2020 Gamba Osaka season

Gamba Osaka

2020 season
Chairman	Takashi Yamauchi
Manager	Tsuneyasu Miyamoto
J1 League	10th
Emperor's Cup	Did not qualify
J.League Cup	Group Stage
Top goalscorer	League: Shu Kurata Shinya Yajima Ademilson Kazuma Watanabe Genta Miura (1 goal each) All: Shu Kurata Shinya Yajima Ademilson Kazuma Watanabe Genta Miura (1 goal each)
Lowest home attendance	0
Average home league attendance	0
Home colours Away colours
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The 2020 Gamba Osaka season was Gamba Osaka's 27th season in the J1 League and 33rd overall in the Japanese top flight. It will see them compete in the 18 team J1 League as well as the J.League Cup and Emperor's Cup competitions.

Pre-season friendlies

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F-A	Scorers	Attendance
18 January 2020	Okinawa SV	A	4 – 1
22 January 2020	V-Varen Nagasaki	N	2 – 1

First team squad

As of 23 February 2020.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   JPN Masaaki Higashiguchi 3 DF   JPN Gen Shoji 4 DF   JPN Hiroki Fujiharu 5 DF   JPN Genta Miura (captain) 7 MF   JPN Yasuhito Endō 8 MF   JPN Kosuke Onose 9 FW   BRA Ademilson 10 MF   JPN Shu Kurata 11 FW   JPN Yuji Ono 13 DF   JPN Shunya Suganuma 14 MF   JPN Yuya Fukuda 15 MF   JPN Yosuke Ideguchi 16 GK   JPN Jun Ichimori 17 MF   JPN Ryo Shinzato 18 FW   BRA Patric 19 DF   KOR Kim Young-gwon 20 FW   JPN Daisuke Takagi 21 MF   JPN Shinya Yajima

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 MF   JPN Mizuki Ichimaru 24 DF   JPN Keisuke Kurokawa 25 GK   JPN Kei Ishikawa 26 MF   JPN Kohei Okuno 27 DF   JPN Ryu Takao 28 DF   PHI Tabinas Jefferson 29 MF   JPN Yuki Yamamoto 30 DF   JPN Dai Tsukamoto 31 GK   JPN Haruki Saruta 32 MF   JPN Ren Shibamoto 33 FW   JPN Takashi Usami 34 FW   JPN Shuhei Kawasaki 35 DF   JPN Tatsuya Yamaguchi 36 DF   JPN Riku Matsuda 37 FW   JPN Haruto Shirai 38 FW   JPN Shoji Toyama 39 FW   JPN Kazuma Watanabe 40 DF   KOR Shin Won-ho

J1 League

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
32	19	5	8	44	40	+4	62	8	2	6	19	21	−2	11	3	2	25	19	+6

Last updated: 6 December 2020.
Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Kawasaki Frontale (C)	34	26	5	3	88	31	+57	83	Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage [a]
2	Gamba Osaka	34	20	5	9	46	42	+4	65
3	Nagoya Grampus	34	19	6	9	45	28	+17	63
4	Cerezo Osaka	34	18	6	10	46	37	+9	60	Qualification for AFC Champions League play-off round [a]
5	Kashima Antlers	34	18	5	11	55	44	+11	59

Source: Meiji Yasuda J1 League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Head-to-head points; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goal scored; 6) Number of wins; 7) Goals scored; 8) Fair-play points.
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Since the winners of the 2020 Emperor's Cup, Kawasaki Frontale, qualified for the Champions League group stage, the spot given to the Emperor's Cup winners (Champions League group stage) was passed to the third-placed team and the spot given to the third-place team (Champions League play-off round) was passed to the fourth-placed team.

Results

Yokohama F. Marinos v Gamba Osaka

23 February 20201	Yokohama F. Marinos	1 - 2	Gamba Osaka	Yokohama
13:00 JST	Marcos Júnior 74'	Report	Kurata 6' Yajima 34'	Stadium: Nissan Stadium Attendance: 34,521 Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

Gamba Osaka v Cerezo Osaka

4 July 20202	Gamba Osaka	1 - 2	Cerezo Osaka	Suita
18:00 JST	Ademilson 68' (pen.)	Report	Okuno 45+2' Maruhashi 62' Kimoto  66'	Stadium: Suita City Football Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ryuji Sato

Nagoya Grampus v Gamba Osaka

8 July 20203	Nagoya Grampus	2 - 2	Gamba Osaka	Toyota
19:30 JST	Yonemoto  3' Mateus 16' Gabriel Xavier 31' Inagaki  70'	Report	Miura 6' Watanabe 90+2'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

Shimizu S-Pulse v Gamba Osaka

12 July 20204	Shimizu S-Pulse	1 - 2	Gamba Osaka	Shizuoka
18:00 JST	Tatsuta  58'84'	Report	Miura  32' Onose 40' Watanabe 89'	Stadium: IAI Stadium Nihondaira Attendance: 4,131 Referee: Massaki Iemoto

