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2022–23 WE League Cup

The 2022–23 WE League Cup is the 1st season of the WE League Cup, a women's football cup tournament that will be contested annually between WE League clubs. As the league have as of the 2022–23 season only 11 clubs featuring in the tournament and the plan was to make a group stage between the knockouts, it was necessary that six teams featured in a group, and five in another. The winner of each group got a ticket to the final, which will be contested by Urawa Red Diamonds and Tokyo Verdy Beleza. Despite the tournament refers to itself as if it was played between two different years, the tournament starts and ends on 2022, as the "–23" refers to the Japan professional women's football season on the WE League, which starts in 2022 and (actually) ends on 2023. The final of this edition will be played on 1 October 2022.

2022–23 WE League Cup
Tournament details
CountryJapan
Dates20 August – 1 October 2022
Teams11
Final positions
ChampionsUrawa Red Diamonds Ladies
(1st title)
Runner-upNippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza
Tournament statistics
Matches played26
Goals scored54 (2.08 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Riko Ueki (6 goals)

Schedule

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Matchday Date[1][2][3]
Group stage Matchday 1 20 or 21 August
Matchday 2 27 or 28 August
Matchday 3 3 or 4 September
Matchday 4 10 or 11 September
Matchday 5 17 or 18 or 19 September
Matchday 6 24 or 25 September
Final 1 October

Group stage

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies 5 3 2 0 12 5 +7 11 Advance to the final
2 AC Nagano Parceiro Ladies 5 3 2 0 7 4 +3 11
3 Chifure AS Elfen Saitama 5 1 2 2 6 8 −2 5
4 Mynavi Sendai Ladies 5 1 2 2 5 8 −3 5
5 Omiya Ardija Ventus 5 1 1 3 4 6 −2 4
6 Albirex Niigata Ladies 5 1 1 3 5 8 −3 4
Source: WE League
20 August 2022 Matchweek 1 Albirex Niigata Ladies 1–1 Chifure AS Elfen Saitama Shibata
17:03 JST
  • Michigami   87'
 Report
(WE League)
Stadium: Shibata Ijimino Park Athletics Stadium
Attendance: 213
Referee: Emi Chiba
20 August 2022 Matchweek 1 AC Nagano Parceiro Ladies 1–1 Mynavi Sendai Ladies Nagano
18:00 JST
Report
(WE League)
Stadium: Nagano U Stadium
Attendance: 591
Referee: Miu Sone
21 August 2022 Matchweek 1 Omiya Ardija Ventus 2–2 Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies Saitama
18:03 JST
Report
(WE League)
Stadium: NACK5 Stadium Omiya
Attendance: 1,857
Referee: Minako Asakura
27 August 2022 Matchweek 2 Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies 4–1 Albirex Niigata Ladies Saitama
18:00 JST
Report
(WE League)
Stadium: Urawa Komaba Stadium
Attendance: 1,546
Referee: Chihiro Ikki
27 August 2022 Matchweek 2 AC Nagano Parceiro Ladies 1–0 Omiya Ardija Ventus Nagano
18:00 JST
Report
(WE League)		 Stadium: Nagano U Stadium
Attendance: 844
Referee: Haruna Kanematsu
3 September 2022 Matchweek 3 Mynavi Sendai Ladies 0–2 Albirex Niigata Ladies Ishinomaki
15:01 JST Report
(WE League)
Stadium: Seihoku Park Ishinomaki
Attendance: 483
Referee: Satomi Arakawa
3 September 2022 Matchweek 3 Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies 2–2 AC Nagano Parceiro Ladies Saitama
18:00 JST
Report
(WE League)
Stadium: Urawa Komaba Stadium
Attendance: 1,146
Referee: Kumiko Matsuo
3 September 2022 Matchweek 3 Omiya Ardija Ventus 1–2 Chifure AS Elfen Saitama Saitama
18:03 JST
Report
(WE League)
Stadium: NACK5 Stadium Omiya
Attendance: 1,828
Referee: Fusako Kajiyama
11 September 2022 Matchweek 4 Mynavi Sendai Ladies 3–3 Chifure AS Elfen Saitama Sendai
16:01 JST
Report
(WE League)
Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai
Attendance: 822
Referee: Mari Yamamoto
18 September 2022 Matchweek 5 Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies 2–0 Mynavi Sendai Ladies Saitama
15:30 JST
Report
(WE League)		 Stadium: Urawa Komaba Stadium
Attendance: 931
Referee: Haruna Kanematsu
19 September 2022 Matchweek 5 Albirex Niigata Ladies 0–1 Omiya Ardija Ventus Shibata
16:01 JST Report
(WE League)
Stadium: Shibata Ijimino Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 1,303
Referee: Mari Yamamoto
24 September 2022 Matchweek 6 Mynavi Sendai Ladies 1–0 Omiya Ardija Ventus Onagawa
13:00 JST
Report
(WE League)		 Stadium: Onagawa Stadium
Attendance: 332
Referee: Chihiro Ikki
24 September 2022 Matchweek 6 AC Nagano Parceiro Ladies 2–1 Albirex Niigata Ladies Nagano
18:03 JST
Report
(WE League)
Stadium: Nagano U Stadium
Attendance: 984
Referee: Fusako Kajiyama

