2016 Japanese Super Cup

The 2016 Japanese Super Cup was held on 20 February 2016 between the 2015 J.League champions Sanfrecce Hiroshima and the 2015 Emperor's Cup winners Gamba Osaka.^[2] Between them these two sides had won the Super Cup for the past 3 seasons and in this match it was Sanfrecce who triumphed 3–1 to lift the title for the fourth time in their history following successes in 2008, 2013 and 2014. For Gamba, this game marked their fourth loss in six Super Cup appearances, with wins in 2007 and 2015 being offset by defeats in 2006, 2009, 2010 and now this year.

As for the game itself, after a goalless first half it was Sanfrecce who took the lead 7 minutes into the second through the experienced Hisato Satō. Pacy forward Takuma Asano made it 2–0 from the penalty spot 5 minutes later, however Gamba's leading scorer for the past 3 seasons, Takashi Usami, opened his account for the 2016 campaign in the 68th minute to give his side a foothold in the contest. That did not last long and Sanfrecce's new Nigerian signing Peter Utaka wrapped the match up for the men from Hiroshima with 17 minutes remaining.^[3]

Match

20 February 2016

13:35 JST

Sanfrecce Hiroshima	3–1	Gamba Osaka
Satō 51' Asano 57' Utaka 73'	Summary	Usami 68'

Nissan Stadium, Yokohama

Attendance: 33,805

Referee: Jumpei Iida

Sanfrecce Hiroshima GK 1 Takuto Hayashi CB 19 Sho Sasaki  38' CB 5 Kazuhiko Chiba CB 4 Tsukasa Shiotani DM 8 Kazuyuki Morisaki DM 6 Toshihiro Aoyama (c)  83' RM 7 Mihael Mikić LM 18 Yoshifumi Kashiwa AM 25 Yusuke Chajima AM 30 Kosei Shibasaki  69' CF 11 Hisato Satō  53' Substitutes: GK 21 Ryotaro Hironaga CB 4 Hiroki Mizumoto CB 37 Kazuya Miyahara DM 28 Takuya Marutani  83' LM 16 Kohei Shimizu CF 9 Peter Utaka  88'  69' CF 10 Takuma Asano  53' Manager: Hajime Moriyasu

Gamba Osaka GK 1 Masaaki Higashiguchi RB 22 Oh Jae-suk CB 5 Daiki Niwa  55' CB 15 Yasuyuki Konno LB 4 Hiroki Fujiharu DM 21 Yosuke Ideguchi  45+1' DM 7 Yasuhito Endō (c) RW 13 Hiroyuki Abe  76' LW 39 Takashi Usami AM 9 Ademilson  60' CF 29 Patric  60' Substitutes: GK 18 Yōsuke Fujigaya RB 35 Ryo Hatsuse CB 6 Kim Jung-ya DM 27 Tatsuya Uchida RW 25 Jungo Fujimoto  76' AM 11 Shu Kurata  60' CF 20 Shun Nagasawa  60' Manager: Kenta Hasegawa

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