The 2008 Suruga Bank Championship (; ) is the inaugural match between the winners of the previous season's J. League Cup and the Copa Sudamericana. It was contested by the 2007 J. League Cup winner Japanese club Gamba Osaka and the 2007 Copa Sudamericana champion Argentine club Arsenal.
The match was won by Arsenal after a late second-half header by Carlos Casteglione off a corner kick by Javier Yacuzzi.
Summary
GAMBA OSAKA: GK 22 Yosuke FujigayaDF 2 Sota Nakazawa DF 5 Satoshi Yamaguchi (c) DF 19 Takumi Shimohira DF 21 Akira Kaji MF 10 Takahiro FutagawaMF 16 Hayato Sasaki MF 17 Tomokazu Myojin MF 27 Hideo HashimotoFW 9 LucasFW 30 Masato Yamazaki Substitutes:GK 25 Naoki MatsuyoDF 9 Mineiro DF 5 Yohei Fukumoto MF 14 Shu Kurata MF 11 Takuya Takei FW 15 Shoki Hirai FW 22 Hideya Okamoto Manager: Akira NishinoARSENAL: GK 1 Mario CuencaDF 18 Christian Díaz DF 4 Darío Espínola DF 6 Aníbal MatellánDF 19 Josimar MosqueraMF 16 Sebastián Carrera MF 13 Carlos Casteglione (c) MF 5 Cristian Pellerano MF 8 Javier YacuzziFW 10 Alejandro Gómez FW 11 Facundo Sava Substitutes:GK 12 Catriel OrcelletDF 3 Carlos BáezDF 2 Mariano BrauDF 14 Javier Gandolfi DF 20 Damián PérezMF 15 Nahuel Sachetto MF 7 Andrés San Martín FW 17 Facundo Coria FW 9 Luciano Leguizamón Manager: Daniel Garnero Assistant referees: Weiming Huo Dongnan Li Fourth official: Hajim Matsuo
External links Official page on CONMEBOL's site Full report All about 2008 Suruga Bank Championship