2012 Gamba Osaka season
| 2012 season | |||
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| Chairman | Kikuo Kanamori | ||
| Manager | José Carlos Serrão Masanobu Matsunami(from 26 March) | ||
| J. League | 17th | ||
| Emperor's Cup | Quarter-final | ||
| J. League Cup | Quarter-final | ||
| AFC Champions League | Group stage | ||
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The 2012 Gamba Osaka season is Gamba Osaka's 20th season in the J. League Division 1 and 26th overall in the Japanese top flight. It also includes the 2012 J. League Cup, 2012 Emperor's Cup, and the 2012 AFC Champions League.
Players
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Competitions
[edit]J. League
[edit]League table
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | Cerezo Osaka | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 47 | 53 | −6 | 42 | |
| 15 | Albirex Niigata | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 29 | 34 | −5 | 40 | |
| 16 | Vissel Kobe (R) | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 41 | 50 | −9 | 39 | Relegation to 2013 J.League Division 2 |
| 17 | Gamba Osaka (R) | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 67 | 65 | +2 | 38 | |
| 18 | Consadole Sapporo (R) | 34 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 25 | 88 | −63 | 14 |
Updated to match(es) played on 1 December 2012. Source: J.League Division 1
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Matches
[edit]| 10 March 2012 1 | Gamba Osaka | 2–3 | Vissel Kobe | Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium |
| Saturday 14:04 | Paulinho  34'Rafinha 90+2' |
Report | 17', 76' Okubo 59' Hashimoto |
Attendance: 17,066 Referee: Takayama |
| 17 March 2012 2 | Cerezo Osaka | 2–1 | Gamba Osaka | Osaka Nagai Stadium |
| Saturday 14:04 | Branquinho 19' Kempes 90+4' |
Report | 27' Paulinho |
Attendance: 30,764 Referee: Yoshida |
| 25 March 2012 3 | Gamba Osaka | 1–2 | Jubilo Iwata | Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium |
| Sunday 19:03 | Kurata 84' |
Report | 23' Yamamoto 60' Maeda |
Attendance: 15,072 Referee: Iemoto |
| 31 March 2012 4 | Albirex Niigata | 1–1 | Gamba Osaka | Tohoku Denryoku Big Swan Stadium |
| Saturday 16:03 | Alan Mineiro 5' |
Report | 22' Rafinha |
Attendance: 16,836 Referee: Ogiya |
| 7 April 2012 5 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 4–1 | Gamba Osaka | Hiroshima Big Arch |
| Saturday 20:00 JST | Satō 10' 33' (pen.) Hirashige 85', 88' |
Report | Sato 48' |
Attendance: 12,318 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto |
| 14 April 2012 6 | Gamba Osaka | 3–2 | Kawasaki Frontale | Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium |
| Saturday 20:00 JST | Endō  32'Nakazawa 45+1'Sato 68'Hiroyuki Abe 85'Kaji 89' |
Report | Tasaka 1' 90+3' Kobayashi 30'Morishita 36'Komiyama 45'Jeci 84' |
Attendance: 17,134 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura |
| 22 April 2012 7 | Gamba Osaka | 3–1 | Shimizu S-Pulse | Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium |
| Saturday 20:00 JST | Takei 20' Rafinha 27' (pen.)Sato 57' 81' |
Report | Akihiro Hayashi 26' Lee Ki-Je 42'Ono 54'Brosque 90+3' |
Attendance: 8,548 Referee: Tomohiro Inoue |
| 28 April 2012 8 | Kashima Antlers | 5–0 | Gamba Osaka | Kashima Soccer Stadium |
| Saturday 16:30 JST | Endo 42' Koroki 54'Osako 72', 90+3'Aoki 87'Motoyama 90' |
