2025 J.League Cup#Group 6
{{Infobox football tournament season
| title = J.League Cup
| year = 2025
| other_titles = 2025 JリーグYBCルヴァンカップ
| image =
| image_size =
| dates = 20 March – October
| country = Japan
| num_teams = 60
| winners =
| count =
| second =
| matches = 41
| goals = 94
| prev_season = 2024
| next_season = 2026
| attendance = 159,361
| scoring_leader = Marcelo Ryan
Shosei Usui
(3 goals)
| updated = 16 April 2025
| defending_champions = Nagoya Grampus
}}
The 2025 J.League Cup, known as the 2025 J.League YBC Levain Cup ({{langx|ja|2025 JリーグYBCルヴァンカップ}}) for sponsorship reasons, is the 33rd edition of J.League Cup, a Japanese association football cup competition.{{cite web |title=更新情報 |url=https://www.jleague.jp/leaguecup/2025/ |access-date=18 March 2025 |website=JLeague.jp |publisher=Japan Professional Football League}} It will be the second season all 60 J.League clubs participates in the League Cup.
Format
All clubs from the 2025 season's J1, J2, and J3 League participates. The tournament is divided into three sections each with a different format: the first round, the play-off round and the prime round.{{cite web |title=2025J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 |url=https://aboutj.jleague.jp/corporate/pressrelease/post.php?code=9a30edb5-104a-443e-a1d3-c8cde86dfa3e |access-date=18 March 2025 |website=JLeague.jp |publisher=Japan Professional Football League|date=25 November 2024}}
;First round
55 clubs took part in the first round, split into 7 groups. Four clubs will be introduced in the prime round, including: Three clubs participating in the 2024–25 AFC Champions League Elite knockout stage (Kawasaki Frontale, Yokohama F. Marinos and Vissel Kobe) and one club participating in the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup (Urawa Red Diamonds). Each group and their respective clubs participates in a single-elimination tournament, leaving seven clubs to advance to the play-off round, where they will be joined by 2024–25 AFC Champions League Two quarter-finalists Sanfrecce Hiroshima. The draw for the first round was based on rankings from the 2024 league season.
As a general rule, the lower league club played their fixture at home. In the case of clubs being in the same league, the club with the lower ranking from the 2023 season served as the home team. In the case of a draw, games go to extra time and penalties to determine a winner if necessary.
The first round groups are as follows:
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|+ Teams participating in the first round of the 2025 J.League Cup | |
colspan=1|Group | colspan=8|Teams |
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1
|Machida Zelvia {{small|(J1 3rd)}} |Yokohama FC {{small|(J2 2nd)}} |Fagiano Okayama {{small|(J2 5th)}} |Fujieda MYFC {{small|(J2 13th)}} |Ventforet Kofu {{small|(J2 14th)}} |Giravanz Kitakyushu {{small|(J3 7th)}} |FC Gifu {{small|(J3 8th)}} |– | |
2
|Gamba Osaka {{small|(J1 4th)}} |Shimizu S-Pulse {{small|(J2 1st)}} |Júbilo Iwata {{small|(J1 18th)}} |Roasso Kumamoto {{small|(J2 12th)}} |Mito HollyHock {{small|(J2 15th)}} |FC Osaka {{small|(J3 6th)}} |SC Sagamihara {{small|(J3 9th)}} |Kochi United {{small|(JFL 2nd)}} | |
3
|Kashima Antlers {{small|(J1 5th)}} |Kashiwa Reysol {{small|(J1 17th)}} |Consadole Sapporo {{small|(J1 19th)}} |Renofa Yamaguchi {{small|(J2 11th)}} |Oita Trinita {{small|(J2 16th)}} |Fukushima United {{small|(J3 5th)}} |Azul Claro Numazu {{small|(J3 10th)}} |Tochigi City {{small|(JFL 1st)}} | |
4
|Tokyo Verdy {{small|(J1 6th)}} |Albirex Niigata {{small|(J1 16th)}} |Sagan Tosu {{small|(J1 20th)}} |Blaublitz Akita {{small|(J2 10th)}} |Ehime FC'' {{small|(J2 17th)}} |Matsumoto Yamaga {{small|(J3 4th)}} |Vanraure Hachinohe {{small|(J3 11th)}} |Nagano Parceiro {{small|(J3 18th)}} | |
5
|FC Tokyo {{small|(J1 7th)}} |Shonan Bellmare {{small|(J1 15th)}} |Nagano Parceiro {{small|(J2 3rd)}} |Iwaki FC {{small|(J2 9th)}} |Omiya Ardija {{small|(J3 1st)}} |Thespa Gunma {{small|(J2 20th)}} |Zweigen Kanazawa {{small|(J3 12th)}} |Nara Club {{small|(J3 17th)}} | |
6
|Cerezo Osaka {{small|(J1 10th)}} |Kyoto Sanga {{small|(J1 14th)}} |Montedio Yamagata {{small|(J2 4th)}} |Tokushima Vortis {{small|(J2 8th)}} |FC Imabari {{small|(J3 2nd)}} |Kagoshima United FC {{small|(J2 19th)}} |Gainare Tottori {{small|(J3 13th)}} |Kamatamare Sanuki {{small|(J3 16th)}} | |
7
|Nagoya Grampus {{small|(J1 1st)}} |Avispa Fukuoka {{small|(J1 12th)}} |Vegalta Sendai {{small|(J2 6th)}} |JEF United Chiba {{small|(J2 7th)}} |Kataller Toyama {{small|(J3 3rd)}} |Tochigi SC {{small|(J2 18th)}} |FC Ryukyu {{small|(J3 14th)}} |Tegevajaro Miyazaki {{small|(J3 15th)}} |
;Notes
{{small|Teams in italic participated in their first J.League Cup tournament.}}
;Playoff round
The seven clubs that qualified from the first round alongside new entrant Sanfrecce Hiroshima, qualified to the round as a AFC Champions League Two club, will be drawn into four, two-legged fixtures and would play each other home and away. The remaining four clubs would advance to the prime round.
