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{{Infobox football tournament season
| title               = Emperor's Cup
| year                = 2008
| other_title         = 
| image               = 
| imagesize           = 
| caption             = 
| country             = Japan
| num_teams           = 82
| champions           = [[Gamba Osaka]]
| count               = 2
| runner-up           = [[Kashiwa Reysol]]
| matches             = 81
| goals               = 
| top goal scorer     = 
| player              = 
| prevseason          = [[2007 Emperor's Cup|2007]]
| nextseason          = [[2009 Emperor's Cup|2009]]
}}
The '''88th [[Emperor's Cup]]''' began on September 13, 2008 and ended on January 1, 2009 with the final which took place at [[National Stadium (Tokyo)|National Stadium]] in Tokyo. As the champion, [[Gamba Osaka]] participated in [[2009 AFC Champions League]].

== Calendar ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Round !! Date !! Matches !! style="width:100px;"| Clubs !! New entries this round
|- align=center
| First Round || 13 September 2008<br />14 September 2008 || 24 || '''48''' → 24 || '''47''' Prefectural Qualifying Cup Winners<br>'''1''' University Qualifying Cup Winner
|- align=center
| Second Round || 20 September 2008<br />21 September 2008 || 12 || 24 → 12 || –
|- align=center
| Third Round || 12 October 2008 || 14 || 12+'''15'''+'''1''' → 14 || '''15''' J2 Clubs<br/> '''1''' JFL Seeded Club 
|- align=center
| Fourth Round || 2 November 2008<br />3 November 2008<br />5 November 2008 || 16 || 14+'''18''' → 16 || '''18''' J1 Clubs
|- align=center
| Fifth Round || 15 November 2008 || 8 || 16 → 8 || none
|- align=center
| Quarter-finals || 20 December 2008 || 4 || 8 → 4 || none
|- align=center
| Semi-finals || 29 December 2008 || 2 || 4 → 2 || none
|- align=center
| Final || 1 January 2009 || 1 || 2 → 1 || none
|}

== Participants ==
=== J.League Division 1 ===
<div style="float:left; min-width:33%; max-width:50%; border:none; padding-right:1em;">
*[[Consadole Sapporo]]
*[[Kashima Antlers]]
*[[Omiya Ardija]]
*[[Urawa Red Diamonds]]
*[[Kashiwa Reysol]]
*[[JEF United Ichihara Chiba]]
*[[FC Tokyo]]
*[[Tokyo Verdy]]
*[[Kawasaki Frontale]]
</div>
<div style="float:left; min-width:33%; max-width:50%; border:none; padding-right:1em;">
*[[Yokohama F. Marinos]]
*[[Shimizu S-Pulse]]
*[[Júbilo Iwata]]
*[[Nagoya Grampus]]
*[[Albirex Niigata]]
*[[Kyoto Sanga FC]]
*[[Gamba Osaka]]
*[[Vissel Kobe]]
*[[Oita Trinita]]
</div>{{-}}

=== J.League Division 2 ===
<div style="float:left; min-width:33%; max-width:50%; border:none; padding-right:1em;">
*[[Vegalta Sendai]]
*[[Montedio Yamagata]]
*[[Mito HollyHock]]
*[[Thespa Kusatsu]]
*[[Yokohama FC]]
*[[Shonan Bellmare]]
*[[FC Gifu]]
*[[Ventforet Kofu]]
</div>
<div style="float:left; min-width:33%; max-width:50%; border:none; padding-right:1em;">
*[[Cerezo Osaka]]
*[[Sanfrecce Hiroshima]]
*[[Tokushima Vortis]]
*[[Ehime FC]]
*[[Avispa Fukuoka]]
*[[Sagan Tosu]]
*[[Roasso Kumamoto]]
</div>{{-}}

=== Japan Football League ===
*[[Tochigi SC]]

=== Prime Minister Cup University football tournament Winner ===
*[[Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences|Osaka Taiiku University]]

