2014 Gamba Osaka season

J.League Division 1
Season	2014
Champions	Gamba Osaka; 2nd J.League title; 2nd Japanese title
Relegated	Omiya Ardija; Cerezo Osaka; Tokushima Vortis
Champions League	Gamba Osaka; Urawa Red Diamonds; Kashima Antlers
Matches played	306
Goals scored	774 (2.53 per match)
Top goalscorer	Yoshito Ōkubo (18 goals)
Highest attendance	56,758; Reds vs Gamba
Lowest attendance	0; Reds vs S-Pulse
Average attendance	17,240
	← 2013 2015 →

Gamba Osaka
2014 season
Chairman	Teruhisa Noro
Manager	Kenta Hasegawa
J.League	1st
Emperor's Cup	Winners
J.League Cup	Winners'
Top goalscorer	League: Takashi Usami 10; All: Takashi Usami 21
Highest home attendance	19,569 vs Cerezo Osaka, ; 20 September 2014 (J1 League)
Lowest home attendance	2,862 vs Zweigen Kanazawa, ; 12 July 2014 (J.League Cup)
Average home league attendance	14,749
	← 2013 2015 →

The 2014 Gamba Osaka season was Gamba Osaka's 21st season in the J.League Division 1 and 27th overall in the Japanese top flight. It also included the 2014 J.League Cup and 2014 Emperor's Cup. The season was one of unparalleled success as it saw them win the treble with an incredible comeback in the second half of the league season which saw them crowned J.League champions following a 0-0 draw away to Tokushima Vortis in December. In addition they added both the J.League Cup and the Emperor's Cup to their trophy cabinet. The feat was made all the more incredible by the fact that Gamba were only promoted back to J.League 1 at the beginning of 2014 following a one-season spell in the Japanese second division.

J.League 1 Results 2014

Round	Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
1	1 March 2014	Urawa Red Diamonds	H	0-1		18,438
2	8 March 2014	Albirex Niigata	A	2-0	Iwashita 69', Omori 82'	22,931
3	15 March 2014	Vegalta Sendai	A	0-0		13,380
4	23 March 2014	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	H	1-1	Endō 25'	18,301
5	29 March 2014	Sagan Tosu	A	0-2		12,115
6	6 April 2014	Kashima Antlers	H	0-2		12,899
7	12 April 2014	Cerezo Osaka	A	2-2	Abe 42', 53'	42,723
8	19 April 2014	Omiya Ardija	H	2-1	Niwa 83', Konno 88'	11,059
9	26 April 2014	Kawasaki Frontale	A	1-2	Endō 19'	19,164
10	29 April 2014	Kashiwa Reysol	H	1-2	Lins 13'	13,845
11	3 May 2014	Yokohama F. Marinos	A	0-2		35,550
12	6 May 2014	Tokushima Vortis	H	3-0	Usami 37', Abe 74', Kurata 90'+3	12,654
13	10 May 2014	Nagoya Grampus	A	2-1	Abe 66', Omori 85'	20,781
14	17 May 2014	FC Tokyo	A	0-3		26,485
15	19 July 2014	Ventforet Kofu	H	2-0	Usami 9', Kurata 27'	11,373
16	23 July 2014	Shimizu S-Pulse	H	4-0	Abe 6', Omori 9', Patric 56', Lins 88'	10,898
17	27 July 2014	Vissel Kobe	A	5-1	Usami 14', 26', Patric 43', 63', Abe 72'	18,012
18	2 August 2014	Yokohama F. Marinos	H	2-0	Patric 82', Endō 89'	15,363
19	9 August 2014	Omiya Ardija	A	2-0	Konno 27', Usami 51'	10,541
20	16 August 2014	Nagoya Grampus	H	0-1		15,383
21	23 August 2014	Ventforet Kofu	A	3-3	Usami 48', Endō (pen.) 67', Kurata 90'+3	12,191
22	30 August 2014	Albirex Niigata	H	5-0	Nishino 31', Kurata 39', 72', Futagawa 44', Lins 90'	12,696
23	13 September 2014	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	A	1-0	Usami 33'	17,490
24	20 September 2014	Cerezo Osaka	H	2-0	Abe 37', Sato 89'	19,569
25	23 September 2014	Shimizu S-Pulse	A	3-0	Usami 22' Niwa 84', Lins 90'+5	15,093
26	27 September 2014	Sagan Tosu	H	4-1	Endō (pen.) 25', Patric 67', 79', 84'	13,221
27	5 October 2014	Kashima Antlers	A	3-2	Aoki (o.g.) 29', Patric 72', Lins 90'+3	17,939
28	18 October 2014	Kawasaki Frontale	H	1-0	Yonekura 58'	17,615
29	22 October 2014	Kashiwa Reysol	A	0-1		7,474
30	26 October 2014	FC Tokyo	H	2-1	Omori 53', Endō 59'	15,695
31	2 November 2014	Vegalta Sendai	H	1-1	Omori 46'	13,142
32	22 November 2014	Urawa Red Diamonds	A	2-0	Sato 88', Kurata 90'	56,758
33	29 November 2014	Vissel Kobe	H	3-1	Usami 36', 49' Patric 43'	18,587
34	6 December 2014	Tokushima Vortis	A	0-0		17,274

Final standings

The 2014 J.League Division 1 season was the 49th season of top-flight football in Japan, and the 22nd since the establishment of the J.League in 1992. The season began on 1 March and ended on 8 December. Sanfrecce Hiroshima were the defending champions.

