The , officially the 2023 All Japan Adults Football Tournament, and most known as the 2023 Shakaijin Cup,Official page was the 59th edition of the annually contested single-elimination tournament (or cup) for the best-ranked amateur clubs in Japan. As it's restricted to non-league clubs (Participating on Regional or Prefectural Leagues; not included in the nationwide league competitions), the defending champions, Briobecca Urayasu, could not defend their title as they are playing the 2023 season in the Japan Football League, Japan's 4th-tier league. All the matches were streamed in the "Shakaijin Cup" channel.
Venues Saga City Saga Stadium (SAGAスタジアム) Saga Sunrise Park Ball Game Field A/B (SAGAサンライズパーク_ボールフィールド A/B) Saga Healthy Active Life Promote Center Soccer/Rugby Field (佐賀市健康運動センターサッカー・ラグビー場)
Tosu City Ekimae Real Estate Stadium (駅前不動産スタジアム) Tosu Stadium Northern Ground A/B (鳥栖スタジアム北部グラウンド A/B)
Holding method Every match at the tournament was played with 40 minutes per half, instead of the usual 45, with every match being played under 80 minutes of action in total, excluding added time. The match would go directly to a penalty shoot-out, if a winner was not decided after the full-time whistle. Up to five substitutions in three or less substitution breaks (excluding half-time) were allowed at the tournament, as per FIFA recommendation.
The top three teams qualified to play on the 2023 edition of the Japanese Regional Champions League, which serves as Japan Football League's play-off tournament. However, the top three teams do not necessarily mean the semi-finalists. Instead, it refers to the best-ranked teams in the "Shakaijin" among those that have not finished as champions of their respective Regional Leagues.
About individual suspensions, players or officials should be suspended for an upcoming fixture if they: Receive a yellow card in two consecutive matches; receive a red card. Also, accumulated yellow cards would be reset to zero after the quarter-finals.
Participating teams Regional champions who were at the time already qualified for the Regional Champions League are denoted in bold. Teams from the 6th tier or below can not participate in the Regional Champions League and are denoted in italics.
Team Saga (Host) 1 Brew Kashima Kyushu Soccer League (5)Hokkaido2 Hokkaido Tokachi Sky EarthHokkaido Soccer League (5) BTOP HokkaidoTohoku2 FC La Universidad de Sendai (ja)Tohoku Soccer League D1 (5) Cobaltore OnagawaKantō7 Tochigi CityKantō Soccer League D1 (5) Tokyo United Tokyo 23 FC Vonds Ichihara Joyful Honda Tsukuba Toho Titanium Atsugi Hayabusa (ja) Kantō Soccer League D2 (6)Hokushin'etsu2 Artista Asama Hokushin'etsu Football League (5) NUHW FC (ja) Niigata Prefectural League D1 (7)Tōkai4 Wyvern FCTōkai Adult Soccer League D1 (5) FC Kariya Gakunan F. Mosuperio (ja)Tōkai Adult Soccer League D2 (6) Toyota SC (ja)
Team Kansai5 Arterivo WakayamaKansai Soccer League D1 (5) Basara Hyogo (ja) Moriyama Samurai 2000 (ja) Asuka FC (ja) Hannan University Club (ja)Kansai Soccer League D2 (6)Chugoku3 Belugarosso IwamiChugoku Soccer League (5) Fukuyama City Baleine ShimonosekiShikoku2 FC TokushimaShikoku Soccer League (5) KUFC Nankoku (ja)Kyushu4 J-Lease FCKyushu Soccer League (5) Veroskronos Tsuno Nobeoka Agata KMG Holdings FC (ja)
Schedule All times on UTC+09:00, according to Japan Standard Time (JST).
Round of 32
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Joyful Honda Tsukuba and FC Kariya qualified to the Regional Champions League.
Semi-finals
3rd-place match
Final
GK 21 Takuya KojimaDF 2 Ryosuke OshimaDF 5 Shuto IzukaDF 6 Kazunari Ishida DF 28 Ren IijimaMF 8 Masayuki SaitoMF 10 Ryo Ozaki (c)MF 23 Shinichiro Sonoda MF 26 Kaito Kinoshita FW 9 Naoto SuzukiFW 20 Yutaka Ito Substitutes:GK 16 Yusei NaritaDF 3 Teruyuki MoniwaDF 13 Aoi ChishimaDF 25 Kimiaki NishikawaMF 7 Tatsuki Onuma FW 29 Chihiro Otomo FW 30 Ryoto Kamiya Manager: Koji Kadota GK 31 Kenta IsobeDF 3 Yusei OhashiDF 4 Daichi Yamada (c) DF 5 Yuki FutatsugiMF 6 Yuto Shibata MF 14 Masafumi KiyomotoMF 18 Shuto Tatsuta MF 22 Tessei Kinoshita MF 24 Koshiro OndaFW 11 Junya Kitano FW 15 Haruki Shinjo Substitutes:GK 1 Hironobu YoshizakiDF 13 Yuji Yoshitani MF 7 Sho Horino MF 10 Ryo TaguchiMF 17 Tomoya Seki MF 20 Toki Yamase FW 9 Tatsuro Yamauchi Manager: Eishi Kaizu Assistant referees: Kazuki Nakamura Hiro Yamaguchi Fourth official: Yoshiki HiroseMatch rules 80 minutes. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of five substitutions.
Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Kai NomuraFC Tokushima52 Shun AokiJoyful Honda Tsukuba3 Masayuki SaitoFC Kariya Itsuki TakagaiArtista Asama5 Daiki DeokaFC Tokushima2 Masaya InoueNobeoka Agata Masafumi KiyomotoArterivo Wakayama Shuta KotakaJoyful Honda Tsukuba Kazuma KuwataJoyful Honda Tsukuba Tatsuki OnumaFC Kariya Ryosuke OshimaFC Kariya Ryo OzakiFC Kariya Keisuke SasakiLa Universidad de Sendai Takeru SatoNUHW FC Tomoya SekiArterivo Wakayama Takuma SonodaJ-Lease FC
References
External links About the tournament Schedule/Result
See also 2023 J1 League 2023 J2 League 2023 J3 League 2023 Japanese Regional Leagues 2023 Emperor's Cup 2023 J.League Cup