Report | Endō 50' Kurata 70'Paulinho 85'Lee Seung-Yeoul 88' |
Attendance: 17,583 Referee: Ryuji Sato |
| 6 May 2012 9 | Omiya Ardija | 1–0 | Gamba Osaka | NACK5 Stadium Omiya |
| Saturday 18:00 JST | Fukaya 7' Aoki 57'Cho Young-Cheol 74' |
Report | Terada 15' |
Attendance: 11,554 Referee: Hajime Matsuo |
| 12 May 2012 10 | Gamba Osaka | 1–1 | Vegalta Sendai | Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium |
| Saturday 20:00 JST | Paulinho 18' Kurata 62' |
Report | Kamata 16' Uemoto 64'Tamura 65'Akamine 78' |
Attendance: 15,253 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto |
| 19 May 2012 11 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 0–0 | Gamba Osaka | Nissan Stadium |
| Saturday 15:00 JST | Ono 89' |
Report | Paulinho 45+2' Niwa 60' |
Attendance: 25,241 Referee: Jumpei Iida |
| 25 May 2012 12 | Gamba Osaka | 2–3 | Sagan Tosu | Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium |
| Friday 20:00 JST | Futagawa 3' Sato 67' |
Report | Okamoto 9' Hayasaka 10'Tozin 40'Toyoda 68'Fujita 86', 90+4' |
Attendance: 8,218 Referee: Takuto Okabe |
| 16 June 2012 13 | Gamba Osaka | 1–2 | Urawa Red Diamonds | Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium |
| Saturday 20:00 JST | Sato 16' |
Report | Haraguchi 29' Umesaki 90+2' |
Attendance: 14,977 Referee: Hiroyoshi Takayama |
| 23 June 2012 14 | Consadole Sapporo | 0–4 | Gamba Osaka | Sapporo Dome |
| Saturday 15:00 JST | Hidaka 31' Kawai 83' |
Report | Paulinho 16' Kurata 26'Endō 35' (pen.)Uchida 37'Takei 90+3' |
Attendance: 14,759 Referee: Tomoya Maeda |
| 27 June 2012 15 | Gamba Osaka | 2–2 | Nagoya Grampus | Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium |
| Wednesday 20:00 JST | Nakazawa 25' Futagawa 73' |
Report | Nagai 8', 18' |
Attendance: 10,840 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura |
| 30 June 2012 16 | Gamba Osaka | 2–6 | Kashiwa Reysol | Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium |
| Saturday 20:00 JST | Endō 35' Sato 45+1'Kurata 90+5' |
Report | Sawa 3', 7', 68' 26' Kudo 20'Masushima 48'Domingues 56'Tanaka 90+2' |
Attendance: 14,006 Referee: Kenji Ogiya |
| 7 July 2012 17 | FC Tokyo | 3–2 | Gamba Osaka | Ajinomoto Stadium |
| Saturday 19:30 JST | Nakamura 3' Lucas 17', 44'Gonda 30' |
Report | 31' (pen.) Endō 35' Takei 59' Kim 62' 77' Sato 67' Abe |
Attendance: 24,633 Referee: Jumpei Iida |
| 14 July 2012 18 | Gamba Osaka | 1–2 | Yokohama F. Marinos | Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium |
| Saturday 20:00 JST | Endō 56' Niwa 74'Paulinho 88' |
Report | Kurihara 22' Tomisawa 44'Nakazawa 47'Nakamura 60'Saito 90+4' |
Attendance: 14,966 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura |
| 28 July 2012 19 | Vissel Kobe | 1–1 | Gamba Osaka | Home's Stadium Kobe |
| Saturday 20:00 JST | Ōkubo 77' |
Report | Futagawa 69' |
Attendance: 17,471 Referee: Itaru Hirose |
| 4 August 2012 20 | Gamba Osaka | 3–1 | Omiya Ardija | Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium |
| Saturday 20:00 JST | Kurata 58' 71' Leandro 64' (pen.) 66' |
Report | Carlinhos Paraíba 38' Hasegawa 52' 64'Ezumi 62'Ljubijankič 72' |
Attendance: 12,964 Referee:  Minoru Tojo |
| 11 August 2012 21 | Gamba Osaka | 2–2 | Cerezo Osaka | Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium |
| Saturday 20:00 JST | Sato 53', 62' |
