2020 Gamba Osaka season

Gamba Osaka
2020 season
Chairman	Takashi Yamauchi
Manager	Tsuneyasu Miyamoto
J1 League	10th
Emperor's Cup	TBD
J.League Cup	TBD
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

Transfers

Coaching Staff

First team squad

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

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
15	7	2	6	21	21	0	23	3	0	5	8	12	−4	4	2	1	13	9	+4

Last updated: 13 September 2020.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

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:

^ ^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

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

Emperor's Cup

J.League Cup

Squad statistics

Goal scorers

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

U-23 Squad statistics

References

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[table_note_res_CLGS0.080862867683574-1] 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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