;Prime round
A single-elimination tournament would be held between eight clubs: the four clubs that qualified from the playoff round plus the AFC Champions League Elite clubs — Kawasaki Frontale, Yokohama F. Marinos, and Vissel Kobe. Each round would be a two-legged home and away fixture, except the final which would be a one-game tie played at a neutral venue. The draw for the brackets will be held some time after the completion of previous rounds.
Schedule
The schedule was announced on 20 December 2024.{{cite web |title=2025JリーグYBCルヴァンカップ 日程発表! |url=https://www.jleague.jp/news/article/29765/ |access-date=18 March 2025 |website=JLeague.jp |publisher=Japan Professional Football League|date=20 December 2024}}{{cite web |title=2025JリーグYBCルヴァンカップ 試合日程一覧|url=https://www.jleague.jp/special/schedule/2025/spring/leaguecup.html |access-date=18 March 2025 |website=JLeague.jp |publisher=Japan Professional Football League}}
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!Stage !Round !Date |
rowspan="3"|First round
|Round 1 |20–26 March |
Round 2
|9–16 April |
Round 3
|21 May |
colspan="2"|Playoff round
|4 June (First leg) |
rowspan="3" |Prime round
|Quarter-finals |3 September (First leg) |
Semi-finals
|10 October (First leg) |
Final
|TBC |
First round
= Group 1 =
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|26 March – Kofu |Ventforet Kofu|2 |Fujieda MYFC|1
|20 March – Gifu |FC Gifu|0 |Yokohama FC|2
|20 March – Kitakyushu |Giravanz Kitakyushu|1 |Fagiano Okayama|0
|9 April – Kofu |Ventforet Kofu |0 |Machida Zelvia |1
|16 April – Kitakyushu |Giravanz Kitakyushu |1 |Yokohama FC|2
|21 May – Yokohama |Yokohama FC | |Machida Zelvia |
}}
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| date = {{Start date|2025|03|26|df=y}}
| time = 19:00
| round = Round 1
| team1 = Ventforet Kofu (2)
| score = 2–1
| report = https://www.jleague.co/match/levain/2025032601/
| team2 = (2) Fujieda MYFC
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
- Anderson {{goal|90}}
| stadium = JIT Recycle Ink Stadium
| location = Kofu
| attendance = 3,535
| referee = Shu Kawamata
| nobars = 1
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| id = 2
| date = {{Start date|2025|03|20|df=y}}
| time = 14:00
| round = Round 1
| team1 = FC Gifu (3)
| score = 0–2
| report = https://www.jleague.co/match/levain/2025032010/#overview
| team2 = (1) Yokohama FC
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium = Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium
| location = Gifu
| attendance = 2,846
| referee = Naoto Uehara
| nobars = 1
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| id = 3
| date = {{Start date|2025|03|20|df=y}}
| time = 14:03
| round = Round 1
| team1 = Giravanz Kitakyushu (3)
| score = 1–0
| report = https://www.jleague.co/match/levain/2025032011/#overview
| team2 = (1) Fagiano Okayama
| goals1 =
- Hirahara {{goal|19}}
| goals2 =
| stadium = Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu
| location = Kitakyushu
| attendance = 4,638
| referee = Hiroyuki Kimura
| nobars = 1
}}
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| id = 28
| date = {{Start date|2025|04|09|df=y}}
| time = 19:00
| round = Round 2
| team1 = Ventforet Kofu (2)
| score = 0–1
| report = https://jleague.co/match/levain/2025040902/
| team2 = (1) Machida Zelvia
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
- Sento {{goal|45+2}}
| stadium = JIT Recycle Ink Stadium
| location = Kofu
| attendance = 4,899
| referee = Keigo Sendachi
| nobars = 1
}}
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| id = 29
| date = {{Start date|2025|04|16|df=y}}
| time = 19:00
| round = Round 2
| team1 = Giravanz Kitakyushu (3)
| score = 1–2
| report = https://www.jleague.co/match/levain/2025041602/#overview
| team2 = (1) Yokohama FC
| goals1 =
- Watanabe {{goal|54}}
| goals2 =
| stadium = Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu
| location = Kitakyushu
| attendance = 3,719
| referee = Yudai Yamamoto
| nobars = 1
}}
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| id = 42
| date = {{Start date|2025|05|21|df=y}}
| time = 18:30
| round = Round 3
| team1 = Yokohama FC (1)
| score =
| report =
| team2 = (1) Machida Zelvia
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium = Nippatsu Mitsuzawa Stadium