Due to Japan's participation in the 2014 FIFA World Cup, there was an extended break to allow for preparation after the 14th-week matches on 17 and 18 May, with the league resuming on 15 July for four clubs who participated in the 2014 AFC Champions League to play rescheduled 12th-week matches, and 19 July for other 14 clubs.^[1]

2014 saw the league played via a home and away system over a single season for the last time until at least 2020. From 2015 the league will revert to an Apertura and Clausura system, with a multi-team play-off 'super stage' to decide the champions, similar to the format used when the J.League began.^[2]

The league was won by Gamba Osaka, who won their second J.League title following a 0–0 away draw against Tokushima Vortis. They became the second league champions (after Kashiwa Reysol) to win the first division after being promoted as second division champions.

Clubs

18 teams compete in this year's competition. Both Gamba Osaka and Vissel Kobe return to J1 after a single season outside the top flight; they finished as the J.League Division 2 champions and runners-up, respectively. Tokushima Vortis, who finished fourth in the regular season and won the promotion playoff, will make their top-flight debut, becoming the first club from Shikoku to do so. Those three teams replaced Oita Trinita, Shonan Bellmare and Júbilo Iwata; Júbilo were relegated from J1 for the first time after twenty seasons in the top tier, while Bellmare and Trinita were bumped down after cameo appearances in J1.

Albirex Niigata

Greater Tokyo Area†

Keihanshin Area‡

† Greater Tokyo teams
FC Tokyo
Kashima Antlers
Kashiwa Reysol
Kawasaki Frontale
Omiya Ardija
Urawa Red Diamonds
Ventforet Kofu
Yokohama F. Marinos

‡ Keihanshin teams
Cerezo Osaka
Gamba Osaka
Vissel Kobe

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Locations of the 2014 J.League 1 teams

Club Name	Coach	Home Town(s)	Stadium	Capacity	Note(s)
Albirex Niigata	Masaaki Yanagishita	Niigata & Seirō, Niigata	Big Swan Stadium	42,300
Kashima Antlers	Toninho Cerezo	Kashima, Ibaraki	Kashima Soccer Stadium	40,728
Omiya Ardija	Hiroki Shibuya	Omiya, Saitama	NACK5 Stadium	15,500
Cerezo Osaka	Yuji Okuma	Osaka	Nagai Stadium	47,816	2014 AFC Champions League participant (as 2013 J.League fourth-placed)
Yokohama F. Marinos	Yasuhiro Higuchi	Yokohama, Kanagawa & Yokosuka, Kanagawa	Nissan Stadium	72,327	2014 AFC Champions League participant (as 2013 J.League runners-up)
Kawasaki Frontale	Yahiro Kazama	Kawasaki, Kanagawa	Todoroki Athletics Stadium	26,232	2014 AFC Champions League participant (as 2013 J.League Third placed team)
Gamba Osaka	Kenta Hasegawa	Suita, Osaka	Osaka Expo '70 Stadium	21,000	Promoted from J.League Division 2 in 2013
Nagoya Grampus	Akira Nishino	Nagoya, Aichi	Mizuho Athletic Stadium	27,000
Urawa Red Diamonds	Mihailo Petrović	Urawa, Saitama	Saitama Stadium	63,700
Kashiwa Reysol	Nelsinho Baptista	Kashiwa, Chiba	Kashiwa Soccer Stadium	15,900
Shimizu S-Pulse	Katsumi Oenoki	Shizuoka	IAI Stadium Nihondaira	20,339
Sagan Tosu	Megumu Yoshida	Tosu, Saga	Tosu Stadium	24,490
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Hajime Moriyasu	Hiroshima	Hiroshima Big Arch	50,000	2014 AFC Champions League participant (as 2013 J.League winners)
FC Tokyo	Massimo Ficcadenti	Tokyo	Ajinomoto Stadium	49,970
Tokushima Vortis	Shinji Kobayashi	All cities/towns in Tokushima	Pocarisweat Stadium	20,441	Promoted from J.League Division 2 in 2013 (through a play-off system)
Vegalta Sendai	Susumu Watanabe	Sendai, Miyagi	Yurtec Stadium	19,694
Ventforet Kofu	Hiroshi Jofuku	Kofu, Yamanashi	Yamanashi Chuo Bank Stadium	17,000
Vissel Kobe	Ryo Adachi	Kobe, Hyōgo	Misaki Park Stadium	30,132	Promoted from J.League Division 2 in 2013

