Gamba Osaka

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Gamba Osaka
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Full nameGamba Osaka
Nickname(s)Nerazzurri (Black-and-Blues)
Founded1980; 41 years ago (1980)[1] as Matsushita Electric SC
GroundPanasonic Stadium Suita
Capacity39,694
OwnerPanasonic
ChairmanTakashi Yamauchi
Head coachTsuneyasu Miyamoto
LeagueJ1 League
2020J1 League, 2nd of 18
WebsiteClub website
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Gamba Osaka (ガンバ大阪, Gamba Ōsaka) is a Japanese professional football club based in Suita, Osaka Prefecture. The club plays in the J1 League, which is the top tier of football in the country. The club's name Gamba comes from the Italian word "gamba" meaning "leg" and the Japanese ganbaru (頑張る), meaning "to do your best" or "to stand firm". The club's home stadium is Suita City Football Stadium.

Gamba Osaka is among the most accomplished Japanese clubs, having won several top-tier domestic titles, as well as the 2008 AFC Champions League.

History[]

Founded in 1980 as Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (which was renamed "Panasonic Corporation" on 1 October 2008) soccer club in Nara Prefecture and a member of the Japan Soccer League.[2] It was mostly made of remaining players and staff of the defunct Yanmar Club, the former B-team of Yanmar Diesel F.C., later to be known as Cerezo Osaka. Gamba Osaka was an original member ("Original Ten"[a]) of the J.League in 1993.[2]

In 2005, the club claimed its first J.League championship on a dramatic final day during which any of five clubs could have claimed the championship. Gamba needed to win, and have cross town rivals Cerezo Osaka draw or lose. Gamba defeated a valiant Kawasaki Frontale 4–2, while victory was snatched from Cerezo by a last-minute FC Tokyo equalizer.[3] In an AFC Champions League match in 2006, Gamba Osaka defeated Vietnamese side Da Nang FC in a record-equaling victory of 15–0.[4] In the 2008 Pan-Pacific Championship final, Gamba Osaka beat MLS club Houston Dynamo 6–1 to win the tournament, in large part because of Bare who scored 4 goals in the final (5 in all at the tournament).[5] After his brilliant display and having just scored 10 goals in 18 games for Gamba in the domestic league, he was sold to UAE club Al-Ahli for 1 billion yen.[6]

Gamba Osaka playing against the Melbourne Victory in the 2008 AFC Champions League

In October 2008, Gamba for the first time in their history, reached the final of the AFC Champions League after defeating fellow Japanese league rivals Urawa Red Diamonds 4–2 on aggregate after a 1–1 draw at home in the first leg, Gamba registered one of the most historic comebacks in Champions League history when they came back from being behind 1–0 before half time to win 1–3 with all goals scored in the second half at Saitama. Gamba Osaka went on to win the 2008 AFC Champions League title after winning 5–0 on aggregate against the giant-killing Australian club Adelaide United in the Final. They became the fifth Japanese club to win the maximum Asian title, after Urawa, Júbilo Iwata, then-company-affiliated Yomiuri (now Tokyo Verdy), and Furukawa Electric (now JEF United Ichihara Chiba).[7]

In December 2008, Gamba made it to the semi finals of the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup after beating Australian club Adelaide United 1–0. They were beaten in the semifinals by 2007–08 Premier League and UEFA Champions League winners Manchester United. On 21 December 2008 they played for third place against Mexican side C.F. Pachuca with Gamba winning the match 1–0.[8]

In December 2012, Gamba were relegated from Division 1 after losing 2–1 to Júbilo Iwata. Gamba finished 17th in the league despite scoring more goals than any other club, including Champion Sanfrecce Hiroshima. Ultimately, although Gamba had a positive goal difference at the end of the season, Gamba could not overcome their poor defense, which allowed the second most goals in Division 1 after Consadole Sapporo. This also made Gamba Osaka the fastest club to suffer relegation from the top division after winning the AFC Champion's League and playing in the FIFA Club World Cup, the relegation being only four years later.[9] However, the club bounced back in the 2013 season, becoming the J2 Champion and directly promoting to Division 1 again after only one season.[10]

In 2014, Gamba won the Division 1 title, a year after winning the second division, becoming the second club in the professional era to achieve this feat (after Kashiwa Reysol in 2011). That same year, Gamba also became the second club to win the domestic treble (after Kashima Antlers in 2000), by winning the J.League Cup and the Emperor's Cup as well.[11]

