matches=no|status_text_X=Assured of at least second place.

|res_col_header=Q|result1=A|result2=A|col_A=green1|text_A=Advance to knockout stage|class_rules=Tiebreakers

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|date = {{Start date|2023|03|08|df=y}}

|time = 19:03

|team1 = Kashiwa Reysol

|score = 1–1

|report = [https://www.jleague.co/match/ync/2023030807/ JLeague.co (EN)]
[https://www.jleague.jp/match/leaguecup/2023/030807/live/ JLeague.jp (JA)]

|team2 = Kashima Antlers

|goals1 = Hosoya {{goal|90}}

|goals2 = Matsumura {{goal|22}}

|stadium = Sankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadium

|location = Kashiwa

|attendance = 6,674

|referee = Takuto Okabe

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|date = {{Start date|2023|03|08|df=y}}

|time = 19:03

|team1 = Avispa Fukuoka

|score = 1–0

|report = [https://www.jleague.co/match/ync/2023030808/ JLeague.co (EN)]
[https://www.jleague.jp/match/leaguecup/2023/030808/live/ JLeague.jp (JA)]

|team2 = Albirex Niigata

|goals1 = Tsuruno {{goal|59}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Best Denki Stadium

|location = Fukuoka

|attendance = 3,092

|referee = Hayato Shimizu

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|date = {{Start date|2023|03|26|df=y}}

|time = 14:03

|team1 = Albirex Niigata

|score = 1–0

|report = [https://www.jleague.co/match/ync/2023032606/ JLeague.co (EN)]
[https://www.jleague.jp/match/leaguecup/2023/032606/live/ JLeague.jp (JA)]

|team2 = Kashima Antlers

|goals1 = Akiyama {{goal|52}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Denka Big Swan Stadium

|location = Niigata

|attendance = 12,294

|referee = Yoshimi Yamashita

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|date = {{Start date|2023|03|26|df=y}}

|time = 15:03

|team1 = Avispa Fukuoka

|score = 3–3

|report = [https://www.jleague.co/match/ync/2023032607/ JLeague.co (EN)]
[https://www.jleague.jp/match/leaguecup/2023/032607/live/ JLeague.jp (JA)]

|team2 = Kashiwa Reysol

|goals1 =

• Yamagishi {{goal|29}}
• Lukian {{goal|79}}
• Yuzawa {{goal|90}}

|goals2 =

• Tsuchiya {{goal|13}}
• Grot {{goal|16||67}}

|stadium = Best Denki Stadium

|location = Fukuoka

|attendance = 3,611

|referee = Kazuyoshi Enomoto

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|date = {{Start date|2023|04|05|df=y}}

|time = 19:03

|team1 = Kashima Antlers

|score = 1–0

|report = [https://www.jleague.co/match/ync/2023040507/ JLeague.co (EN)]
[https://www.jleague.jp/match/leaguecup/2023/040507/live/ JLeague.jp (JA)]

|team2 = Avispa Fukuoka

|goals1 = Araki {{goal|32}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Kashima Soccer Stadium

|location = Kashima

|attendance = 5,571

|referee = Hayato Shimizu

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|date = {{Start date|2023|04|05|df=y}}

|time = 19:03

|team1 = Albirex Niigata

|score = 2–0

|report = [https://www.jleague.co/match/ync/2023040508/ JLeague.co (EN)]
[https://www.jleague.jp/match/leaguecup/2023/040508/live/ JLeague.jp (JA)]

|team2 = Kashiwa Reysol

|goals1 =

• Matsuda {{goal|6}}
• Komi {{goal|16}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Denka Big Swan Stadium

|location = Niigata

|attendance = 8,081

|referee = Yuichi Nishimura

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|date = {{Start date|2023|04|19|df=y}}

|time = 19:03

|team1 = Kashiwa Reysol

|score = 3–2

|report = [https://www.jleague.co/match/ync/2023041907/ JLeague.co (EN)]
[https://www.jleague.jp/match/leaguecup/2023/041907/live/ JLeague.jp (JA)]

|team2 = Albirex Niigata

|goals1 =

• Muto {{goal|17}}
• Hosoya {{goal|47}}
• Yamada {{goal|53}}

|goals2 =

• Matsuda {{goal|22}}
• Taniguchi {{goal|29}}

|stadium = Sankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadium

|location = Kashiwa

|attendance = 4,650

|referee = Shu Kawamata

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|date = {{Start date|2023|04|19|df=y}}