Foreign players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Asian Player	Non-Visa Foreign	Type-C Contract^[3]	Former Player(s)
Albirex Niigata	Léo Silva	Rafael Silva	Lee Myung-Jae	Song Ju-Hun	Michael Fitzgerald		Roger Gaúcho Kim Jin-su
Kashima Antlers	Davi	Jorge Wagner	Luís Alberto		Caio		Jair
Omiya Ardija	Carlinhos Paraiba	Dragan Mrđa	Zlatan Ljubijankić	Cho Won-hee			Dženan Radončić
Cerezo Osaka	Cacau	Kim Seong-jun	Diego Forlán	Kim Jin-Hyeon		Gu Sung-Yun	Gojko Kačar Mitch Nichols
Yokohama F. Marinos	Fabio	Rafinha
Kawasaki Frontale	Jeci	Paulinho	Renato		An Byong-Jun
Gamba Osaka	Lins	Patric		Oh Jae-Suk
Nagoya Grampus	Leandro Domingues	Régis	Danilson Córdoba	Joshua Kennedy		Gustavo
Urawa Red Diamonds	Márcio Richardes
Kashiwa Reysol	Dudu	Dudu	Leandro	Kim Chang-Soo			Leandro Domingues
Shimizu S-Pulse	Dejan Jaković	Calvin Jong-a-Pin	Milivoje Novaković	Lee Ki-Je	Bueno
Sagan Tosu	Choi Sung-Keun	Kim Min-Hyeok		Kim Min-Woo
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Mihael Mikić	Byeon Jun-Byum	Park Hyung-Jin	Hwang Seok-Ho
FC Tokyo	Edu	Michele Canini					Kwak Hee-ju
Ventforet Kofu	Cristiano	Gilsinho	Marquinhos Paraná	Irfan Bachdim	Thiago Quirino
Vegalta Sendai	Ramon Lopez	Wilson			Ryang Yong-Gi		Danny Vukovic Michael McGlinchey
Vissel Kobe	Fabio Simplicio	Marquinhos	Pedro Júnior	Jung Woo-Young
Tokushima Vortis	Adriano	Alex	Esteven	Kim Jong-min	Lee Yon-Jick	Son Se-Hwang	Douglas Kleiton Domingues

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Incoming manager
Vegalta Sendai	Graham Arnold	Mutual consent	Susumu Watanabe
Cerezo Osaka	Ranko Popović	Mutual consent	Marco Pezzaiuoli
Shimizu S-Pluse	Afshin Ghotbi	Mutual consent	Katsumi Oenoki
Sagan Tosu	Yoon Jung-Hwan	Sacked	Megumu Yoshida
Omiya Ardija	Kiyoshi Okuma	Sacked	Hiroki Shibuya
Cerezo Osaka	Marco Pezzaiuoli	Sacked	Yuji Okuma

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Gamba Osaka (C)	34	19	6	9	59	31	+28	63	Qualification for 2015 AFC Champions League group stage^[a]
2	Urawa Red Diamonds	34	18	8	8	52	32	+20	62
3	Kashima Antlers	34	18	6	10	64	39	+25	60
4	Kashiwa Reysol	34	17	9	8	48	40	+8	60	Qualification for 2015 AFC Champions League Third qualifying round^[a]
5	Sagan Tosu	34	19	3	12	41	33	+8	60
6	Kawasaki Frontale	34	16	7	11	56	43	+13	55
7	Yokohama F. Marinos	34	14	9	11	37	29	+8	51
8	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	34	13	11	10	44	37	+7	50
9	FC Tokyo	34	12	12	10	47	33	+14	48
10	Nagoya Grampus	34	13	9	12	47	48	−1	48
11	Vissel Kobe	34	11	12	11	49	50	−1	45
12	Albirex Niigata	34	12	8	14	30	36	−6	44
13	Ventforet Kofu	34	9	14	11	27	31	−4	41
14	Vegalta Sendai	34	9	11	14	35	50	−15	38
15	Shimizu S-Pulse	34	10	6	18	42	60	−18	36
16	Omiya Ardija (R)	34	9	8	17	44	60	−16	35	Relegation to 2015 J2 League
17	Cerezo Osaka (R)	34	7	10	17	36	48	−12	31
18	Tokushima Vortis (R)	34	3	5	26	16	74	−58	14

Updated to match(es) played on 8 December 2014. Source: J.League Data
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Because Gamba Osaka won the 2014 Emperor's Cup, the group stage spot has been given to third-placed Kashima Antlers, while ACL qualification spot has been awarded to the fourth-placed Kashiwa Reysol.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Team ╲ Round
Gamba Osaka	14	5	9	11	14	16	15	13	14	15	16	15	11	16	13	11	8	6	5	7	8	7	5	5	5	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1
Urawa Red Diamonds	6	9	5	5	11	6	4	3	5	4	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2
Kashima Antlers	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	4	1	1	2	3	7	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	2	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3
Kashiwa Reysol	10	12	14	10	12	9	9	10	9	6	6	7	4	5	6	7	9	8	9	6	7	6	8	9	8	9	9	8	7	6	6	5	5	4
Sagan Tosu	1	1	4	9	4	8	5	5	3	5	3	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	3	2	2	3	3	4	5	5	3	5	5	4	4	4	5
Kawasaki Frontale	8	14	16	14	9	4	7	8	8	9	7	8	6	8	3	3	3	3	3	2	4	4	2	2	2	3	4	5	3	4	5	6	6	6
Yokohama F. Marinos	3	3	2	3	5	7	10	11	13	14	11	12	15	12	9	8	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	10	10	7	7	7
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	6	4	7	6	3	2	1	2	4	2	4	4	5	6	7	5	5	7	6	8	9	9	9	7	9	8	8	7	9	8	8	9	9	8
FC Tokyo	10	12	13	16	15	12	13	12	10	10	12	13	12	10	10	9	7	5	7	5	5	8	7	8	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	9
Nagoya Grampus	12	7	6	4	6	11	12	15	15	13	14	11	13	15	15	14	14	15	16	14	14	14	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	10
Vissel Kobe	8	11	8	12	7	3	3	1	2	3	5	6	3	3	5	6	6	9	8	9	6	5	6	6	7	7	7	9	10	9	9	10	10	11
Albirex Niigata	5	10	10	6	8	10	6	7	7	7	8	5	8	7	8	10	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	12	12
Ventforet Kofu	17	15	15	13	13	15	16	14	12	12	13	14	16	14	16	16	16	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	13	13	14	15	16	13	13	13	13	13
Vegalta Sendai	13	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	14	11	11	12	13	13	13	12	12	13	14	14	14	15	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14
Shimizu S-Pulse	4	8	12	15	16	14	11	6	6	8	10	10	9	9	12	15	12	12	12	13	13	12	13	13	15	17	16	16	15	16	15	15	15	15
Omiya Ardija	16	16	11	8	10	13	14	16	16	16	15	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	15	14	14	15	16	16	16	16
Cerezo Osaka	15	5	3	2	2	5	8	9	11	11	9	9	10	13	14	13	15	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	14	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Tokushima Vortis	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18