=== Prefectures ===
<div style="float:left; min-width:33%; max-width:50%; border:none; padding-right:1em;">
*[[Hokkaidō]] – [[Dohto University]]
*[[Aomori Prefecture|Aomori]] – [[Aomori Yamada High School]]
*[[Iwate Prefecture|Iwate]] – [[Grulla Morioka]]
*[[Miyagi Prefecture|Miyagi]] – [[Sony Sendai FC]]
*[[Akita Prefecture|Akita]] – [[TDK S.C.]]
*[[Yamagata Prefecture|Yamagata]] – [[Yamagata University]]
*[[Fukushima Prefecture|Fukushima]] – [[Fukushima United FC]]
*[[Ibaraki Prefecture|Ibaraki]] – [[Ryutsu Keizai University]]
*[[Tochigi Prefecture|Tochigi]] – [[Tochigi City FC|Hitachi Tochigi Uva SC]]
*[[Gunma Prefecture|Gunma]] – [[Arte Takasaki]]
*[[Saitama Prefecture|Saitama]] – [[Shobi University]]
*[[Chiba Prefecture|Chiba]] – [[JEF United Ichihara Chiba Reserves]]
*Tokyo – [[Kokushikan University]]
*[[Kanagawa Prefecture|Kanagawa]] – [[YSCC Yokohama]]
*[[Niigata Prefecture|Niigata]] – [[Niigata University of Management]]
*[[Toyama Prefecture|Toyama]] – [[Kataller Toyama]]
*[[Ishikawa Prefecture|Ishikawa]] – [[Zweigen Kanazawa]]
*[[Fukui Prefecture|Fukui]] – [[Saurcos Fukui]]
*[[Yamanashi Prefecture|Yamanashi]] – [[Tamaho FC]]
*[[Nagano Prefecture|Nagano]] – [[Matsumoto Yamaga FC]]
*[[Gifu Prefecture|Gifu]] – [[FC Gifu|FC Gifu Second]]
*[[Shizuoka Prefecture|Shizuoka]] – [[Honda FC]]
*[[Aichi Prefecture|Aichi]] – [[Aichi Gakuin University]]
*[[Mie Prefecture|Mie]] – [[Yokkaichi University]]
</div>
<div style="float:left; min-width:33%; max-width:50%; border:none; padding-right:1em;">
*[[Shiga Prefecture|Shiga]] – [[Sagawa Shiga FC]]
*[[Kyoto Prefecture|Kyoto]] – [[Sagawa Printing SC]]
*[[Osaka Prefecture|Osaka]] – [[Hannan University]]
*[[Hyōgo Prefecture|Hyōgo]] – [[Cento Cuore Harima FC|Banditonce Kakogawa FC]]
*[[Nara Prefecture|Nara]] – [[Nara Sangyo University]]
*[[Wakayama Prefecture|Wakayama]] – [[Kainan FC]]
*[[Tottori Prefecture|Tottori]] – [[Gainare Tottori]]
*[[Shimane Prefecture|Shimane]] – [[Dezzolla Shimane]]
*[[Okayama Prefecture|Okayama]] – [[Fagiano Okayama]]
*[[Hiroshima Prefecture|Hiroshima]] – [[Fukuyama University]]
*[[Yamaguchi Prefecture|Yamaguchi]] – [[Hitachi Kasado FC]]
*[[Tokushima Prefecture|Tokushima]] – [[Tokushima Vortis|Tokushima Vortis Second]]
*[[Kagawa Prefecture|Kagawa]] – [[Kamatamare Sanuki]]
*[[Ehime Prefecture|Ehime]] – [[Ehime University]]
*[[Kōchi Prefecture|Kochi]] – [[Kochi University]]
*[[Fukuoka Prefecture|Fukuoka]] – [[New Wave Kitakyushu]]
*[[Saga Prefecture|Saga]] – [[Brew Kashima|Kyushu Inax SC]]
*[[Nagasaki Prefecture|Nagasaki]] – [[Mitsubishi Nagasaki SC]]
*[[Kumamoto Prefecture|Kumamoto]] – [[Kumamoto Ohzu High School]]
*[[Ōita Prefecture|Ōita]] – [[Nippon Bunri University]]
*[[Miyazaki Prefecture|Miyazaki]] – [[Honda Lock SC]]
*[[Kagoshima Prefecture|Kagoshima]] – [[Volca Kagoshima]]
*[[Okinawa Prefecture|Okinawa]] – [[Okinawa Kariyushi FC]]

</div>{{-}}

==Matches==
All matches are [[Japan Standard Time]] ([[UTC+9]])

===First round===
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|date=2008-09-14
|time=13:00
|team1=[[Sagawa Printing SC]]
|score= 7 &nbsp;– 1 
|team2=[[Aichi Gakuin University]]
|stadium=
|attendance=
|referee=}}

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|date=2008-09-14
|time=13:00
|team1=Kainan FC
|score= 0 &nbsp;– 2
|team2=[[Ehime University]]
|stadium=
|attendance=
|referee=}}

{{footballbox
|date=2008-09-14
|time=13:00
|team1=[[FC Gifu|FC Gifu Second]]
|score= 0 &nbsp;– 1
|team2=[[Hannan University]]
|stadium=
|attendance=
|referee=}}

{{footballbox
|date=2008-09-13
|time=13:00
|team1=[[Yokkaichi University]]
|score= 1 &nbsp;– 3
|team2=[[Honda FC]]
|stadium=
|attendance=
|referee=}}

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|date=2008-09-13
|time=17:00
|team1=Saurcos Fukui
|score= 2 &nbsp;– 1 ([[Extra time|a.e.t.]])
|team2=[[Nara Sangyo University]]
|stadium=
|attendance=
|referee=}}

{{footballbox
|date=2008-09-14
|time=13:00
|team1=[[Niigata University of Management]]
|score= 1 &nbsp;– 5
|team2=[[Matsumoto Yamaga FC]]
|stadium=
|attendance=
|referee=}}

{{footballbox
|date=2008-09-13
|time=13:00
|team1=[[Fagiano Okayama FC]]
|score= 6 &nbsp;– 0
|team2=Hitachi Kasado
|stadium=[[Momotaro Stadium]]
|attendance=
|referee=}}

{{footballbox
|date=2008-09-14
|time=13:00
|team1=[[Fukuyama University]]
|score= 0 &nbsp;– 3
|team2=[[Volca Kagoshima]]
|stadium=
|attendance=
|referee=}}

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|date=2008-09-13
|time=13:00
|team1=[[Cento Cuore Harima FC|Banditonce Kakogawa FC]]
|score= 0 &nbsp;– 1
|team2=[[Kataller Toyama]]
|stadium=
|attendance=
|referee=}}

{{footballbox
|date=2008-09-13
|time=19:00
|team1=[[Zweigen Kanazawa]]
|score= 4 &nbsp;– 3 ([[Extra time|a.e.t.]])
|team2=[[Sagawa Shiga FC]]
|stadium=
|attendance=
|referee=}}

{{footballbox
|date=2008-09-14
|time=13:00
|team1=[[Ryutsu Keizai University]]
|score= 4 &nbsp;– 2
|team2=Y.S.C.C Yokohama
|stadium=
|attendance=
|referee=}}

{{footballbox
|date=2008-09-14
|time=13:00
|team1=[[Tamaho FC]]
|score= 0 &nbsp;– 10
|team2=[[Sony Sendai FC]]
|stadium=
|attendance=
|referee=}}