|time = 19:03

|team1 = Avispa Fukuoka

|score = 2–1

|report = [https://www.jleague.co/match/ync/2023041908/ JLeague.co (EN)]
[https://www.jleague.jp/match/leaguecup/2023/041908/live/ JLeague.jp (JA)]

|team2 = Kashima Antlers

|goals1 =

• Jogo {{goal|14}}
• Wellington {{goal|90+3}}

|goals2 = Arthur {{goal|31}}

|stadium = Best Denki Stadium

|location = Fukuoka

|attendance = 3,520

|referee = Masuya Ueda

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|date = {{Start date|2023|05|24|df=y}}

|time = 19:10

|team1 = Kashima Antlers

|score = 1–0

|report = [https://www.jleague.co/match/ync/2023052407/ JLeague.co (EN)]
[https://www.jleague.jp/match/leaguecup/2023/052407/live/ JLeague.jp (JA)]

|team2 = Kashiwa Reysol

|goals1 = Arthur {{goal|68}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Kashima Soccer Stadium

|location = Kashima

|attendance = 6,134

|referee = Yuichi Nishimura

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|date = {{Start date|2023|05|24|df=y}}

|time = 19:03

|team1 = Albirex Niigata

|score = 1–2

|report = [https://www.jleague.co/match/ync/2023052408/ JLeague.co (EN)]
[https://www.jleague.jp/match/leaguecup/2023/052408/live/ JLeague.jp (JA)]

|team2 = Avispa Fukuoka

|goals1 = Gustavo {{goal|4}}

|goals2 =

• Tsuruno {{goal|77}}
• Oda {{goal|86}}

|stadium = Denka Big Swan Stadium

|location = Niigata

|attendance = 7,879

|referee = Takuto Okabe

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|date = {{Start date|2023|06|18|df=y}}

|time = 18:03

|team1 = Kashima Antlers

|score = 2–0

|report = [https://www.jleague.co/match/ync/2023061807/ JLeague.co (EN)]
[https://www.jleague.jp/match/leaguecup/2023/061807/live/ JLeague.jp (JA)]

|team2 = Albirex Niigata

|goals1 =

• Nakama {{goal|3}}
• Someno {{goal|12}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Kashima Soccer Stadium

|location = Kashima

|attendance = 9,652

|referee = Akihiko Ikeuchi

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|date = {{Start date|2023|06|18|df=y}}

|time = 18:03

|team1 = Kashiwa Reysol

|score = 0–1

|report = [https://www.jleague.co/match/ync/2023061808/ JLeague.co (EN)]
[https://www.jleague.jp/match/leaguecup/2023/061808/live/ JLeague.jp (JA)]

|team2 = Avispa Fukuoka

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Wellington {{goal|12}}

|stadium = Sankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadium

|location = Kashiwa

|attendance = 4,986

|referee = Hajime Matsuo

}}

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL|section=Group E|matches_style = FBR

|source=[https://www.jleague.co/standings/levain/2023/ JLeague.co (EN)], [https://www.jleague.jp/leaguecup/2023/standings/index.html JLeague.jp (JA)]

|name_CER=Cerezo Osaka|name_GAM=Gamba Osaka|name_KSA=Kyoto Sanga|name_TOK=FC Tokyo

|update=complete

|team_order=GAM, TOK, KSA, CER|hth_TOK=Head-to-head points: Gamba Osaka 3, FC Tokyo 3. Head-to-head goal differences: Gamba Osaka +2, FC Tokyo –2.|hth_GAM=TOK

|win_CER=1|draw_CER=2|loss_CER=3|gf_CER=2|ga_CER=8

|win_GAM=3|draw_GAM=1|loss_GAM=2|gf_GAM=8|ga_GAM=4

|win_KSA=3|draw_KSA=0|loss_KSA=3|gf_KSA=9|ga_KSA=11

|win_TOK=3|draw_TOK=1|loss_TOK=2|gf_TOK=9|ga_TOK=5

|only_pld_pts=no |show_matches=no

|res_col_header=Q|result1=A|result2=A|col_A=green1|text_A=Advance to knockout stage|class_rules=Tiebreakers

