Gamba Osaka facts for kids
Full name | Gamba Osaka | ||
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Nickname(s) | Nerazzurri (Black-and-Blues) | ||
Founded | 1991 | as Matsushita Electric S.C.||
Ground | Panasonic Stadium Suita | ||
Capacity | 39,694 | ||
Owner | Panasonic (70%), The Kansai Electric Power Company (10%), Osaka Gas (10%), JR West (10%) | ||
Chairman | Takashi Yamauchi | ||
Head coach | Dani Poyatos | ||
League | J1 League | ||
2022 | J1 League, 15th of 18 | ||
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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 Japanese ganbaru (頑張る), meaning "to do your best" or "to stand firm". The club's home stadium is Panasonic Stadium Suita. They form a local rivalry with Osaka city-based Cerezo Osaka.
Gamba Osaka is among the most accomplished Japanese clubs, having won several top-tier domestic titles, as well as the 2008 AFC Champions League.
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History
It was founded in 1980 as Matsushita Electric SC by the company, now known as Panasonic, in Nara Prefecture and became a member of the Japan Soccer League. It was mostly made of remaining players and staff of the defunct Yanmar Club, the former B-team of Yanmar Diesel SC, later to be known as Cerezo Osaka. Gamba Osaka was an original member ("Original Ten") of the first J.League season.
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. In an AFC Champions League match in 2006, Gamba Osaka defeated Vietnamese side Da Nang FC in a record-equaling victory of 15–0. 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). 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.
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).
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.
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. However, the club bounced back in the 2013 season, becoming the J2 Champion and directly promoting to Division 1 again after only one season.
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.
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. Gamba Osaka successfully defended their status as Emperor's Cup winners, defeating Urawa Red Diamonds 2–1.
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. 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.
Rivalries
Gamba's fiercest rival are fellow locals Cerezo Osaka with whom they contest the Osaka derby. 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. | P | W(OTW/PKW) | D | L(OTL/PKL) | F | A | GD | Pts | Attendance | J.League Cup | Emperor's Cup | AFC CL | FIFA CWC |
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1992 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Group stage | Quarter final | – | – |
1993 | J1 | 10 | 7th | 36 | 16 | – | 20 | 51 | 65 | -14 | – | 21,571 | Semi-final | 2nd round | – | – |
1994 | 12 | 10th | 44 | 15 | – | 29 | 66 | 82 | -16 | – | 22,367 | Semi-final | Semi-final | – | – | |
1995 | 14 | 14th | 52 | 18 | – | 31 (0/3) | 87 | 107 | -20 | 57 | 13,310 | – | Semi-final | – | – | |
1996 | 16 | 12th | 30 | 11 | – | 19 | 38 | 59 | 21 | 33 | 8,004 | Group stage | Semi-final | – | – | |
1997 | 17 | 4th | 32 | 18 (2/0) | – | 11 (1/0) | 66 | 46 | 20 | 58 | 8,443 | Group stage | Semi-final | – | – | |
1998 | 18 | 15th | 34 | 7 (4/1) | 20 (1/1) | 47 | 61 | -14 | 30 | 8,723 | Group stage | 3rd round | – | – | ||
1999 | 16 | 11th | 30 | 9 (2) | 1 | 16 (2) | 36 | 46 | -10 | 32 | 7,996 | 2nd round | 4th round | – | – | |
2000 | 16 | 6th | 30 | 13 (2) | 2 | 10 (3) | 47 | 43 | 4 | 45 | 9,794 | 2nd round | Semi-final | – | – | |
2001 | 16 | 7th | 30 | 12 (2) | 2 | 10 (4) | 50 | 48 | 2 | 42 | 11,723 | 2nd round | Quarter final | – | – | |
2002 | 16 | 3rd | 30 | 15 (4) | 1 | 10 | 59 | 32 | 27 | 54 | 12,762 | Semi-final | 4th round | – | – | |
2003 | 16 | 10th | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 50 | 46 | 4 | 39 | 10,222 | Quarter final | 4th round | – | – | |