| location = Yokohama
| attendance =
| referee =
| nobars = 1
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= Group 2 =
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|20 March – Kochi |Kochi United|1 |Gamba Osaka|2
|26 March – Mito |Mito HollyHock|1 |Roasso Kumamoto|0
|26 March – Sagamihara |SC Sagamihara|1 |Shimizu S-Pulse|3
|26 March – Higashiosaka |FC Osaka|1 |Júbilo Iwata|2
|16 April – Mito |Mito HollyHock |0 |Gamba Osaka |1
|9 April – Iwata |Júbilo Iwata |2 |Shimizu S-Pulse |1
|21 May – Iwata |Júbilo Iwata | |Gamba Osaka |
}}
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| id = 4
| date = {{Start date|2025|03|20|df=y}}
| time = 14:00
| round = Round 1
| team1 = Kochi United (3)
| score = 1–2
| report = https://www.jleague.co/match/levain/2025032012/
| team2 = (1) Gamba Osaka
| goals1 =
- Kobayashi {{goal|77}}
| goals2 =
| stadium = Kochi Haruno Athletic Stadium
| location = Kochi
| attendance = 6,929
| referee = Futoshi Nakamura
| nobars = 1
}}
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| id = 5
| date = {{Start date|2025|03|26|df=y}}
| time = 19:00
| round = Round 1
| team1 = Mito HollyHock (2)
| score = 1–0
| report = https://www.jleague.co/match/levain/2025032602/
| team2 = (2) Roasso Kumamoto
| goals1 =
- Ando {{goal|30}}
| goals2 =
| stadium = K's denki Stadium Mito
| location = Mito
| attendance = 1,998
| referee = Takuto Okabe
| nobars = 1
}}
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| id = 6
| date = {{Start date|2025|03|26|df=y}}
| time = 18:00
| round = Round 1
| team1 = SC Sagamihara (3)
| score = 1–3
| report = https://www.jleague.co/match/levain/2025032603/
| team2 = (1) Shimizu S-Pulse
| goals1 =
- Takeuchi {{goal|90+4}}
| goals2 =
| stadium = Sagamihara Gion Stadium
| location = Sagamihara
| attendance = 3,993
| referee = Naoto Uehara
| nobars = 1
}}
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| id = 7
| date = {{Start date|2025|03|26|df=y}}
| time = 19:00
| round = Round 1
| team1 = FC Osaka (3)
| score = 1–2
| report = https://www.jleague.co/match/levain/2025032604/
| team2 = (2) Júbilo Iwata
| goals1 =
- Nishimura {{goal|22}}
| goals2 =
| stadium = Hanazono Rugby Stadium
| location = Higashiosaka
| attendance = 3,941
| referee = Atsushi Kamimura
| nobars = 1
}}
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| id = 30
| date = {{Start date|2025|04|16|df=y}}
| time = 19:00
| round = Round 2
| team1 = Mito HollyHock (2)
| score = 0–1 ||aet=yes
| report = https://www.jleague.co/match/levain/2025041603/#overview
| team2 = (1) Gamba Osaka
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
- Juan Alano {{goal|94}}
| stadium = K's denki Stadium Mito
| location = Mito
| attendance = 3,331
| referee = Yoshimi Yamashita
| nobars = 1
}}
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| id = 31
| date = {{Start date|2025|04|09|df=y}}
| time = 19:00
| round = Round 2
| team1 = Júbilo Iwata (2)
| score = 2–1
| report = https://jleague.co/match/levain/2025040903/
| team2 = (1) Shimizu S-Pulse
| goals1 =
- Kawasaki {{goal|53}}
- Ricardo Graça {{goal|80}}
| goals2 =
- Ahmedov {{goal|1}}
| stadium = Yamaha Stadium
| location = Iwata
| attendance = 12,533
| referee = Koei Koya
| nobars = 1
}}
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| id = 43
| date = {{Start date|2025|05|21|df=y}}
| time = 19:00
| round = Round 3
| team1 = Júbilo Iwata (2)
| score =
| report =
| team2 = (1) Gamba Osaka
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium = Yamaha Stadium
| location = Iwata
| attendance =
| referee =
| nobars = 1
}}
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= Group 3 =
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|20 March – Tochigi |Tochigi City|0 |Kashima Antlers|1
|26 March – Oita |Oita Trinita|2 |Renofa Yamaguchi|3
|20 March – Numazu |Azul Claro Numazu|0 |Kashiwa Reysol|1
|26 March – Fukushima |Fukushima United|6 |Consadole Sapporo|3
|9 April – Yamaguchi |Renofa Yamaguchi |1 |Kashima Antlers |1
|16 April – Fukushima |Fukushima United |2 |Kashiwa Reysol |3
|21 May – Yamaguchi | Renofa Yamaguchi | |Kashiwa Reysol |
}}
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| id = 8
| date = {{Start date|2025|03|20|df=y}}
| time = 14:00
| round = Round 1
| team1 = Tochigi City (3)