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|date = {{Start date|2023|03|08|df=y}}

|time = 19:03

|team1 = Kyoto Sanga

|score = 1–3

|report = [https://www.jleague.co/match/ync/2023030809/ JLeague.co (EN)]
[https://www.jleague.jp/match/leaguecup/2023/030809/live/ JLeague.jp (JA)]

|team2 = Gamba Osaka

|goals1 = Yamasaki {{goal|34}}

|goals2 =

• Fukuda {{goal|30}}
• Dawhan {{goal|42}}
• Ishige {{goal|79}}

|stadium = Sanga Stadium by Kyocera

|location = Kameoka

|attendance = 6,598

|referee = Hirokazu Otsubo

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|date = {{Start date|2023|03|08|df=y}}

|time = 19:03

|team1 = Cerezo Osaka

|score = 1–0

|report = [https://www.jleague.co/match/ync/2023030810/ JLeague.co (EN)]
[https://www.jleague.jp/match/leaguecup/2023/030810/live/ JLeague.jp (JA)]

|team2 = FC Tokyo

|goals1 = Capixaba {{goal|86}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Yodoko Sakura Stadium

|location = Osaka

|attendance = 10,615

|referee = Akihiko Ikeuchi

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|date = {{Start date|2023|03|26|df=y}}

|time = 15:03

|team1 = FC Tokyo

|score = 5–0

|report = [https://www.jleague.co/match/ync/2023032608/ JLeague.co (EN)]
[https://www.jleague.jp/match/leaguecup/2023/032608/live/ JLeague.jp (JA)]

|team2 = Kyoto Sanga

|goals1 =

• Perotti {{goal|15||55}}
• Trevisan {{goal|25}}
• Adaílton {{goal|59}}
• Kumata {{goal|75}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Ajinomoto Stadium

|location = Tokyo

|attendance = 8,662

|referee = Takuto Okabe

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|date = {{Start date|2023|03|26|df=y}}

|time = 15:03

|team1 = Gamba Osaka

|score = 1–1

|report = [https://www.jleague.co/match/ync/2023032609/ JLeague.co (EN)]
[https://www.jleague.jp/match/leaguecup/2023/032609/live/ JLeague.jp (JA)]

|team2 = Cerezo Osaka

|goals1 = Meshino {{goal|90+1}}

|goals2 = Maikuma {{goal|52}}

|stadium = Panasonic Stadium Suita

|location = Suita

|attendance = 26,110

|referee = Hiroki Kasahara

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|date = {{Start date|2023|04|05|df=y}}

|time = 19:03

|team1 = Kyoto Sanga

|score = 4–0

|report = [https://www.jleague.co/match/ync/2023040509/ JLeague.co (EN)]
[https://www.jleague.jp/match/leaguecup/2023/040509/live/ JLeague.jp (JA)]

|team2 = Cerezo Osaka

|goals1 =

• Matsuda {{goal|6}}
• Hiraga {{goal|8}}
• Ichimi {{goal|21}}
• Yachida {{goal|52}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Sanga Stadium by Kyocera

|location = Kameoka

|attendance = 5,156

|referee = Ryo Tanimoto

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|date = {{Start date|2023|04|05|df=y}}

|time = 19:03

|team1 = Gamba Osaka

|score = 3–0

|report = [https://www.jleague.co/match/ync/2023040510/ JLeague.co (EN)]
[https://www.jleague.jp/match/leaguecup/2023/040510/live/ JLeague.jp (JA)]

|team2 = FC Tokyo

|goals1 =

• Sugiyama {{goal|43||90+1}}
• Fukuda {{goal|87}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Panasonic Stadium Suita

|location = Suita

|attendance = 6,757

|referee = Koichiro Fukushima

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|date = {{Start date|2023|04|19|df=y}}

|time = 19:03

|team1 = FC Tokyo

|score = 1–0

|report = [https://www.jleague.co/match/ync/2023041909/ JLeague.co (EN)]
[https://www.jleague.jp/match/leaguecup/2023/041909/live/ JLeague.jp (JA)]

|team2 = Gamba Osaka

|goals1 = Tsukagawa {{goal|74}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Ajinomoto Stadium

|location = Tokyo

|attendance = 8,117

|referee = Takuto Okabe

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|date = {{Start date|2023|04|19|df=y}}