2004 | 16 | 3rd | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 69 | 48 | 21 | 51 | 12,517 | Quarter final | Semi-final | – | – | |
2005 | 18 | 1st | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 82 | 58 | 24 | 60 | 15,966 | Runners-up | Semi-final | – | – | |
2006 | 18 | 3rd | 34 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 80 | 48 | 32 | 66 | 16,259 | Quarter final | Runners-up | Group stage | – | |
2007 | 18 | 3rd | 34 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 71 | 37 | 34 | 67 | 17,439 | Winners | Semi-final | – | – | |
2008 | 18 | 8th | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 46 | 49 | -3 | 50 | 16,128 | Semi-final | Winners | Winners | 3rd Place | |
2009 | 18 | 3rd | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 62 | 44 | 18 | 60 | 17,712 | Quarter final | Winners | Round of 16 | – | |
2010 | 18 | 2nd | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 65 | 44 | 21 | 62 | 16,654 | Quarter final | Semi-final | Round of 16 | – | |
2011 | 18 | 3rd | 34 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 78 | 51 | 27 | 70 | 16,411 | Semi-final | 3rd round | Round of 16 | – | |
2012 | 18 | 17th | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 67 | 65 | 2 | 38 | 14,778 | Quarter final | Runners-up | Group stage | – | |
2013 | J2 | 22 | 1st | 42 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 99 | 46 | 53 | 87 | 12,286 | Not eligible | 3rd round | – | – |
2014 | J1 | 18 | 1st | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 59 | 31 | 28 | 63 | 14,749 | Winners | Winners | – | – |
2015 | 18 | 2nd | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 56 | 37 | 19 | 63 | 15,999 | Runners-up | Winners | Semi-final | – | |
2016 | 18 | 4th | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 53 | 42 | 11 | 58 | 25,342 | Runners-up | Quarter final | Group stage | – | |
2017 | 18 | 10th | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 48 | 41 | 7 | 43 | 24,277 | Semi-final | Quarter final | Group stage | – | |
2018 | 18 | 9th | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 41 | 46 | -5 | 48 | 23,485 | Quarter final | 2nd round | – | – | |
2019 | 18 | 7th | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 54 | 48 | 6 | 47 | 27,708 | Semi-final | 3rd round | – | – | |
2020 † | 18 | 2nd | 34 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 46 | 42 | 4 | 65 | 7,597 | Group stage | Runners-up | – | – | |
2021 | 20 | 13th | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 33 | 49 | -16 | 44 | 5,345 | Group stage | Quarter final | Group stage | – | |
2022 | 18 | 15th | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 33 | 44 | -11 | 37 | 17,669 | Group stage | Round of 16 | – | – | |
2023 | 18 | TBD | 34 | – | – |
- Pos. = Position in league; P = Games played; W = Games won; D = Games drawn; L = Games lost; F = Goals scored; A = Goals conceded; GD = Goals difference; Pts = Points gained
- Attendance = Average home league attendance per game
- † 2020 season attendance reduced by COVID-19 worldwide pandemic.
- Source: J. League Data Site
Coaching staff
Position | Staff |
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Head coach | Dani Poyatos |
Assistant coach | Arata Kodama |
Shota Uemura | |
First Team coach | Yoshitaka Yasuda |
Goalkeeper coach | Motohiro Yoshida |
Fitness coach | Ryo Yano |
Doctor | Yusuke Enomoto |
Physiotherapist | Yuta Tanaka |
Trainer | Chikashi Masui |
Kento Fujita | |
Shotaro Shinba | |
Interpreter | Masaki Kimura |
Kit man | Atsushi Hashimoto |
Jyunji Yamashita | |
Lee Song-in | |
Member of administrative board | Masahiro Wada |
Academy Manager | Masanobu Matsunami |
Players
Current squad
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Notable players
In 2011, as part of the club's official celebration of their 20th anniversary, supporters cast votes to determine the greatest ever team.