Year 2015 saw Gamba Osaka return to the AFC Champions League for the first time since 2012, where they advanced to the semi-finals before being eliminated by The Tournament Winner and 2015 FIFA Club World Cup Fourth Place Guangzhou Evergrande 1–2 on aggregate. Domestically, Gamba Osaka advanced to the final of both the J.League Cup and the J1 League Championship, losing to Kashima Antlers 0–3 and Club World Cup Third Place Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3–4 respectively.[12] Gamba Osaka successfully defended their status as Emperor's Cup winners, defeating Urawa Red Diamonds 2–1.[13]

Stadium[]

A panoramic view of Suita City Football Stadium

Gamba Osaka used the Osaka Expo '70 Stadium in the Expo Commemoration Park as its home stadium from 1980 through 2015, which seats around 21,000.

The club began construction in December 2013 of a new soccer-specific stadium called Suita City Football Stadium in the same park, with a seating capacity of 39,694.[14] The new stadium had its inaugural official match during the Panasonic Cup on February 14, 2016, an exhibition match during which Gamba Osaka hosted fellow J1 club Nagoya Grampus.[15]

Rivalries[]

Gamba's fiercest rival are fellow locals Cerezo Osaka with whom they contest the Osaka derby.[16] Also have a heavy rivalry with Saitama's Urawa Red Diamonds, which they make the "National Derby" of Japan.

Record as J.League member[]

Champions Runners-up Third place Promoted Relegated
Season Div. Teams Pos. Attendance J.League Cup Emperor's Cup AFC CL FIFA CWC
1992 – – – – Group stage Quarter-final – –
1993 J1 10 7th 21,571 Semi-final 2nd round – –
1994 12 10th 22,367 Semi-final Semi-final – –
1995 14 14th 13,310 – Semi-final – –
1996 16 12th 8,004 Group stage Semi-final – –
1997 17 4th 8,443 Group stage Semi-final – –
1998 18 15th 8,723 Group stage 3rd round – –
1999 16 11th 7,996 2nd round 4th round – –
2000 16 6th 9,794 2nd round Semi-final – –
2001 16 7th 11,723 2nd round Quarter-final – –
2002 16 3rd 12,762 Semi-final 4th round – –
2003 16 10th 10,222 Quarter-final 4th round – –
2004 16 3rd 12,517 Quarter-final Semi-final – –
2005 18 1st 15,966 Runners-up Semi-final – –
2006 18 3rd 16,259 Quarter-final Runners-up Group stage –
2007 18 3rd 17,439 Winners Semi-final – –
2008 18 8th 16,128 Semi-final Winners Winners 3rd Place
2009 18 3rd 17,712 Quarter-final Winners Round of 16 –
2010 18 2nd 16,654 Quarter-final Semi-final Round of 16 –
2011 18 3rd 16,411 Semi-final 3rd round Round of 16 –
2012 18 17th 14,778 Quarter-final Runners-up Group stage –
2013 J2 22 1st 12,286 – 3rd round – –
2014 J1 18 1st 14,749 Winners Winners – –
2015 18 2nd 15,999 Runners-up Winners Semi-final –
2016 18 4th 25,342 Runners-up Quarter-final Group stage –
2017 18 10th 24,277 Semi-final Quarter-final Group stage –
2018 18 9th 23,485 Quarter-final 2nd round – –
2019 18 7th 27,708 Semi-final 3rd round – –
2020 18 2nd 7,597 Group stage Runners-up – –
2021 20 TBD –
Key
  • Pos. = Position in league
  • Attendance = Average home league attendance per game
  • Source: J. League Data Site

Coaching staff[]

The Coaching Staff for the 2019 J1 League season;[17]

Position Staff
First-team Manager Japan Tsuneyasu Miyamoto
Head Coach Japan Satoshi Yamaguchi
Goalkeeper Coach Japan Naoki Matsuyo
Coach Japan Arata Kodama
Physical Coach Spain

Players[]

See also:

Current squad[]