|time = 19:03

|team1 = Cerezo Osaka

|score = 0–2

|report = [https://www.jleague.co/match/ync/2023041910/ JLeague.co (EN)]
[https://www.jleague.jp/match/leaguecup/2023/041910/live/ JLeague.jp (JA)]

|team2 = Kyoto Sanga

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

• Yamasaki {{goal|21}}
• Yamada {{goal|84}}

|stadium = Yodoko Sakura Stadium

|location = Osaka

|attendance = 6,717

|referee = Yudai Yamamoto

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|date = {{Start date|2023|05|24|df=y}}

|time = 19:03

|team1 = FC Tokyo

|score = 0–0

|report = [https://www.jleague.co/match/ync/2023052409/ JLeague.co (EN)]
[https://www.jleague.jp/match/leaguecup/2023/052409/live/ JLeague.jp (JA)]

|team2 = Cerezo Osaka

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Ajinomoto Stadium

|location = Tokyo

|attendance = 8,376

|referee = Shu Kawamata

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|date = {{Start date|2023|05|24|df=y}}

|time = 19:03

|team1 = Gamba Osaka

|score = 0–1

|report = [https://www.jleague.co/match/ync/2023052410/ JLeague.co (EN)]
[https://www.jleague.jp/match/leaguecup/2023/052410/live/ JLeague.jp (JA)]

|team2 = Kyoto Sanga

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Kinoshita {{goal|19|pen.}}

|stadium = Panasonic Stadium Suita

|location = Suita

|attendance = 7,804

|referee = Hiroki Kasahara

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|date = {{Start date|2023|06|18|df=y}}

|time = 18:03

|team1 = Kyoto Sanga

|score = 1–3

|report = [https://www.jleague.co/match/ync/2023061809/ JLeague.co (EN)]
[https://www.jleague.jp/match/leaguecup/2023/061809/live/ JLeague.jp (JA)]

|team2 = FC Tokyo

|goals1 = Hirato {{goal|18}}

|goals2 =

• Morishige {{goal|8}}
• Nakagawa {{goal|26}}
• Diego Oliveira {{goal|26}}

|stadium = Sanga Stadium by Kyocera

|location = Kameoka

|attendance = 6,259

|referee = Yoshiro Imamura

}}

{{Football box collapsible

|date = {{Start date|2023|06|18|df=y}}

|time = 18:03

|team1 = Cerezo Osaka

|score = 0–1

|report = [https://www.jleague.co/match/ync/2023061810/ JLeague.co (EN)]
[https://www.jleague.jp/match/leaguecup/2023/061810/live/ JLeague.jp (JA)]

|team2 = Gamba Osaka

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Handa {{goal|37}}

|stadium = Yodoko Sakura Stadium

|location = Osaka

|attendance = 18,061

|referee = Hiroyuki Kimura

}}

The three best runners-up from the five groups advanced to the knockout stage along with the five group winners.

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|source=[https://www.jleague.co/standings/levain/2023/ JLeague.co (EN)], [https://www.jleague.jp/leaguecup/2023/standings/index.html JLeague.jp (JA)]

|show_groups=yes

|group_GrA=A |name_GrA=Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo

|group_GrB=B |name_GrB=Shimizu S-Pulse

|group_GrC=C |name_GrC=Sanfrecce Hiroshima

|group_GrD=D |name_GrD=Kashima Antlers

|group_GrE=E |name_GrE=FC Tokyo

|update=complete

|win_GrA=3 |draw_GrA=1 |loss_GrA=2 |gf_GrA=13|ga_GrA=10

|win_GrB=2 |draw_GrB=2 |loss_GrB=2 |gf_GrB=8 |ga_GrB=15

|win_GrC=3 |draw_GrC=0 |loss_GrC=3 |gf_GrC=12|ga_GrC=7

|win_GrD=3 |draw_GrD=1 |loss_GrD=2 |gf_GrD=6 |ga_GrD=4

|win_GrE=3 |draw_GrE=1 |loss_GrE=2 |gf_GrE=9 |ga_GrE=5

|team_order=GrE, GrA, GrD, GrC, GrB

|col_A=green1|text_A=Advance to quarter-finals|class_rules=1) Goal difference in all group matches; 2) Goals scored in all group matches; 3) Fewer disciplinary points; 4) Drawing of lots.

|res_col_header=Q

|result1=KO |result2=KO |result3=KO

|col_KO=green1 |text_KO=Knockout stage

}}

In the knockout stage (also called the "Prime Stage" in Japan), which started with the quarter-finals, the matches were played in two legs, except for the final. The aggregate winners of each tie would qualify for the next round. Should in the second leg of either the quarter-final or semi-final the aggregate score was tied, extra-time would have been played. Should the draw stood, penalty shoot-outs would have been played to determine the tie winners. From this season on, the away goals rule would not be applied under any circumstances throughout the entire competition.