- Yōsuke Fujigaya (2005–2013, 2015–2017)
- Akira Kaji (2006–2014)
- Sidiclei (2004–2007)
- Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (1995–2006)
- Satoshi Yamaguchi (2001–2011)
- Yasuhito Endō (1998– )
- Tomokazu Myojin (2006–2015 )
- Hideo Hashimoto (1998–2011)
- Takahiro Futagawa (1999–2018 )
- Patrick M'Boma (1997–1998)
- Araújo (2005)
Honours
As both Matsushita (amateur era) and Gamba Osaka (professional era)
National
League
- J.League Division 1
- Champions (2): 2005, 2014
- JSL Division 2/J.League Division 2
- Champions (2): 1985–86, 2013
Cups
- Emperor's Cup
- Winners (5): 1990, 2008, 2009, 2014, 2015
- J.League Cup
- Winners (2): 2007, 2014
- Japanese Super Cup
- Winners (2): 2007, 2015
- All Japan Senior Football Championship
- Winners (1): 1983
International
- AFC Champions League
- Winners: 2008
- Pan-Pacific Championship
- Winners: 2008
Manager history
Dates | Name | Honours | Notes |
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1980–1991 | Yoji Mizuguchi | Emperor's Cup: 1990 | |
1991–1994 | Kunishige Kamamoto | The competition formed as the J.League in 1993. | |
1995 | Sigfried Held | ||
1995–1997 | Josip Kuže | ||
1997–1998 | Friedrich Koncilia | ||
1998–1999 | Frédéric Antonetti | J.League Division 2 was launched in 1999. | |
1999–2001 | Hiroshi Hayano | ||
2001 | Kazuhiko Takemoto | ||
2002–2012 | 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 |
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2012 | José Carlos Serrão | ||
2012 | Masanobu Matsunami | Gamba was relegated to the J.League Division 2 2013. | |
2013–2017 | 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 | Levir Culpi | ||
2018–2021 | Tsuneyasu Miyamoto | ||
2022 | Tomohiro Katanosaka | ||
2022 | Hiroshi Matsuda | ||
2023– | Dani Poyatos |
Player statistics
Top scorers by season
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Award winners
The following players have won the awards while at Gamba Osaka:
Domestic
- J.League Player of the Year
- Araújo (2005)
- Yasuhito Endō (2014)
- J.League Top Scorer
- Patrick M'Boma (1997)
- Araújo (2005)
- Magno Alves (2006)
- J.League Best Eleven
- Patrick M'Boma (1997)
- Junichi Inamoto (2000)
- Yasuhito Endō (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015)
- Masashi Oguro (2004)
- Araújo (2005)
- Fernandinho (2005)
- Satoshi Yamaguchi (2006, 2007, 2008)
- Ryōta Tsuzuki (2006)
- Magno Alves (2006)
- Baré (2007)
- Patric (2014)
- Takashi Usami (2014, 2015)
- Yosuke Ideguchi (2017)
- J.League Rookie of the Year
- J.League Cup MVP
- Michihiro Yasuda (2007)
- Patric (2014)
- J.League Cup New Hero Award
- Michihiro Yasuda (2007)
- Takashi Usami (2014)
International
- Asian Footballer of the Year
- Yasuhito Endō (2009)
- AFC Champions League Most Valuable Player
- Yasuhito Endō (2008)
- AFC Champions League Top Scorer
- Magno Alves (2006)
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- Leandro (2009)
World Cup players
The following players have been selected by their country in the World Cup, while playing for Gamba Osaka:
- Patrick M'Boma (1998)
- Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (2002, 2006)
- Akira Kaji (2006)
- Yasuhito Endō (2006, 2010, 2014)
- Yasuyuki Konno (2010, 2014)
- Masaaki Higashiguchi (2018)
Olympic players