As of 28 August 2021[18]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Japan JPN Masaaki Higashiguchi
3 DF Japan JPN Gen Shoji
4 DF Japan JPN Hiroki Fujiharu
5 DF Japan JPN Genta Miura (captain)
6 MF South Korea KOR Ju Se-jong
8 MF Japan JPN Kosuke Onose
9 FW Brazil BRA Leandro Pereira
10 MF Japan JPN Shu Kurata
11 FW Japan JPN Yuji Ono
13 DF Japan JPN Shunya Suganuma
14 MF Japan JPN Yuya Fukuda
15 MF Japan JPN Yosuke Ideguchi
16 DF Japan JPN Yota Sato
17 MF Japan JPN Kohei Okuno
18 FW Brazil BRA Patric
19 DF South Korea KOR Kim Young-gwon
21 MF Japan JPN Shinya Yajima
22 GK Japan JPN Jun Ichimori
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 GK Japan JPN Mizuki Hayashi
24 DF Japan JPN Keisuke Kurokawa
25 GK Japan JPN Kei Ishikawa
26 DF Japan JPN Ko Yanagisawa
27 DF Japan JPN Ryu Takao
28 FW Brazil BRA Wellington Silva
29 MF Japan JPN Yuki Yamamoto
30 DF Japan JPN Dai Tsukamoto
31 GK Japan JPN Taichi Kato (on loan from Ehime FC)
32 FW Brazil BRA Tiago Alves
33 FW Japan JPN Haruto Shirai
34 FW Japan JPN Shuhei Kawasaki
37 FW Japan JPN Hiroto Yamami
39 FW Japan JPN Takashi Usami
40 DF South Korea KOR Shin Won-ho
41 MF Japan JPN Jiro Nakamura
42 FW Japan JPN Isa Sakamoto

Out on loan[]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK Japan JPN Kosei Tani (on loan at Shonan Bellmare)
— MF Japan JPN Yasuhito Endō (on loan at Júbilo Iwata)
— MF Japan JPN Ren Shibamoto (on loan at SC Sagamihara)
— FW Japan JPN Keito Nakamura (on loan at FC Juniors OÖ)
— FW Japan JPN Shoji Toyama (on loan at Ehime FC)

Notable players[]

Yasuhito Endō, most capped player and number-one goalscorer in Gamba's history.
Greatest ever team

In 2011, as part of the club's official celebration of their 20th anniversary, supporters cast votes to determine the greatest ever team.[19]

  • Goalkeeper
Japan Yōsuke Fujigaya (2005–2013, 2015–2017)
  • Defender
Japan Akira Kaji (2006–2014)
Brazil Sidiclei (2004–2007)
Japan Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (1995–2006)
Japan Satoshi Yamaguchi (2001–2011)
  • Midfielder
Japan Yasuhito Endō (1998– )
Japan Tomokazu Myojin (2006–2015 )
Japan Hideo Hashimoto (1998–2011)
Japan Takahiro Futagawa (1999–2018 )
Cameroon Patrick M'Boma (1997–1998)
Brazil Araújo (2005)

Honours[]

[20]

Domestic[]

Gamba Osaka (professional era)

  • J.League Division 1
  • J.League Cup
    • Winners: 2007, 2014
    • Runners-up: 2005, 2015, 2016
  • Emperor's Cup
  • Japanese Super Cup
    • Winners: 2007, 2015
    • Runners-up (5): 2006, 2009, 2010, 2016, 2021
  • J.League Division 2

Matsushita (amateur era)

  • All Japan Senior Football Championship
    • Winners: 1983
  • JSL Division 2
  • Emperor's Cup
 

Continental[]

  • AFC Champions League

Worldwide[]

International[]

  • Suruga Bank Championship
    • Runners-up: 2008, 2015
  • Pan-Pacific Championship
    • Winners: 2008
  • A3 Champions Cup
    • Runners-up: 2006

Managerial history[]

[21][22]

Managers[]

Dates Name Honours Notes
1980–1991 Japan Yoji Mizuguchi Emperor's Cup: 1990
1991–1994 Japan Kunishige Kamamoto The competition formed as the J.League in 1993.
1995 Germany Sigfried Held
1995–1997 Croatia Josip Kuže
1997–1998 Austria Friedrich Koncilia
1998–1999 France Frédéric Antonetti J.League Division 2 was launched in 1999.
1999–2001 Japan Hiroshi Hayano
2001 Japan Kazuhiko Takemoto
2002–2012 Japan Akira Nishino J.League Division 1: 2005
J.League Cup: 2007
Emperor's Cup: 2008, 2009
AFC Champions League: 2008
J.League Manager of the Year: 2005
AFC Coach of the Year: 2008
2012 Brazil José Carlos Serrão
2012 Japan Masanobu Matsunami Gamba was relegated to the J.League Division 2 2013.
2013–2017 Japan Kenta Hasegawa J.League Division 2: 2013
J.League Division 1: 2014
J.League Cup: 2014
Emperor's Cup: 2014, 2015
J.League Manager of the Year: 2014 		Gamba was promoted to the J.League Division 1 2014.
J3 League was launched in 2014.
2018 Brazil Levir Culpi
2018–2021 Japan Tsuneyasu Miyamoto