Gamba Osaka v Oita Trinita

18 July 20205	Gamba Osaka	2 - 1	Oita Trinita	Suita
19:00 JST	Usami 37' (pen.) Ademilson 48'	Report	Watari 33'	Stadium: Suita City Football Stadium Attendance: 4,395 Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami

Gamba Osaka v Sanfrecce Hiroshima

22 July 20206	Gamba Osaka	1 - 0	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Suita
19:00 JST	Miura 41'	Report	Douglas Viera  61'	Stadium: Suita City Football Stadium Attendance: 4,142 Referee: Ryuji Sato

Vissel Kobe v Gamba Osaka

26 July 20207	Vissel Kobe	0 - 2	Gamba Osaka	Kobe
19:00 JST		Report	Ono 62' Fukuda  75' Matsuda  75' Usami 86'	Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe Attendance: 4,746 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

Gamba Osaka v Kawasaki Frontale

1 August 20208	Gamba Osaka	0 - 1	Kawasaki Frontale	Suita
19:00 JST		Report	Oshima 48'	Stadium: Suita City Football Stadium Attendance: 4,925 Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

Gamba Osaka v Yokohama FC

8 August 20209	Gamba Osaka	2 - 1	Yokohama FC	Suita
19:00 JST	Ademilson 34' Onose  50' Kim Young-gwon  81' Patric 90+4'	Report	Koki Saito 60'	Stadium: Suita City Football Stadium Attendance: 4,638 Referee: Koei Koya

Gamba Osaka v Urawa Reds

19 August 202010	Gamba Osaka	1 - 3	Urawa Reds	Suita
19:00 JST	Ideguchi 60' Higashiguchi  89'	Report	Sekine 24' Leonardo 34' (pen.) Muto 56' Sugimoto  89'	Stadium: Suita City Football Stadium Attendance: 4,721 Referee: Hiroki Kasahara

Kashima Antlers v Gamba Osaka

23 August 202011	Kashima Antlers	1 - 1	Gamba Osaka	Kashima
19:00 JST	Uchida  39' Inukai  89'90+5'	Report	Onose 6' Higashiguchi  47' Ono  87'	Stadium: Kashima Soccer Stadium Attendance: 4,949 Referee: Yusuke Araki

Gamba Osaka v FC Tokyo

29 August 202012	Gamba Osaka	1 - 3	FC Tokyo	Suita
19:00 JST	Usami 43' Ideguchi  50'	Report	Diego Oliveira 8' Joan Oumari  56' Leandro 73' (pen.) Adaílton 81' Hayashi  90+3' Watanabe  90+6'	Stadium: Suita City Football Stadium Attendance: 4,967 Referee: Hajime Matsuo

Vegalta Sendai v Gamba Osaka

5 September 202013	Vegalta Sendai	1 - 4	Gamba Osaka	Sendai
18:30 JST	Alexandre Guedes 4' Simão Mate  87' Nishimura  90+2'	Report	Yamamoto 8' Ademilson 15' Kurata 73' Ideguchi 85'	Stadium: Yurtec Stadium Sendai Attendance: 2,871 Referee: Jumpei Iida

Kashiwa Reysol v Gamba Osaka

9 September 202014	Kashiwa Reysol	3 - 0	Gamba Osaka	Kashiwa
19:00 JST	Olunga 2' Esaka 40'62'	Report	Fujiharu  42'	Stadium: Sankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadium Attendance: 2,608 Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama

Gamba Osaka v Shonan Bellmare

13 September 202015	Gamba Osaka	0 - 1	Shonan Bellmare	Suita
19:00 JST		Report	Saito  11' Okamoto  56' Ono 74'	Stadium: Suita City Football Stadium Attendance: 4,788 Referee: Koei Koya

Consadole Sapporo v Gamba Osaka

19 September 202016	Consadole Sapporo	0 - 1	Gamba Osaka	Sapporo
14:00 JST		Report	Watanabe 78'	Stadium: Sapporo Atsubetsu Stadium Attendance: 2,749 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

Gamba Osaka v Nagoya Grampus

23 September 202017	Gamba Osaka	2 - 1	Nagoya Grampus	Suita
19:00 JST	Takao  35' Yamamoto 53' Usami 87'	Report	Kanazaki 21' Yonemoto  41' Nakatani  50' Oh Jae-suk  79'	Stadium: Suita City Football Stadium Attendance: 5,153 Referee: Hajime Matsuo

Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Gamba Osaka

27 September 202018	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1 - 2	Gamba Osaka	Hiroshima
18:00 JST	Leandro Pereira 70'	Report	Kurata 16' Patric 20'	Stadium: Edion Stadium Attendance: 4,104 Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

Gamba Osaka v Kashima Antlers

3 October 202019	Gamba Osaka	2 - 0	Kashima Antlers	Suita
19:00 JST	Patric 66' (pen.) Watanabe 90+3'	Report	Everaldo  67'	Stadium: Suita City Football Stadium Attendance: 9,313 Referee: Ryuji Sato

Sagan Tosu v Gamba Osaka

7 October 202020	Sagan Tosu	1 - 2	Gamba Osaka	Tosu
19:00 JST	Lopez 90+2'	Report	Watanabe 21'34' Takao  74'	Stadium: Ekimae Real Estate Stadium Attendance: 3,601 Referee: Akihiko Ikeuchi

