Gamba Osaka
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| Full name | Gamba Osaka | |||
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| Founded | 1980 | |||
| Ground | Suita City Football Stadium | |||
| Capacity | 40,000 | |||
| Owner | Panasonic | |||
| Chairman | Teruhisa Noro | |||
| Manager | Kenta Hasegawa | |||
| League | J. League Division 1 | |||
| 2015 | J. League Division 1, 3rd | |||
| Website | Club home page | |||
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Gamba Osaka (ガンバ大阪 Gamba Ōsaka?) is a Japanese professional association football club, currently playing in the J1 League. The team's name comes from the Italian word "gamba" meaning "leg" and the Japanese ganbaru (頑張る?), meaning "to do your best" or "to stand firm". Located in Suita, Osaka, the team's home stadium is Suita City Football Stadium.
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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.[1] 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 of the J. League in 1993.[1]
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.[2] In an AFC Champions League match in 2006, Gamba Osaka defeated Vietnamese side Da Nang FC in a record equaling victory of 15–0.[3] And then in the proceeding summer, 2008 Pan-Pacific Championship final, Gamba Osaka beat MLS club Houston Dynamo 6–1 to win the tournament, in large part because of the brilliant display by Bare who scored 4 goals in the final (5 in all at the tourney).[4] After his brilliant display and just having finished scoring 10 goals in 18 games for Gamba in the domestic league, he was sold to UAE club Al-Ahli for 1 billion yen.[5]
In October 2008, Gamba for the first time in their history, reached the final of the 2008 AFC Champions League when they defeated fellow Japanese and league rivals Urawa Reds 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 team Adelaide United in the Final. They became the fifth Japanese club to win the maximum Asian title, after Urawa, Júbilo Iwata, and then-company-affiliated Yomiuri (Tokyo Verdy) and Furukawa Electric (JEF United Ichihara Chiba).[6]
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 semi finals by 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.[7]
On 1 January 2009, Ryuji Bando scored in extra time to lift Gamba Osaka to a 1–0 win over Kashiwa Reysol and take the 88th Emperor's Cup in Tokyo. The victory secured Gamba a place in the 2009 AFC Champions League, where it will defend the title it won last year.[8] This was the team's second ever Emperor's Cup win, with the last 18 years before in its previous incarnation as Matsushita Electric Industrial Soccer Club.
On 1 December 2012, Gamba were relegated from Division 1 after losing 2–1 to Jubilo Iwata. Gamba finished 17th in the league despite scoring more goals than any other team, 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.[9] Though, the team bounced back in 2013 season, winning the division 2 Champion and directly promoted to Division 1 again in only 1 season.
In 2014, Gamba won the Division 1 title, a year after they won the second division. Gamba became the second club in the professional era to achieve this feat (the first one was Kashiwa Reysol in 2011. Gamba also became the second club to win domestic treble after Kashima Antlers in 2000, winning J. League Cup and the Emperor's Cup that same year.
Year 2015 saw Gamba Osaka return to the AFC Champions League for the first time since 2012. After suffering defeats to Guangzhou R&F and Seongnam FC and drawing against Buriram United, Gamba bounced back with wins on their last three group stage matches to top their group. Gamba then advanced to the quarter-finals after defeating F.C. Seoul in the Round of 16 and are currently drawn against Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors in a two-way tie.
Stadium
The club has used the Osaka Expo '70 Stadium in the Expo Commemoration Park as its home stadium. The club has built a new soccer-specific stadium called Suita City Football Stadium in the same park.[10]
Rivalries
Gamba's fiercest rival are fellow locals Cerezo Osaka with whom they contest the Osaka derby.
Record as J. League member
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Season Div. Tms. Pos. Attendance/G J. League Cup Emperor's Cup Asia 1992 – – – – Group Stage Quarter-final – – 1993 J1 10 7 21,571 Semi-final 2nd Round – – 1994 J1 12 10 22,367 Semi-final Semi-final – – 1995 J1 14 14 13,310 – Semi-final – – 1996 J1 16 12 8,004 Group Stage Semi-final – – 1997 J1 17 4 8,443 Group Stage Semi-final – – 1998 J1 18 15 8,723 Group Stage 3rd Round – – 1999 J1 16 11 7,996 2nd Round 4th Round – – 2000 J1 16 6 9,794 2nd Round Semi-final – – 2001 J1 16 7 11,723 2nd Round Quarter-final – – 2002 J1 16 3 12,762 Semi-final 4th Round – – 2003 J1 16 10 10,222 Quarter-final 4th Round – – 2004 J1 16 3 12,517 Quarter-final Semi-final – – 2005 J1 18 1 15,966 Runners-up Semi-final – – 2006 J1 18 3 16,259 Quarter-final Runners-up CL Group Stage 2007 J1 18 3 17,439 Winners Semi-final – – 2008 J1 18 8 16,128 Semi-final Winners CL Winners 2009 J1 18 3 17,712 Quarter-final Winners CL Round of 16 2010 J1 18 2 16,654 Quarter-final Semi-final CL Round of 16 2011 J1 18 3 16,411 Semi-final 3rd Round CL Round of 16 2012 J1 18 17 14,778 Quarter-Final Runners-up CL Group Stage 2013 J2 22 1 12,286 – 3rd Round – – 2014 J1 18 1 14,749 Winners Winners – – 2015 J1 18 3 15,999 Runners-up Winners CL Semi-final
- Key
- Tms. = Number of teams
- Pos. = Position in league
- Attendance/G = Average league attendance
- Source: J. League Data Site
Players
Current squad
As of 11 January 2016.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
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Notable players
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- 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.[11]
Yōsuke Fujigaya (2005–2013, 2015– )
- 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– )
Patrick M'Boma (1997–1998)- Araújo (2005)
Honours
Japanese Competitions
Matsushita (Amateur era)
- All Japan Senior Football Championship
- Winners (1) : 1983
- Japan Soccer League Division 2
- Winners (1) : 1985–86
- Emperor's Cup:
- Winners (1) : 1990
Gamba Osaka (Professional era)
- J. League Division 1
- J. League Division 2:
- Champions (1): 2013
- Emperor's Cup
- J. League Cup
- Japanese Super Cup
- Winners (2) : 2007, 2015
- Runners-up (3) : 2006, 2009, 2010
Asia
- AFC Champions League
- Winners (1) : 2008
International
- FIFA Club World Cup
- Third Place : 2008
- Suruga Bank Championship
Minor International Competitions
- Queen's Cup
- Winners (1) : 1992
- A3 Champions Cup
- Runners-up (1) : 2006
- Pan-Pacific Championship
- Winners (1) : 2008
International Results
Managers
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- Yoji Mizuguchi 1980–1991
- Kunishige Kamamoto 1991–1994
Siegfried Held 1994–1995
Josip Kuže 1996–1997- Hiroshi Hayano 1999–2001
- Kazuhiko Takemoto 2001–2002
- Akira Nishino 2002–2012
- José Carlos Serrão 2012
- Masanobu Matsunami 2012
- Kenta Hasegawa 2013–
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External links
- Official website (Japanese) (English)
- Official Facebook
- Schedule on ESPN
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