| score = 0–1
| report = https://www.jleague.co/match/levain/2025032013/#overview
| team2 = (1) Kashima Antlers
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
- Nono {{goal|69}}
| stadium = City Football Station
| location = Tochigi
| attendance = 4,532
| referee = Koei Koya
| nobars = 1
}}
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| id = 9
| date = {{Start date|2025|03|26|df=y}}
| time = 19:00
| round = Round 1
| team1 = Oita Trinita (2)
| score = 2–3
| report = https://www.jleague.co/match/levain/2025032605/
| team2 = (2) Renofa Yamaguchi
| goals1 =
- Kim Hyun-woo {{goal|78}}
- Yashiki {{goal|80}}
| goals2 =
| stadium = Crasus Dome Oita
| location = Oita
| attendance = 3,164
| referee = Shuhei Ishimaru
| nobars = 1
}}
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| id = 10
| date = {{Start date|2025|03|20|df=y}}
| time = 14:00
| round = Round 1
| team1 = Azul Claro Numazu (3)
| score = 0–1
| report = https://www.jleague.co/match/levain/2025032014/#overview
| team2 = (1) Kashiwa Reysol
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
- Nakama {{goal|8}}
| stadium = Ashitaka Park Stadium
| location = Numazu
| attendance = 4,406
| referee = Atsushi Kamimura
| nobars = 1
}}
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| id =11
| date = {{Start date|2025|03|26|df=y}}
| time = 19:00
| round = Round 1
| team1 = Fukushima United (3)
| score = 6–3
| aet = yes
| report = https://www.jleague.co/match/levain/2025032606/
| team2 = (2) Consadole Sapporo
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium = Toho Minna no Stadium
| location = Fukushima
| attendance = 945
| referee = Kazuyoshi Enomoto
| nobars = 1
}}
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| id = 32
| date = {{Start date|2025|04|09|df=y}}
| time = 19:00
| round = Round 2
| team1 = Renofa Yamaguchi (2)
| score = 1–1
| aet = yes
|penaltyscore= 5–3
| report = https://jleague.co/match/levain/2025040904/
| team2 = (1) Kashima Antlers
| goals1 =
- Ozawa {{goal|64}}
| goals2 =
- Morooka {{goal|81}}
| penalties1 =
| penalties2 =
| stadium = Ishin Me-Life Stadium
| location = Yamaguchi
| attendance = 4,689
| referee = Takuto Okabe
| nobars = 1
}}
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| id = 33
| date = {{Start date|2025|04|16|df=y}}
| time = 19:00
| round = Round 2
| team1 = Fukushima United (3)
| score = 2–3
| report = https://www.jleague.co/match/levain/2025041604/
| team2 = (1) Kashiwa Reysol
| goals1 =
- Yajima {{goal|45||45+2}}
| goals2 =
| stadium = Toho Minna no Stadium
| location = Fukushima
| attendance = 1,808
| referee = Koichiro Fukushima
| nobars = 1
}}
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| id = 44
| date = {{Start date|2025|05|21|df=y}}
| time = 19:00
| round = Round 3
| team1 = Renofa Yamaguchi (2)
| score =
| report =
| team2 = (1) Kashiwa Reysol
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium = Ishin Me-Life Stadium
| location = Yamaguchi
| attendance =
| referee =
| nobars = 1
}}
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= Group 4 =
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|20 March – Nagano |Nagano Parceiro|0 |Tokyo Verdy|0
|26 March – Matsuyama |Ehime FC|0 |Blaublitz Akita|2
|20 March – Hachinohe |Vanraure Hachinohe|1 |Albirex Niigata|1
|26 March – Matsumoto |Matsumoto Yamaga|1 |Sagan Tosu|0
|16 April – Akita |Blaublitz Akita |1 |Tokyo Verdy |2
|9 April – Matsumoto |Matsumoto Yamaga |0 |Albirex Niigata |2
|21 May – Niigata |Albirex Niigata | |Tokyo Verdy |
}}
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| date = {{Start date|2025|03|20|df=y}}
| time = 14:00
| round = Round 1
| team1 = Nagano Parceiro (3)
| score = 0–0
| aet = yes
| penaltyscore = 4–5
| report = https://www.jleague.co/match/levain/2025032015/
| team2 = (1) Tokyo Verdy
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| penalties1 =
- Ando {{pengoal}}
- Hasegawa {{penmiss}}
- Ito {{penmiss}}
- Kondo {{pengoal}}
- Yamanaka {{pengoal}}
- Tomita {{pengoal}}
- Higuchi {{penmiss}}
| penalties2 =
- {{penmiss}} Shirai
- {{penmiss}} Saito
- {{pengoal}} Meshino
- {{pengoal}} Onaga
- {{pengoal}} Taniguchi
- {{pengoal}} Matsuhashi
- {{pengoal}} Inami
| stadium = Nagano U Stadium
| location = Nagano
| attendance = 5,976