The draw to decide the match-ups was held on 3 July 2023 at 12:00 JST.{{cite web|url=https://www.jleague.jp/news/article/25470/|title=プライムステージ組み合わせ決定！[ルヴァンカップ]|trans-title=Prime stage combination decided! [Levain Cup]|access-date=3 July 2023|date=3 July 2023|language=ja|website=JLeague.jp|publisher=Japan Professional Football League}}

{{8TeamBracket-info |

| RD1=Quarter-finals

| RD1-date=

| RD1-legs=2

| RD2=Semi-finals

| RD2-legs=2

| RD2-date=

| RD3=Final

| RD3-date=

| boldwinner=yes

| aggregate=yes

| RD1-team1=Kashima Antlers | RD1-score1-1=1 | RD1-score1-2=1 | RD1-score1-agg=2

| RD1-team2=Nagoya Grampus {{aet}} | RD1-score2-1=1 | RD1-score2-2=2 | RD1-score2-agg=3

| RD1-team3=Avispa Fukuoka | RD1-score3-1=0 | RD1-score3-2=2 | RD1-score3-agg=2

| RD1-team4=FC Tokyo | RD1-score4-1=1 | RD1-score4-2=0 | RD1-score4-agg=1

| RD1-team5=Urawa Red Diamonds | RD1-score5-1=1 | RD1-score5-2=3 | RD1-score5-agg=4

| RD1-team6=Gamba Osaka | RD1-score6-1=0 | RD1-score6-2=0 | RD1-score6-agg=0

| RD1-team7=Yokohama F. Marinos | RD1-score7-1=2 | RD1-score7-2=3 | RD1-score7-agg=5

| RD1-team8=Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo | RD1-score8-1=3 | RD1-score8-2=0 | RD1-score8-agg=3

| RD2-team1=Nagoya Grampus | RD2-score1-1=0 | RD2-score1-2=0 | RD2-score1-agg=0

| RD2-team2=Avispa Fukuoka | RD2-score2-1=1 | RD2-score2-2=1 | RD2-score2-agg=2

| RD2-team3=Urawa Red Diamonds | RD2-score3-1=0 | RD2-score3-2=2 | RD2-score3-agg=2

| RD2-team4=Yokohama F. Marinos | RD2-score4-1=1 | RD2-score4-2=0 | RD2-score4-agg=1

| RD3T1-loc= 4 November – Tokyo

| RD3-team1=Avispa Fukuoka | RD3-score1=2

| RD3-team2=Urawa Red Diamonds | RD3-score2=1

}}

{{TwoLegStart}}

{{TwoLegResult|Kashima Antlers||2–3|Nagoya Grampus||1–1|1–2 {{aet}}}}

{{TwoLegResult|Avispa Fukuoka||2–1|FC Tokyo||0–1|2–0}}

{{TwoLegResult|Urawa Red Diamonds||4–0|Gamba Osaka||1–0|3–0}}

{{TwoLegResult|Yokohama F. Marinos||5–3|Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo||2–3|3–0}}

|}

{{Football box

|id = GRA v ANT

|date = {{Start date|2023|9|6|df=y}}

|time = 19:33

|team1 = Nagoya Grampus

|score = 1–1

|report = [https://www.jleague.co/match/levain/2023090601/ JLeague.co (EN)]
[https://www.jleague.jp/match/ync/2023/090601/live/ JLeague.jp (JA)]

|team2 = Kashima Antlers

|goals1 = Kubo {{goal|90+4}}

|goals2 = Matsumura {{goal|49}}

|stadium = Toyota Stadium

|location = Toyota

|attendance = 8,089

|referee = Yudai Yamamoto

}}

{{Football box

|id = ANT v GRA

|date = {{Start date|2023|9|10|df=y}}

|time = 18:03

|team1 = Kashima Antlers

|score = 1–2

|aet = yes

|report = [https://www.jleague.co/match/levain/2023091001/ JLeague.co (EN)]
[https://www.jleague.jp/match/ync/2023/091001/live/ JLeague.jp (JA)]