Player statistics[]

Top scorers by seasons[]

Season Name Goals
1993 Japan Akihiro Nagashima 12
1994 Japan Toshihiro Yamaguchi 16
1995 Netherlands Hans Gillhaus 20
1996 Croatia Mladen Mladenović 11
1997 Cameroon Patrick M'Boma 25
1998 Japan Hiromi Kojima 17
1999 Japan Hiromi Kojima
Brazil Luizinho Vieira 		6
2000 Japan Hiromi Kojima 9
2001 Croatia Nino Bule 17
2002 Brazil Magrão 22
2003 Brazil Magrão 15
2004 Japan Masashi Oguro 20
2005 Brazil Araújo 33
2006 Brazil Magno Alves 26
 
Season Name Goals
2007 Brazil Baré 20
2008 Brazil Baré 10
2009 Brazil Leandro 11
2010 Japan Shoki Hirai 14
2011 South Korea Lee Keun-ho 15
2012 Brazil Leandro 14
2013 Japan Takashi Usami 19
2014 Japan Takashi Usami 10
2015 Japan Takashi Usami 19
2016 Japan Shun Nagasawa
Brazil Ademilson 		9
2017 Japan Shun Nagasawa 10
2018 South Korea Hwang Ui-Jo 16
2019 Brazil Ademilson 10
2020 Brazil Patric 11

Award winners[]

The following players have won the awards while at Gamba Osaka:

Domestic

International

  • Asian Footballer of the Year
  • AFC Champions League Most Valuable Player
  • AFC Champions League Top Scorer
    • Brazil Magno Alves (2006)
  • Brazil Leandro (2009)

World Cup players[]

The following players have been selected by their country in the World Cup, while playing for Gamba Osaka:

  • Cameroon Patrick M'Boma (1998)
  • Japan Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (2002, 2006)
  • Japan Akira Kaji (2006)
  • Japan Yasuhito Endō (2006, 2010, 2014)
  • Japan Yasuyuki Konno (2010, 2014)
  • Japan Masaaki Higashiguchi (2018)

Olympic players[]

The following players have represented their country at the Summer Olympic Games whilst playing for Gamba Osaka:

  • Japan Shigeru Morioka (1996)
  • Japan Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (2000)
  • Japan Junichi Inamoto (2000)
  • Japan Ryōta Tsuzuki (2000)
  • Japan Michihiro Yasuda (2008)
  • Japan Yosuke Ideguchi (2016)
  • Japan Hiroki Fujiharu (2016)

Former players[]

See also: Category:Gamba Osaka players and Category:J.League players

International results[]