| referee = Elliot Bell (England)
| nobars = 1
}}
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| id = 13
| date = {{Start date|2025|03|26|df=y}}
| time = 19:00
| round = Round 1
| team1 = Ehime FC (2)
| score = 0–2
| report = https://www.jleague.co/match/levain/2025032607/
| team2 = (2) Blaublitz Akita
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium = Ningineer Stadium
| location = Matsuyama
| attendance = 1,701
| referee = Keigo Sendachi
| nobars = 1
}}
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| id = 14
| date = {{Start date|2025|03|20|df=y}}
| time = 13:00
| round = Round 1
| team1 = Vanraure Hachinohe (3)
| score = 1–1
| penaltyscore = 2–4
| aet = yes
| report = https://www.jleague.co/match/levain/2025032016/
| team2 = (1) Albirex Niigata
| goals1 =
- Chikaishi {{goal|44}}
| goals2 =
- Komi {{goal|8}}
| penalties1 =
| penalties2 =
| stadium = Prifoods Stadium
| location = Hachinohe
| attendance = 3,124
| referee = Yudai Yamamoto
| nobars = 1
}}
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| id = 15
| date = {{Start date|2025|03|26|df=y}}
| time = 19:00
| round = Round 1
| team1 = Matsumoto Yamaga (3)
| score = 1–0
| aet = yes
| report = https://www.jleague.co/match/levain/2025032608/
| team2 = (2) Sagan Tosu
| goals1 =
- Tanaka {{goal|94}}
| goals2 =
| stadium = Sunpro Alwin
| location = Matsumoto
| attendance = 3,891
| referee = Daichi Shiino
| nobars = 1
}}
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| id = 34
| date = {{Start date|2025|04|16|df=y}}
| time = 19:00
| round = Round 2
| team1 = Blaublitz Akita (2)
| score = 1–2 ||aet=yes
| report = https://www.jleague.co/match/levain/2025041605/#overview
| team2 = (1) Tokyo Verdy
| goals1 =
- Ishida {{goal|33}}
| goals2 =
| stadium = Soyu Stadium
| location = Akita
| attendance = 1,519
| referee = Hayato Shimizu
| nobars = 1
}}
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| id = 35
| date = {{Start date|2025|04|09|df=y}}
| time = 19:00
| round = Round 2
| team1 = Matsumoto Yamaga (1)
| score = 0–2
| report = https://jleague.co/match/levain/2025040905/
| team2 = (1) Albirex Niigata
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium = Sunpro Alwin
| location = Matsumoto
| attendance = 4,650
| referee = Naoto Uehara
| nobars = 1
}}
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| id = 45
| date = {{Start date|2025|05|21|df=y}}
| time = 19:00
| round = Round 3
| team1 = Albirex Niigata (1)
| score =
| report =
| team2 = (1) Tokyo Verdy
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium = Denka Big Swan Stadium
| location = Niigata
| attendance =
| referee =
| nobars = 1
}}
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= Group 5 =
{{#invoke:RoundN|main|columns=3|omit_blanks=yes|bold_winner=high
|RD1=Round 1|RD2=Round 2|RD3=Round 3|flex_tree=yes
|20 March – Nara |Nara Club |0 |FC Tokyo| 1
|26 March – Saitama |RB Omiya Ardija|3 |Iwaki FC|3
|20 March – Kanazawa |Zweigen Kanazawa|0 |Shonan Bellmare|1
|26 March – Maebashi |Thespa Gunma|1 |V-Varen Nagasaki|4
|16 April – Saitama |RB Omiya Ardija |1 |FC Tokyo |3
|9 April – Nagasaki |V-Varen Nagasaki |1 |Shonan Bellmare |2
|21 May – Hiratsuka |Shonan Bellmare | |FC Tokyo |
}}
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| id = 16
| date = {{Start date|2025|03|20|df=y}}
| time = 14:00
| round = Round 1
| team1 = Nara Club (3)
| score = 0–1
| report = https://www.jleague.co/match/levain/2025032017/
| team2 = (1) FC Tokyo
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
- Anzai {{goal|90+5}}
| stadium = Rohto Field Nara
| location = Nara
| attendance = 4,497
| referee = Yoshiro Imamura
| nobars = 1
}}
{{football box collapsible
| id = 17
| date = {{Start date|2025|03|26|df=y}}
| time = 19:00
| round = Round 1
| team1 = RB Omiya Ardija (2)
| score = 3–3
| aet = yes
| penaltyscore = 7–6
| report = https://www.jleague.co/match/levain/2025032609/
| team2 = (2) Iwaki FC
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
- Ishiwatari {{goal|16||58}}
- Kase {{goal|102}}
| penalties1 =
- Abe {{pengoal}}
- Fabián González {{pengoal}}
- Tomiyama {{penmiss}}
- Nakano {{pengoal}}
- Urakami {{pengoal}}
- Ishikawa {{pengoal}}
- Fukui {{pengoal}}
- Yasumitsu {{pengoal}}
| penalties2 =
- {{pengoal}} Ishiwatari
- {{penmiss}} Kofie
