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

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. 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
3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4	0	0	1	1	2	−1	1	1	0	4	3	+1

Last updated: 8 July 2020.
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League table

Pos	Team	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
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
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
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Results

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F-A	Scorers	Attendance	Reports
23 February 2020	Yokohama F. Marinos	A	2–1	Kurata 6', Yajima 34'	34,521	Report
4 July 2020	Cerezo Osaka	H	1–2	Ademilson 68' (pen.)	0	Report
8 July 2020	Nagoya Grampus	A	2–2	Miura 6', Watanabe 90+2'		Report
12 July 2020	Shimizu S-Pulse	A	2–1	Kosuke 40', Kazuma 89'	0	Report
18 July 2020	Oita Trinita	H

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.
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