	Leader and qualification to 2015 AFC Champions League group stage
	Qualification to 2015 AFC Champions League group stage
	Qualification to 2015 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off
	Relegation to 2015 J2 League

Updated to match(es) played on 8 December 2014. Source: J. League data site
Note 1: Matchday 12 results for 2014 AFC Champions League Participants (Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs. Yokohama F. Marinos, Cerezo Osaka vs. Kawasaki Frontale), held on 15 July 2014, are included in Matchday 15 ranking. Sanfrecce Hiroshima, Kawasaki Frontale and Cerezo Osaka qualified to the Round of 16 of the 2014 AFC Champions League, in which the First Leg matches overlap with matches for Matchday 12

Results

v t e Home \ Away	ALB	ANT	ARD	CER	FMA	FRO	GAM	GRA	RED	REY	SAG	SFR	SSP	TOK	VEG	VEN	VIS	VOR
Albirex Niigata		1–2	2–1	1–0	0–0	3–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–0	0–0	2–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–2
Kashima Antlers	1–2		2–2	0–2	1–0	2–1	2–3	1–2	1–1	2–3	0–1	5–1	2–1	2–2	2–0	1–0	2–3	1–0
Omiya Ardija	2–2	2–1		2–0	2–3	1–3	0–2	1–2	0–2	1–2	1–3	3–3	2–1	1–0	4–0	0–2	0–3	1–3
Cerezo Osaka	0–0	1–4	1–1		2–2	1–2	2–2	1–2	1–0	2–0	0–1	0–1	4–1	0–0	0–1	1–3	1–2	3–1
Yokohama F. Marinos	1–0	1–3	2–0	0–0		2–0	2–0	0–2	0–1	2–2	1–2	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–2	0–0	1–1	3–0
Kawasaki Frontale	1–0	4–1	3–4	5–4	0–3		2–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–3	0–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	4–0
Gamba Osaka	5–0	0–2	2–1	2–0	2–0	1–0		0–1	0–1	1–2	4–1	1–1	4–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	3–1	3–0
Nagoya Grampus	0–1	2–3	2–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–2		1–2	1–1	2–3	2–5	2–3	2–2	0–0	2–0	2–1	1–1
Urawa Red Diamonds	1–0	1–1	4–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–2	1–2		3–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	4–0	0–0	2–2	2–1
Kashiwa Reysol	1–0	1–0	2–2	2–1	0–0	4–1	1–0	0–1	3–2		2–0	0–0	3–1	1–1	0–0	3–0	2–0	2–0
Sagan Tosu	0–2	0–3	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–0		1–2	2–2	0–2	2–1	2–0	2–1	5–0
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2–0	0–3	1–1	0–0	1–2	2–1	0–1	4–0	0–2	5–2	1–0		1–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–1
Shimizu S-Pulse	2–1	1–3	2–0	3–0	0–1	0–2	0–3	2–2	1–4	3–0	0–1	1–3		1–3	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–0
FC Tokyo	1–3	1–1	0–1	2–0	1–1	0–4	3–0	0–1	4–4	4–0	2–1	2–1	4–0		3–0	1–1	1–1	4–0
Vegalta Sendai	1–2	0–1	2–2	3–3	1–2	0–0	0–0	3–3	4–2	1–2	0–3	1–0	3–2	1–0		1–1	4–3	2–1
Ventforet Kofu	1–1	0–4	0–1	0–0	1–0	2–1	3–3	2–0	0–0	3–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	0–0	0–0		2–0	0–1
Vissel Kobe	1–0	0–0	2–1	2–2	1–2	1–2	1–5	1–3	3–1	1–1	0–1	0–0	3–1	2–1	2–1	1–0		3–0
Tokushima Vortis	1–2	0–5	0–2	0–2	0–3	0–4	0–0	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–1	0–1	0–4	0–0	0–1	2–2	2–2