{{footballbox
|date=2008-09-13
|time=13:00
|team1=[[Dohto University]]
|score= 4 &nbsp;– 1 
|team2=[[Shobi University]]
|stadium=[[Sapporo Atsubetsu Park Stadium]]
|attendance=
|referee=}}

{{footballbox
|date=2008-09-14
|time=13:00
|team1=Fukushima United F.C
|score= 1 &nbsp;– 4
|team2=[[Kokushikan University]]
|stadium=
|attendance=
|referee=}}

{{footballbox
|date=2008-09-14
|time=13:00
|team1=[[Brew Kashima|Kyushu Inax]]
|score= 1 &nbsp;– 3
|team2=[[Okinawa Kariyushi FC|Okinawa Kariyushi]]
|stadium=
|attendance=
|referee=}}

{{footballbox
|date=2008-09-14
|time=13:00
|team1=Ohzu H.S 
|score= 2 &nbsp;– 1
|team2=[[Nippon Bunri University]]
|stadium=[[KKWing Stadium]]
|attendance=
|referee=}}

{{footballbox
|date=2008-09-14
|time=14:00
|team1=Mitsubishi Nagasaki
|score= 3 &nbsp;– 0
|team2=[[Dezzolla Shimane]]
|stadium=
|attendance=
|referee=}}

{{footballbox
|date=2008-09-14
|time=13:00
|team1=[[New Wave Kitakyushu]]
|score= 1 &nbsp;– 1 ([[Extra time|a.e.t.]])
|team2=[[Honda Lock SC]]
|stadium=[[Level-5 stadium]]
|attendance=
|referee=
|penalties1 = 
|penaltyscore = 4 &nbsp;– 2
|penalties2 =
}}

{{footballbox
|date=2008-09-13
|time=13:00
|team1=[[Tokushima Vortis|Tokushima Vortis Second]]
|score= 2 &nbsp;– 1
|team2=[[Kochi University]]
|stadium=
|attendance=
|referee=}}

{{footballbox
|date=2008-09-13
|time=13:00
|team1=[[Kamatamare Sanuki]]
|score= 1 &nbsp;– 0
|team2=[[Gainare Tottori]]
|stadium=
|attendance=
|referee=}}

{{footballbox
|date=2008-09-14
|time=13:00
|team1=[[Tochigi City FC|Hitachi Tochigi Uva SC]]
|score= 2 &nbsp;– 0
|team2=Aomori Yamada H.S
|stadium=[[Tochigi Green Stadium]]
|attendance=
|referee=}}

{{footballbox
|date=2008-09-14
|time=13:00
|team1=[[Arte Takasaki]]
|score= 0 &nbsp;– 2
|team2=[[JEF United Ichihara Chiba Reserves]]
|stadium=
|attendance=
|referee=}}

{{footballbox
|date=2008-09-13
|time=13:00
|team1=[[TDK S.C.]]
|score= 2 &nbsp;– 3 ([[Extra time|a.e.t.]])
|team2=[[Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences|Osaka Taiiku University]]
|stadium=
|attendance=
|referee=}}

{{footballbox
|date=2008-09-13
|time=13:00
|team1=[[Grulla Morioka]]
|score= 5 &nbsp;– 1
|team2=[[Yamagata University]]
|stadium=
|attendance=
|referee=}}

===Second round===
{{footballbox
|date=2008-09-21
|time=13:00
|team1=[[Sagawa Printing SC]]
|score= 5 &nbsp;– 1 
|team2=[[Ehime University]]
|stadium=
|attendance=
|referee=}}

{{footballbox
|date=2008-09-21
|time=13:00
|team1=[[Hannan University]]
|score= 0 &nbsp;– 4
|team2=[[Honda FC]]
|stadium=
|attendance=
|referee=}}

{{footballbox
|date=2008-09-20
|time=13:00
|team1=Saurcos Fukui
|score= 0 &nbsp;– 4
|team2=[[Matsumoto Yamaga FC]]
|stadium=
|attendance=
|referee=}}

{{footballbox
|date=2008-09-20
|time=13:00
|team1=[[Fagiano Okayama]]
|score= 2 &nbsp;– 0
|team2=[[Volca Kagoshima]]
|stadium=[[Momotaro Stadium]]
|attendance=
|referee=}}

{{footballbox
|date=2008-09-21
|time=13:00
|team1=[[Kataller Toyama]]
|score= 1 &nbsp;– 2
|team2=[[Zweigen Kanazawa]]
|stadium=
|attendance=
|referee=}}

{{footballbox
|date=2008-09-14
|time=13:00
|team1=[[Ryutsu Keizai University]]
|score= 2 &nbsp;– 3 ([[Extra time|a.e.t.]])
|team2=[[Sony Sendai FC]]
|stadium=[[Kasamatsu Stadium]]
|attendance=
|referee=}}

{{footballbox
|date=2008-09-21
|time=13:00
|team1=[[Dohto University]]
|score= 1 &nbsp;– 6
|team2=[[Kokushikan University]]
|stadium=[[Sapporo Atsubetsu Park Stadium]]
|attendance=
|referee=}}

{{footballbox
|date=2008-09-21
|time=13:00
|team1=[[Okinawa Kariyushi FC|Okinawa Kariyushi]]
|score= 2 &nbsp;– 1
|team2=Ohzu H.S 
|stadium=[[Best Amenity Stadium]], [[Tosu, Saga|Tosu]]
|attendance=
|referee=}}

{{footballbox
|date=2008-09-20
|time=13:00
|team1=Mitsubishi Nagasaki
|score= 0 &nbsp;– 1
|team2=[[New Wave Kitakyushu]]
|stadium=
|attendance=
|referee=}}