Report | Kempes 13' Edamura 28', 50'Fábio Simplício 38'Sakemoto 45'Yokoyama 82' |
Attendance: 18,578 Referee: Tomoya Maeda |
| 18 August 2012 22 | Nagoya Grampus | 0–5 | Gamba Osaka | Mizuho Athletic Stadium |
| Saturday 20:00 JST | Daniel 11' Masukawa  42' |
Report | Niwa 14' Leandro 38'Endō 43' (pen.)Myojin 50'Konno 68'Sato 70'Paulinho 83' |
Attendance: 30,354 Referee: Masaaki Iemoto |
| 25 August 2012 23 | Gamba Osaka | 7–2 | Consadole Sapporo | Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium |
| Saturday 20:00 JST | Sato 16' Leandro 26', 45', 57'Konno 68'Ienaga 90+3' |
Report | Hidaka 18' Kim Jae-Hoan 53'Uehara 71' |
Attendance: 15,056 Referee: Itaru Hirose |
| 1 September 2012 24 | Sagan Tosu | 4–1 | Gamba Osaka | Tosu Stadium |
| Saturday 20:00 JST | Fujita 2' Okamoto 34'Kim Min-Woo 44'Toyoda 45', 52'Kobayashi 89' |
Summary | Myojin 74' |
Attendance: 19,729 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura |
| 15 September 2012 25 | Gamba Osaka | 1–1 | Albirex Niigata | Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium |
| 20:00 | Leandro 15' 17' |
Summary | Michael 40' Bruno Lopes 90+1' 90+5' |
Attendance: 17,381 Referee: Ryuji Sato |
| 22 September 2012 26 | Urawa Red Diamonds | 0–5 | Gamba Osaka | Saitama Stadium 2002 |
| 17:00 | Makino 40' Suzuki 55' |
Summary | Abe 19' Ienaga 26'Leandro 37', 60'Omori 69'Paulinho 86', 90+2' |
Attendance: 46,046 Referee: Kenji Ogiya |
| 29 September 2012 27 | Gamba Osaka | 2–2 | Kashima Antlers | Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium |
| 17:00 JST | Abe 7' Leandro 25', 90+2' |
Summary | Renato Cajá 10' 64' Dutra 15' 39'Iwamasa 62' |
Attendance: 14,163 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto |
| 6 October 2012 28 | Vegalta Sendai | 2–1 | Gamba Osaka | Yurtec Stadium Sendai |
| 20:00 | Wilson 18' Sugai 51'Ryang Yong-Gi 76'Nakahara 82' |
Summary | Sato 62' Paulinho 90' |
Attendance: 18,003 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura |
| 20 October 2012 29 | Kawasaki Frontale | 2–3 | Gamba Osaka | Todoroki Athletics Stadium |
| 16:00 | Kusukami 58' Tanaka 62'Nakamura 72' |
Summary | Ienaga 21', 76' Kurata 37'Konno 52'Fujiharu 64'Sasaki 90+3' |
Attendance: 18,779 Referee: Tomohiro Inoue |
| 27 October 2012 30 | Gamba Osaka | 1–1 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium |
| 15:00 | Fujiharu 21' Endō 56'Futagawa 71' |
Summary | Kazuyuki Morisaki 76' |
Attendance: 17,617 Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida |
| 7 November 2012 31 | Kashiwa Reysol | 2–2 | Gamba Osaka | Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium |
| 19:00 | Kudo 12', 45' Otani 31'Fujita 34'Masushima 43' |
Summary | Leandro 37', 90' 70' |
Attendance: 10,389 Referee: Hajime Matsuo |
| 17 November 2012 32 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 1–3 | Gamba Osaka | Outsourcing Stadium Nihondaira |
| 15:00 | Omae 48' |
Summary | Kurata 24', 64' Leandro 52' |
Attendance: 12,391 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura |
| 24 November 2012 33 | Gamba Osaka | 2–2 | FC Tokyo | Expo '70 Commemorative Stadium |
| 1 December 2012 34 | Júbilo Iwata | 2–1 | Gamba Osaka | Yamaha Stadium |
J. League Cup
[edit]Quarter-finals
[edit]| 25 July 2012 First leg | Gamba Osaka | 1–3 | Kashiwa Reysol | Osaka |
| 20:00 | Konno 12' Kurata 53'Daiki Niwa 83' |