|team2 = Nagoya Grampus

|goals1 = Nakama {{goal|51}}

|goals2 =

• Nakashima {{goal|3}}
• Yoshida {{goal|119}}

|stadium = Kashima Soccer Stadium

|location = Kashima

|attendance = 14,310

|referee = Yuichi Nishimura

}}

Nagoya Grampus won 3–2 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|id = TOK v AVI

|date = {{Start date|2023|9|6|df=y}}

|time = 19:03

|team1 = FC Tokyo

|score = 1–0

|report = [https://www.jleague.co/match/levain/2023090602/ JLeague.co (EN)]
[https://www.jleague.jp/match/ync/2023/090602/live/ JLeague.jp (JA)]

|team2 = Avispa Fukuoka

|goals1 = Adaílton {{goal|16}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Ajinomoto Stadium

|location = Tokyo

|attendance = 5,565

|referee = Hayato Shimizu

}}

{{Football box

|id = AVI v TOK

|date = {{Start date|2023|9|10|df=y}}

|time = 19:03

|team1 = Avispa Fukuoka

|score = 2–0

|report = [https://www.jleague.co/match/levain/2023091002/ JLeague.co (EN)]
[https://www.jleague.jp/match/ync/2023/091002/live/ JLeague.jp (JA)]

|team2 = FC Tokyo

|goals1 =

• Yamagishi {{goal|38}}
• Oda {{goal|45+3}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Best Denki Stadium

|location = Fukuoka

|attendance = 8,659

|referee = Yudai Yamamoto

}}

Avispa Fukuoka won 2–1 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|id = GAM v RED

|date = {{Start date|2023|9|6|df=y}}

|time = 19:03

|team1 = Gamba Osaka

|score = 0–1

|report = [https://www.jleague.co/match/levain/2023090603/ JLeague.co (EN)]
[https://www.jleague.jp/match/ync/2023/090603/live/ JLeague.jp (JA)]

|team2 = Urawa Red Diamonds

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Schalk {{goal|46}}

|stadium = Panasonic Stadium Suita

|location = Suita

|attendance = 9,363

|referee = Takafumi Mikuriya

}}

{{Football box

|id = RED v GAM

|date = {{Start date|2023|9|10|df=y}}

|time = 19:03

|team1 = Urawa Red Diamonds

|score = 3–0

|report = [https://www.jleague.co/match/levain/2023091003/ JLeague.co (EN)]
[https://www.jleague.jp/match/ync/2023/091003/live/ JLeague.jp (JA)]

|team2 = Gamba Osaka

|goals1 =

• Linssen {{goal|8||63}}
• Schalk {{goal|86}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Saitama Stadium 2002

|location = Saitama

|attendance = 21,467

|referee = Koichiro Fukushima

}}

Urawa Red Diamonds won 4–0 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|id = CON v YFM

|date = {{Start date|2023|9|6|df=y}}

|time = 19:03

|team1 = Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo

|score = 3–2

|report = [https://www.jleague.co/match/levain/2023090604/ JLeague.co (EN)]
[https://www.jleague.jp/match/ync/2023/090604/live/ JLeague.jp (JA)]

|team2 = Yokohama F. Marinos

|goals1 =

• Okamura {{goal|27}}
• Ogashiwa {{goal|74||90+5}}

|goals2 =

• Uenaka {{goal|8}}
• Mizunuma {{goal|48}}

|stadium = Sapporo Dome

|location = Sapporo

|attendance = 7,566

|referee = Hajime Matsuo

}}

{{Football box

|id = YFM v CON

|date = {{Start date|2023|9|10|df=y}}

|time = 18:03

|team1 = Yokohama F. Marinos

|score = 3–0

|report = [https://www.jleague.co/match/levain/2023091004/ JLeague.co (EN)]
[https://www.jleague.jp/match/ync/2023/091004/live/ JLeague.jp (JA)]

|team2 = Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo

|goals1 =

• Mizunuma {{goal|32}}
• Anderson Lopes {{goal|48}}
• Nam Tae-hee {{goal|50}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Nippatsu Mitsuzawa Stadium

|location = Yokohama

|attendance = 10,423

|referee = Jumpei Iida

}}

Yokohama F. Marinos won 5–3 on aggregate.

