The 2018 Suruga Bank Championship (; ) was the eleventh edition of the Suruga Bank Championship (also referred to as the J.League Cup / Copa Sudamericana Championship Final), the club football match co-organized by the Japan Football Association, the football governing body of Japan, CONMEBOL, the football governing body of South America, and J.League, the professional football league of Japan, between the champions of the previous season's J.League Cup and Copa Sudamericana.
The match was contested between Japanese team Cerezo Osaka, the 2017 J.League Cup champions, and Argentinian team Independiente, the 2017 Copa Sudamericana champions. It was hosted by Cerezo Osaka at the Yanmar Stadium Nagai in Osaka, Japan on 8 August 2018.
Independiente defeated Cerezo Osaka 1–0 to win their first Suruga Bank Championship title.
Teams TeamAssociation / ConfederationQualificationPrevious appearances Cerezo OsakaJapan Football Association2017 J.League Cup championsNone IndependienteCONMEBOL2017 Copa Sudamericana champions1 (2011)
Format The Suruga Bank Championship was played as a single match, with the J.League Cup winners hosting the match. If tied at the end of regulation, extra time would not be played, and the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner. A maximum of six substitutions may be made during the match.
Match
Details
GK 27 Kenta TannoRB 20 Noriyuki SakemotoCB 4 Kota Fujimoto CB 37 Reiya MorishitaCB 23 Tatsuya Yamashita LB 5 Yusuke Tanaka RM 17 Takaki Fukumitsu CM 26 Daichi Akiyama (c) CM 43 OsmarLM 13 Toshiyuki Takagi CF 25 Hirofumi Yamauchi Substitutes:GK 1 Takumi NagaishiDF 16 Eiichi Katayama DF 22 Matej Jonjić MF 11 Souza MF 32 Atomu Tanaka MF 36 Toshiki Onozawa FW 40 Mizuki Ando Manager: Yoon Jong-hwan GK 25 Martín Campaña (c)RB 16 Fabricio BustosCB 2 Alan FrancoCB 4 Jorge FigalLB 6 Juan Sánchez Miño CM 22 Francisco Silva CM 19 Pablo Hernández RW 18 Silvio Romero AM 8 Maximiliano Meza LW 7 Martín Benítez CF 9 Emmanuel Gigliotti Substitutes:GK 13 Milton ÁlvarezDF 3 Guillermo Burdisso DF 20 Gastón Silva MF 5 Nicolás Domingo MF 10 Fernando Gaibor MF 21 Carlos Benavídez FW 32 Ezequiel Cerutti Manager: Ariel Holan
Assistant referees: Mark Rule (New Zealand) Mark Whitehead (New Zealand) Fourth official: Takuto Okabe (Japan)
See also 2017 J.League Cup Final 2017 Copa Sudamericana Finals
References
External links スルガ銀行チャンピオンシップ2018, Japan Football Association スルガ銀行チャンピオンシップ2018, J.League Copa Suruga Bank, CONMEBOL.com