Updated to match(es) played on 8 December 2014. Source: J. League Data
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Yoshito Ōkubo	Kawasaki Frontale	18
2	Yohei Toyoda	Sagan Tosu	15
3	Marquinhos	Vissel Kobe	14
4	Pedro Júnior	Vissel Kobe	13
	Yoshinori Muto	FC Tokyo	13
	Milivoje Novaković	Shimizu S-Pulse	13
8	Yu Kobayashi	Kawasaki Frontale	12
	Shinzo Koroki	Urawa Red Diamonds	12
	Kensuke Nagai	Nagoya Grampus	12
11	Edu	FC Tokyo	11
	Leandro	Kashiwa Reysol	11
	Hisato Satō	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	11

Updated to games played on 8 December 2014
Source: J. League Data

Awards

Individual

Award	Recipient	Club	Notes
Most Valuable Player	Yasuhito Endō	Gamba Osaka
Rookie of the Year	Caio	Kashima Antlers
Manager of the Year	Kenta Hasegawa	Gamba Osaka
Top scorer	Yoshito Ōkubo	Kawasaki Frontale	18 goals.

Best Eleven

Position	Footballer	Club	Nationality
GK	Shusaku Nishikawa (3)	Urawa Red Diamonds	Japan
DF	Kosuke Ota (1)	FC Tokyo	Japan
DF	Masato Morishige (2)	FC Tokyo	Japan
DF	Tsukasa Shiotani (1)	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Japan
MF	Gaku Shibasaki (1)	Kashima Antlers	Japan
MF	Yoshinori Muto (1)	FC Tokyo	Japan
MF	Léo Silva (1)	Albirex Niigata	Brazil
MF	Yasuhito Endō (11)	Gamba Osaka	Japan
FW	Yoshito Ōkubo (2)	Kawasaki Frontale	Japan
FW	Takashi Usami (1)	Gamba Osaka	Japan
FW	Patric (1)	Gamba Osaka	Brazil

* The number in brackets denotes the number of times that the footballer has appeared in the Best 11.

Attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Urawa Red Diamonds	603,770	56,758	0	35,516	−4.3%^†
2	FC Tokyo	428,184	42,059	13,048	25,187	+0.5%^†
3	Yokohama F. Marinos	392,496	40,571	11,088	23,088	−16.0%^†
4	Albirex Niigata	390,648	35,533	2,104	22,979	−12.0%^†
5	Cerezo Osaka	367,651	42,723	10,262	21,627	+14.9%^†
6	Kashima Antlers	300,310	32,099	8,840	17,665	+7.6%^†
7	Nagoya Grampus	284,474	38,966	5,599	16,733	+3.7%^†
8	Kawasaki Frontale	283,241	19,668	10,609	16,661	+0.1%^†
9	Vegalta Sendai	257,949	18,914	11,144	15,173	+2.1%^†
10	Vissel Kobe	255,185	25,382	9,375	15,010	+30.3%^†
11	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	254,951	24,734	9,515	14,997	−7.5%^†
12	Gamba Osaka	250,738	19,569	10,898	14,749	+20.0%^†
13	Shimizu S-Pulse	241,577	19,824	8,539	14,210	+0.5%^†
14	Sagan Tosu	240,323	23,277	8,276	14,137	+22.8%^†
15	Ventforet Kofu	206,904	36,505	5,416	12,170	−3.5%^†
16	Omiya Ardija	183,791	14,182	7,001	10,811	−2.9%^†
17	Kashiwa Reysol	182,161	14,623	6,115	10,715	−14.6%^†
18	Tokushima Vortis	151,034	17,274	3,594	8,884	+104.3%^†
	League total	5,275,387	56,758	0	17,240	+0.1%^†

Updated to games played on 8 December 2014
Source: J. League Data
Notes:
^† Team played previous season in J2.

References

^ "J.League season to begin on March 1". Japan Times. 2013-12-17.
^ "J-League switches to two-stage season in order to boost fans and revenue". Inside World Football.com. 2013-09-20. Archived from the original on 2014-02-20. Retrieved 2013-12-17.
^ "Player registration and contracts". J.League. Archived from the original on 2014-09-11. Retrieved 28 November 2014.

Match Day Line-Ups

The following players appeared for Gamba Osaka during 2014 J.League 1:

Player Appearances – 2014 J.League Division 1
Round	Opponent	GK	RB	LB	CB	CB	RM	LM	CM	CM	FW	FW
1	Urawa Red Diamonds	Higashiguchi	Kaji	Fujiharu	Niwa	Iwashita	Futagawa	Endō	Konno	Uchida	Sato	Kurata	Lins	Yonekura	Omori
2	Albirex Niigata	Higashiguchi	Kaji	Fujiharu	Niwa	Iwashita	Yonekura	Endō	Konno	Uchida	Sato	Kurata	Nishino	Lins	Omori
3	Vegalta Sendai	Higashiguchi	Kaji	Fujiharu	Niwa	Iwashita	Omori	Endō	Konno	Uchida	Sato	Kurata	Lins	Yonekura
4	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Higashiguchi	Kaji	Fujiharu	Niwa	Iwashita	Abe	Endō	Konno	Myojin	Lins	Kurata	Futagawa	Yonekura	Sato
5	Sagan Tosu	Higashiguchi	Oh	Fujiharu	Niwa	Iwashita	Abe	Endō	Konno	Myojin	Lins	Sato	Futagawa	Omori	Uchida
6	Kashima Antlers	Higashiguchi	Kaji	Fujiharu	Niwa	Iwashita	Abe	Kurata	Konno	Endō	Lins	Sato	Futagawa	Myojin	Omori
7	Cerezo Osaka	Higashiguchi	Kaji	Fujiharu	Niwa	Iwashita	Abe	Omori	Konno	Uchida	Endō	Lins	Futagawa	Kurata	Sato
8	Omiya Ardija	Higashiguchi	Oh	Fujiharu	Niwa	Iwashita	Abe	Omori	Endō	Uchida	Sato	Lins	Futagawa	Kurata	Konno
9	Kawasaki Frontale	Higashiguchi	Oh	Fujiharu	Niwa	Iwashita	Abe	Kurata	Konno	Uchida	Endō	Lins	Myojin	Sato	Usami
10	Kashiwa Reysol	Higashiguchi	Konno	Fujiharu	Niwa	Iwashita	Abe	Futagawa	Endō	Uchida	Kurata	Lins	Myojin	Omori	Usami
11	Yokohama F. Marinos	Higashiguchi	Oh	Fujiharu	Niwa	Iwashita	Abe	Omori	Endō	Uchida	Sato	Lins	Kurata	Konno	Usami
12	Tokushima Vortis	Higashiguchi	Oh	Fujiharu	Nishino	Iwashita	Omori	Futagawa	Endō	Konno	Usami	Lins	Kurata	Abe
13	Nagoya Grampus	Higashiguchi	Oh	Fujiharu	Nishino	Iwashita	Abe	Futagawa	Endō	Konno	Usami	Kurata	Niwa	Omori	Sato
14	FC Tokyo	Higashiguchi	Oh	Fujiharu	Nishino	Iwashita	Abe	Omori	Endō	Konno	Usami	Kurata	Lins	Futagawa	Okazaki
15	Ventforet Kofu	Higashiguchi	Yonekura	Oh	Nishino	Iwashita	Abe	Omori	Endō	Konno	Usami	Kurata	Uchida	Patric
16	Shimizu S-Pulse	Higashiguchi	Yonekura	Oh	Nishino	Iwashita	Abe	Omori	Endō	Konno	Usami	Patric	Lins	Futagawa	Sato
17	Vissel Kobe	Higashiguchi	Yonekura	Oh	Nishino	Iwashita	Abe	Omori	Endō	Konno	Usami	Patric	Futagawa	Kurata	Myojin
18	Yokohama F. Marinos	Higashiguchi	Yonekura	Oh	Nishino	Iwashita	Abe	Kurata	Endō	Konno	Usami	Patric	Fujiharu	Futagawa	Myojin
19	Omiya Ardija	Higashiguchi	Yonekura	Oh	Nishino	Iwashita	Abe	Kurata	Endō	Konno	Usami	Patric	Fujiharu	Myojin	Sato
20	Nagoya Grampus	Higashiguchi	Oh	Fujiharu	Nishino	Iwashita	Abe	Kurata	Endō	Konno	Usami	Patric	Lins	Futagawa	Yonekura
21	Ventforet Kofu	Higashiguchi	Yonekura	Fujiharu	Nishino	Iwashita	Endō	Kurata	Okazaki	Konno	Usami	Patric	Niwa	Futagawa	Myojin
22	Albirex Niigata	Higashiguchi	Yonekura	Fujiharu	Nishino	Iwashita	Futagawa	Kurata	Endō	Konno	Usami	Patric	Lins	Abe	Sato
23	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Higashiguchi	Oh	Fujiharu	Niwa	Iwashita	Abe	Endō	Myojin	Konno	Usami	Sato	Kurata	Uchida	Patric
24	Cerezo Osaka	Higashiguchi	Yonekura	Oh	Niwa	Kim	Abe	Kurata	Endō	Konno	Usami	Patric	Lins	Futagawa	Sato
25	Shimizu S-Pulse	Higashiguchi	Oh	Fujiharu	Niwa	Iwashita	Abe	Futagawa	Endō	Konno	Usami	Sato	Kim	Lins	Kurata
26	Sagan Tosu	Higashiguchi	Yonekura	Oh	Niwa	Iwashita	Abe	Omori	Endō	Konno	Usami	Patric	Lins	Futagawa	Sato
27	Kashima Antlers	Higashiguchi	Yonekura	Oh	Niwa	Iwashita	Abe	Omori	Endō	Konno	Usami	Patric	Lins	Kurata	Sato
28	Kashima Antlers	Higashiguchi	Yonekura	Oh	Niwa	Iwashita	Abe	Omori	Endō	Uchida	Usami	Patric	Lins	Kurata	Myojin
29	Kashiwa Reysol	Higashiguchi	Yonekura	Fujiharu	Niwa	Iwashita	Abe	Endō	Myojin	Konno	Usami	Sato	Kurata	Omori	Patric
30	Kashiwa Reysol	Higashiguchi	Yonekura	Oh	Niwa	Kim	Omori	Kurata	Endō	Konno	Usami	Patric	Fujiharu	Lins	Abe
31	Kashiwa Reysol	Higashiguchi	Yonekura	Oh	Niwa	Iwashita	Abe	Omori	Endō	Konno	Usami	Patric	Lins	Kurata	Sato
32	Urawa Red Diamonds	Higashiguchi	Yonekura	Oh	Niwa	Iwashita	Abe	Omori	Endō	Konno	Usami	Patric	Lins	Kurata	Sato
33	Vissel Kobe	Higashiguchi	Oh	Fujiharu	Niwa	Iwashita	Abe	Omori	Endō	Konno	Usami	Patric	Kim	Lins	Sato
34	Tokushima Vortis	Higashiguchi	Yonekura	Oh	Niwa	Iwashita	Abe	Omori	Endō	Konno	Usami	Patric	Fujiharu	Lins	Kurata