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza 4 2 2 0 9 3 +6 8 Advance to the final
2 INAC Kobe Leonessa 4 2 2 0 7 5 +2 8
3 JEF United Ichihara Chiba Ladies 4 1 2 1 5 5 0 5
4 Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara 4 0 2 2 3 6 −3 2
5 Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina 4 0 2 2 5 10 −5 2
Source: WE League
20 August 2022 Matchweek 1 INAC Kobe Leonessa 3–2 JEF United Ichihara Chiba Ladies Sakai
19:03 JST
Report
(WE League)
Stadium: J-GREEN SAKAI S1 Main Field
Attendance: 936
Referee: Michiko Fujita
4 September 2022 Matchweek 3 Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina 1–5 Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza Hiroshima
18:03 JST
Report
(WE League)
Stadium: Hiroshima Koiki Park Football Stadium No.1
Attendance: 968
Referee: Ayano Yanagi
10 September 2022 Matchweek 4 Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza 2–2 INAC Kobe Leonessa Kita
15:00 JST
Report
(WE League)
Stadium: AGF Field
Attendance: 816
Referee: Yoshimi Yamashita
10 September 2022 Matchweek 4 Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara 2–2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina Sagamihara
15:33 JST
Report
(WE League)
Stadium: Sagamihara Gion Stadium
Attendance: 744
Referee: Miu Sone
17 September 2022 Matchweek 5 Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza 2–0 Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara Tama
15:00 JST
Report
(WE League)		 Stadium: Tama Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 594
Referee: Kazue Kusadokoro
20 September 2022 Matchweek 5 Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina 1–1 JEF United Ichihara Chiba Ladies Hiroshima
19:00 JST
Report
(WE League)
Stadium: Hiroshima Koiki Park Football Stadium No.1
Attendance: 458
Referee: Asaka Koizumi
25 September 2022 Matchweek 6 INAC Kobe Leonessa 2–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina Sakai
15:30 JST
Report
(WE League)
Stadium: J-GREEN SAKAI S1 Main Field
Attendance: 969
Referee: Kumiko Matsuo

Final

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Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies3–3Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza
 Report
(WE League)
Penalties
 4–2
Attendance: 3,546
Referee: Asaka Koizumi


Awards

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Award Player Club
MVP

Top scorers

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As of 1 October 2022
Rank Player Club Goals[5][6][7]
1 Riko Ueki Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza 6
2 Kozue Ando Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies 4
3 Yuika Sugasawa Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies 3
Aoba Fujino Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza
Rio Takizawa AC Nagano Parceiro Ladies
6 Miyu Yakata MyNavi Sendai 2
Hikaru Naomoto Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies
Kiko Seike Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies
Mayu Karahashi Chifure AS Elfen Saitama
Miho Kamogawa JEF United Chiba Ladies
Tomoko Muramatsu Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza
Kana Fujiwara Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara
Ayaka Michigami Albirex Niigata Ladies
Mina Tanaka INAC Kobe Leonessa
Moeno Sakaguchi INAC Kobe Leonessa
Haruna Kawashima Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina

TV broadcasting

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  • BS TV Tokyo Corporation (final match only)

Internet live streaming

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "「2022-23 WEリーグカップ」開催決定！ グループステージは8/20・21・22開幕、決勝は10/1(土)". weleague.jp (in Japanese). 8 July 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  2. ^ "「2022-23 WEリーグカップ」 試合日程が決定 決勝は10/1(土) 味の素フィールド西が丘で開催". weleague.jp (in Japanese). 8 July 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  3. ^ a b c Dan Orlowitz (16 August 2022). "WE League aims to build on first-season challenges". The Japan Times. Tokyo. Retrieved 25 September 2022. Fans will be able to witness one of the first signs of improvement on Saturday with the launch of the WE League Cup, which will see teams compete in round-robin group action before an Oct. 1 final in Tokyo.
  4. ^ a b "2022-23 WE League Cup: Match schedule confirmed. Final will be held on Saturday, 1st October at Ajinomoto Field Nishigaoka". WE League. Tokyo. 20 July 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Stats". weleague.jp. Japan Women's Empowerment Professional Football League WE League. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  6. ^ "2022-23 WE League Cup Group Stage Group A Scorers". WE League Data Site. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  7. ^ "2022-23 WE League Cup Group Stage Group B Scorers". WE League Data Site. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  8. ^ "2022-23 WE LEAGUE CUP: Group Stage matches will be streamed live on WE LEAGUE's official YouTube Channel!". weleague.jp. WE League. 22 August 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  9. ^ "「2022-23 WEリーグカップ」 グループステージはWEリーグ公式YouTubeでライブ配信！". weleague.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 August 2022.
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