{{footballbox
|date=2008-09-20
|time=13:00
|team1=[[Tokushima Vortis|Tokushima Vortis Second]]
|score= 2 &nbsp;– 1
|team2=[[Kamatamare Sanuki]]
|stadium=
|attendance=
|referee=}}

{{footballbox
|date=2008-09-21
|time=13:00
|team1=[[Tochigi City FC|Hitachi Tochigi Uva SC]]
|score= 2 &nbsp;– 1
|team2=[[JEF United Ichihara Chiba Reserves]]
|stadium=
|attendance=
|referee=}}

{{footballbox
|date=2008-09-20
|time=13:00
|team1=[[Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences|Osaka Taiiku University]]
|score= 3 &nbsp;– 0
|team2=[[Grulla Morioka]]
|stadium=
|attendance=
|referee=}}

===Third round===
The 15 [[J.League|J2]] teams plus one [[Japan Football League|JFL]] representative ([[Tochigi SC]]) entered at this round.

{{footballbox
|date=2008-10-12
|time=13:00
|team1=[[Sagawa Printing SC]]
|score= 1 &nbsp;– 2
|team2=[[Ehime FC]]
|goals1=[[Shintaro Hirai|Hirai]] {{goal|37}}
|goals2=[[Yoshihiro Uchimura|Uchimura]] {{goal|42}} <br /> [[Susumu Oki|Oki]] {{goal|64}}
|stadium=[[Ningineer Stadium]], [[Matsuyama, Ehime|Matsuyama]]
|attendance=1,569
|referee=}}
----
{{footballbox
|date=2008-10-12
|time=13:00
|team1=[[Sagan Tosu]]
|score= 4 &nbsp;– 0
|team2=[[Honda FC]]
|goals1=[[Yasumichi Uchima|Uchima]] {{goal|2}} <br /> [[Koji Hirose|Hirose]]{{goal|57}} {{goal|67}} <br /> [[Keisuke Funatani|Funatani]] {{goal|82}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Best Amenity Stadium]], [[Tosu, Saga|Tosu]]
|attendance=2,307
|referee=}}
----
{{footballbox
|date=2008-10-12
|time=19:00
|team1=[[Shonan Bellmare]]
|score= 1 – 1 ([[Extra time|a.e.t.]])
|team2=[[Matsumoto Yamaga FC]]
|goals1=[[Ryuta Hara|Hara]] {{goal|23}}
|goals2=[[Michiaki Kakimoto|Kakimoto]] {{goal|26}}
|stadium=[[Hiratsuka Athletics Stadium]], [[Hiratsuka]]
|attendance=2,580
|referee=
|penalties1 = 
|penaltyscore = 4 – 5
|penalties2 =
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date=2008-10-12
|time=13:00
|team1=[[Ventforet Kofu]]
|score= 1 &nbsp;– 0
|team2=[[Fagiano Okayama]]
|goals1=[[Yohei Onishi|Onishi]] {{goal|44}} 
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Kose Sports Stadium]], [[Kofu]]
|attendance=4,420
|referee=}}
----
{{footballbox
|date=2008-10-12
|time=13:00
|team1=[[Tochigi SC]]
|score= 1 &nbsp;– 1 ([[Extra time|a.e.t.]])
|team2=[[Roasso Kumamoto|Kumamoto]]
|goals1=Yuki Okada {{goal|81}} 
|goals2=[[Tomoaki Komorida|Komorida]] {{goal|54}}
|stadium=[[Tochigi Green Stadium]], [[Utsunomiya, Tochigi|Tochigi]]
|attendance=3,011
|referee=
|penalties1 = 
|penaltyscore = 5 &nbsp;– 3
|penalties2 =
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date=2008-10-12
|time=13:00
|team1=[[Zweigen Kanazawa]]
|score= 0 &nbsp;– 1
|team2=[[FC Gifu]]
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Shinya Aikawa|Aikawa]] {{goal|83}}
|stadium=[[Toyama Athletic Recreation Park Stadium]] [[Toyama (city)|Toyama]]
|attendance=1,515
|referee=}}
----
{{footballbox
|date=2008-10-12
|time=13:00
|team1=[[Cerezo Osaka]]
|score= 1 &nbsp;– 0
|team2=[[Sony Sendai FC]]
|goals1=[[Gilton Ribeiro|Gilton]] {{goal|65}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Nagai Stadium]], [[Osaka]]
|attendance=2,403
|referee=}}
----
{{footballbox
|date=2008-10-12
|time=13:00
|team1=[[Tokushima Vortis]]
|score= 0 &nbsp;– 1 ([[Extra time|a.e.t.]])
|team2=[[Kokushikan University]]
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Yuki Matsumoto (footballer)|Matsumoto]] {{goal|118}}
|stadium=[[Naruto Athletic Stadium]], [[Naruto, Tokushima|Naruto]]
|attendance=1,174
|referee=}}
----
{{footballbox
|date=2008-10-12
|time=13:00
|team1=[[Yokohama FC]]
|score= 2 &nbsp;– 1
|team2=[[Okinawa Kariyushi FC]]
|goals1=[[Tomoki Ikemoto|Ikemoto]] {{goal|41}} <br /> [[Tsuyoshi Hakkaku|Hakkaku]] {{goal|89}}
|goals2=[[Masaki Saito (footballer)|Saito]] {{goal|37}} 
|stadium=[[Mitsuzawa Stadium]], [[Yokohama]]
|attendance=2,358
|referee=}}
----
{{footballbox
|date=2008-10-12
|time=13:00
|team1=[[Vegalta Sendai]]
|score= 2 &nbsp;– 0
|team2=[[New Wave Kitakyushu]]
|goals1=[[Yuki Nakashima (footballer)|Nakashima]] {{goal|20}} <br /> [[Shinya Tanoue|Tanoue]] {{goal|89}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Sendai Stadium]], [[Sendai]]
|attendance=6,357
|referee=}}
----
{{footballbox
|date=2008-10-12
|time=13:00
|team1=[[Thespa Kusatsu]]
|score= 2 &nbsp;– 0
|team2=[[Tokushima Vortis|Tokushima Vortis Second]] 
|goals1=[[Ryo Goto|Goto]] {{goal|48}} <br /> [[Yasunori Takada|Takada]] {{goal|66}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Shikishima Stadium]], [[Maebashi, Gunma|Maebashi]]
|attendance=1,693
|referee=}}
----
{{footballbox
|date=2008-10-12
|time=13:00
|team1=[[Avispa Fukuoka]]
|score= 0 &nbsp;– 1 ([[Extra time|a.e.t.]])
|team2=[[Mito HollyHock]]
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Yuki Matsumoto (footballer)|Matsumoto]] {{goal|114}}
|stadium=[[Level-5 stadium]], [[Fukuoka, Fukuoka|Fukuoka]]
|attendance=1,738
|referee=}}
----
{{footballbox
|date=2008-10-12
|time=13:00
|team1=[[Montedio Yamagata]]
|score= 4 &nbsp;– 1 ([[Extra time|a.e.t.]])
|team2=[[Tochigi City FC|Hitachi Tochigi Uva SC]]
|goals1=[[Shogo Sakai|Sakai]] {{goal|36}} <br /> [[Yohei Toyoda|Toyoda]] {{goal|93}} {{goal|111}} <br /> [[Kohei Miyazaki|Miyazaki]] {{goal|112}}
|goals2=[[Shingo Tatesawa|Tatesawa]] {{goal|54}} 
|stadium=[[Yamagata Park Stadium]], [[Yamagata, Yamagata|Yamagata]]
|attendance=2,185
|referee=}}
----
{{footballbox
|date=2008-10-12
|time=13:00
|team1=[[Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences|Osaka Taiiku University]]
|score= 0 &nbsp;– 6
|team2=[[Sanfrecce Hiroshima]]
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Tomoaki Makino|Makino]] {{goal|15}} <br /> [[Kota Hattori|Hattori]] {{goal|30}} {{goal|75}} <br /> [[Ryota Moriwaki|Moriwaki]] {{goal|60}} <br /> [[Issei Takayanagi|Takayanagi]] {{goal|86}} <br /> [[Tatsuhiko Kubo|Kubo]] {{goal|87}}
|stadium=[[Yabase Athletic Stadium]], [[Akita (city)|Akita]]
|attendance=1,271
|referee=}}

