2019 J.League Cup / Copa Sudamericana Championship
# 2019 J.League Cup / Copa Sudamericana Championship

The 2019 J.League Cup / Copa Sudamericana Championship, officially known as the 2019 J. League YBC Levain Cup / CONMEBOL Sudamericana Championship Final (Japanese: ＪリーグYBCルヴァンカップ/CONMEBOLスダメリカーナ 王者決定戦2019 KANAGAWA), was the 12th edition of the J.League Cup / Copa Sudamericana Championship (previously referred to as the Suruga Bank Championship until 2018), 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 Shonan Bellmare, the 2018 J.League Cup champions, and Brazilian team Athletico Paranaense, the 2018 Copa Sudamericana champions. It was hosted by Shonan Bellmare at the Shonan BMW Stadium Hiratsuka in Hiratsuka on 7 August 2019.

Athletico Paranaense won the match 4–0 to win their first title.

## Teams

| Team | Association / Confederation | Qualification | Previous appearances |
| - | - | - | - |
| Shonan Bellmare | Japan Football Association | 2018 J.League Cup champions | None |
| Athletico Paranaense | CONMEBOL | 2018 Copa Sudamericana champions | None |

## Venue

* Shonan BMW Stadium Hiratsuka in Hiratsuka, Japan, hosted the match.

## Format

The J.League Cup / Copa Sudamericana 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.

## Match

### Details

| Shonan Bellmare | Athletico Paranaense |
| - | - |
| GK | 25 | Shuhei Matsubara |
| RCB | 6 | Takuya Okamoto | 46' |
| CB | 3 | Leandro Freire |
| LCB | 23 | Masahito Onoda |
| RM | 44 | Shunya Mori |
| CM | 18 | Temma Matsuda | 66' |
| CM | 19 | Daiki Kaneko (c) |
| LM | 28 | Toichi Suzuki | 46' |
| AM | 36 | Ömer Tokaç | 60' |
| AM | 10 | Naoki Yamada | 46' |
| CF | 9 | Hiroshi Ibusuki | 54' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 31 | Kota Sanada |
| DF | 5 | Daiki Sugioka | 46' |
| MF | 7 | Tsukasa Umesaki | 60' |
| MF | 16 | Mitsuki Saito | 46' |
| MF | 50 | Shota Kobayashi | 46' |
| FW | 20 | Crislan | 54' |
| FW | 33 | Yamato Wakatsuki | 66' |
| Manager: ||
| Cho Kwi-jea ||
| GK | 1 | Santos |
| RB | 2 | Jonathan | 69' |
| CB | 34 | Pedro Henrique | 76' |
| CB | 4 | Léo Pereira |
| LB | 6 | Márcio Azevedo |
| CM | 5 | Wellington (c) | 76' |
| CM | 39 | Bruno Guimarães |
| RW | 10 | Marcelo Cirino |
| AM | 77 | Bruno Nazário | 60' |
| LW | 7 | Rony | 69' |
| CF | 9 | Marco Ruben | 60' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 25 | Caio |
| DF | 21 | Lucas Halter | 76' |
| DF | 23 | Mádson | 69' |
| MF | 3 | Lucho González | 76' |
| MF | 8 | Tomás Andrade |
| MF | 18 | Léo Cittadini |
| MF | 38 | Thonny Anderson | 60' |
| FW | 17 | Braian Romero | 69' |
| FW | 11 | Nikão | 60' |
| Manager: ||
| Tiago Nunes ||
| Assistant referees: Abdul Hannan Bin Abdul Hasim (Singapore) Ong Chai Lee (Singapore) Fourth official: Letchman Gopala Krishnan (Singapore) | Match rules 90 minutes. Penalty shoot-out if scores level. Nine named substitutes, of which up to six may be used. |