Opponent Season Home Away
Australia Adelaide United FC 2008 AFC Champions League Final 3–0 2–0
Japan 2008 FIFA Club World Cup Quarter-finals 1–0
2012 AFC Champions League Group Stage 0–2 0–2
2017 AFC Champions League Group Stage 3–3 3–0
Australia Melbourne Victory FC 2008 AFC Champions League Group Stage 2–0 4–3
2011 AFC Champions League Group Stage 5–1 1–1
2016 AFC Champions League Group Stage 1–1 1–2
China Dalian Shide F.C. 2006 AFC Champions League Group Stage 3–0 0–2
China Shandong Luneng Taishan F.C. 2009 AFC Champions League Group Stage 3–0 1–0
China Henan Jianye F.C. 2010 AFC Champions League Group Stage 1–1 1–1
China Tianjin Teda F.C. 2011 AFC Champions League Group Stage 2–0 1–2
China Guangzhou R&F F.C. 2015 AFC Champions League Group Stage 0–2 5–0
China Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao F.C. 2015 AFC Champions League Semi-finals 0–0 1–2
China Shanghai SIPG F.C. 2016 AFC Champions League Group Stage 0–2 1–2
China Jiangsu Suning 2017 AFC Champions League Group Stage 0–1 0–3
England Manchester United F.C. Japan 2008 FIFA Club World Cup Semi-finals 3–5
Indonesia Sriwijaya FC 2009 AFC Champions League Group Stage 5–0 3–0
Japan Urawa Red Diamonds 2008 AFC Champions League Semi-finals 1–1 3–1
Japan Kawasaki Frontale 2009 AFC Champions League Round of 16 2–3 N.A.
Japan Cerezo Osaka 2011 AFC Champions League Round of 16 0–1 N.A.
South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 2006 AFC Champions League Group Stage 1–1 2–3
2015 AFC Champions League Quarter-finals 3–2 0–0
2021 AFC Champions League Group Stage 2–2[b] 1–2[b]
South Korea Jeonnam Dragons 2008 AFC Champions League Group Stage 1–1 4–3
South Korea FC Seoul 2009 AFC Champions League Group Stage 1–2 4–2
2015 AFC Champions League Round of 16 3–2 3–1
South Korea Suwon Samsung Bluewings 2010 AFC Champions League Group Stage 2–1 0–0
2016 AFC Champions League Group Stage 1–2 0–0
South Korea Seongnam FC 2010 AFC Champions League Round of 16 N.A. 0–3
2015 AFC Champions League Group Stage 2–1 0–2
South Korea Jeju United FC 2011 AFC Champions League Group Stage 3–1 1–2
2017 AFC Champions League Group Stage 1–4 0–2
South Korea Pohang Steelers 2012 AFC Champions League Group Stage 0–3 0–2
Malaysia Johor Darul Ta'zim 2017 AFC Champions League Play-off 3–0 N.A.
Mexico C.F. Pachuca Japan 2008 FIFA Club World Cup Third place 1–0
Singapore Warriors FC 2010 AFC Champions League Group Stage 3–0 4–2
Singapore Tampines Rovers 2021 AFC Champions League Group Stage 8–1[b] 2–0[b]
Syria Al-Karamah SC 2008 AFC Champions League Quarter-finals 2–0 2–1
Thailand Chonburi F.C. 2008 AFC Champions League Group Stage 1–1 2–0
Thailand Buriram United F.C. 2015 AFC Champions League Group Stage 1–1 2–1
Thailand Chiangrai United F.C. 2021 AFC Champions League Group Stage 1–1[b] 1–1[b]
Uzbekistan FC Bunyodkor 2012 AFC Champions League Group Stage 3–1 2–3
Vietnam SHB Đà Nẵng F.C. 2006 AFC Champions League Group Stage 15–0 5–1
  1. ^ The Original Ten of the J.League in 1992 were Kashima Antlers, Urawa Red Diamonds, JEF United Ichihara, Verdy Kawasaki, Yokohama Marinos, Yokohama Flügels, Shimizu S-Pulse, Nagoya Grampus Eight, Gamba Osaka and Sanfrecce Hiroshima.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Played at a neutral venue.

In popular culture[]

In the Captain Tsubasa manga series, two characters are from Gamba Osaka: the defender Makoto Soda and the forward Takashi Sugimoto.

Notes[]

References[]

  1. ^ Gamba Osaka Profile at J.League Official Website
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Gamba Osaka: Club Introduction". J.League. Archived from the original on 13 January 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
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  4. ^ "Gamba hammer Da Nang 15–0 to pick up first ACL points". Japan Times. 5 April 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  5. ^ "Bare, Gamba Osaka roll over Dynamo 6–1: Brazilian striker nets four in Pan-Pacific final". Houston Dynamo. 24 February 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
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  12. ^ "Hiroshima hold off Gamba to win 3rd J-League title in 4 years". The Mainich. The Mainichi Newspapers. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  13. ^ "Gamba gives Urawa Reds the blues with Emperor's Cup win". AFP. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  14. ^ Kaz Nagatsuka (28 December 2013). "Gamba wait for new site". Japan Times. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  15. ^ "Gamba open new stadium with preseason victory". japantimes. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
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  18. ^ "Players | GAMBA OSAKA". Gamba Osaka. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
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  21. ^ "History of Gamba Osaka". Gamba Osaka Official Site. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  22. ^ "Japan Football Hall of Fame". JFA. Japan Football Association.

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Achievements
Preceded by
Urawa Red Diamonds
Japan 		Champions of Asia
2008 		Succeeded by
Pohang Steelers
South Korea
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