===Fourth round===
The 18 [[J.League|J1]] teams entered at this round.

{{footballbox
|date=2008-11-03
|time=13:00
|team1=[[Urawa Red Diamonds]] 
|score= 1 &nbsp;– 0 ([[Extra time|a.e.t.]])
|team2=[[Ehime FC]]
|goals1=[[Robson Ponte|Ponte]] {{goal|96}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Urawa Komaba Stadium]] [[Saitama (city)|Saitama]]
|attendance=16,724
|referee=}}
----
{{footballbox
|date=2008-11-02
|time=13:00
|team1=[[Yokohama F. Marinos]]
|score= 1 &nbsp;– 0
|team2=[[Consadole Sapporo]]
|goals1=[[Shingō Hyōdō|Hyōdō]] {{goal|70}}  
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Mitsuzawa Stadium]] [[Yokohama]]
|attendance=5,728
|referee=}}
----
{{footballbox
|date=2008-11-05
|time=19:00
|team1=[[Oita Trinita]]
|score= 0 &nbsp;– 2
|team2=[[Sagan Tosu]]
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Koji Hirose|Hirose]] {{goal|28}} {{goal|52}}
|stadium=[[Ōita Stadium]], [[Ōita (city)|Ōita]]
|attendance=5,512
|referee=}}
----
{{footballbox
|date=2008-11-02
|time=13:00
|team1=[[Matsumoto Yamaga FC]]
|score= 0 &nbsp;– 8
|team2=[[Vissel Kobe]]
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Takayuki Yoshida|Yoshida]] {{goal|13}} <br /> [[Hideo Tanaka (football)|Tanaka]] {{goal|29}} <br /> [[Leandro Montera da Silva|Leandro]] {{goal|50}} {{goal|84}} <br /> [[Keisuke Kurihara (footballer)|Kurihara]] {{goal|63}} {{goal|73}}, {{goal|75}} <br /> [[Yoshito Ōkubo|Ōkubo]] {{goal|65}}
|stadium=[[Home's Stadium Kobe]], [[Kobe]]
|attendance=3,268
|referee=}}
----
{{footballbox
|date=2008-11-16
|time=13:00
|team1=[[Gamba Osaka]] 
|score= 2 &nbsp;– 1 ([[Extra time|a.e.t.]])
|team2=[[Ventforet Kofu]]
|goals1=[[Satoshi Yamaguchi (footballer, born 1978)|Yamaguchi]] {{goal|80}} <br /> [[Hayato Sasaki|Sasaki]] {{goal|104}}
|goals2=[[Luis Carlos dos Santos Martins|Maranhao]] {{goal|1}}
|stadium=[[Osaka Expo '70 Stadium]], [[Suita, Osaka|Osaka]], [[Osaka Prefecture]]
|attendance=3,694
|referee=}}
----
{{footballbox
|date=2008-11-02
|time=13:00
|team1=[[Júbilo Iwata]]
|score= 3 &nbsp;– 1
|team2=[[Tochigi SC]]
|goals1=[[Takahiro Kawamura|Kawamura]] {{goal|43}} <br /> [[Masashi Nakayama|Nakayama]] {{goal|69}} <br /> [[Yoshiaki Ota|Ota]] {{goal|72}}
|goals2=[[Yusuke Sato|Sato]] {{goal|66}}
|stadium=[[Yamaha Stadium]], [[Iwata, Shizuoka|Iwata]]
|attendance=4,088
|referee=}}
----
{{footballbox
|date=2008-11-02
|time=13:00
|team1=[[Nagoya Grampus]] 
|score= 1 &nbsp;– 0 
|team2=[[FC Gifu]]
|goals1=[[Maya Yoshida|Yoshida]] {{goal|89}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Toyota Stadium (Japan)|Toyota Stadium]], [[Toyota, Aichi|Toyota]]
|attendance=7,597
|referee=}}
----
{{footballbox
|date=2008-11-02
|time=13:00
|team1=[[Omiya Ardija]]
|score= 1 &nbsp;– 0
|team2=[[Cerezo Osaka]]
|goals1=[[Klemen Lavrič|Lavrič]] {{goal|61}} 
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Ōmiya Park Soccer Stadium|NACK5 Stadium]], [[Ōmiya-ku, Saitama|Ōmiya, Saitama]]
|attendance=3,574
|referee=}}
----
{{footballbox
|date=2008-11-02
|time=13:00
|team1=[[Kashima Antlers]]
|score= 2 &nbsp;– 2 ([[Extra time|a.e.t.]]) 
|report=
|team2=[[Kokushikan University]]
