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[edit]

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

Transfers[edit]

Coaching Staff[edit]

First team squad[edit]

As of 23 February 2020.

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	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[edit]

Results summary[edit]


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]}

Results by round[edit]

League table[edit]

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:

^ ^a ^b 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[edit]

23 February 2020 1	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

4 July 2020 2	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

8 July 2020 3	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

12 July 2020 4	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

18 July 2020 5	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

22 July 2020 6	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

26 July 2020 7	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

1 August 2020 8	Gamba Osaka	0 - 1	Kawasaki Frontale	Suita
19:00 JST		Report	Oshima 48'	Stadium: Suita City Football Stadium Attendance: 4,925 Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

8 August 2020 9	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

19 August 2020 10	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

23 August 2020 11	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

29 August 2020 12	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

5 September 2020 13	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

9 September 2020 14	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

13 September 2020 15	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

19 September 2020 16	Consadole Sapporo	0 - 1	Gamba Osaka	Sapporo
14:00 JST		Report	Watanabe 78'	Stadium: Sapporo Atsubetsu Stadium Attendance: 2,749 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura

23 September 2020 17	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

27 September 2020 18	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

3 October 2020 19	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

7 October 2020 20	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

10 October 2020 21	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

14 October 2020 22	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

18 October 2020 23	Oita Trinita	0 - 1	Gamba Osaka	Ōita
14:00 JST		Report	Patric 72'	Stadium: Showa Denko Dome Oita Attendance: 8,570 Referee: Yoshiro Imamura

24 October 2020 24	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

31 October 2020 25	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

3 November 2020 26	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

11 November 2020 27	Gamba Osaka	1 - 0	Vissel Kobe	Suita
18:00 JST	Patric 27'	Report		Stadium: Suita City Football Stadium Attendance: 11,579 Referee: Jumpei Iida

14 November 2020 28	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

22 November 2020 29	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

25 November 2020 30	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

29 November 2020 31	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

6 December 2020 32	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

16 December 2020 33	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

19 December 2020 34	Gamba Osaka	0 – 2	Shimizu S-Pulse	Suita
13:00 JST			Kawamoto 49' Kaneko 64'	Stadium: Suita City Football Stadium Attendance: 15,252

Emperor's Cup[edit]

J.League Cup[edit]

Squad statistics[edit]

Goal scorers[edit]

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

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player	J1 League	Total
1	FW	9	Ademilson	1	1
	MF	10	Shu Kurata	1	1
	MF	21	Shinya Yajima	1	1
	FW	39	Kazuma Watanabe	1	1
	DF	5	Genta Miura	1	1
TOTALS				5	5

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

Gamba Osaka U-23[edit]

U-23 Squad statistics[edit]

References[edit]

[table_note_res_CLGS0.51813545148733-1] 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.

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