{{TwoLegStart}}

{{TwoLegResult|Nagoya Grampus||0–2|Avispa Fukuoka||0–1|0–1}}

{{TwoLegResult|Urawa Red Diamonds||2–1|Yokohama F. Marinos||0–1|2–0}}

|}

{{Football box

|id = SF 1.1

|date = {{Start date|2023|10|11|df=y}}

|time = 19:03

|team1 = Avispa Fukuoka

|score = 1–0

|report = [https://www.jleague.co/match/levain/2023101101/ JLeague.co (EN)]
[https://www.jleague.jp/match/ync/2023/101101/live/ JLeague.jp (JA)]

|team2 = Nagoya Grampus

|goals1 = Tsuruno {{goal|45+3}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Best Denki Stadium

|location = Fukuoka

|attendance = 6,980

|referee = Jumpei Iida

}}

{{Football box

|id = SF 1.2

|date = {{Start date|2023|10|15|df=y}}

|time = 15:03

|team1 = Nagoya Grampus

|score = 0–1

|report = [https://www.jleague.co/match/levain/2023101501/ JLeague.co (EN)]
[https://www.jleague.jp/match/ync/2023/101501/live/ JLeague.jp (JA)]

|team2 = Avispa Fukuoka

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Wellington {{goal|5}}

|stadium = Toyota Stadium

|location = Toyota

|attendance = 24,876

|referee = Yoshiro Imamura

}}

Avispa Fukuoka won 2–0 on aggregate.

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{{Football box

|id = SF 2.1

|date = {{Start date|2023|10|11|df=y}}

|time = 19:03

|team1 = Yokohama F. Marinos

|score = 1–0

|report = [https://www.jleague.co/match/levain/2023101102/ JLeague.co (EN)]
[https://www.jleague.jp/match/ync/2023/101102/live/ JLeague.jp (JA)]

|team2 = Urawa Red Diamonds

|goals1 = Anderson Lopes {{goal|61|pen.}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Nissan Stadium

|location = Yokohama

|attendance = 13,337

|referee = Akihiko Ikeuchi

}}

{{Football box

|id = SF 2.2

|date = {{Start date|2023|10|15|df=y}}

|time = 17:03

|team1 = Urawa Red Diamonds

|score = 2–0

|report = [https://www.jleague.co/match/levain/2023101502/ JLeague.co (EN)]
[https://www.jleague.jp/match/ync/2023/101502/live/ JLeague.jp (JA)]

|team2 = Yokohama F. Marinos

|goals1 = Scholz {{goal|63|pen.|90+1|pen.}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Saitama Stadium 2002

|location = Saitama

|attendance = 29,504

|referee = Ryu Tanimoto

}}

Urawa Red Diamonds won 2–1 on aggregate.

{{Main|2023 J.League Cup final}}

This was Avispa's first major tournament final, while for Urawa this was their seventh J.League Cup final, winning two from the previous six. Their most recent final was in 2016, which they won.{{cite web|url=https://www.jleague.co/news/j-league-cup-semi-final-avispa-fukuoka-urawa-reds-recap-score/|title=Fukuoka, Urawa to play for J.League Cup after semi-final victories|website=JLeague.co|publisher=Japan Professional Football League|access-date=16 October 2023|date=16 October 2023|quote=Not only have Avi never played in a J.League Cup final, they've never played for any major trophy before...with Urawa on one end trying to win their first J.League Cup since 2016,...}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2023|11|4|df=y}}

|time = 13:12

|team1 = Avispa Fukuoka

|score = 2–1

|report = [https://www.jleague.co/match/levain/2023110409/ JLeague.co (EN)]
[https://www.jleague.jp/match/ync/2023/110409/live/ JLeague.jp (JA)]

|team2 = Urawa Red Diamonds

|goals1 =

• Mae {{goal|5}}
• Miya {{goal|45+4}}

|goals2 = Akimoto {{goal|67}}

|stadium = Japan National Stadium

|location = Tokyo

|attendance = 61,683

|referee = Futoshi Nakamura

}}

{{reflist}}

• [https://www.jleague.jp/leaguecup/2023/ Official website (in Japanese)]

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