The following players have represented their country at the Summer Olympic Games whilst playing for Gamba Osaka:
- Shigeru Morioka (1996)
- Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (2000)
- Junichi Inamoto (2000)
- Ryōta Tsuzuki (2000)
- Michihiro Yasuda (2008)
- Yosuke Ideguchi (2016)
- Hiroki Fujiharu (2016)
Former players
International results
Opponent | Season | Home | Away |
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Adelaide United FC | 2008 AFC Champions League Final | 3–0 | 2–0 |
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 | |
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 | |
Dalian Shide F.C. | 2006 AFC Champions League Group Stage | 3–0 | 0–2 |
Shandong Luneng Taishan F.C. | 2009 AFC Champions League Group Stage | 3–0 | 1–0 |
Henan Jianye F.C. | 2010 AFC Champions League Group Stage | 1–1 | 1–1 |
Tianjin Teda F.C. | 2011 AFC Champions League Group Stage | 2–0 | 1–2 |
Guangzhou R&F F.C. | 2015 AFC Champions League Group Stage | 0–2 | 5–0 |
Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao F.C. | 2015 AFC Champions League Semi-finals | 0–0 | 1–2 |
Shanghai SIPG F.C. | 2016 AFC Champions League Group Stage | 0–2 | 1–2 |
Jiangsu Suning | 2017 AFC Champions League Group Stage | 0–1 | 0–3 |
Manchester United F.C. | 2008 FIFA Club World Cup Semi-finals | 3–5 | |
Paris Saint-Germain | 2022 PSG Japan Tour | 6–2 | |
Sriwijaya FC | 2009 AFC Champions League Group Stage | 5–0 | 3–0 |
Urawa Red Diamonds | 2008 AFC Champions League Semi-finals | 1–1 | 3–1 |
Kawasaki Frontale | 2009 AFC Champions League Round of 16 | 2–3 | N.A. |
Cerezo Osaka | 2011 AFC Champions League Round of 16 | 0–1 | N.A. |
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 | 1–2 | |
Jeonnam Dragons | 2008 AFC Champions League Group Stage | 1–1 | 4–3 |
FC Seoul | 2009 AFC Champions League Group Stage | 1–2 | 4–2 |
2015 AFC Champions League Round of 16 | 3–2 | 3–1 | |
Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 2010 AFC Champions League Group Stage | 2–1 | 0–0 |
2016 AFC Champions League Group Stage | 1–2 | 0–0 | |
Seongnam FC | 2010 AFC Champions League Round of 16 | N.A. | 0–3 |
2015 AFC Champions League Group Stage | 2–1 | 0–2 | |
Jeju United FC | 2011 AFC Champions League Group Stage | 3–1 | 1–2 |
2017 AFC Champions League Group Stage | 1–4 | 0–2 | |
Pohang Steelers | 2012 AFC Champions League Group Stage | 0–3 | 0–2 |
Johor Darul Ta'zim | 2017 AFC Champions League Play-off | 3–0 | N.A. |
C.F. Pachuca | 2008 FIFA Club World Cup Third place | 1–0 | |
Warriors FC | 2010 AFC Champions League Group Stage | 3–0 | 4–2 |
Tampines Rovers | 2021 AFC Champions League Group Stage | 8–1 | 2–0 |
Al-Karamah SC | 2008 AFC Champions League Quarter-finals | 2–0 | 2–1 |
Chonburi F.C. | 2008 AFC Champions League Group Stage | 1–1 | 2–0 |
Buriram United F.C. | 2015 AFC Champions League Group Stage | 1–1 | 2–1 |
Chiangrai United F.C. | 2021 AFC Champions League Group Stage | 1–1 | 1–1 |
FC Bunyodkor | 2012 AFC Champions League Group Stage | 3–1 | 2–3 |
SHB Đà Nẵng F.C. | 2006 AFC Champions League Group Stage | 15–0 | 5–1 |
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In popular culture
In the Captain Tsubasa manga series, two characters are from Gamba Osaka: the defender Makoto Soda and the forward Takashi Sugimoto.
See also
In Spanish: Gamba Osaka para niños