FC Tokyo v Gamba Osaka

10 October 202021	FC Tokyo	0 - 1	Gamba Osaka	Chōfu
14:00 JST		Report	Ademilson 41' (pen.) Kim Young-gwon  78'	Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium Attendance: 8,166 Referee: Minoru Tōjō

Gamba Osaka v Yokohama F. Marinos

14 October 202022	Gamba Osaka	1 - 1	Yokohama F. Marinos	Suita
19:00 JST	Usami 45+1' (pen.)	Report	Kim Young-gwon 26' (o.g.)	Stadium: Suita City Football Stadium Attendance: 6,455 Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami

Oita Trinita v Gamba Osaka

18 October 202023	Oita Trinita	0 - 1	Gamba Osaka	Ōita
14:00 JST		Report	Patric 72'	Stadium: Showa Denko Dome Oita Attendance: 8,570 Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

Gamba Osaka v Kashiwa Reysol

24 October 202024	Gamba Osaka	2 - 1	Kashiwa Reysol	Suita
16:00 JST	Fukuda  30' Kim Seung-gyu 52' (o.g.) Ademilson 89'	Report	Olunga 80'	Stadium: Suita City Football Stadium Attendance: 10,062 Referee: Futoshi Nakamura

Gamba Osaka v Consadole Sapporo

31 October 202025	Gamba Osaka	2 - 1	Consadole Sapporo	Suita
18:00 JST	Ideguchi 16' Onose  37' Patric 62' Suganuma  84'	Report	Douglas Oliveira 9' Lucas Fernandes  46' Miyazawa  75' Shirai  90+3'	Stadium: Suita City Football Stadium Attendance: 16,183 Referee: Ryuji Sato

Cerezo Osaka v Gamba Osaka

3 November 202026	Cerezo Osaka	1 - 1	Gamba Osaka	Osaka
13:00 JST	Toyokawa 34' Jonjić  50'	Report	Kim Young-gwon  4' Ideguchi 32' Patric  50' Miura  78' Fukuda  79' Suganuma  90+5'	Stadium: Yanmar Stadium Nagai Attendance: 19,553 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

Gamba Osaka v Vissel Kobe

11 November 202027	Gamba Osaka	1 - 0	Vissel Kobe	Suita
18:00 JST	Patric 27'	Report		Stadium: Suita City Football Stadium Attendance: 11,579 Referee: Jumpei Iida

Gamba Osaka v Vegalta Sendai

14 November 202028	Gamba Osaka	0 - 4	Vegalta Sendai	Suita
14:00 JST	Shoji  68'	Report	Nagasawa 17'44'75' Yanagi 89'	Stadium: Suita City Football Stadium Attendance: 11,567 Referee: Minoru Tōjō

Urawa Reds v Gamba Osaka

22 November 202029	Urawa Reds	1 - 2	Gamba Osaka	Saitama
15:00 JST	Makino 62'	Report	Usami 66' Takao 81'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 20,288 Referee: Masaaki Iemoto

Kawasaki Frontale v Gamba Osaka

25 November 202030	Kawasaki Frontale	5 - 0	Gamba Osaka	Kawasaki
17:30 JST	Leandro Damião 22' Ienaga 45'49'73' Saitō 90'	Report		Stadium: Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium Attendance: 11,360 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

Gamba Osaka v Sagan Tosu

29 November 202031	Gamba Osaka	1 - 1	Sagan Tosu	Suita
16:00 JST	Patric 77' Kurata  79'	Report	Sagara 11' Eduardo  52' Harakawa  90+1'	Stadium: Suita City Football Stadium Attendance: 10,555 Referee: Ryuji Sato

Shonan Bellmare v Gamba Osaka

6 December 202032	Shonan Bellmare	1 - 2	Gamba Osaka	Hiratsuka
14:00 JST	Nakagawa 35' (pen.) Kaneko  54'	Report	Fukuda 6' 90' Shoji  34' Takao  44' Patric 66'	Stadium: Shonan BMW Stadium Hiratsuka Attendance: 6,461 Referee: Nobutsugu Murakami

Yokohama FC v Gamba Osaka

16 December 202033	Yokohama FC	0 – 2	Gamba Osaka	Yokohama
18:00 JST		Report	Kurata 1' Shoji  71' Patric 81'	Stadium: NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium Attendance: 3,898 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

Gamba Osaka v Shimizu S-Pulse

19 December 202034	Gamba Osaka	0 – 2	Shimizu S-Pulse	Suita
13:00 JST			Kawamoto 49' Kaneko 64'	Stadium: Suita City Football Stadium Attendance: 15,252

Squad statistics

Goal scorers

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player	J1 League	Emperor's Cup	J.League Cup	Champions League	Total
1	FW	9	Ademilson	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	10	Shu Kurata	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	21	Shinya Yajima	1	0	0	0	1
	FW	39	Kazuma Watanabe	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	5	Genta Miura	1	0	0	0	1
TOTALS				5	0	0	0	5

Last updated: 8 July 2020.
Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}