2008 Emperor's Cup
Tournament details
Country Japan
Teams82
Final positions
ChampionsGamba Osaka (2nd title)
Runner-upKashiwa Reysol
Tournament statistics
Matches played81

The 88th Emperor's Cup began on September 13, 2008 and ended on January 1, 2009 with the final at National Stadium in Tokyo. As the champion, Gamba Osaka participated in 2009 AFC Champions League.

Calendar

RoundDateMatchesClubsNew entries this round
First Round13 September 2008
14 September 2008		2448 → 2447 Prefectural Qualifying Cup Winners
1 University Qualifying Cup Winner
Second Round20 September 2008
21 September 2008		1224 → 12–
Third Round12 October 20081412+15+1 → 1415 J2 Clubs
1 JFL Seeded Club
Fourth Round2 November 2008
3 November 2008
5 November 2008		1614+18 → 1618 J1 Clubs
Fifth Round15 November 2008816 → 8none
Quarter-finals20 December 200848 → 4none
Semi-finals29 December 200824 → 2none
Final1 January 200912 → 1none

Participants

J.League Division 1

J.League Division 2

Japan Football League

Prime Minister Cup University football tournament Winner

Prefectures

Matches

All matches are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

First round

Kainan FC0  – 2Ehime University
FC Gifu Second0  – 1Hannan University
Yokkaichi University1  – 3Honda FC
Saurcos Fukui2  – 1 (a.e.t.)Nara Sangyo University
Fagiano Okayama FC6  – 0Hitachi Kasado
Fukuyama University0  – 3Volca Kagoshima
Banditonce Kakogawa FC0  – 1Kataller Toyama
Zweigen Kanazawa4  – 3 (a.e.t.)Sagawa Shiga FC
Ryutsu Keizai University FC4  – 2Y.S.C.C
Tamaho FC0  – 10Sony Sendai FC
Fukushima United F.C1  – 4Kokushikan University
Kyushu Inax1  – 3Okinawa Kariyushi
Ohzu H.S2  – 1Nippon Bunri University
Mitsubishi Nagasaki3  – 0Dezzolla Shimane
Tokushima Vortis Second2  – 1Kochi University
Kamatamare Sanuki1  – 0Gainare Tottori
Hitachi Tochigi Uva SC2  – 0Aomori Yamada H.S
TDK S.C.2  – 3 (a.e.t.)Osaka Taiiku University
Grulla Morioka5  – 1Yamagata University

Second round

Sagawa Printing SC5  – 1Ehime University
Hannan University0  – 4Honda FC
Saurcos Fukui0  – 4Matsumoto Yamaga FC
Kataller Toyama1  – 2Zweigen Kanazawa
Okinawa Kariyushi2  – 1Ohzu H.S
Mitsubishi Nagasaki0  – 1New Wave Kitakyushu
Tokushima Vortis Second2  – 1Kamatamare Sanuki
Osaka Taiiku University3  – 0Grulla Morioka

Third round

The 15 J2 teams plus one JFL representative (Tochigi SC) entered at this round.

Sagawa Printing SC1  – 2Ehime FC
Hirai 37' Uchimura 42'
Oki 64'
Attendance: 1,569
Sagan Tosu4  – 0Honda FC
Uchima 2'
Hirose 57' 67'
Funatani 82'
Attendance: 2,307
Shonan Bellmare1 – 1 (a.e.t.)Matsumoto Yamaga FC
Hara 23' Kakimoto 26'
Penalties
4 – 5
Attendance: 2,580
Ventforet Kofu1  – 0Fagiano Okayama
Onishi 44'
Attendance: 4,420
Tochigi SC1  – 1 (a.e.t.)Kumamoto
Yuki Okada 81' Komorida 54'
Penalties
5  – 3
Attendance: 3,011
Zweigen Kanazawa0  – 1FC Gifu
Aikawa 83'
Attendance: 1,515
Cerezo Osaka1  – 0Sony Sendai FC
Gilton 65'
Attendance: 2,403
Tokushima Vortis0  – 1 (a.e.t.)Kokushikan University
Matsumoto 118'
Attendance: 1,174
Yokohama FC2  – 1Okinawa Kariyushi FC
Ikemoto 41'
Hakkaku 89'		 Saito 37'
Attendance: 2,358
Vegalta Sendai2  – 0New Wave Kitakyushu
Nakashima 20'
Tanoue 89'
Attendance: 6,357
Thespa Kusatsu2  – 0Tokushima Vortis Second
Goto 48'
Takada 66'
Attendance: 1,693
Avispa Fukuoka0  – 1 (a.e.t.)Mito HollyHock
Matsumoto 114'
Attendance: 1,738
Montedio Yamagata4  – 1 (a.e.t.)Hitachi Tochigi Uva SC
Sakai 36'
Toyoda 93' 111'
Miyazaki 112'		 Tatesawa 54'
Attendance: 2,185
Osaka Taiiku University0  – 6Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Makino 15'
Hattori 30' 75'
Moriwaki 60'
Takayanagi 86'
Kubo 87'
Attendance: 1,271

Fourth round

The 18 J1 teams will enter at this round.