Report | Kudo 47' Kurisawa 60'Leandro Domingues 76', 90+5'Sawa 82'Barada 90'Sugeno 90+5' |
Stadium: Osaka Expo '70 Stadium Attendance: 7,083 Referee: Toshimitsu Yoshida |
| 8 August 2012 Second leg | Kashiwa Reysol | 2–1 (5–2 agg.) | Gamba Osaka | Kashiwa, Chiba |
| 19:00 | Leandro Domingues 17' Kudo 60' |
Report | Sato 30' Leandro 77' |
Stadium: Hitachi Kashiwa Soccer Stadium Attendance: 6,910 Referee: Jumpei Iida |
Emperor's Cup
[edit]| 8 September 2012 Round 2 | Gamba Osaka | 3–0 | Kansai University | Suita |
| 13:00 | Yokotani 2' Myojin 39'Abe 47' |
Report | Stadium: Osaka Expo '70 Stadium Attendance: 2,227 Referee: Junpei Iida |
| 10 October 2012 Round 3 | Gamba Osaka | 1–0 | Mito HollyHock | Suita |
| 19:00 | Leandro 62' |
Report | Stadium: Osaka Expo '70 Stadium Attendance: 2,537 Referee: Tetsuro Yoshida |
| 15 December 2012 Round 4 | Gamba Osaka | 3–2 | Machida Zelvia | Suita |
| 13:00 | Kurata 38' Iwashita 65'Endõ 80' |
Report | Kitai 27' Suzuki 56' |
Stadium: Osaka Expo '70 Stadium Attendance: 4,576 Referee: Yamamoto |
| 23 December 2012 Quarter Final | Cerezo Osaka | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | Gamba Osaka | Osaka |
| 13:00 | Kakitani 49' |
Report | Endō 19' Ienaga 112' |
Stadium: Nagai Stadium Attendance: 21,407 Referee: Matsuo |
AFC Champions League
[edit]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ADE | BYD | POH | GMB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Adelaide United
|
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 13 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
| 2 |  Bunyodkor
|
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 10 | 1–2 | — | 1–0 | 3–2 | ||
| 3 |  Pohang Steelers
|
6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 9 | 1–0 | 0–2 | — | 2–0 | ||
| 4 | Gamba Osaka
|
6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 3 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–3 | — |
Source: WorldFootball.net
| 6 March 2012 Group stage | Gamba Osaka | 0–3 | Pohang Steelers | Osaka Expo '70 Stadium, Osaka |
| 19:00 UTC+09:00 | Report | Kim Tae-Su 19' Rendulić 22' Asamoah 76' |
Attendance: 9,101 Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar) |
| 20 March 2012 Group stage | Adelaide United | 2–0 | Gamba Osaka | Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide |
| 19:30 UTC+10:30 | Mullen 17', 24' |
Report | Attendance: 5,112 Referee: Mohamed Al Zarooni (UAE) |
| 3 April 2012 Group stage | Gamba Osaka | 3–1 | Bunyodkor | Osaka Expo '70 Stadium, Osaka |
| 19:00 UTC+09:00 | Endo 14' Rafinha 58' ((pen.)), (pen.)' |
Soliev 89' |
Attendance: 6,100 Referee: Chaiya Mahabap (Thailand) |
| 18 April 2012 Group stage | Bunyodkor | 3–2 | Gamba Osaka | JAR Stadium, Tashkent |
| 17:00 UTC+05:00 | Murzoev 14' Turaev 42'Filiposyan 60'Soliev 85' |
Report | Kurata 18' Hiroyuki Abe (footballer) 90+4' |
Attendance: 4,000 Referee:  Khalil Al Ghamdi |
| 2 May 2012 Group stage | Pohang Steelers | 2–0 | Gamba Osaka | Pohang Steel Yard, Pohang |
| 19:30 UTC+09:00 | Park Hee-Chul 21' Kim Jin-Yong 45+1'Shin Kwang-Hoon 71'Asamoah 78' 78' |
Report | Niwa 74' |
Attendance: 3,825 Referee:  Mohammadreza Abolfazli |
| 16 May 2012 Group stage | Gamba Osaka | 0–2 | Adelaide United | Osaka Expo '70 Stadium, Osaka |
| 19:00 UTC+09:00 | Report | van Dijk 65' Djite 80'Sato 87' (o.g.) |
Attendance: 7,294 Referee:  Nawaf Shukralla |