= Substitute on, = Substitute Off, = Number of goals scored, = Yellow Card and = Red Card.

J.League Cup results

Round	Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
1	19 March 2014	Vissel Kobe	H	2-0	Lins 47', Sato 53'	8,378
2	2 April 2014	Shimizu S-Pulse	A	0-1		8,033
3	16 April 2014	Sagan Tosu	A	2-0	Omori 34', Ogawa 73'	8,033
4	21 May 2014	Kashima Antlers	H	2-1	Kurata 4', Yonekura 80'	8,103
5	24 May 2014	FC Tokyo	H	3-1	Usami 16', 52' Nishino 67'	12,818
6	28 May 2014	Vegalta Sendai	A	0-1		7,965
QF	3 September 2014	Vissel Kobe	A	1-1	Usami 12'	13,653
QF	7 September 2014	Vissel Kobe	H	3-0	Abe 2', Usami 28', Kurata 83'	11,294
SF	9 October 2014	Kawasaki Frontale	H	3-1	Yonekura 16', Usami 28', Patric 49'	5,482
SF	12 October 2014	Kawasaki Frontale	A	2-3	Abe 42', 45'	16,211
F	8 November 2014	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	N	3-2	Patric 38', 54', Omori 71'	38,126

Match day line-ups

Player Appearances – 2014 J.League Cup
Round	Opponent	GK	RB	LB	CB	CB	RM	LM	CM	CM	FW	FW
1	Vissel Kobe	Higashiguchi	Yonekura	Oh	Niwa	Nishino	Abe	Futagawa	Myojin	Konno	Sato	Lins	Kurata	Ogawa	T. Uchida
2	Shimizu S-Pulse	Higashiguchi	Oh	Fujiharu	Kim	Nishino	Omori	Futagawa	Endō	Konno	Kurata	Ogawa	Lins	Sato	T. Uchida
3	Sagan Tosu	Kawata	Oh	Y. Uchida	Kim	Nishino	Omori	Futagawa	Myojin	Ideguchi	Kurata	Takagi	Evson	Sato	Ogawa
4	Kashima Antlers	Higashiguchi	Yonekura	Fujiharu	Nishino	Iwashita	Abe	Futagawa	Okazaki	Ideguchi	Kurata	Sato	Niwa	Omori	T. Uchida
5	FC Tokyo	Higashiguchi	Oh	Fujiharu	Nishino	Iwashita	Abe	Omori	Okazaki	T. Uchida	Kurata	Usami	Kim	Lins	Yonekura
6	Vegalta Sendai	Higashiguchi	Oh	Fujiharu	Nishino	Iwashita	Abe	Kurata	Futagawa	T. Uchida	Lins	Usami	Yonekura	Omori	Okazaki
QF	Vissel Kobe	Higashiguchi	Yonekura	Oh	Nishino	Iwashita	Abe	Kurata	Endō	Konno	Patric	Usami	Lins	Myojin	Sato
QF	Vissel Kobe	Higashiguchi	Yonekura	Oh	Nishino	Iwashita	Abe	Kurata	Endō	Konno	Patric	Usami	Lins	Futagawa	Sato
SF	Kawasaki Frontale	Higashiguchi	Yonekura	Oh	Niwa	Iwashita	Abe	Omori	Endō	Konno	Patric	Usami	Kurata	Myojin	Sato
SF	Kawasaki Frontale	Higashiguchi	Yonekura	Oh	Niwa	Iwashita	Abe	Kurata	Endō	Konno	Patric	Usami	Kim	Omori	Sato
F	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Higashiguchi	Yonekura	Oh	Niwa	Iwashita	Abe	Endō	Myojin	Konno	Patric	Usami	Lins	Kurata	Omori

= Substitute on, = Substitute Off, = Number of goals scored, = Yellow Card and = Red Card.