- {{pengoal}} Shibata
- {{pengoal}} Sakagishi
- {{pengoal}} Yamada
- {{pengoal}} Yamauchi
- {{pengoal}} Sakamoto
- {{penmiss}} Kato
| stadium = NACK5 Stadium Omiya
| location = Saitama
| attendance = 4,850
| referee = Yoshikazu Matsuzawa
| nobars = 1
}}
{{football box collapsible
| id = 18
| date = {{Start date|2025|03|20|df=y}}
| time = 19:00
| round = Round 1
| team1 = Zweigen Kanazawa (3)
| score = 0–1
| report = https://www.jleague.co/match/levain/2025032018/
| team2 = (1) Shonan Bellmare
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
- Mori {{goal|75|o.g.}}
| stadium = Ishikawa Athletics Stadium
| location = Kanazawa
| attendance = 3,318
| referee = Harrison Blair (England)
| nobars = 1
}}
{{football box collapsible
| id = 19
| date = {{Start date|2025|03|26|df=y}}
| time = 19:00
| round = Round 1
| team1 = Thespa Gunma (3)
| score = 1–4
| report = https://www.jleague.co/match/levain/2025032610/
| team2 = (2) V-Varen Nagasaki
| goals1 =
- Onozeki {{goal|43}}
| goals2 =
- Marcos Guilherme {{goal|84||112}}
- Nose {{goal|97|o.g.}}
- Masuyama {{goal|109}}
| stadium = Shoda Shoyu Stadium Gunma
| location = Maebashi
| attendance = 1,440
| referee = Reo Tanaka
| nobars = 1
}}
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{{football box collapsible
| id = 36
| date = {{Start date|2025|04|16|df=y}}
| time = 19:00
| round = Round 2
| team1 = RB Omiya Ardija (2)
| score = 1–3 ||aet=yes
| report = https://www.jleague.co/match/levain/2025041606/#overview
| team2 = (1) FC Tokyo
| goals1 =
- Sugimoto {{goal|82}}
| goals2 =
- Marcelo Ryan {{goal|56||98||105+1}}
| stadium = NACK5 Stadium Omiya
| location = Saitama
| attendance = 8,001
| referee = Shu Kawamata
| nobars = 1
}}
{{football box collapsible
| id = 37
| date = {{Start date|2025|04|09|df=y}}
| time = 19:00
| round = Round 2
| team1 = V-Varen Nagasaki (2)
| score = 1–2
| aet = yes
| report = https://jleague.co/match/levain/2025040906/
| team2 = (1) Shonan Bellmare
| goals1 =
- Nanamure {{goal|64}}
| goals2 =
- Luiz Phellype {{goal|34}}
- Suzuki {{goal|103}}
| stadium = Peace Stadium Connected by SoftBank
| location = Nagasaki
| attendance = 5,848
| referee = Hiroki Kasahara
| nobars = 1
}}
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{{football box collapsible
| id = 46
| date = {{Start date|2025|05|21|df=y}}
| time = 19:00
| round = Round 3
| team1 = Shonan Bellmare (1)
| score =
| report =
| team2 = (1) FC Tokyo
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium = Lemon Gas Stadium Hiratsuka
| location = Hiratsuka
| attendance =
| referee =
| nobars = 1
}}
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= Group 6 =
{{#invoke:RoundN|main|columns=3|omit_blanks=yes|bold_winner=high
|RD1=Round 1|RD2=Round 2|RD3=Round 3|flex_tree=yes
|9 April – Imabari |FC Imabari|2 |Tokushima Vortis|1
|20 March – Marugame |Kamatamare Sanuki|1 |Cerezo Osaka|5
|20 March – Tottori |Gainare Tottori|0 |Kyoto Sanga|2
|26 March – Kagoshima |Kagoshima United|0 |Montedio Yamagata|2
|16 April – Imabari | FC Imabari |3 |Cerezo Osaka |4
|9 April – Yamagata |Montedio Yamagata |0 |Kyoto Sanga |1
|21 May – Kyoto |Kyoto Sanga | |Cerezo Osaka |
}}
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| id = 20
| date = {{Start date|2025|03|20|df=y}}
| time = 14:00
| round = Round 1
| team1 = Kamatamare Sanuki (3)
| score = 1–5
| report = https://www.jleague.co/match/levain/2025032019/
| team2 = (1) Cerezo Osaka
| goals1 =
- Hatanaka {{goal|48|o.g.}}
| goals2 =
- Thiago Andrade {{goal|21}}
- Rafael Ratão {{goal|59}}
- Lucas Fernandes {{goal|74}}
- Vitor Bueno {{goal|77}}
- Uejo {{goal|84}}
| stadium = Pikara Stadium
| location = Marugame
| attendance = 5,434
| referee = Hayato Shimizu
| nobars = 1
}}
{{football box collapsible
| id = 21
| date = {{Start date|2025|04|09|df=y}}
| time = 07:03
| round = Round 1
| team1 = FC Imabari (2)
| score = 2–1
| report = https://jleague.co/match/levain/2025040909/
| team2 = (2) Tokushima Vortis
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
- Tsuboi {{goal|72}}
| stadium = ASICS Satoyama Stadium
| location = Imabari
| attendance = 2,437
| referee = Tetsuro Yoshida
| nobars = 1
| note = The match was scheduled to be held on 20 March, but it was postponed to a later date due a forest fire in Imabari.