Urawa Red Diamonds1  – 0 (a.e.t.)Ehime FC
Ponte 96'
Attendance: 16,724
Yokohama F. Marinos1  – 0Consadole Sapporo
Hyōdō 70'
Attendance: 5,728
Oita Trinita0  – 2Sagan Tosu
Hirose 28' 52'
Attendance: 5,512
Matsumoto Yamaga FC0  – 8Vissel Kobe
Yoshida 13'
Tanaka 29'
Leandro 50' 84'
Kurihara 63' 73', 75'
Ōkubo 65'
Attendance: 3,268
Gamba Osaka2  – 1 (a.e.t.)Ventforet Kofu
Yamaguchi 80'
Sasaki 104'		 Maranhao 1'
Attendance: 3,694
Júbilo Iwata3  – 1Tochigi SC
Kawamura 43'
Nakayama 69'
Ota 72'		 Sato 66'
Attendance: 4,088
Nagoya Grampus1  – 0FC Gifu
Yoshida 89'
Attendance: 7,597
Omiya Ardija1  – 0Cerezo Osaka
Lavrič 61'
Attendance: 3,574
Albirex Niigata2  – 0Yokohama FC
Alessandro 18'
Uchida 20'
Attendance: 7,607
FC Tokyo2  – 1Vegalta Sendai
Hirayama 19' 89' Nakahara 72'
Attendance: 10,528
Kashiwa Reysol1  – 0Thespa Kusatsu
Suganuma 83'
Attendance: 4,569
Mito HollyHock0  – 3Kyoto Sanga FC
Ando 11'
Nishino 46'
Hayashi 47'
Attendance: 2,802
Tokyo Verdy0  – 1Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Takayanagi 89'
Attendance: 5,411

Fifth round

Sagan Tosu5  – 2Vissel Kobe
Fujita 1' 57'
Takahashi 9'
Hirose 36' 52'		 Komoto 46'
Park Kang-Jo 80'
Attendance: 2,856
Júbilo Iwata1  – 3Gamba Osaka
Nishi 1' Sasaki 15'
Yamaguchi 55'
Yamazaki 74'
Attendance: 2,648
Omiya Ardija1  – 2Nagoya Grampus
Uchida 25' Johnsen 2' 34'
Attendance: 4,371
Kashima Antlers3  – 4 (a.e.t.)Shimizu S-Pulse
Masuda 28'
Marquinhos 50'
Marcinho 114'		 Hyodo 17'
Yamamoto 80'
Edamura 104'
Hara 119'
Attendance: 5,158
Albirex Niigata2  – 3FC Tokyo
Marcio 6'
Chiba 21'		 Emerson 31'
Akamine 53'
Kajiyama 62'
Attendance: 3,211
Kawasaki Frontale0  – 2Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Aoyama 33'
Morisaki 57'
Nagasaki Sports Park Stadium, Isahaya
Attendance: 4,858

Quarter finals

Sagan Tosu1  – 3Yokohama F. Marinos
Hirose 23' Nakazawa 26'
Kurihara 44'
Kano 89'
Attendance: 9,656
Gamba Osaka2  – 1Nagoya Grampus
Lucas 13'
Nakazawa 22'		 Sugimoto 70'
Attendance: 4,955
Shimizu S-Pulse1  – 2FC Tokyo
Takagi 25' Akamine 49' 50'
Attendance: 8,051
Kashiwa Reysol3  – 2 (a.e.t.)Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Koga 3'
Suganuma 13'
França 99'		 Satō 6' 26'
Attendance: 8,531

Semi finals

Yokohama F. Marinos0  – 1 (a.e.t.)Gamba Osaka
Yamazaki 117'
Attendance: 19,843
FC Tokyo1 – 2Kashiwa Reysol
Suzuki 31' França 68'
Lee 88'
Attendance: 12,458

Final

Gamba Osaka1 – 0 (a.e.t.)Kashiwa Reysol
Bando 116'
Attendance: 44,066
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