Emperor's Cup results

Round	Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
2	12 July 2014	Zweigen Kanazawa	H	5-1	Usami 11', Kurata 19', 56', 81', Nishino 38'	2,862
3	20 August 2014	Tokushima Vortis	H	1-0	Usami 28'	3,234
4	10 September 2014	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	A	3-1	Sato 31', 45', Lins 85'	3,056
QF	15 October 2014	Omiya Ardija	H	2-0	Futagawa 60', Sato 84'	3,604
SF	26 November 2014	Shimizu S-Pulse	N	5-2	Usami 9', 72', Patric 14', 37', Lins 85'	6,708
F	13 December 2014	Montedio Yamagata	N	3-1	Usami 4', 85', Patric 22'	47,829

Match day line-ups

Player Appearances – 2014 Emperor's Cup
Round	Opponent	GK	RB	LB	CB	CB	RM	LM	CM	CM	FW	FW
2	Zweigen Kanazawa	Higashiguchi	Yonekura	Oh	Nishino	Iwashita	Omori	Kurata	Endō	Konno	Lins	Usami	Abe	Sato	T. Uchida
3	Tokushima Vortis	Higashiguchi	Yonekura	Fujiharu	Niwa	Kim	Lins	Futagawa	Endō	Myojin	Sato	Usami	Kurata	Abe	Konno
4	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Higashiguchi	Yonekura	Fujiharu	Niwa	Kim	Abe	Endō	Myojin	Konno	Sato	Lins	Kurata	Okazaki	Patric
QF	Omiya Ardija	Higashiguchi	Konno	Fujiharu	Niwa	Kim	Futagawa	Kurata	Myojin	T. Uchida	Sato	Lins	Omori	Oh	Okazaki
SF	Shimizu S-Pulse	Higashiguchi	Yonekura	Fujiharu	Niwa	Kim	Abe	Kurata	Endō	Konno	Patric	Usami	Lins	Omori	Sato
F	Montedio Yamagata	Higashiguchi	Oh	Fujiharu	Niwa	Iwashita	Omori	Kurata	Endō	Konno	Patric	Usami	Kim	Lins	Myojin

= Substitute on, = Substitute Off, = Number of goals scored, = Yellow Card and = Red Card.

Squad statistics

No.	Pos.	Name	League		Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup		Total		Discipline
No.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Masaaki Higashiguchi	34	0	6	0	10	0	50	0	2	0
2	DF	Evson	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0(1)	0	0	0
3	DF	Takaharu Nishino	11(1)	1	1	1	8	1	20(1)	3	1	0
4	DF	Hiroki Fujiharu	21(4)	0	5	0	4	0	30(4)	0	4	0
5	DF	Daiki Niwa	23(2)	2	5	0	4(1)	0	32(3)	2	0	0
6	DF	Kim Jung-ya	2(2)	0	4(1)	0	2(2)	0	8(5)	0	1	0
7	MF	Yasuhito Endō (c)	34	6	5	0	6	0	45	6	3	0
8	DF	Keisuke Iwashita	32	1	2	0	8	0	42	1	8	1
9	FW	Lins	9(17)	5	4(2)	2	2(5)	1	15(24)	8	3	0
10	MF	Takahiro Futagawa	6(13)	1	2	1	5(1)	0	13(14)	2	1	0
11	MF	Shu Kurata	17(13)	6	4(2)	3	8(3)	2	29(18)	11	6	0
13	MF	Hiroyuki Abe	27(3)	7	2(1)	0	9	3	38(4)	10	2	0
14	DF	Koki Yonekura	17(4)	1	4	0	7(2)	2	28(6)	3	4	0
15	MF	Yasuyuki Konno	31(2)	2	5(1)	0	7	0	43(3)	2	5	0
16	GK	Kohei Kawata	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
17	MF	Tomokazu Myojin	4(8)	0	3(1)	0	3(2)	0	10(11)	0	1	0
18	GK	Atsushi Kimura	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF	Kotaro Omori	17(7)	5	2(2)	0	4(4)	2	23(13)	7	0	0
20	FW	Akihiro Sato	10(13)	2	3(2)	3	2(6)	1	15(21)	6	1	0
21	DF	Akira Kaji	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
22	DF	Oh Jae-suk	24	0	2(1)	0	10	0	36(1)	0	5	0
23	DF	Yuto Uchida	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
24	FW	Naoki Ogawa	0	0	0	0	1(2)	1	1(2)	1	0	0
25	MF	Kenya Okazaki	1(1)	0	0(2)	0	2(1)	0	3(4)	0	1	0
26	MF	Yōsuke Ideguchi	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0
27	MF	Tatsuya Uchida	9(3)	0	1(1)	0	2(3)	0	12(7)	0	4	0
29	FW	Patric	16(3)	9	2(1)	3	5	3	23(4)	15	4	0
31	GK	Ken Tajiri	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	MF	Shota Yomesaka	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	MF	Mizuki Ichimaru	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	FW	Akito Takagi	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
39	FW	Takashi Usami	23(3)	10	4	6	7	5	34(3)	21	3	0
—	—	Own goals	–	1	–	0	–	0	–	1	–	–

Statistics accurate as of end of 2014 season.

References

[table_note_res_GS0.86840145376902-4] Because Gamba Osaka won the 2014 Emperor's Cup, the group stage spot has been given to third-placed Kashima Antlers, while ACL qualification spot has been awarded to the fourth-placed Kashiwa Reysol.

[1] "J.League season to begin on March 1". Japan Times. 2013-12-17.

[2] "J-League switches to two-stage season in order to boost fans and revenue". Inside World Football.com. 2013-09-20. Archived from the original on 2014-02-20. Retrieved 2013-12-17.

[3] "Player registration and contracts". J.League. Archived from the original on 2014-09-11. Retrieved 28 November 2014.

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