|goals1= [[Danilo Gabriel de Andrade|Danilo]] {{goal|43}} <br /> [[Marquinhos (footballer, born 1976)|Marquinhos]] {{goal|74}}
|goals2= [[Dai Takahashi|Takahashi]] {{goal|39}} <br /> [[Kota Amano|Amano]]  {{goal}} 59
|stadium=[[Kashima Soccer Stadium]], [[Kashima, Ibaraki|Kashima]]
|attendance=5,286
|referee=
|penalties1 = [[Marquinhos (footballer, born 1976)|Marquinhos]] {{pengoal}} <br /> [[Takuya Nozawa|Nozawa]] {{pengoal}} <br /> [[Danilo Gabriel de Andrade|Danilo]] {{pengoal}} 
|penaltyscore = 3 &nbsp;– 0
|penalties2 = {{penmiss}} [[Yuto Takeoka|Takeoka]] <br /> {{penmiss}} [[Yoshifumi Kashiwa|Kashiwa]] <br /> {{penmiss}} [[Takamitsu Yoshino|Yoshino]] 
}} 
----
{{footballbox
|date=2008-11-05
|time=13:00
|team1=[[Shimizu S-Pulse]]
|score= 1 &nbsp;– 0
|report=
|team2=[[JEF United Ichihara Chiba]]
|goals1= [[Shinji Okazaki|Okazaki]] {{goal|89}}
|goals2= 
|stadium=[[Nihondaira Sports Stadium]], [[Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka|Shimizu]]
|attendance=4,214
|referee=}}
----
{{footballbox
|date=2008-11-02
|time=13:00
|team1=[[Albirex Niigata]] 
|score= 2 &nbsp;– 0
|team2=[[Yokohama FC]]
|goals1=[[Alessandro Nunes|Alessandro]] {{goal|18}} <br /> [[Jun Uchida|Uchida]] {{goal|20}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Niigata Stadium]], [[Niigata (city)|Niigata]]
|attendance=7,607
|referee=}}
----
{{footballbox
|date=2008-11-02
|time=13:00
|team1=[[FC Tokyo]]
|score= 2 &nbsp;– 1
|team2=[[Vegalta Sendai]]
|goals1=[[Sōta Hirayama|Hirayama]] {{goal|19}} {{goal|89}}
|goals2=[[Takayuki Nakahara|Nakahara]] {{goal|72}}
|stadium=[[Ajinomoto Stadium]], [[Chōfu, Tokyo|Chōfu]]
|attendance=10,528
|referee=}}
----
{{footballbox
|date=2008-11-02
|time=13:00
|team1=[[Kashiwa Reysol]]
|score= 1 &nbsp;– 0
|team2=[[Thespa Kusatsu]]
|goals1=[[Minoru Suganuma|Suganuma]] {{goal|83}} 
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Kashiwa no Ha Park Stadium]] [[Kashiwa]]
|attendance=4,569
|referee=}}
----
{{footballbox
|date=2008-11-02
|time=13:00
|team1=[[Mito HollyHock]]
|score= 0 &nbsp;– 3
|team2=[[Kyoto Sanga FC]]
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Jun Ando|Ando]] {{goal|11}} <br /> [[Yasumasa Nishino (footballer)|Nishino]] {{goal|46}} <br /> [[Takenori Hayashi|Hayashi]] {{goal|47}}
|stadium=[[Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium]], [[Kyoto]]
|attendance=2,802
|referee=}}
----
{{footballbox
|date=2008-11-03
|time=13:00
|team1=[[Kawasaki Frontale]] 
|score= 3 &nbsp;– 1
|team2=[[Montedio Yamagata]]
|goals1=[[Hiroyuki Taniguchi|Taniguchi]] {{goal|19}} <br /> [[Vitor Júnior]] {{goal|43}} <br /> [[Renato Carlos Martins Júnior|Renatinho]] {{goal|56}}
|goals2=[[Hidenori Ishii|Ishii]] {{goal|9}}
|stadium=[[Todoroki Athletics Stadium]], [[Kawasaki, Kanagawa|Kawasaki]]
|attendance=8,221
|referee=}}
----
{{footballbox
|date=2008-11-02
|time=13:00
|team1=[[Tokyo Verdy]]
|score= 0 &nbsp;– 1
|team2=[[Sanfrecce Hiroshima]]
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Issei Takayanagi|Takayanagi]] {{goal|89}}
|stadium=[[Nishigaoka National Stadium]], [[Kita, Tokyo|Tokyo]]
|attendance=5,411
|referee=}}