}}
{{football box collapsible
| id = 22
| date = {{Start date|2025|03|20|df=y}}
| time = 19:00
| round = Round 1
| team1 = Gainare Tottori (3)
| score = 0–2
| report = https://www.jleague.co/match/levain/2025032020/
| team2 = (1) Kyoto Sanga
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
- Nakano {{goal|18}}
- Rafael Elias {{goal|71}}
| stadium = Axis Bird Stadium
| location = Tottori
| attendance = 3,166
| referee = Akihiko Ikeuchi
| nobars = 1
}}
{{football box collapsible
| id = 23
| date = {{Start date|2025|03|26|df=y}}
| time = 19:00
| round = Round 1
| team1 = Kagoshima United (3)
| score = 0–2
| report = https://www.jleague.co/match/levain/2025032612/
| team2 = (2) Montedio Yamagata
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium = Shiranami Stadium
| location = Kagoshima
| attendance = 3,479
| referee = Toshihiro Nakai
| nobars = 1
}}
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{{football box collapsible
| id = 38
| date = {{Start date|2025|04|16|df=y}}
| time = 19:00
| round = Round 2
| team1 = FC Imabari (2)
| score = 3–4 ||aet=yes
| report = https://www.jleague.co/match/levain/2025041607/
| team2 = (1) Cerezo Osaka
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
- Vitor Bueno {{goal|12}}
- Jaroensak {{goal|15}}
- Kagawa {{goal|80}}
- Okuda {{goal|118}}
| stadium = ASICS Satoyama Stadium
| location = Imabari
| attendance = 4,148
| referee = Hiroyuki Kimura
| nobars = 1
}}
{{football box collapsible
| id = 39
| date = {{Start date|2025|04|09|df=y}}
| time = 19:00
| round = Round 2
| team1 = Montedio Yamagata (2)
| score = 0–1
| report = https://jleague.co/match/levain/2025040907/
| team2 = (1) Kyoto Sanga
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
- Nagata {{goal|45+1}}
| stadium = ND Soft Stadium Yamagata
| location = Yamagata
| attendance = 3,701
| referee = Yoshiro Imamura
| nobars = 1
}}
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{{football box collapsible
| id = 47
| date = {{Start date|2025|05|21|df=y}}
| time = 19:00
| round = Round 3
| team1 = Kyoto Sanga (1)
| score =
| report =
| team2 = (1) Cerezo Osaka
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium = Sanga Stadium by Kyocera
| location = Kyoto
| attendance =
| referee =
| nobars = 1
}}
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= Group 7 =
{{#invoke:RoundN|main|columns=3|omit_blanks=yes|bold_winner=high
|RD1=Round 1|RD2=Round 2|RD3=Round 3|flex_tree=yes
|20 March – Shintomi |Tegevajaro Miyazaki|0 |Nagoya Grampus|3
|26 March – Toyama |Kataller Toyama|4 |JEF United Chiba|2
|20 March – Okinawa |FC Ryukyu|0 |Avispa Fukuoka|2
|26 March – Utsunomiya |Tochigi SC|0 |Vegalta Sendai|0
|16 April – Toyama |Kataller Toyama|1 |Nagoya Grampus |1
|16 April – Utsunomiya |Tochigi SC|1 |Avispa Fukuoka |2
|21 May – Toyama |Kataller Toyama | |Avispa Fukuoka |
}}
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{{football box collapsible
| id = 24
| date = {{Start date|2025|03|20|df=y}}
| time = 14:00
| round = Round 1
| team1 = Tegevajaro Miyazaki (3)
| score = 0–3
| aet = yes
| report = https://www.jleague.co/match/levain/2025032021/
| team2 = (1) Nagoya Grampus
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium = Ichigo Miyazaki Shintomi Football Stadium
| location = Shintomi
| attendance = 2,466
| referee = Masuya Ueda
| nobars = 1
}}
{{football box collapsible
| id = 25
| date = {{Start date|2025|03|26|df=y}}
| time = 19:00
| round = Round 1
| team1 = Kataller Toyama (2)
| score = 4–2
| report = https://www.jleague.co/match/levain/2025032613/
| team2 = (2) JEF United Chiba
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium = Toyama Stadium
| location = Toyama
| attendance = 3,208
| referee = Genki Tawara
| nobars = 1
}}
{{football box collapsible
| id = 26
| date = {{Start date|2025|03|20|df=y}}
| time = 19:00
| round = Round 1
| team1 = FC Ryukyu (3)
| score = 0–2
| report = https://www.jleague.co/match/levain/2025032022/
| team2 = (1) Avispa Fukuoka
