The 2013 Suruga Bank Championship (; ) was the sixth edition of the Suruga Bank Championship, 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 winners of the previous season's J. League Cup and Copa Sudamericana.
The match was contested between Japanese team Kashima Antlers, the 2012 J. League Cup champion, and Brazilian team São Paulo, the 2012 Copa Sudamericana champion. It was hosted by Kashima Antlers at the Kashima Soccer Stadium in Kashima on August 7, 2013. It was São Paulo's first appearance at the Suruga Bank Championship, while Kashima Antlers were the champions from the previous edition of the championship.
Kashima Antlers won 3–2 with Yuya Osako scoring a hat-trick, to win their second Suruga Bank Championship title in a row.
Qualified teams TeamQualificationPrevious appearances (bold indicates winners) Kashima Antlers2012 J. League Cup champion2012 São Paulo2012 Copa Sudamericana championNone
Format The Suruga Bank Championship was played as a single match, with the J. League Cup champion hosting the match. If the score was tied at the end of regulation, the penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner (no extra time was played). A maximum of seven substitutions may be made during the match.
Match details
GK 21 Hitoshi Sogahata DF 22 Daigo Nishi DF 4 Kazuya Yamamura DF 5 Takeshi Aoki DF 17 Takanori Maeno MF 20 Gaku Shibasaki MF 40 Mitsuo Ogasawara (c) MF 25 Yasushi Endo MF 28 Shoma Doi MF 8 Juninho FW 9 Yuya OsakoSubstitutes: GK 1 Akihiro Sato DF 3 Daiki Iwamasa DF 6 Kōji Nakata MF 13 Atsutaka Nakamura MF 27 Takahide Umebachi MF 35 Takuya Nozawa FW 19 Yuta ToyokawaManager: Toninho Cerezo GK 01 Rogério Ceni (c) DF 23 Douglas DF 33 Lucão DF 14 Edson Silva DF 38 Reinaldo MF 5 Wellington MF 7 Rodrigo Caio MF 18 Maicon MF 8 Ganso FW 11 Ademilson FW 19 AloísioSubstitutes: GK 12 Denis GK 30 Renan Ribeiro DF 27 Lucas Farias MF 20 Lucas Evangelista MF 21 Roni MF 28 João Schmidt FW 22 Silvinho Manager: Paulo Autuori
Assistant referees: Goh Gek Pheng (Singapore) Lee Tzu Liang (Singapore) Fourth official: Jumpei Iida (Japan)
References
External links スルガ銀行チャンピオンシップ, Japan Football Association スルガ銀行チャンピオンシップ, J. League Copa Suruga Bank, CONMEBOL.com