2013 Suruga Bank Championship
# 2013 Suruga Bank Championship

The 2013 Suruga Bank Championship (Japanese: スルガ銀行チャンピオンシップ2013; Spanish: Copa Suruga Bank 2013) 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.

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

| Team | Qualification | Previous appearances (bold indicates winners) |
| - | - | - |
| Kashima Antlers | 2012 J. League Cup champion | 2012 |
| São Paulo | 2012 Copa Sudamericana champion | None |

## 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

| Kashima Antlers | São Paulo |
| - | - |
| GK | 21 | Hitoshi Sogahata |
| DF | 22 | Daigo Nishi |
| DF | 4 | Kazuya Yamamura |
| DF | 5 | Takeshi Aoki | | 85' |
| DF | 17 | Takanori Maeno | | 78' |
| MF | 20 | Gaku Shibasaki |
| MF | 40 | Mitsuo Ogasawara (c) | 56' |
| MF | 25 | Yasushi Endo | | 68' |
| MF | 28 | Shoma Doi | | 57' |
| MF | 8 | Juninho | | 85' |
| FW | 9 | Yuya Osako |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 1 | Akihiro Sato |
| DF | 3 | Daiki Iwamasa | 87' | 85' |
| DF | 6 | Kōji Nakata | | 78' |
| MF | 13 | Atsutaka Nakamura | | 68' |
| MF | 27 | Takahide Umebachi | | 85' |
| MF | 35 | Takuya Nozawa | | 57' |
| FW | 19 | Yuta Toyokawa |
| Manager: ||
| Toninho Cerezo ||
| GK | 01 | Rogério Ceni (c) |
| DF | 23 | Douglas |
| DF | 33 | Lucão | 73' |
| DF | 14 | Edson Silva |
| DF | 38 | Reinaldo |
| MF | 5 | Wellington |
| MF | 7 | Rodrigo Caio |
| MF | 18 | Maicon | 46' |
| MF | 8 | Ganso |
| FW | 11 | Ademilson | 46' |
| FW | 19 | Aloísio |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 12 | Denis |
| GK | 30 | Renan Ribeiro |
| DF | 27 | Lucas Farias |
| MF | 20 | Lucas Evangelista | 46' |
| MF | 21 | Roni | 73' |
| MF | 28 | João Schmidt |
| FW | 22 | Silvinho | 46' |
| Manager: ||
| Paulo Autuori ||

* Assistant referees:
* Goh Gek Pheng (Singapore)
* Lee Tzu Liang (Singapore)
* Fourth official:
* Jumpei Iida (Japan)
* 2013 Suruga Bank Championship winners
* Kashima Antlers Second title