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium = Tapic Kenso Hiyagon Stadium
| location = Okinawa
| attendance = 3,686
| referee = Koichiro Fukushima
| nobars = 1
}}
{{football box collapsible
| id = 27
| date = {{Start date|2025|03|26|df=y}}
| time = 19:00
| round = Round 1
| team1 = Tochigi SC (3)
| score = 0–0
| aet = yes
| penaltyscore = 4–3
| report = https://www.jleague.co/match/levain/2025032614/#overview
| team2 = (2) Vegalta Sendai
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| penalties1 =
| penalties2 =
| stadium = Tochigi Green Stadium
| location = Utsunomiya
| attendance = 2,128
| referee = Yoshito Nakagawa
| nobars = 1
}}
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{{football box collapsible
| id = 40
| date = {{Start date|2025|04|16|df=y}}
| time = 19:00
| round = Round 2
| team1 = Kataller Toyama (2)
| score = 1–1 ||aet=yes
| penaltyscore = 6–5
| report = https://www.jleague.co/match/levain/2025041608/#overview
| team2 = (1) Nagoya Grampus
| goals1 =
- Take {{goal|99}}
| goals2 =
- Mateus {{goal|101}}
| penalties1 =
- Take {{penmiss}}
- Fuseya {{pengoal}}
- Sueki {{pengoal}}
- Ura {{pengoal}}
- Kameda {{pengoal}}
- Tagawa {{pengoal}}
- Yoshida {{pengoal}}
| penalties2 =
- {{pengoal}} Yamanaka
- {{pengoal}} Mateus
- {{pengoal}} Izumi
- {{penmiss}} Miya
- {{pengoal}} Kikuchi
- {{pengoal}} Hara
- {{penmiss}} Sato
| stadium = Toyama Stadium
| location = Toyama
| attendance = 3,964
| referee = Yusuke Ohashi
| nobars = 1
}}
{{football box collapsible
| id = 41
| date = {{Start date|2025|04|16|df=y}}
| time = 19:00
| round = Round 2
| team1 = Tochigi SC (3)
| score = 1–2
| report = https://www.jleague.co/match/levain/2025041609/#overview
| team2 = (1) Avispa Fukuoka
| goals1 =
- Yagi {{goal|71}}
| goals2 =
| stadium = Tochigi Green Stadium
| location = Utsunomiya
| attendance = 1,614
| referee = Futoshi Nakamura
| nobars = 1
}}
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{{football box collapsible
| id = 48
| date = {{Start date|2025|05|21|df=y}}
| time = 19:00
| round = Round 3
| team1 = Kataller Toyama (2)
| score =
| report =
| team2 = (1) Avispa Fukuoka
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium = Toyama Stadium
| location = Toyama
| attendance =
| referee =
| nobars = 1
}}
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Top scorers
{{Updated|16 April 2025.}}
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | |||
Rank | Player | Club | Goals{{cite web |title=All Positions {{!}} Goals {{!}} All clubs {{!}} J.LEAGUE YBC Levain CUP {{!}} 2025 Player Stats |url=https://www.jleague.co/stats/players/levain/2025/all/goals/ |publisher=J.League |access-date=18 March 2025}} |
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rowspan=2|1
|align="left"|{{fbaicon|BRA}} Marcelo Ryan |align="left"|FC Tokyo |rowspan=2|3 | |||
align="left"|{{fbaicon|JPN}} Shosei Usui
|align="left"|Kataller Toyama | |||
rowspan=11|3
|align="left"|{{fbaicon|JPN}} Yuya Asano |align="left"|Nagoya Grampus |rowspan=11|2 | |||
align="left"|{{fbaicon|JPN}} Kosuke Fujioka
|align="left"|FC Imabari | |||
align="left"|{{fbaicon|JPN}} Daigo Furukawa
|align="left"|Renofa Yamaguchi | |||
align="left"|{{fbaicon|JPN}} Tomoki Hino
|align="left"|FC Imabari | |||
align="left"|{{fbaicon|JPN}} Nelson Ishiwatari
|align="left"|Iwaki FC | |||
align="left"|{{fbaicon|JPN}} Naoya Komazawa
|align="left"|Yokohama FC | |||
align="left"|{{fbaicon|JPN}} Kazuya Konno
|align="left"|Avispa Fukuoka | |||
align="left"|{{fbaicon|BRA}} Marcos Guilherme
|align="left"|V-Varen Nagasaki | |||
align="left"|{{fbaicon|BRA}} Vitor Bueno
|align="left"|Cerezo Osaka | |||
align="left"|{{fbaicon|JPN}} Uheiji Uehata
|align="left"|Fukushima United | |||
align="left"|{{fbaicon|JPN}} Kiichi Yajima
|align="left"|Fukushima United |
References
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External links
- [https://www.jleague.jp/leaguecup/2025/ Official website (in Japanese)]
{{J.League Cup}}
{{J.League Cup champions}}
{{2025 in Japanese football}}
{{2024–25 in Asian football (AFC)}}