===Fifth round===
{{footballbox
|date=2008-11-15
|time=13:00
|team1=[[Urawa Red Diamonds]]
|score= 2 &nbsp;– 2 ([[Extra time|a.e.t.]]) 
|team2=[[Yokohama F. Marinos]]
|goals1= [[Sergio Escudero (footballer, born 1988)|Escudero]] {{goal|43}} <br /> [[Satoshi Horinouchi|Horinouchi]] {{goal|47}}
|goals2= [[Kenta Kano|Kano]] {{goal|5}} <br /> [[Hayuma Tanaka|Tanaka]] {{goal|20}}
|stadium=[[Marugame Stadium]], [[Marugame]]
|attendance=10,303
|referee=
|penalties1 = [[Robson Ponte|Ponte]] {{pengoal}} <br /> [[Yuichiro Nagai|Nagai]] {{pengoal}} <br /> [[Tsukasa Umesaki|Umesaki]] {{pengoal}} <br /> [[Tadaaki Hirakawa|Hirakawa]] {{pengoal}} <br /> [[Yoshiya Nishizawa|Nishizawa]] {{pengoal}} <br /> [[Keita Suzuki (footballer, born 1981)|Suzuki]] {{penmiss}}
|penaltyscore = 5 &nbsp;– 6
|penalties2 = {{pengoal}} [[Kenta Kano|Kano]] <br /> {{pengoal}} [[Shingō Hyōdō|Hyōdō]] <br /> {{pengoal}} [[Shōhei Ogura|Ogura]] <br /> {{pengoal}} [[Yūsuke Tanaka (football defender)|Tanaka]] <br /> {{pengoal}} [[Hayuma Tanaka|Tanaka]] <br /> {{pengoal}} [[Yuzo Kurihara|Kurihara]]
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date=2008-11-15
|time=13:00
|team1=[[Sagan Tosu]]
|score= 5 &nbsp;– 2 
|team2=[[Vissel Kobe]]
|goals1= [[Yoshihito Fujita|Fujita]] {{goal|1}} {{goal|57}} <br /> [[Yoshiki Takahashi (footballer)|Takahashi]] {{goal|9}} <br /> [[Koji Hirose|Hirose]] {{goal|36}} {{goal|52}}
|goals2= [[Hiroyuki Komoto|Komoto]] {{goal|46}} <br /> [[Park Kang-Jo]] {{goal|80}}
|stadium=[[Home's Stadium Kobe|Home's Stadium]], [[Kobe]]
|attendance=2,856
|referee=}}
----
{{footballbox
|date=2008-11-26
|time=19:00
|team1=[[Júbilo Iwata]]
|score= 1 &nbsp;– 3 
|team2=[[Gamba Osaka]]
|goals1= [[Norihiro Nishi|Nishi]] {{goal|1}} 
|goals2= [[Hayato Sasaki|Sasaki]] {{goal|15}} <br /> [[Satoshi Yamaguchi (footballer, born 1978)|Yamaguchi]] {{goal|55}} <br /> [[Masato Yamazaki (footballer, born 1981)|Yamazaki]] {{Goal|74}}
|stadium=[[Yamaha Stadium]], [[Iwata, Shizuoka|Iwata]]
|attendance=2,648
|referee=}}
----
{{footballbox
|date=2008-11-15
|time=13:00
|team1=[[Omiya Ardija]]
|score= 1 &nbsp;– 2 
|team2=[[Nagoya Grampus]]
|goals1= [[Tomoya Uchida|Uchida]] {{goal|25}} 
|goals2= [[Frode Johnsen|Johnsen]] {{goal|2}} {{goal|34}}
|stadium=[[Ōmiya Park Soccer Stadium|NACK5 Stadium]], [[Ōmiya-ku, Saitama|Ōmiya]]
|attendance=4,371
|referee=}}
----
{{footballbox
|date=2008-11-15
|time=13:00
|team1=[[Kashima Antlers]]
|score= 3 &nbsp;– 4 ([[Extra time|a.e.t.]])
|team2=[[Shimizu S-Pulse]]
|goals1= [[Chikashi Masuda|Masuda]] {{goal|28}} <br /> [[Marquinhos (footballer, born 1976)|Marquinhos]] {{goal|50}} <br /> [[Márcio Miranda Freitas Rocha da Silva|Marcinho]] {{goal|114}}
|goals2= [[Akihiro Hyodo|Hyodo]] {{goal|17}} <br /> [[Masaki Yamamoto|Yamamoto]] {{goal|80}} <br /> [[Takuma Edamura|Edamura]] {{goal|104}} <br /> [[Kazuki Hara|Hara]] {{goal|119}}
|stadium=[[Kashima Soccer Stadium]], [[Kashima, Ibaraki|Kashima]]
|attendance=5,158
|referee=}}
----
{{footballbox
|date=2008-11-15
|time=13:00
|team1=[[Albirex Niigata]]
|score= 2 &nbsp;– 3
|team2=[[FC Tokyo]]
|goals1= [[Márcio Richardes|Marcio]] {{goal|6}} <br /> [[Kazuhiko Chiba|Chiba]] {{goal|21}}
|goals2= [[Emerson de Andrade Santos|Emerson]] {{goal|31}} <br /> [[Shingo Akamine|Akamine]] {{goal|53}} <br /> [[Yohei Kajiyama|Kajiyama]] {{goal|62}}
|stadium=[[Tottori Soccer Stadium]], [[Tottori (city)|Tottori]]
|attendance=3,211
|referee=}}
----
{{footballbox
|date=2008-11-15
|time=13:00
|team1=[[Kashiwa Reysol]]
|score= 1 &nbsp;– 0
|team2=[[Kyoto Sanga FC]]
|goals1= [[Popó (footballer, born 1978)|Popó]] {{goal|63}} 
|goals2= 
|stadium=[[Toyama Athletic Recreation Park Stadium]], [[Toyama (city)|Toyama]]
|attendance=5,023
|referee=}}
----
{{footballbox
|date=2008-11-15
|time=13:00
|team1=[[Kawasaki Frontale]]
|score= 0 &nbsp;– 2
|team2=[[Sanfrecce Hiroshima]]
|goals1= 
|goals2= [[Toshihiro Aoyama|Aoyama]] {{goal|33}} <br /> [[Kōji Morisaki|Morisaki]] {{goal|57}} 
|stadium=[[Nagasaki Sports Park Stadium]], [[Isahaya, Nagasaki|Isahaya]]
|attendance=4,858
|referee=}}

===Quarter finals===
{{footballbox
|date=2008-12-20
|time=13:00
|team1=[[Sagan Tosu]]
|score= 1 &nbsp;– 3
|team2=[[Yokohama F. Marinos]]
|goals1= [[Koji Hirose|Hirose]] {{goal|23}}
|goals2= [[Yuji Nakazawa|Nakazawa]] {{goal|26}} <br /> [[Yuzo Kurihara|Kurihara]] {{goal|44}} <br /> [[Kenta Kano|Kano]] {{goal|89}}
|stadium=[[Best Amenity Stadium]] [[Tosu, Saga|Tosu]]
|attendance=9,656
|referee=}}
----
{{footballbox
|date=2008-12-25
|time=19:00
|team1=[[Gamba Osaka]]
|score= 2 &nbsp;– 1
|team2=[[Nagoya Grampus]]
|goals1= [[Lucas Severino|Lucas]] {{goal|13}} <br /> [[Sota Nakazawa|Nakazawa]] {{goal|22}}
|goals2= [[Keita Sugimoto|Sugimoto]] {{goal|70}}
|stadium=[[Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium]], [[Kobe]]
|attendance=4,955
|referee=[[Toshimitsu Yoshida]]}}
----
{{footballbox
|date=2008-12-20
|time=13:00
|team1=[[Shimizu S-Pulse]]
|score= 1 &nbsp;– 2
|team2=[[FC Tokyo]]
|goals1= [[Kazumichi Takagi|Takagi]] {{goal|25}}
|goals2= [[Shingo Akamine|Akamine]] {{goal|49}} {{goal|50}}
|stadium=[[Yurtec Stadium Sendai]], [[Sendai]]
|attendance=8,051
|referee=}}
----
{{footballbox
|date=2008-12-20
|time=15:00
|team1=[[Kashiwa Reysol]] 
|score= 3 &nbsp;– 2 ([[Extra time|a.e.t.]])
|team2=[[Sanfrecce Hiroshima]]
|goals1= [[Masahiro Koga|Koga]] {{goal|3}} <br /> [[Minoru Suganuma|Suganuma]] {{goal|13}} <br /> [[França (footballer, born 1976)|França]] {{goal|99}}
|goals2= [[Hisato Satō|Satō]] {{goal|6}} {{goal|26}}
|stadium=[[Momotaro Stadium]], [[Okayama, Okayama|Okayama]]
|attendance=8,531
|referee=}}

===Semi finals===
{{footballbox
|date=2008-12-29
|time=15:00
|team1=[[Yokohama F. Marinos]]
|score= 0 &nbsp;– 1 ([[Extra time|a.e.t.]])
|team2=[[Gamba Osaka]]
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Masato Yamazaki (footballer, born 1981)|Yamazaki]] {{goal|117}}
|stadium=[[National Stadium (Tokyo)|National Stadium]], Tokyo
|attendance=19,843
|referee=}}
----
{{footballbox
|date=2008-12-29
|time=13:00
|team1=[[FC Tokyo]]
|score= 1 – 2
|team2=[[Kashiwa Reysol]]
|goals1=[[Tatsuya Suzuki (footballer, born 1982)|Suzuki]] {{goal|31}}
|goals2=[[França (footballer, born 1976)|França]] {{goal|68}} <br /> [[Tadanari Lee|Lee]] {{goal|88}}
|stadium=[[Shizuoka Stadium]], [[Fukuroi, Shizuoka]]
|attendance=12,458
|referee=}}

===Final===
{{main|2008 Emperor's Cup Final}}
{{footballbox
|date=2009-01-01
|time=14:00
|team1=[[Gamba Osaka]]
|score= 1 – 0 ([[Extra time|a.e.t.]]) 
|team2=[[Kashiwa Reysol]]
|goals1=[[Ryūji Bando|Bando]] {{goal|116}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[National Stadium (Tokyo)|National Stadium]], Tokyo
|attendance=44,066
|referee=[[Yuichi Nishimura]]}}

==External links==
* [http://www.jfa.or.jp/match/matches/2008/tennouhai/index.html Official site of the 88th Emperor's Cup] {{in lang|ja}}

{{Emperor's Cup}}
{{2008 in Japanese football}}
{{2008 in Asian Football (AFC)}}
{{2009 in Asian Football (AFC)}}

[[Category:Emperor's Cup|2008]]
[[Category:2008 in Japanese football|Emperors Cup, 2008]]
[[Category:2008 domestic association football cups|Emperors Cup, 2008]]
[[Category:2009 in Japanese football]]